The competition was held on two fronts, the pistol shooters in Cracow, Poland, and the shotgun shooters in Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Cracow Open 2012
Total six shooters from Uherský Brod took part from 10th to 12th August 2012 in Cracow, Poland on the traditionally very well manned international competition in the practical pistol shooting - Cracow Open 2012. The shooting was carried out in all 5 Divisions according to the rules of the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC), and that in the following Divisions OPEN, PRODUCTION, STANDARD, CLASSIC a REVOLVER.
The shooters of Česká zbrojovka participated in two Divisions and delivered excellent results:
Production Division:
1. Robin Šebo, CZE, CZ 75 SP-01 Shadow cal. 9x19 2. Marian Vyšný, SVK, CZ 75 SP-01 Shadow cal. 9x19 3. Andrej Hrnčiarik, SVK, CZ 75 SP-01 Shadow cal. 9x19 (1st place in Junior Category) 4. Miroslav Zapletal, CZE, CZ 75 SP-01 Shadow cal. 9x19
Production Division - Lady:
1. Kristina Petkova, BUL, CZ 75 SP-01 Shadow cal. 9x19
Standard Division:
1. Gyorgy Batki, HUN, CZ 75 TS in cal. .40 S&W
All named shooters are members of the international shooting program "World Class Team CZ Shooting" conducted by Česká zbrojovka a.s. Uherský Brod.
The next competition for Česká zbrojovka shooters will be at the second race in a series of events called "Triple Crown Extreme Series", on VI. year’s race of Open Delta Cup 2012, which will be held from 21st -26th August, 2011 in Belgrade, Serbia.
Grand Prix Pilsen 2012
Last weekend under autumn weather with participation of 83 race shooters there was an international event of shooting at flying target. The competition was held in Pilsen, titled Grand Prix Pilsen 2012. The shooters of Česká zbrojovka showed a very good result, shooting with O/U guns Brno Competition, especially in the Trap discipline, where Miroslav Matějík in the TRAP A Category achieved excellent second place, among Juniors Libor Chocholatý finished in the seventh place. In the Lady Category Václavková Marcela went to the fifth place, but started at the third position for the finals. In the SKEET Category Men the shooter Ivo Hilšer was placed ninth, when only three targets separated him from the finals.