Southern Vales Practical Shooting League Inc.
PO Box 158 Morphett Vale South Australia 5162
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Our Range Complex at Long Gully Road, Mc Laren Vale,South Australia
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NEWS & EVENTS STICS match at SVPSL Inc. Is scheduled for February 28th 2009. 8 stages plus chrono with approx 180 rounds, plus traditional great "tucker" and courses of fire modified from the superb State Championship ranges. 2009 Carli Memorial Shoot date has been set for May 2nd 2009. Normally held closer to the middle of May, the event had to be brought forward to allow for the Australian IPSC Handgun Nationals in Darwin. All IPSC card holders are invited and although this is not a sanctioned IPSC event, it is now a major event on the Southern Vales calendar.For more info on the "Carli" Click here SSAA defending our shooting sports in Australia. If anyone ever asks, what is so important about belonging to SSAA, guide them to this full article. If they still question the logic of being a SSAA member......maybe they should be playing darts! (A shorter version of relevent events here.) Australian Standard Gun Champion Mario Mori conducts successful IPSC (SA) Safety Orientation Course at SVPSL. Click for photos Bali World Shoot XV photos are up....... click here SVPSL Inc. a responsible sporting organisation in the community...... Visitors /families attended and tried .22 rifle shooting.....a very successful and fruitful day. The club showed its true colours in conducting this great event with resounding accolades from the juniors, male and female and their parents and chaperones........click for picks and a review of the day from Club President, Steve Brown
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About Us
Southern Vales Practical Shooting League Inc. (SVPSL Inc.) was formed in 1986 with some of the original founding members still active in the club today.
Ours is a sporting firearms shooting club which practises the discipline of IPSC (International Practical Shooting Confederation) in handgun, rifle and shotgun and we adhere to the official IPSC International Rule Book. SVPSL Inc. is South Australia's largest club of its type with members from all walks of life, including students, doctors, tradesmen, public servants, business owners, ladies, juniors, seniors and entire families.
SVPSL Inc is affiliated to IPSC (SA) Inc. which is the governing body for the Section of South Australia and comes under the Regional Direction of IPSC Australia Inc. IPSC Australia Inc. is affiliated to the IPSC World Body and is our governing body and the organisation recognised by the Australian Government for the management and regulation of the sport of Practical Shooting in Australia.
Practical shooting is an International competition that is held on all continents of the world, with local, state, national, regional, international and World championships happening on a regular basis. It is controlled Internationally by the IPSC World Body, with national and regional committees organising local membership and competitions.
In Practical competition, a variety of target types are used including paper and steel, stationary and moving. One of the attractions to the sport is that the courses of fire vary constantly with the arrangement of the targets and shooting scenarios. Stages, or courses of fire are constructed and changed from competition to competition and each week SVPSL Inc. features 5 different courses of fire set up on any of our 16 gazetted shooting ranges.
All participants (male, female, juniors & veterans) compete together over exactly the same stages, with the same rules and the same scoring procedures.
Only one competitor at a time shoots a stage. At all times this competitor is under the direct observation and control of a Range Officer whose primary task is to enforce the match safety rules. Practical shooting is a safe sport, and IPSC rules and procedures will ensure that this continues.
In Australia, Practical hand gun competition is for centre-fire pistols and revolvers of calibres from 9mm to .38. Stages are usually started with the pistol holstered on the belt. The competitor commences the course of fire under the instruction of the Range Officer, often reloading the firearm during the stage. On completion of the stage, the competitor unloads and clears the firearm under supervision of the Range Officer who then confirms the firearm is unloaded and placed safely back into its holster.
IPSC Competition is also held for rifle and shotgun in Standard and Open Divisions and uses a variety of targets from steel "pepper poppers", round and square steel plates as well as paper targets like the one shown below. Click for a graphic and dimensions of this target
IPSC "Classic" paper target used in Australia
Below are some of the firearms used in IPSC Competition.
(Click on a gun for a larger view)
IPSC Open Division " Racegun"
IPSC " Standard Division" Handgun
Typical "Production Division" Handgun Revolver Standard Division
IPSC Standard Shotgun DIvision IPSC Open Rifle Division
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