Fabrizio Pesce

Personal Information
Name: Fabrizio Pesce
Date of birth: 14/12/1964
Residence: Novara, Italy
Occupation: Policeman

Shooting Information
Representing: Italy
Division: Standard
Gun: STI Edge GM
Gear: DAA Race Master Holster, DAA Belt, DAA Pouches

IPSC Background
I started shooting IPSC in 1996 because one Sunday I had nothing else to do and I was asked to take part to a match.

I immediately fell in love with this sport and I started to shoot IPSC matches regularly.

This has helped me very much in my activity as a law enforcement firearms instructor and sniper. In 2000 I met Irene; from that time on everything has become funnier, because we share the same hobby and we spend all our free time on it. My first IPSC gun has been an STI (love at first sight for the best, right from the start!)

IPSC Main Achievements
2nd at European Sti open
9th at Mosquito match
4th at Trofeo D?Ascia
3rd at I Kolo Superligy (CZ)
3rd at Czech National
3rd at Med Cup
2nd X Trofeo Montichiari
2nd at Winter Trophy
1st at Trofeo ICS
3rd at Italian Challenge
3rd at Triangolare Invernale
4th at Italian National
3rd at Trofeo Tanfoglio
3rd at Big Match Dillon Precision

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Irene Canetta

Personal Information
Name: Irene Canetta
Date of birth: 24/03/1963
Residence: Novara, Italy

Shooting Information
Representing: Italy
Division: Open
Gun: STI TruBor GM, C-More
Gear: DAA Race Master Holster, DAA Belt, DAA Pouches

IPSC Background

Until 1999 I didn?t know anything about guns and I had never been at a shooting range.
In late 1999 I got my carry permit (in Italy the police can issue such a permit only to people who need it for self defense at work); therefore I inevitably and logically wanted to know how a gun should be used, because from then on I would have always carried a gun.

Some friends of mine suggested me to attend a practical shooting course (livello bronzo); I did it only to get some basic skills with the pistol and to become a little less clumsy with it. One Sunday, I had nothing to do at all, I was convinced by some other friends to watch a IPSC match. I liked it a lot and so I started to shoot matches myself; the first year I shot in Standard Division and since then in Open Division.

IPSC Main Achievements
2002 Italian Open Champion Cat. Lady
2003 Italian Open Champion Cat. Lady
2004 Italian Open Champion Cat. Lady
2005 Italian Open Champion Cat. Lady
2002 3rd place Open National Cat. C
2002 World Shoot South Africa ? 1st place Sponsor Gold Medal Winner
2003 European Shotgun Championship Italy European Slidepump Champion Cat. Lady
2003 European Shotgun Championship Italy 15th place overall Slidepump Division
2003 2nd Place at Open Florida Cat. Lady
2003 2nd Place overall at Open Florida Unclassified
2003 2nd Place at Med Cup Cat Lady
2003 3rd Place at Czech Euro Open Cat. Lady
2003 1st Place overall at Czech Euro Open
2003 1 Place Open National Cat.A
2004 Winter Champion, overall, ICS
2004 3rd Place at the European STI Open in Germany, Cat. Lady
2004 8th Place at the European Championship in Czech Rep. Cat. Lady
2004 4th overall at VIII Trofeo Città di Uboldo
2004 2nd Place at Med Cup Cat. Lady
2004 1st Lady and 6th overall at I Kolo Superligy APS CR in the Czech Rep.
2004 3rd Lady at Mosquito Match (SK)
2004 3rd Place overall at IX Classic Italian Challenge
2004 1st Place Czech National
2004 4th Place overall at Big Match (Rome)
3rd Place overall at Italian Winter Championship
1st Place Lady at Med Cup
1st Lady in all 7 major Italian matches as well as in all Italian shotgun slide pump matches
3rd Team Lady Open at World Shoot in Ecuador

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Gregory Midgley

Personal Information
Name: Gregory Francis Midgley
Date of birth: 31/08/1970
Residence: Zurich, Switzerland
Website: www.midgley.de

Shooting Information
Representing: Germany
Division: Standard
Gun: STI Edge
Gear: DAA Race Master Holster, DAA Belt, DAA Pouches

IPSC Background
Gregory started shooting air rifle at the age of 12 and .22 precision rifle at 16. He was right from the beginning very successful and qualified for the German Championship. With 18 he stopped shooting and concentrated on Thai Boxing. Thai Boxing as one of the toughest Fighting Sports became his main sport until he turned 28. 1998 a friend of Gregory took him to clay shooting (trap) and to IPSC shooting and he was fascinated with these shooting sports, and without hesitating he entered the local shooting club VPS Neu-Ulm and got member of the German shooting association (BDS).

His first handgun for IPSC was a Glock in .40 S&W. In 1999 he switched to the 1911 system, still in .40 S&W. In 2000 he moved to Switzerland due to work reasons and joined a local IPSC club. Since 2001 he has been a member of the Swiss National Team and always top ranked in Switzerland.

His success is based in a large part on the good training possibilities in Switzerland. He became Swiss Champion in Standard Division and Swiss Champion in 3-Gun. Since 2004 he shoots an Edge 2011 from STI International, Georgetown Texas and is a member of the STI European Team.

Gregory still lives in Switzerland but in 2005 he started shooting for Germany again. His first big match for Germany was the World Shoot in Ecuador at which he finished 12th.

IPSC Main Achievements
5th EHC 2010 Standard Division
Winner of the 2005 Bavarian State Championship (Germany)
Winner of the 5th Ironhands Autumn 2005 (Germany)
12th at the 2005 World Championship (Ecuador)
19th at the 2005 US Nationals, Limited 10 (USA)

Ammo and Loads:

.40 s&w

hornady 180gr xtp.
vv 320 5.0 gr.
fiocchi brass and primer

fiocchi 170gr bullet.
vv 320 5.5gr
fiocchi brass and primer

oal. 29.5mm

reloading:
Dillon Precision Super 1050 Reloading Machine
Mr. Bulletfeeder

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Ralf K. Jensen

Personal Information
Name: Ralf K. Jensen
Date of birth: 08/10/1969
Residence: Malmo, Sweden
Occupation: CRM Project Manager

Shooting Information
Representing: Denmark
Division: Standard
Gun: STI Edge GM
Gear: DAA Race Master Holster, DAA Belt, DAA Pouches

IPSC Background

I started shooting .22 precision rifle shooting at the age of 8 or 9 ? but even though I was really good at it, my interest only lasted about 1 year before I found it too boring. When I was 13 I bought a Diana 35 air rifle, which found heavy use in my parents garden. It shot great. I even helped my mother pick down high sitting apples using this air rifle by shooting the stilch. She would get quite upset with me, if I accidentally hit the apple, so I really tried.

At the age of 16 I got my Danish hunting license and bought a fun-gun (Winchester 94, cal. .44 magnum). Even though the rifle real fun to shoot, I sold it later because I needed the money for a motorcycle.

My first meeting with large caliber pistols:
I turned 18 and my big brother took me to the pistol shooting club, and I was hooked. My first gun was a High-Standard cal. .22, which shot really great. After having shot approximately 1 year, I tried a S&W model 19 with .38 Wadcutter ammo ? I made up my mind, that large caliber pistol shooting wasn?t really to be taken seriously ? period! Oh, well my attitude changed I guess?.

Couple of years later I bought a nickel plated 9mm Taurus PT99 which I shot for around 6 months, before I was able to hit the black center on a 25 m. UIT-target. I improved?and participated in a lot of pistol terrain shooting (distances 10 ? 120 meters), and achieved good placements. I had been shooting pistol for 5-6 years and ?well, I was bored really! I considered to stop shooting, until I in 1992 was introduced to IPSC. Wow ? what an experience: It was dynamic, required precision AND speed, good camaraderie and, and, and?

I quickly took the test and got my license. I still remember my first match (which I even won): I was so full of adrenaline, that I didn?t sleep the following night at all.

The Taurus wasn’t build for large volume shooting and quickly wore out. I switched to a Glock 17L. I was in college and money were hard to come by, so I sold my motorcycle in order to finance a Sphinx Master. I?ve shot the Sphinx?en for many years, and have only praise for it, but I could only shoot minor with it.

Leading up to the European Championship 2001 in Germany, I replaced the Sphinx with an STI 2011 Edge, which I still use today. The STI?s reliability, soft recoil and high mag capacity made me more competitive ? enough for me to achieve 5th. place in the European Championship in 2001 and second place in the Europeans in Czech republic in 2004.

Ralf K. Jensen

IPSC Main Achievements

2nd EHC 2010 (Serbia)
Winner of Nordic Championship 2010
6th EHC2007 (France)
2nd EHC 2004 (Tabor-Operany, Czech Rep.)
5th EHC 2001 (Phillipsburg, Germany)
2002: 14th. World Championship (Pietersburg, South Africa)
14 times winner of Danish Championship

Ammo and Loads

I use a Dillon Super 1050 in .40S&W.
170 grs. Fiocchi FMJ-FP
5,4 – 5,5 grs. Vihtavouri N320
Fiocchi brass
Fiocchi primers
OAL: 29,6 mm
 
The above gives me a powerfactor of approx. 178-180.

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Emile Obriot

Personal Information
Name: Emile Obriot
Date of birth: 15/02/1987
Residence: Saint Maurice, France
Occupation: Student
Email: obriote@hotmail.com

Shooting Information
Representing: France
Division: Open
Gun: STI TruBor GM, C-More
Gear: DAA Race Master Holster, DAA Belt, DAA Pouches

IPSC Background
I started shooting 4.5 mm air pistol at the age of 7 with my sister. For about 5 years I shot just for fun, as my main sporting interest was soccer
My true interest for shooting began when my father discovered IPSC in 1998. I started IPSC directly with a 38 super auto in 1999; the gun was almost big as me…:)

IPSC Main Achievements
Winner of the Krakow Open Junior (4th overall)
Winner of the French National Championship Junior (3rd overall)
2nd at the STI Open Junior
Winner of the Med Cup Junior
Winner of the French Nice selection Junior
Winner of the French Montbéliard selection Junior (3rd overall)
Winner of the Euregio Open
2nd at the World Shoot XIV Junior team
Winner of the French National Championship Junior
2nd at the STI Open Junior
Winner of the Med Cup Junior
Winner of the French Ecot selection Junior (3rd overall)

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Juan Carlos Jaime Diaz

Personal Information
Name: Juan Carlos JAIME DIAZ
Date of birth: 02/09/1975
Residence: Madrid, España
Occupation: Policeman
Email: jcjaime5@telefonica.net
Website: www.jcjaime.com

Shooting Information
Representing: Spain
Division: Standard
Gun: STI Edge GM
Gear: DAA Race Master Holster, DAA Belt, DAA Pouches

IPSC Background
I started shooting in 1999, in only one year I win the national Spanish championship in 2000. One year later I win the national championship next time and 2º in the European Championship in Philispsburg (Germany). Other big result in the 2º place in Word Championship in Ecuador.

IPSC Main Achievements
2010 European Standard Division Champion
7 Times National Spanish champion
7 TImes Campion Presidet Cup (Spain)
2nd Place European Championship Germany 2001
2nd place Word Championship Ecuador
2 Time win Med Cup
Champion STI EURO OPEN 2009
Champion INFINITY EURO OPEN 2010
Champion Extreme Euro open 2010

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Saul Kirsch

Personal Information
Name: Saul Kirsch
Date of birth: 05/06/1971
Residence: Waalwijk, Netherlands
Occupation: General Manager, Double-Alpha Academy
Email: info(at)doublealpha.biz
Website: www.doublealpha.biz

Shooting Information
Representing: Netherlands
Division: Open
Gun: STI TruBor GM, Aimpoint CompC
Gear: DAA Race Master Holster, DAA Belt, DAA Pouches, Fiocchi brass primers and bullets, Vit powder

IPSC Background
Saul started his shooting career at the age of 12, as an Olympic rifle shooter. He competed in air-rifle and small-bore 3-position and prone. He represented Israel in several international championships and held several junior national records. He begun shooting IPSC in 1990, first shooting Standard, and later moving to Open. His first international match was the 1995 Europeans held in Sweden. Since then he has traveled the world competing in 4 world shoots and several US nationals, in addition to dozens of level III matches across Europe.
Saul Captains the STI Euro team.

IPSC Main Achievements
- Winner of over 50 level III Championships.
- 6 times winner of the European Steel Challenge
- Winner of the 2009 World Shoot Shoot-off event
- 2nd and 3rd place finishes at the European Championships
- 5th, 6th, and 7th place finishes at the World Championships
- Several top 4 finishes at the US Nationals

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