ACTION AIR LEVEL 1 TPSA IPSC COMPETITION
TESTING METTLE, WINNING MEDALS!
“C19... HIT! YOU SUNK MY BATTLESHIP!! ...ALONG WITH OUR HOPES AND DREAMS”, AN EPITHET NO DOUBT EVERYONE CAN RELATE TO AS OF LATE, AND DESPITE TAIWAN BEING POSSIBLY THE LEAST AFFECTED LITTLE ISLAND NATION AMONG ALL OF THIS MESS, STEWBACCA AND HIS FELLOW SHOOTERS NONETHELESS WERE EVENTUALLY HIT BY SEMI-STRICT LOCKDOWNS DUE TO LOCAL SPREAD OF THE BLIGHT. BUT EVENTUALLY THERE WAS LIGHT, AND PERFORMANCES TO BE INSPIRED BY!
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s a result of the almost-inevitable restrictions my fellow shooters and I in Taiwan lost out on a number of competitions, and had to put training on hiatus, albeit only for a few months compared to everyone else’s no doubt longer suffering. As a result the second Shooting Centre Shooters Cup which was intended for July/ August was cancelled, as was the PengHu islands competition; thankfully I managed to salvage a getaway trip from that anyway and covered PengHu
Arms Factory while I was on the islands, right before lockdown back in mid May 2021. With all this considered, despite getting off relatively lightly here, there were still casualties beyond the lost time; it would appear that the largest Northern IPSC team, Taipei Focus Action Shooters or TFAS that are usually based in Action Bunker have, at least for the foreseeable future, ceased training as a result of the closures and the impact upon their classes due to having greater
“AS A RESULT OF THE ALMOST-INEVITABLE RESTRICTIONS MY FELLOW SHOOTERS AND I IN TAIWAN LOST OUT ON A NUMBER OF COMPETITIONS, AND HAD TO PUT TRAINING ON HIATUS, ALBEIT ONLY FOR A FEW MONTHS COMPARED TO EVERYONE ELSE’S NO DOUBT LONGER SUFFERING.” 74
JANUARY 2022
