Historical re-enactment
The most classic start with a bang. Indeed, with the bangs of the cannons of the historical re-enactment, which inaugurated the 30th World Cup muzzle loading of the Muzzle Loaders Associations International Committee-MLAIC which has already started with training, but which will enter the hot phase from 27th to 31st August at the Valeggio sports shooting range, in the province of Verona. The teams' parade was spectacular in the enchanting setting of Borghetto di Valeggio, on the bank of the Mincio. Then the evocative historical re-enactment inspired by the events that characterized the Risorgimento battles fought in these places in the second Italian war of independence. Rifle and cannon shots, troop movements simulated the type of combat of the times.
Delegations from 23 countries
“It's nice to see the culmination of a job that required maximum commitment over the past 24 months because the world's muzzleloader had been missing from Italy for 22 years,” said the president of the National Association of Arquebusiers. “I thank the Muzzle loaders associations international Confederation for the trust it has placed in us. So this event is particularly important for us and we wanted to do things right." The general secretary of the MLAIC, the German Gerhard Lang, seemed particularly impressed by the Italian organization. The delegations come from 23 countries, for a total of 382 shooters: Argentina (2), Australia (4), Austria (44), Belgium (3), Brazil (2), Canada (7), Czech Republic (12), Finland (10), France (19), Germany (25), Great Britain (16), Hungary (16), Holland (8), Norway (7), Poland (13), Portugal (5), Slovakia (17) , South Africa (2), Spain (55), Sweden (17), Switzerland (30), United States (21). There are 47 Italians. A total of 2.044 performances, 1.273 with replicas and 771 with originals.
The program of the event
The competition is spread over 4 days, from Tuesday 27th to Saturday 31st August from 9am to 13pm and from 15pm to 18pm with some variations for all 27 MLAIC shooting specialties at 25, 50 and 100 meters and the 4 shooting specialties flight. Closing banquet on Saturday 31 August at 21pm. Stefano Caruso is the captain of the Italian team: “We have a good chance of reaching the podium because the members of the team are elements of proven experience who have already won titles at an international level in the past. The Italian shooters come from a selection already at the Italian Grand Prix and at the European Championship in which many European countries took part. To keep an eye on the Finns and French in long weapons and Germany, Austria and Spain in short weapons. On an individual level the Slovakian Stefan Ernst, the German Michael Sturm, the Austrians Robert Szuppin and Herbert Wagner". 30th MLAIC World Championship.
Medals up for grabs
The first medals will come from the categories Manton Originali (skeet), Colt and Tanzutsu at 25 metres, Miquelet Replicas and Vetterli (also youth within 21 years) at 50 metres, Maximilian and Walkyrie at 100 metres, the latter category being exclusively female. The World Cup will be broadcast on Plus+tv, Sky channel 814, from 15 September, in three special episodes with 4 reruns. The technical sponsors of the event are: Conarmi, FAIR, EOS, Nosparo, Farmacare-Nonoise, Davide Pedersoli, Tanfoglio, Uberti (source: UITS).
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