HALLSVILLE, Mo. – Douglas Koenig, 55, of Deland, FL, continued an astonishing run on the 2024 Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) Bianchi Cup as he secured the twentieth victory of his profession on the celebrated worldwide pistol event.
Held Might 21-24 on the prestigious Inexperienced Valley Rifle & Pistol Membership in Missouri, the CMP Bianchi Cup noticed 150 people from seven completely different international locations collaborating within the mixture of motion pistol competitions. It was the second 12 months of internet hosting for the CMP, with many enhancements constituted of final 12 months’s inaugural match.
“I really feel like issues went loads higher this 12 months,” mentioned Jim Henderson, CMP pistol supervisor. “We had a couple of miscues, however we’re studying, and we want to making a couple of extra modifications for subsequent 12 months that we hope can be nicely acquired.”
Henderson was grateful to the various sponsors of occasion, together with title sponsor, MidwayUSA, in addition to the rivals and workers for his or her help.
“We all know you journey far and put a tremendous quantity of effort and cash into coming to this occasion, and we wish to be sure to have the very best match attainable!” he mentioned. “Thanks to all of the volunteers and the workers at Inexperienced Valley R&P! Darren and his crew do a tremendous job protecting every little thing operating seamlessly, and Pat Cooper did an important job as Match Director. The occasion wouldn’t occur with out her and her devoted crew of individuals.”
“Julie Golob did an superior job as emcee for the awards, and her two women are priceless to have doing what they do!” he went on. “Sometime I hope to win a step problem, however that’s a narrative for an additional time.”
Along with his excellent performances, Koenig was in a position to narrowly surpass final 12 months’s champion (and winningest competitor within the occasion’s historical past), Bruce Piatt, by simply two x-ring photographs to say his win.
Although he fell simply wanting the general title, Piatt, 63, of Damascus, PA, nonetheless managed to garner a memorable Bianchi Cup by incomes the general win within the Mover and Falling Plate occasions and acquiring the Legislation Enforcement Champion distinction.
Mark Itzstein, 54, of Frisco, TX, led the Barricade occasion – besting SSG Anthony Heinauer, 27, of Fort Benning, GA, in a shoot off after each achieved scores of 480-48X, together with Koenig and Walter Johnson, 30, of Pine Mountain, GA, who every fired the identical rating. Heinauer went on to steer the brand new 2nd Gun competitors, with a rating of 1918-153X.
Additionally discovering wins have been Metallic Nationwide Champion, SFC Ryan Franks, 36, of Ellerslie, GA, Manufacturing Nationwide Champion, SSG Walker Buckman, 28, of Floyd, VA, and SSG Christopher Hudock, 34, of Columbus, GA, who amazingly marked the primary ever rating of 1920 within the Manufacturing Optic class.
Ricky Corbello, 64, of Lake Charles, LA, earned the inaugural Rimfire Open Champion title (with the class simply launched at this 12 months’s Bianchi Cup), as Cherie Blake, 53, of Huon Creek, Victoria, Australia, introduced residence the Lady Nationwide title and Bridger Steege, 17, of Cheyenne, WY, earned the Roger E. Hawkins Memorial Junior Nationwide Champion award.
Congratulations additionally goes to Bruno Steinemann, 66, of Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland, who acquired a donated Excessive Commonplace .22 pistol, number one of 999, for incomes twenty first place total.
“I can’t thank my compatriots and counterparts from the CMP workers sufficient. When you’ve by no means run a match for a 150 individuals, it may be daunting, to say the least,” Henderson added. “When you’re ready, come shoot or volunteer at Camp Perry in the course of the Nationwide Matches this summer time, the place we run occasions for 1000’s of individuals in six weeks! I look ahead to seeing all of you on a spread someplace.”
Different Exceptional Winners of the 2024 CMP Bianchi Cup:
Sensible Outcomes: Douglas Koenig, 55, of Deland, FL – 480-47X
Rimfire Division: Douglas Koenig, 55, Deland, FL – 480-47X
2nd Gun Division: SSG Anthony Heinauer, 27, Fort Benning, GA – 1918-153X
Mover Outcomes: Bruce Piatt, 63, Damascus, PA – 480-43X
Barricade Outcomes: Mark Itzstein, 54, of Frisco, TX – 480-48X
Falling Plates Outcomes: Bruce Piatt, 63, Damascus, PA – 480-43X
2-Man Group:
Metallic: BDMP Germany (Roman Hauber, Thomas Glas) – 1858-116X
Manufacturing: BDMP Germany (Michael Paa, Frank Reiche – 1817-107X
Manufacturing Optics: Prime Gov (SSG Christopher Hudock, Simon Golob) – 1914-160X
Worldwide Group: Pistol Australia 1 (Brett Foster, Cherie Blake) – 1918-168X
4-Man Group: In Want of a Identify (Mark Itzstein, Tony Holmes, Bruce Piatt, Douglas Koenig) – 1920-179X
Particular Classes:
Army Veteran Champion: Stephen Stewart, 51, Carlock, IL – 1912-163X
Legislation Enforcement Champion: Bruce Piatt, 63, Damascus, PA – 1920-181X
Energetic Service Champion: SSG Walter Johnson, 30, Pine Mountain, GA – 1920-178X
Revolver Champion: Glenister Ayre, 64, Crestmead, Queensland, Australia – 1904-142X
Worldwide Champion: Yukishige Mimbu, 59, Auckland, New Zealand – 1914-158X
Worldwide Championship Awards:
Grand Senior Champion: John Dowell, 73, LaVale, MD – 1853-120X
Senior Champion: Vance Schmid, 73, Marion, IL – 1912-163X
Roger E. Hawkins Memorial Junior Nationwide Champion: Bridger Steege, 17, Cheyenne, WY – 1894-144X
Lady Nationwide Champion: Cherie Blake, 53, Huon Creek, Victoria, Australia – 1910-150X
Metallic Nationwide Champion: SFC Ryan Franks, 36, Ellerslie, GA – 1916-163X
Manufacturing Nationwide Champion: SSG Walker Buckman, 28, Floyd, VA – 1888-135X
Provisional Manufacturing Optic Nationwide Champion: Seiichi Ishikawa, 53, Montebello, CA – 1912-142X
Manufacturing Optic Nationwide Champion: SSG Christopher Hudock, 34, Columbus, GA – 1920-166X
Rimfire Open General: Ricky Corbello, 64, Lake Charles, LA – 1914-160X
Open Nationwide Champion: Douglas Koenig, 55, of Deland, FL – 480-47X
View an entire checklist of outcomes on the CMP’s Competitors Tracker web page at https://ct.thecmp.org/2024CMPBianchiCupResults. See images of the occasion, out there without cost obtain, at https://cmp1.zenfolio.com/f34546571. CMP would additionally prefer to thank John Scoutten and the Taking pictures USA workforce for nice video footage of the occasion. View the total playlist on the CMP’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?checklist=PLBXBxI0vaNWRbt5Z3FTM2fBS89iRR6s4a.
In regards to the CMP Bianchi Cup:
The CMP Bianchi Cup is comprised of 4 occasions: the Sensible Occasion, Transferring Goal (Mover) Occasion, Barricade Occasion, and the Falling Plates Occasion. Opponents shoot from each standing and susceptible positions and are additionally required to shoot with sturdy and weak palms at numerous levels. There aren’t any make-up photographs within the CMP Bianchi Cup, including to its problem. Opponents hearth in Open, Metallic, Manufacturing and Manufacturing Optic lessons inside every occasion in addition to Rimfire classes. Study extra concerning the CMP Bianchi Cup at https://thecmp.org/competitions/cmp-pistol-program/cmp-bianchi-cup/.
If you’re fascinated with sponsoring the 2025 CMP Bianchi Cup, please attain out to Jim Henderson at jhenderson@thecmp.org.
The Civilian Marksmanship Program is a federally chartered 501 (c) (3) non-profit company. It’s devoted to firearm security and marksmanship coaching and to the promotion of marksmanship competitors for residents of the US. For extra details about the CMP and its packages, log onto www.TheCMP.org.
