The most suberb performances of the year 2011
CISM-hymn
The Mil Nordic Shooting Championships will take place in Elverum, NOR at 27.-31.8.2012
New Nordic Military Shooting regulations are approved. Look the latest edition (1.1.2012-) here.
The national mil shooting regulatios are harmonised with nordic regulation from 1.1.2012
The FMST closing ceremony of the year 2011
In the ceremony Toni Matilainen was awarded as the best rifle shooter of the year. Kai Jahnsson was awarded as the best pistol shooter.
Marko Talvitie was named the best shooter in the mil nordic event. Pentti Lehtimäki (in the middle), former FDF chief of personnel and
the president of FMST visited the ceremony and he was passed a present due to his 75 anniversary last summer.
Jussi Puustinen and Antti Jokinen ended their career as military shooters.
45th Nordic Military Shooting Championships in Borris (DAN) 5.-9.9.2011.
The official webpage: www.forsvaret.dk/dar/NMSC2011.
Pistol shooters took gold medals in centre fire pistol and military rapid fire pistol team events.
Marko Talvitie got bronze in military rapid fire pistol event.
Rifle shooters got bronze in SR and military rapid fire rifle team event.
5th Military World Games - The Peace Games - in Rio de Janeiro, BRA.
The FIN Rifle team chased a bronze medal SR team event after NOR and SLO. Henri Häkkinen did 587, Kari Pennanen and Toni Matilainen 573.
The 5th Military World Games will be organised in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia 13.-26.7.2011.
The great event consists of twenty different military sport disciplines. Estimated number of participants is 8000.
The great Finnish medal winners in the 5MWG
- Markku Vihersalo (Rovaniemi) in aeronautical navigating, Bronze
- Henri Häkkinen (Hollola), Kari Pennanen (Valkeala) and Toni Matilainen (Valkeala) Standard Rifle Team, Bronze
- Jaana Sundberg (Lahti) in judo, Bronze
- Ari Mannio (Lehtimäki) in javelin, Gold
- Mikko Honkasalo (Kouvola), Matti Pulli (Kauhava), Markku Vihersalo (Rovaniemi) and Ville Rosenlund (Jyväskylä) in aeronautical pentathlon team, Bronze
- Terhi Pyyhti-Sassi (Kirkkonummi) in naval pentathlon, Bronze
- Henri Häkkinen in rapid fire rifle, Silver.
The Finnish Shooting Team in the Peace Games
From the left: Kari Pennanen, Jorma Jäntti, Mikko Taussi, Petri Ylinen, Toni Matilainen, Marko Leppä,
Marko Räsänen, Matti Viljakainen and Henri Häkkinen.
Juha Rutonen and Jari Javarus are the new champions in military field shooting 2011. The Finnish Defence Forces field shooting championships took place
in Taipalsaari, near Lappeenranta, FIN. Rutonen took gold in rifle before Juha Rinta-Keturi and Aarne Markko.
Javarus was the best in pistol shooting. Keimo Korpioksa and Tapio Ranta took the other medals. Javarus was also the best in service rifle.
The two winners have a quota for the Nordic Military Shooting Championships in Denmark 5.-9.9.2011. The FMST is planned to participate in the event
with 5 male range shooters both in pistol and rifle with some specialist field shooters. The female team may also take part in the games.
Kari Pennanen was again the best Finn in the military rapid fire rifle event in at Sonthofen, GER. Kari did a result of 556 (197-171-188) and was the sixth.
Juha Rutonen shot 543 (197-166-180) and Toni Matilainen got 540 (192-165-183). The winner of the day was was Hans Christian Wear (NOR) 576,
the second Odd Arne Brekne (NOR) 565 and the third Hans Muller (SUI) 563. In a team event Finland got bronze medals after Norway and Switzerland.
Kari Pennanen got a result of 571 (199-183-189) in SR event at Sonthofen, GER being on the fourth place. Juha Rutonen shot 570 (198-184-188)
and Toni Matilainen did get 569 (198-182-189). The winner of the day was Michel Podolak (AUT) with 578, the second Hans Muller (SUI) 577
and the third was Hans Christian Wear (NOR) 576.
Left. Air photograph of Sonthofen 300 rifle range. In the midlle the view inside. On the right the FMST with
Juha Rutonen, Kari Pennanen , Toni Matilainen and Matti Viljakainen.
Toni Matilainen was the best FMST rifle shooter in CISM regional event in Sonthofen, GER. Toni did 573 (196-187-190) in a standard rifle team competition.
Kari Pennanen was just a little behind him with 572 (196-186-190). The third Finnish, Juha Rutonen shot 568 (199-187-182).
The best individual result was done by Odd Arne Brekne (NOR) 585. All Finnish shooter will shoot tomorrow in the individual event.
According to the Finnish coach, Matti Viljakainen, this regional event is organised very professionally and in pleasent way at a pretty nice, 10-lane shooting range.
Kai Jahnsson gained an olympic quota to London 2012 games in USA World Cup in Fort Benning!
Kai shot 584 in elimination in air pistol and was the fifth. In the final Kai shot 100.1 points and was left on 5th place (total 684.1) but was still happy!
The winner was Leonid Ekimov (RUS) with 585 + 104.2 =689.2 points.
Henri Häkkinen was a quite near in getting an olympic quota for London 2012 olympics. Henri was the ninth in 50 metre rifle 3 x 40 event.
The chasing for the quota was very hard and Henri lost his chance only after shoot-off for final; the other two in line were more happy.
