Military Nordic Championships, Säkylä, Finland
2.-6.9.2002

The new pistol range in Säkylä was very comfortable for the audience.
The range officials were highly skilled and so every disciplines went as planned.
The head coach of Finnish Defence Forces, Jouni Ilomäki, was also visiting the Nordic championships.
Lonely shooter in the rifle range.
Helena Juppala was outmost in 3-position in smallbore rifle with result 576.
Marko Räsänen was only a few "inches" behind Petter Bratli when they had the shootoff in the military rapid fire pistol for the bronze medal - Petter Bratli 577 (148) - Marko Räsänen 577 (139)
Matti Viljakainen was one of the aces of Finnish terrain shooters, this time the 6th.
One of the first-timers was Mika Pennanen who got lot of good experiences in terrain shooting.
The high command of Finnish defence forces, admiral Juhani Kaskeala, did want to see top marksmen in the line. Here he meets the chiefs of missions - Sweden, Col Björn Tomtlund - Norway, Gen Karlsen - Danmark, LtCol Paul Stougaard.
The Norwegian team was unbeatable in terrain shooting.
The Finnish pistol team was the winner in the centre fire pistol competition.
And the Finnish leaders won the gentleman event consisting Finnish darts, shotgun (trap) and petangue disciplines. The best individual was Lars Nygård (left) beating Mikko Taussi by five points.
In the closing banguette there was thunder and lightning both inside and outside. Here great dancers from Turku just before all the lights went down because of bad weather.

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