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27th MLAIC Short Range World Championships,
Sarlóspuszta, Hungary,
13 - 20 August 2016
Meet & Greet at Cape Town |
Meet & Greet at OR Tambo |
Jacques & Yolande Janse van Vuuren |
Protea Team 2016 ready to leave: |
Our transport and chauffeur for the trip |
This Austrian Toll Sticker took us places ... in search of a gas station that sells it |
The long and (not so) winding road in Hungary |
Almost there (we think ...) |
Nautilus Étteren és Panzío - our home for the next 10 days |
Girl to the left (dome-shaped unit), boys to the right (across the road) |
Having our first coffee at the hotel. Jacques, Chris, Pieter, Gustav & |
Same coffee, same place, somewhat different faces |
The small town where we stayed, about 30 minutes' drive from the range |
Train station - now to find someone who can speak English and explain what exactly a Forint is and what it is worth |
Budapest's Metro Lines |
Our transport to Budapest |
Budapest City |
We were not lost ... we had a very capable Minister of Tourism in |
After climbing (what felt like) a million steps, we reached the top at Castle Hill |
Budapest and the Danube river from the top of Castle Hill |
Entrance to the shooting range |
Clubhouse at Sarlóspuszta complex |
Nice thatched structure where rifle scrutiny and the last medal ceremony were held. |
Time to show the world what South Africans are made of ... |
The "ou ooms" hard at work |
And the youngsters too |
25 and 50m range |
Targets on the 50m range |
Targets at the 100m range |
Country Flags for the Opening Ceremony |
Re-enacters at the Opening Ceremony |
Re-enacters in action at the Opening Ceremony |
South African flag with most of the |
Hungarian Folk Dancers in action |
The MLAIC top structure: Balázs Németh (President), Gerhard Lang (new SG), David Brigden (previous SG) and Ramon Seles-Callubuig (Deputy SG) |
South African Team during the very hot and humid Opening Ceremony. At least we can dress up nicely ... |
Chris and Jacques |
Bokkie and Pieter |
Gustav |
Pieter weighing charges |
Chris weighing charges |
Jacques weighing charges |
We could either walk from the |
... or take the Hungarian Shuttle Bus |
Diligently updating all the parents at home on what we did and saw |
Pieter enjoying the last night of
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Jacques had the honour of firing the first official shot for the South African team |
Chris still wondering if all his stuff was sorted out for the competition |
Jean-Pierre did not say much, he just smiled ...
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Gustav could not wait to fire that first official shot |
It sure felt good to be able to enter |
Corena with her Ferriss |
Pieter with his Ferriss |
Jacques with his Zouave |
Chris with his Pedersoli Gibbs
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Jean Pierre with his Pedersoli Gibbs |
Gustav with Pedersoli Gibbs |
Jean Pierre helping Pieter to clean his rifle between the two Youth events
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Rain delayed ...
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But even the rain subsided after |
Vetterli under the watchful eye of Bokkie |
Lamarmora |
Lamarmora |
Kuchenreuter |
Whitworth Youth
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Vetterli Youth |
Breakfast on the range with compliments from Nautilus
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The South African Gettysburg competitors with Balázs Németh
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All the uniformed competitors in the Gettysburg event
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Chris cleaning in the woods |
Jacques cleaning in the woods |
Jean Pierre and Pieter packing up |
Award Ceremony - Walkyrie
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4th place in the Walkyrie |
Patriotism at its best! |
Award Ceremony - Silver medal for Rigby |
Award Ceremony - Vetterli Youth with Jean Pierre (3rd) and Gustav (4th) |
Award Ceremony - Whitworth Youth with Gustav (2nd) and Jean Pierre (6th) |
Award Ceremony - Bronze medal for Frontiersmen |
Our medals |
With our host at the hotel |
And we each got a very thoughtful present from our host when we left ... proper Hungarian paprika. They were excellent hosts, although we communicated using "only a little english at a time" |
Munich Holiday Inn Express Airport Hotel ... Chris, Jacques and Gustav trying to make sense of the map of Munich |
We decided to give our chauffeur (Pieter) a break and took the train to Munich. Our Minister of Tourism (Jean Pierre) relaxed and ready to conduct his last official duty on the trip |
Chris, Gustav and Jacques in the train |
Bokkie riding rodeo on a warthog near Marienplaz |
Glockenspiel on Marienplaz ... |
Doing the Oktoberfest thing in
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Then Bokkie got thirsty ... |
On our way back to the hotel to return to the airport |
Bokkie keeping an eye on our hand luggage on the flight back to Johannesburg |
Welcome back to South Africa! Cuppachino at OR Tambo's domestic departures terminal |
... indeed ... WHAT ELSE? |
Protea Team 2016 - WELL DONE, I salute you!! Chris van Gaalen, Jacques Jansen van Vuuren, Pieter Truter, Corena de Beer, Gustav Meyer, Jean Pierre Pellissier |
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