Double Gold - 50m and 10m National Pistol Champion!

Today was pretty awesome! I defended my title and took the gold in the men's 10m pistol AND 50m pistol ISSF events. Double gold at the 2019 Canadian National Pistol Championships!

I won the 50m event back in 2016 and then shifted focus away from that and back to 10m. This is my third year in a row winning the 10m event! 2017, 2018, and now 2019! Yes!

Outside the Pan Am Shooting Centre after winning the 10m event!

What it looks like before I start my 60 shot competition!

Thank you to ELEY tenex! I had this barrel tested in Munich when I was there for the ISSF World Cup.

25m event tomorrow and Tuesday and then flying home!

Arrived in Toronto for 2019 Canadian National Pistol Championships!

I got in late last night after a delayed flight. Made it to hotel around 1am. Always nice to get in a couple days early when dealing with timezone changes. It's only 3 hours from what I'm used to but it makes a difference.

Night before travel getting my equipment organized

The competition starts tomorrow so expect more updates soon!


PS: I added a form on my website also if you want to contact me. Awesome.

Spring 2019 Updates

It's been a busy couple months with training and travel. May and June I was away quite a bit with multiple stops to Toronto. The Shooting Federation of Canada's high performance team trials for the 2020 team were in May, then the ISSF World Cup stage in Munich end of May then a team training camp early June at the Pan Am Games legacy range in Cookstown, ON.

My competitor number for the 2019 HPTT

Lynda Kiejko, Allan Harding, Kim Britton, Liz Gustafson

Mark Hynes and Allan Harding

Do it!

After the high performance team trials I stopped in and shot at Target Sports Canada with Nicolas from TheGunBlog.ca. Fun times! Noisy club but great to see how many people were out and interested in target sports.

Visiting Target Sports Canada range with Nic from TheGunBlog.ca

On my way to Munich, Germany! Thanks for the upgrade Air Canada!

Competitor number for ISSF Munich World Cup stage

Lynda, Lea, Lisa, me

Team Canada out for food and drinks

The busy indoor 10m range in Munich

I stopped in to visit ELEY to test out their tenex air pellets for my Steyr evo10e air pistol.

Barrel testing ELEY tenex air in my Steyr evo10e

ELEY tenex air acquired! Let's do this!

After getting back from Munich I had a few days at home before flying back out to Toronto for a training camp. I stopped in and visited a couple ranges while there. I stopped in and met with members of Toronto Revolver Club and also stopped in and visited Silverdale Gun Club.

Visiting Toronto Revolver Club!

Shooting 25m distance at Silverdale. Beautiful day!

Then back at the high performance team training camp to train with my Team Canada teammates on their way to the 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru.

Stuart Burns and Mark Hynes shooting 10m at training camp 

I'm currently in Whitehorse, Yukon and back to training soon to get ready for the 2019 Canadian National Pistol Championships. Stay tuned!

Also find me on Twitter and Instagram as @alharding!

Testing ELEY ammunition in Canada

Last month I visited Korth Group to do some ELEY batch testing at their test range! The experience is pretty cool! I was given a tour of their facility and ranges and then they got everything ready to test. We went through 15 different ELEY lots and a couple competitor ammo which I brought in that I had been using in training and competition.

ELEY tenex for shooting 10x's!

We went through several rounds of testing over several hours until we found the one that was the most consistent with my Pardini SP RF barrel. Ultimately I ended up with some ELEY Tenex (not pistol version) that worked best. The non-pistol Tenex has a higher velocity and grouped better.

ELEY testing at 25m distance

So fun! :)

Awesome!

Next up for me is the 2019 Pan Am Games team selection match this weekend in Cookstown, Ontario. I will also be visiting Target Sports Canada range to meet up and shoot! Come by May 20th @ 2pm!

From the news:

• National champ aiming for Richmond airgun title
• Records broken at Richmond shooting competition
• One of the kids I coach: Nine-year-old rifle shooter ‘one to watch’ 

Intershoot results

I've been asked about Intershoot results and realized I haven't posted in awhile. Intershoot 2019 Netherlands results!

At The Pier in The Hague

The first match went well but I know I could have done better. There were some easy points I lost which I shouldn't have let go. It doesn't take much of a break in focus though when you're dealing with millimeters at a distance of 10m. After the first match I ended up not feeling well due to something I ate and stayed in bed a couple days only getting up to go compete and make the best of the situation.

Also got a chance to meet up with Ramon from Olympic Pistol which was pretty cool! Thank you for the t-shirt and Belgium chocolates!

Kim Britton, Ramon Suarez, and me @ Intershoot 2019

Next up are the BC Airgun Championships in Richmond, BC in a couple weeks!