IPSC Action Air Present in Hong Kong
The Corinth Shooting Range, located just 80 km from Athens, Greece, was the venue for the highly anticipated Canal Challenge Match 2025, held from April 9-13, 2025.
Hosting another big event like this in such a short period of time have put challenges to the management team of the Hong Kong, China Airsoft Shooting Confederation (HKAPSC) ; which is the action air division of Hong Kong, China Practical Shooting Association (HKCPSA). This is the 2nd time that the event is held in a public sport center, and the popular event is attended by competitors from Hong Kong, Macau, Chinese Taipei, China, Korea, Mongolia and the Philippines, totaling a number of 357 competitors.
The 2024 Hong Kong International Action Air was held in November, and it was decided at the time the 2025 event will be held during Easter to utilized the long holiday period, have put a great challenge to the managing team. The team has less than 4 months to prepare the COFs, sending out invitation, liaise with the relevant Government department to secure the event venue. Though the hard work and with the help of many volunteers from local gun clubs, the team was able to organize an event with 12 challenging stages, and with over 100 overseas competitors joining the match.
2025 is the second year that the event is being held in Choi Hung Sport Center, collaborated with the HKSAR Government; and host a shooting event in a government owned facility, With the support from the HKSAR Government, the team worked closely with the Sport Centre’s management team, as well as the local council and police precinct, to ensure the smooth flow of the event and the safety of the general public.
The event have 12 stages and 357 competitors, and 54 of them are in the Junior and Super Junior category. We see an increase in the Junior and Super Junior category in Open, Standard, Production and Production Optics division. The
best Junior member has achieved a 97% rate in the Standard Division and took 3rd in the overall result. The excellent result achieved by the Juniors and Super Juniors allow IPSC to promote to the younger generation and securing the future of the sport.
We praise the great effort by the Range Officers of the Hong Kong NROI and the HKAPSC management team to host another successful match in such a short period of time.
See you all in 2026!
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