CZ Yearbook 2019 /eng

| 41 CZ Shooting Team Since 1993, the success of Česká zbrojovka’s team of shooters has played a major role in the worldwide popularity of CZ guns. Today, the team includes the best shooters from the Czech Republic as well as abroad, giving it an international name - the CZ Shooting Team. The pistol team The key arena for the CZ Shoot- ing Team has traditionally been IPSC shooting and CZ contin- uously develops and produces an array of first-rate models for this sector. In return for that, these elite shooters in company colours participate in the devel- opment and testing of new CZ guns. The CZ Shooting Team also strives to raise public aware- ness of this beautiful shooting sport and encourage as many people as they can to take it up, both at the international as well as national level. The CZ pistol team is currently divided into two parts: World Class – the best of the best in the world. The Production Division includes Robin Šebo, Ljubiša Momčilovič, Michal Štěpán and Maria Gushchina (however, Ma- ria has lately began participat- ing more in the Open Division). In the new Production Optics division, it is Andrej Hrnčiarik. The Standard Division includes Josef Rakušan, Zdeněk Liehne and Petr Znamenáček, in the Open Division there is Miroslav Havlíček and Martina Šerá. In addition, the CZ Shooting Team supports regional con- tinental shooters , for exam- ple in Argentina, South Africa, Australia, etc. This year, Ger- mán Romitelli from Argentina won the Production Division in the Pan American handgun Championship in Jamaica with a CZ SHADOW 2 pistol. For the CZ Shooting Team, 2018 was truly an excellent season. In simple words, the factory shoot- ers won anything they could with their CZ guns. Here is a small selection of some of the most important achievements:  Robin Šebo – titles from Aus- tralia Nationals, continen- tal Af rican Championships, Champion of Canada;  Ljubiša Momčilovič – winner of the CZ Extreme Euro Open (one of the largest compe- titions in the world, last year it was the 10th anniversary which saw more than 1 000 competitors take part);  Maria Gushchina – titles from continental African Champi- onships, Euro Asia Extreme Open or Far East Asia Cham- pionship, where in the Pro- duction Division she sailed to victory beating all the shoot- ers, includingmen; Production Division Shooters may only use facto- ry made models with open sights with no additional ad- justments or modif ications. In this division, the reigning model is the CZ SHADOW 2 pistol, used since 2016. The lat- est newcomer is the improved CZ SHADOW 2 ORANGE . Standard Division Factory-produced models with open sights only, without compensators and with lim- ited dimensions (must f it in a 225 × 150 × 45 mm box). Adjust- ments are restricted to improv- ing accuracy, reliability and functionality while using com- mercially-produced parts. Cur- rently, shooters f rom the CZ Shooting Team use the CZ 75 TACTICAL SPORTS ORANGE . Open Division There are no limitations on pistols in the Open Division, the participants therefore use individually modified or spe- cially built models. These guns usually have collimator sights, extended magaz ines and muzzle climb compensators. In this division, shooters from the CZ Shooting Team use the CZ 75 TACTICAL SPORTS CZECHMATE . CZ guns for IPSC