Historical shooting: BDMP championship moves 200 participants to Homberg!

Historical shooting: BDMP championship moves 200 participants to Homberg!

Standanlage am Alsfelder Hausberg, 36341 Homberg, Deutschland - A historical moment occurs in Homberg: for the first time, a shooter from the Federation of Military and Police Protections (BDMP) succeeds in achieving an impressive 24-shot series without a miscarriage (Full House) in the NPA-D discipline. Markus Emmel, the 59-year-old shooter from the SLG Dietz, transformed his challenge into a triumph with 120 rings and 17 shots in the innermost center, also known as Xer. This happened during the German "Dynamic Kurzgaffe" championship, which took place on the stand on the stand on the Alsfeld local mountain on July 20, 2025.

At this championship, almost 200 shooters competed and contested a total of 1,300 starts. The event also attracts some of the best shooters in the country. Among them is Jana Ohlsen from Quedlinburg, who starts with her Smith & Wesson 500 Magnum, an impressive Jochen with an eight-inch run and a weight of 2 kg. It describes shooting as an excellent way to switch off the stressful everyday life and praises the willingness to help within the BDMP community, in which shooters support and also give equipment.

challenges and success

The German championship not only requires skill, but also poses organizational challenges to the organizers. There is a great need for qualified stand prospects, also known as Range Officers, and the subject of the underrepresented women's shares in shooting sports are also addressed. Beate Friedrich, as a representative of the BDMP, emphasizes the importance of these aspects for the future of sport.

The competitions are characterized by exciting disciplines that are shot on target discs at distances of 7 to 50 meters. In the Police Pistol 1 discipline, the participants have to give up six shots at a distance of ten meters within three intervals of two seconds. At these disciplines, the pulse of the participants is driven up both by high voltage and by the competition spirit.

gold medals on the podium

Michael Paa from Bernhardswald stands out under the outstanding performance. The shooter got several gold medals at the championships. He achieved Highmaster results with impressive 297 of 300 rings in the PP1 A discipline and 299 of 300 rings in the PP1 discipline with Optical Sight. In addition, Paa won the gold medal in the Expert class of the new NPA A discipline, but only missed the highmaster classification by one point.

Together with his team of the SLG Waldbrunn, consisting of Marcelo Drigo, Michael Haupt and Hans-Thomas Schmidt, Paa was able to win the German championship in the SuperMagnum discipline. Such successes show that shooting sports is not only constant, but also flourished and produces new talents.

With a look at the future competitions and titles until Sunday, the tension remains high among the participants. The hunt for further gold medals and the best placements continues and history is written on the shooting ranges with every round. The German "Dynamic Shortgage" championship is not only a celebration of sport, but also a platform for community and helpfulness among the shooters.