The Bianchi Cup
Past international competitors have hailed from Austria, Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Saudi Arabia (1987–1989), Republic of South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan (1996), Thailand (1993 and 1994), and the United Kingdom.
It is the first tournament that turns the sport of competition shooting as a whole from amateur to professional status by offering the winner a large cash prize in addition to trophies.
Thereafter the World Action Pistol Championship was held in Adelaide Australia 1997, Hamilton New Zealand 1999, Italy 2001 and again in the USA in Columbia MO in 2004.
[9] The Bianchi Cup has been one of the three championships of action shooting's triple crown, along with the IPSC U.S. Nationals, and the Steel Challenge.
[10] Since its inception in 1979, with the 1985 championship year being the exception, the Bianchi Cup has retained its original courses of fire, consisting of four matches: Practical, Barricade, Moving Target and Falling Plates.
Initially, the main differences for the Bianchi Cup/NRA Action Pistol version was that it was to be fired from a standing, hands-over-shoulder starting position, gun holstered, on five Bianchi D-1 "Tombstone" cardboard targets placed 25 yards downrange, using center fire handguns, with the option of using the ground as support if one can make the time limit without incurring any late shot penalties.
This sudden deviation from the original format proved unpopular, so organizers dropped it and re-instated the Practical Event the following year since.
The inaugural CMP Bianchi Cup in 2023 saw tremendous support from the 135 individuals who participated in the event, including several international competitors from Australia, Barbados, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland.
National Action Pistol Championships National Champion: Bruce Piatt, 1920-178X Open National National Champion: Mark Blake, 1920-178X Open: Douglas Koenig, 54, Deland, FL – 480-47X Metallic: SFC Ryan Franks, 35, Ellerslie, GA – 480-34X Production: SSG Christopher Hudock, 33, Columbus, GA – 469-26X Production Optic: Simon Golob, 48, Kearney, MO – 480-33X Open: Mark Blake, 52, Huon Creek, Australia – 480-39X Metallic: Roman Hauber, 57, Regensburg, Germany – 476-27X Production: SSG Christopher Hudock, 33, Columbus, GA – 478-23X Production Optic: SSG Anthony Heinauer, 26, Fort Benning, GA – 480-32X 1st: SSG Walter Johnson, 29, of Pine Mountain, GA – 480-48X 2nd: Brett Foster, 46, Bundabert, Queensland, Australia – 480-48X 3rd: Stephen Stewart, 50, Carlock, IL – 480-48X 1st: Benito Martinez, 44, Albuquerque, NM – 480-48X 2nd: SSG Walter Johnson, 29, of Pine Mountain, GA – 480-48X 3rd: SSG Anthony Heinauer, 26, of Fort Benning, GA – 480-48X Metallic: BDMP – 1848-121X Production Optic: Team DHS – 1887-118X International Team: Pistol Australia 1 – 1920-180X 4-Man Team: USAMU Blue (SSG Christopher Hudock, SFC Ryan Franks, SSG Anthony Heinauer, SSG Walter Johnson) – 1916-143X Military Veteran Champion – Mark Blake, 1920-178X Law Enforcement Champion – Bruce Piatt, 1920-178X Active Service Champion – SSG Walter Johnson, 1918-172X Revolver Champion – Steve Weathersby, 1914-154X International Champion – Mark Blake, 1920-178X Grand Senior Champion: Vance Schmid, 1918-157X John Cameron Memorial Senior Champion: Troy Mattheyer, 1916-154X Roger E. Hawkins Memorial Junior National Champion: Malcolm Itzstein, 1892-142X Woman National Champion: Sally Talbot, 1889-152X Metallic National Champion: SFC Ryan Franks, USA, 1914-141X Production National Champion: SSG Christopher Hudock, USA, 1901-128X Production Optic National Champion: SSG Anthony Heinauer, 1916-146X 1979: Ron Lerch 1816-062x 1980: Mickey Fowler 1889-085x 1981: Mickey Fowler 1890-088x 1982: Mickey Fowler 1903-145x 1983: Brian Enos 1903-612x 1984: Brian Enos 1910-257x 1985: Rob Leatham 2034-155x 1986: W. Riley Gilmore 1916-144x 1987: John Pride 1912-151x 1988: John Pride 1918-163x 1989: Lemoine Wright 1914-152x 1990: Doug Koenig 1920-157x 1991: W. Riley Gilmore 1920-166x 1992: Doug Koenig 1920-169x 1993: Bruce Piatt 1920-170x 1993: Brian Kilpatrick, Australia 1920-173x 1994: John Pride 1920-174x 1995: John Pride 1920-179x 1996: Mickey Fowler 1918-184x 1996: Ross G. Newell, Australia 1920-163x 1997: Bruce Piatt 1920-181x 1998: Doug Koenig 1920-180x 1999: Bruce Piatt 1920-185x 2000: Doug Koenig 1920-185x 2001: Doug Koenig 1920-184x 2002: Doug Koenig 1920-184x 2003: Doug Koenig 1920-183x 2004: Doug Koenig 1920-177x 2005: Doug Koenig 1920-185x 2006: Bruce Piatt 1920-177x 2007: Doug Koenig 1920-185x 2008: Doug Koenig 1918-185x 2009: Bruce Piatt 1920–181x 2010: Doug Koenig 1920-179x 2011: Doug Koenig *1920-187x (High Score) 2012: Doug Koenig 1920-182x 2013: Doug Koenig 1920-183x 2014: Kevin Angstadt 1920-171x 2015: Doug Koenig 1920-180x 2016: Doug Koenig 1920-183x 2017: Doug Koenig 1920-184x 2018: Adam Sokolowski 1920-176x 2019: Bruce Piatt 1920–179x 2020: (Cancelled) 2021: Doug Koenig 1920-182x 2022: Benito Martinez 1920-165x 2023: Bruce Piatt 1920-178x 2024: Doug Koenig 1920-183x 1994: Bruce Gray-Category Winner 1883-112x 1995: Rod Jones-Category Winner 1810-105x 1996: Bruce Gray-Category Winner 1889-125x 1997: Steve Sweeney-Category Winner 1850-115x 2009: Dave Sevigny 1806-101x 2010: Kyle Schmidt 1856-121x 2011: Rob Leatham 1883-132x (XD Tactical) 2012: Vance Schmid 1887-118x (CZ SP01 Shadow) 2013: Enoch Smith 1904-144x (Xdm 5.25) 2014: Rob Leatham 1884-132x (Xdm 5.25) 2015: Enoch Smith 1874-137x (Xdm 5.25) 2016: Adam Sokolowski 3767-257x* (Xdm 5.25) *Score reflects combined main match and championship match score 2017: Rob Leatham 1908-140x* (Xdm 5.25) *Score reflects championship match score only 2018: Patrick Franks 1894-136x 2019: Anthony Heinauer 1876-131x 2020: (Cancelled) 2021: Christopher Hudock 1888-116x 2022: Christopher Hudock 1900-135x 2023: Christopher Hudock 1901-128x 2024: Walker Buckman 1888-135x 2021: Anthony Heinauer 1918-161x 2022: Anthony Heinauer 1914-164x 2023: Anthony Heinauer 1916-146x 2024: Christopher Hudock 1920-166x 1998: Chad Dietrich 1905-125x 1999: Fred Craig 1863-127x 2000: Rob Leatham 1897-145x 2001: Vance Schmid 1896-130x 2002: Rob Leatham 1884-136x 2003: Frederick Craig 1886-128x 2004: Rob Leatham 1905-144x 2005: Rob Leatham 1910-153x 2006: Rob Leatham 1902-145x 2007: Rob Leatham 1902-153x 2008: Rob Vadasz 1902-138x 2009: Rob Leatham 1909-145x 2010: Rob Vadasz 1904-146x 2011: Rob Vadasz 1908-143x 2012: Rob Vadasz 1878-135x 2013: Rob Vadasz 1892-132x 2014: Kevin Worrell 1907-127x 2015: Patrick Franks 1902-140x 2016: Patrick Franks 1901-140x 2017: Adam Sokolowski 1914-143x 2018: Rob Vadasz 1912-155x 2019: Kyle Schmidt 1905-137x 2020: (Cancelled) 2021: Rob Vadasz *1918-154x (High Score) 2022: Ryan Franks 1914-156x 2023: Ryan Franks 1914-141x 2024: Ryan Franks 1916-163x 1980: Edith Almeida 1821-073x 1981: Edith Almeida 1652-045x 1982: Edith Almeida 1304-077x 1983: Sally Van Valzah 1765-091x 1984: Lee Cole 1761-096x 1985: Lee Cole 1957-119x 1986: Christie Rogers 1759-096x 1987: Lorna Pavelka 1787-088x 1988: Christie Rogers 1836-111x 1989: Yoko Shimomura 1882-129x 1990: Christie Rogers 1885-124x 1991: Janina Tenace 1888-134x 1992: Lorna Pavelka 1899-142x 1993: Judy Woolley 1898-148x 1994: Judy Woolley 1906-148x 1995: Dewi Hazeltine 1908-150x 1996: Sharon Edington 1899-140x 1997: Sharon Edington 1906-142x 1998: Anita Mackiewicz 1914-148x 1999: Vera Koo 1894-137x 2000: Robyn Estreich 1902-157x 2001: Vera Koo 1910-137x 2002: Vera Koo 1905-151x 2003: Vera Koo 1894-141x 2004: Vera Koo 1886-136x 2005: Vera Koo 1894-149x 2006: Vera Koo 1897-143x 2007: Julie Goloski 1903-139x 2008: Vera Koo 1870-136x 2009: Julie Goloski Golob 1907-138x 2010: Jessie Abbate 1906-163x 2011: Jessie Harrison 1912-153x 2012: Julie Golob 1907-144x 2013: Jessie Duff 1893-142x 2014: Jessie Duff 1893-135x 2015: Anita Mackiewicz *1916-166x (High Score) 2016: Tiffany Piper 1904-154x 2017: Cherie Blake 1904-145x 2018: Anita Mackiewicz 1911-153x 2019: Cherie Blake 1906-153x 2020: (Cancelled) 2021: Becky Yackley 1908-139x 2022: Sally Talbot 1913-155x 2023: Sally Talbot 1889-152x 2024: Cherie Blake 1910-150x 1994: John Pride 1920-174x 1997: Adrian Hunter 1920-150x 1999: Doug Koenig 1920-180x 2004: Doug Koenig 1920-177x 2006: Bruce Piatt 1920-176x 2008: Doug Koenig 1920-181x 2010: Doug Koenig *1920-188x (High Score)
2004: Jerry Miculek 1893-122x 2006: Frank Reiche 1852-124x 2008: Vance Schmid *1902-133x (High Score) 2010: Tony Drabsch 1887-125x 2010: Marc Kleser 1839-109x 1999: United Kingdom
