Ninety-five participants gathered for the Forchheim town shooting championship, wiesentbote.de reported.
The competition spanned air pressure disciplines and large-bore handguns across local club facilities.
Organizers hosted the formal awards ceremony on October 18, 2026, inside the historic clubhouse of the main shooting society on the Forchheimer Keller. Roland Knauer welcomed participants alongside Mayor Udo Schönfelder and district shooting master Christian Ley. Alexander Pilz, second Schützenmeister of the main society, presented trophies, certificates, and prizes to the winners.
Sophia Maier defended her youth title in the light point rifle category with 194.6 points, followed by Svenja Schürr and Malea Zink. All three junior shooters compete for Victoria Buckenhofen. Emma Gößwein of Bavaria Kersbach secured the pupil class air rifle title at 167.3 points. Philipp Holzmann won the youth class with 180.3 points, and Antonia Mengwasser of Edelweiß Reuth claimed the junior class with 342.5 points.
Hannes Blüml captured the youth air pistol title with 370.8 points. Werner Steinmetz won the adult class with 379.2 points, edging out Thorsten Dittrich and Thomas Steinmetz. Klaus Steinmetz narrowly defeated Thomas Steinmetz in the men’s air rifle competition, scoring 388.9 to 388.7. Stefanie Tumbach led a clean sweep for Bavaria Kersbach in the women’s division with 399.5 points.
Twenty-five competitors entered the large-bore handgun event. Walter Lippert of HSG Forchheim won the title with 372 points, ahead of Roland Knauer and Thomas Steinmetz. Holger Schwabbauer claimed first place with 312.6 points, followed by Thomas Friedrich and Johannes Nägel. Sandro Uttenreuther of Edelweiß Reuth won the senior class with 385.9 points. Klaus Schwab and Susanne Grimm-Schultze took second and third for Victoria Buckenhofen.
Paul Steinmetz of Victoria Buckenhofen won the youth king title with a 170.9-teiler. Sophia Maier and Svenja Schürr finished behind him.
Thomas Steinmetz claimed the adult air rifle king title for Victoria Buckenhofen with an 89.0-teiler.
Werner Steinmetz and Sandro Uttenreuther rounded out the top three.
Roland Knauer of HSG Forchheim won the newly introduced large-bore handgun king title. Annika Pilz and Thomas Steinmetz took second and third places in that category.
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