Team Sinclair International Wins F-TR National Team Title
Adding to its undefeated resume, Team Sinclair Int’l racked up an unprecedented fifth Team F-TR National Championship at Raton, New Mexico, last week. The team, consisting of firing members, Paul Phillips, Brad Sauve, Jeff Rorer, Derek Rodgers (Captain) and wind coach, Ray Gross, prevailed over 12 other teams representing the best F-TR shooters from the USA, South Africa, Australia, and Canada.
Boasting the highest attendance of any F-Class Nationals, the 2012 competition was made up of dual 1,000-yard matches, with 800 possible points per match. Team Sinclair scored 1561-48X to win the F-TR championship, finishing ahead of second-place North State X-Men (1542-39X) and third-place Team Savage (1541-47X). Team Sinclair’s Day 1 score of 790-31X topped all other F-TR teams and set a new (pending) U.S. F-TR National record for 1,000-yard F-Class competition.
“We’re grateful for Sinclair International’s support,” said the team in a joint statement. “All of us use Sinclair’s precision shooting components and reloading supplies when preparing for these events. We need products of the highest quality and consistency for us to succeed. We’ve never been defeated, and that’s a testament to Sinclair International.”
CLICK HERE for Complete 2012 F-Class Nationals TEAM RESULTS.
Sinclair’s F-TR Team has been competing since 2007. The newest member, Jeff Rorer, joined the team in 2009. Team Sinclair Int’l remains undefeated in F-TR National Championships. Here’s an interesting factoid about the Team Sinclair shooters. One or more members of the current Sinclair squad have been on the winning F-TR team at every U.S. F-Class National Championships since they were first held in 2004, except for 2010 when Sinclair did not field a team. Brad Sauve has been on the winning F-TR team every year except 2010: Great Lakes Express (2004, 2005 winning team); Team Green (2006 winner); Team Sinclair (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 winner). Ray Gross and Paul Phillips were also on most of those winning squads.
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Which shooter is rocking the non-Sinclair bipod?
Wondering how old that “file photo” is… don’t see any Gen III bipods…
Editor: That photo was from the 2011 Nationals.
Henry, that would be me. I’m using a Duplin Rifles bipod now.
That file picture is so old it does not have Brad Sauve’s current rifle (Jeff Rorer FTR Series). If I am correct Jeff’s rifle is sitting on one of John’s bipod and not Chris’s bipod. My how times change.
Editor: OK, Jeff Rorer has kindly supplied a photo taken at Raton in 2012. It has replaced the “file photo” from 2011.
I just sent you a photo from Raton.
My that picture is so much better. Aren’t those rifles beautiful.
Nat Lambeth