Incorporating the Finale of the Africa Cup
The Africa Sporting Championship, running concurrently as the definitive Finale of the Africa Cup, was a premier international clay target shooting tournament held from February 19th to February 20th, 2015. Serving as the opening multi-day discipline of a massive double-championship calendar event, this tournament took place alongside the Compak championships at the world-class Sterkfontein Shooting Academy near Pretoria, South Africa.
Event Highlights & Visual Analysis
Based on the official promotional poster, the championship paired world-class shooting sports with traditional South African tourism and hospitality:
Background Visual Design: The upper header features a beautiful African sunset, casting deep orange and yellow light over an open savannah landscape. Two wild game birds are silhouetted against the sky on a rock formation in the center.
Safari & Wildlife Insets: Two promotional photo inserts are layered across the center: one showing a close-up profile of a wild cheetah resting in dry bushveldt, and the other displaying international tourists interacting with a large African elephant ridden by a local handler.
Clubhouse & Presentation Venue: The lower portion showcases a busy outdoor gathering of international competitors and delegations socializing in front of a sprawling, traditional African thatched-roof (lapa) pavilion clubhouse.
Sanctioning Architecture: Prominently featured at the bottom center is the official green event board showing the global FITASC emblem alongside the orange circular seal of the Sterkfontein Shooting Academy, framing the text: "AFRICA 2015 FITASC CHAMPIONSHIPS - Sterkfontein Shooting Academy - 19-22 FEBRUARY 2015".
1. Full Event Program & Combined Schedule
The overall tournament block offered a massive 400-target combined schedule, splitting the individual championship programs across a four-day window:
19 February (Thursday): Africa Sporting Championship – Day 1 (100 Targets) | Initial qualification rounds open across natural bushveldt layouts.
20 February (Friday): Africa Sporting Championship – Day 2 (100 Targets) | Final qualification rounds followed by tie-breaking shoot-offs.
20 February (Friday): Sporting Awards Presentation | Staged late afternoon at the main clubhouse pavilion to crown the absolute individual, category, and continental team champions for the Sporting discipline.
21 February – 22 February (Saturday – Sunday): Africa Compak Sporting Championship Leg (200 Targets) | Separate scheduled tournament program over the Compak grids.
2. Venue & Logistical Location Details
Physical Address:
Sterkfontein Shooting Academy
Plot JR401, Plane Road, Olifantsfontein,
Midrand / Pretoria area, 1665, South Africa
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude: $25^\circ 56' 10''\text{ S}$
Longitude: $28^\circ 16' 18''\text{ E}$
3. Organizing Committee Contact Information
The executive management team responsible for registry coordination, ammunition options, and local safari booking support included the following portals:
Championship Director: Mr. Costa Halkias
Direct Administrative Email: halkias@global.co.za
Alternative Event Inquiries: panafrican@global.co.za
