 Competitor at the 2008 NRA Bianchi Cup | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Action Pistol |
| Established | 1979 |
| Administrator | National Rifle Association of America |
Tournament format(s) | Multi-day, multi-stage Tournament |
| Venue | Green Valley Rifle & Pistol Club |
| Purse | $500,000 (2014) |
The NRA Bianchi Cup is the National Action Pistol Championship, an event in Action Shooting. The 2014 prize fund was valued at $500,000 in cash and prizes. [1]
The Bianchi Cup was created in 1979 by John Bianchi, Bianchi International, and awarded to the winner of the Bianchi Cup International Pistol Tournament. The National Rifle Association of America designated the Bianchi Cup as the "National Action Pistol Championship" in 1984 and assumed operational control of the tournament the next year. Bianchi International presented the Bianchi Cup to the NRA in 1985. The Cup is awarded annually to the National Action Pistol Champion.
Match Conditions
1979: An aggregate of 192 shots fired in four 48 shot matches: The Practical Event, The Barricade Event, The Falling Plate Event and the Moving Target Event (modified). Possible score of 1920-192X.
1985: An aggregate of 204 shots consisting of three 48 shot matches (The Barricade Event, The Falling Plate Event, The Moving Target Event (mod.) plus a 60 shot International Rapid Fire Event. Possible score 2040-204X.
1986: Returned to the conditions of 1979.
| ^ | Tournament winner |
| † | denotes high score |
| * | first perfect score fired |
| Year | Country | Champion | Score | Gun | Runner up | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 |  USA | Ron Lerch | 1816-062x | Colt 1911 | Mickey Fowler | 1799-071x | [2] [3] |
| 1980 | USA | Mickey Fowler | 1879-085x | Colt 1911 | David Bates | 1851-047x | [2] [4] |
| 1981 | USA | Mickey Fowler | 1890-088x | Colt 1911 | Mark Duncan | 1882-083x | [2] [4] |
| 1982 | USA | Mickey Fowler | 1903-145x | Colt 1911 | Brian Enos | 1902-168x | [2] [4] |
| 1983 | USA | Brian Enos | 1903-612x | S&W Model 10 | John Pride | 1902-407x | [2] |
| 1984 | USA | Brian Enos | 1910-257x | S&W Model 10 | John Shaw | 1910-214x | [2] |
| 1985 | USA | Rob Leatham | 2034-155x | S&W Model 10 | Tom Campbell | 2019-135x | [2] |
| 1986 | USA | W. Riley Gilmore | 1916-144x | S&W Model 15 | Tom Campbell | 1914-144x | [2] |
| 1987 | USA | John Pride | 1912-151x | S&W Model 686 | John Shaw | 1912-147x | [2] |
| 1988 | USA | John Pride | 1918-163x | S&W Model 686 | Brian Enos | 1916-149x | [2] |
| 1989 | USA | Lemoine Wright | 1914-152x | S&W Model 586 | Gib Niswander | 1914-145x | [2] |
| 1990 | USA | Doug Koenig * | 1920-157x | S&W Model 10 | Mario DiPaolo | 1918-158x | [2] |
| 1991 | USA | W. Riley Gilmore | 1920-166x | S&W Model 10 | Curtis Shipley | 1918-172x | [2] |
| 1992 | USA | Doug Koenig | 1920-169x | ? | Mario DiPaolo | 1918-172x | [2] |
| 1993 | USA | Bruce Piatt | 1920-170x | Caspian 1911 | [2] | ||
| 1993 |  AUS | Brian Kilpatrick ^ | 1920-173x | S&W Revolver | [2] | ||
| 1994 | USA | John Pride | 1920-174x | ? | Mickey Fowler | 1920-174x | [2] |
| 1995 | USA | John Pride | 1920-179x | ? | Bruce Piatt | 1920-168x | [2] |
| 1996 | USA | Mickey Fowler | 1918-184x | ? | [2] | ||
| 1996 | AUS | Ross G. Newell ^ | 1920-163x | ? | [2] | ||
| 1997 | USA | Bruce Piatt | 1920-181x | Caspian 1911 | Mickey Fowler | 1920-176x | [2] |
| 1998 | USA | Doug Koenig | 1920-180x | ? | Ken Tapp | 1920-173x | [2] |
| 1999 | USA | Bruce Piatt † | 1920-185x | Caspian 1911 | [2] | ||
| 2000 | USA | Doug Koenig † | 1920-185x | ? | Bruce Piatt | 1920-175x | [2] |
| 2001 | USA | Doug Koenig | 1920-184x | ? | Bruce Piatt | 1920-180x | [2] |
| 2002 | USA | Doug Koenig | 1920-184x | ? | Michael Voigt | 1920-174x | [2] |
| 2003 | USA | Doug Koenig | 1920-183x | ? | Bruce Piatt | 1920-183x | [2] |
| 2004 | USA | Doug Koenig | 1920-177x | ? | Bruce Piatt | 1920-181x | [2] |
| 2005 | USA | Doug Koenig † | 1920-185x | ? | Bruce Piatt | 1920-179x | [2] |
| 2006 | USA | Bruce Piatt | 1920-177x | Caspian 1911 | Doug Koenig | 1920-174x | [2] |
| 2007 | USA | Doug Koenig † | 1920-185x | ? | Bruce Piatt | 1920-183x | [2] |
| 2008 | USA | Doug Koenig | 1918-185x | ? | Bruce Piatt | 1918-182x | [2] |
| 2009 | USA | Bruce Piatt | 1920-181x | Caspian 1911 | Doug Koenig | 1920-177x | [2] [5] |
| 2010 | USA | Doug Koenig | 1920-179x | ? | Bruce Piatt | 1918-183x | [6] |
| 2011 | USA | Doug Koenig | 1920-187x | ? | Bruce Piatt | 1920-177x | [2] [7] |
| 2012 | USA | Doug Koenig | 1920-182x | Richard Siebert | 1920-159 | ||
| 2013 | USA | Doug Koenig | 1920-183x | Carl Bernosky | 1920-178 | [8] [9] | |
| 2014 | USA | Kevin Angstadt | 1920-171x | Doug Koenig | 1918-182x | [10] | |
| 2015 | USA | Doug Koenig | 1920-180x | S&W 1911 | Jeremy Newell | 1920-166x | [11] |
| 2016 | USA | Doug Koenig | 1920-183x | S&W 1911 | Kyle Schmidt | 1920-164x | |
| 2017 | USA | Doug Koenig | 1920-184x | S&W 1911 | Bruce Piatt | 1920-181x | |
| 2018 | USA | Adam Sokolowski | 1920-176x | Doug Koenig & Mark Blake (tied) | 1920-172x | ||
| 2019 | USA | Bruce Piatt | 1920-179x | Caspian 1911 | Adam Sokolowski | 1920-178x | |
| 2020 | (Cancelled) | ||||||
| 2021 | USA | Doug Koenig | 1920-182x | Bruce Piatt | 1920-176x | ||
| 2022 | USA | Benito Martinez | 1920-165x | Joey DeLeon | 1920-153x | ||
| 2023 | USA | Bruce Piatt | 1920-178x | Mark Blake | 1920-178x | ||
| 2024 | USA | Doug Koenig | 1920-183x | Bruce Piatt | 1920-181x |
The Metallic Division was instituted with the 1998 Bianchi Cup.
| Year | Country | Champion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | USA | Chad Dietrich | 1905-125x |
| 1999 | USA | Fred Craig | 1863-127x |
| 2000 | USA | Rob Leatham | 1897-145x |
| 2001 | USA | Vance Schmid | 1896-130x |
| 2002 | USA | Rob Leatham | 1884-136x |
| 2003 | USA | Frederick Craig | 1886-128x |
| 2004 | USA | Rob Leatham | 1905-144x |
| 2005 | USA | Rob Leatham † | 1910-153x |
| 2006 | USA | Rob Leatham | 1902-145x |
| 2007 | USA | Rob Leatham | 1902-153x |
| 2008 | USA | Rob Vadasz | 1902-138x |
| 2009 | USA | Rob Leatham | 1909-145x |
| 2010 | USA | Rob Vadasz | 1904-146x |
| 2011 | USA | Rob Vadasz | 1908-143x |
| 2012 | USA | Rob Vadasz | 1878-135x |
| 2013 | USA | Rob Vadasz | 1892-132x |
| 2014 | USA | Kevin Worrell | 1907-127x |
| 2015 | USA | Patrick Franks | 1902-140x |
| 2016 | USA | Patrick Franks | 1901-140x |
| 2017 | USA | Adam Sokolowski † | 1920-143x |
| 2018 | USA | Rob Vadasz | 1912-155x |
| 2019 | USA | Kyle Schmidt | 1905-137x |
| 2020 | (Cancelled) | ||
| 2021 | USA | Rob Vadasz | 1918-154x |
| 2022 | USA | Ryan Franks | 1914-156x |
| 2023 | USA | Ryan Franks | 1914-141x |
| 2024 | USA | Ryan Franks | 1916-163x |
The Women's Division was instituted with the 1980 Bianchi Cup.
| Year | Country | Champion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 |  RSA | Edith Almeida | 1821-073x |
| 1981 | RSA | Edith Almeida | 1652-045x |
| 1982 | RSA | Edith Almeida | 1304-077x |
| 1983 | USA | Sally Van Valzah | 1765-091x |
| 1984 | USA | Lee Cole | 1761-096x |
| 1985 | USA | Lee Cole | 1957-119x |
| 1986 | USA | Christie Rogers | 1759-096x |
| 1987 |  CAN | Lorna Pavelka | 1787-088x |
| 1988 | USA | Christie Rogers | 1836-111x |
| 1989 |  JPN | Yoko Shimomura | 1882-129x |
| 1990 | USA | Christie Rogers | 1885-124x |
| 1991 | AUS | Janina Tenace | 1888-134x |
| 1992 | CAN | Lorna Pavelka | 1899-142x |
| 1993 | USA | Judy Woolley | 1898-148x |
| 1994 | USA | Judy Woolley | 1906-148x |
| 1995 | AUS | Dewi Hazeltine | 1908-150x |
| 1996 | USA | Sharon Edington | 1899-140x |
| 1997 | USA | Sharon Edington | 1906-142x |
| 1998 | AUS | Anita Mackiewicz † | 1914-148x |
| 1999 | USA | Vera Koo | 1894-137x |
| 2000 | AUS | Robyn Estreich | 1902-157x |
| 2001 | USA | Vera Koo † | 1910-137x |
| 2002 | USA | Vera Koo | 1905-151x |
| 2003 | USA | Vera Koo | 1894-141x |
| 2004 | USA | Vera Koo | 1886-136x |
| 2005 | USA | Vera Koo | 1894-149x |
| 2006 | USA | Vera Koo | 1897-143x |
| 2007 | USA | Julie Goloski | 1903-139x |
| 2008 | USA | Vera Koo | 1870-136x |
| 2009 | USA | Julie Goloski Golob | 1907-138x |
| 2010 | USA | Jessie Harrison | 1906-163x |
| 2011 | USA | Jessie Harrison | 1912-153x |
| 2012 | USA | Julie Golob | 1907-144x |
| 2013 | USA | Jessie Duff | 1893-142x [9] |
| 2014 | USA | Jessie Duff | 1893-135x |
| 2015 | AUS | Anita Mackiewicz † | 1916-166x |
| 2016 |  NZ | Tiffany Piper | 1904-154x |
| 2017 | AUS | Cherie Blake | 1904-145x |
| 2018 | AUS | Anita Mackiewicz | 1911-153x |
| 2019 | AUS | Cherie Blake | 1904-145x |
| 2020 | (Cancelled) | ||
| 2021 | USA | Becky Yackley | 1908-139x |
| 2022 | USA | Sally Talbot | 1913-155x |
| 2023 | USA | Sally Talbot | 1889-152x |
| 2024 | AUS | Cherie Blake | 1910-150x |
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