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A total of 26 civilian riflemen began Saturday morning at the final battle of Oud Limburgs Schuttersfeest in Ophoven, Belgium.
It has become a fast waste race. More than ten minutes after departure at 11:05 there were already ten dropouts.
Long break
After five rounds of the lottery, ten schutterijen remained. After a long break, the mayors of the municipalities in question had to indicate if they would like to organize the OLS next year. After a resounding "yes", the shooting competition resumed.
After the recovery, there was little abandonment. From the eighth lap, they moved to small balls of one centimeter. After that, several firing companies quickly fell, including the last Belgian militia. There were only two militia left
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Large Bullets
The shooters were to aim at bullets of 1 until the 7th round included, 5 centimeters. I First, the fencers' federation actually wanted to start with smaller balls of one centimeter. Last year, this led to a real battlefield at the beginning of the second day, which allowed the militia to return home quickly
Sun behind the trees
. The sun was rising in the morning behind the Shooting Trees so the archers also saw a shadow next to the real ball.
Read also: Huge waste race at the beginning of the second day OLS
Death
After the first day of the OLS last Sunday, 27 other schutterijen about of. However, the Tungelroy Schutterij was removed from the death of a limb. Theo Mertens, 70, was in the hands of the gunmen last week, but died suddenly on Thursday. Before the start of the shooting competitions he was commemorated in Ophoven
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The Last Post rang for the shooter of Sint Barbara Tungelroy. Followed by a brief moment of silence. # ols2018 pic.twitter.com/v36MKBH2Os
– OLS (@ L1OLS) July 7, 2018
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