Royal Flush — 18 April 2026 — Full Match Report

1st · Winner

JD Els

300 WSM

165

20 hits · Relay 3

2nd

Steven Coombs

7 PRC

155

19 hits

3rd

Danie Koch

7 PRCW

139

18 hits

Shooters 68	Total Shots 1,360	Hit Rate 64%	Avg Score 95

400m

multiplier 4× · 5 gongs

238/340 · 70% hit rate

500m

multiplier 5× · 5 gongs

251/340 · 74% hit rate

600m

multiplier 6× · 5 gongs

197/340 · 58% hit rate

700m

multiplier 7× · 5 gongs

180/340 · 53% hit rate

■ MATCH REPORT Each row: 20 shots, 5 per distance · green = hit · red = miss

#	Shooter	Cartridge	400m · 4×					500m · 5×					600m · 6×					700m · 7×					Score	Rel.	Hit%
#	Shooter	Cartridge	10 1×	J 1.25×	Q 1.5×	K 1.75×	A 2×	10 1×	J 1.25×	Q 1.5×	K 1.75×	A 2×	10 1×	J 1.25×	Q 1.5×	K 1.75×	A 2×	10 1×	J 1.25×	Q 1.5×	K 1.75×	A 2×	Score	Rel.	Hit%
1	JD Els	300 WSM																					165	100	100%
2	Steven Coombs	7 PRC																					155	94	95%
3	Danie Koch	7 PRCW																					139	84	90%
4	Gerhardu Odendaal	300 WSM																					136	82	85%
5	Alex Pienaar	6 Dasher																					133	81	85%
6	Robert Meintjes	7 RSAUM																					131	79	85%
7	Daniel Bonthuys	6.5 Creedmoor																					131	79	85%
8	Trevor Graham	6.5 Creedmoor																					130	79	80%
9	Johan Nel	6 BR																					130	79	85%
10	Gerrit Van Rooyen	30 Sherman Mag																					129	78	85%
11	Jakes O'Neill	7 RSAUM																					127	77	85%
12	Reinier Kuschke	308 Win																					121	73	75%
13	AJ Snyman	6 Dasher																					120	73	80%
14	Morne Van Der Merwe	7 PRCW																					120	73	80%
15	Jaco Venter	6.5 Creedmoor																					120	73	80%
16	Shaun Flink	284 Shehane																					119	72	80%
17	Kobie Nel	300 Norma Mag																					118	72	80%
18	Simon Steyn	7 RSAUM																					117	71	80%
19	Morton Mynhardt	6.5 PRC																					116	70	80%
20	Ruan Du Plessis	6.5 PRC																					116	70	70%
21	Carel Saayman	6 Creedmoor																					115	70	75%
22	Estian Janse Van Rensburg	300 WSM																					109	66	75%
23	Dw De Klerk	7 RSAUM																					109	66	75%
24	Ruan Benadie	6.5 Creedmoor																					106	64	75%
25	Fred Vd Westhuizen	6 Dasher																					104	63	70%
26	Werner Deyzel	6.5 Creedmoor																					104	63	70%
27	Shaun Snyman	300 WSM																					103	62	70%
28	Erwin Potgieter	7 RSAUM																					102	62	70%
29	Louis Raubenheimer	6.5 Creedmoor																					101	61	70%
30	Jacques Kriek	6.5 Creedmoor																					101	61	65%
31	Werner Bonthuys	6.5 Creedmoor																					100	61	70%
32	Andries De Beer	7 RSAUM																					98	60	70%
33	Rudi Viljoen	7 PRC																					94	57	65%
34	Steve Dyke	243 Win																					94	57	60%
35	Liesl Baben	6.5 Creedmoor																					94	57	65%
36	Mohamed Ayob	308 Win																					93	56	65%
37	Diedrik Pretorius	300 PRC																					91	55	60%
38	Andre PJ Van Der Westhuizen	6 GT																					90	55	65%
39	Stephan Van Der Merwe	6.5 Creedmoor																					90	54	60%
40	Paul Charsley	6.5 Creedmoor																					90	54	65%
41	Jeane Van Der Merwe	6.5 Creedmoor																					89	54	60%
42	Wilfred Robson	6.5 Creedmoor																					88	53	60%
43	Johan Du Plessis	6.5 Creedmoor																					87	53	60%
44	Jannie Jacobs	6 SLR																					86	52	60%
45	Henri Klopper	6x46																					85	52	60%
46	Deon De Villiers	6.5 Creedmoor																					84	51	60%
47	Francois Van Der Walt	7 Dakota																					84	51	60%
48	Julius Hartmann	308 Win																					83	50	55%
49	Franco wiid																						81	49	55%
50	Sarel Van Der Merwe	6.5 Creedmoor																					80	48	60%
51	Chris Pretorius	6.5 Creedmoor																					79	48	60%
52	Andre Combrink	308 Win																					79	48	45%
53	Johan Smith	308 Win																					77	47	55%
54	Anton De Jager	7 PRC																					74	45	50%
55	Bruce Godfrey	308 Win																					71	43	50%
56	Jose Alves	260 Rem																					70	43	40%
57	Danie Kruger	308 Win																					70	42	45%
58	Francois Davel	308 Win																					67	40	50%
59	Petrus Wassermann	6.5x55SM																					66	40	50%
60	Brandon Ulrich	6.5 Creedmoor																					62	38	45%
61	Emil Engelbrecht	7 RSAUM																					57	34	40%
62	Ismail Arbee	6.5 Creedmoor																					55	33	40%
63	Herbert Schmitz 2	308 Win																					53	32	40%
64	Herbert Schmitz 1	223 Rem																					39	23	25%
65	Harry Wassermann	6.5 Creedmoor																					29	18	20%
66	Dries Bekker	6.5 Creedmoor																					29	17	25%
67	Imanuel Coutinho	243 Win																					28	17	20%
68	Kobus Verwoerd	6.5 PRC																					21	13	15%
N/S	Ettienne Hennop	6.5 Creedmoor																					0	—	0%
N/S	Adam Levin	6.5 Creedmoor																					0	—	0%
N/S	Thys De Beer	300 Norma Mag																					0	—	0%
N/S	Rudolph Louw	300 WSM																					0	—	0%
N/S	Johan Lottering	6 BRA																					0	—	0%
N/S	Will Grobler	300 WSM																					0	—	0%

Hit · Miss · No shot recorded · Royal Flush scorecard · 10 / J / Q / K / A across each distance

■ ROYAL FLUSHES BY DISTANCE Full-sweep = every gong at the distance · 44 total this match

400m

Flushes

Jakes O'Neill, Jaco Venter, Danie Koch, JD Els, Jacques Kriek, Louis Raubenheimer, Daniel Bonthuys, Kobie Nel, Morton Mynhardt, Steven Coombs, Ruan Benadie, Simon Steyn, Gerrit Van Rooyen, Johan Nel, Shaun Snyman, Liesl Baben, Francois Van Der Walt

500m

Flushes

Trevor Graham, Petrus Wassermann, Jakes O'Neill, Danie Koch, Emil Engelbrecht, JD Els, AJ Snyman, Morton Mynhardt, Morne Van Der Merwe, Alex Pienaar, Robert Meintjes, Ruan Benadie, Rudi Viljoen, Shaun Flink, Carel Saayman, Henri Klopper, Gerhardu Odendaal, Ruan Du Plessis

600m

Flushes

Trevor Graham, JD Els, Morne Van Der Merwe, Steven Coombs

700m

Flushes

JD Els, Reinier Kuschke, Andre Combrink, Steven Coombs, Ruan Du Plessis

■ MATCH FACTS Highlights & quirks from the day

MarginJD Els took it by 10 points ahead of Steven Coombs.

Perfect HandJD Els shot a Perfect Hand — every gong at every distance, zero misses.

Flushes44 Royal Flushes shot across the match.

Toughest700m was the hardest distance (53% field hit rate); 500m was the most forgiving at 74%.

Field23 different calibres in the field — variety from 300 WSM, 7 PRC, 7 PRCW, ….

NemesisThe 700m G5 gong was the nemesis of the day — only 13% of attempts landed.