Congratulations to Edgar Rueda from Mexico, crowned the 2024 Lapua Monarch Cup Champion. Rueda made history as the first Mexican Shooter to with the prestigious Monarch Cup since its inception in 2022.
The Lapua Monarch Cup is comprised of three premier Smallbore Silhouette shooting matches hosted in Canada, United States, and Mexico. Competitors earn points from each match within their respective classification (Master, AAA, AA, & A), providing all shooters an opportunity for over $100,000 in cash and prizes. Lapua’s Monarch Cup is recognized as the must-attend event of the silhouette shooting world.
To obtain his championship title, Rueda won the 2nd stage of the cup, taking place October 5-6 at Club De Tiro Saltillo Safari, in Saltillo, Coahuila, México. Rueda tied with Enrique Kuess on the first day of the match, shooting a 37/40, 35/40. On the second day of the match, Rueda battled windy conditions to shoot a 38/40 giving him the aggregate score to secure the Saltillo title.
Rueda had previously taken 4th place at the 1st leg of the Cup at the NRA National Smallbore Silhouette Championships in Ridgway Rifle Club in Ridgway, PA, US. Rueda had match scores of 30/40, 38/40, 36/40, for a Grand Aggregate of 104/120 for the July28-30th
competition.
Smallbore Silhouette shooting is a fun and challenging shooting discipline that has competitors taking aim at a variety of steel chickens, pigs, turkeys, and rams. Shooters, standing and unsupported, take aim at four banks of silhouettes at increasing distances, shooting 40 targets in all. For every silhouette knocked down, the competitor earns one point. Smallbore Silhouette competitors are shooting at distances of 40, 60, 77, and 100 meters, while High Power Silhouette distances are 200, 300, 385, and 500 meters.
For more information on the Lapua Monarch Cup details, visit lapuamonarchcup.com.
