Canada's *25 names* on the precision-rifle world roster
CAPRA lists 25 athletes for the 2026 precision-rifle worlds in Texas. Registration opens today; the competition schedule gives Canadian readers seven categories to follow.
Canada has 25 names on CAPRA's published roster for the 2026 IPRF centrefire world championship. Event week opens today at Gravestone Precision Shooting in Lipan, Texas, with registration and a chance to check zero. The first competition day is Thursday, September 24.
For Canadian rifle shooters following from home, there is already something useful to do: get familiar with the names and the categories beside them. The Canadian Precision Rifle Association's roster reaches across Open, Factory, Limited, Junior, Women, Mil/LE, and Senior. A reader who follows only the Open standings will see a fraction of the Canadian team.
I can give a small group on paper a generous amount of my attention. The rifle, the ammunition, the scope, and whatever I have decided needs improving next can occupy the rest. A world-championship week gives that interest somewhere else to go. Canadian competitors deserve some of the attention we spend comparing the equipment they use.
Twenty-five names to follow
CAPRA's announced Open roster lists Nowell Greasley, Michael Bae, J.P. Noël, Kris Haughian, Ryan McLean, and Jeff Scobie. Factory has Yanick Sab Leblanc, Adam Glatt, Phil Landry, and Tyler Beckley. Limited lists Kevin Niedzweidz, Dan Lévis, Josh Botha, and Nathan Wiggins.
The Junior names are Chase Beckley, Luke Anderson, and Savanna Massong. Estelle Boon, Paige Koster, Cheyenne Hofer, and Cheyanne Popp make up the Women heading. Mil/LE lists Étienne Vachon, Nelson Drolet, and Dawson Keen; Minos Lam appears under Senior.
That is six Open names, four each in Factory, Limited, and Women, three each in Junior and Mil/LE, and one Senior. Those counts come from CAPRA's published announcement. Check-in and eventual starts still need their own confirmation as the event proceeds.
There is a practical pleasure in having the whole roster in front of you. You can recognize a surname in an update, find the relevant category, and follow a Canadian result you might otherwise have scrolled past. It also keeps the coverage from shrinking to whichever competitor has the most visible sponsor account.
The week has two competition schedules
The organizer's detailed timetable separates preparation from competition. Tuesday, September 22, offers registration, vendor demonstrations, and zeroing. Wednesday adds the published zero-and-DOPE session and opening ceremony. In this context, zero means checking the rifle's point of impact; DOPE refers to the shooter's recorded ballistic information.
Limited, Mil/LE, Seniors, Juniors, Ladies, and Factory are scheduled to compete Thursday and Saturday, September 24 and 26. Open runs Friday and Sunday, September 25 and 27. The organizer uses “Ladies” where CAPRA's roster uses “Women.” Monday, September 28, has weather-permitting tie-break shoot-offs and the closing ceremony.
Keep that alternating schedule beside any results you follow. On Friday, Open will be having its first competition day after the other listed groups have completed theirs on Thursday. A quiet day for a particular Canadian category may simply be its day off the competition schedule.
The host venue's listing covers the full September 22–28 event. The detailed organizer schedule supplies the activity-by-activity breakdown. I would check that schedule again before making plans around a particular session; outdoor events have room for weather to revise the neat version.
A Canadian route into an international sport
CAPRA identifies itself as Canada's national association affiliated with the International Precision Rifle Federation. The federation says athletes qualify through their national associations, which set their own qualification requirements. It also describes competitors taking part as individuals while representing their national teams.
That gives Canadian readers a useful place to start if following this week turns into an interest in a future team. CAPRA's qualification page separates rimfire and centrefire. Its current centrefire section carries a 2026–2027 qualification period and calls for five PRS Pro Series two-day matches across at least three locations, subject to its stated exception. Those are the terms currently displayed for that period. They should not be retroactively assigned to the team announced for this week's championship.
The dates attached to a qualification page deserve as much attention as the number of matches. A shooter planning a season needs to know which selection period a result belongs to before treating an event entry as progress towards a national team. CAPRA is the relevant Canadian source for that clarification.
For the rest of us, following the team costs considerably less than another scope. There is no requirement to turn an interest in the results into a new equipment project, although I appreciate how quickly the two can become acquainted.
Give the competitors a proper week
The published roster leaves me interested in the breadth of the Canadian effort. There are juniors to follow, four women, a senior, and shooters listed under several equipment or eligibility headings. Each deserves coverage that names the category and gives the result enough context to mean something.
For Holdover, that means keeping reported results separate from predictions and waiting for the competition to supply the evidence. As of this morning, the useful facts are the announced names, the host, and the schedule. A roster gives us people to follow; their performances this week will give us more to write about.
Canadian ownership has a sporting life worth covering in its own right. I want to see how those names progress through the week, with the relevant division open beside the score. Thursday brings the first competition day. Until then, the team announcement is a good place to get acquainted.
Sources
- CAPRA: announced 2026 Team Canada roster, including the linked roster graphic. Accessed September 22, 2026.
- US Precision Rifle Association: detailed event schedule. Accessed September 22, 2026.
- Gravestone Precision Shooting: IPRF Worlds Match. Accessed September 22, 2026.
- International Precision Rifle Federation: championship and qualification overview. Accessed September 22, 2026.
- CAPRA: association background and current qualification standards. Accessed September 22, 2026.
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