INITIAL INVITATION TO CISOR MILITARY SKILLS COMPETITION 2025

We are pleased to invite you to the 2025 CISOR Military Skills Competition taking place at the Pori Brigade garrison in Säkylä, Finland, from Tuesday June 24th to Sunday June 29th 2025.

All competitors, observers and partners will be lodged at the garrison.

Teams are asked to fly to Turku airport from which group transportation to Pori Brigade is arranged according to the flight information provided while registering. We would ask that all teams arrive on Tuesday or, at the latest, by Wednesday evening, as the official practice day is on Thursday. On Thursday there is also a mandatory training on the weapons used for the shooting disciplines that will be shot with Finnish Defence Forces service weapons Glock 17 (caliber 9mm) and Rynnäkkökivääri 95 TP or 62 (caliber 7,62x39mm).

Glock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glock#Variants
Rynnäkkökivääri 95 TP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RK_95_TP
Rynnäkkökivääri 62: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RK_62

Price per participant will be 400€-450€, the definitive price will be on the official invitation published in April. The price is the same despite participants arriving on Tuesday or Wednesday and there will be no different prices for observers, coaches etc.

All registrations are to be completed by May 23rd 2025. The registration link will be provided in the official invitation.

Please also remember to fill in the details of all contestants on the Finnish Defense Forces’ form Application for a Permit for Entering Finnish territory and e-mail it to permit.defcon@mil.fi no later than May 23rd 2025.

Looking forward to meeting you in Säkylä.

Competition Director
Anni PITKO
Sergeant First Class (OR-7)
ecc@cisor.org

Attachments:

1. Application for a permit for a military person for entering Finnish territory
2. PDF of initial invitation letter