Text Box: 12 Aug  2009

Text Box: Rifle Small Arms Firing School draws nearly 700 students - A small change in format to the Small Arms Firing School (SAFS) for service rifle paid big dividends, as new and experienced shooters received greater opportunity to expand their knowledge and a chance to earn introductory Excellence In Shooting (EIC) “leg” points toward a Distinguished Rifle Badge. The event took place 1-2 August and was the start of highpower phase at the National Matches.   More Details

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Text Box: National Rimfire Sporter Match Hits New Record with 421 Event Entries - There were sunny skies and a steady wind that swept the Lake Erie shoreline for the eighth annual CMP Rimfire Sporter Match held on Sunday, 26 July. Though the 15-mile-per-hour wind did not prevent a record turnout of 333 shooters from posting strong scores and making the event a huge success.   More Details

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Text Box: USMC Highpower Rifle Team instructs Juniors at National Matches Clinic - Just when you thought the CMP-USMC Junior Highpower Clinic was starting to look like just another shooting school, SSG Jason Haislip leapt upon and marched down the center row of tables and began flinging five-inch Marine Corps shooting team window stickers as rewards for correct answers to rapid-fire questions.  The Marines were back in camp for three days beginning 31 July and were prepared to do whatever it took to grab and hold the attention of some of the nation's most talented young rifle competitors.   More Details

Text Box: New Advanced Adult Highpower Rifle Clinic a Success - This year's class of shooters in the Advanced Adult Highpower Rifle Clinic received high marks from veteran highpower service rifle instructor Ken Roxburgh, and those familiar with Roxburgh and his high educational standards, know that he doesn't hand out compliments unless they are earned.   More Details

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Text Box: The winners of the 2009 CMP National Match Raffle Rifles are: Paul Schwarm – Pittsburgh, PA  - M1 Garand, Service Grade Art Mitterbergs – Columbus, OH – Case of M2 Ball Ammo Steve Kreps – Monrad, MI – Kimber Model 82, .22 cal. rifle Charles Capra – West Warsham, MA – M1 Carbine, Service Grade   A CMP/USAS/NRA Level One Smallbore Rifle/Air Rifle Coach School will be held in Union, SC 12-13 September, 2009. Contact Paul Davis at paulLdavis@charter.net. Enrollment deadline is 31 August.   JROTC Marksmanship Instructor Course (JMIC) offered in Virginia.  SFC (Ret) Andrew J Babic, CMP Virginia State Jr. Director will host JMIC on 1 September at 701 North 37th Street, Richmond, VA.  Class is scheduled from 9 AM till 4 PM; doors will be opened at 8:30 AM.  There is no cost for this course.  Registration is required; please contact SFC (Ret) Andrew J Babic (804) 586-7309 or sargebab@telpage.net.   New Distinguished Shooters.  The CMP extends its congratulations to the following competitors for achieving this prestigious status!  The most recent shooters to earn Distinguished Badges are listed below.  To view the official list of all Distinguished shooters, visit http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_distinguished.cgi.   Junior Distinguished Air Rifle Badge 282    Kaitlin Pennell – Antelope, CA 283    Rachel Martin – Peralta, NM 284    Kyle Rebillion – Tacoma, WA 285    Katie Fretts – Scottdale, PA 286    Tiffani Potter – McDonough, GA 287    Emma Lorenz – Issaquah, WA 288    Deckard Day – Albuquerque, NM 289    Caroline Barber – Lincoln, NE 290    Janine Dutton – Eagle River, AK 291    Allison Egon – Las Vegas, NV 292    Matthew Pueppke – Amenia, ND 293    Tyler Ferguson – Ozark, MO 294     Kyrstin Karr – Ozark, MO 295    Cydney Horne – Charleston, SC   Please Share. . .Forward this copy of CMP Shooters’ News to coaches, parents, friends and fellow shooters whom you know would enjoy reading it. They can also subscribe to these CMP email updates at http://clubs.odcmp.com/subscribe.

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Text Box: CMP Shooters’ News will post links to published or posted articles about the shooting sports that appear in the public or shooting sports media. If you see an article that you think would be of interest to Shooters’ News readers, send us a link to celder@odcmp.com.   Rimfire Sporter Slide Show on YouTube.  Dwight Pilkilton, a participant in this summer's National Rimfire Sporter Match at Camp Perry has posted a slide show with photos from this year's matches on You Tube.  You can view the show at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTsrD40abIM.