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09 SEPTEMBER 2004 |
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Youth Leadership Conference. The National Youth Leadership and Coach Training Conference is hosted by CMP at Camp Perry, Ohio, 5-11 October 2004. The conference and training week is co-hosted by the NRA Education and Training Department and USA Shooting. The "training week" offers courses on advanced coaching for rifle or pistol; basic coaching for rifle, pistol, shotgun and highpower rifle; ASEP sport science and competition officials training. The National Youth Leadership Conference begins at noon on Friday, 8 October, and continues through Sunday evening, 10 October. The conference begins with a John C. Garand Match for all participants and includes numerous presentations and small group sessions designed to meet the professional development needs of junior shooting sports leaders. Anyone who serves as a youth shooting sports leader, coach or instructor is invited and encouraged to attend this conference. You may register online at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchInfo.cgi?matchID=353 or view the program at http://www.odcmp.com/Programs/YouthLeadership.htm. GAI Invitational. All junior shooters are cordially invited to participate in the 2004 Gary Anderson Invitational. The Gary Anderson Invitational is one of the major shooting championships for juniors in the country, offering three-position air rifle competition for middle school and high school individuals and teams. This year's GAI will be held 19-20-21 November & 3-4-5 December at Pool Range, Fort Benning, GA. You may view the program and registration form at http://www.odcmp.com/3P/GAI.htm. MBA Classic. The tenth annual MBA Rifle Classic will be held in Nashville, Tennessee over the weekend of 15-17 October. The Classic was initiated in 1995 to provide a premier season opening competition for high school rifle teams. It has grown each year, and is now the largest high school sponsored shooting event in the U.S. Last year 51 high schools from 11 states participated and 308 athletes tested their shooting skills. The Classic Program may be viewed at http://www.odcmp.com/3P/MBARifleClassic.pdf or contact Leo Lujan at leorlujan@aol.com. Fifth Annual International Air Rifle Postal League. South Fork High School JROTC is hosting the Fifth Annual International Air Rifle Postal League ( 5 Matches). This League will involve Youth / High School and Shooting Clubs from around the world. This is a great opportunity for your Team (s) to compete Internationally at a limited cost. For more information, contact SGM. (Ret) Charles Ford at ffordcar@aol.com or see the program posted at http://www.odcmp.com/3P/IPCH2004-2005.pdf. |
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Five new articles are posted on The First Shot On-Line, the CMP’s electronic newsletter. Check The First Shot front page at http://www.odcmp.org/0904/default.asp to see summaries of all recent articles with links to the full articles. The First Shot On-Line front page also displays readers’ comments and a link to the popular CMP Forum. The latest articles posted are described below. |
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National Trophy Rifle Matches: Even the Weather Can’t Stop Them Despite the weather at Camp Perry, the National Trophy Rifle Matches were a huge success. The Army Marksmanship Unit out-shined their competitors; they took top honors in both National Trophy Rifle Team Matches and Army Staff Sergeant won the National Trophy Rifle Individual Match.
New M-16 EIC Match Scores a Hit at Nationals Since the CMP began adding new matches to the National Matches, the number of new shooters participating in highpower service rifle shooting has gone up significantly. Matches such as the John C. Garand Match, the Springfield and Military Bolt Rifle Match, as well as the Rimfire Sporter Match have become great attractions to the National Matches, bringing in shooters who previously were put off by the thought of competing at Camp Perry. This year the CMP added another new match to the National Match program, the M16 EIC Match.
CMP Employee “Jailed” for Muscular Dystrophy Association Recently, there was a slight disturbance at CMP South Headquarters in Anniston, Alabama. It seems that the Civilian Marksmanship Program had been harboring a person of questionable character for quite some time.
Marine Corps Junior Highpower Rifle Clinic Developing Excellence through Education Walking into the Marine Corps Junior Highpower Rifle Clinic, it was immediately apparent that things will be done only one way throughout the three days of the course…the Marine way. It is also immediately clear from the popularity of this annual junior clinic which starts the National Trophy Rifle Matches week that the young people who attend like doing things the Marine Corps way. |
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Christopher Atkins won the President’s 100 Rifle Match with a score of 298-15X. |
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Junior Makes President’s Rifle Match History Chris Atkins, a 17-year-old junior from Brunswick, Georgia was the first junior and only the second civilian since 1976 to win the prestigious President’s Rifle Match at Camp Perry. |