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2009-2010 AIR FORCE  JROTC
AIR RIFLE POSTAL COMPETITION

INVITATION. All Air Force JROTC Units that have been selected by the Air Force Officer Accessions and Training Schools Command (AFOATS) to conduct air rifle marksmanship are invited to participate in the 2009-2010 Air Force JROTC Air Rifle Postal Competition. This official match program provides information to guide your unit’s participation in the postal. The Air Force JROTC Postal gives all cadets who participate in air rifle marksmanship an opportunity to experience a national-level competition fired at their unit’s home range. In addition to providing units and cadets with national rankings, results from this competition will be used to select the Air Force JROTC unit teams and at-large individuals that will be invited to participate in the Air Force JROTC Championship in February 2010. Air Force JROTC representatives for the National JROTC Championship in March 2010 will be selected at that competition.

POSTAL COMPETITION SUMMARY. The 2009-2010 Air Force JROTC Air Rifle Postal is a 10-meter three-position (3X10) air rifle competition. AFOATS and the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) are jointly conducting the competition. The 2008-2010 7th edition (V2) of the National Standard Three Position Air Rifle Rules governs. Rulebooks may be downloaded from the CMP web site at http://www.odcmp.com/3P.htm. JROTC units may enter as many cadets as they wish in this postal competition. Units must their cadets and order postal targets completing an online team registration at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchInfo.cgi?matchID=5019.   After the online team registration is completed, the CMP will send postal targets directly to your unit. Targets are to be fired at your unit’s home range and forwarded to the CMP for official scoring, postmarked not later than 4Dec09.

DATES. SASIs may submit their online entries to the CMP any time after 1Oct09, but not later than 20Nov09. Unit firing may be done any time after units receive their postal targets, but not later than 04Dec09. Targets and unit firing reports must be forwarded to the CMP, postmarked not later than 04Dec09. Targets received AFTER 11Dec09 WILL NOT be considered. Unit team and individual postal match scores will be posted on the CMP web site as soon as targets are received and scored by CMP. Results will be final on 18Dec09; scoring challenges cannot be submitted after that date.

CADET ELIGIBILITY. All participants must be AFJROTC cadets who are currently enrolled in JROTC. All AFJROTC unit teams and individuals will compete in the sporter air rifle class (Rule 4.2). Any cadet who will fire on a unit team in the AFJROTC Service Championship must have first fired in the 2009-2010 Air Force JROTC Postal.

UNIT TEAM SCORES. Units may enter as many cadets as they wish in the competition. The unit’s team score will be the total of the 30-shot scores of the four highest scoring individuals. All cadets who fire will be listed in the team listings and in the individual rankings regardless of whether they were among the top four scores in their unit.

TO ENTER/ORDER TARGETS. To enter the Air Force JROTC Postal Competition, complete the Online Registration on the CMP website at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchInfo.cgi?matchID=5019. There are no entry fees. The coach and all firing members must register online. The CMP has included online registration directions with this program. The CMP will send the requested target sets together with Air Force JROTC Air Rifle Postal Firing Instructions and a Unit Firing Report.

COURSE OF FIRE, FIRING PROCEDURES. Each cadet in the postal competition will fire a three-position 3X10 course of fire on official postal targets. Three special 10-bull competition targets designed for scoring with Orion electronic Visual Image Scoring software will be provided for each competitor. These targets will have the cadet’s name, school, competitor number and firing position printed on the top of the target. Do not make any other marks on the target. Be sure each cadet fires on the targets with that cadet’s name printed on them. The course of fire includes unlimited sighters and 10 shots for record prone in 20 minutes, unlimited sighters and 10 shots for record standing in 20 minutes and unlimited sighters and 10 shots for record kneeling in 15 minutes (rule 5.3.1). The SASI must witness the actual firing of all targets. Fired targets and the Unit Firing Report must be forwarded to the CMP for official scoring, postmarked not later than 04Dec09.

SCORING AND RESULTS. The CMP will score all targets and post all scores in ranked results lists on the CMP web site at http://clubs.odcmp.com. Targets will be scored with the Orion Scoring System that uses computer vision systems to analyze and score the targets and shots. Instructors who wish to protest a team or individual score must contact CMP Competitions, 419-635-2141, ext. 1102 or ext. 1131 or postals@odcmp.com as soon as possible after scores are posted, but not later than 18Dec09. Targets in question will be rechecked according to Rule 8.5.5. Any targets postmarked after 4Dec09 or not received by 11Dec09 will not be scored or ranked. Results become final on 18Dec09. Email notices regarding final official results will be sent to participating units.

AIR FORCE QUALIFYING FOR JROTC SERVICE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP. TThe 2010 Air Force JROTC Championship will be at Camp Perry, Ohio on 25-27 February.

AFJROTC unit teams and individuals will be invited to compete in the Air Force JROTC Service Championship as follows:

•   Top eight (8) unit sporter class teams

•   Top eight (8) sporter class individual cadets who are not from schools with qualifying teams. (If your school’s team qualifies to attend the Service Championship, no other individuals from your school may attend.)

•   48 total qualifying slots may be filled by Air Force JROTC cadets. If invited teams or individuals are unable to attend the AFJROTC Championship, any remaining unfilled team and individual slots will be allocated to the next highest ranking unit teams or at-large individuals that participated in the AFJROTC Postal.

The Championship will consist of three relays of shooters each firing two 3x20 courses of fire plus one final. These relays will also include an alternates’ match for alternate shooters coming with unit teams.

NATIONAL JROTC AIR RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIP. The 2009-2010 JROTC air rifle marksmanship program will culminate with the 2010 National JROTC Air Rifle Championship on 25-27 March 2010. The championship is tentatively scheduled to take place at the CMP Marksmanship Center in Anniston, AL. This new range has 80 firing points, all equipped with electronic targets. The top two sporter teams in the Air Force JROTC Service Championship plus the top two at-large individual in the sporter class will represent AFJROTC in the JROTC Nationals.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. If you have questions regarding the Air Force JROTC Air Rifle Postal, contact CMP Competitions, Tom Whitten at 419-635-2141, ext. 1113, postals@odcmp.com.

PLEASE REGISTER ONLINE FOR YOUR POSTAL TARGETS

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