Text Box: 26 October 2007

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Text Box: 2007 Western CMP Games—From Too-Windy-to-Shoot to Perfect Weather - Wind was a dominating factor in the 2007 Western CMP Games that took place at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility north of Phoenix, Arizona on 20-23 October. The matches began with a clinic attended by over 70 new shooters on 20 October. When the 126 competitors who checked in for the first Garand, Springfield and Vintage Military Rifle Matches returned on Sunday morning, the overnight arrival of a strong high pressure system with sustained winds of 30 mph and gusts up to 60 mph forced the cancellation of the day’s matches. Two 30-shot events were fired on Monday when strong winds of 15-30 mph prevailed. Then on Tuesday, the final day of the Western Games Matches, the weather was absolutely gorgeous and the winds were dead calm.   More Details

Text Box: Bare Necessities for Highpower Rifle Competition - By SPC Nathan J. Verbickas, USAMU Service Rifle Team Member - Whether you watched someone compete in a Highpower Match, or have just heard conversation about it, it's clear that something has peaked your interest in the sport.

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Text Box: 2007-2008 JROTC Postals.  JROTC Postals are now underway.  Complete programs and entry information are posted on the CMP web site at http://www.odcmp.com/3P/JROTC.htm.  All Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy JROTC instructors are encouraged to get their postal target orders in if they have not already done so.  The deadline for all services to send in Postal Entry Forms is 26 Nov 07.  All firing must be completed and targets must be postmarked no later than 04 Dec 07.  Any targets received after 14 Dec 07 will not be considered.  Results will be posted on the CMP web site at http://clubs.odcmp.com/results as soon as targets are received and scored by CMP. Results will be final on 18 Dec 07; scoring challenges cannot be submitted after that date.    The Western CMP Games and Creedmoor Cup Matches began this past weekend.  The Western CMP Games kicked off with a clinic on Saturday, 20 October, followed by two days of Garand, Springfield and Vintage Military Rifle Matches and concluded with a special "as-issued" M1 Garand EIC Match on 23 October. The Creedmoor Cup Matches began on Wednesday, 24 October, with an advanced clinic.  The Creedmoor Cup Matches include a Practice Match, an EIC Match, the 80-shot Creedmoor Cup Match and a team match. Both events feature special hospitality events and prize awards.  Be sure to follow live results on the CMP web site at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_matchResult.cgi?matchID=2516.   The CMP Master Instructor Training Workshop for CMP Garand-Springfield-Military Rifle Clinics for January has openings.  The course will be held 26-27 January at Camp Perry in Port Clinton, Ohio.  This workshop is open to all experienced rifle marksmanship instructors and shooters who would like to receive advanced training and be certified as “Master Instructors” to teach CMP-sanctioned Garand, Springfield and Vintage Military Rifle Clinics.  If you are interested in attending, go to the program at http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/GSMClinic.htm and submit your application.   The Camp Perry Retired Marines Holds Monthly Drawings for CMP Affiliated Junior Clubs.  As long as funds allow, once a month, this organization will donate an 20-60 x 80 mm spotting scope to a junior team.  Any CMP affiliated club that has a junior team is eligible.  Go to the CPRM website at www.cpretiredmarines.com and open the link “Monthly Drawing” to sign up your club.  Once registered, your club’s juniors will be eligible for discounts on certain shooting equipment including spotting scopes, data books, slings, books and videos.  The Camp Perry Retired Marines has donated over $42,000 to junior teams during the past 10 years.  This organization looks forward to donating even more funding to junior programs in the future.  If you have any questions, contact Jim Owens at (334) 347-0020 or email Jim@cpretiredmarines.com.

Text Box: Two 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/1007/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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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@odcom.com.    Highpower sport is gaining youths' interest.  The New Orleans, Louisiana Times-Picayune published a story about a recent highpower rifle clinic conducted by Louisiana State Highpower Rifle Team members.  Read the full article at http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-16/1190836846248820.xml&coll=1.   Rifle team takes aim on competition - Cedar Shoals JROTC tries to create interest in new sports program.  The Athens, Tennessee Banner-Herald published an article about their local Cedar Shoals High School JROTC Rifle Team.  Read the full article at http://onlineathens.com/stories/100307/news_20071003073.shtml.

Text Box: Being interested in something is great, but without information, it won't get you very far. We have heard new shooters ask people on the range what they need to do to get into Highpower and the responses that a lot of people give are scary! The next thing you know, you are in the store spending a few thousand dollars without even knowing why. In an attempt to avoid this situation, lets sit down and talk about some of the essentials, and more important information associated with the sport of Highpower Rifle Competition.   More Details

Text Box: The Ohio Rifle and Pistol Association, along with the Friends of Camp Perry, will hold its Second Annual Combat Rifle Pop-up Target Shoot at Camp Perry on Saturday, 17 November.  Shooting activities will begin at 9 A.M. on the Modified Record Rifle Range at Camp Perry, near Port Clinton, Ohio. Each relay will shoot 40 rounds at 40 targets. 

Text Box: Participants may use rifles no  larger that .308 caliber.  Food and beverages will be available for purchase.  Entry fees are $30 for the first relay (includes membership in FOCP) and $10 for each additional relay (FOCP members only) or $15 per relay for non-members of FOCP.  For additional information, contact Ralph Reichman at (330) 468-1287 or email reichmans@juno.com.   The CMP has a limited supply of Air Rifle Templates for sale.  These templates are used during equipment control checks before competitions to to ensure that precision air rifles comply with the dimension requirements in the National Three-Position Air Rifle Rules (Rule 4.4).  This template can also be used to check compliance with air rifle dimensional requirements in ISSF and USA Shooting Rules.  Templates are $20.00 each, including S&H (order NLU #AIRTEMP).

Text Box: The Spring 2008 CMP Sales Catalog is now posted on the CMP website at http://www.odcmp.com/Forms/catalog.pdf.  If you would like to receive a printed copy of the Catalog in the mail, please fill out the request form at http://www.odcmp.com/Forms/frm.htm.

Text Box: JROTC Marksmanship Instructor Course (JMIC) to be held in Berlin, MD on November 9 at Stephen Decatur High School, 9913 Seahawk Road.  The class will begin at 0830.  This JMIC course is open to any service JROTC Instruc­tor who needs to take the JMIC course to conduct marksmanship training and competitions at their school.  If you are interested in attending, please contact Cdr Chris Deming, JMIC Master Instructor, at 410.641.3375 or email Decatur-MD@smail04.cnet.navy.mil no later than Oct 26th.   Several competitors have earned their Distinguished status during the last few months and are listed below.  The CMP extends its Congratulations to each of these outstanding shooters for earning this prestigious award!  To view a list of all Distinguished Competitors from 1884 to 2007, visit http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_distinguished.cgi.

Text Box: ON THE MARK, the CMP's Newsletter for Coaches and Junior Marksmen, is now available on-line at http://www.odcmp.com/OTM.htm.  ON THE MARK is published bi-monthly by the Civilian Marksmanship Program.  It is dedicated to disseminating news and information about junior shooting activities to leaders and coaches of junior shooting clubs, teams and camps.  Its primary purpose is to help youth shooting leaders teach firearms safety and marksmanship skills more effectively and assist junior shooting leaders and coaches in fostering the continued success and improvement of their young shooters, regardless of skill level. Be sure to bookmark http://www.odcmp.com/OTM.htm to view the latest issue of OTM or to read articles in previous issues.

Text Box: Distinguished Rifleman Badge Badge Number, Name, Date Distinguished, Hometown 1824        Robert Webb, 3/12/2007, Silver City, NM 1825        Samuel Yarosh, 3/12/2007, Sebastian, FL 1828        Thomas Coggins, 4/29/2007, Longview, TX 1829        Michael Costello, 5/3/2007, La Jolla, CA 1830        Anthony Marino, 5/28/2007, Waymart, PA 1831        Kelly Hoeltschi, 5/28/2007, Newburgh, NY 1832        Michael Craycraft, 7/5/2007, Beaverton, MI 1833        Michael Schwartz, 6/3/2007, Black Diamond, WA 1834        Bradley Mosiman, 6/10/2007, Sedgwick, KS 1836        Daniel Doles, 6/24/2007, Billings, MT 1837        Robert Sherer, 6/24/2007, Middle Point, OH 1838        Alan Williams, 6/24/2007, Albuquerque, NM 1839        Mark Millette, 7/1/2007, Nashua, NH 1840        Amanda Elsenboss, 5/5/2007, Woodbury, CT 1841        Michael Mohney, 7/15/2007, DuBois, PA

Text Box: 1842        Anthony Kozojed, 7/21/2007, Thief River Falls, MN 1843        Derek Dattner, 7/21/2007, Chicago, IL 1844        Sean Edwards, 7/22/2007, Rio Rancho, NM 1845        John Strite, 7/22/2007, Smithsburg, MD 1846        Robert Sedlacek, 7/22/2007, Lenexa, KS 1847        Brent Smith-Bussey, 7/22/2007, Northborough, MA 1848        David Dexter, 7/31/2007, Duluth, MN 1849        Mark Heckman, 7/31/2007, Santee, CA 1850        Ryan Vander Poppen, 7/31/2007, Fennville, MI 1851        Daniel Atkins, 7/31/2007, Brunswick, GA 1852        Douglas Armstrong, 7/31/2007, Lexington, NC 1853        Lewis Makison, 7/31/2007, Anderson, SC 1854        Jeffrey Lin, 7/31/2007, Fort Worth, TX 1855        Mike Barranco, 7/31/2007, Irvine, CA 1856        John Schudel, 7/31/2007, Woodstock, GA 1857        John Jolliff, 7/31/2007, Kenton, OH 1858        Jason Case, 7/31/2007, Vacaville, CA 1859        David Platt, 7/31/2007, Macomb Township, MI 1860        Ryan Castonguay, 7/31/2007, New Hartford, CT 1861        John Cerny, 7/31/2007, Three Rivers, MI 1862        Guy Gamello, 9/2/2007, East Greenbush, NY 1863        Matthew Egloff, 9/9/2007, Butte, MT 1864        Scott James Campbell, 9/9/2007, Adel, IA 1865        Marc David Heil  9/9/2007, Barto, PA 1866        Oscar Ramsey  9/16/2007, Madisonville, KY 1867        Tyler Smith  9/23/2007, Newark, IL

Text Box: Distinguished Pistol Shot Badge Badge Number, Name, Date Distinguished, Hometown 1395        Daniel Hardesty, 4/22/2007, Greensboro, NC 1396        William Weldon, 4/22/2007, Snowflake, AZ 1397        Joseph Tomarelli, 6/3/2007, Limerick, PA 1398        Carroll McKeever, 6/3/2007, Burkburnett, TX 1399        Daryl Taramasso, 6/3/2007, Graham, TX 1402        Ronald Reese, 6/24/2007, Grand Rapids, MI 1403        William Thompson, 6/30/2007, Rapid City, SD 1404        John Dowell, 7/8/2007, LaVale, MD 1405        Philip Hemphill, 7/15/2007, Clinton, MS 1406        John Hester, 7/15/2007, Cincinnati, OH 1407        Greg Abraham, 7/15/2007, Lake Crystal, MN 1408        Eric D. Kennedy, 8/11/2007, Prospect, PA 1409        Kenneth Giesen  7/15/2007   Fort Collins, CO 1410         David Ahern   8/26/2007    Beverly, MA 1411        Patrick Kortsch  8/26/2007  Milwaukee, WI 1412         Darrell Haman  9/8/2007   Wadena, MN

Text Box: Junior Air Rifle Distinguished Badge Badge Number, Name, Hometown 161           Alyssa Wolken, Beatrice, NE 162           Kaitlin Chaffin, Murfreesboro, TN 163           Derric Lee, Memphis, TN 164           April Dunn, Newnan, GA 165           Matthew Bertino, Ocean Pines, MD 166           Parker Tomasi, Albuquerque, NM 167           Samantha Shankles, Albuquerque, NM 168           Andrea Dardas, Essexville, MI 169           Nicole Heitmeyer, King George, VA 170           Krista Duhamel, Bemidji, MN 171           Katie Kostal, Bay City, MI 172           Dempster Christenson, Sioux Falls, SD 173           Kira Brown, Sparks, NV 174           Ashley Rose, Eubank, KY 175           Kayla McClellan, Charleston, SC 176           Jacob Terlizzi, Berlin, MD 177           Noel Maxwell, Bowling Green, KY 178           Kaitlin Martin, Peralta, NM 179           Joe Montanez, San Juan, TX 180           Rob Thompson, Ozark, MO 181           Shawn Spradling, Ozark, MO

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