Text Box: 08 January 2008

Text Box: THE FIRST SHOT ON-LINE MAGAZINE FEATURES

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Text Box: Be Sure to Watch Shooting USA on the Outdoor Channel on 9 January--This Week’s Show Features the 2007 National Matches.  Shooting USA (http://www.shootingusa.com/index.html) attended the 2007 Camp Perry Centennial National Matches and will air a special show on the Outdoor Channel at 4:30 PM EST and 8:30 PM EST on 9 January and 2:00 AM EST on 10 January.  Two segments of the show focus on the National Matches.  The first looks at 100 years of history of American service rifle competition in the National Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio.  The second segment covers the 2007 President’s Rifle Match.   2008 Camp Perry Open. Space is still available for the 2008 Camp Perry Open Three-Position Air Rifle Match and Clinic!  The event will take place at CMP North Headquarters in Port Clinton, OH 18-19 January 2008.  This event is open to all school age juniors, with separate divisions for both precision and sporter air rifles.  For a complete match program and entry forms, visit http://www.odcmp.com/3P/CP_Open.htm.   CMP Affiliated Clubs report “Zero” accidents in Club Annual Reports.  The CMP now has 4,950 affiliated clubs and organizations.  4,260 of the CMP affiliates are either youth shooting sports organizations or regular clubs that sponsor junior activities.  Each year, CMP affiliates must submit annual reports that provide information about club activities during the past year.  One of the key questions concerns whether there were any firearms-related injury-causing incidents in club activities.  The CMP is pleased to report that there were no reported firearms-related injury-causing incidents among its nearly 5,000 affiliates during the 2006 program year.  Reports for the 2007 program year are just starting to come in.  Marksmanship is indeed one of the safest of all sports!

Text Box: Three 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/0108/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.

Text Box: 2008 Achievement Medal and Achievement Pin Cut Scores - 50-Shot Cut Scores Now Available for Sanctioned Matches - One of the most popular goals for participants in CMP As-Issued Military Rifle Matches is to fire a score that earns a Gold, Silver or Bronze Achievement Medal or Pin. Competitors in the CMP Games Matches at the National Matches are awarded medals with neck ribbons when they fire scores that exceed Achievement Medal cut scores. Competitors in the Eastern and Western CMP Games Matches also are awarded medals with neck ribbons. Clubs that sponsor As-Issued Military Rifle or Rimfire Sporter Matches can award, Gold, Silver and Bronze Achievement Pins for scores fired in matches sanctioned by the CMP.   More Details

Text Box: CMP College Scholarship Program Enters Eighth Year - The Civilian Marksmanship Program annually provides one hundred $1000 scholarships to current Army, Marine Corps and Navy JROTC seniors and ROTC cadets who are underclassmen enrolled in college Army or Navy ROTC programs. Applicants must also have a good academic record and have a record of success as a member of a college club, ROTC or varsity rifle team. This highly-acclaimed program has allowed the CMP to reward JROTC and ROTC cadets who display leadership and excellence both in the classroom and on the rifle range.   More Details

Text Box: 2008 CMP Three-Position Air Rifle Summer Camp Registration Opens - As the holiday break ends and schools start back across the country, it is already time for students to begin planning how they want to spend their summer vacation. For air rifle shooters we hope that one of the events that will be marked on their new 2008 calendars will be a CMP Three-Position Air Rifle Summer Camp. To help make this planning easier, the 2008 schedule has already been posted online, and registration forms will begin being accepted on 14 January.   More Details

Text Box: U. S. Army Junior Open Air Rifle Championship Entries Open.  Junior shooting clubs and JROTC units have until 22 February to make entries and order targets for the State Championship Postal Phase of this annual junior air rifle competition and until 15 March to fire and return their targets.  Entry fees are just $5 per shooter and there are no additional team fees.  There are team and individual events for three position sporter air rifle and standing position precision air rifle. 

Text Box: Awards will be given in every state with three or more teams or individuals.  In 2007, 240 teams and over 1,700 individual juniors participated in the State Championship Postal Phase that also determined the teams that were invited to the shoulder-to-shoulder National Championship at Fort Benning in August.  The official match program and entry forms are posted on the CMP web site at http://www.odcmp.com/3P/Army_Jr_Championship.htm.   National Youth Leadership Conference Dates Set.  Dates are now set for the 2008 National Youth Shooting Sports Leadership Conference that will be hosted by the CMP at Camp Perry.  The conference will open on Friday, 26 September, and end on Sunday, 28 September.  The CMP State Junior Directors Workshop will take place on Sunday afternoon, 28 September. Plans are being worked out for CMP/NRA/USAS coach schools that can be offered on 23-25 September preceding the conference.  The National Youth Leadership Conference is a biennial conference organized to update junior leaders from all over the country concerning new program developments and to educate them on topics that will benefit their junior shooting leadership activities.  Put these dates on your calendar and plan to attend if you are an active junior shooting sports leader.    100th Anniversary Bushmaster Limited Edition Available.  Bushmaster Firearms Intl. LLC is selling Limited Edition 100th Anniversary Camp Perry National Match DCM-XR Series Rifles. From the proceeds of each Anniversary Rifle sold, Bushmaster is donating $100.00 to the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s Junior Highpower Support Program.  Only 100 of these 100th Anniversary Camp Perry National Match DCM-XR Series Rifles were built and they feature commemorative laser engraved markings. A small number of these unique rifles remain available and may still be ordered at a special price of $960.00. Orders may be placed by contacting Bushmaster (1-800-998-7928, or http://www.bushmaster.com) and by law; all rifles must be transferred through an FFL Dealer.   North Store Closed for Remodeling.  The CMP store at Camp Perry, OH will be closed from 28 January until 11 March so that remodeling of the Store area can be completed. Unless there are unexpected delays, the store will reopen for business on 12 March 2008. The store remodeling is being done to increase the size of the rifle selection area and to improve physical security and the customer shopping experience. The CMP appreciates your patience during this period.   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.