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2010 CMP NATIONAL

TROPHY PISTOL MATCHES

   Pistol Small Arms Firing School, 12 July

M9 Pistol EIC Match, 12 July

CMP Service Pistol Warm-Up Match, 13 July

President’s Pistol Match, 18 July

National Trophy Individual Pistol Match, 18 July

National Trophy Pistol Team Match, 18 July

Junior President’s, NTI & NTT Matches, 18 July

National Matches Air Pistol Championship, 18 July

Sponsored by:
THE CIVILIAN MARKSMANSHIP PROGRAM
Conducted in cooperation with the National Rifle Association
And the Adjutant General’s Department of Ohio
© Civilian Marksmanship Program, 2010

THE NATIONAL MATCHES

In February 1903, an amendment to the War Department Appropriations Bill established the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice (NBPRP). This government advisory board became the predecessor to today’s Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and Firearms Safety, Inc. that now governs the CMP. The 1903 legislation also established the National Matches, commissioned the National Trophy and provided funding to support the Matches. This historic legislation grew out of a desire to improve military marksmanship and national defense preparedness. President Theodore Roosevelt, Secretary of War Elihu Root and NRA President General Bird Spencer were among the most important supporters of this act.

Pursuant to this Congressional authorization, Army General Order No. 61 was published in April 1903. It directed that the first “National Trophy Match” would be fired at Sea Girt, New Jersey on 8-9 September of that year. Teams of 12 representing the Army, military departments of the states, Navy, Marine Corps and state National Guard organizations competed for the new National “Dogs of War” Trophy. The new National Matches expanded to include their first pistol events in 1904. The National Matches moved to Camp Perry in 1907 and with few exceptions, Camp Perry has been the home of the National Matches ever since.

The National Matches celebrated their 100th anniversary in 2003 and the 100th anniversary of their first coming to Camp Perry in 2007. In the 107 years since the inauguration of the National Matches, they have been organized 89 times. Peak attendance for the matches was in 1962 when the matches were supported and conducted by the Department of Defense and 7,762 competitors participated. Defense Department support was withdrawn after the 1967 matches. The NRA and a cadre of volunteers successfully continued the matches, although with significantly reduced participation. Subsequent to that and until 1995, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice secured federal appropriations to partially support the matches, but federal support for marksmanship created continuing political controversy. As a result, the U. S. Congress privatized the Civilian Marksmanship Program and the National Matches in 1996, while simultaneously enacting federal legislation that mandated the continuation of the National Matches under CMP leadership (Title 36 USC, §40725-40727). Today, the National Matches include the CMP National Trophy Pistol and Rifle Matches, the Pistol and Rifle Small Arms Firing Schools, CMP Games rifle events and the NRA National Pistol, Smallbore Rifle and Highpower Rifle Championships. The matches are now conducted by a partnership of the CMP, NRA and Ohio National Guard. In recent years, attendance has grown, with combined participation in the 2008 CMP and NRA National Matches events exceeding 6,500 shooters.

CAMP PERRY--THE HOME OF THE NATIONAL MATCHES

In the years following the first National Matches at Sea Girt in 1903, shooting leaders struggled to find suitable sites for the Matches. The Matches were at Fort Riley, Kansas in 1904 and returned to Sea Girt in 1905 and 1906. Neither facility, however, was adequate to support growing participation in the matches. A permanent home was needed. General Ammon Critchfield, who became the Adjutant General of Ohio in 1903, selected the present Camp Perry site as a potential home for the matches, obtained an appropriation from the Ohio Legislature to start construction in 1905 and established Camp Perry in 1906. In January 1907, a proposal from the Ohio Rifle Association to make Camp Perry the home of the National Matches was accepted by the NBPRP Executive Committee, which asked the Department of War to transfer the matches to the new Ohio State Rifle Range. The ranges were named “Camp Perry” in honor of Commodore Oliver Perry, whose 1813 sea victory over the British took place in Lake Erie just offshore from the new site. The 2007 National Matches celebrated 100 years of National Matches at Camp Perry in 2007.

2010 CMP NATIONAL TROPHY PISTOL MATCHES

The National Trophy Rifle and Pistol Matches trace their history to the 1903 legislation that established the first National Matches and appropriated funds to acquire the National “Dogs of War” Trophy, which continues to be one of the most prestigious team trophies in U. S. marksmanship. When the National Trophy Matches expanded to include pistol events, the first trophy awarded was the General Custer Trophy that annually goes to the National Trophy Individual Pistol Champion. The Custer Trophy was first contested in 1904. The Gold Cup National Trophy Team Trophy was initially awarded in 1920. Today, the National Trophy Pistol Matches provide service pistol national championship competitions that preserve the finest traditions of military marksmanship in the United States. A total of 25 different National Trophies are now awarded during the National Trophy Pistol Matches.

NEW IN 2010—DEFINO AND PATTON TROPHIES

Two new trophies will be awarded during the 2010 CMP National Trophy Pistol Matches.  The Perry DeFino Trophy will be awarded to the High Junior who fires the Standard Smallbore Pistol in the National Trophy Individual Pistol Match.  The General Patton Trophy will be awarded to the Active Army competitor who fires the highest individual aggregate score in the National Trophy Individual and National Trophy Team Matches.   A complete list of 2010 National Trophy Pistol Matches awards and award donors will be released in the 2010 CMP National Matches Pistol Shooters’ Handbook.

SMALL ARMS FIRING SCHOOL

The Pistol Small Arms Firing School (SAFS), including the firing of the M9 EIC Match, will be completed in one day, on Monday, 12 July.  The SAFS schedule will give beginning shooters approximately six hours of hands-on training and time on the range.  The Advanced Pistol SAFS will begin at 1:00 PM on 12 July and conclude with the firing of the Service Pistol Warm-Up Match on 13 July.  SAFS students who identify themselves as beginners or new shooters with little or no previous pistol experience will receive instruction that starts them at the very beginning with nomenclature, safe pistol handling, loading and unloading, sight alignment, the basic stance and trigger control. School students with some pistol experience will attend a morning of bulls-eye pistol shooting instruction by the Army Service Pistol Team. After the instructional clinic, SAFS students will move to Viale Range for practice firing with U. S. Army M9 9mm pistols. Later that afternoon, they will fire the M9 Pistol EIC Match where the top ten percent of shooters with no pistol EIC points will earn “introductory” 4-point legs. Last year, in order to accommodate additional entry-level students, experienced shooters were not allowed to fire their personal M1911 or M9 service pistols during the school.
 

This Official Match Program provides detailed information about the 2010 National Trophy Pistol Matches that competitors need to enter and plan their participation.

2010 National Trophy Pistol Matches Schedule

Information on each major event that takes place during the National Trophy Pistol Matches is provided below. The events are listed in the order they occur.

PISTOL SMALL ARMS FIRING SCHOOL

The official program for the Pistol Small Arms Firing School is posted on the CMP web site at http://www.odcmp.com/nm/SAFS.htm.  The 2010 Pistol SAFS offers classroom instruction taught by the U. S. Army Marksmanship Unit, on-the-range coaching by military pistol team members and 25-yard practice firing and the Special M9 Pistol EIC Match. Advanced pistol competitors have the option of attending the USAMU instruction in the theater at 0800 on Monday 12 July. This is not mandatory for Advanced students. If you attend the instruction then you will remain in the theater for the afternoon Advanced bulls-eye pistol clinic. (Advanced students should NOT go to the firing line) Advanced pistol students will compete in the Service Pistol Warm-Up Match on Tuesday 13 July. Check in for beginner SAFS students is mandatory on Sunday 11 July. Advanced pistol students may check in anytime Sunday 11 July or between 0800 and 1200 on Monday 12 July. Advanced pistol students will not be able to complete in the M9 EIC Match. Anyone who wants to learn gun safety and good target shooting skills, regardless of previous experience, is encouraged to attend this school. The school also is open to experienced shooters who want a refresher course in service pistol and bulls-eye pistol target shooting and who would like to compete in the M9 EIC Match. All Pistol SAFS firing on 12 July will be done with M9 pistols and 9mm ammunition issued for the school; personal service pistols may not be fired in the school. Personal service pistols may be fired in the Service Pistol Warm-Up Match on 13 July where all competitors must have legal service pistols and furnish their own ammunition. Registration in the Pistol SAFS is required for anyone who wants to fire in the M9 EIC Match. Registration fees are $40.00 for adults and $30.00 for juniors for the school and M9 EIC Match. SAFS students are issued M9 pistols to fire, ammunition for practice and competition, a 2010 SAFS T-shirt, a course completion certificate, a USAMU Service Pistol Guide and entry in the M9 EIC Match. Register for the 2010 Pistol SAFS and M9 Rifle EIC Match through the CMP Competition Tracker web site at http://clubs.odcmp.com/matches.  Click on “Information” for the 2010 National Trophy Pistol Matches & SAFS. Then follow instructions to register for both SAFS and any other National Trophy Pistol events.
 

CMP M9 PISTOL EIC MATCH

GENERAL INFORMATION. The M9 Pistol EIC Match was added to the National Trophy Pistol Matches program in 2006 as a “Special EIC Match” conducted in conjunction with the Pistol Small Arms Firing School. Non-Distinguished competitors in this match compete for 4-point “introductory” EIC credits or “legs.” The match is fired with Army rack grade M9 military pistols and issue ammunition. This match is designed to introduce shooters to service pistol shooting with the current M9 service pistol and encourages them to start working towards earning the prestigious Distinguished Pistol Shot Badge.

DATE-TIME. Monday, 12 July. Firing begins at approximately 2:00 PM, after Pistol SAFS practice firing concludes.

COURSE OF FIRE. The M9 Pistol EIC Course of Fire (CMP Rules, Table 11) will be used. All firing is done at 25-yards on the NRA B-8 target. Either a one-handed or a two-handed stance may be used. Competitors begin with 5 sighting shots. Record firing starts with 10 shots slow-fire in five minutes. This is followed by two 5-shot timed-fire series in 20 seconds and two 5-shot rapid-fire series in 10 seconds each.

ELIGIBILITY. Any student in the Pistol Small Arms Firing School who is not Distinguished and who has not earned any EIC credit points is eligible to fire in the M9 Pistol EIC Match. Any SAFS students who are Distinguished or who have previously earned pistol EIC points may fire in the match, but they are counted as “out-of-competition” and are not eligible to earn EIC credit points.

SQUADDING. The M9 Pistol EIC Match will be fired on Pistol Range 1 (Viale Range). A maximum of 96 firing points and five relays will be squadded. Range capacity for the Pistol Small Arms Firing School and M9 EIC Match is 480 competitors. Competitors will be squadded by USAMU instructors when they report on the range Monday, 12 July.

PISTOLS. The M9 EIC Match is fired with rack-grade U. S. Military M9 pistols that are used for the Small Arms Firing School. All competitors must fire with the pistol issued to them, regardless of whether they are eligible to earn EIC points in this match.

AMMUNITION. The CMP will issue 9mm ammo that must be fired in SAFS practice and the EIC match. All competitors must fire this ammunition.  Federal American Eagle 9mm ammunition loaded with 124 grain FMJ round-nosed bullets will be issued and used in the 2010 Pistol SAFS.

OTHER RULES. Other rules governing the conduct of the M9 EIC Match are found in the 2010 CMP Competition Rules (see especially Rule 9.7).

Christopher Hudock, 2009 CMP M9 Pistol EIC match winner.

AWARDS. The highest scoring eligible competitor (must not be Distinguished or have earned any previous EIC points) in the M9 EIC Match receives a CMP Recognition Plaque. The top 10% of all eligible competitors receive 4 EIC credit points and a CMP M9 EIC Match medal. All competitors who complete the M9 EIC Match will receive a distinctive M9 EIC Match pin when they turn in their scorecards

ENTRY FEES. $40.00 for adults, $30.00 for juniors. This entry fee covers both the Pistol Small Arms Firing School and the M9 EIC Match.

2009 WINNER: Christopher Hudock, Raleigh, NC, 269-6X

NATIONAL MATCHES RECORD:  Nick Pappas, Chicago, Illinois, 283-7X, 2006

SERVICE PISTOL WARM-UP MATCH

GENERAL INFORMATION. The Service Pistol Warm-Up Match was introduced at the 2009 National Trophy Pistol Matches. It is being conducted in conjunction with the Pistol Small Arms Firing School and the Advanced Pistol Clinic that will take place in the Camp Perry Post Theater on 12 July, starting at 1:00 PM. This match offers pistol shooters who are not allowed to fire their personal service pistols in the Pistol SAFS a chance not only to gain more experience with their service pistols, but also to fire them in a major competition. The new match will also give many other National Trophy Pistol Matches competitors a great opportunity to “warm up” for the Trophy Matches that will take place at the end of the week. The difficult President’s Pistol Match course will be used to add to the challenge.

DATE-TIME. Tuesday, 13 July. Firing begins at 7:30 AM.

COURSE OF FIRE. The President’s Pistol Match Course of Fire (CMP Rules, Table 2) will be used. Competitors fire 20 shots slow-fire at 50 yards, 10 shots timed-fire at 25 yards and 10 shots rapid-fire at 25 yards.

ELIGIBILITY. All competitors entered in the National Trophy Pistol Matches are eligible to enter this event. Competitors over the age of 20 must fire a legal service pistol. Juniors who compete for Junior awards must fire the same course of fire with .22 cal. rimfire pistols.

SQUADDING. The Service Pistol Warm-Up Match will be fired on Pistol Range 1 (Viale Range). A maximum of 96 firing points and three relays will be squadded. Range capacity for the match is 288 competitors.

PISTOLS. Service pistols that comply with CMP Rules 6.5 and 6.6 must be used. Juniors who compete for junior awards must fire Standard Smallbore Pistols that comply with CMP Rule 6.6.3.

AMMUNITION. Any safe ammunition may be used in accordance with CMP Rule 6.8.2.

OTHER RULES. Other rules governing the conduct of the President’s Pistol Match are found in the 2010 CMP Competition Rules at http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/Rulebook.pdf  (see especially Rule 7.2).

AWARDS. A National Trophy Matches award plaque will be presented to the match winner and the high handicap competitor. All competitors who complete the Service Pistol Warm-Up Match will receive a special award coin and the top ten percent of all competitors will receive gold finished coins. A National Trophy Matches award plaque will be presented to the high junior competitor who fires with a .22 cal. smallbore pistol.

ENTRY FEES. Entry in the combined Advanced Pistol SAFS and Service Pistol Warm-Up Match is $40.00 for adults and $25.00 for juniors. Entry in the Service Pistol Warm-Up Match only is $20.00 for adults and $15.00 for juniors.

2009 WINNER. SSG James Henderson USA, Columbus, GA 392-15X

NATIONAL MATCHES RECORD. SSG James Henderson USA, Columbus, GA 392-15X, 2009

PRESIDENT’S PISTOL MATCH
AND JUNIOR PRESIDENT’S PISTOL MATCH

GENERAL INFORMATION. The President’s Pistol Match is a National Trophy Pistol Match. It was first fired in 1981. The President’s Rifle and Pistol Matches have become especially prestigious because match winners have traditionally received letters of congratulations from the President of the United States. President Theodore Roosevelt began this tradition for the President’s Rifle Match in 1904. This tradition of recognition was extended to include the President’s Pistol Match. Recent U.S. Presidents, including Presidents Clinton and Bush, have continued the tradition by providing letters of congratulations to the winners of both the President’s Pistol and Rifle Matches. The additional 50-yard slow-fire requirement in the President’s Pistol Match course of fire makes it especially challenging.

DATE-TIME. Sunday, 18 July. Firing begins at 7:30 AM.

COURSE OF FIRE.  The President’s Pistol Match Course of Fire (CMP Rules, Table 2) will be used. Competitors fire 20 shots slow-fire at 50 yards, 10 shots timed-fire at 25 yards and 10 shots rapid-fire at 25 yards. Juniors who compete for junior awards must fire Standard Smallbore Pistols (.22 cal., see Rule 6.6.3).

SQUADDING. Firing will be done on Pistol Ranges 1, 3 and 4. Two relays of 276 competitors each will be squadded on these ranges through a random draw. If the total number of entries exceeds 552 competitors, additional competitors will be squadded on Range 2 to the capacity of that range. Competitors’ squadding will be drawn and issued when they check-in at National Matches In-Processing.

SSG James Henderson, USA, 2009 President’s Pistol Match winner.

PISTOLS. Service pistols that comply with CMP Rules 6.5 and 6.6 must be used. Juniors who compete for junior awards must fire a Standard Smallbore Pistol that complies with CMP Rule 6.6.3.

AMMUNITION. Any safe ammunition may be used in accordance with CMP Rule 6.8.2.

OTHER RULES. . Other rules governing the conduct of the President’s Pistol Match are found in the 2010 CMP Competition Rules at http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/Rulebook.pdf  (see especially Rule 7.2).

AWARDS. The winner of the President’s Pistol Match receives the President’s Pistol Trophy (the competitor receives a trophy plaque and his/her name is permanently engraved on the trophy; the trophy is retained by the CMP on permanent display at Camp Perry), a President’s Pistol Match medallion and a presentation pistol. The top 100 competitors in the President’s Pistol Match are designated as the “President’s Hundred” and receive President’s Pistol Match medallions and certificates. The highest scoring junior who fires a .22 cal. smallbore pistol in the President’s Pistol Match receives a CMP Recognition Plaque.

ENTRY FEES. $30.00 for adults, $15.00 for juniors. 

2009 WINNER. SSG James Henderson, USA, Columbus, GA, 393-17x

2009 JUNIOR WINNER.  Joseph Totts, Mogadore, OH, 366-11X

NATIONAL MATCHES RECORD. SSG James Henderson, USA, Columbus, GA, 393-17X, 2009

NATIONAL MATCHES JUNIOR RECORD.  Christopher Jones, Battleground, WA, 374-07X, 2004
 

NATIONAL TROPHY INDIVIDUAL PISTOL MATCH
AND JUNIOR NTI PISTOL MATCH

GENERAL INFORMATION. The National Trophy Individual Pistol Match (NTI) is a National Trophy Pistol Match. It was first fired in 1904, the second year of the National Matches, and has become one of the most prestigious National Trophy Pistol events. The NTI is also an Excellence-in-Competition match where the top 10% of all Non-Distinguished competitors, military and civilian, earn EIC credit points.

DATE-TIME. Sunday, 18 July. Firing begins immediately after the President’s Pistol Match is completed.

COURSE OF FIRE. The Pistol National Match Course of Fire (CMP Rules, Table 3) is used. Competitors fire 10 shots slow-fire at 50 yards, 10 shots timed-fire at 25 yards and 10 shots rapid-fire at 25 yards. Juniors who compete for junior awards must fire Standard Smallbore Pistols (.22 cal., see Rule 6.6.3).

SSG James Henderson, 2009 National Trophy Individual Pistol Match winner.

SQUADDING. Firing will be done on Pistol Ranges 1, 3 and 4. Two relays of 276 competitors each will be squadded on those ranges through a random draw. If the total number of entries exceeds 552 competitors, additional competitors will be squadded on Range 2 to the capacity of that range. Competitors’ squadding will be drawn and issued at the time of check-in at In-Processing. Competitors will have the same relay and firing point assignments for both the President’s and NTI Pistol Matches.

PISTOLS. Service pistols that comply with CMP Rules 6.5 and 6.6 must be used. Juniors who compete for junior awards must fire a Standard Smallbore Pistol that complies with CMP Rule 6.6.3.

AMMUNITION. Any safe ammunition may be used in accordance with CMP Rule 6.8.2.

OTHER RULES. Other rules governing the conduct of the National Trophy Individual Pistol Match are found in the 2010 CMP Competition Rules at http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/Rulebook.pdf  (see especially Rule 7.3).

AWARDS. The winner of the National Trophy Individual Pistol Match receives the General Custer Trophy (the competitor receives a trophy plaque and his/her name is permanently engraved on the trophy; the trophy is retained by the CMP on permanent display at Camp Perry), a General Custer Trophy medallion and a presentation M1911 National Match pistol. Eight additional National Trophies are awarded to the highest scoring competitors in various categories (see CMP Rules 4.6 and 7.3.2). The highest scoring junior who fires the Standard Smallbore Pistol receives the Perry DeFino Trophy. The top 10% of all Non-Distinguished competitors in the National Trophy Individual Pistol Match receive 10, 8 or 6 EIC credit points (all Civilian legs are 10-point legs) in accordance with CMP Rule 10.2 and EIC gold, silver and bronze medals.

ENTRY FEES. $30.00 for adults, $15.00 for juniors. 

2009 WINNER. SSG James Henderson USA, Columbus, GA 297-13X

2009 JUNIOR WINNER.  Blake Fleming, Gloucester Point, VA 273-6X

NATIONAL MATCHES RECORD. SSG James Henderson USA, Columbus, GA 297-13X, 2009

NATIONAL MATCHES JUNIOR RECORD. Heather Deppe, San Antonio, TX, 278-05X, 2005

US Army Blue, 2009 National Trophy Pistol Team Match winner.

NATIONAL TROPHY TEAM MATCH

GENERAL INFORMATION. The National Trophy Pistol Team Match (NTT) is a National Trophy Match. It was first fired in 1920 when competition for the Gold Cup team trophy began. The Pistol NTT is a four-person team match with a requirement that at least one firing member must be a “new shooter.” The Gold Cup Trophy, the Oglethorpe Trophy that is awarded to the best Civilian team, the American Indian Trophy that is awarded to the best Law Enforcement team and the U. S. Coast Guard Memorial Trophy that is awarded to the best Reserve Component team are among the most valuable and most important of all National Trophies. In addition, the Junior Pistol Team Trophy is awarded to the best two-person Junior team that fires the team match with .22 cal. pistols.

DATE-TIME. Sunday, 18 July. Firing begins after the National Trophy Individual Match is completed.

COURSE OF FIRE.  Four-person teams fire the Pistol National Match Course (CMP Rules, Table 3). All members fire 10 shots slow-fire at 50 yards, 10 shots timed-fire at 25 yards and 10 shots rapid-fire at 25 yards. Open, Civilian, State or Club and Reserve Component teams are four-person teams. Law Enforcement teams are two-person teams. The Junior Pistol Team Match is also a two-person team match.

The Pennsylvania Rifle and Pistol Association pistol team won the Oglethorpe Trophy that is awarded to the winning state association or club team in the National Trophy Pistol Team Match.

SQUADDING. The National Trophy Team Match will be fired on Range 3. A maximum of 47 team entries will be accepted. Each four-person team will be assigned two firing points, with two team members firing in the first relay and the other two team members firing in the second. Team entries must be made at Camp Perry In-Processing; teams will be squadded at the time their entries are submitted. Law Enforcement and Junior teams will fire one team member on each relay.

PISTOLS. Service pistols that comply with CMP Rules 6.5 and 6.6 must be used. Juniors who compete for junior awards must fire Standard Smallbore Pistols that comply with CMP Rule 6.6.3.

AMMUNITION.  Any safe ammunition may be used in accordance with CMP Rule 6.8.2.