SFC Jason Parker, 36, a member of the US Army Marksmanship rifle team, captured the 2011 Camp Perry Open 60-shot precision rifle championship with an aggregate score of 1394.9. He topped national development team member Amy Sowash, 26, of Richmond, Kentucky (1390.6) and West Virginia University’s Bryant Wallizer, 23, of Little Orleans, Maryland (1388.3) in the two-day standing event at the CMP North Marksmanship Center on 15 and 16 January.

Veteran Shooters Share Knowledge with Young Shooters and Have Fun at Super Final Match at Camp Perry Open

Mid-season airgun matches like the Camp Perry Open which was fired at the CMP North Marksmanship Center 14-16, January, is a practice match for some, a first-time event for others and the biggest match ever for a few more. That mixture of circumstances and emotions are what makes events like the CPO so appealing.

Many clubs were having almost mini-style Eastern/Western Games matches and Competition Tracker at the time did not have a way to list the same individual firing different rifles or re-entry scores without creating separate matches or even multiple events in one match. The good news is Competition Tracker is now set up to show a 3-Gun Aggregate (Garand, Springfield, Vintage Military or G-S-M) for club level matches. Additionally, we are also set up to show re-entry scores for club level matches. Any competitor in a club sanctioned match may fire any three rifles and the same rifle twice in the same match simply by re-entering.

2011 Summer Camps

For several years, the first Monday of each January marks the posting of the newest schedule for the CMP Summer Rifle Camps.  This has become a much anticipated event, as coaches and shooters eagerly visit the CMP website to see what the camp schedule has in store. 

CAMP PERRY, OHIO – Three original CMP State Directors (formerly known as State Junior Directors) announced their retirement after serving the Civilian Marksmanship Program and countless junior shooters since the state director program began in 1999. Joe Mucelli, of San Francisco, announced his retirement, effective 1 December and Marlene and Jack Duncan, of Arizona, shared their plans to retire in October.

ANNISTON, ALABAMA - It was a busy year for the CMP’s State Directors (SD) across the country and many directors representing the majority of the U.S. attended their first ever two-day workshop here in October. The workshop entitled “Getting Back to the Grass Roots” was held at the CMP Marksmanship Center - South on Friday and Saturday, 1 & 2 October. It’s the SDs’ mission to provide leadership, resource and program information, coordination, networking, motivation and publicity for shooting organizations within their states.

CAMP PERRY, OHIO - Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force JROTC rifle teams kicked off their 2010-2011 competition year as they competed in the 2010-2011 JROTC Air Rifle Postal Competitions. For the past eight years, the Civilian Marksmanship Program has overseen the scoring of JROTC 3x10 three-position air rifle postal competitions. These annual postal matches determine which JROTC unit teams and individual cadets advance to compete in their respective service’s JROTC shoulder-to-shoulder Championship.

ANNISTON, ALABAMA & CAMP PERRY, OHIO – Connor Davis, 17, of Shelbyville, Kentucky, cruised to victory in the precision air rifle class and Tessa Howald, 17, of Ozark, Missouri, set two new Army Junior ROTC records en route to winning the sporter air rifle class at the 2010 Gary Anderson Invitational 3x20 tournament. The matches were fired concurrently at identical CMP shooting facilities in Alabama and Ohio.

CAMP PERRY, OHIO – On Thursday, 2 December, Gary Anderson, Director of Civilian Marksmanship Emeritus, made good on the CMP’s plan to present a retirement gift to COL (Ret.) James H. Chisman for his years of service as former Ohio National Guard Fort Ohio Installations and Camp Perry Training Site Commander. We had planned to present COL Chisman a personalized M1 Carbine at his retirement party, but he didn’t stop working long enough to plan a party,” Anderson said.