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Upcoming CMP Events:
Tuesday Night Open Public Shooting
CMP Marksmanship Centers,
Port Clinton, OH
Tuesday & Thursday Night Open Public Shooting
Anniston, AL
Shooters, including aspiring new shooters are invited to take advantage
of a new opportunity to do practice shooting. The Camp Perry 80-point,
10-meter air gun range is fully equipped with electronic targets that
accommodate air rifle, air pistol or National Match Air Rifle shooting.
Instruction and equipment are available. Visit
http://www.odcmp.com/
MarksmanshipCenters.htm for additional information.
2010 CMP Three-Position Summer Camps
It is not too late to be part of the 2010 CMP Summer Rifle Camp
experience! Spots are still open for the three-position air rifle camps
in Anniston, Alabama for the following dates: 31 May-4 June, 28 June-2
July, 26-30 July, and for the three-position air rifle camp in Camp
Perry, Ohio: 7-11 June. There are also a few spots remaining for the
CMP-AMU Advanced Smallbore Camp 21-25 June. Be part of the 2010 CMP
camp experience download registration forms at,
http://www.odcmp.com/Programs/camp.htm.
2010 JMIC Master Instructor Training Courses. The CMP
will conduct a series of JMIC Master Instructor Training Workshops in
2010 to train new JMIC Master Instructors and recertify current active
JMIC Master Instructors who were originally trained in 2005 and whose
certificates expire in 2010. Recent experience in conducting rifle
marksmanship training and organizing a rifle team at a JROTC Unit or
Junior Rifle Club is a prerequisite for attending a JMIC Master
Instructor Course. Current Master Instructors must have taught at least
one JMIC Course in the past five years to be eligible for
recertification. For more information visit
http://www.odcmp.com/JMIC/MICourses.htm.
NATIONAL MATCH AIR RIFLE, CMP to Conduct NMAR
Introductory Matches in 2010—First Match in Richmond, VA, CMP Seeking
Additional Host Clubs - In 2010, the CMP is sponsoring a series of
matches in different parts of the country to introduce the new National
Match Air Rifle (NMAR) shooting sports discipline. The next CMP NMAR Match will be at the
Camp Perry Marksmanship Center, Port Clinton, OH, on 19 June. If you are interested in trying NMAR, check out the
program posted at
http://www.odcmp.com/NMAR/CampPerry.htm.
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Double Victory for Member of Hearst Doubles Winning Team
By Sommer Wood, CMP Writer
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The 2010 National Trophy Matches have been pretty good for SGT Tyrel Cooper of the Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU), he won his first National Trophy Individual (NTI) title on 3 August and doubled his trophy count the next day when paired with SSG Brandon Green for the Hearst Doubles Match. Both have won the NTI, SSG Green in 2006, but neither has been on the winning team for the Hearst Doubles. They have both come close to adding their names to the William Randolph Hearst Trophy, finishing as high as second when paired with different AMU teammates.
In the Hearst Doubles, two-person teams fire the President’s 30-shot course of fire. This means both team members fire 10-shots standing at 200-yards, 10-shots rapid fire prone at 300-yards and 10-shots slow fire prone at 600-yards. AMU coaches carefully select firing pairs, trying to match teammates who will create a winning combination. It can be tricky because not every personality type or shooting style is going to mesh. Though the decision to pair SGT Cooper and SSG Green was not too difficult for the AMU coaching staff; the combo had already fired seven pairs matches together this season.
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In the Hearst Doubles Team Match, team members must depend on each other for coaching as non-firing coaches are not allowed on the firing line.
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SSG Green and SGT Cooper shot 296-15 and 295-16 respectively to combine for a 591-31. AMU teammates SGT Sherri Gallagher and SPC Kevin Trickett finished second with a 588-17. In fact four of the top six teams in the match were from the Army Marksmanship Unit.
The majority of the juniors at Camp Perry participated in the National Trophy Junior Team Match, which was held the same day, but a few juniors did enter the Hearst event. The top junior team in the match consisted of Joshua Hovis from Cochranton, Pennsylvania, and Karl Yauneridge from Portage, Pennsylvania. The pair combined to shoot a 547-10.
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A total of 306 teams competed in the 2010 Hearst Doubles Team Match.
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The Hearst Doubles also features a handicap match, which operates much like a handicap system used for other sports like golf. This system calculates additional points to team totals (a handicap) based off of averages shot in previous matches by the participants. This system awards shooters who shoot above their average. The top team in the Hearst handicapped results was comprised of MSgt Shawn Bearden and Capt Justin Davis of the Army National Guard who finished with a 599-3 once the handicap was added to their score.
Complete results for the Hearst Doubles Match can be found at,
http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_eventAward.cgi?matchID=5690&eventID=12&awardID=1, and photos for the 2010 National Trophy Matches can be found at
http://cmp1.zenfolio.com/.
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