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Upcoming CMP Events:

Tuesday Night Open Public Shooting
Camp Perry Marksmanship Center, Port Clinton, OH
Shooters, including aspiring new shooters are invited to take advantage of a new opportunity to do practice shooting on Tuesday evenings at the Camp Perry Marksmanship Center air gun range. 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.
 
Dixie Double 
The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) invites you to participate in its first annual Anniston Marksmanship Center Dixie Double. This new match offers 60-shot international air rifle standing and 60-shot air pistol events for open men and women and junior men and women. USA Shooting is sanctioning this match as a PSA/PSI match sanctions; it is also sanctioned as a PTO. Members of the National Rifle and Pistol Teams will attend. National Rifle Coach David Johnson will present a coaching clinic for all interested persons on Saturday afternoon, 14 November. The match is a two-day event where competitors will fire one 60-shot event on each of two days, 14 & 15 November 2009.   Visit http://www.odcmp.com/3P/DixieDouble.htm for additional information. 

Camp Perry Marksmanship Center Monthly Match
Port Clinton, OH
The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) invites you and your club rifle team to participate in our Air Gun Monthly Matches. These monthly matches take place at the CMP’s brand new Competition Center in Port Clinton, OH.  The competitions will feature a Junior Air Rifle 3x20, NMAR 3x20, 60 Shots Air Rifle Standing, 60 Shots Air Pistol and 30 shots Novice Prone and Benchrest. The next Camp Perry (Ohio) match is 21 November.  Visit http://www.odcmp.com/
MarksmanshipCenters.htm for more information and on-line registration.


2009 Gary Anderson Invitational
Anniston, AL
You and your shooters are cordially invited to participate in the 2009 Gary Anderson Invitational, one of the major junior shooting championships in the country. The invitational offers three-position air rifle competition for middle and high school individuals and teams in both precision and sporter class divisions. Both divisions will have awards for competitors who fire the top individual and team scores. There will also be special awards for the best new shooters and junior varsity teams. The winning precision and sporter teams will receive trophy plaques and have their team information engraved on the Gary Anderson Invitational Trophy. The top three sporter and precision teams will also receive cash awards of $500, $300 and $200 respectively. Medals will be awarded to the top 25 open and top 15 new shooters in both the sporter and precision classes. Every shooter and team, regardless of the type of equipment they use or their level of experience, will have an opportunity to compete for awards in a truly high quality competition on one of the finest air gun shooting facilities in the world. This Excellence-in-Competition championship is one that every team should attend—we sincerely hope you and your team will join us in Anniston in December for a great competition.  Visit http://www.odcmp.com/3P/GAI.htm for more information and on-line registration.
 


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JROTC Postal Season Opens
Targets Can Now Be Ordered

By Katie Harrington, CMP Program Staff


The task of acquiring a spot in the 2010 JROTC Service Championships starts this week for JROTC cadets across the nation, as Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force JROTC Cadets will begin preparations to compete in the 2009-2010 Air Rifle Postal Competitions.

The CMP's Competition Tracker will allow JROTC Instructors to register their teams and order targets.

This year, the CMP will again be using Competition Tracker for JROTC instructors to register teams and order targets for the postal. Once registered, cadets will each receive their three targets and instructions for firing the three position match on their home ranges. These targets will be specially marked by the CMP with the cadet’s information that will assist in the speedy scoring of these targets once returned. Like last year, CMP staff members will be using the Orion Visual Image Scoring system to verify and score targets. The targets will be scanned and digitally scored using the computer program. Scores from the postals will then be put on the CMP’s Competition Tracker Results page so that teams can see the results progress throughout the postal season.

Links to register for the Postals, as well as links to the Match Programs can be found at:

CMP Staff members will verify all targets after they are scored electronically by Orion, a Visual Imagining Scoring system.

There are a few important dates for the postals. From now until 20 November entries will be accepted. Once target sets are sent out to units, targets can be fired at any time, but must be postmarked by 4 December and received by 11 December to be included in this year’s results. Although scores will be posted online as they are scored, results become final on 18 December.

The function of this competition is to allow JROTC Units from across the country to participate in a national level competition as well as to qualify the teams and individuals for their respective Service Championships. Like last year, this year’s Service Championships will be held at the CMP Competition Center North located in Camp Perry, Ohio. This range is equipped with 80 electronic targets that display instant results of the competition. The results will also be posted live for online viewing. The Navy JROTC Service Championship will be held 11-13 February, and Army JROTC Service Championship will be held 18-20 February. Marine Corps and Air Force JROTC Service Championships will both be held 25-27 February.

The 2009 precision category was won by the Marine Corps team of East Coweta High School, Georgia with a score of 4626-252X.

The Service Championships will determine the top teams and individuals that will represent their service at the National JROTC Air Rifle Championship. New this year, the CMP will host this event 25-27 March at the CMP Competition Center South, located in Anniston, AL. This range also features electronic targets and live viewing of results, as well as spacious areas for competitors and spectators.

The 2009 Service Champions in sporter air rifle were the Navy Cadets from King George High School, Virginia with a score of 4253-122X.

Scores will continue to be updated as received and scored. Link to results at http://www.clubs.odcmp.com/results and click on “Air Rifle.” If you have entry questions regarding the Army or Navy JROTC Air Rifle Postals, contact Tom Whitten at twhitten@odcmp.com or (419) 635-2141, ext. 1113.  For entry questions regarding the Air Force or USMC JROTC Air Rifle Postals, contact Terry Meyer at tmeyer@odcmp.com or (419) 635-2141, ext. 1103. If you have any other questions regarding the Air Rifle Postal matches, please contact Katie Harrington at kharrington@odcmp.com. For challenges, contact either Vicki Donoho at (419)-635-2141, ext. 1102, vdonoho@odcmp.com or Katie Harrington at (419)-635-2141, ext. 1131, kharrington@odcmp.com.

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