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Youth Legacy Fund. Many CMP friends and customers have asked how they can
contribute funds or shooting equipment to the CMP to support junior shooting.
To encourage this, the CMP Board of Directors recently approved a new CMP
Youth Legacy Fund. The purpose of the fund is to receive tax-deductible
donations that are dedicated to promoting junior shooting. Several contributions
to the fund have already been received. Anyone who wishes to make donations
to the fund should make checks payable to the CMP Youth Legacy Fund and
send them to CMP, P. O. Box 576, Port Clinton, OH 43452. National Youth Shooting Sports Leadership Conference. The CMP will host its biennial Youth Leadership Conference at Camp Perry on 12-14 October (arrival on 11 Oct., departure in the afternoon, 14 Oct.). The focus this year will be on the CMP State Junior Directors and how youth shooting leaders can work with them to improve local junior programs. The conference program includes presentations from the NRA and USA Shooting as well as from other national organizations that have youth shooting programs. CMP programs will be covered in depth. There also will be a special Garand/Springfield Match for conference attendees. To see the detailed conference program, click on http://www.odcmp.com/Services/Programs/ LeadershipConf.pdf. From there you can print a copy of the registration form to complete and send in. 2002 National Matches. Over 4,400 competitors competed in the 2002 National Matches at Camp Perry. This is higher than the 2001 total, which was the highest since 1991. The Matches ran for 41 days from 5 July through 14 August. The National Matches include both the CMP National Trophy Pistol and Rifle Matches and the NRA National Rifle and Pistol Championships. The largest individual match in the 2002 Nationals was the CMP’s President’s Rifle Match with 1307 competitors. The second largest match was the CMP’s John C. Garand Match at 1303 shooters. Entries in the CMP’s inaugural Springfield/Military Bolt Rifle Match were capped at 360 and quickly filled, leaving a long waiting list. The NRA introduced another innovative new match in 2001, the Harry Reeves Match for revolvers and 289 shooters fired that match this year. Overall, the National Matches have an economic impact of ten to eleven million dollars on the local economy. 2002 National Matches Raffle Winners. Each year National Matches shooters are invited to participate in a raffle for a series of special rifles provided by the CMP. This year, tickets were $5.00 each. Over $11,000 in raffle proceeds was donated to the new CMP Youth Legacy Fund. The raffle drawing took place on 3 August, after the Garand Match and just before the CMP National Trophy Awards Ceremony. The rifles awarded through this year’s raffle and their winners were: M82 Kimber, won by John Dreyer; M1903 Springfield won by Dennis McDaniels; M1903A3 Springfield won by Glen Free; M1D Garand won by Seth Strite. Congratulations to the lucky winners! National Matches Schools. The National Matches are much more than competitions for national championships. The Matches also offer many schools, camps and clinics that teach new and experienced shooters improved marksmanship skills. The biggest schools are the traditional Small Arms Firing Schools that are taught by the Army Marksmanship Unit. 637 people attended the 2002 Rifle SAFS, that’s up 33% over last year, while 289 attended the Pistol SAFS. The Marine Corps Rifle Team provided instruction for two major schools, the CMP-USMC Junior Service Rifle Clinic with 163 junior students and an Infantry Trophy Clinic that had more than 150 shooters in attendance. One of the most important schools is the weeklong NRA National Junior Smallbore Camp that was once again filled to capacity at 72 juniors. Approximately 500 shooters attended the CMP’s Garand and Springfield Match clinics. There also were NRA coach and range safety officer schools. Altogether this year, marksmanship and safety education programs that are part of the National Matches trained 1850 students. Springfield Rifle Orders. The CMP staff continues to
work its way through the huge volume of M1903 Springfield rifle orders
that were received subsequent to the announcement of the availability
of these great rifles last March. If you have an order placed for one
of these rifles, please continue to be patient. The entire CMP staff and
several temporary employees are working many overtime hours to process
all orders received and to ship the rifles as quickly as possible. |
 The CMP has now established a “Youth Legacy Fund” to receive tax-deductible donations from individuals who want to support junior shooting. The Legacy Fund’s first project will be to help provide training grade rifles like this one to youth shooting programs that are just getting started.  The traditional First Shot Ceremony that took place on 8 July inaugurated the 2002 National Matches. A huge 30x50 American flag borne by police and firemen was presented during that ceremony.  During the 2002 National Matches at Camp Perry, a new Springfield/Military Bolt Rifle Match was filled to the range capacity of 360 shooters in its first year.  In the Junior Service Rifle Clinic, conducted by the USMC Weapons Training Battalion and sponsored by the CMP, junior shooters receive classroom instruction and hands-on coaching on the range from members of the Marine Corps Rifle Team.    Four-power Russian target telescopes with twin-post reticules can now be purchased from the CMP at the price of $275.00 each.  |
