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APRIL 09
2009 CMP Competition Rules - Rules for Service Pistol, Service Rifle, As-Issued Military Rifle - The annual release of the CMP Competition Rules usually coincides with the release of National Matches programs and the opening of National Matches on-line entries, which were posted on the CMP website on 1 April. The 13th edition 2009 CMP Competition Rules are also now posted on the CMP website and can be viewed and downloaded at http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/Rulebook.pdf.
7th National JROTC Air Rifle Championship - The 2009 JROTC marksmanship competition season concluded on 27-28 March with the 7th National JROTC Championship at Fort Benning, Georgia. 156 JROTC Cadets representing 61 JROTC units from 24 states qualified for the event. The National Championship was the culmination of a long season that began last fall for these Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force JROTC Cadets. For many competitors, reaching the National Championship was also the culmination of many years of marksmanship training and goal setting to qualify for this event.
The 2009 U.S. Army Junior Open Air Rifle Postal Phase Complete - The competitor field is set for the 2009 U.S. Army Open Air Rifle Championship. Over 1,121 shooters sent in targets to the CMP for the Postal stage of the competition, this stage determined the State Champions who then advance to the U.S. Army Open Air Rifle Nationals that will be held at Fort Benning, GA 14-16 May.
MARCH 09
Navy Wraps-Up 2009 JROTC Service Championships at Camp Perry - The last of the 2009 JROTC Air Rifle Service Championships concluded on 27-28 February at Camp Perry, Ohio when the Civilian Marksmanship Program played host to the best Navy JROTC shooters from all over the country. This was the third weekend in a row that a major junior championship was held in the CMP’s new Camp Perry Marksmanship Center, with its 80-firing point electronic target equipped air gun range.
Creedmoor National Match Air Rifle (NMAR) Unveiling at Anniston Air Rifle Test Match on 14 March - A brand new concept in target air rifles will be unveiled at an air rifle competition that will take place at the CMP’s Anniston (Alabama) Competition Center this Saturday, 14 March. Creedmoor Sports Inc., one of the major shooting sports equipment suppliers in the USA, has designed an AR style air rifle built around an Anschütz 8001 barreled action. This rifle was designed in conjunction with the development of the CMP's new National Match Air Rifle shooting discipline. The first Creedmoor prototype will be unveiled at a test competition for the new discipline in Anniston on 14 March.
2009 Eastern U.S. Junior Highpower Clinic and Championship Enrollment Now Open - The Eastern U.S. Junior Highpower Clinic and Championship will take place 20-26 June at Camp Butner, North Carolina. The Eastern U.S. Junior Highpower Clinic and Championship offers a full week of clinics, coaching and competition for junior service rifle competitors. Juniors attending the clinic will have the opportunity to expand their current level of experience and expertise as well as build friendships and camaraderie within the sport. This event is sponsored by the Civilian Marksmanship Program and the Junior Marksmanship Support Group with the co-operation and support of the NC National Guard Training Site, North Carolina Rifle and Pistol Association and the USMC Rifle Team.
JROTC Championships Series Continues with Marine Corps and Air Force - On 20-21 February, the best junior three-position air rifle shooters representing all of the Marine Corps and Air Force JROTC units around the country made their way to Camp Perry, Ohio for second round of the 2009 JROTC Air Rifle Championship series being hosted by the Civilian Marksmanship Program.
2009 Dixie Challenge - On 14 February 2009 the Civilian Marksmanship Program played host to the Dixie Challenge. This 3x20 three-position air rifle competition took place at the new CMP Competition Center-South in Anniston, Alabama, which features an 80-point air rifle range. The event drew 65 shooters and a total of 10 junior teams. In all four states were represented in the match.
FEBRUARY 09
Round One of JROTC Championships Completed - The first of three championship weekends took place 12-14 February at Camp Perry, Ohio when the Civilian Marksmanship Program played host to the 2009 National Army JROTC Air Rifle Championship. 215 individual high school age Cadets representing 65 different schools from the Continental USA, Alaska and Department of Defense Schools in Europe competed in the event.
CMP Accepting Applications for JROTC/ROTC Scholarships - CAMP PERRY, OHIO - If you are or know of a JROTC high school senior or ROTC college underclass cadet in good standing who participates on a competitive rifle club or varsity team, it's time to spread the word that applications are available to apply for a one-thousand dollar CMP ROTC scholarship. The deadline for applications is 5 March 2009.
Ups and Downs for Two NCAA Rifle Programs - The NCAA has gained one new rifle program just as a long established program is potentially shutting down. First, there was great news in December from Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia when the school’s athletic department announced that it would add four new athletic programs for the 2009-2010 school year, one being a Co-Ed Varsity Rifle Team. This was exciting news for both the NCAA and for high school athletes in Georgia, where Rifle is a varsity sport sanctioned by the Georgia High School Association. Before CSU added its new program, North Georgia College and State University and Mercer University were the only NCAA shooting programs in Georgia. NGSU is the only one of those two programs that competes in both air rifle and smallbore; Mercer is exclusively an air rifle program. These limited options have resulted in many of Georgia’s top shooting athletes venturing to other parts of the country to pursue college shooting careers. With the addition of CSU’s program, high school athletes have one more option to entice them to stay closer to home.
Third Annual Camp Perry Open Hits New Marks - In 2007 the first Camp Perry Junior Open took place at the CMP North Headquarters in Camp Perry, OH. At the time, CMP staff had no idea if they would be able to generate interest for a new match held in the middle of the Ohio winter. Plans had not even been developed yet for the CMP Competition Center-North, so the match was to take place on a temporary 20-point range. To CMP’s pleasant surprise all three relays of the 3x20 air rifle match filled and the event earned a permanent slot on the CMP Events Calendar. The opening of the new CMP Competition Center-North in the summer of 2008 meant there would be plenty of room for growth in the 2009 Camp Perry Open program. The decision was made to expand the weekend from a 3x20 junior match and clinic to an entire weekend of shooting that included a two-day International Standing event.
CMP Tests New National Match Air Rifle Match - CAMP PERRY, OHIO - In the most ideal firing conditions ever experienced by competitive shooters in the dead of winter at Camp Perry, about three dozen shooters broke ground on what is designed to become a valuable new type of off-season training and competition for highpower, smallbore and recreational competitors. On 10 January 2009, the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) conducted its first test firing of two National Match Air Rifle events at the Camp Perry Marksmanship Center with its 80-firing point, all equipped with electronic targets. Competitors fired two standing position events and one three-position prone, sitting or kneeling and standing event.
JANUARY 09
New 2-Person Junior Team Match Coming in 2009 National Trophy Rifle Matches - Junior service rifle shooters will have the opportunity to compete in a new two-person team match during the 2009 CMP National Trophy Rifle Matches at Camp Perry. The new match will replace the Whistler Boy Junior Service Rifle Team Match. The new event, to be fired on Wednesday, 5 August, will be named the National Trophy Junior Team Match. A striking new trophy called “Freedom’s Fire” will be awarded to the winning team.
Registration Opens for 2009
Eastern CMP Games and Creedmoor Cup Matches
- The
Official Program for the 3rd 2009 Eastern CMP Games and Creedmoor Cup Matches
that will take place at Camp Butner, North Carolina on 2-10 May, is now posted
and available at
http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/
EasternGames.htm.
Competitors who want to compete in either the CMP Games Matches or the Creedmoor
Cup Matches can register for on-line at
http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchInfo.cgi?matchID=4147. In 2007, the
inaugural Eastern CMP Games and Creedmoor Cup Matches drew over 300 competitors
to Camp Butner, North Carolina for the nine-day shooting extravaganza. In 2008,
the Eastern Games competitor count increased to 350. With three new events on
the 2009 program, the total number of competitors is expected to go up again.
2009 Achievement Medal and Achievement Pin Cut Scores - One of the most popular goals for competitors in CMP As-Issued Military Rifle and Rimfire Sporter Matches is to fire a score good enough to earn a Gold, Silver or Bronze Achievement Medal or Pin. Competitors in the CMP Games Matches at the National Matches are awarded medals with neck ribbons when they fire scores that exceed Achievement Medal cut scores. Competitors in the Eastern and Western CMP Games Matches also are awarded medals with neck ribbons. Clubs that sponsor As-Issued Military Rifle or Rimfire Sporter Matches can award, Gold, Silver and Bronze Achievement Pins for scores fired in CMP sanctioned matches.
2009 CMP Three-Position Air Rifle Summer Camp Registration Opens - As the holiday break ends and schools start back across the country, it is already time for students to begin planning how they want to spend their summer vacation. For air rifle shooters we hope that one of the events that will be marked on their new 2009 calendars will be a CMP Three-Position Air Rifle Summer Camp. To help make this planning easier, the 2009 schedule has already been posted online, and registration forms will begin being accepted on 19 January.
Enter Now--the 2009 U.S. Army Junior Air Rifle Open Championship - Junior shooting clubs and school teams can now make on-line entries in the 3rd U.S. Army Junior Open Air Rifle Championship. The annual U.S. Army-sponsored event offers state championship postals and a shoulder-to-shoulder national championship in two events, sporter air rifle three-positions and precision air rifle standing. Organizations interested in this major junior air rifle championship can download the official match program that is posted at http://www.odcmp.com/3P/Army_Jr_Championship.htm and make their entries on-line at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchInfo.cgi?matchID=4148.
CMP Conducts Junior Air Rifle Clinic for American High Schools in Germany - The CMP Three-Position Junior Air Rifle Camp and Clinic programs are always expanding in attempts to reach more juniors across the country, but on 22-24 November 2008, this concept was taken to the extreme when CMP instructors Brad and Vicki Donoho traveled to Germany to work with American high school student-athletes stationed with their families on U.S. Military bases. This is the first time that the CMP has carried its camp program outside of the United States and only the second time that a CMP junior camp has been held outside of the lower 48 states.