| USA Shooting Announces Auction Results from GunBroker.com |
 USA Shooting participated in GunBroker.com's Heritage Partner Program in November 2009, generating over $10,000 for the USA Shooting Team. The month-long online auction on GunBroker.com, the world's largest online auction of firearms and accessories, featured Olympic shooting memorabilia, commemorative edition firearms and several firearms donated by industry manufacturers. The auction was featured on the home page of GunBroker.com where it was exposed to their 2.5 million unique visitors per month. The special auction is an extension of the Hunting Heritage Trust's "Treasures & Traditions" program. |
| USA Shooting Announces the "Champions Circle" Program |
The USA Shooting Team Foundation announces the first new funding initiation to immerge from the recently created foundation - the "Champions Circle" program. Established in 2008 and having received 501(c)3 non-profit status in August 2009, the USA Shooting Team Foundation's mission is to provide philanthropic support to USA Shooting, ensuring athletes have access to the best facilities, coaching, training and support of their pursuit of Olympic and Paralympic medals. The Champion Circle program has been established to provide individuals with gifting opportunities to support USA Shooting's annual budget needs while offering unique partnership opportunities for Circle members. To receive a brochure or more information on the Champions Circle please contact USASTF Executive Director Buddy DuVall at buddy.duvall@usashooting.org or 719.866.4880. |
| USA Shooting Partners with Zaavy |
 You've been asking for it, now it's here! Personalize banners and flags for your clubs, ranges, vehicles and much more! Promote for an upcoming match or simply show your support for the shooting sports. Zaavy offers a wide variety of USAS images, other shooting images and you can upload your own artwork and logos too. Zaavy provides the easiest way for consumers, businesses, affinity groups, churches and municipalities to acquire signs, banners and flags on-line. Customers simply go to www.zaavy.com/usas, design their sign on-line, and order. In a few days it arrives on their door step saving time, money and energy over traditional printing methods. Zaavy is the preferred supplier to American Youth Soccer Association, USA Taekwondo, USA Shooting, Sea Otter Classic and supplies over 400 youth baseball and soccer leagues team and sponsor banners and flags. The USA Shooting website went live Wednesday January 27, 2010. Please visit www.zaavy.com/usas.
See the bottom of this newsletter for an exclusive coupon on all Zaavy products! |
| Kimber Presents $75,000 Check to USA Shooting at Opening Day of 2010 SHOT Show |
 Members of the USA Shooting Team received a $75,000 check from Kimber Manufacturing President, Leslie Edelman, at the opening day of the 2010 SHOT Show in Las Vegas. Since 2003, Kimber has supported the USA Shooting Team with contributions based on sales of the Kimber Team Match II 1911 pistol. This most recent check brings Kimber's total contribution to $750,000, the largest amount contributed to USA Shooting by any firearm manufacturer in the shooting industry.
Edelman presented the check to team members pictured (L to R) Collin Wietfeldt, Corey Cogdell, Frank Thompson, Amber English, Keith Sanderson, Kim Rhode, Sean McLelland and Michael McPhail.
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| New and Improved Progressive Position Pistol Program |
 USA Shooting, along with support from the National Rifle Association, has developed a Progressive Pistol Program that supports the growth of the sport and introduces PPP shooters to Olympic style shooting. With the new PPP membership package, junior shooters are now being included in our national ranking system, and much more. For complete details about the updated PPP program and how to sanction a match or become a USAS member, please click here. For further details regarding the PPP program, please contact Nicole Levine at nicole.levine@usashooting.org. |
| January / February Issue of USA Shooting News Now Available Online! |
 The most recent issue of USA Shooting News magazine is now available online! Click here to view the January/February 2010 issue of USA Shooting News - courtesy of webpublished.com, a web-based digital publishing service.
Click here to view a PDF of the January/February 2010 issue of USA Shooting News.
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| USA Shooting Announces Hiring of Bret Erickson as National Shotgun Coach |
USA Shooting is pleased to announce the hiring of four-time Olympian Bret Erickson (Muenster, Texas) as the new National Shotgun Coach.
Erickson started shooting American Trap with his father at the age of 10 and shot International Trap and Double Trap competitively from 1984 to 2008. He graduated from Midland College in 1982 with a degree in Business Administration and joined the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) the following year. He retired from the USAMU in 2005 and most recently managed the Willawalla Creek Shooting Center in St. Jo, Texas, where he coached developing juniors and worked with the local 4-H.
During his competitive shooting career, Erickson was a member of four Olympic teams (1992, 1996, 2004, 2008), was on the USA Shooting National Team for 25 years and was a six-time USA Shooting National Champion. He was a 1990 World Champion in Double Trap, a four-time World Championship medalist and is a multiple World Cup and Pan American Games medalist.
"I am really excited about this new opportunity and I am really looking forward to continuing to work with the shotgun athletes as well as the USA Shooting staff," said Erickson. "We have some of the most talented shooters in the world and I think the next several years are going to be a really fun time to be part of USA Shooting and we have the chance to bring home a lot of medals."
Erickson hopes to build on the recent success of the U.S. Shotgun Team, whose members won four Olympic medals in 2008, nine World Cup medals in 2009, as well as several team medals at the 2009 Shotgun World Championships. "The Shotgun program has experienced some tremendous progress and improvements, and I look forward to keeping that momentum going," he said.
Erickson and his wife Lisa have two teenage children, Mara, 19, who is a sophomore at the University of North Texas, and Cole, 16, is a junior at Muenster (Texas) High School.
Erickson will begin his new role as USA Shooting National Coach in early January of 2010. As the National Coach, Erickson will manage the shotgun Resident Athlete Program at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, he will coach the USAS National Team, National Development Team and National Junior Team athletes as they pursue their goal to win Olympic and international medals and he will also work with Regional Training Centers and other shotgun coaches around the country.
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| Air Arms Air Pistols Now Available |
 USA Shooting is pleased to announce that the long awaited air pistols from Air Arms are available to all USAS members and are ready to ship. These compressed air pistols are relatively light weight (1.9 lbs) and rear-balanced, with the air cylinder inside the ambidextrous grip. The sights are fully adjustable with a three-sided front sight and four rear sight notch widths. Sight clicks are approximately 3 per scoring ring. The trigger also has several adjustment screws and an adjustable shoe and can be set to dry fire. The accurate barrel is encased in a blue sleeve with integrated compensator and rail guide for an accessory weight (included). Designed as a moderately priced youth pistol, these great features and adjustable weight allow the gun to grow with the athlete. The introductory price is currently only $525 (plus shipping and handling). Contact Nichole Rae for more information at nichole.rae@usashooting.org or (719) 866-4743. A special fill adapter tube is needed and is available for an additional $20. Groups placing multiple pistol orders may choose to order fewer fill adapters than pistols. USAS will also continue to offer a two year time payment plan for USAS clubs ordering 3 or more pistols. Customers will pay $110 per pistol initially and four more payments of $110 every six months. |
| USA Shooting Bids Farewell to Mary Beth Vorwerk; Seeks New Media / PR Manager |
After nearly three years as the Media and Public Relations Manager for USA Shooting, Mary Beth Vorwerk will resign in March to pursue other interests.
Her tenure was highlighted by numerous improvements to USA Shooting, including all forms of print media, website updates and press releases, as well as coverage of the USA Shooting events and athletes. A veteran of two Olympic Games, Vorwerk's work in the Olympic family helped establish USA Shooting as a media-savvy National Governing Body.
USA Shooting will accept applications for the Media and Public Relations Manager until Friday, February 5th. Applications should include a cover letter and resume, as well as writing samples or website links to recent work in the Media/PR field.
Applicants must possess at least a Bachelor of Arts degree in a Journalism or relevant field, with strong skills in writing and editing, working in a web-based environment, video and print media production, as well as photo and graphics editing. Magazine layout and publication skills desired. Coordinating with media outlets and athletes to publish interviews and features is a major element of this position. In addition, the Media and PR Manager will work closely with the USA Shooting Marketing department to increase brand recognition and exposure. A sports background and experience in the firearms industry is desired. The job description for the Media and Public Relations Manager is available for download here.
Please submit application packages to:
USA Shooting, ATTN Bill Roy, 1 Olympic Plaza, Colorado Springs, CO 80909.
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