Service Pistol Warm-Up, EIC Matches Prime Competitors for 2014 National Trophy Pistol Match Season

    

  

CAMP PERRY, OH - The 2014 National Trophy Pistol Match Season began with a little stretching of the mind and loosening of the competitive muscles as the Pistol Small Arms Firing School (SAFS) and Service Pistol Warm-Up Matches readied competitors for the week ahead. SAFS was held on July 7 to a class of 305 new and experienced shooters. During the school, participants receive basic instruction on firing practices, competition skills, range firing and safety. The Department of Defense first conducted SAFS as part of the National Matches at Camp Perry in 1918, and the course has been a staple ever since.

  
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Henderson, Zimmerman Claim President's Pistol Matches at 2014 National Trophy Matches

    

CAMP PERRY, OH - SFC James Henderson, 47, of Midland, GA, was the overall winner of the match, firing a 387-28x. Henderson currently holds the record score for the event with a 393-17x, set in 2009. With his win, Henderson will receive his name engraved on the President's Pistol Trophy - on permanent display at Camp Perry.

 

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Lange Captures General Custer Trophy, USAMU Continues Winning Streak in the NTT Pistol Match

    

C AMP PERRY, OH - The National Trophy Individual (NTI) Pistol Match has been cemented at the National Matches since its second year of existence, in 1904, and is undoubtedly one of the most elite and renowned events offered during the National Match season. Remaining a popular match, over 450 competitors participated in this year's NTI, fired on July 13.    

 

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Revered President's Rifle and NTI Events Return to National Trophy Rifle Matches

    

CAMP PERRY, Ohio - One of the many elements that make the National Trophy Rifle Matches a celebrated and respected event in the firearm community is its lineup of notable and revered matches. Two such matches that have continued to bring throngs of competitors and spectators for over a century are the President's Rifle Match, fired on July 22, and the National Trophy Individual Match, following on July 23.

  

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News from the CMP

 

The CMP has scheduled two JMIC Master Instructor Courses in August. The JROTC Marksmanship Instructor Course, better known as "JMIC," is a marksmanship training course that must be completed by Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force JROTC instructors before they can teach air rifle marksmanship to JROTC cadets. The class in Anniston, AL, will be held 5 August and the class at Camp Perry, in Port Clinton, OH, will be held on 7 August. Visit www.thecmp.org/Training/JMIC.htm for more information.

 

 

Do you want to learn more about rifle coaching or marksmanship? Help your shooting team get better? Coaching athletes, especially young athletes, is one of the most challenging endeavors--and one of the most rewarding. Some of the athletes you coach one day may represent U.S.A. in international competition. To help you give them the best start, you should participate in the NRA/USA Shooting/CMP Shooting Coach Certification Program. A 2014-B MJCA/TNSSA - NRA/USA SHOOTING/CMP Level 1 Coach Training School (Air Rifle/Smallbore Rifle) will be held on 13-14 September in Nashville, TN. Click here for more information.

 

 

SPOTS AVAILABLE - 2014 CMP Junior Rifle Advanced Standing Camp. The CMP Junior Rifle Advanced Standing Camp has spots available. The camp will be held in Anniston, AL, on 4-6 August. Visit the CMP website at http://thecmp.org/3p/camp.htm for more information.  

 

 

There will be an NRA/USAS/CMP Level I Air Rifle/Smallbore Rifle Coach School held in Camden, SC, August 2-3. For more information, please contact Paul L Davis at [email protected].

 

 

Affiliate your club with the CMP.  We look forward to working with you to assist your club in reaching its goals and in reaching the mission and vision of the CMP - to promote marksmanship training and firearms safety for all qualified U.S. citizens with a special emphasis on youth. Visit http://www.thecmp.org/Clubs/Affiliate.htm for more information or contact the CMP Affiliate Relations Department at 419-635-2141, Ext. 1182 or email [email protected].    

 

In This Issue
Service Pistol Warm-Up, EIC Matches Prime Competitors for 2014 National Trophy Pistol Match Season
Henderson, Zimmerman Claim President's Pistol Matches at 2014 National Trophy Matches
Lange Captures General Custer Trophy, USAMU Continues Winning Streak in the NTT Pistol Match
Revered President's Rifle and NTI Events Return to National Trophy Rifle Matches
News from the CMP
CMP Paver Project
Western CMP Games
Open Public Shooting
 
 
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CMP Paver Project 

 Become a permanent part of the CMP Talladega Marksmanship Park. Leave your legacy on one or more than three firing lines throughout the park with a personalized engraved granite paver.

 

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Western CMP Games & Creedmoor Cup Matches 

The 11th Western CMP Games and Creedmoor Cup Matches are co-sponsored by the Civilian Marksmanship Program and Creedmoor Sports, Inc. and will be held at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix, Arizona, on 10-19 October 2014. All interested shooters, whether new or experienced, recreation-oriented shooters or national championship contenders are invited to participate in these unique, national-level competitions.

 

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Open Public Shooting

CMP Marksmanship Centers

 

Tuesday & Thursday Evenings

 

 Anniston, AL

  
Shooters, including aspiring new shooters, adult and youth, who live in the Anniston, Alabama, area are invited to take advantage of the opportunity to do practice shooting at the Marksmanship Center air gun ranges. Both 80-point, 10-meter air gun ranges are fully equipped with electronic targets that accommodate air rifle, air pistol or National Match Air Rifle shooting. Rental equipment is available for a small fee.
 
Open Public Shooting will not be held in the month of July in Port Clinton, OH. The Gary Anderson CMP Competition Center will be hosting the National Match Air Gun Events which are open to the public.
  
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3P/PublicShooting.htm
 for more information.