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Regarding the latest update, outstanding work again by the whole CMP crew! New or improved programs, expanded scholarships, new or improved facilities, new rifle and accessory offerings and the super relationships CMP has developed with the ONG and NRA leadership are shining examples of what can be done when one's heart is in the program. You all should be justifiably proud of how the program has progressed into its second century. Somewhere President Teddy Roosevelt has a big grin and is saying a hearty Bully for the CMP! Regards, LTC John F., USAR ret'd
I have truly enjoyed your Shooting Tips site. Even as a 25 yr veteran police sniper/high power shooter,I still find interesting,and useful tips from the successful younger folks coming up through the military,and law enforcement. Keep up the good work!
Det.Tim R.
Wow! Please forward my thanks to everyone responsible for all the improvements I just read about at Camp Perry. Recent years have included quite a few impressive improvements and it looks like there are more this year. The Air Gun range, bath house at RV Park, Bataan Armory remodel, etc are all great. Just letting you know how much we (competitors) appreciate all the work.
Sincerely...
Grayson P.
CMP Shooters' News is one of my favorite email news publications. Information packed, talented authors, timely subjects, and all around well done. What a great service you are providing to the shooting community. Just wanted to say thanks and Merry Christmas.
Newt E.
I enjoy and look forward to TFS and the excellent articles that are published on a regular basis.
Please keep this publication coming and keep the CMP active.
Don M.
One of the members at Snipers Hide pointed out the newsletter and the High Power Tips articles by the USAMU team.
Darn you! I was up until 1:00 AM last night reading all of the articles. Great newsletter and really great USAMU articles.
Thanks,
Michael E.
Great article written on physical conditioning in the latest TFS. I was one of likely many who had asked about the type of conditioning recommended for serious shooters. Sgt. Craig did a great job on describing the routines. Now it’s my turn to put it to work.
Thanks to you, Sgt. Craig and other contributors who share best practices of shooting excellence.
Sincerely,
Keith H.
I use these articles in our high power clinics and have found them very helpful for both new shooters and reinforcement of the basics for the more experienced.
Thanks, Gary M.
Thanks for the great articles on the Carbine, Springfield, Garand matches. All the articles are interesting, but the Carbine, Springfield & Garand are my favorites.
Jim H.
The September-07 on line shooting tips by SSG Tobie Tomlinson, USAMU Service Rifle Team Member, is a great article. I have reproduced 15 copies of it to hand out and discuss to our “newbie” first year air rifle shooters on our high school JROTC Air Rifle Team. Come to think about it believe I’ll hand out a copy to my advance shooters as well. His explanations are simple to understand but rich in detail. Coupled with the sight pictures this article will go a long way towards helping all our JROTC shooters obtain better sight patterns. Keep up the great work. AND…..keep the articles like this coming.
Malcolm V.
CW2 (R), US Army
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New 2-Person Junior Team Match Coming in 2009 National Trophy Rifle Matches
Written by Gary Anderson, DCM
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The Freedom’s Fire bronze that the CMP is acquiring as a “National Trophy” to be presented annually to the National Trophy Junior Team Match winners. The sculpture is 35 inches high and stands on a black marble base.
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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.
Like the Whistler Boy Junior Team Match that it replaces, the National Trophy Junior Team Match is for two-person junior service rifle teams. Each team member will shoot the 50-shot National Match Course with coaching permitted. Slow-fire stages will use team-style pair firing.
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Starting with the 2009 National Matches, scores fired in the new National Trophy Junior Team Match will count in the Colonel Bill Deneke Trophy Aggregate that determines the National Junior Service Rifle Team.
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The National Trophy Junior Team Match will be open to teams sponsored by CMP-affiliated state associations and clubs. Team members must be juniors entered in the National Trophy Rifle Matches. Team coaches and target pullers may register as “non-firing team officials” in the CMP highpower matches. There is no entry fee to register non-firing officials.
The CMP will provide National Matches Junior Support funding for the new National Trophy Junior Team Match, as it previously did for the Whistler Boy Match. The Deneke Trophy Aggregate that honors the annual National Junior Service Rifle Team will now include scores fired in the new junior team event together with scores from the President’s and National Trophy Individual Matches. Junior service rifle shooters from states that do not have other juniors at Camp Perry will be able to shoot on at-large teams so they can still compete in the Deneke Trophy Aggregate.
The original Whistler Boy Team Match began in 1978 as a cooperative endeavor between the NRA and National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice. For the last 30 years, the NBPRP and CMP provided many thousands of dollars each year to support juniors who participated in the National Trophy Rifle Matches and Whistler Boy team matches. Recent NRA communications made it clear that the Whistler Boy match is exclusively an NRA match and that coordination with CMP rules was not possible. This meant it could no longer be part of the National Trophy Rifle Matches. The National Trophy Junior Team Match that will be part of the 2009 National Trophy Rifle Matches will ensure that junior highpower shooters continue to have the same competition opportunities they previously had.
Additional details regarding the new junior team match and the 2009 National Trophy Rifle Matches will appear in the 2009 CMP Competition Rules and the 2009 CMP National Matches Program that will be released in the next few months.
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