One new article is posted on The First Shot On-Line, the CMP’s electronic newsletter. Check The First Shot front page at http://www.odcmp.org/1005/default.asp to see summaries of all recent articles with links to the full articles. The First Shot On-Line front page also displays readers’ comments and a link to the popular CMP Forum. The latest articles posted are described below.
Targeting Success at the CMP, NRA, USAS National Coaches Conference - Attendance was high at the National Coaches Conference last week; 140 people registered for this year’s filled-to-capacity conference.
The Conference, which alternates venues between the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s Ohio headquarters at Camp Perry, and USA Shooting headquarters at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, was held in Colorado this year on October 7-9. The event is known for its expert speakers and this year was no exception.
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A CMP/NRA Smallbore Clinic will be held at the Cherokee Rod and Gun Club in Kingsport, TN October 22-23. National Coach Development Staff Member Ray Harvey will be present for the class. Anyone interested should contact Bob Camponovo at (423) 956-1230 or (423) 239-3843.
Interested in the History of the Distinguished Badge? As a result of the great interest generated by the recently posted Distinguished Badge stories a new link to In Distinguished Company by Dick Culver, which covers the history of the Distinguished Badge has been posted on our website at, http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/In_Distinguished_
Company_Culver_2000.pdf.
A New Forum related to junior shooting has been posted on the CMP Forums page under Junior Training and Competition. The Junior Equipment Forum provides users a place to buy and sell used equipment, and post questions about equipment. Check it and other CMP Forums out at http://www.odcmp.org/new_forum/default.asp.
The U. S. Army Sniper School will sponsor the fourth annual United States Army International Sniper Competition Oct. 28 through Nov. 4 at Fort Benning, GA. Twenty, two-man sniper teams from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Israel will compete in events that will include a sniper stalk, urban shooting and orienteering exercises, a stress fire and other tests of their marksmanship and sniper skills. For more information call (706) 545-3512.
Navy JROTC Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Air Rifle Competition Postal dates have been finalized. Unit postal firing will be conducted between 14 Oct and 2 Dec 05. Targets and unit firing reports must be forwarded to the CMP postmarked not later than 2 Dec 05. Postal match results will be posted on the CMP website not later than 16 December 2005 and will become final on 23 Dec 2005. For more information refer to the match program at http://www.odcmp.com/3P/NJROTC.htm.
MARINE CORPS JROTC Air Rifle Postal Competition dates have been announced. Unit postal firing may be done between 9 Sep 05 and 1 Dec 05. Targets and unit firing reports must be forwarded to the CMP postmarked not later than 5 Dec 05. Postal match results will be posted on the CMP web site not later than 16 Dec 2006. Results will become final on 23 Dec 05. For more information refer to the match program at http://www.odcmp.com/3P/MCJROTC.htm.
Army JROTC Air Rifle Postal dates have been finalized. Submit Competition Entry and Target Order Forms to the CMP any time after 1 Sep 05 but not later than 22 Nov 05. Unit postal firing may be done anytime between 1 Sep 05 and 1 Dec 05. Targets and unit firing reports must be forwarded to the CMP, postmarked not later than 1 Dec 05. Targets received AFTER 15 Dec 05 WILL NOT be considered. Postal match results will be posted on the CMP web site not later than 15 Dec 05. Results will become final on 17 Dec 05. For more information refer to the match program at http://www.odcmp.com/3P/AJROTC.htm.
Enter Now—Western CMP Games and Creedmoor Cup. The CMP and Creedmoor Sports of Oceanside, California announce that their two major west coast competitions, the Western CMP Games and the Creedmoor Cup Matches, have now joined forces. On 5-13 November 2005, they will offer highpower rifle competitors of all skill levels nine full days of clinics and match shooting at Camp Pendleton, California. The Western CMP Games Garand, Springfield and Vintage Military Rifle Matches that took place for the first time this past May at Camp Pendleton will lead the week with a clinic on Saturday, 5 November. That will be followed by two days where competitors can shoot John C. Garand, Springfield or Vintage Military Rifle Matches. On 8 November, competitors can fire in an experimental “as-issued” EIC match. The Creedmoor matches begin with a highpower NMC clinic on 9 November. That is followed by a Creedmoor Practice Match on Thursday, Creedmoor Long Range Matches on Friday, the Creedmoor Cup Match on Saturday and a team match on Sunday. Many top military and civilian shooters already plan to attend. An impressive list of valuable awards and door prizes will be presented. The CMP will be on hand with several hundred surplus U. S. military rifles to be inspected and tagged for purchase. It promises to be a great week of shooting on one of the country’s great shooting ranges. Check out the combined match program at http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/WesternGames.htm. Then go to the CMP web site at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchInf ... atchID=958 and register on-line.
Distinguished Marksman Program. Two new features were recently added to the Distinguished Shooter Lists that are accessible from the CMP Club and Competition Tracker home page at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi. A new “Multiple Distinguished List” will identify all shooters who are either Double or Triple Distinguished. Data input is ongoing for this list so some Double and Triple Distinguished shooters are still missing from it. There is also a new list of “Shooters with EIC Points.” Use this list to check out how many EIC credit points are officially recorded for any shooter who has won EIC credit points in civilian Pistol or Rifle EIC matches.
CMP Holiday Schedule. The CMP will close on Thanksgiving Day but will be open for business on 25 Nov. CMP will shut down all operations for the period 24 Dec 2005 through 2 Jan 2006 and reopen for business the morning of 3 Jan 2006
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