29 August 2008
Six new articles are posted on The First Shot On-Line, the CMP’s electronic newsletter. Check The First Shot front page at http://www.odcmp.org/0808/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.
2008 U.S. Olympic Shooting Team Claims Six Medals, Sets Five Olympic Records in Beijing - BEIJING, China - The U.S. Olympic Shooting Team turned out an outstanding performance at the 2008 Olympic Games earning six medals to double the medal count from Athens four years ago. Arguably, the most successful showing for the USA in the history of the Olympic shooting competition, the U.S. Shooting team brought home two Gold, two Silver and two Bronze medals and set a total of five new Olympic records.
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18th annual American Legion Junior Air Rifle National Championship - USA SHOOTING RANGE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Xentri Garza, a seventeen year-old female shooter from Ft. Worth, Texas capped off a championship year to capture the sporter crown at the 18th annual American Legion Junior Air Rifle National Championship, August 7-9.
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Eastern Junior Highpower Clinic and Championship - The Eastern Junior Highpower Clinic and Championship took place at Camp Butner, North Carolina, on 22-27 June. Sixty-four junior highpower shooters attended this years’ clinic - doubling the number of juniors who attended in 2007.
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JROTC Cadets Invade Sarasota, Florida For JROTC Cadet Leadership Camp And Newly Introduced Safety & Air Rifle Marksmanship Course - Beginning June 9, 2008 and ending June 12, 2008, JROTC Cadets joined together from five area high schools to attend a JROTC Cadet Leadership Camp (JCLC). Now in its 4th year, JROTC Cadets numbering 120 strong were from Booker H.S., Desoto H.S., River H.S., Sarasota H.S., and new this year Zephyrhills H.S. to participate in their summer camp.
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IN MEMORIAM. Colonel Jeremiah M. McKenzie, USA, Ret., former Executive Officer at the U. S. Army Marksmanship Unit and Director of the Small Arms Firing School, died on 4 August 2008 in Tennessee. He was drafted into the Army in 1942, commissioned in 1943 and served in the Pacific during World War II. COL McKenzie was assigned to U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU), Fort Benning, Georgia, as Executive Officer and Director, Small Arms Firing School that the USAMU conducts as part of National Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio. He retired from the Army in 1969 with rank of Colonel. "Mac" rejoined USAMU in 1974 as a Department of the Army civilian employee and functioned as the Executive Officer until he retired in 1986. Jeremiah McKenzie was inducted into USAMU Support Hall of Fame in 1982 and the USAMU Hall of Fame in 1996. An obituary is posted on the Military Marksmanship Association website at http://www.militarymarksmanship.org/.
IN MEMORIAM. Sergeant Tim Curl, USMC, passed on Tuesday, 19 August as a result of a fatal motorcycle accident. Sergeant Curl shot on the Marine Corps Rifle Team from May 1989 through November 1992 and retired in 2005. He is survived by his wife Beth of 15 years and two children, daughter 23 and son 14. Tim was a good person, and fantastic husband and father. He will be missed. Condolences can be sent to the Curl residence at Beth Curl, 31348 Hickory Place, Temecula, CA 92593.
National Youth Shooting Sports Leadership Conference. Junior shooting coaches and club leaders, whether they work at beginning, intermediate or advanced levels, are invited to attend the 2008 National Youth Shooting Sports Leadership Conference at Camp Perry, Ohio on 26-28 September. The conference is an annual opportunity, organized by CMP, NRA and USA Shooting, for junior shooting leaders to catch up on the latest coaching techniques and junior program ideas. The list of presenters includes Ralf Horneber, Sport Director of Germany’s Bavarian Sport Shooting Federation, National Rifle Coach David Johnson, USA Shooting’s Bob Foth, NRA’s Marcus Raab and CMP Director Gary Anderson. Johnson and Anderson will have eyewitness reports on shooting and the USA’s successes in the Beijing Olympics. Plus there is always plenty of time to network with junior leaders from around the country and learn from them. The conference will take place in the new CMP conference facilities and 80-point electronic target air gun range at Camp Perry. During the week preceding the conference, there are a series of rifle, pistol and shotgun coach training courses available. The detailed Conference program is posted at http://www.odcmp.com/programs/youthleadership.htm. Register on-line now at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchInf ... tchID=3793. For additional information contact Vicki Donoho at 419-635-2141, ext. 1102 or vdonoho@odcmp.com.
2008 Western CMP Games and Creedmoor Cup Matches Ready for Entries - The 2008 Western CMP Games and Creedmoor Cup Matches will take place at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility North of Phoenix, Arizona on 11-19 October. Shooters who want detailed information about the events on the program should examine the match program at http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/WesternGames.htm. Shooters can now register on-line at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchInf ... tchID=3773.
Reports on Olympic Shooting. CMP Director Gary Anderson was in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic shooting events. A series of Anderson's daily reports on each of the 15 Olympic shooting events were posted on the CMP website at http://www.odcmp.com/OlympicShooting.htm. Anyone who is interested in detailed information about the 2008 Olympic shooting events and how the USA Shooting Team members did during the Olympics is invited to review these reports. The reports are posted in chronological order with the most recent reports last and the first reports at the beginning of the sequence.
CMP Videos posted. The CMP recently posted videos featuring our new air rifle ranges. Two videos are from the Junior Air Rifle Olympics that took place in Anniston, Alabama. A third video shows images of the new air CMP air rifle range at Camp Perry and some of the first youth training activities that took place there. Competitors and coaches are encouraged to view the videos at http://www.odcmp.com/Videos.htm.
Accurate Shooters.com recently posted an article featuring the CMP National Rimfire Sporter Match. This article is posted at http://www.6mmbr.com/rimfirecmp.html and explains the course of fire, shooting positions and rules of the Rimfire Sporter Match. Clubs and competitors are encouraged to view this article on Rimfire Sporter shooting.
The 2008 Gastonia Sniper Conference/Competition will take place September 9th-13th at the Gastonia Police Range just outside of Charlotte, NC. It will be televised LIVE on cable in NC and SC by Time Warner. For more information, visit www.gastoniasniper.org.
The Kent County Rifle Club and Junior Division in Ada, Michigan, will sponsor a CMP sanctioned match September 13, 2008. This will be our inaugural effort to help the M1 for Vets program. We are looking for as many shooters as we can get to raise a large amount of money to help these deserving vets. M1 for Vets is a program that presents refurbished M-1 Garand Rifles to Veterans wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. For more information, visit http://www.odcmp.org/0808/KentM14Vets.pdf.
A two-day, CMP/NRA/USAS air rifle/smallbore Coach School will be held in Union, SC September 13-14th conducted by Paul Davis (LTC-USA ret). The cost, which covers two lunch meals, extensive course material, and three-year certification fee, is $135. The first 8 SC/GA coaches to register will receive a $35 scholarship reimbursement. For more details contact Paul Davis: paulLdavis@charter.net, CoachOnCall@charter.net, 1-864-427-0654.
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