Virginia Shooters Score Big at Junior Olympic and CMP Championship

Olympic Dreams Begin Here is on the banner, but the hard work takes place on ranges like the Norfolk County Rifle Range (NCRR) in Chesapeake, VA.  On June 27, during the 2014 National Junior Olympic 3P Air Rifle Championship held at Camp Perry, Ohio,  the 4-H Patriot Shooting Club precision air rifle team shot these scores: 

Robert Hudson 577, Claire Zanti 579, Anika Corsi 583, Madeleine Godwin 591, Sarah Osborn 593. Madeleine placed 5th, and Sarah Osborn was named the USA Shooting National Champion for 2014.  She was awarded the coveted USA Shooting jacket and a spot on the Junior National Development Team.

USA Shooting’s Youth Development Director Michael Theimer, Sarah Osborn (Hampton, Virginia), Kristyn Trump (DuBois, Pennsylvania), Director of Civilian Marksmanship (Emeritus) Gary Anderson.

The 4-H Patriot Shooting Club precision team set a new National Record for a 4-H Team in a 3x20 match by shooting a score of 2344. Below is a photo of the Friday Junior Olympic award ceremony. 

On June 28, the 4-H Patriot Shooting Club precision team competed in the 2014 CMP National Championship held at Camp Perry, Ohio.   The 4-H Patriot Shooting Club precision team shot these scores:

Anika Corsi 577, Robert Hudson 583, Claire Zanti 591, Madeleine Godwin 591, Sarah Osborn 593.  Claire placed 4th,  Madeleine placed 3rd with a Bronze medal, and Sarah Osborn placed second with a  Silver medal. Sarah set 4 National records for kneeling with her score of 200 with 19 center tens (of 20 shots).

The Patriot team set three new National Records for a 4-H Team, Club team, and Overall in a 3x20 match by  shooting a score of 2352. This is the highest team score ever in Junior Air Rifle Shooting. The 4-H Patriot Shooting Club is the 2014 CMP National Champion Precision Air Rifle Team.

Anika Corsi, Madeleine Godwin, Claire Zanti, Robert Hudson, Sarah Osborn, and coach Lynn Wheeless

The prestigious Junior Distinguished Badge for excellence in three-position air rifle competitions was awarded to Claire Zanti, Madeleine Godwin, and Robert Hudson.

Madeleine Godwin was awarded a $1,000 scholarship for being the highest scoring high school senior.

The team wishes to thank all of the adults from around the state whose cumulative efforts to support junior shooting sports in Virginia contributed to their success.

Scores can be found  here.  National Records are here.

Thanks to Norfolk County Rifle Range (NCRR) for submitting this news.  NCRR is a 100% VSSA membership club.

Norfolk County Rifle Range BUG Match

On Saturday January 29th, Norfolk County Rifle Range (NCRR), held a BUG match. For those unfamiliar with the term, a BUG gun is a "Back Up Gun". It’s the gun that a lot of folks carry and very seldom have to shoot except when practicing at the range. This match gives those folks a chance to try out their skills in a competitive format with their carry gun. If you have a Concealed Handgun Permit (CHP) this is the time to try out that pistol and find out just how skilled you are with your carry gun. The BUG matches are simple. 


Shooters Checking in

All Course of Fire (CoF) for the Back-Up Gun Division must be limited to five (5) rounds maximum per string (no reloads on the clock) to allow autos and revolver shooters to compete equally.
Handguns permitted for use in this division must:

1. Be single or double action.
2. Be either pistol or revolver.
3. Be .32 auto or larger.
4. Maximum (total) number of rounds that may be loaded into the handgun is five (5).
5. Have a barrel length:

• Semi-automatic - 3.8" or less (factory installed cone style barrels with or without a barrel bushing are permitted).
• Revolver - 2.5" or less.

The match had 8 different courses of fire with the shooter starting at the low ready. The low ready is the pistol in both hands pointed at 45 degree angle from the floor with the finger off the trigger. At the signal, shooters fire 5 rounds at the target in the order prescribed. The score is calculated by the amount of time it took you to shoot as well as the hits or misses on the target. These are added together and the total is the shooter's score.


The Course of Fire

NCRR had a total of 49 nine shooters participate and from the comments, every one had a great time. Ron Reiner was the match Director and George Hartsell was the Match Administrator.  John Card was in charge of running the match. The club had great group of range Safety Officers.  Without their hard work, the match could would not have been possible.
When is was all over the club awarded 10 trophies.

Gold 1st Place  - Jim Jones, 2nd Place - Matt Babb, 3rd Place - Frank Lindasy, 4th Place - John Card and 5th Place- Ryan Johnson.
Silver 1st Place - Raymond Martinez, 2nd Place - Chuck Wilkinson, 3rd Place - Jamie Wilborn.
Bronze 1st Place - David Hall, 2nd Place -Mike Cudnik.

Thanks to George Hartsell for writing this report to share with our readers.

Note: NCRR is a 100% VSSA membership club.  Their support of VSSA is greatly appreciated.

Norfolk County Rifle Range High Power Match

The Norfolk County Rifle Range (NCRR) in cooperation with U.S. Training (Blackwater USA) in Moyock, NC will hold a High Power Match on Saturday September 19. The match is an 800 Aggregate with courses of fire at 200yd, 300yd and 600yds. All shooters and observers need to be US citizens. The last day to sign up for each match is September 16. For more information on the location and cost of entry to compete in the match, click here.