Severe thunderstorms tonight! By the second stage it was quite severe with lightening. Chuck Cannon pulled off a great win with a 399.024. Complete results can be viewed here.
Hold on to your hats! We could get some severe thunderstorms tonight right around match time. We’ll be there rain or shine, but if there is lightening we’ll take cover. Hotdogs and potato salad after the match.
Nite Owl league match #9 results have been posted on the league page here.
Members of the Mass State Junior Team are competing in this years USA Shooting Championships held at Fort Benning Georgia. In attendance are Dillon Novak, Kim Coffey, Max Snyderman and Alex Zadrozny. Continue reading ‘2008 USA Shooting National Championships’
NRA Board of Directors Remove Membership Requirements for all NRA Competitive Shooting Activities.
Action was taken by the NRA Board of Directors to remove the membership requirement to compete in NRA tournaments. This action was taken to open all NRA tournaments to members of all shooting organizations worldwide and the shooting public. NRA rules will change for Competitive Shooting and Law Enforcement Activities Divisions sanctioned tournaments including State Championships, Regional Tournaments, and National Championships. Effective date of this change is July 1, 2008. Continue reading ‘Membership Requirement removed for NRA Tournaments’
By Michael Morton/Daily News staff
The MetroWest Daily News
HOLLISTON —Like many suburban students, town resident Kim Coffey spent much of her high school life studying to get into college and playing a closely followed interscholastic sport.
But she definitely raised a few eyebrows among her friends’ parents when she mentioned that soccer was not her only after-school activity.
“When you tell people’s parents, ‘Oh, I shoot,’ they just look at you funny,” said Coffey. “It’s just a redneck thing in a lot of people’s minds.”
That “redneck thing” could land the recent graduate of Norfolk County Agricultural High School a spot in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. It has also allowed Coffey to travel around the country with the state’s junior rifle team and to gain local recognition earlier this month for achieving a prestigious mark for young shooters.
Nite Owl league match #7 and #8 results have been posted on the league page here.
Here I am preparing the burrito feast.
Conditions were good last night…70F and no wind. It got quite dark for the second stage as some rain clouds moved in. Erik Hoskins won the match with a 399-30x with iron sights; 2nd through 5th place were separated by just a few Xs. Complete results are posted here. After the match we cooked up burritos and quesadillas on the grill.