from the NRA
Changes for 2010: New National Championships for Adults and a Category for Veterans
VETERANS: Are you looking for more shooting opportunities? COACHES AND SPONSORS: Have you ever found yourself at wit’s end looking for an avenue of competition for the young adults who are no longer eligible for the junior category? Are you worried they will hang up their flat shoes and never touch air rifles again?
For the first time, the NRA Open Indoor Rifle Championships (known at the local level as NRA Sectionals) will include Precision and Sporter 3-Position Air Rifle Championship! Adult, as well as junior, competitors now have an opportunity to compete in the National Indoor Championships. “With the loss of many neighborhood indoor ranges, opening up 3-P Air Rifle to adults will foster inter-generational club shooting, which has sadly been losing ground in the last thirty years. This is going to be a super way for us to influence new generations of shooters and give our young people a venue in which to compete after they become adults,” said Floyd Houston, who serves on the Air Gun Committee and also plans on participating in these new Sectionals.
ALSO NEW THIS YEAR is that a Veteran Category is being introduced to the air rifle events for our military veterans. A Form DD214, a retired military identification card such as a Veterans Administration card, or a membership card in a veterans’ organization is required to qualify for this category The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Posts are encouraged to enter teams and shooters.
The 2010 National Open Indoor Rifle Championships will be determined by scores fired at local Sectional Tournaments, which are complied at NRA Headquarters. The Sectionals will run from January 1 to March 21, 2010. Sectionals are fired at locations all across the United States. Interested shooters can find the location of these events by going to the Shooting Sports USA website and searching under Coming Events.
Although the Open Indoor Sectionals will not have a Disabled specific award category, individuals with disabilities are welcome to compete. (Please contact the match sponsor ahead of time to verify accessibility.) In accordance with NRA Rule 13, competitors with physical disabilities who are unable to achieve the required shooting positions or use special adaptive equipment are required to apply for a medical waiver. Medical waivers can be found at: http://www.nrahq.org/compete/disabled.asp. If Sectionals open only to Disabled Shooters are what you are looking for, contact Vanessa Warner about locating a Disabled Sectional near you.
For more information on Open and Junior Sectionals, please contact Dian Bullock at dbullockATnrahq.org or 703-267-1482.
