submitted by Deborah Lyman
Last year, we celebrated the 78th Anniversary of this prestigious match. As we approach the 80th Anniversary, we continue to provide “face lifts” to the program. The Merit Medals returned to the scene this year-sponsored by CMP (Civilian Marksmanship Program). Each competitor firing in the Sub-Junior and Junior portions of the match received a medal-Gold for Juniors & Silver for Sub-Juniors with a percentage noted on the back of the medal based on the fired score(100%, 99%, 98%, 97%, 96%, 95%, 90%, 80%, 70%, 60%, and 50%)-yes, two 100% percentage medals were awarded this year. Attendance increased by 5% with shooters from all over the United States and overseas (Korea, Japan, and China)-largely due to the participation from our Prep Schools which have returned to this match for the 2nd year in a row. The competition was tough with the 1-2-3 places in each of the individual and team matches sometimes separated by the total number of center shots.
A match of this magnitude, held over seven days with 351 competitiors requires a lot of volunteer hours. Thank you to those that volunteered-I’m not going to print the names-you know who you are. Thanks also to the coaches, parents, athletes, and staff that promoted the match. You can download the complete match results here: 2010-ct-btr-gallery-match (PDF, 4.3MB)
