CT: USA Shooting JORC Warm-Up/PTO

The Bridgeport Rifle Club will be hosting a JORC Warm-Up / PTO match March 27th and 28th. This is a good match to attend for junior shooters who will be attending the JORC in Colorado since we will be doing equipment control and following the same course of fire and time limits used out in [...]

Time to Reserve your Camp Perry Housing

Yup, it’s hard to believe but it’s that time of year again! Team housing reservations should be postmarked between March 1, 2010 and March 31, 2010.

American Burke falls short in biathlon

Tim Burke will go home empty-handed.

Award Ceremony Dress Code

Torn shorts, t-shirt, flip-flops….”Let’s go on stage at the National Matches!”

Starter error Frustrates Biathletes

Starter error frustrates biathletes, guardsman
By Lauren Gustus – Gannett News Service. Posted : Wednesday Feb 17, 2010 13:08:46 EST
Article originally posted in the Navy Times here.
WHISTLER, British Columbia — Biathlete Sgt. Jeremy Teela is a veteran of three Olympic Games and countless World Cups.
Still, he had never experienced a start like the one that unfolded [...]

How They Train: Biathlon

TIME’s Sean Gregory gets a shooting lesson from U.S. Olympic favorite Tim Burke as he trains for the games in Vancouver.

Shooter Spotlight: Joe Caires

The purpose of the “Shooter Spotlight” is to help shooters get to know their fellow competitors a little bit better. We cover a wide range of shooters from “Marksman to Master.” This is the 26th interview in the series.

Best US Biathlon Finish in Olympic History!

Jeremy Teela takes 9th place in the Men’s 10km Sprint which marks the best U.S. finish in Olympic Biathlon history

2010 Olympic Biathlon

The 2010 Winter Olympics have arrived! Biathlon coverage starts right away on Saturday at 1pm with the Women’s 7.5km Sprint.

Site Updates

We will be making some pronematch.com site updates over the next few days. We’re making some changes that we think you’ll like so please be patient as we make the updates.

NRA Offers Adult 3-Position Air Rifle Shooting

from the NRA:
NRA Offers Adult 3-Position Air Rifle Shooting
NRA wants tournament sponsors to know that adults can participate in an NRA Open or NRA Invitational position air rifle tournament.
The air rifle is an excellent training tool for all shooters to move from air guns to the powdered guns. While not very well known, adults have [...]

In Second Place, I am Second to None

by Hap Rocketto
[Editor's Note] This is a Gallery Match primer!
I have just arrived home after shooting the Connecticut Gallery Championship, a match I first shot as a high school freshman in 1962. Way back then The Gallery Match was the largest indoor match known to man. On two consecutive weekends sub-juniors, juniors and seniors [...]

Shooter Spotlight: Don Norris II

The purpose of the “Shooter Spotlight” is to help shooters get to know their fellow competitors a little bit better. We cover a wide range of shooters from “Marksman to Master.” This is the 25th interview in the series.

January Pickering Results

The third match of the inaugural season of the Timothy Pickering Memorial Indoor Prone Postal Match saw some changes as it marked the 181st anniversary of the honoree’s passing on January 29th.
Leading the league for the third consecutive month was PM.Com’s Old No.7. Hunkered down behind their scopes Erik Hoskins again had the high [...]

NH: 2010 Junior 4P Sectional Results

New Hampshire held its 4-position sectional February third through the sixth. They had a great turnout with 16 competitors. Complete results can be downloaded below.
2010-nh-4p-sectional (PDF)

Don’t Forget to get your Pickering Results in!

January Pickering Prone results are due February 5th! http://pronematch.com/pickering-postal/

Dizzy Paul, Jeff, and Me

by Hap Rocketto
Those who are familiar with Yankee Stadium know about Monument Park, a collection of monuments, plaques, and retired numbers honoring distinguished members of the New York Yankees. It was built during a renovation of “The House That Ruth Built” to contain the monuments, plaques, and flag pole which were originally in fair [...]

2010 RI 3p State Indoor Championship

Smithfield Sportsman’s Club will be hosting the 2010 Rhode Island State Indoor 3-Position State Championship on March 27th and 28th. You can download the match program below:
2010-ri-3p-indoor-state-champ

Shooter Spotlight: Jac and Nicole Rossignol

The purpose of the “Shooter Spotlight” is to help shooters get to know their fellow competitors a little bit better. We cover a wide range of shooters from “Marksman to Master.” This is the 24th interview in the series.

RI: 2010 Open Metric Sectional Results

The 2010 Rhode Island NRA Metric Position Sectional
by Digby Hand

Nearly three dozen competitors converged on the Massasoit Gun Club for what they thought would be the 2010 Rhode Island NRA Three Position Sectional. In a period of change in the smallbore game they should have not been surprised to find that they actually were shooting the [...]