Submitted by Dennis Lindenbaum
It’s time! The 2011 Smallbore competition season at River Bend Gun Club near Atlanta, Ga is about to commence. It may be hard to believe, but spring is just a few weeks away and we can put our off-season training and equipment upgrades into action. The competition schedule at River Bend continues to improve each season and this year is no different. In 2011, we will be offering 20 Smallbore matches: nine conventional and metric prone, four 200 yard prone, and seven light rifle offhand events. Included in the competition schedule, participants will have the opportunity to shoot a Metric and a Conventional Regional, a Half-Perry 2400, and the Club Championship series. Matches typically begin at 9:00 am with the ceremonial firing of the salute cannon followed by the national anthem and raising of the colors. For March and November, the matches will begin an hour later at 10:00 am due to the usually colder temperatures in those months. As is always true, we welcome all shooters and there will be plenty of support and assistance for those who are new to the sport. Award ceremonies are held immediately following conclusion of each match.
River Bend is a beautiful facility in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountain chain just north of metro Atlanta. Directions and further information about the range as well as all shooting programs are available at the website – www.rbgc.org. Matches will be fired on Multi-Purpose Range 2 and the 200-600 yard High Power Range. Modern convenience facilities are available at each range and a few vending machines. Bring lunch or snacks.
March 19th will be the date for the initial match of the 2011 season. This is an Any Sight Conventional 1600 and first shot will be at 10:00 am. For any questions and further information, feel free to contact the Match Director Tommy Steadman at steadmant@comcast.net or the Communications Director Dennis Lindenbaum at dblinden@comcast.net.
The match program can be downloaded here: 2011-Conventional Match Program (PDF, 74KB)
