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About H

Dan started shooting competitive smallbore in 1986. During his Junior career, he earned two national junior team titles as well as local and regional wins. After a 10 year year hiatus to attend college and start a family, Dan returned to the sport and has added local, sectional and regional wins to his shooting resume. Dan is a Distinguished Rifleman, National Record Holder, U.S Dewar Team Member, Black Hawk Rifle Club Member, Digby Hand Schützenverein member, and is the founder of pronematch.com. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and 2 children.

Match tonight, 6/26: Burritos for dinner!

Posted on June 23, 2008 by H

Don’t forget we’ve got another prone match tonight. And, in an on going effort to overshadow the actual rifle match, we’ll be having burritos on the grill with my homemade flour tortillas and guacamole. If you’ve never had a fresh … Continue reading →

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2008 Fall Foliage Match, 10/4-10/5

Posted on June 23, 2008 by H

The 2008 Fall Foliage Match and Jim Knapp Memorial Trophy will be held once again at Hopkinton Sportsmen’s tis year. The Foliage Matc is a NRA prone regional and will be held Saturday and Sunday (10/4-10/5). We’re making a few … Continue reading →

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6/19 Results Posted, Hoskins wins

Posted on June 20, 2008 by H

Chuck Cannon settles in to shoot a 200-18x on his first stage. Conditions were perfect last night…65F and no wind. We had a nice turnout with 11 shooters and cooked sausages on the grill afterwards. Erik Hoskins took advantage of … Continue reading →

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Match Tonight (6/19) at 6:15; Sausages afterwards

Posted on June 19, 2008 by H

Tonight’s menu for after the match is Italian sausages with peppers and onions. Bring your appetite, your favorite lawn chair, and a beverage. Forecast Today Chance of a shower or two during the morning, followed by partly cloudy skies this … Continue reading →

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Hoskins sweeps the 2008 Massachusetts State Championship

Posted on June 14, 2008 by H

  Erik Hoskins of Rehoboth, MA, claimed both the Prone and 3-Position state championship titles yesterday in Harvard, MA. This is the first time that Massachusetts has held a state championship in over 10 years. Good wind conditions and moderate … Continue reading →

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Nite Owl Match #6 Results

Posted on June 11, 2008 by H

Nite Owl league match #6 results have been posted on the league page here.

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6/5 Results Posted, Hoskins wins

Posted on June 5, 2008 by H

It was cool, drizzly, and abnormally dark at the match tonight which made it especially tough to shoot irons—even scope! Unfortunately, the fine drizzle got all of our equipment wet so we’ll be doing some cleaning today (except for Erik who … Continue reading →

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After the match

Posted on June 5, 2008 by H

We had a great time after the match tonight. Don Norris brought a bag of peanuts that we chomped on while we were waiting for the charcoal to get going. We grilled burgers (fresh ground chuck beef), hotdogs, and had … Continue reading →

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Match Tonight, 6/5 at 6:15

Posted on June 5, 2008 by H

It’s gonna be cool and cloudy around 60F, but looks like we’ll be dry. We’ll have hamburgers on the grill after the match. Bring a chair and a beverage.

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Nite Owl League Match #5 Results

Posted on June 4, 2008 by H

Nite Owl league match #5 results have been posted on the league page here. Introducing the Nite Owl League competitors from Canada. 

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2008 Open Sectional Results Posted

Posted on May 30, 2008 by H

http://www.nrahq.org/compete/champ1.asp

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Blue Trail Temporarily Closed

Posted on May 30, 2008 by H

UPDATE: Please visit http://www.savebluetrailrange.org/ for the latest updates and to donate to the fight to save Blue Trail UPDATE: This just in from Ted Lussier, CSRRA Smallbore Director: Hello Competitors and Coaches It has been brought to my attention this afternoon that … Continue reading →

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5/29 Results Posted

Posted on May 30, 2008 by H

Erik Hoskins won last night’s match by 4 Xs. Nice Shooting Erik. Full results are here. Scores will be submitted to Nite Owl and results will be posted on the Nite Owl page when received.

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Master Chef Hoskins

Posted on May 29, 2008 by H

Grillin’ after the match.

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Match Tonight 5/29, 6:15pm

Posted on May 29, 2008 by H

It’s looking like it will be nice and warm for the match tonight, though a bit breezy. Bring a lawn chair and beverage and we’ll provide the hot dogs.   Today: Abundant sunshine. High 74F. Winds WSW at 15 to 25 mph. … Continue reading →

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Temporary Suspension at Blue Trail Range

Posted on May 28, 2008 by H

The 200 yard range at Blue Trail has been temporarily closed. Below is a message from Jim Castonguay the High Power Director of CSRRA: Dear Fellow High Power Rifle Shooters,     As  you may be aware, issues have arisen regarding Blue Trail Range’s High power Rifle Range ( … Continue reading →

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2008 Massachusetts State Championship

Posted on May 27, 2008 by H

The 2008 Massachusetts State Smallbore Championship will be held at Harvard Sportsman’s Club on June 14th. Space is limited so get your entries in early. You can download the match bulletin here.

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New Website

Posted on May 26, 2008 by H

As you can see, I decided to change the format of the HPM website. I stole the idea from Rick Johnson’s OH match website/blog. The blog format is useful to me for a number of reasons but most importantly it is the ability to … Continue reading →

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Relay start time is now 6:15pm

Posted on May 25, 2008 by H

Now that it is staying light later, we will be starting the matches at 6:15pm. This should help a few people who have a hard time making the matches coming from work. We may push the start time out a … Continue reading →

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Don’t forget!

Posted on May 24, 2008 by H

Most of the matches are every other week but there are several matches that fall consecutively; next weeks match (5/29) is one of them.

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Hang out after the match

Posted on May 24, 2008 by H

Just when you thought the Hopkinton Prone Matches couldn’t get any more fun, we’re adding food! For the remaining matches, we’ll either be barbecuing hot dogs/burgers or getting pizza if the weather doesn’t cooperate. So bring your favorite lawn chair … Continue reading →

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