Hopefully everyone is thawing out from an unusually cool winter. So far we’ve had two regional matches where the weather was a challenge and as I understand it, Phoenix was beautiful as usual. As we move into the spring run up to Nationals I wanted to remind everyone that participating in the regional matches not only makes excellent practice but also provides an opportunity to expose new shooters to STC. I’d like to thank all of the match directors who take the time and effort to put on the regional matches for their dedication and efforts in providing a quality experience for their competitors.
We have had positive response from new shooters as well as sponsors from the Shooting USA coverage of the 2009 National Championships and look forward to having another well attended successful National match this June (11-13). Below you will find pertinent information as it relates to the Nationals and remaining regionals prior to San Antonio.
Upcoming Regionals:
Midland Regional this coming weekend May 15th – 16th
Raton NM on May 29th – 30th.
I would also like to announce a few adjustments to the layout of specific events though no changes to the targets are being made. You will notice that some small distance changes have been made as well as a slight adjustment to the Sub Jr. A & B course of fire. While I must apologize for the late nature of this update I hope the changes will be met with a warm reception as it addresses in a large part particular events which have year over year shown to be difficult at the very least for the bulk of our shooters (given score trends by class).
Rule Updates:

Sub Jr. A & B Rules: Rifle and combo will be revised to include all targets in the course of fire with standard point value for targets (same as all other classes).

Combo: 10 ea. 4” circles will be set at 25 yards and 5 ea. 4” circles will be set at 35 yards.

Pistol: Precision plates (4” squares) 10 ea. at 30 yd and 2 ea. at 20 yd. No change in time limits, running provision for medical necessity remains an option.

Shotgun: times will remain consistent by classification from the preliminary round through the finals round (no change to times from prior year).

Tie Breaker: Should a tie exist for teams going into the finals we will draw from a hat which includes all six events as possible tie breakers, if after the first event is drawn and shot both teams remain tied we will draw again from the remaining 5 events and so on until the tie is broken.

We look forward to seeing everyone in San Antonio once again and will be sending further details and an itinerary for the match, though it will be consistent with prior years. Remember the Early Bird Deadline (May 26) is approaching and once again we have some great prizes which you don’t want to miss out on.