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Took a while guys, but plaques are in. Shipping out this week- thanks and congrats!

OK- sorry for letting this go so long before a reply guys- just got back from Wallymart with supplies and heading down to the range now! Sling, not necessary. Range finders OK! Minor PF, Good to Go! MRE's provided at registration, please bring your own lunch for those with special diets needs. Lunch break is 30 mins. Bring drinking water! Prepare for possible rain. Steel targets far outnumber paper targets this year- more than 2:1. Thanks for the kudos CJ, but you are pulling a lot of weight on that crutch.

We have the directions to the range on the Team Website, just click on the Houghton Match link and look on the left hand side for "Directions To Range".

Updates are up! Friends, this will be an accuracy intensive match. Besides the obvious long rifle shots, I'll just say it will help to know where your pistol hits past 25 yards, and you may see a few close targets smaller than 6" x 6".

One more update... The following squads have been changed: Squad 4 Sutton Ball Driscoll Staub Seamans Vernola Thompson Coon Unruh Goldrick Squad 5 Salnikov Kogan Realuyo Sheu Hillman Grauel Graves Roles Pomeroy Hunt Squad 8 Kulas McCoy Romich Ruane Borgia Frezzolini Besket Brown Maslar Scahill Squad 12 Castro Makabali Moscarillo Woo Davidson Newman Buchenhain Demayo McMahon Findlay Squad 13 MacFarlane Barrett Patrick Leon Faber Kortesis Krzywicki Treco Wagler Schinella Squad 15 Dudley Dray Henderson Hendricks Segreti Martin Amiott Peterson Zauderer Zauderer Squad 16 Miller Rowley Taylor Dini Patchoros Search Cuccia Nuttleman Utzig Vlastelica

This update should have gone up last Monday, but we're experiencing some serious lag in comms with the USMA webmaster, so below is what we expect to go up on the site any minute. Additionally, we have received confirmation of the NRA Sanction for this match- that should go up shortly as well. Thanks! Basic Match Information: The United States Military Academy Combat Weapons Team is proud to announce the 5th Annual Houghton Memorial 2-Gun Challenge at West Point. The event is scheduled for 31 March - 1 April, 2012. We are attempting to get you more trigger time this year within fixed time, space and light constraints, so it has become necessary to add some “military aspects” to the logistics of the match. Not unlike a military operation, we are anticipating a very early start and an abbreviated lunch break (current estimates are a 0730 Shooters Brief, and 1630 completions). The final schedule will be posted by Monday, March 19th. Stage diagrams will not be posted this year, but the estimated minimum round count is 102 Pistol rounds, and 78 Rifle rounds (bring plenty of ammo!). Furthest shot will be between 3-400 yards, We are getting final approvals on 8 challenging stages utilizing rifle and pistol. Participants should be prepared to face a mentally demanding match with moments of real physical exertion. This match is not for anyone that cannot run, low crawl or carry a heavy load for short distances while maintaining the 4 rules of firearms safety. Anyone with joint issues may want to consider knee and elbow pads. February 27th was the refund deadline for everyone who registered and was confirmed for the match. For those of you still on the waiting list, you are welcome to remain so until the week prior to the match, at which point we'll return your checks if no slots have become available. The night shoot still has slots available for anyone interested in taking part in that. Just as it is with military issued equipment, you can expect this match to push your equipment to the max. Make sure your equipment is in good working order, to include being able to run through an entire magazine in one string without any problems. Squad movements between stages take precedence over delays caused by shooter equipment issues, so make sure you know that your gun will run flawlessly with the ammo you are bringing. Bring lube and an extra battery if you are running electronic sights. Be prepared to sweat, get muddy and possibly get rained on, but most importantly, be prepared to have fun. Check back on this website periodically for updates. Any questions can be directed to cwtmatch@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Hi Guys, We're going to have to ask for a bit more patience. Squadding was done per a master spreadsheet that had dozen's of squadding requests logged into them. If there were squadding requests that were not met, it was due to a data entry error on the spreadsheet, and not because requests were ignored. I've been traveling overseas for work the past 2 weeks (still not home), but will be reviewing hard copies this week while down at Ft. Benning with the team. We've been preparing to win back our National's trophy all year, and our National's are the weekend before Houghton- so you can see there are a lot of moving pieces while organizing this match... including having to resubmit our stage designs a third time for Range Control's blessing- this in an effort to keep them fun and interesting for y'all despite ever increasing restrictions. All match updates should be uploaded on the team website by week's end. We have another update due today, which was originally scheduled for last week but it fell through the cracks at USMA (all website updates go through the USMA webmaster). Stage designs will not be uploaded in advance this year. Round count as of today is estimated at a MINIMUM 102 Pistol, 78 Rifle. Please keep in mind that at the end of the day, squad requests are REQUESTS, and not guarantees. If your squadding situation is such that it makes it too inconvenient to participate, we apologize in advance, but please let us know ASAP. We have had an unprecedented response to our match, and despite adding a squad this year, we are still nearly 30 deep on the wait list. Thanks in advance for all your patience and consideration!

Shooters- confirmation emails have gone out for Sunday, Saturday and Wait List. IF YOU HAVE REGISTERED & HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN EMAIL, IT WAS PROBABLY DUE TO A TYPO IN THE EMAIL ADDRESS. DO NOT DISPAIR- SIMPLY DROP US AN EMAIL AT cwtmatch@gmail.com WITH YOUR FULL NAME AND WE'LL REPLY WITH A CONFIRMATION. More details will appear on the CWT website as they become available. Rules are the same as last year- LIMITED = IRONS ONLY for this year's match. THANK YOU!

SHOOTERS & FRIENDS OF THE CWT, THE MATCH IS SOLD OUT FOR THIS YEAR. PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ASKING ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION UNTIL CONFIRMATION EMAILS GO OUT ONE WEEK FROM NOW. THE PRIMARY ORGANIZER IS WORKING THE ADMIN SIDE WHILE ON THE ROAD FOR WORK SO PLEASE BE PATIENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN APRIL!

Folks, the apps and waivers are up here. Click on the "5th Annual Houghton 2-Gun Challenge" at the top of the page. Match rules will be posted in a few weeks, but I don't expect much deviation from last year. We may be retaining our Iron-Sights Only for Limited this year, and discuss the change for next year. Thanks for your interest guys! Get those apps and waivers in!!!

We're expecting the applications to be up on the team website tomorrow morning- everything has to go through West Point's webmaster. We'll announce it here when its up. Thanks for your patience!

Sorry David- you should have it by now. For anyone else that shot last year and didn't receive the email, please contact me directly at cwtmatch@gmail.com. We had several emails bounce back as undeliverable so some were input incorrectly on our end or have changed. Sorry!

GO GIANTS! Ahem... Sorry for the outburst 2012 Houghton Memorial 2 Gun Challenge Apps just emailed to all last year's competitors. We'll be posting the match application to the general public on Wednesday here as well as on other forums. Apps are first come, first serve and postmark will dictate entry order. Thanks again and we look forward to another great match!!! cwt_match

Hang in there! We've been working on the application this past week. At issue is the NVG shoot... unfortunately we are running into some possible issues and may not be able to hold the NVG shoot this year, which in turn affects the application. Last year's participants will receive the application via email first, and we'll post it online around 48-72 hours later. Thanks for your patience! cwt_match