2010 Area 1 Championship

[Tim Egan]

Yes - there are less than 20 spots left.

[Tim Egan]

June 10th will be the last day to purchase competitor banquet tickets.

We will be holding a random drawing from all dinner tickets sold and giving

away a few items, including a S&W M&P-15-22 .22 lr cal ar-15 style rifle,

and a Rossi .357 revolver. We have several other prizes that will go to

dinner ticket holders as well.

A few spots are still remaining in the match, it looks like it will fill up

within the next week.

Up to 15 revolvers!!

2010 Area 1 pistol championship website

Edited June 4, 2010 by Tim Egan

[Tim Egan]

18 days to go and the match is shaping up well.

A few reminders:

We are giving away a Smith & Wesson M&P-15/22 .22 cal AR styled rifle,

and a Rossi .357 revolver. To be in the drawing, you must have a dinner

ticket. Will be given away at the competitor's banquet on Friday, June 25th

along with other prizes. We have around 180 folks at the banquet, so there

are pretty good odds of leaving with something cool.

We will sell banquet tickets up to June 23rd.

Expect the website to get current this week as well.

I am looking forward to seeing old friends, and making new friends as well.

And finally, thank you to the team that has worked hard the past year to

put this match on the ground in Idaho again. We appreciate your trust.

[JON]

What are the ground conditions on the bays?

Sand, gravel, grass...?

thanks

[R. Batt]

Most of the bays have gravel in them but a few have a kind of bare dirt gravel mix. I know that's not a very good description so hopefully someone else will chime in.

[Bret Heidkamp]

What are the ground conditions on the bays?

Sand, gravel, grass...?

thanks

DUST!

and powdered dust, with some gravel.

Idaho Falls gets like 0.25 inches of rain every decade. (which, considering it was snowing at my place yesterday, might be a good thing)

[Tim Egan]

Russ & Bret,

Good shooting with you both today and thanks for the comments, and patience while we worked a few bugs.

Last aerial photo of the range shows snow!! (I guess I better update it)

We will have a water truck for the road to keep most of the dust down.

The lower range - stages 1-6 are pretty hard packed. The upper bays - a year old or so

are less packed, looser gravel.

TimE

[Bill Filiaga]

Tim any competitor stats available....# shooters in each division and classifications?

Thanks

[Tim Egan]

class and division

If anyone still wants in the match, we have a very small handfull of weekend

spots that have opened up.

[Z-man]

Got the last room at the Best Western Cotton Tree... I was an hour away from sleeping in the truck! I can't wait for the match.

[CHA-LEE]

The Division/Class breakdown looks pretty interesting. Production is pulling the most GM's out of any other Division. I didn't expect that.

[Tim Egan]

I am hopping that we have a walk-on Revolver GM.

[open17]

Over 50% of the Single Stack competitors are B class? This is gonna be FUN!

[Z-man]

Production is definitely gaining ground! Check the other area matches around the country and it's becoming one of the tougher divisions.

[Tim Egan]

Trophies

Folks,

A cool photo to share.

Carrie Homburg did a great job designing them,

and Joel Johnson at Lasting Engraving

did a great job in creating them.

Looking forward to all the folks showing up.

I have updated the Schedule of Events page under the Schedule tab on the match website,

and further updates will be posted this weekend.

[lvipscshooter]

Trophies

Folks,

A cool photo to share.

Carrie Homburg did a great job designing them,

and Joel Johnson at Lasting Engraving

did a great job in creating them.

Looking forward to all the folks showing up.

I have updated the Schedule of Events page under the Schedule tab on the match website,

and further updates will be posted this weekend.

WOW Those trophies are outastanding. One of those would sure look good in the shop!!!! Gonna really have to step it up and try and earn one next weekend!!!

[splashdown]

Attention to all competitors and ROs from the Seattle area: I have started a thread on our northwest section forum with regards to carpooling and such. Check it out here:

http://northwestsection.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=262

Thanks

[Tim Egan]

Folks,

The match website has been updated, mostly under the SCHEDULE tab.

Match book is online in two formats as well.

Weather for the coming week is forcast to be mid 70s, 10% to 0% chance of precipitation.

Looking good.

[Nate]

Hey Tim, Is Idaho Falls in the MOUNTAIN TIME ZONE? This might be a surprise to some shooters.

[L-10_shooter]

Yes Area 1 is in Mountain time zone.

[JThompson]

Good luck Tim... I hope the weather is good and the match is safe brother.

JT

[Dragoon]

Just finished Day 1 of the USSA Competition Handgun Course with Mike Seeklander. Learned a buch and Mike is an excellent instructor. Really lookig forward to Day 2 and then shooting the match under Mike's tutelage and watchful eye on Friday.

Edited June 24, 2010 by Dragoon

[Brooks]

I have a dumb question. I am coming into town friday night, but after registration has closed at the range. If I shoot at 07:30 on Saturday can I still register at 07:00 that morning? I know that isn't ideal.

Edited June 24, 2010 by Brooks

[Tim Egan]

Yes, Please get to the range as early as you can.

Registration is open by 7am each day thru saturday.

Thank you very sincerely to all the staff and other helpers

getting this thing on the ground.

Thank you thank you thank you.

TimE

[EmanP]

5:21 our time, leaving in an hour to make the drive and shoot all day Friday. If it wasn't on the way to our vacation in MOAB, I'm afraid I'd be skipping it. Looking forward to tomorrow!