Practice
Wednesday Night Practice from
7-9 pm
Season starts: September 25, 2002
Season Ends: March 26, 2003
Practice on Wednesday nights revolves around the Civilian Marksmanship Awards. Every shooter who wants to can shoot through all the levels of difficulty in each position and get awards. Those who stick with it to the end receive the "Distinguished Expert" award and get their name engraved on a plaque on the wall. This award is by far the hardest, and only a few have ever received it.
The Civilian Marksman Award Qualifications are as follows:
| Position | Shots / Bull | # of Bulls | Score To Reach | Award |
| Prone | 5 | 10 | 20 | Pro-Marksman |
| 5 | 10 | 25 | Marksman | |
| 5 | 10 | 30 | Marksman 1st class | |
| 5 | 10 | 35 | Sharpshooter | |
| 5 | 10 | 40 | 1st Bar | |
| Sitting | 5 | 10 | 30 | 2nd Bar |
| 5 | 10 | 35 | 3rd Bar | |
| 5 | 10 | 40 | 4th Bar | |
| Kneeling | 5 | 10 | 30 | 5th Bar |
| 5 | 10 | 35 | 6th Bar | |
| 5 | 10 | 40 | 7th Bar | |
| Standing | 5 | 10 | 30 | 8th Bar |
| 5 | 10 | 35 | 9th Bar | |
| 5 | 10 | 40 | Expert | |
| Prone | 2 | 50 | 18 | |
| Sitting | 2 | 50 | 18 | |
| Kneeling | 2 | 50 | 16 | |
| Standing | 2 | 50 | 16 | Distinguished Expert |
(Qualification
Patches)
The highest score you can shoot
with one shot is a ten.
The highest score you can shoot in a bull of 5 shots is 50.
When
one has reached an award like: Pro-Marksman, Marksman, Marksman 1st Class,
Sharpshooter and Expert an official certificate is given and signed by Coach,
you also get a patch.
Bars 1-9, when received, are actually stickers which are to be placed on the
Sharpshooter certificate.
Distinguished Expert-
Is received after all previous awards are received and recorded, and after the completion of standing in that category.
To complete Distinguished Expert one must place two shots in a bull that add up to 18 points (for prone and sitting) or 16 points (for kneeling and standing), 5 times in a row. So that is- 5 bulls of two shots each, which add to 18 (or 16), 5 times in a row. When you have completed that 10 times you have made it past that position, and go onto the next (remember, there are four positions to complete!) You can see why this is such a long and arduous task to accomplish.
Usually
in our club, a person who has qualified for the Distinguished Expert Award
receives the actual award and patch at the end of year party, and has the option
of making a speech.
At the end of each season, around late March, the club holds the annual parents vs. juniors match. Any junior shooter can put their parents on the line to shoot a full course of fire, in prone. At the end of the match all the juniors' scores are added, and all the parents' scores are added. Whatever side is higher in score, wins! The juniors win every year!
Heather 4/3/03