FFINALINAL RRESULTSESULTS 22006006 NNATIONALATIONAL TROPHYTROPHY RRIFLEIFLE MMATCHESATCHES LLTGTG BBlumlum OOpenspens tthehe 22006006 NNationalational MMatchesatches By Christine Elder, CMP Communications
On 10 July 2006, National Match competitors, offi cials, staff, volunteers and visitors gathered on Rodriguez Range for the Annual First Shot Ceremony. The First Shot Ceremony is the traditional opening for the National Matches. Lieutenant Gen- eral H Steven Blum, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, had the honor of being the 2006 First Shot Speaker. The 2006 National Matches is the 87th in an historic series of National Matches (Photo by Ruth Ann Anderson) whose proud heritage looks back to the NRA “Annual Matches” that began in 1873, to the U. S. Government’s creation of the “National Matches” in 1903, to the estab- lishment of Camp Perry as the home of the National Matches in 1907, to countless champions who walked Camp Perry’s hal- lowed ground and to tens of thousands who treasure their Camp Perry experiences. A native of Maryland, Lieutenant General H Steven Blum currently serves as the Bureau’s 25th Chief. As Chief, he is the senior uniformed National Guard offi cer respon- sible for policies, programs and plans affecting more than one-half million Army and Air National Guard personnel throughout the United States. He was appointed by President George W. Bush in January 2003, and confi rmed by the U.S. Senate in April 2003. He has been a Special Forces offi cer throughout his career, and has commanded at every level since taking charge of a detachment in the Maryland Army National Guard’s 20th Special Forces in November 1977. As NGB Chief, he serves as the Army’s and Air Force’s offi cial channel of communication with the Governors and Adjutants General. Prior to his current (Photo by Bill Gordon, Photomaker assignment, General Blum served as Chief of Staff, United States Northern Command. The Speakers Party for the ceremony included Major General Greg Wayt, the Adjutant General of Ohio, representing the Ohio National Guard, host of the National Matches; Ms. Judith Legerski, the Vice Chair of the CMP Board of Directors, repre- senting the Civilian Marksmanship Program; and Mr. John Sigler, the First Vice President of the NRA, representing the National Rifl e Association of America. The Honorable Chris Redfern, Member, Ohio State House of Representatives, District 80; the Honorable Robert Latta, Member, Ohio State House of Representatives, District 6, and the First Shot Speaker in 1998; Mr. Den- nis Fligor, representing U. S. Senator George Voinovich; Ms. Stacey Oliver, representing U. S. Senator Mike DeWine and many other Distinguished Guests attended the Ceremony. During the opening ceremony, General Blum emphasized how vital marksmanship is in today’s fi ght against terrorism. He credited skilled marksmen with being one of the reasons Americans have preserved their freedom. He said the 4th of July should never be taken for granted and that we must earn the privilege of celebrating that holiday every year. General Blum thanked each of the ser- vices for their dedication, devotion and sacrifi ce to protect our country. Also, he thanked the many youth who were present at the ceremony for their involvement in the National Matches and noted how they are the future of the Matches and the leaders who must pre- serve our country’s freedoms in the future. The color guard for the First Shot Ceremony was the NJROTC Color Guard from Ad- miral King High School in Lorain, OH. Beth Daniels, of Toledo, Ohio, sang the National (Photo by Bill Gordon, Photomaker Anthem. She frequently sings the National Anthem before Toledo Mudhens and Toledo LTG Blum posed with each of the military Storm games. teams present. LTG Blum is pictured here LTG Blum shot the traditional First Shot with an M1 Garand. The M1 Garand was with the USMC Pistol Team. the single most signifi cant small arms development in the history of modern welfare dur- ing WWII. After the target that was 500 yards downrange exploded, General Blum posed for pictures with each of the military teams that were in attendance. To view additional photos from the First Shot Ceremony, click on http://www.odcmp.com/Photos/06/First_ Shot_Ceremony/index.htm. The 2006 National Matches were offi cially opened and results from the new M9 EIC match posted on the CMP web site at http://clubs.odcmp.com/ntpistol. The President’s Pistol Match, National Trophy Individual Pistol Match and National Trophy Pistol Team Match (Photo by Bill Gordon, Photomaker took place on Sunday, 16 July. An awards ceremony LTG H Steven Blum poses with juniors who followed the day’s matches beginning at 5:00 p.m. (Photo by Charles Abston work on the National Matches range crew and whose countless hours of hard work are nec- LTG H Steven Blum poses with Mr. Gary essary to set up the ranges for the matches. Anderson, DCM, after fi ring the fi rst shot. National Trophy Rifl e Matches
A Message from the DCM: Table of Contents 2006 First Shot Ceremony ...... Inside Cover The CMP is pleased to provide these Final Results of the 2006 National Message from DCM ...... 1 Trophy Rifl e Matches. 3,180 individual shooters participated in the rifl e 2006 Rifl e Awards Presenters ...... 1 events and schools of the 2006 National Trophy Rifl e Matches. We thank The National Matches & National Match Staff ...... 2 all of you for your participation. Acknowledgements & Thank Yous ...... 3 This year, with one extra day in the National Trophy Rifl e schedule we Viale Range Project Comes Full Circle ...... 4 made advances in several areas: An Evening of Honor ...... 5 • Entry records were set in the Rimfi re Sporter, Springfi eld Rifl e and SFC Lance Dement USA Wins President’s Match ...... 6 Vintage Military Rifl e Matches. President’s Rifl e Match ...... 6 • A new Hearst Doubles two-person team service rifl e match was add- SPC Brandon Green USA Wins National Trophy Individual ed with 193 teams ranked in separate championship and handicap Rifl e Match ...... 13 events. National Trophy Individual Rifl e Match ...... 13 • An M1 Carbine Match was added with 500 competitors checked in National Trophy Individual Rifl e Match Awards ...... 19 for this new event. Inaugural Hearst Doubles Match a Hit with Competitors .....21 • Additional range space and time eliminated waiting lists and short- Hearst Doubles Match ...... 22 ened daily fi ring schedules. Year of the Whistler Girls ...... 25 Highpower Whistler Boy Team Match ...... 26 We also celebrated victories by a new group of shooting heroes: Marine Corps JROTC Rifl e Team Given a Taste of the • SFC Lance Dement, USAMU, won the President’s Rifl e Match. National Matches ...... 29 • SPC Brandon Green, USAMU, won the National Trophy Individual Marines Set New Record in National Team Trophy Match ...30 Match and shortly after became SGT Green. National Trophy Rifl e Team Match ...... 31 • Army SFCs Lance Hopper and Grant Singley won the Hearst Doubles National Trophy Rifl e Matches Awards ...... 35 Match. National Trophy Team Match Awards ...... 36 • Julie Coggshall was the top junior shooter on the Col. Bill Deneke Army Wins Close National Infantry Trophy Match ...... 37 Trophy National Junior Team list. National Trophy Infantry Team Match ...... 38 • USAMU won the Infantry Trophy Team Match while the Marine SPC Michael Andersen ARNG Sets New Record in the Corps won the National Trophy Team Match with an impressive new M16 EIC Rifl e Match ...... 42 National Matches Record. M16 EIC Match ...... 42 • CMP Games Matches winners were Michael Craycraft and Chad Cle- Smallbore Whistler Boy Team Match ...... 45 land in Rimfi re Sporter, SPC Michael Andersen, M16 EIC; Daniel M1 for Vets Project Brings Veterans to Camp Perry ...... 46 Hinton, M1 Carbine; Sean Leighton, Springfi eld; Jeffrey Knop, Vin- CMP Communications and Information ...... 47 tage Military Rifl e; and co-winners Christopher Roberts and Nichol- CMP Publications and Memorbillia ...... 48 son Perkins, Jr., Garand Match. Rifl e Distinguished Badges ...... Inside Back Cover The CMP extends a sincere thank you to these organizations and individu- National Trophy Rifl e Matches Awards ...... Back Cover als for their signifi cant contributions to the Matches: • To USAMU and all of the military coaches who gave us another great 2006 Rifl e Award Ceremony Presenters Rifl e Small Arms Firing School. Mr. Jim Hill, National Trophy Rifl e Match Director, former • To the USMC Rifl e Team for getting the juniors off to another out- national champion and Triple Distinguished shooter. standing start in the Junior Highpower Clinic. BG Matt Kambic, Ohio Assistant Adjutant General, Army. • To the NRA staff and range volunteers who operated the ranges with Mr. Mike Krei, Deputy Director, NRA Competitions Division. effi ciency, courtesy and skill. Ms. Judy Legerski, Vice-Chair of the Civilian Marksmanship • To the National Match Armory; Compass Lake Engineering; Bush- Board of Directors, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army. master and Arrington Accuracy Works for their splendid presentation COL John Lowry, Commander, National Guard Marksman- rifl es. ship Training Unit. • To Steve Heineman, Heineman Distributors and Bill Gordon, Photo- maker, for beverage and photo support. Lt. Col. Stanley Packard, Executive Offi cer, USMC Weapons Training Battalion. • To the Ohio National Guard and USAR for a myriad of necessary Ms. Nancy Pool, the wife of the late LTC Tommy Pool, in support services. whose memory the Mountain Man Trophy was presented. We sincerely hope you had a great 2006 National Matches. We look for- BG Dennis Rogers, Deputy Commanding General, U. S. Army ward to welcoming you back to the 2007 National Matches when we will Accessions Command. celebrate the 100th year since the Matches fi rst came to Camp Perry. MG Greg Wayt, the Adjutant General, State of Ohio. MG Wayt was also the 2005 First Shot Speaker. Mr. Joe Earl Wyatt, Jr. and his grandson Christopher Wyatt, Mr. Wyatt is the son of CAPT. Joe Earl Wyatt, in whose Gary Anderson, DCM memory the Wyatt Trophy was presented.
1 National Trophy Rifl e and Pistol Matches
The National Trophy Rifl e and Pistol Matches are the annual U. S. national championship in service pistol and service rifl e shooting. The National Trophy Matches were established by federal law in 1903, are still conducted under the statutory authority of the U. S. Code (Title 36 USC § 40725-40727) and are now governed by the Civilian Marksmanship Program. Shooters from all over the U. S., civilian and military, test their skills and compete to determine the nation’s best service pistol and rifl e shooters. To fulfi ll the CMP’s statutory responsibility to “instruct citizens in marksmanship,” the National Trophy Rifl e and Pistol Matches are open to all shooters regardless of skill level. Beginners compete and learn while shooting side by side with champions. The tradition of the matches and their competitions for prestigious national trophies celebrate marksmanship excellence and provide incentives to develop individual marksmanship skills, equipment and a national competition infrastructure. The CMP National Trophy Rifl e and Pistol Matches are held in conjunction with the NRA National Rifl e and Pistol Champion- ships through a partnership between the two organizations. The Ohio National Guard and U. S. Army Reserves also provide vital support for the matches. The CMP National Trophy Rifl e and Pistol Matches and the NRA National Rifl e and Pistol Championships are collectively known as the NATIONAL MATCHES.
CMP National Trophy Rifl e Matches Staff The Civilian Marksmanship Program publishes this Offi cial 2006 National Trophy Matches Results Bulletin as part of its Gary Anderson, programs to promote competitive shooting. Other current CMP Director of Civilian Marksmanship & competition programs include: CMP National Match Coordinator Sheri Judd, DCM Administrative Assistant & Conduct of the National Trophy Rifl e and Pistol Matches as Programs Manager part of the annual National Matches. Christie Sewell, CMP Competitions and Results Manager Publication of CMP Competition Rules to govern the National Trophy Matches and service rifl e and service pistol shooting in Art Royster, NM Logistics the U. S. Mike Conrad, CMP North Store Manager LTC John Ellis, USAR (Ret.), Publication of U. S. Army Marksmanship Unit Guides on Commander, USAR Support Unit Service Pistol, Service Rifl e, International Rifl e and Interna- 1SG Alvin Evans, USAR, tional Skeet and Trap. First Sergeant, USAR Support Unit Production of U. S. Army Marksmanship Unit Training Vid- eos on bull’s-eye pistol and highpower service rifl e. Ohio National Guard Staff Awarding of Distinguished Rifl eman, Distinguished Pistol COL James Chisman, OH ARNG, Shot and Distinguished International Shooters Badges. Fort Ohio Installations Commander LTC Ralph Green, Jr., OH ARNG (Ret), Sanctioning of Excellence-In-Competition Matches in ser- Deputy Post Commander vice pistol and service rifl e. NRA National Trophy Pistol Matches Staff Conduct of recreational and historic reenactment matches known as CMP Games events that include the John C. Ga- COL M. S. Gilchrist, USA (Ret), rand Match, the Springfi eld/Military Bolt Rifl e Match, the National Match Coordinator Carbine Match and the Rimfi re Sporter Match. Mike Krei, Sanctioning of Club Matches for Garand, Springfi eld, Military NRA Deputy National Match Coordinator Bolt Rifl e, Carbine and Rimfi re Sporter competitions. James E. Hill, Rifl e Match Director John Hartsock, Range Director Sanctioning of Club Rifl e Clinics (highpower rifl e, M1, rimfi re John Miller, Viale Range CRO sporter). John Piercy, Rodriguez Range CRO To obtain additional information about these and other CMP com- Joseph M. DeCosta, Range Engineer petition programs, contact: CMP Competitions, P. O. Box 576, Richard Sorrentino, Camp Perry, Port Clinton OH 43452. Tel. 419-635-2141, ext. Administrative Offi cer & Press Offi cer 1101. Email [email protected]. CMP competition pro- Beth Epley, Volunteer Coordinator grams can also be found on the CMP web site: http://www.odcmp. com/Competitions.htm.
2 Acknowledgements & Thank Yous
The CMP wishes to acknowledge, recognize and thank these organizations and individu- als for their contributions to the success of the 2006 National Trophy Rifl e Matches:
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND THANKS FOR NATIONAL MATCH SCHOOLS