Empire State Range Hosts 2010 USPSA Area 7 Handgun Championship

Empire State Range Hosts 2010 USPSA Area 7 Handgun Championship

U.S. Practical Shooting Association
U.S. Practical Shooting Association

SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. –-(Ammoland.com)- WHO: Over 245 of the region’s best pistol shooters in the sport of practical shooting will put more than 46,000 rounds downrange during the four-day handgun shooting championship.

WHAT:
The U.S. Practical Shooting Association’s (USPSA) regional championship, the 2010 Area 7 Handgun Championship, is the fifth of eight regional championships scheduled for 2010. USPSA is the national governing body for the sport of practical shooting in the U.S. and has more than 19,000 members competing in weekly matches throughout the country, as well as regional and national championships.

Shooters will compete in a course of fire made up of 9 stages for the Area 7 championship title in USPSA’s Open, Limited, Limited-10, Production, Revolver and Single Stack divisions. Additionally, honors will be awarded in the categories of High Lady, Senior, Super Senior, Junior, Military and Law Enforcement shooter.

Area 7 is the Northeast region within USPSA and one of the eight shooting regions in the country. Area 7 is made up of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont, but shooters from Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia as well as Canada are also expected to compete.

WHERE:
Pathfinder Fish & Game Club (https://pathfinderfishandgame.com/wordpress/)
Crescent Road
Fulton, NY
(315) 593-7281
Map to Range: https://pathfinderfishandgame.com/wordpress/?page_id=175

WHEN:
Thursday through Sunday, August 5-8, 2010
Competition begins at 8:00am each day

CONTACTS:
Rob Boudrie
[email protected]
(508) 881-8997

Ted Firnstein
[email protected]
315-532-6421

Dave Thomas
[email protected]
(360) 855-2245

About:
USPSA is a non-profit membership association. Most of the more than 15,000 individual members belong to and regularly compete at one of the nearly 400 affiliated clubs and sections (groups of clubs banded together for mutual benefit) located across the United States. USPSA is affiliated with the International Practical Shooting Confederation (I.P.S.C.), which is comprised of approximately 67 nations. USPSA is the American region of IPSC. Visit: www.uspsa.org