Columbia Cascade Section
of Area 1 of the United States Practical Shooting Association
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Newsletter for April 2010
What’s New:
COSSA
Practical Shooters has reduced its USPSA match program to bare minimum
levels for the remainder of 2010. CPS will conduct a two-stage Level 1 match
on the second Saturday April through October. There will be a classifier and
a field course. The match will be held about 12:00 noon or
thereabouts following the Ruger Rimfire steel match.
Why did CPS make this drastic reduction? The IPSC program has suffered very
low participation over the last two years. The recession has hit the Bend
area very hard. Formerly active classified USPSA shooters have moved from
the area or severely curtailed their shooting. Last year the CPS matches
would only draw about six or seven shooters, most of whom had no interest in
joining USPSA and getting classified.
The good news is that CPS looks forward to better days and plans to maintain
its USPSA affiliation. We will run this small program to keep the discipline
alive in this part of the state. We continue to schedule a very active
action shooting program with Steel, IDPA, Rimfire Steel, Precision Rifle and
a couple of short multi-gun matches for 2010. USPSA shooters are always
welcome to shoot with CPS when they come to Bend. Be sure to bring your .22
rifle and pistol for the Rimfire Steel match. The CPS schedule can be
accessed at
www.oregonsportshooting.com.
A word
about posting scores on the internet websites. First this is a courtesy,
not a requirement. Second, I post the scores for the 3 clubs in the valley
and I do it as soon as I get the scores. Most days that means the same day
as the match (which I think may have spoiled most of you). If I do not post
the scores right away or even for a few days, you may assume one of two
things. Either there was a problem with the scores or I am out of touch for
a short period (e.g., coming home from my winter quarters). Please resist
sending me an email inquiring about the scores unless it has to do with an
error in posted scores (which I will forward to the appropriate MD). You
are only one person, however, I have to deal with all of you. Case in
point: I am stuck in Mt Shasta CA with a broken down truck and spotty
internet access (that was fixed a couple of days ago). So I log on and
there are 15 emails asking where the TCGC scores are from Mar 21. Then over
the next few days I get a few more. See why I got cranky. After I sent out
my cranky email, I even got a couple of snippy replies and a couple of
jokesters who didn’t realize I was serious about my truck (BTW it is costing
me right at $15K for a new engine). So be patient and be aware I will post
the scores as soon as I receive them and can access the net, whatever the
match and whatever the importance.
Oct 1-2 US IPSC Nationals Open, Standard – others to be announced Columbia, South Carolina
Oct 8-12 USPSA Handgun Nationals Open and Limited 10 Las Vegas, Nevada
Oct 13-16
USPSA Handgun Nationals Limited, Production and Revolver Las
Vegas, Nevada
Other News:
1. First IPSC match of the year will be April 10th. Because of low participation out here in Bend our IPSC matches are usually five stages. We set up three bays and re-set two of the stages for a total of five stage events. Consequently, there are no shoot-throughs, but it works for our shooters.
2. CPS is now in its steel match
season, which goes through March. Steel matches are fired the first and
third Saturdays starting at 10:00 AM. The stages are varied with one or two
Speed Steel-type events and and what we call IPSC steel. It's fun!
Points
standings thru the March 21st match are on the website.
Man of Steel at TCGC May 2
Oregon Single Stack at Albany May 29
Oregon Glock Championships at Albany May 30
GSSF at TCGC June 5-6
ABC match at Albany June 20
Area 1 at Idaho Falls June 24-27
NW Revolver Championships At Albany Aug 28
CancelledNRA PPC 3-gun at TCGC July 24
New Date GSSF at Albany Oct 30-31
CancelledCrazy Croc at Dundee Sep 4-5
Training:
Note any of the classes below may be cancelled if a conflict with a major event occurs.
CCS Board Info:
Upcoming events (all matches start at 9AM):
Any cancellations will be in an email bulletin.
Apr 3 DRRC USPSA practice/training match
Apr 3 Bend IPSC Steel match
Apr 4 Easter
Apr 4 TCGC Speed Steel
Apr 10 Albany USPSA Points match
Apr 17 Bend IPSC Steel match
Apr 18 TCGC regular USPSA match
Apr 24 Dundee regular USPSA match
Apr 25 Albany Speed Steel
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