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Happy Holidays Everyone

What’s New:

Eugene is shooting IDPA on the first Saturday of each month see.
No points matches until January
Points standings as of Nov are on the website under Points Info.
CCS elections will be in December. We need a nomination for Treasurer. Look for ballots in the in early December.

Other News:

IDPA is coming to Tri-county. More info to will be available soon. If you are interested in becoming an SO (safety officer - an RO) contact Shaun Hescock.
NRA Action Pistol (Bianchi Cup) will be starting at Tri-county next year also, watch for more info soon.
Page 2 contains some information about setting up steel plates for a match. Please take a moment to read it.
Regarding the 2010 Points Race. You can still compete for awards even if you do not want to go to Nationals. Remember also the CCS Championship match is worth two points matches. The affidavit is on the website. Please print one off and send it in even if you don't want a slot at nationals. Additionally, we can only send ballots for the section elections to people who have affiliated with the section. The affidavit is the way to affiliate.
Remaining Points dates for the upcoming year:
Jan 9 Albany
Feb 27 Dundee
Mar 21 TCGC
Apr 10 Albany
May 22 Dundee
Jun 20 TCGC
Jul 17-18 CCS Championships
Other matches of interest in 2010:

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
NRA PPC 3-gun at TCGC July 24
GSSF at Albany Aug 7-8
Crazy Croc at Dundee Sep 4-5

The 2009 final point standings are on the website.
The CCS 2008 Safety / Training manual is on the website under CCS Business.
The USPSA Classifier Calculator is at http://www.classifiercalc.com/ now.

Training:

Note any of the classes below may be cancelled if a conflict with a major event occurs.

The Safety Manual is posted on the website. Look under CCS Business.
The first Saturday of each month at Albany is a new USPSA shooters training. You must call ahead (541-619-0038). Next class is Dec 5th.
The first Saturday of each month at Douglas Ridge there is a USPSA style training match. The match includes a safety session before the match and coaching during the match. Next match is Dec 5th.
The first Saturday of each month at TCGC is the certification course which meets the CCS requirement for training as well as the TCGC requirement for members to shoot unaccompanied in the pistol pits. No more classes until Feb, but that class is full, so March is the next open class. Registration for the class is handled by email only at the following address: trico.ipsc@gmail.com

CCS Board Info:

Section Coordinator – Chuck Anderson, Deputy Section Coordinator – Paul Meier, Secretary – Mark O’Shea, Treasurer – Mike McCarter, Competition Director – Shaun Hescock.
The Club Representatives (appointed by each club) Albany – Steve Shippey, Bend – Bill Garland Sr., Dundee – Bill Marrs, Tri-County – Norm Bright and Shaun Hescock.
The 5 elected positions plus the 4 club reps comprise the Columbia-Cascade Section Board.

Upcoming events (all matches start at 9AM):

Any cancellations will be in an email bulletin.

Dec 5 DRRC USPSA practice/training match

Dec 6 TCGC Speed Steel

Dec 6 Bend mixed Steel match

Dec 12 Albany regular USPSA match

Dec 19 Bend regular USPSA match

Dec 20 TCGC Concealed Carry match ( 5 shot friendly)

NO match at Dundee

Dec 27 Albany Speed Steel

Other Items:

If you have an item for the newsletter email it to oshea@canby.com by the 20^th of the month for next month’s newsletter. No sales items.

One of the stages in the October match at ARPC featured four poppers thru the “donut” and four plates on stands. The stands were about 6 inches off the ground and had small low ribs running across them. The purpose of the ribs is to set the plate against so when the plate is hit it does not spin, but rather is levered off the base. Two of the plate stands were set up correctly and two were set incorrectly. The small rib goes in the front (toward the shooter), not the rear (away from the shooter). If the rib is behind the plate a low hit or an edge hit by a minor power shooter will often not knock the plate off the stand. The upshot of this is the shooter loses time. He has to shoot the plate again. More often than not the shooter does not stop to consider that the stand is installed wrong.

When setting plates on a stage, if the stands have ribs be sure they go toward the shooter. See the pictures below. The shooter would be to the right of both pictures.