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Three USA Shooting Athletes Earned International Distinguished Badges in 2024 - Civilian Marksmanship Program
Three USA Shooting Athletes Earned International Distinguished Badges in 2024 March 19, 2025 Civilian Marksmanship Program▸The First Shot▸Three USA Shooting Athletes Earned International Distinguished Badges in 2024 2024 awardees included a two-time Championship of the Americas gold medalist, an Olympic silver medalist and a Junior World Champion. By Gary Anderson, DCM Emeritus With thanks for editorial assistance from Brittany Nelson, USA Shooting The U. S.
Nine USA Shooting Athletes Earned International Distinguished Badges in 2023
By Gary Anderson, DCM Emeritus With all of the 2023 ISSF and WSPS international shooting competitions that count towards the awarding of the U.S. Distinguished International Shooter Badge now completed, the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) and USA Shooting (USAS) are pleased to announce that nine USA Shooting rifle, pistol, shotgun and paralympic athletes earned this prestigious award during the 2023 competition year.
CMP 2023 Competition Rules Now Online
The annual process of reviewing and updating CMP competition rulebooks is nearing completion with this announcement and the posting of the 2023 rulebooks on the CMP website at https://thecmp.org/competitions/cmp-competitions-rulebooks/.
CMP 2023 Competition Rules Now Online
The annual process of reviewing and updating CMP competition rulebooks is nearing completion with this announcement and the posting of the 2023 rulebooks on the CMP website at https://thecmp.org/competitions/cmp-competitions-rulebooks/.
CMP 2023 Competition Rules Now Online
The annual process of reviewing and updating CMP competition rulebooks is nearing completion with this announcement and the posting of the 2023 rulebooks on the CMP website at https://thecmp.org/competitions/cmp-competitions-rulebooks/.
2022-2024 Three-Position Air Rifle Rules Released
By Gary Anderson, DCM Emeritus Three-Position Air Rifle (3PAR) shooting is the most popular junior rifle program in the USA. Its massive participation base includes more than 2,000 JROTC high school programs, hundreds of 4-H Shooting Sports clubs and several hundred junior rifle clubs. An estimated 250,000 to 300,000 American youth participate annually in three-position air rifle marksmanship programs, with most of them also engaging in some form of competitive shooting.
CMP Smallbore Rifle Rules Update
By Gary Anderson, DCM Emeritus An updated version of the 2022 CMP Smallbore Rifle Competition Rules is now posted at https://thecmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022SmallboreRifleRulebook.pdf. When the 2022 CMP Smallbore Rifle Competition Rules were released at the beginning of January, we reported that the final version of some Smallbore Rifle three-position rules would be delayed until after ISSF (International Shooting Sports Federation) 50m rifle rules were finalized.
2020 CMP Competition Rulebooks Are Now Official
By Gary Anderson, DCM Emeritus Covers of the four new CMP Competition Rulebooks that will govern CMP sponsored and sanctioned competitions in 2020. The CMP Competition Rulebooks that will govern CMP sponsored and sanctioned Highpower Rifle, Pistol, CMP Games and Smallbore Rifle competitions in 2020 have been approved by the CMP Board’s Rules Committee and are now posted on the CMP website. The 2020 rulebooks went into effect on the 1st of January.
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