Sundays double match.

Things are progressing well, and filling up.  We still have a few slots availble for both rifle and pistol, so if you have been on the fence, signup quick at yorksignup@gmail.com.  The weather is looking good, and it should be a great day!

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More from Greece

2 of 5 days complete. Ben has not been perfect but is doing very well. All of the juniors are. I'd be very surprised if they don't bring home a team gold. US shooter Shane Coley is lighting it up and should win junior. He's 19 but still a junior by international standards and a nice kid and leader of our junior team. KC and JJ are reportedly doing well and Eric Grauffel is not. Maybe the US can take back the title.

On another note we are sick of Greek food. We miss Wendy's!!

Weather is beautiful.

There should be a link to results at ipsc.org but it is as disorganized as everything else here good luck!

World shoot update

Sorry I'm not able to post pictures. Access is sketchy at best. Using iPod to post. Takes to long to type too. Shooting has begun but Ben was scheduled off 1st day. He shoots the next five days and I'll keep you updated as possible. The important thing is we made it and the guns did too. We are through equipment check and ready to go. Stages don't look too tough. Reminds me a lot of Area 8 match this year. Wide open targets, a few gadgets, and just enough rope to hang yourself. Opening ceremonies were last night at an ancient arena and were pretty cool. Sights are beautiful, beaches are topless and food is ok. Good luck with match at izaak Walton this weekend.

October USPSA match

Team York proudly presents a double Rifle/Pistol match, Sunday Oct. 9.  You may shoot either or both, of a 5 stage, 111 round minimum pistol and a 4 stage, 68 round minimum rifle. Start times will be 9:00 am and 12:30 pm, with registration opening at 8 am and shooters brief 15 min prior to shooting.  We will recognize all usual pistol divisions, and Tac-irons, Tac-optics, heavy metal and open rifle.


Please email your name, USPSA#, pistol/rifle, am/pm, divisions and squadding preferences to yorksignup@gmail.com.  We will make every effort to honor your requests.


In honor of the uppcoming FNH Multigun, we will be limiting all rifle divisions but for open to 30 round magazine capacity, and I suggest you "know your dope" from 10 to 200 yards, up, down and sideways.


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gary

Hello from Greece

We got to Athens yesterday,and it is working out to be quite an adventure. Flight was 9.5 hours long and we lost 7 more to time change. When we got to Athens we found out that the Metro which we planned on taking to the hotel was on strike, and so were the buses, and even the taxis. Luckily we found a private bus company shuttling people to the center of town. It got us to within a little more than a mile from our hotel. Thankfully our suitcases all had wheels because we has to walk about a half hour through some pretty scary neighborhoods. We even saw a group of about a dozen people shooting heroin in broad daylight. A lot of sleeping was in order by the time we got there.

Today the Metro was running, so we were able to take it to the historic district. We toured the Acropolis, the museum and about a dozen other ruins. A lot of very impressive history in this town for sure. Exactly what I imagined. We did a little shopping, a lot of walking and had some pretty good chow.

Tomorrow we have a few more hours in Athens then we take an overnight ferry to the island of Rhodes. Having a great time but looking forward to getting to the shooting.

I'll keep you updated as possible.

The future

In order to simplify my life and allow our program to be run more as a committee we will no longer send out match invititation emails. Starting with our October match the invitation will be posted solely on our blog at www.yorkpistol.blogspot.com about a week before the match. It will be just like the invitation email and will ask for name, USPSA #, division, and squadding preferences to be sent to our sign up email address as before. That address is yorksignup@gmail.com

Be sure to bookmark our blog and check it often. You may even subscribe to it so that any time something is posted you are notified, so you won't miss anything (like match invites).

I am retaining my title as Match Director, and there will be no noticable change to the quality of our matches I assure you.


Howard

Nationals report

We're back, we're tired and we're busting our humps getting ready for World Shoot, but I thought I should report on Nationals. After 4 days of shootig in 100 degree heat Ben came out on top again. He won his 4th High Jumior title. He was also 14th overall, and bested many great shooters.

We leave Tuesday for the World Shoot, so we probably won't see you before we leave but I know you're behind us.