11/02/2013 Racine IDPA Match

RACINE IDPA ? November 2nd Match The next Racine IDPA match is coming up this Saturday, November 2nd, 2013. The match is being held indoors at Shooters’ Sport Center in Racine. Directions can be found on our web site at http://www.racineidpa.com. Please note that you must be a member of national IDPA in order to shoot this match. Make sure to include your IDPA member number on your score sheet. The same stages will be used for the November 16th match for those who cannot attend this match. Registration will begin at 5:15 PM. Setup and range preparation will start as soon as the range is released to us. Safety meeting will be at 6:00 PM with shooting to start immediately after. We will not be stopping for dinner, so please make sure to eat dinner before attending the match. You MUST attend the safety meeting to be able to shoot. If you arrive late and miss the safety meeting you will not be able to shoot. Also, eye and ear protection are required for all Shooters and any observers out on the range. COURSES OF FIRE This month features three stages plus a side match. Concealment will be mandatory for some of the stages. Ammo requirements would suggest bringing a minimum of 75 rounds for the match. The side match will require 5 rounds from a BackUp Gun (BUG), as well as a few rounds from your normal handgun. Match fee is $15 for Racine IDPA members, $20 for all non-members. Safety Officers pay $10. NEW SHOOTERS If you are new to IDPA, we ask that you do not gear up until we meet to discuss basic IDPA safety and competition rules. As a reminder, we run a “cold range”- no firearms are to be loaded except under the command of a Safety Officer when it’s your turn to shoot a stage. Handguns can only be handled at the Safety Table or under the direction of an S.O. Also, there is NO handling of ammunition or ammunition carriers (mags, speedloaders, etc.) at the safety table. Failure to abide by these rules will result in a match disqualification. Please feel free to ask a Safety Officer or the Match Director if you have any questions regarding our safety rules. SAFETY OFFICERS We plan on 2 squads, and we need at least 4 people to step forward. If you can SO please email me at idpa_tom@comcast.net and/or post to the match event in the club’s Facebook group. MATCH DIRECTOR Tom Ropers will be the Match Director at this match. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE With the success of last season’s change to running two matches a month while indoors, we’re continuing that format with the move to indoor matches. Please remember, the primary purpose of this is to keep the attendance at a reasonable number so that all of us can leave the range at a decent time. Shooters may only attend one match each month unless they are acting as a Safety Officer at both matches. Remember, helping with the match will earn entries towards whatever prize guns the club gives away in December 2013. Registration, set up / teardown, S.O.-ing, etc., all count towards earning entries. The current club raffle is for a Smith & Wesson M&P9 9mm pistol. We will sell a total of 54 tickets for this raffle, with prices of $10 each or 3 for $25. This raffle with start at the 11/02/2013 match, and we’ll hold the drawing as soon as all the tickets are sold. All federal and state laws apply. The winner will be responsible for any shipping and/or transfer fees. If anyone has any suggestions for stages, please send them my way. I’m always interested in other peoples’ stage design, and while I can’t guarantee they’ll get used at any particular match, the odds are good that they’ll get used eventually. Please keep in mind that the designs may be modified to keep them IDPA-legal or to fit the range the match is held at. I still have a number of unclaimed member t-shirts. If you haven’t picked up your t-shirt yet, please claim it when registering for the match. Any member t-shirts remaining unclaimed after the November matches will go on to the member prize table in December. Come ready to shoot and have some fun. See you on Saturday. Tom Ropers, Club President Please email us if you have any questions. www.racineidpa.com IDPA_Tom@comcast.net

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