Watch the National Junior Olympic Progressive Position Air Pistol Championships Online

CAMP PERRY, Ohio (July 9, 2009)

Press release courtesy of the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), www.odcmp.com

Competition at the National Junior Olympic Progressive Position Air Pistol Championships, hosted by the CMP, will be held July 11-12 at the Camp Perry (Ohio) Marksmanship Training Center. Two relays of PPP competition will take place both mornings. The final round for the top eight individual competitors will be held on the afternoon of the 12th. In PPP, athletes shoot from one of five age-appropriate positions. Separate medals are awarded in each position. The top male and female competitor in the one-handed position will be awarded spots on the USA Shooting National Junior Team.

To make it to this Championship, juniors had to qualify in State Junior Olympic competi­tions where the top teams and individuals advance to the Junior Olympic Nationals. The national event is taking place on the CMP's new electronic-target equipped air gun range at Camp Perry. One hundred and ten shooters representing 34 teams will be at Camp Perry for the two days of competition.

What is especially exciting about this national junior championship is that no matter where you are, you can watch the shots and scores of any individual shooter you choose to follow live on the Internet while they are shooting.

If you know shooters who are competing in the National Junior Olympic Progressive Position Air Pistol Championships and would like to see how they are doing or if you just want to see what it is like to watch a great shooting competition online, go to CMP's website at www.odcmp.com. In the top center of the page, click on the “National Junior Olympic Progressive Position Air Pistol Championship Results” icon. That will open the results page for the championship. When a relay of shooters is on the firing line, the names of everyone who is competing at that time are displayed in red at the top of the page. Click on one of the names and a live display of that person’s target will pop up on your computer screen. The last shot fired displays in red. Previous shots display in green.

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