Orem, UT, June 27, 2022 — The 2022 Rocky Mountain Airgun Challenge, held in Springville, Utah has set a new record for both attendance and total cash prize payouts for any airgun match held to date. A total of 200 shooters and over 300 other attendees, including sponsors from multiple states and representing 13 countries, […]
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“American Airgunner Challenge” Returns for Third Season on Outdoor Channel
Reality-style Sport Shooting Competition Ups the Prize Money to $25,000 in Cash DENVER (June 27, 2022) – The popular airgun competition series, American Airgunner Challenge, returns for its third season exclusively on Outdoor Channel on June 29 at 7:30 p.m. ET with a winning purse of $25,000. American Airgunner Challenge pits eight men and women against […]
Johnathan Dorsten Named CMP’s Overall Junior Scholarship Recipient
Johnathan Dorsten, 18, of Bryan, Ohio, has been chosen as the 2022 Dr. Carolyn Hines Memorial Scholarship Recipient. The Dr. Carolyn Hines Memorial Scholarship is part of the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) annual scholarship agenda. Each year, the CMP awards $1,000 to marksmanship student-athletes who exhibit excellence in several areas including academics, extra-curricular activities and […]
CMP Announces New Wyoming State Directors for Youth Programs
The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is happy to welcome two new State Directors for the state of Wyoming: brother and sister duo, Phillip and Linda Dobkins. The CMP appoints State Directors to oversee marksmanship programs in each of the 50 states. The mission of the State Directors is to provide leadership, resource and program information, […]
Sanghera Claims Junior Air Pistol Match at 2022 Camp Perry Open
CAMP PERRY, Ohio – Suman Sanghera, 16, of Great Falls, Virginia, was the leading junior air pistol athlete at the 2022 Camp Perry Open – held over the weekend of May 13-15. It was only her second time attending the annual event, but through her strategy of treating every match like a practice, she was […]
CMP Awards Over 140 Scholarships to Marksmanship Athletes
CAMP PERRY, OH – After careful review, the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) has presented 142 scholarships to outstanding junior marksmen through the CMP Scholarship Program for the 2021-2022 school year. Along with a generous $30,000 contribution from the Garand Collectors Association (GCA), the CMP awarded $178,000 in scholarships to remarkable young individuals from across the […]
Junior Caroline Martin Responds to Down Year by Discovering Merit On and Off the Range
Caroline Martin, 17, of Nemo, Texas, has been a member of the Granbury High School Marine Corps JROTC precision air rifle team since her freshman year. The team is full of talent – recently earning its fifth consecutive JROTC National Three-Position Air Rifle Championship national title in March while producing a number of other team […]
Granbury’s Folsom is the National Female Ultimate Fitness Champion
Submitted by Lt. Col. Scott Casey, Senior Marine Instructor, Granbury High School MCJROTC Cadet Lt. Col. Sarah Folsom, a member of the Granbury High School MCJROTC Pirate Nation Physical Training (PT) Team and the National Champion Precision Air Rifle Team, competed in the National JROTC Fitness Challenge April 15, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Florida, and […]
Results in for First Quarter of CMP’s Aces Postal Air Gun Competition
Scores are now final for the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) Aces Postal Air Gun Competition for the first quarter. The mail-in style competition is fired in four quarters, with Q1 running from January to March. During the event, participants fire in air rifle, air pistol and para matches from their home ranges before sending scores […]
USAMU Athlete, Olympian Refines Impressive Rifle Career Through Precision and Love of the Sport
Alison Weisz, 26, is a self-proclaimed “nerd in life.” She’s a lover of science, specifically sports science, and has dedicated herself to a careful plan of calculated nutrition, weight-lifting, cardio, recovery, periodization and mental training that has helped carry her to success on the national and world stage. “I guess my interest for learning new […]