Welcome youth photographers! The CMP would like to announce a contest for all junior athletes, to define the shooting sports through their lenses. The shooting sports mean something different to all of us, but we can all agree that they certainly have some sort of impact on our lives. We would like to see how […]
Civilian Marksmanship Program
CMP Sponsor Feature: ELEY Ammunition
Since 2018, ELEY has served as a consistent award sponsor for the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), especially at the CMP Smallbore Matches held at Camp Perry. This year, ELEY generously donated its ammunition to be distributed to smallbore competitors in the CMP’s Home Range Appreciation Series of events, fired from June to September. ELEY has […]
CMP Welcomes Back Air Gun Monthly Matches
CAMP PERRY, Ohio; ANNISTON, Alabama – After a four-month hiatus, the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) welcomed competitors back to the firing line in Alabama and Ohio as matches resumed Sept. 12, 2020. The Monthly Air Gun Matches, held at the CMP South Competition Center in Anniston, Alabama, and the Gary Anderson CMP Competition Center at […]
Getting to know the University of Kentucky Rifle Team
CMP plans to feature each of our countries great Rifle Teams and learn a little bit more about collegiate rifle marksmanship. This month, we are featuring the University of Kentucky Rifle Team! Read along and let’s explore what makes the UK program special. Go Big Blue! #bbn (big blue nation). College Coach Questions Name: Harry […]
Arkansas CMP State Director Gary Jobe Continues Building Youth Marksmanship Programs
Gary Jobe has been essential in building youth marksmanship programs in the south. Serving as CMP’s Arkansas State Director for over 15 years, Jobe uses his title to learn new strategies for implementing an assortment of programs for youth who are only beginning to recognize their passions – constantly evolving to the budding needs of […]
Daisy Outdoor Products A Closer Look at CMP’s Sponsors
Daisy has been a prominent name in the air gun industry for over 125 years. Its beginnings are rooted in time itself – that is, the company stemmed from the idea of Michigan watchmaker and inventor Clarence Hamilton. In 1888, shortly after introducing the Plymouth Air Rifle Company, featuring wooden air guns, Hamilton designed an […]
Gold-Medalist Ginny Thrasher Thinking Back and Looking Ahead to Olympic Dreams
“When you’re in the midst of it, you don’t know that it’s this amazing thing that most people don’t get.” For those within the rifle community, her name may sound familiar, and it is certainly one penned within the history books. Reviewing Ginny Thrasher’s list of accolades features a marksmanship success story that has spanned […]
CMP Resumes Monthly Air Rifle and Air Pistol Matches in September
CAMP PERRY, Ohio; ANNISTON, Alabama – The Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) Monthly Air Gun Matches are returning to the CMP schedule in September, with new safety procedures in place. Each of the Monthly Matches will be held at the South CMP Competition Center in Alabama and at the Gary Anderson CMP Competition Center in Ohio, […]
CMP Proposes ‘Virtual Championships’ to Take Place of JROTC, CMP Air Rifle Championships
With the uncertainty of the condition of the COVID-19 pandemic in the coming months, the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is looking ahead to the 2020-2021 three-position air rifle competition season. In an attempt to place a supplemental plan for allowing junior athletes to compete in air gun events in the coming months, the CMP has […]
Granbury’s Allison Henry Named Top Recipient of CMP’s Carolyn Hines Memorial Scholarship
Allison Henry, 18, of Granbury, Texas, has been selected as the top applicant for the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) 2020 Carolyn Hines Memorial Scholarship. This highly selective honor brings with it the first $5,000 scholarship ever awarded by the CMP. CMP’s chairman and CEO, Judith Legerski applauds the high standards set by Allison as this […]
