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THE WESTERN WILDCATS RIFLE CLUB’S

60th ANNUAL SMALLBORE PRONE 6400 CHAMPIONSHIP NRA REGIONAL MATCH

March 14, 15, 16, 17, & 18, 2018

Wednesday through Sunday

Hosted by the Desert Sharpshooters

 

RANGE LOCATION:  Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix, on the west side of I-17, Exit #223 (Carefree Highway).  http://www.azgfd.gov/outdoor_recreation/ben_avery.shtml

 

ELIGIBILITY:  NRA membership is no longer required.  Please note that a shooter must be a member of the NRA in order to establish a National Record.

 

WESTERN WILDCAT MEMBERSHIP:  All competitors must be Western Wildcat members in good standing. The annual dues are $5.00, which will be waived for all competitors.  For new members there is an additional, one-time initiation fee of $3.00.  Membership requirements do not apply to non-US citizen entrants residing outside the USA.

 

RULES:  NRA Rules will govern. The NRA Classification System will be used. The Wildcat Match has an Open/High Master Class – see note below. Unclassified shooters will compete in the Master Class.

 

CHALLENGES: Rule 16.1 It cost $1.00 to challenge your score, or another competitor’s score. The challenge period for the last match of the day will end at 9am on the following day – Friday and Saturday, and 8am on Sunday.  Challenges on Sunday will end 30 minutes after the final scores are posted.

 

MASTER SHOOTERS: Mark your entry card as HIGH MASTER if you are a Distinguished Smallbore Prone Rifleman, a supported athlete (e.g. USOTC or USAMU), or if you have fired five or more 1600s (or 1200 Scores). These shooters will compete for Open/High Master awards only.  All other Masters and those that have not indicated a classification will compete in the Master Class.

 

ADVANCE ENTRIES: All submitted entries should be accompanied by the appropriate entry fees and a printed entry form.  Checks will be deposited during the week of the Wildcat. Please make checks out to the Western Wildcat Club.  Mailed entries must be received no later than March 7th.

 

POST ENTRIES:  Entries received after March 7^th may be accepted at the range, provided such entries do not require an additional relay.

 

SEND ENTRIES TO:  Nancy Tompkins, P.O. Box 11684, Prescott, AZ  86304

 

CANCELLATION: If a shooter cannot attend the competition after paying an advance entry, both his entry and registration fees will be returned, minus $5.00 for dues.  If you need to cancel, please email Nancy Tompkins at caledoniamist@gmail.com. prior to the start of the competition.

 

NO REFUNDS FOR DROPOUTS!  Once you have fired your first shot, you are a competitor.

 

ENTRY LIMITS:  We are limited to 170 competitors. Walk-on entries may be accepted up to the capacity of the range, provided they do not require an additional relay.

 

TOURNAMENT RESULTS: This year’s results will be posted on the Arizona rifle shooting website located at: www.desertsharpshooters.com.  This is being done to reduce postage costs.  Competitors and range staff, who request a complete paper result bulletin, will have them mailed to them.

 

REGISTRATION & FEES FOR ADULTS:  A package fee of $185.00 will cover all fired Matches, aggregates, Wildcat Sweatshirt Match, and Registration fees.  A package fee of $95.00 will cover any two-day matches, aggregates, Wildcat Sweatshirt Match and Registration fees.  Each competitor will receive a 2018 Wildcat T-Shirt and the BBQ dinner on Saturday night.

 

There is an incentive for bringing juniors to the WWC.  For each junior that a full-paying adult competitor brings to the WWC and they shoot all 4 days, that adult will receive $25 off their registration fee for each junior, up to 3 juniors.

 

REGISTRATION & FEES FOR JUNIORS AND COLLEGIATE SHOOTERS: Junior and Collegiate shooters may enter the individual or team competition, provided they meet the following eligibility: Junior – Comply with Rule 2.3

Intermediate Junior – Comply with Rule 2.31

Sub-Junior – Comply with Rule 2.32

Individuals who have National Guard, Reserve, or Active Duty status and receive support (as defined in Rule 2.2) may not compete as juniors.

 

Juniors and collegiate shooters may enter for a package fee of $60.00 ($63.00 for first-time juniors and collegiate shooters) for all 4 days.  If not firing all four days, they will pay $15.00 per day + $3.00 for first- time entry in their assigned classification. They will receive a Western Wildcats T-shirt and will only be eligible for special non-monetary awards. Tyro juniors (Marksman, Sharpshooter or Unclassified), that is, a person entering their first match and shooting Iron Sights only may also enter the 4-day aggregate for $63.00.  They will compete only within the Tyro group. Juniors and collegiate shooters wishing to be eligible for regular match awards may do so by paying the full entry fee. The highest scoring junior and collegiate shooter (in any class, category or group) in Match # 25 will be eligible to win a sweatshirt, if there are a minimum of 3 in the category. All juniors and collegiate shooters will receive 250 rounds of good quality match ammunition on each day they shoot.  Ammo will be drawn each day at the center of the firing line.  Please don’t take ammo if you are shooting your own.

 

REGISTRATION & FEES FOR ANY SIGHT COMPETITORS: There is a separate class for Scope Only for the entire championship. Separate awards will be given if there are 5 or more competitors. Mark your entry card appropriately!

 

F-CLASS SHOOTERS: There is an F-Class division within the Western Wildcats 6400 Championships. Current NRA F-Class rules will apply in regards to equipment.  Awards will be given if there are 5 or more competitors in a class, if not the classes will be combined.  F-Class shooters will use NRA metric targets (listed below).  F-Class will have its own award pool and a trophy will be awarded to the F-Class Western Wildcat Champion.  F-Class shooters are not part of the Regional Championships.

 

TEAM MATCH FEES:  $10.00 per competitor per match.

 

TARGET CLIPS:  Competitors must provide their own target clips.

 

TARGETS:  The targets for conventional prone are: A-23 (50 yards), A-25 (100 yards), and A-26 (50 Meters).  The F-Class targets are:  A-50 (50 Meters) and A-33 (100 meters reduced to 100 yards).

 

PRACTICE: The range will be open for practice on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 14th-15th. On Wednesday, practice will occur on available firing points after the team matches are squadded. There will be a range fee of $10.00 per day for practice. Juniors practice for free.

 

NOTE: BEN AVERY SHOOTING FACILITY is CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC ON MONDAY’S and

TUESDAY’S.

 

RANGE SET-UP:  Friday, March 9^th.  Please show up at 9 am to help get the range ready for the matches if you are available.  Practice will be available to those who help, after range set-up is complete at no cost. Desert Sharpshooters is hosting a Metric Prone Regional on Saturday March 10^th & Sunday March 11^th.

 

SQUADDING:  Shooters will be given one firing point from which they will fire the entire championship.

We will not be moving firing points once the championship has started.

 

COURSE OF FIRE:

 

10:00 AM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 – TWO PERSON TEAM MATCHES

Pickup teams are permitted. Team time will be used.

Match   #26: Dewar Course, Iron Sights. 10:00 AM

#27: Reverse Dewar Course, Any Sights. 1:00 PM

 

9:00 AM THURSDAY, MARCH 15 – IRON SIGHTS

Match   #  1: Dewar Course

#  2: 40 shots, 100 yards

#  3: 40 shots, 50 meters

#  4: 40 shots, 50 yards

#  5: Thursday Iron Sight Aggregate

 

#28: Made in America (Individual match. Not part of the championship agg.)

 

9:00 AM FRIDAY, MARCH 16 – ANY SIGHTS

Match   # 6: Dewar Course

#  7: 40 shots, 100 yards

#  8: 40 shots, 50 meters

#  9: 40 shots, 50 yards

#10: Friday Any Sight Aggregate

#21: Thursday/Friday 3200 Aggregate

 

9:00 AM SATURDAY, MARCH 17 – IRON SIGHTS

Match   #11: Dewar Course

#12: 40 shots, 100 yards

#13: 40 shots, 50 meters

#14: 40 shots, 50 yards

#15: Saturday Iron Sight Aggregate

#23: Wildcat Iron Sight 3200 Championship

 

*8:00 AM* SUNDAY, MARCH 18-ANY SIGHTS  (Note early start!)

Match   #16: Dewar Course

#17: 40 shots, 100 yards

#18: 40 shots, 50 meters

#19: 40 shots, 50 yards

#20: Sunday Any Sight Aggregate

#22: Saturday/Sunday 3200 Aggregate

#24: Wildcat Any Sight 3200 Championship

#25: WILDCAT 6400 CHAMPIONSHIP

 

SWEATSHIRT MATCH: Wildcat sweatshirts will be awarded as follows: Winner and 1st in Class in the 1600, 3200 & 6400 aggregates, and anyone firing a 1600 or 3200 and winner in the category awards.  There is a limit of one sweatshirt per competitor.

 

AWARD CATEGORIES – Match 25:  There must be at leave five competitors in a category for an award:

Woman

Senior (Age 60 to 69)

Grand Senior (Age 70+)

F-Class

Any Sight

Collegiate Rule 2.8

Junior Rule 2.3

Intermediate Junior Rule 2.3.1

Sub-Junior Rule 2.3.2

Tyro junior (juniors entering their first match and shooting iron sights only).

 

The top three overall winners in Match #25 will be removed from the category awards.  A competitor may win only one category award.  Open awards are given first and then the category awards as listed above.

 

Cash and/or merchandise will be awarded in each of the individual matches in lieu of NRA award points.

 

REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS:  This championship is an NRA Regional Championship. Medals for 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place overall will be awarded. The top 10% of competitors based upon aggregate scores may earn a leg towards NRA Distinguished Prone Rifle.

 

COMBINING CLASSES:

A category and class must have at least 5 entries or they will be combined with the next higher class.  One Class award will be provided for every 5 entries within the High Master (Open), Master, Expert, Sharpshooter, and Marksman Classes.  The Statistical Officer may combine classes after determining the number of competitors actually firing in a match.  50% of the entry fees, after expenses, will be awarded as cash prizes. The remainder of the money goes to range fees, NRA fees, staff, targets, sweatshirts, T-Shirts, building rentals, Saturday night dinner, supplies, etc.

 

Juniors and collegiate shooters compete for non-monetary awards unless they pay adult entry fees.

 

A shooter may win only one award per match.  If he/she qualifies for more than one award, the larger award will be given and the lesser award will be passed down to the next eligible shooter. In the event of an unbreakable tie, the higher award will be given to BOTH shooters.

 

SPECIAL AWARDS in MATCH #25 –  The Overall winner will have their name inscribed on the 6400 Champion Henry Benson Memorial Trophy Plaque (Doan Trevor has made a new trophy).  NRA Regional Championship medals will be awarded as well to the top 3 competitors.

 

All category winners will receive a trophy.

 

TARGET CHANGING: Competitors will handle their own unfired targets and pull their own fired targets (as per the new rules at the 2012 National Matches). Handicapped shooters will be assisted by range personnel.

 

MISCELLANEOUS INFO:  The Ben Avery Shooting Facility has lots of room for camping. This includes tents to motor homes.  It is maintained by Arizona Game & Fish.  Many of the spaces have water as well as electric hook-ups. There is a charge for these facilities. Call (623)582-8313 for reservations. If you expect to arrive after range hours, be sure to call ahead for the combination number to open the electronic gate.

 

MOTELS:  This is the tourist and baseball season in Arizona so reservations should be made SEVERAL WEEKS in advance.  No matter where you stay, make sure that you never leave anything of importance in your car.  Auto theft and car break-ins are high in the Phoenix area.

 

ANNUAL MEETING:  The annual Wildcat meeting will be held at the range on Friday, March 16th after the day’s matches have been scored and posted.

 

SATURDAY COOKOUT:  For 2018, the event will be catered. There will be more information during the match. After the cookout, the sweatshirts for Thursday through Saturday’s matches will be presented and door prizes for cookout attendees will be awarded. Please bring door prizes to donate to the pool of prizes—shooting related or not.  Guests will be charged $15 to cover the catering cost.  JOIN THIS ANNUAL FUN GET TOGETHER!

 

Please give door prize donations to the Challenge Trailer during the week.  We ask that every competitor would donate something to add to the fun of the BBQ get together.

 

LUNCHES AND DRINKS:  Are not available at the range.  There is a water fountain outside of the Stat room.  There is a hot dog stand in operation behind the public shooting range on weekends.

 

NOTICE!  Glass containers are PROHIBITED within the grounds of Ben Avery Shooting Facility. This is mandated by the range management. Please bring your beverages in cans or plastic.

 

MADE IN AMERICA MATCH:  Following the match on Thursday, there will be a Special Any Sight Dewar Match held at the center of the firing line. Competitors must use firearms which have been manufactured in America. All ammo and other equipment need not be made in America. There is a $10.00 fee and awards will be given.

 

Western Wildcat Rifle Champions

Year       Winner                                                   Score__

1959       Forrest Kline                      3191-226

1960       Jim Hill                                  3191-228

1961       Bill Grater                            3196-249

1962       Herb Hollister                    6390-504

1963       George Stidworthy         6381-472

1964       Herb Hollister                    6383-487

1965       Herb Hollister                    6389-515

1966       Lones Wigger                     6377-497

1967     (Dual Champions*)

Tom Guerin*   (Civilian) 6391-496

Lones Wigger*(Service)                6389-537

1968       Herb Hollister                    6389-528

1969       Lones Wigger                     6394-536

1970       Margaret Murdock          6395-532

1971       Tom Guerin                        6378-496

1972       Tom Guerin                        6398-542

1973       Tom Whitaker                   6399-595

1974       Bob Mitchell                       6398-531

1975       Tom Whitaker                   6400-574

1976       Mary Stidworthy              6394-513

1977       Allan Knowles                    6382-513

1978       Tom Whitaker                   6398-531

1979       Lones Wigger                     6398-553

1980       Ernie Vande Zande          6396-552

1981       Mary Stidworthy              6387-504

1982       Ernie Vande Zande          6399-546

1983       Allan Knowles                    6390-534

1984       Allan Knowles                    6395-547

1985       Mary Sparling                    6396-557

1986      Allan Knowles                    6394-515

1987       Mary Sparling                    6398-567

1988       Mary Sparling                    6391-538

1989       Robbie Franker                 6395-493

1990       Ben Smith                           6391-530

1991       Lones Wigger                     6387-492

1992       Lones Wigger                     6397-526

1993       Steve Goff                          6397-515

1994       Billy Meek                           6395-546

1995       Billy Meek                           6386-498

1996       Allan Knowles                    6394-530

1997       Allan Knowles                    6394-522

1998       Lones Wigger                     6395-515

1999       Billy Meek                           6395-546

2000       Tony Leone                        6397-511

2001       Lones Wigger                     6398-530

2002       Billy Meek                           6386-497

2003       Billy Meek                           6385-493

2004       Matt Emmons                   6397-519

2005       Reya Kempley                   6391-519

2006       Steve Goff                          6389-507

2007       Tarl Kempley                      6371-459

2008       Matt Emmons                   5188-448

2009       Reya Kempley                   6397-553

2010       Tarl Kempley                      6391-516

2011       Reya Kempley                   6393-524

2012       Chris Abalo                         6398-543

2013       Eric Uptagrafft                   6391-548

2014      Michael McPhail              6398-545

2015      Eric Uptagrafft                 6397-567

2016      Matt Chezem                     6396-546

2017     Mark Del Cotto              6396-536

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTRY TO THE 2018 WESTERN WILDCAT CHAMPIONSHIPS

 

Name__________________________________________________    NRA#______________________

(NRA Membership NOT required, except for setting a National Record)

 

Address_______________________________________________________________________

 

City__________________________   State_______________________   Zip______________________

 

Phone#_____________________________    Date of Birth_____________________________________

 

E-mail Address – PLEASE PRINT legibly! ___________________________________________________

 

Class (Circle one):  *Open/High Master      Master         Expert        Sharpshooter       Marksman   

 

**F-class    **Scope Only (All 4 Days –  Please circle classification).

 

*High Master are Distinguished or a shooter that has fired five or more 1600 or 1200 scores.

 

Category (Circle all that apply):      Woman               Junior      Intermediate Junior      Sub-Junior

Senior      Grand Senior     Collegiate               Service

 

FEES:  (Please circle all that apply)

Adult Four Day Package & Juniors (*Monetary awards) …………….………………………… $185.00

Adult Two Day Package & Juniors * –  Thur., Fri., Sat., Sun.   (Circle two days) ……………          $ 95.00

Junior and Collegiate Total Package (No monetary awards) ……………………………………       $ 60.00

Junior & Collegiate Two-Day Package – Thur., Fri., Sat., Sun.  (Circle two days) ……………        $ 30.00

Tyro Package (See program for conditions).  ……………………………………………………..       $ 63.00

Two Day Tyro Package Thur. Fri. Sat. Sun. (Includes initiation fee) …………………………….      $ 33.00

 

Those NOT competing who wish to extend their Western Wildcats Rifle Club Membership…$ 5.00

 

Total Amount………………………………………………………………………………………$ _______

 

*Team fees ($20.00 per team), and Made in America Match ($10.00) will be collected at range.

 

*Practice fee $10 per day will be collected at range

 

T-Shirt (Men’s) Size – circle one:   Small     Medium     Large     X-Large     XX-Large     XXX-Large

 

Make check payable to Western Wildcats Rifle Club.  Print this completed form and mail to:

Nancy Tompkins, P.O. Box 11684, Prescott, AZ 86304