CMP National 3P Postal Championship

Sporter or Precision Air Rifles ONLY
Course of Fire: 3x10 (1^st phase)

Phase 1:  Postal Competition

CMP sponsors a nationwide three position air rifle postal (mail-in or correspondence) competition for all junior programs including all JROTC, 4H, Boy Scouts, and junior clubs. The top shooters in these matches will qualify for the CMP Regional Championships. This is a 3x10 match and is open for both sporter and precision competitors. This phase will be shot here at Frazier Simplex in December or January. (All targets must be sent in by January 31, 2016)

Phase 2:  Regional Championships

The CMP Regional Championships will occur in three different locations around the country.  Athletes qualifying for this match Phase 1 above.  This match will consist of a practice, check-in and equipment control day followed by two days of 3x20 matches.  A final will be held on the last day for the top 8 individuals in sporter and precision.  This match is scheduled for: April 7-9, 2016 at Camp Perry, Port Clinton, OH.

Phase 3:  National Championships

The CMP National Championship is the final event in the CMP three-position air rifle championships. Qualification for this match comes from the CMP Regional Championships as well as the State 3PAR Junior Olympic matches. This match will consist of one 3x20 with finals for the top eight shooters in sporter and precision. This match is scheduled for: June 26 (sporter) & 29 (precision), 2016 at Camp Perry, Port Clinton, OH.

Fee: There is a $5 entry fee for the first phase of this tournament.
Please submit a check, payable to the Frazier Simplex Jr. Rifle Club for $5.
On the memo line write: CMP Postal Match Registration

If you are interested in shooting in this CMP match, you must sign up at the club in November. Give your check to the person at the counter to put in the envelope marked “CMP Postal Match Registrations”.

Additional Information can be found on the CMP's website at: http://thecmp.org/air/national-three-position-air-rifle-championships/

Young Men of Frazier Simplex at the 2015 National Junior Olympic Championships

Congratulations and best of luck to the young men of Frazier Simplex Jr. Rifle Club who are currently participating in the 2015 National Junior Olympic Championships at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

They are: Thomas Welch, Matt Lovre, Christopher Thomas and Luke Knowlinger.

Our congratulations goes out to all of the PA competitors from all of our great clubs throughout the Commonwealth. They are: Josh Martin, Jack Anderson, Luke Johnson, Caleb Lloyd, Cullen Wargo, Nicholas Borelle, Wyatt Openshaw, Kyle Ordille, Issac Whitaker, Hunter Deremer, Brandon Meier, Tony Jackson, Luke Messner, Homer Gardner, Zachary Ritchey, and Ian Coyne.

Best of luck gentlemen!

Frazier Simplex at the 2015 National Junior Olympic Championships

Congratulations and best of luck to the young women of Frazier Simplex Jr. Rifle Club (past and present) who are currently participating in the 2015 National Junior Olympic Championships at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

L to R: Nicholle (J1), Ariana (J1), Cassidy (J2), and Rosebud (J3)

Seven Pennsylvania Precision 3P Air Rifle Teams Invited to the National Championships

On June 22-26, 2015, the National Three Position Air Rifle Championships will be held at the Civilian Marksmanship Program's (CMP) Competition Center South range in Anniston, Alabama.

Of the 27 precision air rifle teams invited to this prestigious event, seven of them are from Pennsylvania. This represents 26% of the precision teams invited to this 3rd annual event. It also goes to prove that Pennsylvania has a great program to continue feeding our NCAA D1 colleges and possible Olympians.

Congratulations to the six clubs that make up the seven precision teams. The clubs represented are: 
DuBois
Frazier Simplex (2 teams)
Oil City
Ontelaunee
Palmyra
Seitzland

Also, congratulations to Amanda Ruffner who was invited to compete as an individual from the Alexandria club.

See full details at this website:
http://thecmp.org/air/national-three-position-air-rifle-championships/

Here is the invitation list:
http://thecmp.org/wp-content/uploads/CMPNationalQualifiers.pdf

Air rifle shooters practice for competition

Link to the original article thanks to the Port Clinton News Harold
http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/story/news/local/2015/03/26/air-rifle-shooters-practice-competition/70499134/
 

Zach Nicolella practices air rile shooting from the ground at the
Civilian Marksmanship Program’s Regional Competition.

ERIE TOWNSHIP – A group of steel-city kids visited Camp Perry with the hope of capturing a regional championship in air rifle shooting.

The competition will be stiff over the weekend at the Civilian Marksmanship Program as hundreds of shooters vie for a shot to reach the national competition.

Hailing from the greater Pittsburgh area, Joe Grabowski and his team of nine sharp-shooters came to Camp Perry with one goal in mind: to win a national championship like they did in 2013. "This is our third year shooting. Last year we came up short," he said.

With a laser-focus, the team practices for hours to perfect their craft. Grabowski said in order to compete, team members need to practice two to three times each week.

On Thursday, practice was inside the Gary Anderson CMP Competition Center. Grabowski said the Camp Perry facility is one of the biggest shooting centers in the country.

He said practice the day before a weekend competition is integral to getting familiar with the range.

Luke Knollinger, a shooter for team Frazier Simplex in Pennsylvania, aims for a target during practice
at the CMP Regional Championship at Camp Perry.

"It's extremely important for first-time shooters," he said about practicing in the same facility as the competition. "Practice gets that nervousness out."

A veteran shooter, Christopher Thomas, 18, uses his practice time to work on his technique. "I try to fix my position," he said while he shoots from various target heights.

John Paul Grabowski, 17, said the hour practice at the shooting range allows him to try new things and make sure he not varying from his routine. "I work on my natural aim and try to keep everything the same," he said."

First year shooter Rebecca Spencer used practice time to get used to the large space at the shooting range. She practiced different target heights to prepare for competition.

Two Team GOLDS and a SILVER for Frazier Simplex Jr Competitors

Over the course of the 2 day NRA 3P Metric Indoor and the International Air Junior Sectionals held at Dubois Rifle & Pistol Club on March 7th and 8th, the junior competitors of Frazier Simplex swept up the medals. The team of Cassidy Fairman, Chris Thomas, Matthew Lovre and Molly Hensley brought home the GOLD in both 3P smallbore and International Air. Whereas, the team of Zachary Nicolella, Thomas Welch, John Paul Grabowski and Rebecca Spencer took the SILVER in International Air Rifle.

Chris, Cassidy, Matthew (Ben is the proxy above) and Molly
Team GOLD in both smallbore and air rifle

Individual medals went to:

• Cassidy Fairman - GOLD in smallbore and BRONZE in air rifle
• Christopher Thomas - SILVER in both smallbore and air rifle
• Molly Hensley - GOLD in air rifle

Congratulations to all the competitors for an outstanding performance.

Frazier Simplex Jr Rifle Team takes the podium at the annual Camp Perry Open

The four person junior team of Chris Thomas, Cassidy Fairman, Molly Hensley and John Paul Grabowski met the challenge on Friday during the Camp Perry Open 3P Junior Air Rifle Championships and took the podium with a third place finish. The always competitive teams of TMU from Massachusetts and the Black Swamp Jr. Rifle Club from Ohio, edged out the Frazier Simplex X Factor team by just 33 and 10 points respectively.

3rd place in 3P team competition

On the second and third day of the competition, which was the all standing portion of this weekend's competition, Frazier Simplex had two three-person teams compete. These teams took home a 4th (Tommy Welch, Chris Thomas and Cassidy Fairman) and 6th place (Mackenzie Wagner, John Paul Grabowski and Molly Hensley). More than 157 precision class shooters competed during this portion of the competition. Competitors from all over the US participated including some of the Army Marksmanship Unit top shooters.

Other Frazier Simplex Jr. Rifle Club members competing this weekend were: Rosebud Hensley (Jr. Rifle), Ashley Hobgood (Air Pistol), and Tom Benedict (Open Rifle) competed on days 2 and 3.

Here is a link to the results: https://ct.thecmp.org/app/v1/index.php?do=match&task=edit&tab=results&match=11831

Junior Olympic PA State Championships

The 2015 Pennsylvania Junior Olympic State Championships concluded on Sunday, January 4th at the Jerome Sportsmans Club. Nearly 100 juniors competed this year vying to become the State Champion. Only one boy or girl can be crowned State Champion for Smallbore and Air Rifle, but everyone can shoot to achieve the minimum cut score and be automatically qualified to receive and invitation to the National Championships to be held at the Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado in April.

Of the four boys and four girls that competed in this competition from Frazier Simplex, Cassidy Fairman was the only one to achieve the minimum cut score with a 566 in smallbore (565 was the minimum). The other competitors will have to wait and see if they will be invited.

Cassidy won J2 Silver with a 378 15x in Air Rifle &
J2 Gold with a 566 20x in Smallbore. 

Congratulations goes out to the PA State Champions:
Men's Air Rifle
Jack Anderson, 587 37x (Gold)
Josh Martin, 584 36x (Silver)
Caleb Lloyd, 573 27x (Bronze)

Men's Smallbore
Josh Martin, 583 32x (Gold)
Jack Anderson, 572 18x (Silver)
Alex Gestl, 569 20x (Bronze)

Women's Air Rifle
Deanna Binnie, 390 24x (Gold)
Amy Fister, 389 23x (Silver)
Amy Hammer, 387 16 (Bronze)

Women's Smallbore
Deanna Binnie, 575 28x (Gold)
Amy Hammer, 571 16x (Silver)
Amy Fister, 571 14x (Bronze)

Frazier foursome at the Dixie Double

Four of Frazier Simplex's junior shooters traveled to Anniston, Alabama for the annual Dixie Double. This was a two day, international air rifle competition where each competitor shoots 60 shots offhand each of the two days. Because they use decimal scoring for this type of competition, a perfect score is a 654. The best competitors shoot in the 610 to the 625 range. Also different in this competition is how the final is run. In this final, every competitor that qualifies will start out at zero, making it easier for even the last place qualifier to win the competition.
Representing Frazier Simplex was, Christopher Thomas, Thomas Welch, Mackenzie Wagner and John Paul Grabowski. Many of them shot their personal best during this competition.

4th Consecutive Monthly PTO

The monthly PTO's are a great way to prepare for a major competition. These two competitors are taking this serious as they are still on the line at 10 pm. They are also having a lot of fun joking around.

WVU Mountaineer Open - Many PR's made that day

The WVU Mountaineer Open is always a favorite match for the junior competitors of Frazier Simplex to participate in. Even some of the seniors compete in this first-class competition from time to time. Some of the best juniors in this sport, from all over the region, came to shoot in this year's competition.
As for personal records (PR's), many of our junior competitors fired their personal best during this match. Congratulations to all of those competitors that fired their personal records. They are recognized with an * by their score.

Air Rifle (73 Competitors)
Place:	Name:	Total Score:
24	Matthew Lovre	569*
37	Morgan Duerr	562
38	Thomas Welch	562
43	Luke Knollinger	558
46	Christopher Thomas	555
54	John Paul Grabowski	547*
56	Thomas Benedict	544
61	Mackenzie Wagner	537
62	Zachary Nicolella	537

Smallbore (71 Competitors)
Place:	Name:	Total Score:
8	Matthew Lovre	568*
28	Mackenzie Wagner	555*
31	Luke Knollinger	553*
36	Christopher Thomas	548
45	Thomas Welch	536
46	Zachary Nicolella	536
48	John Paul Grabowski	534*
55	Morgan Duerr	529
58	Thomas Benedict	525

The Frazier Simplex Junior traveling team is looking forward to the next two collegiate competitions starting with Akron on Saturday, November 15 and then at the Ohio State University on Sunday, November 16.

Thanks to WVU and their head coach Jon Hammond for putting this event together for our shooting community.

Zippy Open

The University of Akron Rifle Team is proud to host the 2014 “Zippy Open” Rifle Match held on the newly renovated ranges located in Shrank Hall on the beautiful campus of The University of Akron.

When: November 8-9, 2014 & November 15-16, 2014

Where: The University of Akron
Robert A. Pinn Shooting Range
Shrank Hall South room #7
222 Carroll Street
Akron, OH 44304

See here for more information.

Get ready for the Gary Anderson Invitational and the Camp Perry Open

http://thecmp.org/3P/GAI.htm
December 6, 2014




www.thecmp.org/3P/PostalChampionships.htm
January 16-18, 2015

Frazier Simplex Air Rifle Team places 4th and 7th in the Country

The Frazier Simplex Junior Rifle Team finished 4th place in the CMP National 3P Air Rifle Championships on Saturday, June 28, 2014. They were edged out by one point for 3rd place overall, however, brought home a plaque for 1st place club team.

On Friday, the team placed 7th overall National Junior Olympics 3P Air Rifle Championships. Whereas, congratulations goes out to Chris Thomas for shooting his personal best on Friday with a 582.

The team members representing Frazier Simplex X Factor Team 1 above are: Christopher Thomas, Matthew Lovre, Cassidy Fairman, Ariana Grabowski and Nicholle Benedict.

PA 4H Crew Heading to the Nationals in Nebraska

Four junior shooters will be representing Pennsylvania at the 2014 4-H National Shooting Sports Invitational during the week of June 24-29 in Grand Island Nebraska. Both Morgan and Tommy (both from Frazier Simplex) will be shooting .22 in the competition while Ashlee will be shooting air rifle and Sylvia will be shooting air pistol.

Good luck to our competitors this week and safe travels.

Team X Factor takes 3rd place in CMP 3P Air Rifle Championships

On the weekend of March 28, 2014, eight junior competitors from the Frazier Simplex Junior Rifle Club competed in the 2nd annual CMP 3P Air Rifle Regional Championships.

Picture above are:
Back Row, L to R: Tommy Welch, Matt Lovre, Luke Knollenger, John Paul Grabowski, & Chris Thomas
Front Row, L to R: Ariana Grabowski, Nicholle Benedict & Cassidy Fairman

It was a tough battle, but the X Factor junior rifle team won 3rd place with a total score of 4642 with 270 X's.

Don't they look great in their team jackets?

Results can be found here.

Frazier Simplex Jr Shooters do well at 2014 PA Interscholastic 3P Smallbore and International Air Rifle Championship Match

Seven junior competitors from Frazier Simplex Jr Rifle Club, and representing their respective schools, competed at the 2014 PA Interscholastic 3P Smallbore and International Air Rifle Championship Match over the weekend of February 21-23, 2014.
In last name order for Small-bore are:

Name	School	Score
Benedict, Nicholle	Quaker Valley H.S.	544
Fairman, Cassidy	Indiana Area H.S.	558	12th overall
Lovre, Matthew	Penn-Trafford H.S.	562	7th overall
Thomas, Christopher	Waynsburg H.S.	539
Wagner, Mackenzie	Canon McMillan H.S.	521
Welch, Thomas	Mohawk Area H.S.	542

In last name order for Air Rifle (scores are for 40 shots) are:

Name	School	Score
Benedict, Nicholle	Quaker Valley H.S.	363
Fairman, Cassidy	Indiana Area H.S.	368
Grabowski, Ariana	Beaver Area H.S.	388	2nd overall
Lovre, Matthew	Penn-Trafford H.S.	378
Thomas, Christopher	Waynsburg H.S.	361
Welch, Thomas	Mohawk Area H.S.	377

Thank you DuBois Rifle & Pistol Club for hosting this year's event.

Eight compete in the annual Palmyra Invitational in January

Eight competitors from Frazier Simplex competed in the annual Palmyra Invitational which spans three weekends during January. Although no team awards were won, many of the competitors walked away with their personal best.

Name	Air Rifle	Smallbore
Ariana G.	575 - 29	587*
Cassidy F.	574 - 22	550
Chris T.	548 - 13	556
Mackenzie W.	547 - 12	539
Matthew L.	563 - 20	566
Nicholle B.	563 - 23	566
Thomas W.	554 - 14	553
Thomas B. (Open Class)	540 - 13	527

* Ariana shot a personal best and placed 3rd overall in this competition.

Gold and 2 Silver Team medals won at the Camp Perry Open

Camp Perry Open - January 17-19, 2014
Three team medals were won during the 2014 Camp Perry Open by Junior shooters.

Silver - 3P Four Competitor Team 

Team Member	Prone	Standing	Kneeling	Aggregate
Grabowski, Ariana	197  - 13	193  - 9	195  - 14	585  - 36
Fairman, Cassidy CIV	197  - 16	190  - 5	195  - 12	582  - 33
Lovre, Matthew CIV	200  - 18	188  - 6	190  - 5	578  - 29
Benedict, Nicholle	199  - 12	189  - 6	190  - 9	578  - 27

Silver - 120 shot International Air (all standing) Three Competitor Open Team
Gold - 120 shot International Air Three Competitor Junior Team

Team Member	60 Day 1	60 Day 2	Aggregate
Grabowski, Ariana	605.7  - 0	609.6  - 0	1215.3  - 0
Benedict, Nicholle	593  - 0	604.3  - 0	1197.3  - 0
Fairman, Cassidy CIV	599  - 0	595.1  - 0	1194.1  - 0

Frazier Simplex Jr Rifle Team wins 2nd place in 3P at the Camp Perry Open

Seven junior members and their families of the Frazier Simplex Jr Rifle Club trekked north to Camp Perry for the Camp Perry Open the weekend of January 17-19, 2014. Only one team could be formed because we needed four competitors on a team. The four that formed the team went on to win second place in the 3 position rifle tournament on Friday, January 17. Their combined score of 2323 with 125x's made up by the following:

Team Member	Prone	Standing	Kneeling	Aggregate
Grabowski, Ariana	197  - 13	193  - 9	195  - 14	585  - 36
Fairman, Cassidy CIV	197  - 16	190  - 5	195  - 12	582  - 33
Lovre, Matthew CIV	200  - 18	188  - 6	190  - 5	578  - 29
Benedict, Nicholle	199  - 12	189  - 6	190  - 9	578  - 27

 

Matt Lovre not available for this photo