On Sunday, July 29th, 2012, the Harvard Sportsmens Club will be hosting the 3rd Annual John Kelly Memorial Practical Shooting Match in memory of our departed friend John Kelly. Mr. Kelly was an avid practical shooting participant who never had a bad word for any one discipline over another (he played them all) and was always the first one to lend a helping hand to both new and experienced shooters alike.
In memory of Mr. Kelly, we ask that all experienced shooters who attend the match go the extra mile to help out new folks either coming out to try practical shooting for the first time, or experienced shooters trying a new discipline. In the first year (2010) we had 77 shooters from the entire spectrum of experience and a good time was had by all; in the second year (2011) the participants increased to 107 shooters. Due to the size of the match we are going to make the stages a little smaller this year to accomodate all the shooters in a timely fashion.
This year will have five stages with a slightly different lineup: (1) IDPA; (2) USPSA; (3) modified NRA Police Pistol Combat (4) Steel Challenge Stage, and (5) Walls of Steel Stage. All stages will be outdoors this year. We dropped the indoor-no light IDPA stage from the 2010 match. {NOTE: The Walls of Steel Stage was added on the day after the original post when the Wallum Lake Crew joined in.} Same rules as last year, pick one gun and equipment setup and use it for all 5 stages regardless of the individual sport's equipment rules. You will have to follow each sport's rule regarding magazine capacity, so for example in the IDPA stage the maximum round capacity will be 10 per magazine. We will have 5 divisions based on USPSA: Open, Production, Single Stack, Limited and Revolver (no Limited 10 - L10 shooters will shoot with Limited shooters this year, not Production like last year.) Dave Bold from The Rod & Gun Club of New Bedford has stepped up and will do the scoring for us so that a champion, bragging rights only (no trophies), will be crowned in each division.
We are also planning on having the side-match fund raiser stage with the Texas Star, steel-clay flipping poppers using provided shotguns and 7.5 birdshot. This side-match was $10 per run if you used our shotguns and ammo or $5 per run if you used your handgun and your ammo on a modified version without the steel-clay flipping poppers. If you would like to bring your own shotgun and 7.5 birdshot you can also participate in the side-match at $5 per run. This side-stage was a hit at last year's match and helped raise a lot of funds. See the link at the end of this post to see what GOAL did with your contributuions.
This year there will be no pre-registration or T-shirts... Registration will start at 9:00 a.m. on the day of the match, shooters meeting at 9:45 a.m. and first shots at 10:00 a.m. The match fee will be $20 and 1/2 will go to GOAL and the other 1/2 to the American Heart Association.
If you have thought about trying practical shooting, this is the place to start! You will need a pistol or revolver (9mm to .45 for pistols; .38 to .45 for revolvers), a strong side belt holster, and three loading devices (magazines, speedloaders, moonclips, etc). As usual, eye and ear protection as well and 200 rounds of ammunition to be on the safe side.
My thanks to Michael Joffe and the Harvard SC Metro West Tactical IDPA Group; Al Senesi and the Harvard Action Shooters USPSA Group; Paul Dandini and the Harvard SC Steel Challenge Group; Aaron Haines from the Metro West Tactical IDPA Group for running the Texas Star side-match; Dave Bold and the Action Pistol Team at The Rod & Gun Club of New Bedford; and Jim Richardson and the Wallum Lake Walls of Steel Group.
If anyone would like to staff the match just send me an email at [email protected] or send me a PM on Northeastshooters.com (NBPD3682). We look forward to seeing everyone again this year!
Check out this link for a story regarding how GOAL used the proceeds of the match last year: http://www.goal.org/newspages/2011_kelly_match.html
Regards,
John Catterall
Match Director
In memory of Mr. Kelly, we ask that all experienced shooters who attend the match go the extra mile to help out new folks either coming out to try practical shooting for the first time, or experienced shooters trying a new discipline. In the first year (2010) we had 77 shooters from the entire spectrum of experience and a good time was had by all; in the second year (2011) the participants increased to 107 shooters. Due to the size of the match we are going to make the stages a little smaller this year to accomodate all the shooters in a timely fashion.
This year will have five stages with a slightly different lineup: (1) IDPA; (2) USPSA; (3) modified NRA Police Pistol Combat (4) Steel Challenge Stage, and (5) Walls of Steel Stage. All stages will be outdoors this year. We dropped the indoor-no light IDPA stage from the 2010 match. {NOTE: The Walls of Steel Stage was added on the day after the original post when the Wallum Lake Crew joined in.} Same rules as last year, pick one gun and equipment setup and use it for all 5 stages regardless of the individual sport's equipment rules. You will have to follow each sport's rule regarding magazine capacity, so for example in the IDPA stage the maximum round capacity will be 10 per magazine. We will have 5 divisions based on USPSA: Open, Production, Single Stack, Limited and Revolver (no Limited 10 - L10 shooters will shoot with Limited shooters this year, not Production like last year.) Dave Bold from The Rod & Gun Club of New Bedford has stepped up and will do the scoring for us so that a champion, bragging rights only (no trophies), will be crowned in each division.
We are also planning on having the side-match fund raiser stage with the Texas Star, steel-clay flipping poppers using provided shotguns and 7.5 birdshot. This side-match was $10 per run if you used our shotguns and ammo or $5 per run if you used your handgun and your ammo on a modified version without the steel-clay flipping poppers. If you would like to bring your own shotgun and 7.5 birdshot you can also participate in the side-match at $5 per run. This side-stage was a hit at last year's match and helped raise a lot of funds. See the link at the end of this post to see what GOAL did with your contributuions.
This year there will be no pre-registration or T-shirts... Registration will start at 9:00 a.m. on the day of the match, shooters meeting at 9:45 a.m. and first shots at 10:00 a.m. The match fee will be $20 and 1/2 will go to GOAL and the other 1/2 to the American Heart Association.
If you have thought about trying practical shooting, this is the place to start! You will need a pistol or revolver (9mm to .45 for pistols; .38 to .45 for revolvers), a strong side belt holster, and three loading devices (magazines, speedloaders, moonclips, etc). As usual, eye and ear protection as well and 200 rounds of ammunition to be on the safe side.
My thanks to Michael Joffe and the Harvard SC Metro West Tactical IDPA Group; Al Senesi and the Harvard Action Shooters USPSA Group; Paul Dandini and the Harvard SC Steel Challenge Group; Aaron Haines from the Metro West Tactical IDPA Group for running the Texas Star side-match; Dave Bold and the Action Pistol Team at The Rod & Gun Club of New Bedford; and Jim Richardson and the Wallum Lake Walls of Steel Group.
If anyone would like to staff the match just send me an email at [email protected] or send me a PM on Northeastshooters.com (NBPD3682). We look forward to seeing everyone again this year!
Check out this link for a story regarding how GOAL used the proceeds of the match last year: http://www.goal.org/newspages/2011_kelly_match.html
Regards,
John Catterall
Match Director
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This is great news, I'm glad they could make it. Bring lots of extra ammo!
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