This is an official press release from USPSA.
SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. — Andrew Butts of Artesia, N.M., won the Single Stack Pistol division at the United States Practical Shooting Association’s Area 4 Regional Championships held November 14-16 in San Angelo, Texas.
Butts won half of the 12 stages as he beat Eric Fuson of Tulsa, Okla., by 58 points with a final score of 1113.9608. Fuson won five stages finishing second with 1055.9361.
“Andrew was in total control of the single stack match winning key stages and maintaining the lead throughout,” said Dave Thomas, USPSA’s executive director.
Rounding out the top five were Steven Cline of San Antonio, Texas, in third with 855.2489, Paul Payne, a super senior competitor from Liberty Hill, Texas, in fourth with 669.6372 and John Boeker, a senior shooter from Las Cruces, N.M., in fifth with 648.3339.
A total of 120 top pistol shooters competed in USPSA’s Open, Limited, Limited-10, Production, Revolver and Single Stack divisions at the regional championship.
The USPSA Area 4 region includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas but competitors from Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, New York and Utah attend.
About USPSA: The United States Practical Shooting Association is a non-profit membership association and the governing body for the sport of Practical Shooting in America. USPSA has over 17,000 members and more than 350 affiliated clubs which host weekly matches throughout the country providing recreational shooters with the opportunity to test and refine their shooting skills in a safe, competitive environment. USPSA is also the US Region of the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC), which is comprised of approximately 67 nations. For more information, visit www.uspsa.org.
New Mexico Shooter Claims Single Stack Area 4 Title
SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. — Andrew Butts of Artesia, N.M., won the Single Stack Pistol division at the United States Practical Shooting Association’s Area 4 Regional Championships held November 14-16 in San Angelo, Texas.
Butts won half of the 12 stages as he beat Eric Fuson of Tulsa, Okla., by 58 points with a final score of 1113.9608. Fuson won five stages finishing second with 1055.9361.
“Andrew was in total control of the single stack match winning key stages and maintaining the lead throughout,” said Dave Thomas, USPSA’s executive director.
Rounding out the top five were Steven Cline of San Antonio, Texas, in third with 855.2489, Paul Payne, a super senior competitor from Liberty Hill, Texas, in fourth with 669.6372 and John Boeker, a senior shooter from Las Cruces, N.M., in fifth with 648.3339.
A total of 120 top pistol shooters competed in USPSA’s Open, Limited, Limited-10, Production, Revolver and Single Stack divisions at the regional championship.
The USPSA Area 4 region includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas but competitors from Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, New York and Utah attend.
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About USPSA: The United States Practical Shooting Association is a non-profit membership association and the governing body for the sport of Practical Shooting in America. USPSA has over 17,000 members and more than 350 affiliated clubs which host weekly matches throughout the country providing recreational shooters with the opportunity to test and refine their shooting skills in a safe, competitive environment. USPSA is also the US Region of the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC), which is comprised of approximately 67 nations. For more information, visit www.uspsa.org.
