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3P Air Rifle Clinic– Saturday,  November 22nd 2008
3P Air Rifle CMP Match, Sunday,  November 23rd, 2008

Reading Rifle and Revolver Club,
Contact: Maureen Trickett – 781-933-9020
   maureentrickett@tiradordeelite.com

Junior Olympics WARM-UP Match 2008 – Saturday,  December 13, 2008
Reading Rifle and Revolver Club,
Contact: Maureen Trickett   
maureentrickett@tiradordeelite.com    781-933-9020

Junior Olympics 2009 – Saturday,  January 3, 2009
Reading Rifle and Revolver Club,
Contact: Maureen Trickett   
maureentrickett@tiradordeelite.com    781-933-9020

Beginner Prone Match, Saturday,  January 10thth, 2009
Mass Rifle Association,
Contact: Maureen Trickett    781-933-9020  
maureentrickett@tiradordeelite.com

1st Freedom Match – Saturday,  February 7thth, 2009,
Reading Rifle and Revolver Club,
Contact: Maureen Trickett   
maureentrickett@tiradordeelite.com    781-933-9020

Beginner Off-Hand Match, Saturday,  February 14thth, 2009
Mass Rifle Association,
Contact: Maureen Trickett    781-933-9020  
maureentrickett@tiradordeelite.com


3p Sectional Sunday,  March 1st, 2009 
Reading Rifle and Revolver Club,
Contact Bob McCorry,
carmanvw@hotmail.com



Beginner Kneeling Match, March 7th, 2009
Mass Rifle Association,
Contact: Maureen Trickett 781-933-9020
maureentrickett@tiradordeelite.com

2nd Freedom Match, March 21st 2008,
Reading Rifle and Revolver Club,
Contact: Maureen Trickett   
maureentrickett@tiradordeelite.com    781-933-9020

Beginner 3P Match, April 4th , 2009
Mass Rifle Association,
Contact: Maureen Trickett 781-933-9020
maureentrickett@tiradordeelite.com

 

 

 

 

 

Palmyra 2008

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Juniors from Mass Rifle’s advanced competition team just arrived back from Pennsylvania after two days of competitive shooting. They participated in the 9th annual Palmyra Invitational that is held at the Palmyra Sportsmen’s Club in Palmyra Pennsylvania. This year there were over 360 competitors. Competitors comprised of collegiate teams like Ohio State, Army, Akron and Alaska along with adults and juniors who have traveled several hundreds of miles to shoot in this shoulder to shoulder in both .22 and air rifle matches. Competitors could shoot one or both and they could shoot individually or also as part of a 4 person team. The match categories are broken down quite extensively to give all a competitive edge, from beginner to master.

Each day of the match 10 to 12 volunteers man the ranges, kitchen, scoring and registration. The match is kept on time and competitors flowing up and down to either the air range down stairs or upstairs to the small-bore range. In between the matches competitors and their entourage can sit down and relax with a chili dog or a homemade meatball sandwich or one of their other tempting entrees. If you did not want to eat you could browse thru the items displayed by "Center Shot" and "Ernest Shooting Products". Conversation of course was always plentiful and interesting and if you wanted to sit back and take a rest, you could watch the revolving display of photos that the match director Erin Gestl had taken of each shooter displayed on the wall in the waiting area for all to see.

Some members of the advanced team competed in this match last year for their fist time. This year with one year under their belt and knowledge of what to expect, we saw radical increases in some of their scores from last year to his year. One of the members increased their scores in both air and .22 by 120 points. Others increased by at 40 points and had new personal bests in both disciplines. They had a great showing as individuals and as a team. We are looking forward to next years competition with increases like this in one year just think what they are capable of with two or three years under their belts.

The juniors and I could not have accomplished any of this without the support of the club president, the board and of course the members who are always so helpful when we practice at the club. Thank you for your support.

Maureen Trickett

 

Junior Olympics 2008

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Reading Rifle and Revolver was the host club for the 2008 Junior Olympics. There were two full lines of competitors in both the air rifle and small-bore matches. This year we had three competitors join us from Connecticut who were competing for an automatic invite score, not in-state qualification.

The Junior Olympics are divided into both men and women’s divisions. They both compete in both small-bore and air rifle. The only difference is in the air rifle the men shoot 60 shots and the women shoot only 40 for the match.

In the Men’s Small-bore and air competitions Jim Clark of MRA /Reading Rifle took the Gold Medal in both air rifle (566) and small-bore (570). Jim was home for the holiday break from Ohio State, where is a top member of the collegiate rifle team. The Silver Medal in small-bore went to Alex Zadrozny of and Silver medal in air rifle went to Robert Mangaudis of MRA/Reading Rifle. The Bronze went to max Snyderman in both air rifle and small-bore.

Kim Coffey of in her first JORC competition took the Gold medal in both small-bore (536) and air rifle (346). Rena Goodwin of MRA/Reading took the Silver medals in both small-bore and air rifle. Jess Liston of received the Bronze medal in small-bore and Selina Clancy of MRA/Reading took the Bronze medal in air rifle.

The team competition was tough with 7 teams entered in both events. The winning team plaque for Small-bore went to The Mass State Team Gold, team members: Max Snyderman, Kim Coffey and Alex Zadrozny. The air rifle plague went to the winning team of MRA/RR 1, team members: Rena Goodwin, Robert Mangaudis and Jeff Morin.

The Team Plaques and state plaques and medals were donated by Woburn Sportsmen Association. Thank you to Mr. Dick Dyer of Woburn sportsmen for his continued support of this event.

The JORC was a great success and ran smoothly thanks to all our great volunteers in the scoring room and our fine line officers. We also wish to thank Reading Rifle and Revolver and its members for letting us tie up the range all day.

 

Beginner Prone Match 2008



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What MRA JUNIORS did for the Summer 
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Bay State Games 2007

Mass Rifles Junior Rena Goodwin takes 2nd Place Over-all in Women's Air Rifle and Takes 3rd Over-all in the Women's 3p competition.  Great Job Rena!!!!!


Kevin Trickett
Junior National Champion 2007

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Massachusetts Rifle Association
Junior Marksmen Continue on:

James Clark Kevin Trickett


Massachusetts Rifle Association

Junior Marksmen Continue on:

Massachusetts Rifle Association is the oldest Active Shooting Club in the United States, located off of Salem Street in Woburn. Mass Rifle has one of the best junior programs for competitive shooting in the area. The juniors starting at age 12 learn the importance of safety and the proper handling of firearms. They are also given the opportunity to fine tune their skills and compete as a part of the Mass Rifle Junior Team and also as part of the Massachusetts State team. They travel to National competitions in Georgia, Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and several other States each year. The juniors also train to compete in the junior Olympics tryouts that are held in each state every year. The finalists then move on to compete with the top shooters from each state. The finals are held at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Competitions such as these enable juniors to become members of the Olympic development team and then the Olympic team. Shooting programs also give juniors the opportunity to be recruited by collegiate shooting teams across the country and military marksmanship units.

This year Mass Rifle is proud to announce that two of their juniors will be graduating from Woburn Memorial High School and their junior program and continuing with their marksmanship skills. Both will leave a legacy of competitions that they have medaled in both individual and team. Such prestigious matches as: The junior Olympics, National Guard air rifle finals, USA Shooting national matches along with numerous State and Local competitions. Along with National recognition at the National matches at Camp Perry, Ohio 2005, and 2006.

James Clark – Ohio State University

Jim Clark son of Peg and Bob Clark of Woburn will be attending Ohio State University, the home of the division 1 champions this fall. Jim has been accepted into their honors engineering program. He has also been recruited to be a member of their NCAA medal winning team. Jim will be receiving a scholarship from Ohio State for both his marksmanship capabilities and his academic performance.

Kevin Trickett – US Army Marksmanship Unit

 

Kevin Trickett son of Maureen and Charlie Trickett of Woburn will be leaving in September for basic training at Fort Benning GA. Kevin has been recruited to the Army Marksmanship Team after basic training. The United States Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) was established 1 March 1956 at the direction of President Dwight D. Eisenhower to raise the standards of marksmanship throughout the U.S. Army. The three missions of the unit are to compete and win in Interservice, national, international and Olympic Competitions, promote the Army, and enhance combat readiness.

Since 1956, members of the USAMU have gained worldwide respect by winning hundreds of individual and team national titles, more than 40 World Championships, and 21 Olympic medals.

Both Jim and Kevin will be missed at Mass Rifle, but we know they will both be great assets to their new teams.