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Facts & Figures— Established in 1906; USA Shooting CTC since 2010— In 2013, four juniors compet-ed in the National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships includ-ing Anna Weilbacher, Allison Villa, Kevin Sui, & Matthew Liao.— Top Alumni: Victor Auer, 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist; David Kimes, 1980 Olympic Team, two-time World Champion; Alan Knowles, 1984 Olympic Team; Billy Meek, Two-time Olympian (’92, ’96); Chris Abalo, 2002

World Cup Rifle Team — Recently equipped with 17 units of SIUS Electronic Target system (2012) partially spon-sored by California Rifle and Pis-tol Association (CRPA).

2012 Highlight: Hosted members of the USA Shooting National Team and the

U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit in April in preparation for the rifle team’s World Cup and Olympic season.

Top Emerging Olympic-Path Athletes: Anna Weilbacher – A 15-year-old sophomore, Weilbacher started shooting shotgun, pistol and rifle in the 4-H Shooting Project about three years ago. About a year and a half ago, she decided that she really enjoyed rifle and has decided to focus only on rifle and wants to pursue it through college. She one day hopes to be an Olympian. She competed at the recent 2013 National Junior Olympic Shooting Cham-pionships where she finished 30th overall in the Women’s 3P

Rifle event and ninth in the J2 (15-17-year-olds) category.

Allison Villa – A 15-year-old sophomore at El Camino High, Villa began shooting in January of 2011 and by October of that year became a member of the Los Angeles Rifle and Revolver Junior Rifle team. Last fall, Villa

participated in several NRA Na-tional team matches and was a part of setting 17 new national NRA records in prone matches. She finished 39th overall at the recent 2013 National Junior Olympic Shooting Champion-ships in the Women’s 3P Rifle event. Attending college has always been one of Villa’s goals and now she has added the goal of shooting for one of the top college rifle teams in the nation. Villa’s long term goals are to be-come a member of the Junior National Team and ultimately the National and Olympic Teams.

Matt Chezm – Trained at LAR&R for several years, now on a rifle scholarship at Ohio University. Qualified as a USA Shooting National Junior Team member in 2012 after his success at the National Junior Olympic Shoot-ing Championships.

Tony Chow - Chow has been shooting competitively since 2009. Goal is to shoot at the in-ternational level and earn a spot on Team USA at the 2014 World Shooting Championships.

David Higgins – Higgins recently placed sixth in the 2013 NCAA Rifle Championships as a fresh-man shooter for the U.S. Air Force Academy and finished ninth overall at the recent Na-

tional Junior Olympic Shooting Championships for Air Rifle while finishing second in the Prone Rifle event.

CTC Coaches :David Kimes — Level 3 Rifle Coach and head coach of the CTC, with 25+ years of experience in Inter-national Shooting.Bob McMullin — Level 3 Rifle Coach and head coach of the Los Angeles Rifle & Revolver Club who has been coaching junior and collegiate level shooters for over eight years. Jim Glass — Level 1 coach and President of LAR&R’s Junior Club Nelson Green – Level 1 coach and enjoys coaching entry level ju-niors for the last 6 years.Darrell Malstrom — Recently at-tended coach classes at the OTC; former shooter at Oregon State, competed in US National Tryouts in the 1990s.

Los Angeles Rifle & Revolver Club South El Monte, Calif.

CONTACT: Whittier Narrows Recreation Area, 1600 Loma, South El Monte, CA 91792Ph: 626-581-7340Coach: David Kimes (dwkimes@earthlink.net)Director: Hammer Sui (hammersui@yahoo.com)

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2012 Highlight: The Ole Mill Range CTC conducted an Internet Match against a

German Youth Shooting Sports Club . . . Ranks highest among all of USA Shooting’s CTCs for club activity.

Top Emerging Olympic- Path Athletes: Mary Simonton — Shooting preci-sion and smallbore since 2010; honors student at North Gate

High School in Georgia; accept-ed into the Air Force Academy.

Mary Pratt — Began BB Gun 2007; top 10 ranking in GA BB Gun 2011, 2012. Began sporter air rifle in March 2012 at Ole Mill Range CTC Intro to Air Rifle Course. Transitioned to Precision air in May 2012. Participated in

GA JOSC and invited to 2013 JO where she finished 58th as a J2 (15-17-year-old). Pratt also posted a new individual National Record of 590 in the USAF JROTC Championships along with her Team setting a new Team Record score and multiple National Re-cords. She will begin smallbore

Ole Mill Range Complex Griffin, Ga.

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CONTACT: PO Box 277, Griffin, GA 30224Director: Roy McClain (uge2255@uga.edu)Contact Email:

(EODTNT1@aol.com)

training this spring/summer. Mary is a high school freshman attending Walton County High School in Georgia.

Melissa Quartarone — An OMRCTC alumnus, Quartarone has been a junior standout in both Air Rifle and Smallbore while at The Uni-versity of Mississippi where she is attending on scholarship.

JS Fielding — An OMRCTC alumni, Fielding has been a freshman standout in both Air Rifle and Smallbore while at Columbus State University. Jay Cross — An OMRCTC alumnus, Cross is another freshman shoot-er at Columbus State University.

He was also the Georgia State 3P Air Rifle State Champion his junior year in High School.

CTC Coaches:Roy McClain — Level 3 Rifle coach and a Chief Range Safety Officer with decades of experience.

Laura Lovell — Level 3 Rifle Coach, current sporter air rifle coach and intro to air rifle lead instructor. Lovell shot air rifle in high school and has been in-volved in coaching for 4+ years. Todd Day — Level 3 Rifle Coach, Chief Range Safety Officer

who also currently serves as the CTC’s webmaster for www.OleMil lRangeCTC.com. Lisa Kelley — Level 3 Rifle Coach, current precision air rifle coach and competitions coordinator. She has been involved in Olympic- style shooting sports for 11+ years.OMR currently has six additional Level 1 Coaches, and more than 20 NRA / USAS / CMP Range Safety Officers.

2012 Highlight: IMCI recognized by USA Shoot-ing as the first Certified Training Center for Pistol in the nation . . . Sent four qualifying athletes to the National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships in Colorado Springs. . . IMCI also signed a lease pending approval of the Municipal Zoning Board of Old Bridge, N.J. for its own train-ing facility. Phase 1 will be for eight to 10 shooting ports with plans to install additional elec-tronic targets from SIUS; Phase 2 is for a 10,000 sq ft facility and will include all disciplines of air pistol and air rifle. . . Japa-nese shooter Sara Mikata found IMCI through an internet search. She came to New York City in De-cember 2012 and trained with IMCI coaches for three weeks for private and group lessons. A summer camp is being organized

for Japanese shooters to train with IMCI in June 2013. Mikata is a 2013 IMCI member..

Top Emerging Olympic- Path Athletes: Juan Pena Velazquez — 16, New Jersey, no prior shooting expe-rience when he joined IMCI in September 2011; silver medalist in the NJ 2012 NJ Junior Olym-pic Air Pistol Championship; received an invite to the 2012 National Junior Olympics in Colorado Springs in April 2012 shooting his personal best with 536 points.Derek Lopez — 15, New Jersey, no prior shooting experience when he joined IMCI in December 2011; bronze medalist in the mixed-team competition event in the 2012 National Progressive Position Air-Pistol Junior Olym-pics Championship at Anniston, Ala. performed his personal best.Jeffrey Wang — 16, New York, Out- of-State winner in the N.J. 2012 N.J. Junior Olympic Air Pistol Championship. Received an in-vite to the 2012 National Junior Olympics in Colorado Springs

in April 2012; bronze medal-ist in the mixed-team competi-tion event in the 2012 National Progressive Position Air-Pistol Junior Olympics Championship at Anniston, Ala. performed his personal best finishing ninth. A piano-concert enthusiast, Wang shot the State 2013 JO in Penn-sylvania due to conflict in match schedule. He had a piano con-cert the day of the JO in N.J.Will Marshall — 14, New Jersey, rifle shooter before joining IMCI in December 2011; bronze med-alist in the N.J. 2012 N.J. Junior Olympic Air Pistol Champion-ship; received an invite to the 2012 National Junior Olympics in Colorado Springs in 2012.Thomas Dobrek — 9, New Jersey/Pennsylvania, no prior shooting experience when he joined IMCI in January 2012; bronze medal-ist in the mixed-team competi-tion event in the 2012 National Progressive Position Air-Pistol Junior Olympics Championship at Anniston, Ala. performing his personal best in Basic Sup-ported.

CTC Coaches: Isabelita Perez — Coach Certifica-tion level 3; Perez is President of Vizcaya Bank and concurrently Director of Financial Manage-ment at City University of New York. She was a Principal and Senior Vice President of Geneva Capital; President of her con-sulting company Perez Business Development Corporation with clients that include listed corpo-rations in the United States and Europe. Perez has a MBA in fi-nance and completed advanced studies in Strategic Financial Analysis from Harvard Busi-ness School; Wharton School and St. John’s University. She is a certified Level 3 Coach and competes as a sharpshooter in bullseye and international pistol competitions. She also shoots trap, sporting clays and rifle.Norm Glitz — Coach Certification Level 1; pilot, engineer, a master in conventional pistol, an expert in rifle and a certified coach, Glitz flew with the U.S.

International Marksmanship Center Monroe Township, N.J.

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2012 Highlight: Ranked as the Top Club Teamduring the 2012 ProgressivePistol Championships.

Top Emerging Olympic- Path Athletes:

There are several juniors that are improving to the point where they may be competing for a place on the Junior National Team in the near future.

Amy Fister — Has been train-ing at the Palmyra CTC since September, is a senior in high school and will be going to the University of Memphis. Fister is a junior in the Onteluanee Rifle Program and has competed in the National Junior Olympics last year. There are three others that are members of the Palmyra Rifle Team that are all juniors in high school and all have the desire to compete in a NCAA program in college.Josh Martin — Goes to Derry Township in Hershey, Pa. and had a tremendous season last year, winning the J2 title in both small-

bore events at the Junior Olym-pics as well as the J2 title in 3P at the USAS Nationals.Luke Johnson — Goes to Susquen-tita High School and is an avid baseball player, has really im-proved his air rifle event. Al-though he qualified for JORCs last year, he did not go due to conflicts. He will be attending this year. Luke is a very strong standing shooter in part due to his experience from silhouette shooting.Alex Gestl — From Palmyra High School, has also been very steady in his climb to where he is at now. He also shows a high

degree of poise in several of the local finals that he has compet-ed in.

CTC coaches: Erin Gestl — Recently received his Level 3 certification and am also certified to teach the Level 3 course when my teaching sched-ule allows.

Air Force during the Vietnam War. Glitz is Distinguished in service pistol (CMP) and revolver (NRA). He competes in air pistol events and in AR-15 NRA high power rifle matches. He also shoots trap and sporting clays.Mike Westock — Coach Certifi-cation level 1; he is a multiple winner of his class in state out-door championships and overall winner in NJ and PA Indoor State Pistol Championships. Classified

as a High Master, he’s earned his Distinguished Shooter badges in both service pistol and revolver. Mike has made the NRA/USA Ci-vilian Marksmanship team twice and recently became a member of the prestigious U.S. Mayleigh Cup Pistol Team. A certified pis-tol instructor and coach, Mike is a renowned coach for his junior training program in New Jersey which has earned his young athletes national recognition in

bullseye competitions and col-lege scholarships. Vince Maiorino — Certified Coach – head coach for John Jay Crimi-nal Justice Rifle Team and newly-appointed IMCI Trustee replacing Joe Sundra. Ray Dudzinski, Trustee/Director — A Security expert and President of his company PEI System, Inc. Mr. Dudzinski is the President of the New York Athletic Club/Pistol Club and also served as the Sec-

retary of the NYAC. He is a certi-fied Coach Level 1 and an expert in action shooting.

Palmyra Sportsmen’s Association Palmyra, Pa.

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CONTACT: Palmyra Sportsmen’s Assoc. PO Box 142, Palmyra, PA 17078717-832-3385Coach: Erin GestlContact Email: (egestl@wcupa.edu)

CONTACT: PO Box 6445Monroe Twp, NJ 08831Contact: Isabelita (Belita) PerezContact Email: (internationalpistol@gmail.com)Contact Email:

(nglitz@optonline.net)

Team Shooting Stars evolved from an earlier club in 2008 when Coach Brooks Brinson and a small group of junior and adult shooters took it through the pro-cess to become a 501(C)(3) organization. Since then, Dallas-based Team Shooting Stars has

grown into a thriving organization with a committed group of junior and adult shooters, parents, vol-unteers and coaches.

Team Shooting Stars is the only club in Texas currently hosting smallbore and centerfire pistol PTOs, which they hold 6-8 times per year. They shoot sport pistol, free pistol, standard pistol and centerfire pistol in their matches. Shooters come from all over the state to participate.

They have hosted the State Ju-

nior Olympic Championships for over five years. In 2011, they hosted a shooting clinic featur-ing members of the US Army Marksmanship Unit. They also regularly volunteer with the Dal-las Safari Club in training ju-niors and adults at their Youth S.A.F.E.T.Y. Extravaganza.

Top Emerging Olympic- Path Athletes: Taylor Gallegos (Prosper, Texas) has been on the National Junior Team for several years and has competed internationally

Team Shooting Stars Coppell, Texas

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with USA Shooting including the Meeting of the Shooting Hopes in Plzen, Czech Republic. Gallegosrecently won the bronze medal at the 2013 NJOSC in Sport Pistol. She is a multi-year National and State JOSC champion in her age class.

Ariel Hall (North Richland Hills, Texas) is a fast-developing J3 rifle shooter who has shown tre-mendous discipline in her train-ing and in executing consistently in matches at both the local and national level. Hall recently won the silver medal at the 2013 NJOSC in both Air Rifle and 3-Po-

sition Smallbore Rifle for the J3 age class.

CTC Coaches:Head Coach Dave Schaller (Car-rollton, Texas) is a former All-American pistol shooter who

competed on the MIT Pistol Team. Schaller focused on the International Rapid Fire pistol event, competing on a national level through the 2004 Olympic tryouts and earned his Distin-guished Pistol Badge in 1997. In addition to his extensive pis-tol expertise, Dave is also a USA Shooting Level 2 Rifle Coach. Cep Gallegos is an NRA-Certified Rifle Coach and father to team members Taylor and Devin Gal-legos. Dr. Kathy Varadi (Dallas, Texas) is a USA Shooting Level 2 Pistol Coach and regular medal-ist at the national level in the S1 class. Several other adult shoot-

ers serve in coaching roles and are pursuing certification, includ-ing Matt Cole (McKinney, Texas), Dr. Ricardo Azpiroz (Dallas, Texas), and Anthony Hall (North Richland Hills, Texas).

CONTACT: Team Shooting Stars 820 South MacArthur Blvd.Suite 105-138Coppell, TX 75019Head Coach: Dave SchallerContact: Matt ColeContact Email: (info@team-shootingstars.org)

Keystone Shooting Park (KSP) first opened its doors to Olym-pic shotgun sports athletes on May 1, 2011. Keystone is the first “Fully Automated” Olympic shotgun sports range in not only the United States, but the entire world. Operated on a smart key card system, this benefit allows athletes to train at a time and frequency which meets their schedule. For the first time ever, Olympic shooting athletes and enthusiasts from all over the United States have the oppor-tunity to train in an uninhibited and constructive environment at a range complex that offers un-equalled access.

KSP is located in southern part of Northumberland County, Pa., which is 45 minutes north of Harrisburg. KSP currently has one covered superimposed Olympic Trap/Skeet combina-tion field, with plans to add two

more in the future. The range is also conveniently located close to both a regional airport (Har-risburg International Airport) as well as a major international air-port (Philadelphia International Airport) to better serve their ath-letes.

In conjunction with the Euro-pean styling of the range, KSP of-fers training aids to their athletes in order to better assist in their development and simulate the exact same target presentations that athletes will face abroad

in world-level competitions. The KSP venue offers the most com-plete and realistic high end Eu-ropean style training available in North America. Many of the World Cups, World Cup Finals and World Championships are conducted on this exact same package, so KSP will now be able to completely emulate the same training platform as the Euro-pean national teams now enjoy. Their motto is “If you want to compete against the best, then you have to train like the best.”

Aside from its forward look-ing range design and operational features, KSP’s schedule of events makes it the most active Olympic shotgun sports venue in North America. Hosting 13 competitions this year as well as two USAS Junior Olympic State Championships, three SCTP re-gional and state championships, their annual Junior Olympic De-velopment Camp, a High Perfor-mance Camp for elite athletes, and several Certified Training Center Mini-Camp events, there’s

Keystone Shooting Park Elizabethville, Pa.

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