LAR&R Club Est. 1906 Los Angeles Rifle & Revolver Club

LAR&R Juniors won Gold Medals at 2012 USA Shooting State Junior Olympic Shooting Championships

In Mens 3-Positions rifle LAR&R juniors took Gold and Silver medals. Kevin Sui (J2) took Gold for the 4th year in a row while his team mate Matt Chezem (J1) secured Silver. LAR&R's David Higgins (J1) settled 4th place scoring the same match score as the 3rd place shooter. Kevin and Matt both qualified to compete in the USA Shooting National Junior Olympic Riflel Championships this April. Womens Gold Medals for both 3-P rifle and air rifle came home to LAR&R's Amanda McMullin (J1), a University of Texas El Paso Rifle Team shooter. She is also qualified for the National Junior Olympics with her outstanding performances.

LAR&R's Kevin Sui was also awarded a Silver Medal for the 10m Air Rifle event. Matt and David scored the same match points missed a medal by 1 point for the same event, placed 4th and 5th.

Congratulations to all Junior Coaches and support team, job well done! and Thank you!

 

LAR&R is hosting regular bench-rest matches

January 2012 LAR&R Club successfully hosted a high quality bench-rest competition. The interests for this match was overwhelming, to accomodate guest shooters a number of LAR&R member competitors had to give up thier positions; but no guests for this match was turned away. Thank you, gentlemen, for being good sports and hosts. We will consider multiple relays next match.

LAR&R is Hosting another USAS/NRA Level 1 Rifle Coach Course on March 24-25, 2012

Mr. Bill Boyle, National Coach Development Staff, will be the instructor. Seating is limited to 20. Successfully completing this course, attendees will become Level 1 Rifle Coach certified by USA Shooting and the National Rifle Association. We encourage all coaches and athletes, young and old, to consider this opportunity. Drop an e-maillarr.smallbore@gmail.com at if you are interested. We will send you the details.

LAR&R Coaches are at the US Olympic Training Center

Coach Kimes and McMullin are in Colorado Springs attending the Coach College organized by USA Shooting. National coaches in all disciplines are exchanging ideas with our coaches on how to develop grass root program promoting the shooting sports. LAR&R coaches are out there at the Olympic Training Center for more than one week. There is also the Certified Training Center business to be discussed on this trip. We thank our coaches for their dedication, personal time, and other sacrifices they make to help our youngsters. Have a safe trip back!

LAR&R 64th Fall Roundup 3200 SB Rifle Championship was a success!

Top quality scores posted given the rainy conditions by top shooters. 27 competitive riflemen, young and old from as far as Arizona participated in this event, a tradition for over six decades. Eight young shooters competed in this year, for nearly half this was their first major match. This is very healthy for the shooting sports and LAR&R Club having its own juniors moving up from the Junior Club. Many thanks to the hard work of our Junior club coaches, Bob McMullin, Jim Glass and David Kimes.

This year's Match Winner is from our Junior Club - Matt Chezem! He scored 3193-229x Congratulations. John Giles fired 3186-210x for the second place finish and took the Expert Class. Rick Curtis won the Master Class with 3184-219x. Phil placed 1st in the sharpshooter Class with 3144-155x. David Higgins, as usual, captured the Marksman class with 3168-200x. Top F-Class honor went to Fowler posting 3192-236x! Great shooting everyone. Thanks for coming out.

 

LAR&R Rifle Team Shirt is here!

Top quality, professionally designed, 100% polyester IZOD shirt is selected to be our club Rifle Team Shirt. It was a hit at this year’s NRA National Rifle Championship Match at Camp Perry, OH. 2012 US Olympian, multi-time World Cup Gold medallist - Jamie Beyerle liked it so much, she modeled for us. The LAR&R Rifle Team shirt marks the Club's 105 years anniversary; it is priced at $45 with limited quantity. The proceeds will support our USA Shooting Certified Training Center (CTC) towards an additional electronic target. Any additional donation made to the CTC is appreciated. Make check payable to “LAR&R Club” and note “Team Shirt”. Please add appropriate shipping cost. Order yours before it runs out. You can also email Hammer Sui at hammersui@yahoo.com. Meanwhile, good Shooting.

2011 All Amerian SB Rifle Championships

Winner, Amanda McMullin 6369X411

1st Expert Jim Gains 6356X379

1st S/S Phil Massouris  6295X287 

1st F class Mel Flint 6364X391 

High Woman, Jemma  Capelli 6253X247 

High Jr. Nick Capelli 5856X149  

1st Senior Kurt Ingam 6317X327  

1st scope Amanda 3191X231  & 1st Irons Amanda 3178X180

Team Giles/Amanda 1587X88

 

 

Matt Chezem the newest State SB Rifle Metric Prone Champion!

Matt only shot smallbore for a couple of years and he pulled it together on this match with 1148-41c on the metalic sight day and 1164-40c on the any sight day, winning with 2312-81c. His performance is good enough for both the State Junior Champion and the State Open Champion titles (Matt is a Jr).

Amanda McMullin took second with 2290-71c, Kevin Sui came in third 2281-79c.

A scoring glitch gave Mel Flint a 200 point advantage shooting scope on the any sight day, score board reported that Mel shot a 1372 points out of 1200 possible. Was Mel a happy guy that day! Eventually, stat office had to change his 2533-111c to 2333-111c, which was still very respectable score on metric targets.

Summer fun - learn how to shoot a rifle

Ask Mom or Dad to bring you out to LAR&R Summer fun, Saturday morning. Many of junior shooters at our club starts shooting at the age of 9 to 14, some starts later. This is where a whole family can have a good time bonding and learning.

We have kids at all skill levels enjoying the shooting sport, they can share with your children of all the fun and opportunities this sport offers. Come and visit! We have benches to shoot with the rifle rested on a support for beginners. Even firing a few rounds can be an exciting experience for your children. After all, shooting is an Olympic sport!

 

 

Martini Match and Picnic next weekend 6/12/2011- Match starts at 8:00 a.m. We shoot two Dewars, Iron and Any sight. Don't worry if you don't have a Martini, bring your Anschutz! There will be an executive committee meeting after the match. Pot Luck picnic follows - bring your own meat to grill.

For thoes who missed it, it was a very nice day and a great time spent together as you can see everyone was engaged in serious conversations. Food was plentiful, although some made really last minute arrangements. Join us next time, the 4th of July weekend.

We should do this more often, get the kids and the parents out too.

As to the Martini match, James Gains out shot everyone and won the Martini glass trophy. Here is a picture of satisfied Jim. Thanks to our photographer - Phil.

6/8/2011- CRPA California State Conventional Prone Rifle Championships at LAR&R Club

Just a few weeks before the NRA National Match at Perry, California fired its State Championships match the past weekend. Sixteen shooters with 5 juniors competed in this event. There was great joy seeing some of LAR&R’s new juniors become competitive and rattle some of the old hands. The competition for the title was between two juniors, Amanda McMullin and Matt Chezem. Conditions were challenging on day one of the match, Amanda edged out the rest of the field by six points. Day two was calmer and more pleasant to shoot. Matt out shot Amanda only by four Xs scoring 1597-119x, but was not enough to recoup day one’s loss. Matt settled with 2nd place and Amanda won another “Bear” trophy. At the award ceremony, others had to gave Amanda some hands to hold the “Bears” and the Junior State Championship plaques as she also crowned the State 3 positions title. Congratulations.

The top three shooters: Amanda McMullin 3185-219x, Matt Chezem 3179-219, and Jeff Tandy 3166-189x. Olaf claimed the Sharpshooter/Marksman class with 3123-128x. Jemma Capelli, a subjunior shot her first 3200 match and posted 3042-94x! She won the High-Woman award. This young shooter was so happy after shooting 199 for her personal best on 100-yard target, well, her 3rd 100-yard target ever shot.

For the F-Class, Ben Serebreni topped the rest with 3174-203x

5/24/2011- CRPA California State 3Position Rifle Championships at LAR&R Club

This is a split match conducted simultaneously in the North and South part of the State. 14 shooters competed in the South, eight shooters shot 3-positions. Five of the eight who competed in 3-P were juniors.

This is a split match conducted simultaneously in the north 14 shooters competed in the South, eight shot 3-positions. Five of the eight who competed in 3-P were juniors. The high scores were posted by some of these juniors; Day two of the match the top three in the south were separated by 2 to 3 points. Kevin Sui (Int. Jr.) scored 1147-40c, Amanda McMullin (Jr.) shot 1145-33c, and Matt Chezem (Jr.) posted 1142-42c, excellent job! There was also a prone element of the match; Kevin Sui took the lead in the English prone part of the match with 1174, just 9 center counts ahead the next shooter.

The 3-position results (South):
Amanda McMullin 2280-70c
Kevin Sui           2271-72c
Matt Chezem      2250-73c

Paul Shumway also had an good match with 2177-62c. A new sub junior shot her first 3-position match, Jemma Capelli, scored 1937-14c. Very encouraging result, we know we are going to see more of Jemma. Keep up the good work.

Photographs are viewable click here to view.

Cash Donation Honoring Mr. Vic Auer began to come in

Cash donations honoring Mr. Vic Auer began to come in. LAR&R Club is tremendously honored to receive such funds for the USA Shooting Certified Training Center. The junior rifle competitors are immensely grateful to these gifts. We will use these funds towards acquisition of electronic targets for the training and development of our next generation of Champions. Mr. David Kimes will personally send thank you notes to the individuals giving the gift, and provide a list to the Black Hawk Club and the Stinkniks Club in appreciation of these donors.

5/5/2011 - The Passing of A Shooting Sport Legend, a former LAR&R member, Mr. Victor Auer - an email from Lenore Lemanski, a fellow rifle man, bring us the sad news

A monument at the XX Olympic Shooting Range in Munich, Germany, documents Victor Auer's 50m prone rifle medal performance. Photograph by David Kimes in 2010 when traveling with Team USA to the 50th ISSF World Shooting Championships.

Vic at LAR&R in 2008, with him was LAR&R juniors Amanda McMullin, Sharon Barazani, & Matt Koehler

Vic at LAR&R in 2006, with him was LAR&R junior shooter Kevin Sui, Joyce Kim, and German Salazar. Photo by Hammer Sui.

Mr. Auer, thank you for all you did supporting the LAR&R juniors. Joyce Kim is now a member of the University of Nebraska Rifle Team; Sharon Barazani became a World Champion (2010 Munich, Germany) of Junior Women Prone and she will be attending Stanford University this Fall; Matt Koehler also shot on a National Junior Champion Team (2009 NRA) and he is in college pursuing Law Enforcement; Amanda McMullin became a NRA National Women Champion (2010) and will be shooting for the University of Texas El Paso this Fall; Kevin Sui also acquired a number of USA Shooting's State and National Titles and is trying out for the National Junior Rifle Team, he is attending High School.

The recount of these success stories (the few that I know) of young people are reasons for us to celebrate Vic's life. His dedication and contribution to the shooting sport have set a great example for us to follow. His tremendous success in the shooting sport will always serve as an inspiration to young athletes. May his soul rest in peace with the Lord, his smiles stay with us in our hearts.     
– LAR&R Club, a USA Shooting Certified Training Center

4/21/2011- Capt. James E. Hill Southern Cal. Conventional Prone NRA Regional (3200)

Three points separates this match's top three shooters. The battle was till the last target on the second day. Jeff Tandy (Expert) won the Gold with 3181-204x, Matt Chezem (Expert, Jr.) took Silver scoring 3179-212x, and Richard Blankenship got the Bronze with one point behind. Olaf Westheider was the high Sharpshooter/Marksman combined with an excellent 3119-113x. Olaf is one of the "most improved" shooter of LAR&R over the past year, welcome to the 3100+ club. Congratulations to all.

The F-class also displayed a very tight game between Ray Del Rio and a guest shooter Ben Serebreni. Ray was up by a point on day one shooting 1592, but Ben gained 3 points on Ray in day two matches. Ben, as "Unclassified" won the F-class with 3183-218x. Great shooting, we know he is coming back.

3/25/2011- US Women 3-P Gold and Silver at the 2011 ISSF World Cup Sydney, AUS.

Jamie Beyerle and Amy Sowash occupied the top two steps of the World Cup podium just a moment ago for Women's 3-Position Rifle event. Team USA have already secured two 2012 Olympic quota slots for this event last year. LAR&R is privileged to have served these two fine young ladies' training needs in the recent past. We congratulate Jamie and Amy, their families, and Team USA. There is a big supporting team behind every champion, we would like to thank Coach Ernie Vande Zande for his efforts supporting our Champions. Photo courtesy by ISSF website.

Jamie Beyerle front at LAR&R Amy Sowash - middle, at LAR&R. Photo by Hammer Sui

3/24/2011- ISSF Target Training tool for your iPhone/iPod

"This very same type of application used to be available only for the PALM platforms - this is MUCH cheaper - and every bit more user friendly." according to Mr. Dean Peterson, a USA Shooting accredited rifle coach in San Jose area. I checked it out, it is very useful for paper target shooters to record and analyze training results.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/issf-trainer/id409786818?mt=8

If you do not have an iPhone or iPod, this is not for you.

Emmons won Silver Medal at the 2011 World Cup Sydney, AUS

Matt has already won the Olympic quota for prone last year at the World Championships; so no quota for 3P, this round. The two quota slots the men's 3P awarded to 4th and 7th place this time according to the ISSF event news. Great job Matt!

Photo from ISSF Web page

3/19/2011- Rick Curtis launched a blog called Southwest Rifle Shooting

Rick is doing a great job in bring up to date match results in both smallbore and high power rifle through this blog. He also supports his data with a lot of pictures. Check it out and bookmark it, you might find many familiar faces.

Visit http://southwestrifleshooting.blogspot.com/

3/15/2011- STACY UNDERWOOD, a former LAR&R junior shooter, now Assistant Rifle Team Coach of University of Kentucky - 2011 NCAA Champion!

 

3/6/2011- USA Shooting Resident Athletes training at LAR&R Club successfully concluded

click on the photo for a slide show

USA Shooting resident athletes concluded their four day training with Coach Ernie Vande Zande at LAR&R Club - A USA Shooting Certified Training Center. The weather conditions was near optimal, four days of 60 to 80 degrees weather and 8-12mph wind on the last day of training really required the athletes to put all their wind-learnings to use. This group of young people, National Champions, 2008 Olympian, World Champions, National Team and National Development Team members, are not only dedicated and hard working, but also warm hearted towards supporting local junior shooters. They made a contribution to LAR&R CTC after learning that we are raising funds for electronic target systems. Mr. Ray Del Rio accepted the check and didn't know what to say as the CTC were supposed to support them and their training. These champions are bigger than life, on and off the firing line. Thank you!

Several LAR&R junior shooters were invited to train with the Team, Kevin Sui and Matt Chezem (photographed above) enjoyed the learning at a new level. USA Shootings grass root initiative is both effective and beneficial. LAR&R also coordinated this Team training with an Open-House on March 5, 2011. The event was very successful both in terms promoting the rifle sports and fund raising. We want to thank our supporters for their donations. While we have a long way to go, we have made progress. We are going to continue our efforts and take the show on the road to meet with our prospective supporters. Meanwhile, all of you can help with ideas and your connections. Drop a note at larr.smallbore@gmail.com, visit www.larrclub.org.

Just as the Olympic Training Center resident athletes train, we had three new juniors going through their Firearm Safety Training behind the firing line. The safety training is a prerequisite to rifle learning at LAR&R Junior Club

3/1/2011- LAR&R Club Open House this Saturday, March 5, 2011

Come and join us at 10:30 a.m.  Coffee and home baking will be served. The Open House features USA Shooting National Rifle Team, National Rifle Development Team members, 2008 Olympian, 2010 National Champion, 2010 World Junior Champion, LAR&R Junior shooters, and other former Olympian and World Champions. We have a
lot of photographs to share with you, stories of the young shooters growing up. And how we connected juniors with the shooting sport.

Established in 1906, LAR&R Club is a USA Shooting Certified Training Center. Our Junior Division has served hundreds of young people for their firearm safety and rifle training. Last March, we hosted 250 boy scouts shooting in one day. Young Marines, Civil Air Patrol, and other young competitive shooting athletes also use this range on a regular basis.

Our guest list includes LA84 Foundation, LA Sports Council, Southern California Committee for Olympic Games.

We plan to raise $90,000 to equip the Certified Training Center with 18 electronic targets to better serve our young shooters and future champions. Thanks to the friends of LAR&R, we have raised funds for the 1st unit. Soon you will be able to see it in action.

Note: Due to Olympic Training Center resource needs, the National Rifle Team will not bring electronic targets with them this time.

2/18/2011- LAR&R welcomes USA Shooting National Rifle Team to train at the Certified Training Center!

This year's International rifle competition is extremely important to Team USA as it tries to secure the remainder of the Olympic quota slots for London 2012. LAR&R is privileged to have this opportunity serving our National Team’s training needs. For those club members who would like to try their luck on an electronic target, the National Coach, Dave Johnson, welcomes you to explore how it works and may be shoot a few rounds with it after the Team training. So, monitor this page for schedule of availability. This will be a great opportunity to showcase what our fundraising effort is for.

LAR&R CTC is pleased to announce that it is moving to 50m Electronic Targets!

Coach David Kimes of the Certified Training Center is excited to report to the developing shooting athletes that he has began selection and acquisition of the very first unit of the 50m rifle Electronic Target. We would like to thank our supporters; their donation is making a difference. Our plan is to raise $100,000 to fill every firing lane of the 3-positions range with electronic targets. We are confident that it is going to happen! Currently, the CTC successfully raised sufficient funds to acquire the first unit. But we still have a long way to go; we will continue our efforts and urge all members too to reach your connections supporting our future shooting athletes, in order to continue the legacy and dominance in the world in the shooting sport. Send donations to: LAR&R CLUB, note “electronic target”, and mail to Ray Del Rio, 5918 Hadrian Cres., Anaheim, CA 92807.

2/18/2011- LAR&R is now on Twitter, follow @LARRClub for the latest development. Kids!

For those of you not familiar with what Twitter is, don't worry, you won't miss a thing. It is just for the kids who want to know what's happening, at the moment it is happening. Hammer will tweet the latest news about the Club to them. Stays connected with the young generation of riflemen, what can you do except using their tools?

2/5-6/2011- Victor L Auer So. Cal NRA Conventional Prone 2400 Match

This year's match was a three way battle, no one could tell who would be the winner. While Richard Blankenship lead most of the way on day one of the match, the last 50m target just wasn't going his way. Jim Gains took day one lead by a narrow margin. Day 2 was almost a repeat of day one, Blankenship was shooting well (considered that he just survived a major surgery) with a comfortable lead, at this point no body has seen Randy Houser could move to the top yet. Jim and Richard continued there battle. Comes the 50m target again, you hear this roar from the firing line, Richard shot a "miss" finished his first 50m target with 190-15x.There goes all hope for the win, Jim isn't going to give. He is a very good meter shooter. To his surprise Randy was quietly keeping to his heel. Having worked so hard for the past few months, not shooting much, Randy had a hard time on day one; But today was a different story, Randy like a swimmer from lane 8 sneaked by every body took the match. Jim had to settle with the High Expert. Phil shot his way to the High Sharpshooter/Marksman without much challenge. Mel Flint took the High F-Class. His wife Helen while did not out shoot him in aggregate, shot a 200-20x on the F-Class 50m target. Great job everyone, hope to see you all at the next match. Mr. David Kimes handed out the awards. Photo by Hammer Sui

2/2011 - LAR&R Juniors wins 2011 California State Junior Olympic Championship Gold Medals. Amanda McMullin wins Women's Air and 3-P Gold Medals! Kevin Sui wins Men's Air and 3-P Gold Medals!

Kevin Sui honors his long time coach Mr. Edward Knutson by putting both of his Gold Medals on the coach's neck. This is the third year in a row Kevin had the extream honor to finish top at the State JO qualifier for the USA Shooting National Junior Olympic Shooting Championship. We wish him the best at the Nationals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2/2011 - LAR&R Rifle Range improvement - Prone firing line re-surfacing completed. Take a look! nice and flat portland cement concrete pavemetnnt.

1/14/2011 - LAR&R Rifle Range will be closed from next Monday through Friday (1/17-21/2011) for range improvement - Prone firing line re-surfacing. Range will reopen on 1/18/2011.

1/5/2011 - California State Junior Olympic Shooting Championships (12/18-19/2010)

The Southern California match was held at "The Academy" shooting range in Palm Deasert. 14 Juniores ranging from J3 to J1 competed in both the Air and Smallbore Rifle events. We have two LAR&R juniors met the minimum automatic-invite score set by USA Shooting for the National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships. The final result will be combined with the Northn California match, which will be held next weekend. Many thanks to Mr. David Chandler and Mr. Lloyd Miller of "The Academy" offering their range for the exclusive use durin g the JO competition free of cost. The organizing committee also appreciate the hospitality of our fine host. The Academy shooting range is located at 38698 El Viento Road, Palm Desert, CA 92211. It is one of the finest and most modern indoor range in California. Visit their web page at http://www.theacademy.us.com/ and visit them in person. You will enjoy shooting there.

After Day 1 Air rifle competition, LAR&R juniors held a keeling class, in which they exchanged their knowledge and experience with the High Deasert juniors and the Army Cadet juniors, peer to peer. The kids also had fun, on Mr. Chandler's invitation, they all shot some air-soft "M-4" at The Academe's Airsoft range.

You may view the event photo by: copy and paste the following into your browser:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=supervinfo&target=ALBUM&id=5559709103827230353&authkey=Gv1sRgCJ-p6rXnt9vfIA&invite=CLOlnxM&feat=email Courtesy of event photographer Hammer Sui.

1/1/2011 - 2011 Match Schedule revised and posted, Ray also mailed a hard copy to members.

12/15/2010 - USAMU 3-P Clinic at LAR&R a big success

12/3/2010 - USAMU 3-P Clinic registration is now full, A waiting list is established for continued interests. Email Coach Kimes to get on the waiting list.

12/1/2010 - LAR&R Rifle Range stays!

LAR&R Rifle Range is here to stay at last!

Those who follow the development know that in the 1996 Master Plan, the rifle range was proposed to be relocated for more soccer fields. After long and persistent efforts in persuading the planning officials to keep our range at its current location through attending public workshops, public hearings by Club officers and concerned members, we succeeded! The 2010 Master Development Plan Input (MDPI) Draft EIR showed that the planners decided to keep our range where it is, for the historic value, legendary tradition and excellent community service provided. Click to see TABLE 4-3, Comparison of Projects in the MDPI and the 1996 Mater Plan.

"4.3.4 PROJECTS PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED
Some of the proposed facilities and improvements discussed in Section 4.3.3 above and in the
MDPI were previously considered and planned under the USACE 1996 Master Plan. Table 4-3
provides a comparison between the proposed MDPI facilities and improvements and the
projects anticipated in the 1996 Master Plan. For the purposes of this Program EIR, it is
assumed that facilities proposed under the existing 1996 Master Plan (that have not been
implemented to date) would no longer be implemented and that the proposed facilities and
improvements in the MDPI would replace, not be in addition to, those planned under in the
1996 Master Plan."  Page 4-16 of the 2010 Master Development Plan Input (MDPI) Draft EIR

11/10/2010 - US Army Marksmanship Unit Advanced 3-Positions Rifle Clinic at LAR&R RTC December 10-12.

LAR&R Regional Training Center is hosting an Advanced 3-Position Rifle Clinic conducted by the US Army Marksmanship Unit (Fort Benning, GA) during December 10-12. Shooters and coaches are welcome to sign up. Shooting positions limited to 18. Applications may be screened. See LAR&R RTC Info page for details.

11/8/2010 - 63 Annual Fall Round Up Smallbore Rifle Championships 2010.

63 Annual Fall Round Up Smallbore Rifle Championships 2010. More than 30 shooters competed at this annual event. We are so happy to see many new shooters came out some shot supported, everyone had fun. Shooter from California, Arizona, and as far away as Hawaii made this years Fall Round Up very special. The competition was furious, after two days, 1 point and 3x separated the winner and the runner up. Rick from Arizona took the trophy again and LAR&R’s Amanda McMullin settles for second place as High Master. Mel Flint won the F-class and Zack Kofron from Arizona named High Junior. Result is posted under “Match Results”. Photo: Courtesy Hammer Sui

 

11/1/2010 - LAR&R RTC delivered two Intermediate level 3-positions rifle clinics.

USA Shooting’s Regional Training Center at the LAR&R Club in California, conducted two intermediate 3-position rifle clinics this Fall. Coach Kimes invited Mr. Bill Boyle as the main instructor for these two-day clinics. The first Clinic was held at the Santa Clara Valley Rifle Club in San Jose on September 18-19, 2010. Fifteen junior shooters 13 to 18 years of age and four coaches attended. Three weeks after the San Jose clinic a similar course was held at the LAR&R Regional Training Center in Southern California. Eight shooters and four coaches came from as far as Arizona to attend this clinic. The clinics were a huge success, USA Shooting Magazine is planning to include a featured article of these clinics.

LAR&R's Sharon Barazani at the 50th ISSF World Shooting Championships - Photo courtesy by David Kimes

Sharon Barazani Gold, Sarah Beard Silver put the USA junior women 50m prone on top of the World. The photo on the left is Sharon with Mr. Dieter Anschutz.

9/8/2010 - Over the weekend, Al Robinson, supervisor of Area A, came by to visit. We asked about the above dates and what was happening.  He said Sept 12, Sunday only, was Mexican Independence Day celebration. We need to come in the back gate off Rush, 7-9AM. Have your membership cards ready.

September 25, Saturday only, is the annual County Employee picnic.  There will be about 8,000 employees in the park.  Parking will be in Area A, even on the soccer fields.  He suggested we keep our gate closed so they do not try to park in the range area.  I will get a clip so we can hook the gate, not lock it, so it will be closed, but you can still get in.  If other cars get into the range area, the range will have to be left open so they can get out later.

The back gate off Rush will be open to us 7-9AM, bring your membership card. He suggested we get there early.  The range will be open for practice for members. It looks like the junior program will be canceled that day.

Once you leave the range either day, it will be difficult to get back into the park. - Mel Flint

9/7/2010 - Donald Lush, Southern Cal. Metric Prone NRA Regional (2400) Concluded.

Matt Chezem won Gold Medal scoring 2304-92c, and Kevin Sui took home the Silver Medal with 2301-85c

8/27/1010 - Ray has contacted the park office about the upcoming park closures and has this information to relate to members:

• Reminder, the rescheduled Metric Regional 2400 is next weekend, September 4-5, 8 AM starting time.  Be there on time or the RO Richard Blankenship will show no mercy.
• September 12 and 25 there will be park events so we will need to come in the back gate off Rush Street between 7 and 9AM. Show your card to the gate keepers.
• December 25 the whole park is closed and locked. Even Phil will not be able to shoot, new Christmas rifle or not.
• January 1 the park is open so the World Famous MOTU Match will occur as scheduled. Maybe now it should be called the WFMOTU Match. 

Electronic Target System for LAR&R Regional Training Center

Shooting events at International competitions including the Olympic Games are conducted on electronic targets. LAR&R RTC is committed to offer the best possible training environment for our athletes. Our short term goal is to raise $100,000. to acquire an electronic target system for this Training Center. Your gift for this purpose will have profound influence in developing NCAA Champions and Olympians for generations to come. Click on "Donation" tab on the right side for how you can send your gift. Thank you.

2011 Schedule posted, mark your calender. 8/23/2010

Sharon Barazani is World Junior Champion in prone rifle today (Aug. 8, 2010) in Munich Germany!

Photo by M. Raab

The American Women Junior prone rifle finished Gold and Silver today at the 50th ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, Germany. Sharon Barazani (J2) from LAR&R Club representing the United States of America won Gold with 596-45c.Sharon is daughter of former US National Team member, World Cup competitor -Eitan Barazani. Eitan is also a member of LAR&R Club.

The Silver Medal went to Sarah Beard (J1 Univ.) from Texas Christian University with the score of 595-44c. Sarah is daughter of former US Olympian (1984), World Championship (1982) Silver Medalist - William Beard. Great joy and congratulations to Team USA.

Two other Gold Medals won by American Ladies at this World Championships - 3-Posision Rifle Team (Women) and 3-Posision Rifle Junior Team (Women). Sarah Scherer also took home the individual Silver Medal for 3P Women Jr. Jamie Beyerle and Amy Sowash of the 3-P open team trained here at the LAR&R Regional Training Center prior to departing for the World Championship. Jamie also secured an Olympic quota slot for Team USA in the 3-P event.

The U.S. Mens Prone Rifle Team won Gold Metal and the U.S. Mens Junior 50m Prone Rifle Team took the Bronze Medal. Mike Seery (J1 Univ.) from the Air Force Academy scored 595 and Jimmy Cooper (J1 Univ.) shot 590 and Ryan Dunham Bender (J1 Univ.) from University of Alaska Fairbanks posted 589. Mike and Ryan also trained at a camp here at the LAR&R Regional Training Center prior to departing for the World Championship.

wet "foot ball" for the junior team members for relaxation before their competition. Photo provided by Heidi Seery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amanda McMullin (Int. Jr.) - NRA 2010 National Champion (Woman) 4780-313x. 1LT Chris Abalo, USArmy, Silver Medal at this National Championship

Amanda and Nancy Tompkins shot a 400 x 31 in the Randle Match.

Matt Chezem (Int. Jr.) won the Intermediate Junior Sharpshooter Class, and Eitan Barazani 3rd in Int. Senior.

Photo provided by Bob McMullin

Amanda is an Intermediate Junior from LAR&R Club Junior Division. She made both the International Dewar Team and the Randal Team. Amanda is also awarded the 2nd of Intermediate Junior in Iron Sight and Any Sight prone. Great performance at the 2010 NRA National Smallbore Rifle Prone Championships. Matt Chezem is also a member of the LAR&R Club Junior Division. Matt is also 2009 NRA National Team Champion in Hight Power Rifle. He has just switched over to SB rifle for less than 1 year.

Eitan Barazani placed 3rd in Intermediate Senior. After winning Day 1 of the Match, he said that the heat has gotten to him and the hold is just not there anymore. While his daughter is half way around the world in Germany shooting at the World Championships, Eitan's heart was probably only half on the games that he is shooting.

1LT Chris Abalo, USAMU, who shot at the LAR&R Club during his junior years, placed second overall Nationally with a 4786 x 344. National Prone Champion Shane Barnhart (center), Second place Chris Abalo (left), and third place Charlie Kemp (right). Photo provided by Bob McMullin.

 

 

 

New Date! September 4-5, Donald Lush, Southern California Metric Prone NRA Regional (2400); the 2010 CRPA Conventional Prone State Championships will be held on October 2-3, at LAR&R. New Date!

USA Shooting National Team & National Junior Team members of the U.S. World Shooting Championships Team concluded training at the LAR&R Regional Training Center - July 14, 2010

Coach Ernie Vande Zande and 8 members of the rifle team have been training at this Regional Training Center since Sunday, July 11. Our own Sharon Barazani is among the 8-member team. Coach Ernie and the members of the team highly praised the conditions and the up keep of the range facilities. On behalf of USA Shooting, Coach Ernie thanked everyone at LAR&R for supporting this training event. "The conditions served us extreamly well" he said. LAR&R RTC is very fortunate to have this opportunity to support the U.S. World Championship Team's training needs prior to their departure to Munich, Germany. A top level wind camp was conducted in both theory and practice. A number of LAR&R junior shooters benefited from this as well.

During this training camp, the Team also had an opportunity to listen to Coach David Kimes (Head Coach of LAR&R RTC) about his experience of six World Shooting Championships appearences. World Shooting Championships is once every 4 years.

We are so proud of these young men and women, the hope of this country, who brings pride, honor and medals to the United States. Members of the U.S. team who trained here at this Camp include: Jamie Beyerly, Amy Sowash, Michael Seery, Scott Franz, Samantha Trisdale, Michael Liuzza, Ryan Dunham-Bender, and Sharon Barazani. Before they left after the final day training, these young people got together, contributed over $400 out of their own pockets for the LAR&R RTC towards the acquisition of an electronic targeting system! What a group of Champions both on and off the rifle range! Mr. Ray Del Rio accepted the contribution on behalf of LAR&R RTC. Thank you very much! We wish you all the best at the World Shooting Championships in Munich! You are alway welcomed at this training center.

An autographed group photo of these Champions will be in display at the LAR&R Club House.

Photo by Hammer Sui

Happy 4th of July - All American 6400 Prone Match!

Match is under way. Shooters from high desert, central California and Arizona gathered to compete. After Day2's last target, they pose for the group photo.

Best cake on any rifle range in America today! It was for Hammer.

Day3 of the 6400 prone match, Rick Curtis took the lead of the day, but still behind Amanda McMullin.

Big turn out of our general members meeting. Great BBQ for this Happy 4th of July. Thanks to the Del Rios who cooked and provided everything. Some said that we would like every match to be like this. So, Ray?

 

 

 

 

 

Amanda McMullin - Winner of the 2010 All American 6400 Match with 6389-490x

Amanda also won the Iron Sight aggregate and the Any Sight Aggregate. Team Amanda - Amanda McMullin and Rick Curtis came first place for the two-man team match.

High Master went to Rick Curtis - 6378-466x

High Expert was awarded to Jeff Tandy - 6359-393x

High Sharpshooter was taken by Mick Walker - 6325-322x

High F-Class crown went to Mel Flint - 6384-483x

High Junior this year was Matt Chezem - 6334-347x, & JJ took High Woman -1372-13x

Many thanks to our stat office, Sam, Steve and Bob; Richard ran the line for 4 days. Thank you and see you all at the next match.

Range Improvement - The seniors had done it again.

As recent as last year, the club saw increase in Bench rest interests. To accommodate the public and members’ interests, the club added 10 points for bench rest shooting at the middle section of the range. A secondary baffle is constructed to supplement the primary wood baffle, further enhancing range safety. The construction took a while as each piece of the wood needed weather proofing, and the posts needed cast concrete base. All this work was done by the elders of the Club: Ray Del Rio, Bobby DePasque, James Gains, Phil Massouris, and Mike Tuck. Thank you, gentlemen!

Shake their hands when you see them next time, the work they have done was hard labor. May be you could help on the next project.

Eitan Barazani won 3rd place Senior at the 2010 USA Shooting National Championships in Prone.

LAR&R Club's Eitan won 3rd place Senior in Men's Prone event. He left early to catch a flight back home before the award ceremony. So, he was show off on his home range after gotten his Bronze medal. Besides him is his daughter Sharon. Good Job Eitan!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharon Barazani made the U.S. World Championship Team at the 2010 USA Shooting National Championships! Kevin Sui - High J2 and high Class "B" in Prone.

LAR&R Club's Sharon Barazani, Eitan's youngest daughter, will represent the United States at the 50th ISSF World Championships this August. Sharon placed 3rd in Women's prone (Junior). This Bronze metal earned her a spot on the World Championship Team, thus a spot on the National Junior Team. Eitan also won 3rd place Senior at this National Match. Congratulations to Sharon and Eitan. We are proud of you.

Another Junior from LAR&R Club, Kevin Sui, placed high J2 and high "B" in Men's Prone event scoring 585 on both days with 1 center shot count advantage placed on top at this National Championship podium.

Kevin's six days performance also put him 4th place (J2) in 3-Positions, and 3rd place (J2) in Air rifle.

Photograph by Hammer Sui

Intermediate 3-Position Rifle Clinic, October 9-10, 2010.

LAR&R RTC will host an Intermediate level 3-Position rifle clinic this October. Availability is limited. Contact Hammer Sui at larr.smallbore@gmail.com to reserve a space . Instructors include top-level coaches, World Champion, former U.S. Olympic Team and National Team members. Rifle coaches are welcome to attend this clinic, space is limited. Visit "RTC Training" for more information today.

2010 CRPA Metric Prone State Championship concluded on June 6,

Eitan Barazani won another State Bear trophy back to back for the same event. He scored 2328-85c. Matt Chezem (Int. Jr.) came in 2nd and also won the Expert Class with 280-60c, Jeff Tandy followed in the third place and second in the Expert Class shooting 2277-70c. Results are available under match results.

Mel Flint came in first in the F-class scoring 2352-96c. Awards were handed out by Club President Doug Koehler.

 

LAR&R Club, LAR&R RTC Head Coach David Kimes and competitors who shot at the NRA 3-Position Regional match on May 29-30, were featured on American Trigger Sport Network - www.atsn.tv.

To view this 10 minutes segment, click on the link and slid the time bar to 52 minute mark and hit play. ATSN is online on-demand television for the shooting sport.

 

2010 David Kimes, Southern Cal. 50m English Prone, 3-P NRA Regional 2400 (metric) Championship

May 29-30, 2010, South El Monte, CA. Kevin Sui (Int. Jr.) struck the 3-P Gold medal with 2249-61c, Amanda McMullin (Int. Jr.) won the Silver medal scoring 2233-67c, and Tom Smith took home the Bronze medal shooting 2182-59c. Photo on the left: Mr. David Kimes awarded Kevin with the plaque of the LAR&R Southern California 3-Position NRA Regional Trophy.

For the English prone, Eitan Barazani came in as the winner with 1184-69c. The remainder of the score will be reported after it is available.

This match is filmed by American Trigger Sport Networks, a 10 minutes segment is planned to be televised online on-demand. You can look it up at www.atsn.tv after next week.

American Trigger Sport Network www.atsn.tv to film a NRA 3-Positions Regional 2400 (metric) - USA Shooting PTO match.

The American Trigger Sport Network is an on-line on demand television program about the shooting sport. A TV filming crew is coming to LAR&R range on May 29, Saturday to document a 3-positions match. Please check them out on-line when you get a chance. The majority of their viewers are junior shooters.

Amanda McMullin (Int. Jr.) won the 2010 CRPA 3-P State Champion title with 2243-71c

This match was conducted on two different ranges - LAR&R Club on May 1-2, and Lincoln Riflle Club on May 22-23. Kevin Sui (Int. Jr.) landed on the second place with a score of 2240-57c. Jacob Carrillo (Jr.) from Lincoln settled with the 3rd place with 2174-42c.

Amanda McMullin also won the 2010 CRPA 3-P Junior State Champion title. Photo on the right: Mr. Doug Koehler, President of LAR&R Club is handing Amanda the CRPA 3-P State Bear Trophy and CRPA 3-P State Junior Champion plaque.

 

 

ISSF World Cup USA May 22-31, 2010, Ft. Benning, GA

http://usashooting.sports.officelive.com/default.aspx

 

5/22/2010 Boy Scouts Rifle Training was A Huge Success!

more to follow soon.

 

CRPA Conventional Prone SB Rifle State Championship 6/26-27/10

CRPA has yet posted it on their Website, but this match will be held at the Lemoore Range. Please mark your schedules as this match will serve as the State Team selection match to Camp Perry National Match.

2010 Boy Scouts Rifle Training 5/22/2010

300 troops are to receive rifle training, some for the first time. Many have volunteered to help making this event a great experience for the kids. Contact Bob McMullin.

NRA 3-P Metric SB Rifle Regional/USA Shooting PTO Coming up

This match is at the LAR&R RTC on 5/29-30/10. Please make an effort to attend. The American Trigger Sport Network www.atsn.tv will be filming this event.

2010 CRPA Metric 3-Position SB Rifle State Championship/USA Shooting PTO

South concluded the competition on 5/1-2/10. North is going to hold the same event on 5/22-23/10. Combined result will be posted following the conclusion of the North match.

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