Shoot Program

Conservation Park of Virginia
Charles City, Virginia
16 - 20 May 2011

I am pleased to join with the Manager and members of the Conservation Park of Virginia in welcoming you to the 51st Armed Services Skeet Championships.

Much is planned for your shooting and social enjoyment during the week. The following schedule should aid you in planning your time.

      Sat     1200     Registration Open
      Sun    1200     Registration Open
      Mon    0830    Opening ceremony and Honor Guard Salute- Please attend.
     Tues    1730     General Membership meeting (after 28 gauge shootoffs)
      Wed   1730     Director's meeting (after 410 and Doubles shootoffs).
     Thu    1730     Hall of Fame and Awards Banquet. Tickets are $____ per person. Cash bar and appetizers 1730-1830.  Dinner will be served at 1830. Dress is casual, however, attendees are encouraged to wear coat and tie or dress Alpha (or equivalent) uniform. Location is Fort Lee Officer's Club.

As in the past, we are grateful for the support provided by all of our volunteers and referees. Awards will consist of the following:

            Custom Shop Remington 1100 to HOA Champion
            Remington 1100s to HOA Champions (12 gauge shotguns)
           Remington 1100s to Gauge Champions (matching gauge guns)
            Remington 870 Wingmaster to the D Class HOA Champion
            Engraved presentation knives
            Other knives
            One ounce and half ounce 99% pure AFSA Silver Coins
            Shell pouches with ASSC logo

Entry fees this year will be $33.00 per hundred targets, including daily fees. Concurrent event entry fees are shown in the program with the event description. As always, AFSA reserves the right to change any portion of the program as unforeseen conditions dictate.

Please contact your AFSA director with any ideas for improving the awards and/or procedures for future Championships. If you are interested in refereeing, please contact the Chief Referee. Points of contact for this shoot are:

      Club Manager                      Kevin Key Cell: 804-370-0326 (Iwparkman@aol.com)
      AFSA Manager                      Pat Knutson (afsatreas@aol.com)
      Chief Referee                       Clint Kreuser (cashdude@embarqmail.com )
      Banquet Coordinator             Matt Hamilton (matthew.t.hamilton@us.army.mil)
      Local Military Coordinator        Matt Hamilton, Grant Morrison, and Bill Schwartz
      Club Shoot POC                    Doug Frazier (DOUGFRAZ@aol.com)
      Shoot-Offs                           Clint and Referees
      Computer Operations             Brad Felton (bradley.felton@us.army.mil)
      Protest Committee                AFSA Officers

Good Shooting To You,

                                                            Scott Rose
                                                            Colonel, US Army
                                                            President

SUMMARY OF MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES FOR 2011:

1. Entry fees will be $33.00 per hundred.
2. Shooting order is 20, 28, 410, 12, 12 with Doubles on Mon and Tues. Note new doubles' times.
3. Dependents allowed in all gauges on a space available basis for targets only.
4. Referee events are open ONLY to those who referee the event that day, and HOA only to those who referee all five days.
5. Credit cards are never accepted at the ASSC - cash or check only please.
6. Note: The host club shoot is not the ASSC preliminary so you have to reaverage/reclassify for the ASSC if you shoot the host club shoot.

GENERAL INFORMATION

SHOOTER ELIGIBILITY: Participation is open to all active duty U.S. military personnel, foreign military personnel, active reservists, reserve personnel not on extended active duty but currently participating in service reserve programs, ROTC and service academy cadets, national guard personnel, retired personnel from all military services, and their dependents. NOAA personnel, both active and retired, are also eligible. MILITARY ID CARDS FOR ALL ENTRANTS WILL BE CHECKED TO VERIFY ELIGIBILITY AND STATUS. PLEASE HAVE AVERAGE CARDS CURRENT AND UP TO DATE INCLUDING YOUR AVERAGES AT THE LAST RECLASSIFICATION. Dependents with valid ID cards may shoot all gauge events for targets only on a space available basis.

HOA CLASSIFICATION: In no case will a shooter be classified lower than his/her lowest class in any one gun for HOA.

REGISTRATION: Shooters are to pick up their entry sheet at the registration desk; and indicate their current averages, events to be entered (including concurrent and team events), and partner(s) names for team events. Those who did not pre-register should anticipate some delay in completing their registration at the shoot and paying for their entry. Be sure to come back to the registration area if your classes/averages change as a result of shooting the club shoot that precedes this shoot.

SHOOTER RESPONSIBILITIES: Each shooter is responsible for assuring that he or she is posted properly, including events entered, grouping, classification, and scores. No squad or team will be delayed by an individual's failure to show at the scheduled range and time. Individuals failing to report within 10 minutes of the scheduled starting time will be squadded following the last scheduled squad, if possible and time permitting. Winners must arrange for the pickup of their awards at the shoot. No awards will be mailed.

RULES: The shoot will be conducted in accordance with the rules and procedures of the National Skeet Shooting Association.

LIABILITY RELEASE: The Armed Forces Skeet Association will not be responsible for accidental injury to any shooter or guest during these Championships. Attendance or payment of entry fee confirms your agreement to accept all risks.

SHOOTOFFS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NSSA RULES II-B-8 & II-B-9: That is, when the same individuals are tied for event and concurrent titles, such as Gun Champion and Senior Champion, only one shoot-off will be held to determine both titles. All ties for awards will be shot-off with doubles at stations 3, 4, and 5, miss and out by station. If shootoffs for any event cannot be conducted due to weather, power failure, etc., all awards will be determined by long run using NSSA rules.

REFEREES: Referees will be selected from qualified participants. Pay will be $5.00 per 100 targets. The Chief Referee will schedule referee assignments. Referees must fulfill their obligation by being at the assigned range at the scheduled time.

HOA GUN AWARDS: No shooter may win more than one gun for HOA, except a retired shooter may win the Retired HOA gun and an open HOA gun.

SHOOT REPORTING FOR ALL AMERICAN POINTS: This shoot will be reported to NSSA in the following format. For all gauge, concurrent events, and the 500 HOA, Champion, Runner-up, Third will be reported. Additional positions will be reported based on the number of entries. The 600 HAA event and all team events will be reported as stated in this program.

BASE/CLUB TEAMS: See NSSA rule II-D-3 for eligibility criteria. Ethics and honesty cannot be legislated by any rule book. Base/club team members must be active club shooters and participants in club activities. Shooting at a club once or twice a year does not earn eligibility. Please do what is right when you allow yourself to be entered on one of these teams. All base/clubs must be physically located on, or under the operational control, of a military installation. Shoot management shall make the final determination of base/club eligibility. Clubs must be located on or directly affiliated with a military installation.

SQUADDING: Shoot management retains the right to squad individual shooters on any squad that has a vacancy, or to combine less than full squads as necessary.

INTERSERVICE TEAMS: If a service does not have five active duty shooters present for the shoot they may include one retired service member to form a single service team. Retired members may not shoot on any other service teams if there are five active duty members present at the shoot to form a service first team. Active duty military only. Cadets of any source may not shoot on these teams.

ASSC GUN CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS

EVENT 1 - 20 gauge (100 targets) -- Monday
EVENT 2 - 28 gauge (100 targets) -- Tuesday

EVENT 3 - .410 bore (100 targets) -- Wednesday

EVENT 4 - 12 gauge (200 targets) -- Thursday and Friday

EVENT 5 - Doubles (100 targets) -- Monday and Tuesday

GUN CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS

Champion Presentation Shotgun

Runner-Up Presentation Knife

Third Presentation Shell Bag

Class First (AAA thru D/E) Set of two silver coins ( One ounce and Half ounce)
(12 gauge Classes D and E combined) (12 GA Class 1st receives a Presentation Knife)

Class Second (AAA thru D/E) One ounce silver coin

Class Third (AAA thru D/E) Half ounce silver coin

CONCURRENT EVENT AWARDS
(Shot concurrently with Events 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5)

Active Duty Military (No Entry Fee)

Champion Traveling Trophy

Runners-up Honors

Third - Fifth Honors

Retired Military (Entry Fee: $4)

                                                                                                    Champion                                      Presentation Knife
                                                                                                    Runner-Up                                     One Ounce silver coin
                                                                                                    Third                                              Half ounce silver coin
                                                                                                    Group I First & Second                   Honors Only

Group II & III First One ounce silver coin

Group II & III Second Half ounce silver coin

Tri-Sub, Sub-Sub-Senior, Sub-Senior, Senior (Entry Fee: $4)

                                                                                                    Champion                                      One ounce and Half ounce silver coins
                                                                                                    Runner-Up                                      One ounce silver coin
                                                                                                    Third                                              Half ounce silver coin

Group I First & Second Honors Only

Group II First One ounce silver coin
Group II Second Half ounce silver coin

Veteran (Entry Fee: $4)

                                                                                                    Champion                                       One ounce and Half ounce silver coins
                                                                                                    Runner-Up                                      One ounce silver coin
                                                                                                    Third                                              Half ounce silver coin

Senior Veteran (Entry Fee: $4)

Champion One ounce silver coin
Runner-Up Half ounce silver coin

Referee (Entry Fee: $4)

Champion One ounce and half ounce silver coins

Group I & II First One ounce silver coin

Group I & II Second Half ounce silver coin

This event is open to all shooters who honor us by refereeing the ASSC. There will be two classes based on your gun average.

Ladies (No Entry Fee)

Champion (Honors Only)

CONCURRENT EVENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE

Event Group 12 20 28 .410 DBLS HOA

Retired II 95.0-97.0 94.5-96.0 93.0-95.0 89.5-93.0 88.5-93.99 93.0-95.5

Tri-Sub I 96.0+ 94.5+ 93.0+ 90.5+ 91.0+ 94.0+

Sub-Sub-Sr I 95.5+ 95.0+ 95.0+ 92.0+ 91.0+ 95.0+

Sub-Sr I 96.0+ 95.5+ 95.5+ 91.5+ 91.5+ 95.0+

Senior I 96.0+ 95.4+ 95.0+ 91.0+ 91.0+ 94.5+

Referee I 96.0+ 95.0+ 94.5+ 92.0+ 92.0+ 94.0+

EVENT 6

HIGH OVER ALL CHAMPIONSHIP -- 500 TARGETS
(Shot concurrently with Events 1, 2, 3 & 4)
(HOA must be entered before firing your first shot of any event included in HOA.)

(Entry Fee: $10)

HOA AWARDS

Champion Presentation Shotgun

First in Class AAA thru D Presentation Shotgun – EXCEPT Class D where shotgun is a Remington 870

Second in Class AAA thru D Presentation Knife

Third in Class AAA thru D Two one ounce silver coins

HOA 500 CLASSIFICATION TABLE

AAA 97.0+ B 90.0-93.59

AA 96.0-96.99 C 85.0-89.99

A 93.6-95.99 D Under 85.0

Active Duty Military (No Entry fee)

Champion Traveling Trophy

Runners-up Honors

Third Honors

Tri-Sub, Sub-Sub-Senior, Sub-Senior, Senior (Entry Fee: $5)

                                                                                                    Champion                                            Presentation Knife
                                                                                                    Runner-Up                                           Presentation Shell Bag
                                                                                                    Third                                                   One ounce silver coin
                                                                                                    Group I First & Second                         Honors Only

Group II First Presentation Shell Bag

Group II Second One ounce silver coin

Veteran (Entry Fee: $5)

Champion Presentation Knife

Runner-Up One ounce silver coin

Third Half ounce silver coin

Senior Veteran (Entry Fee: $5)

Champion Presentation Shell Bag

Runner-Up One ounce silver coin

Referee HOA (Entry Fee: $5)

Champion Presentation Knife

Group I & II First Presentation Shell Bag

Group I & II Second One ounce silver coin

This event is open to all shooters who honor us by refereeing the ASSC. You must referee the day of the event to enter that event. There will be two classes based on your HOA average.

Class I will be all referees with a HOA average of 95.0 or higher.

Ladies (No Entry Fee)

Champion Honors Only

EVENT 7

RETIRED HIGH OVER ALL CHAMPIONSHIP -- 500 TARGETS
(Shot concurrently with Events 1, 2, 3, & 4)

(Entry Fee: $5)

AWARDS

                                                                                                    Champion                                            Presentation Shotgun
                                                                                                    Runner-Up                                           Presentation Knife
                                                                                                    Third                                                   One ounce silver coin
                                                                                                    Group I First & Second                         Honors Only

Group II & III First Presentation Knife

Group II & III Second One ounce silver coin

EVENT 8

600 TARGET HIGH ALL AROUND
(Shot concurrently with Events 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5)

(Entry Fee: $5)

AWARDS

Champion Presentation Knife

First in Class AAA thru D One ounce silver coin

Second in Class AAA thru D Half ounce silver coin

HAA600 Concurrent Events are offered at no charge for honors only. Please be sure to confirm your entry in HAA600 concurrent events during your registration.

HOA 600 CLASSIFICATION TABLE

AAA 97.3+ B 89.0-92.99

AA 96.1-97.29 C 83.9-88.99

A 93.0-96.09 D Under 83.9

EVENT 9

OPEN HIGH OVER ALL TWO PERSON TEAM - 1000 TARGETS
(Shot concurrently with Events 1, 2, 3 & 4)

(Entry Fee: $5 per shooter)

AWARDS

Champions Presentation Knives

Group I & II First Presentation Knives

Group I & II Second One ounce silver coins

EVENT 10

OPEN TWO PERSON TEAM
(Shot concurrently with Events 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5)

(.410 BORE, 28, 20, 12 GAUGE & DOUBLES)

(Entry Fee: $4 per shooter per gun)

AWARDS

Champions Presentation Knives

Group I & II First One ounce and half ounce silver coins

Group I & II Second One ounce silver coin

TWO PERSON TEAM CLASSIFICATION TABLE

Group 12 20 28 410 DBLS HOA

I 96.5+ 96.5+ 95.0+ 92.5+ 92.5+ 95.0+

EVENT 11

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
(Based on the last 25 targets of the 410, 28, and 20 gauge events,
and the last 25 targets of the 1st 100 targets in the 12 gauge event.)

(Entry Fee: $4)

AWARDS

Champion One ounce and half ounce silver coins

Group I & II First One ounce silver coin

Group I & II Second Half ounce silver coin

GROUP I 94.0+ HOA AVERAGE

EVENT 12

INTERSERVICE FIVE PERSON TEAM
(Shot concurrently with Events 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5 & 6)

(Entry fee is $4 per gun per shooter & $5 for HOA per shooter)

AWARDS

Gun Champions Traveling Trophy & one ounce silver coins

Gun Runners-up Half ounce silver coins

HOA Champions Traveling Trophy & Presentation Shell Bags

HOA Runners-up One ounce silver coins

The number of teams entered by each service is unlimited, however, no shooter may compete on more than one team. Team members must shoot shoulder to shoulder. The designated #1 team for each service will shoot on rotation #3. Only active duty members may shoot on these teams. No cadets of any source may shoot on these teams.

EVENT 13

HOA THREE- PERSON TEAM
(Shot concurrently with Events 1, 2, 3, & and 1st 100 targets of Event 4)

(Entry Fee $4 per shooter)

Teams will be determined by a "blind" draw, by average. All active and retired shooters with HOA average of 81.0 and over are eligible. Fewer than 20 teams, two awards.

AWARDS

Champions Presentation Knives

Runners-up One ounce silver coins

Third Half ounce silver coins

EVENT 14

BASE CLUB TEAM
(Shot concurrently with Events 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5)

410, 28, 20, 1st 100 12 GAUGE, Doubles and HOA 400

(No Entry Fee)

Winning teams will be awarded a traveling trophy. Teams will be composed of 4 shooters. The purpose of these awards is to give the AFSA the greatest exposure to the home unit commands. Only one award will be made per club per year. Therefore, individual gauge winners will not be designated until the HOA winner is determined. Team members must be members of the same base club. Shoot management will determine team eligibility. Team members do not have to shoot shoulder to shoulder. All trophies will be presented at the banquet.

EVENT 15

RETIRED INTERSERVICE FIVE PERSON TEAM HOA
(Shot concurrently with Events 1, 2, 3, & 4)

(Entry Fee $5 per shooter)

The Purpose of this event is to encourage former active duty shooters to come together as representatives of their respective services on retired teams. All 5-person teams must be composed of retired members from the same service (i.e., those identified in the Shooter's Eligibility paragraph). No shooter may compete on more than one team entered in this event. Team members do not have to shoot shoulder to shoulder. Teams will compete in two groups: Group I team HOA average of 95.0+; Group II team HOA average <95.0. Each winning team will be awarded a traveling trophy. The HOA for this event includes the 410, 28, 20, and the 1st 100 of the 12 gauge - total of 2000 team targets. 410, 28, 20, 12 (1st 100), and HOA Trophies will be presented at the banquet.

AWARDS

Champion One ounce silver coins
Group I & II First Half ounce silver coins

EVENT 16

FIRST ATTENDANCE HANDICAP EVENTS
(Shot concurrently with Events 1, 2, 3, & 4)

(Entry fee is $4 per gun and $5 for HOA)

This event is open only to shooters who are attending their first ASSC and who did not attend an Armed Forces Shoot (as it was previously called). All scores will be handicapped by gauge as shown below. HOA Handicaps are the sum of the gauge handicaps. AAA/AA/A shooters may enter but do not receive any handicaps.

AWARDS

Champion One-ounce Silver Coin
Runner-Up Half-ounce Silver Coin

Gauge B Class C Class D Class E Class

                                                                            12                    4                     8                    12                  16
                                                                            20                    3                     5                     8                    -
                                                                            28                    5                     7                     9                    -
                                                                            410                  7                     9                    10                   -
                                                                            DBLS               6                     8                    12                   -