Volume: 17, Issue: 1 (1st Quarter 2013) - IDPA.com

Shooter Ready (Continued from page 3)
A Message From Joyce Wilson
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ammo and trips to the range.) One day, of the investment into my hobby so I
I discovered the Sportsman’s Channel purchased a re-loader for his...um...ours! Wesson Indoor Nationals. Those
was featuring a sport called IDPA. My LOL!
of you who are working this match
husband was immediately interested so All spring and summer our Saturdays
he and I traveled to a match one Saturday,
just to watch. He was sold on it breakfasts pulled from the warming to the imminent rulebook. A new
will get a sneak peek at an addition
consisted of early morning romantic
instantly! I was a little fearful. It just rack at the local convenience store Safety Officer Code of Conduct has
looked terribly complicated and I envisioned
myself tripping over my shoe There’s just nothing like bad food and be enthusiastically approved by the
which we ate on our way to the range. been created, and we expect it will
strings, falling into a wall and shooting the smell of gun powder first thing in
wildly into the crowd. All the talk of
Board of Directors. It will be the
the morning with someone that you
tactical priority, sequence, procedural
basis for the SO Code of Conduct
love! My dear husband kept ammo,
errors, and non-threats made my head
targets, training DVD’s and lots and you will see in Springfield.
spin. Then there was that whole issue
lots of encouragement coming. He
of actually hitting the target. (Honestly
Back office work relating to
even bragged on me to his friends. He
the only thing that made sense to me
the upcoming changes continues.
patiently coached me, giving me pointers
and helping me to correct problem
was slicing the pie until I found out that
Beginning in the middle of January,
there wasn’t real food involved!) But because
I love my dear husband and I love
areas. (I have quite a few we’re still Headquarters will be meeting
with all of our Area Coordinators
spending time with him I agreed to give
working on!) He is my sponsor, my
it a try. So he purchased me a holster,
coach, and my favorite range buddy (ACs) to discuss new processes
mag holder, belt, concealment vest, eye which is why I’ve mentioned him so and goals that will help them in
protection, ear protection and a shooting
bag. I sincerely hoped that he wasn’t This month I finished my first com-
much!
the important job they do. Please
consider reaching out to your AC
wasting his money!
plete season as an IDPA shooter ( a
My first official shooting event was, of marksman) by shooting the PA State if you have questions, challenges,
all things, a classifier. I shot it with my IDPA match in Hollidaysburg, PA. or would like to start a new IDPA
compact. The RO’s (at the Hollidaysburg
My dear husband has truly created a club. They are there to help you
Sportsmens Club in Hollidaysburg, monster! I am thrilled to be compet-
and your club.
PA-I love those guys and just had to ing again! I am even more thrilled that
give them a shout-out) were so helpful, he and I can spend time together doing The new IDPA website is in the
encouraging, and calm as they walked something we BOTH enjoy. (To be honest,
final testing stages, and we are
after 34 years, I’m totally burnt out excited to roll-out a new design, an
me through (literally “walked” me
through) the different stages explaining
all the terminology and rules as we a rare type of allergy to craft stores!)
on watching softball and he’s developed
updated database and a new IDPA
went. Only someone needing a seeing
club area for news and information
He’s a sharpshooter so we can compete
eye dog and an interpreter could have with and against each other at the same in the coming weeks. In phase one,
gone any slower. I was officially and by time. Can it get any better than that? IDPA Clubs can manage individual
every understanding of the definition a Who would’ve ever thought that something
I was petrified of nearly all my life information and contact details.
club pages, including club news,
“novice”. I was also beginning to enjoy
shooting more and more and developing would become one of my favorite pastimes?
My dear husband and I are look-
the confidence to think that I could actually
do it.
IDPA members can expect faster
ing forward to competing together for
match results, as well as access to
After shooting another match, a sleeping
giant was starting to awake and my
many years to come. Who knows how IDPA rules and a match calendar.
far we’ll be able to get in IDPA but one Watch the current website, www.
competitive juices were starting to flow!
thing is for sure. We’re going to have a
I realized that I should have a longer
idpa.com, for more information
lot of fun together along the way!
gun for competition because the compact
really put me at a disadvantage on
becomes available.
about future enhancements as it
Cyndi Egolf A48009
the distance shots. After expressing my
concerns to my dear husband, he gave Wow Cyndi, that is a great story and As we begin this new year, let us
me his gun and when it became apparent
that it just wasn’t going to work, he husband shooting with us. I hope you the continuing growth of our sport,
we are happy to have you and your look forward with anticipation for
bought me a Glock 17. He even painted continue to enjoy IDPA and that we
and a renewed resolve to be there
my grip tape purple because it’s my favorite
color.
future.
see you both on the range in the near
for one another.
I realized that he was making a lot Editor
Joyce
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