We discussed having a SO/ASO class sometime at the first organizational meeting. Is that something still in consideration?

 

RJ

Gene Gelberger <gene@theCars.net> wrote:

Hello everyone.
Harvard Sportsmen's Club offers to its members a $75.00 credit toward
membership fee of $150.00/year:
http://www.harvardsportsmensclub.com/membership.html
HSC Club members who help with IDPA match preparation and setup can
apply the hours toward work credit. Match participants who help run
the match as SOs and clean up after the event will receive a full
credit towards the next match fee. Check for need and sign up with
the match director.
Regards,
Gene/May 19 Match Director
gene@thecars.net

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Hello everyone.
Harvard Sportsmen's Club offers to its members a $75.00 credit toward
membership fee of $150.00/year:
http://www.harvardsportsmensclub.com/membership.html
HSC Club members who help with IDPA match preparation and setup can
apply the hours toward work credit. Match participants who help run
the match as SOs and clean up after the event will receive a full
credit towards the next match fee.  Check for need and sign up with
the match director.
Regards,
Gene/May 19 Match Director
gene@...

The corrected link is:
http://www.idpa.com/Documents/appwinfo.pdf

> Fellow shooters.
> Next month we are holding a Classifier on May 15,
> and our first multistation match on May 19.
> Those of you who haven't apply for IDPA membership yet, here is a
> chance to do so, supporting Harvard Sportsmen's Club and Metrowest
> Tactical at the same time. When Club processes all new memberships, it
> keeps $5.00 off each membership fee.
> All you need to do is:
> 1. Fill out the application at
> http://www.idpa.com/Documents/appwinfo.pdf.    and sign it.
> 2. Write 2 checks: one to MWT for $5.00, second one to IDPA for $30.00
> 3. Bring it to         a. next practice May 9    or
>                        b. Classifier    May 15   or
>                        c. Match         May 19   or
>                        d. Mail it to:
> Gene Gelberger
> 19 Felton St
> Waltham MA 02453
> Attn: MWT
>
> With any questions, please e-mail me directly at:
> gene@...
> Regards,
> Gene
>

Fellow shooters.
Next month we are holding a Classifier on May 15,
and our first multistation match on May 19.
Those of you who haven't apply for IDPA membership yet, here is a
chance to do so, supporting Harvard Sportsmen's Club and Metrowest
Tactical at the same time. When Club processes all new memberships, it
keeps $5.00 off each membership fee.
All you need to do is:
1. Fill out the application at
http://www.idpa.com/Documents/appwinfo.pdf.    and sign it.
2. Write 2 checks: one to MWT for $5.00, second one to IDPA for $30.00
3. Bring it to         a. next practice May 9    or
                        b. Classifier    May 15   or
                        c. Match         May 19   or
                        d. Mail it to:
Gene Gelberger
19 Felton St
Waltham MA 02453
Attn: MWT

With any questions, please e-mail me directly at:
gene@...
Regards,
Gene

----- Original Message -----

From: Round Gun Shooter

To: MetrowestTactical@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 3:22 PM

Subject: Re: [MetrowestTactical] Re: Off-topic Discussions

At 02:11 PM 4/30/2007, you wrote:

Thanks for the correction.

How do I get off this list?

I will be leaving also.  Nothing in the site description limited the topics.  I apologize for breaking the unwritten rules.

Regards & good-by,

Gary M Sinclair
A10014
IDPA SO
IDPA SO Instructor

I think common sense would limit the topic to issues relevant to MWT
specifically or IDPA shooting in general.

RJ
--- In MetrowestTactical@yahoogroups.com, Round Gun Shooter
<Round_Gun_Shooter@...> wrote:
>
> At 02:11 PM 4/30/2007, you wrote:
> >Thanks for the correction.
> >
> >How do I get off this list?
>
> I will be leaving also.  Nothing in the site description limited the
> topics.  I apologize for breaking the unwritten rules.
>
> Regards & good-by,
>
> Gary M Sinclair
> A10014
> IDPA SO
> IDPA SO Instructor
>

Rifle match?  What's that about?  Mini-14 or AK?  My AR (Bushmaster CMP model) is way to heavy to run around with!

-= chuck

steve lyons <steve@sdlyons.com> wrote:

They have a USPSA match this Sunday, May 6th (four stages, $20, no
membership necessary) and there is a 15-25 round rifle side match
with targets from 10-100 yards.

Bass River is my favorite place to shoot.

--- In MetrowestTactical@yahoogroups.com, Spammed TooMuch
<spamcolator@...> wrote:
>
> +1 on that. Had a good time down there this weekend before
heading back and doing my chores! I think I'll be sneaking out a
bit more early on Sundays and try out some of their other pistol
matches!
>
> -= chuck
>
>
> Dale Hutchinson <adhutch1960@...> wrote:
> If you guys are vacationing at the Cape this summer and
need to kill some time while your significant other decides to do a
day of shopping, take some time and stop in at the Bass River Rod
and Gun. With all the equipment I saw in the trailers, I bet they
put on one heck of a match.
>
> http://www.bassriverrod-gunclub.com/
>
> Mr. Round Gunner himself, Gary, hosted a classifier this weekend.
This club has some great views and a nice bunch of friendly
shooters. Gary let my son Joe shoot his AR. I am sure I will be
hearing about it for the next month. (Dad, when are you getting your
AR?).
>
> Regards,
> Dale
>
>
> .
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?
> Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.
>

---

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Check out new cars at Yahoo! Autos.

-----Original Message-----
From: MetrowestTactical@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MetrowestTactical@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of John T. Catterall
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 9:19 AM
To: MetrowestTactical@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MetrowestTactical] May 19th Match at Harvard Sportsmens Club

What time does the match at Harvard on May 19th start and can someone
estimate what time it is going to end? I have another committment
after 4PM on the 19th and I'm wondering if the match will be over by
then.

Thanks,
John Catterall

What time does the match at Harvard on May 19th start and can someone
estimate what time it is going to end?  I have another committment
after 4PM on the 19th and I'm wondering if the match will be over by
then.

Thanks,
John Catterall

Hello everyone.
We are approaching our warm weather (hopefully) season.
Our first multistage Spring Extravaganza Match has being scheduled for
May 19.
We need volunteers to help run the match.
Please, contact me directly via Private Messaging should you be
willing to offer your time  and efforts to participate at the fastest
growing IDPA chapter in New England.
We will discuss all the details, stage design, props, inventory,
setup, etc. off the main public announcement board.

My e-mail address is:

gene@...

Gene Gelberger
Match Director

Hello,

     I just received an email from Dale Hutchinson of the Riverside club in Hudson thru their IDPA Yahoo Group.  He provided a pair of templates to design a course of fire and the various props to use with it.  He also suggested a very good point of taking an inventory of the available equipment and props to use for the various stage setups, which makes sense.  I have cut & pasted the email below for review and attached the two word docs as well.  Chances are most of you already having received this email as well, but in the event that is not the case here, it is.  With the weather breaking toward a milder trend, now would be a good time too repair or build barricades or whatever else might be needed to be done in preparation.  I am available too help anytime.

Stephen Jones.

For all the budding COF designers, I've started a match template and added a bunch of props in a Word document to make it easier for all to create their own COF.  I stole most of the props off of some web site.  If I could remember where, I'd give them credit.  Please send feedback and contribute. 

Another thing I was thinking about is the inventory of what is in the shed.  Specifically, how many poppers, types of action-targets (love those surprise no-shoot hands), and barricades are available.  It could be a problem if we all design COF with more devices than are available.  If someone can tell me how to get the key, I'd be happy to run over and do the inventory.

Regards,
Dale

Hello All,

We have received the notification that Harvard Sportsmen's Club is now
officially affiliated with IDPA.  The Club Authorization Number is
C0542 and Darius is the Club Contact.

Congratulations to us all!

-Michael

Here is a video showing what IPSC use of the space looks like. Not
many no shoots in this stage but there is alot of netting and the saw
horse. That stage would work as an IDPA stage if the shooter took
cover.
http://www.walshimaging.com/uspsa/media/3-7practiceweb.wmv
http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=17376
Regards,
Ariel

Dear All,

Jon Green on behalf of the WPRC team volunteered to run a Classifier
at Harvard Sportsmen's Club on Tuesday May 15th.  The Board approved
the event.
Tentative time is 4 pm until dusk.  There will be a more detailed
annoncement and reminder closer to the date.  Meanwhile, mark your
calendars!

Best,
Michael J

-----Original Message-----
From: MetrowestTactical@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MetrowestTactical@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Dave Solimini
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 11:26 PM
To: MetrowestTactical@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MetrowestTactical] Re: Comments and suggestions for Wednesday night practices

--- In MetrowestTactical@yahoogroups.com, "Robb Jackson"
<robbjaxon@...> wrote:
>
> Excellent suggestions! As one of the newer guys to IDPA, I found the
> practice informative and a learning experience.
>
> I also found I"m rusty and need lots of practice, especially with my
> sub-compact, but I expect to get better as time goes on.
>
> I look forward to the next practice.
>
> RJ
>

Robb- you did just fine with the G27- that's a tough gun to shoot
standing still, never mind on the move.

Ariel- Bruce Gray is all about trigger control and trigger prep. He
has convinced me it's the single most difficult (and important)
technique to master. He's a great guy and is sometimes a guest
instructor at Sig.

One last thing- the messages today didn't get forwarded to my email...
anyone else have an issue with this?

--- In MetrowestTactical@yahoogroups.com, "Robb Jackson"
<robbjaxon@...> wrote:
>
> Excellent suggestions! As one of the newer guys to IDPA, I found the
> practice informative and a learning experience.
>
> I also found I"m rusty and need lots of practice, especially with my
> sub-compact, but I expect to get better as time goes on.
>
> I look forward to the next practice.
>
> RJ
>

Robb- you did just fine with the G27- that's a tough gun to shoot
standing still, never mind on the move.

Ariel-  Bruce Gray is all about trigger control and trigger prep.  He
has convinced me it's the single most difficult (and important)
technique to master.  He's a great guy and is sometimes a guest
instructor at Sig.

One last thing- the messages today didn't get forwarded to my email...
anyone else have an issue with this?

Excellent suggestions! As one of the newer guys to IDPA, I found the
practice informative and a learning experience.

I also found I"m rusty and need lots of practice, especially with my
sub-compact, but I expect to get better as time goes on.

I look forward to the next practice.

RJ

Hi,
After practice last night Gene asked me for comments or suggestions on
the practice and I didn't have anything to contribute off the cuff,
but after sleeping on it I have a few ideas.

1st thing to do is come to the IPSC practice some time and see how
they use the indoor space to set up stages. One trick they use to make
it seem larger and allow for more movement is to set up walls or
corridors by hanging up netting from the ceiling. This forces the
shooter to move to many more positions in order to see and engage all
the targets.

2nd, shooting targets on the move. IDPA requires that you must engage
targets on the move unless you are behind cover. One of the IPSC rules
in that indoor space is no shooting between the poles, this cuts in
half the amount of lateral distance (and time) you have to engage a
set of targets on the move. In our small indoor space this is very
challenging because if you move to far or too fast before finishing
engaging the targets you have to move backwards or stop. Shooting on
the move quickly and accurately is pretty advanced and we should
afford opportunities to practice it, but we should do it while moving
directly towards the target and not moving laterally the majority of
the time. Doing so laterally would probably be easier after we get
more experienced as a group and have more space. In a larger space
less experienced shooters will have the distance they need to walk
while engaging the targets and more experienced shooters can run it
through faster.

3rd, the order with which you move to the positions where you can
engage targets should be left to the shooter as much as possible as
the IDPA rules allow. Learning to quickly parse a course and find the
fastest way to engage all the targets is an important skill. My
impression from the IDPA I have done is that everything is heavily
scripted and the only way to do better is to go through the motions
more efficiently. We should be developing more than just shooting skills.

4th, I haven't seen any no shoots. This might be because the target's
aren't ready, but no shoots are another way to force the shooter to
move in order to engage targets much like the netting from the
ceiling. Coming to the IPSC practice slightly earlier can give you an
idea of the absolutely crazy ways they place no shoots. No shoots upon
no shoots upon no shoots with little bits of bad guy sticking out
between em. I love it.

5th, because you need to be behind cover in IDPA we are going to need
more barricades, something light and easy to move around when we want
to reset the course. The netting works fine. There are also saw horses
that we could kneel behind. There may be a few barrels that we can use
somewhere. Give the shooter a choice between multiple barricades,
maybe put a few decoy barricades that give a lousy view of some
targets. Let the shooter make mistakes (as much as the IDPA rules
allow) so that he can learn to recognize the faster way.

6th, Weak hand only, strong hand only, sitting on the ground or in a
chair, prone, one hand "tied" to an object, shooting at the target
through tubes. We should get a dummy and have the shooter start the
stage with dummy on top of him and make him throw the dummy off and
get up to draw. Anything you can think of to make life difficult for
the shooter.

7th, for general consumption (just something I wanted to share with
the group) http://www.grayguns.com/Grayguns_Dry_fire_Safety_packet.zip
It contains the key to shooting as accurately you want as quickly as
you want as long as you remember that practice does not make perfect.
Perfect practice makes perfect.
Hope this is useful.
Regards,
Ariel

Thanks everyone who joined us to celebrate our 2-nd Frozen Penguin
Match. The results are posted at:
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MetrowestTactical/files/Match%20Results/
See you all on the range.
Gene/MWT


>
> We are back!
>
> We waited till the middle of New England winter to challenge our
> Mother Nature for that match.
>
> This year we combine our forces with WRP and are running the match in
> their pits.
> Some changes to previous announcement:
> No need to pre-register, just grab your gear, at least one 150 rounds
> of ammo for your favorite blaster, and come out to shoot with us
> defensive pistol stages.
> Registration at 8.30 am.
> Match starts at 9.00 am. till everyone is done.
> We are offering a few challenging and fun to shoot stages.
> Directions to the club:
> http://www.wprclub.com/index.asp
>
>
> MWT
>

Gene, Jon, and Darius:

Thanks for a great match.  It ran smoothly and was very challenging.  We all learned something.

Not a bad turnout either for us Penguins!

Thanks go to our hosts at WPRC, too!

Regards,

Bob

-- "Jay Farm" <jayfarm@...> wrote:

Hello Fellow Blasters,

The GOAL Foundation is pleased to announce an IDPA Safety Officer
Course for March 3, 2007. Please send me an email at jongreen@...
and I can forward you the pdf if you are interested.

This is an advanced opportunity to register as I am currently posting
this notice to the Metrowest, Riverside and Worcester IDPA Yahoo Groups
only. The course announcement will be in the February Outdoor Message.

Best regards,

Jon Green

We are back!

We waited till the middle of New England winter to challenge our
Mother Nature for that match.

This year we combine our forces with WRP and are running the match in
their pits.
Some changes to previous announcement:
No need to pre-register, just grab your gear, at least one 150 rounds
of ammo for your favorite blaster, and come out to shoot with us
defensive pistol stages.
Registration at 8.30 am.
Match starts at 9.00 am. till everyone is done.
We are offering a few challenging and fun to shoot stages.
Directions to the club:
http://www.wprclub.com/index.asp


MWT

Gene:

That is great news!  I hope to shoot more with you guys this year.  Harvard
is probably the best facility for IDPA in New England.  I hope our program
at Pelham F&G will complement yours nicely.  Let us know when you get a
schedule together.  I will be happy to post it at my matches and pass the
word around.  Our schedule is posted on www.pelhamfishandgame.com.

I will be shooting the S&W Winternationals on Thursday morning this year.  I
hope to see some of you guys down there.

Regards,
Paul DiMarco
IDPA Chairman
Pelham (NH) Fish and Game


>From: "Gene Gelberger" <gene@...>
>Reply-To: MetrowestTactical@yahoogroups.com
>To: MetrowestTactical@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [MetrowestTactical] New home
>Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:29:02 -0000
>
>The boys of Metrowest Tactical are proud to announce an important step
>in the development of our IDPA chapter at the Harvard Sportsmen's Club.
>
>Last night, Michael Joffe made a presentation before the club's Board
>of Directors, who welcomed our new chapter to the club.  The board
>also authorized a seed capital budget so that we can obtain the
>targets and other essential supplies necessary to host a season of
>matches and practices.  Also, three members of Metrowest Tactical
>added their names to the membership rolls at Harvard.
>
>Please keep an eye on this list, as we will soon announce the dates
>and times for our bi-weekly indoor practices, a planning meeting and
>the date of our first match.
>
>Gene
>

The boys of Metrowest Tactical are proud to announce an important step
in the development of our IDPA chapter at the Harvard Sportsmen's Club.

Last night, Michael Joffe made a presentation before the club's Board
of Directors, who welcomed our new chapter to the club.  The board
also authorized a seed capital budget so that we can obtain the
targets and other essential supplies necessary to host a season of
matches and practices.  Also, three members of Metrowest Tactical
added their names to the membership rolls at Harvard.

Please keep an eye on this list, as we will soon announce the dates
and times for our bi-weekly indoor practices, a planning meeting and
the date of our first match.

Gene

Any info on the January 07 IDPA shoot?

I would like to sign up.

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Dear fellow Metrowest Tactical members,

    Next year will be an interesting year for us.  The Harvard
Sportsmens Club has been called by some "Daytime Disneyland".  This
nickname really fits.  If you want to drive by and check out the club,
visit the club's web site to get some driving directions --
www.harvardsportsmensclub.com.

    Once you visit, I think you'll quickly see why Gene Gelberger,
Michael Joffe and I are all members of this club.  Please join us by
becoming a new member too.

    Keep an eye on this list for the announcement of our first match of
the new year.  This one comes with an exciting twist!

Darius "Sparky" Arbabi

Dear fellow shooter.
If you are reading this, you already registered.
If you haven't done so, please provide your real name
(you can edit your membership profile).
We have a good start for brand new IDPA program at Harvard Sportsman's
Club. Please, feel free to speak-up, suggest, offer your help, and
shoot safely.
MetrowestTactical
Gene Gelberger