41ST ANNUAL ARMED FORCES SKEET CHAMPIONSHIPS

High Desert Sportsmen's Club
Albuquerque, New Mexico
11-15 May 2009

I am pleased to join with the Manager and members of the High Desert Sportsmen's Club in welcoming you to the 49th 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 $25 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 Route 66 Casino and Hotel.

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
            Embroidered shell pouches

Entry fees this year will be $40.00 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
      AFSA Manager                      Newman Shufflebarger
      Chief Referee                       Clint Kreuser (cashdude@embarqmail.com )
      Banquet Coordinator             Newman Shufflebarger
      Local Military Coordinator        Chuck Zelinske   (cbzelinske@aol.com)
      Club Shoot POC                    Chuck Zelinske
      Shoot-Offs                           Clint, Pat, and Referees
      Computer Operations             John Daubenschmidt
      Protest Committee                AFSA Officers

Good Shooting To You,

                                                            Newman Shufflebarger
                                                            Colonel, US Army
                                                            President

SUMMARY OF MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES FOR 2009:

1. Entry fees will be $40.00 per hundred.
2. Shooting order is 20, 28, 410, 12, 12 with Doubles on Mon and Tues
3. Dependents allowed in all gauges on a space available basis for targets only.
4. Age concurrents and retired military event awards were changed to match All-American points reporting.
5. Interservice Team eligibility clarified to allow active duty military only - no cadets of any type.

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) -- SCHEDULE TO BE ANNOUNCED

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. 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