We have a few exciting changes for 2025:
Match Name Change – We are retiring the Sporting Rifle Match name and replacing it with Coal Canyon Precision Rifle Match. The rimfire match is now the Coal Canyon Precision Rimfire Match. However, both matches will remain basically unchanged. (The 2025 Schedule is available at the “Schedule” and “Downloads” tabs.)
New Match Director – As many of you already know, our long time Match Director, Mike Kolar decided to retire from the match at the end of the 2024 season. Fortunately, Mike wanted to ensure that the match continued for years to come. Over the past year, Mike has been working to prepare his successor and new Match Director, David McInnis for the job. Most match regulars will recognize David as a long time shooter (and frequent winner) of the match.
New Rimfire Match Director – Mike also wanted the Rimfire Match to continue on. Taking over the Match Director position for the Rimfire Match is Brad Riley. Brad has been a Rimfire Match regular and also runs the 2-gun match at the Coal Canyon site each year.
New Novice Class – The most common complaint we get from new and junior competitors is that they don’t have enough time to engage all of the targets. So, we are introducing a new “Novice Class” that will allow 4 minutes to complete each stage in lieu of the 3 minutes allowed for Open Class. More details available here.