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The American Legion Junior Shooting Sports Program is a gun safety education and marksmanship program that encompasses the basic elements of safety, education, enjoyment and competition. 

Local legion posts offer  youth air rifle competition and basic safety instruction in conjunction with the National Rifle Association (NRA) and Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP). For more information contact the Virginia Junior Shooting Sports Program (JSSP) Chairperson at vajssp@gmail.com

 

Important Dates

DATE EVENT INFORMATION
April 1, 2023National 2022-2023 American Legion Postal Round 2Second Round postal match competition ends. Targets due to Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) – must be postmarked on or before April 1, 2023 to be eligible for scoring.
April 22, 2023Western Regional ChampionshipLocation: American Legion Post 16, 1301 Greenview Dr, Lynchburg, VA
April 29, 2023Eastern Regional ChampionshipLocation: American Legion Post 273 Air Gun Facility at Lafayette Gun Club located in Yorktown, VA
April 15, 2023Northern Regional ChampionshipLocation: Izaak Walton League, Centreville, VA 20122
May 6, 2023Department (State) ChampionshipLocation: American Legion Post 290, 1151 Mountain View Rd, Fredericksburg, VA 22406
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Important Forms and OPMs

2022-2023 Department (State) Championship (OPM) 2023 Virginia State Championship Match Program<
2023 Northern Regional Championship (OPM) 2023 Virginia Northern Region JSSP Match Program
2023 Eastern Regional Championship (OPM) 2023 Virginia Eastern Region JSSP Match Program V2
2023 Western Regional Championship (OPM) 2023 Virginia Western Region JSSP Match Program

   

Training and Information

ResourceLink
Shooting Sports Resourceshttps://www.legion.org/shooting/resources
2021 JMIC Online Coursehttps://ct.thecmp.org/app/v1/index.php?do=match&task=edit&match=20758
CMP Safety ManualCMP_Rifle_Safety_Manual.pdf
CMP Teaching Rifle positionsTeaching_Rifle_Positions_to_New_Jr_Shooters.pdf
A Junior Shooter’s Guide To Air Rifle SafetyA_Jr_Shooters_Guide_to_Air_Rifle_Safety.pdf
   

About The Committee

2022-2023 Junior Shooting Sports Program Sub-Committee:

PositionNamePost
Chairperson:Mike FlanaganPost 290
Members:
Kirk JeffriesPost 310
Garold StephensonPost 157
Scott HurleyPost 284
Scott AllenPost 24
Harry SearsPost 270
James LeggPost 175
Kevin GlatherPost 74
Claude DavenportPost 72

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Virginia American Legion District JSSP Chairpersons

DistrictNamePostEmail
1OPEN
2Kirk Jefferies310american_legion_post310@verizon.net
3OPEN
4OPEN
5JPaul Doucette79padjr51@gmail.com
6Josh Bridwell1097beardedvet27@gmail.com
7OPEN
8OPEN
9OPEN
10Dave Happs16smaccshootingeducation@gmail.com
11Scott Hurleyscott.allen.hurley@gmail.com
12Craig Apolonio320post320rentals@gmail.com
13Garold Syephenson157garoldstephenson@hotmail.com
14OPEN
15OPEN
16Claude Davenport72claudedavenport@gmail.com
17Scott Allen24skyscott@hotmail.com

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 Department of Virginia Regions and Districts