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2022 International Club Team Postal Matches
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For more than a decade the UPMLA has been sponsoring and
coordinating a team postal competition among several muzzle
loading clubs. The competition involves monthly matches taking
place over a six month period, January through June. Participating
clubs have been located in Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida,
Michigan, Texas, Wisconsin, and the province of Ontario.
The event was suspended for 2021 based on feedback from
participating clubs. In 2022, the UPMLA is again sponsoring the
international club matches.
How it works: Each month, each shooter who shows up
at a meeting of a participating club will fire six shots at a
paper target distributed individually for that month's
competition. All who shoot are considered to be "on the team" for
their club for that month.
All shooters at an individual club should fire at the same time
and place. There are no "make-up"targets for absent shooters. The
number of individuals who shoot at any one of the clubs can vary
from month to month. Management of the monthly shooting event
for each club (time, day, place, etc.) is left to the club.
Targets are placed 25 yards from the firing line. Firearms should
be traditional sidehammer or underhammer, rifled or smoothbored,
either flintlocks or caplocks. Open sights only. Patched roundball
only. Shots will be taken from the offhand position: the upper arm
may rest against the chest.
After a club's monthly shoot, the coordinator at the club will
mail the targets from all of club's shooters to the UPMLA
competition scorer. The five best shots on each target will be
counted toward the individual target score of 50 points maximum.
Then the points of the five highest-scoring targets from a club
will be totaled to make up the club's score for that month.
For each month the UPMLA scorer will tabulate the scores of the
targets of each shooter in each club and send the results to the
coordinators of each participating club. Every shooter will be
able to see the individual scores of all the shooters from all
the clubs.
There are NO FEES for participating. The only cost to a
club is for postage to return the targets for scoring, and for
making photocopies of targets for club members for each month.
The seven participating clubs of 2022:
- Baraga Blackpowder Bunch shooting at Ottawa Sportsmen's
Club, Upper Peninsula of Michigan. (Link to Ottawa
club web site)
- Crumlin Sportsmen's Association of London, Ontario, Canada.
(Link to Crumlin Sportsmen's Association web site)
- McKinley Mountainmen Muzzle Loading Rifle Club of Anchorage,
Alaska.(Link to McKinley Mountainmen club web site)
- Menominee Ridge Runners from Northern Wisconsin, shooting
in Menominee, Michigan
- Rio Salado Sportsmen's Club in Mesa, Arizona.(Link to
Rio Salado club web site)
- Santa Cruz Muzzleloaders at Santa Cruz, California. (Link to
Santa Cruz Muzzleloaders web site) They shoot at Scotts
Valley Sportsmen's Club. (Link to Scotts Valley web site)
- Voyageurs Muzzle Loading Rifle Club from Sudbury, Ontario,
Canada
![[img:tgtapril]](tps_april.png "April team postal target")
The targets often show a good bit of imagination and artistry.
Some careful planning before shooting may be necessary to
decide how to place the shots for a maximum score.
The competition is for fun and glory.
Summary scores for the teams may be posted in the News and Notes
section of the UPMLA web site. (Here is a link to the 2022
Scores.)
More information? Questions? Contact:
- Jon Henkel, Coordinator
Int'l Club Team Match
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