{"id":13442,"date":"2012-02-23T07:40:18","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T13:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=13442"},"modified":"2012-02-22T17:27:32","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T23:27:32","slug":"smith-wesson-shooting-sports-center-hosts-book-signing-for-team-captain-julie-golob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/smith-wesson-shooting-sports-center-hosts-book-signing-for-team-captain-julie-golob\/13442\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith & Wesson Shooting Sports Center Hosts Book Signing for Team Captain, Julie Golob"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>SPRINGFIELD, Mass. \u2013 Are you interested in learning more about shooting sports? Smith & Wesson Shooting Sports Center and Retail Store<\/a> is hosting a book signing for the newly released book, Shoot: Your Guide to Shooting and Competition<\/em> by Julie Golob.<\/p>\n

Competitors attending the Smith & Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championships and the public will have the opportunity to meet and ask questions of the author, Julie Golob, a multi-national and world champion shooter who is also the captain of Smith & Wesson\u2019s highly successful shooting team.<\/p>\n

Copies of Shoot<\/em> will be available for purchase at the Shooting Sports center located at 299 Page Blvd. in Springfield, Mass. Julie will be on hand to sign books on Friday, February 24th from 4:30pm to 6:00pm.<\/p>\n

In addition to the book signing, Julie will also be competing in the Smith & Wesson IDPA Indoor Nationals, a twelve stage event that will challenge some of the best shooters in the world on their skills in one of two International Defensive Pistol Association national championships.<\/p>\n

\u201cRepresenting Smith & Wesson in competition is both an honor and an incredible experience, especially considering the level of talent on the team,\u201d said Julie. \u201cBetween competing at the prestigious Indoor Nationals and the opportunity to meet with people at the book signing who are eager to learn more about shooting, this will be an exciting weekend and I’m looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first book of its kind written by a woman and shooting champion, Shoot<\/em> is published in beautiful full color by Skyhorse Publishing and features dramatic photos by renowned shooting sports photographer Yamil Sued<\/a>. NRA Past President Sandy Froman penned a foreword for the book. Topics covered range from safety and a basic understanding of firearms for those who have never shot a firearm to tips and techniques for more experienced shooters.<\/p>\n

Shoot: Your Guide to Shooting and Competition<\/em> is available in print and ebook from Amazon<\/a>, Barnes & Noble<\/a> and iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Author JULIE GOLOB<\/strong> is one of the most accomplished professional shooters in the world, having won more than 115 championship titles in international, national and regional marksmanship competitions over the past 20 years. A veteran of the elite U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, she was named both U.S. Army Female Athlete of the Year and AMU Athlete of the Year. In September 2011, she won USPSA Ladies Revolver National Champion, thereby becoming the only shooter, male or female, ever to win a national championship in all six USPSA divisions. Learn more at www.JulieGolob.com<\/a> and follow on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, and Google+<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Smith & Wesson Shooting Sports Center and Retail Store is hosting a book signing for the newly released book, Shoot: Your Guide to Shooting and Competition<\/i> by Julie Golob, on Friday, February 24 from 4:30pm to 6:00pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[116,164],"tags":[3607,45,2353,409,59,2354,54],"class_list":["post-13442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bloggers","category-idpa","tag-idpa","tag-julie-golob","tag-shoot","tag-shooting-sports","tag-smith-wesson","tag-smith-wesson-shooting-sports-center","tag-team-smith-wesson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}