{"id":17874,"date":"2012-10-10T08:25:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T13:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=17874"},"modified":"2012-10-09T22:14:27","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T03:14:27","slug":"smith-wesson-names-lou-denys-match-director-for-2013-idpa-indoor-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/smith-wesson-names-lou-denys-match-director-for-2013-idpa-indoor-nationals\/17874\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith &#038; Wesson Names Lou Denys Match Director For 2013 IDPA Indoor Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17875\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LouDenys-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17875\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17875\" title=\"LouDenys-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LouDenys-1-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"Lou Denys\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LouDenys-1-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LouDenys-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lou Denys takes the reins as match director for the 2013 Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Indoor Nationals. Photo: P. Erhardt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>BERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 Lou Denys has been named Match Director of the prestigious 2013 Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championship according to an announcement made today by officials with the International Defensive Pistol Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/\">IDPA<\/a>) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smith-wesson.com\/\">Smith &amp; Wesson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its 16th consecutive year, the Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championship has grown to become one of the premier events in all the shooting sports, making the position of match director one of the most important in competitive pistol shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m honored that IDPA and Smith &amp; Wesson have asked me to oversee what is arguably IDPA\u2019s crown jewel event. This match has a rich and well-deserved reputation for excellence and I am looking forward to working with a great team of safety officers and staff to insure the 2013 Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championship is the best yet,\u201d said Lou Denys.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LOGO-2013-SWNats1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17876\" title=\"LOGO-2013-S&amp;WNats\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LOGO-2013-SWNats1-300x71.jpg\" alt=\"Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Indoor Nationals logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LOGO-2013-SWNats1-300x71.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LOGO-2013-SWNats1.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championship serves as the official start of the IDPA season. The 2013 match will take place February 21-23 and is expected to draw over 300 of the best IDPA shooters to Springfield, Massachusetts to compete on the indoor ranges of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shootingsports.smith-wesson.com\/misc\/location.html\">Smith &amp; Wesson Shooting Sports Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach year the Smith &amp; Wesson Indoor Nationals has set the tone for the IDPA competition season with unique, creative and challenging stages that are the hallmark of the Smith &amp; Wesson match. Like all IDPA members I am excited to see what Lou has in store for us this year and know it will be a course of fire that\u2019s second to none,\u201d said Joyce Wilson, executive director for IDPA.<\/p>\n<p>Fore more information on IDPA, or to get started in this fun and exciting defensive pistol shooting sport, visit www.IDPA.com. You can also follow\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/officialidpa\">@OfficialIDPA<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, like\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShootIDPA\">ShootIDPA<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook, watch\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/IDPAtv\">IDPA TV<\/a>, or check out the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/blog\/\">Down Zero Blog<\/a>\u00a0to keep up with the latest news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lou Denys has been named Match Director of the prestigious 2013 Smith &#038; Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championship according to an announcement by officials with IDPA and Smith &#038; Wesson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,164,2597],"tags":[2677,3607,2690,59],"class_list":["post-17874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-idpa","category-shootingsports","tag-2013-idpa-indoor-nationals","tag-idpa","tag-lou-denys","tag-smith-wesson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17874","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=17874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}