{"id":19742,"date":"2013-01-11T08:13:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=19742"},"modified":"2013-01-11T08:13:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T14:13:00","slug":"idpa-taps-john-may-for-match-director-of-2013-national-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/idpa-taps-john-may-for-match-director-of-2013-national-championship\/19742\/","title":{"rendered":"IDPA Taps John May for Match Director of 2013 National Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/idpa-national-championships-return-to-tulsas-u-s-shooting-academy\/19577\/logo-idpa180-9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19578\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19578\" alt=\"IDPA logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/LOGO-IDPA180.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/LOGO-IDPA180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/LOGO-IDPA180-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/LOGO-IDPA180-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>BERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 The International Defensive Pistol Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA<\/a>) announced that John May has been named match director for the 2013 IDPA National Championships, marking the fifth time May takes the reigns of the organizations pinnacle match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with great pleasure that we welcome back John May as our Nationals match director,\u201d said Joyce Wilson, executive director for IDPA. \u201cNo one else has the breadth of experience that John has when it comes to running IDPA\u2019s biggest event. With a well-known reputation and a design philosophy that mirrors the fundamentals of IDPA, I know John will give IDPA members our best Nationals yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>May previously served as match director for the IDPA National Championships in 2003 thru 2006 when the event was hosted by the Central Arkansas Shooters Association (CASA). During that period the host club and match staff under May\u2019s direction created an atmosphere of \u201cmi casa es su casa\u201d which helped build IDPA\u2019s identity as one of the more social of the shooting sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored to once again serve as IDPA\u2019s match director for the Nationals. For the last 16 years IDPA has grown into what is today one of the largest and most important competitive shooting organizations in the country. I am proud of the small role I played to create the fellowship of like-minded shooters that exists in IDPA today, and look forward to working with a talented team of safety officers and match staff to insure that culture of match excellence continues in the future,\u201d said May.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by the U.S. Shooting Academy in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the 2013 IDPA National Championships will take place September 19 thru 21 and are again expected to draw over 300 of the sport\u2019s top shooters.<\/p>\n<p>IDPA headquarters will announce complete match registration details for the 2013 National Championships in the coming months. Companies interested in sponsoring the 2013 IDPA National Championships should contact Robert Ray at IDPA headquarters at (870) 545-3886.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on IDPA, the IDPA National Championships or to get started in this fun and exciting defensive pistol shooting sport, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.IDPA.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.IDPA.com<\/a>. You can also connect with IDPA online by following\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/officialidpa\" target=\"_blank\">@OfficialIDPA<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, like\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShootIDPA\" target=\"_blank\">ShootIDPA<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook, watch\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/IDPAtv\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA TV<\/a>, or check for regular news and updates on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/blog\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">DOWN ZERO Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IDPA announced that John May has been named match director for the 2013 IDPA National Championships, marking the fifth time May takes the reigns of the organizations pinnacle match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[164,2597],"tags":[2817,2838],"class_list":["post-19742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idpa","category-shootingsports","tag-2013-idpa-nationals","tag-john-may"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19742","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=19742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}