{"id":21885,"date":"2013-04-15T09:19:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T14:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=21885"},"modified":"2013-04-15T08:44:29","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T13:44:29","slug":"live-free-or-die-idpa-returns-to-pioneer-sportsmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/live-free-or-die-idpa-returns-to-pioneer-sportsmen\/21885\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Live Free Or Die\u2019 IDPA Returns To Pioneer Sportsmen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Pioneer-Season.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-21886\" alt=\"Pioneer-Season\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Pioneer-Season-300x300.png\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Pioneer-Season-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Pioneer-Season-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Pioneer-Season-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Pioneer-Season.png 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>BERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA<\/a> is about to heat up in the \u2018Live Free Or Die\u2019 state as Pioneer Sportsmen in Dunbarton, New Hampshire prepares for the 2013 match schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Led by a new team of experienced IDPA competitors with regional and national match experience, Ken Lambert, Dave Mowbray and Rob Lacroix, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/pioneersportsmen\/disciplines\/idpa\" target=\"_blank\">Pioneer IDPA<\/a> announced their 2013 match schedule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIDPA clubs around the country are seeing surges in match attendance as IDPA membership swells to over 22,000. We\u2019re excited to see defensive shooting competition on the rise in New Hampshire, and with Ken, Dave and Rob heading up the program, Pioneer matches will likely set new attendance records \u2013 Live Free Or Die-style,\u201d said Joyce Wilson, executive director of the International Defensive Pistol Association.<\/p>\n<p>The Pioneer IDPA season will begin on Saturday, May 18 and conclude on the weekend of October 18-19 when Pioneer Sportsmen hosts the 2013 Live Free Or Die State IDPA Championship. The 2013 match dates are:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Saturday, May 18<br \/>\n\u2013 Saturday, June 15<br \/>\n\u2013 Saturday, July 20 &#8211; IDPA Classifier<br \/>\n\u2013 Saturday, August 24<br \/>\n\u2013 Saturday, September 21<br \/>\n\u2013 Friday and Saturday, October 18-19 &#8211; Live Free Or Die State IDPA Championship<\/p>\n<p>Each monthly match will consist of six stages with one a low light or no light stage. Match registration will take place at 9:00am with the shooter safety meeting at 9:45am followed by a shotgun start. The match fee for the monthly match, including the classifier, will be $20.00.<\/p>\n<p>Complete match details for the Live Free Or Die State IDPA Championship will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Pioneer IDPA program, or to volunteer, contact Ken, Dave and Rob at pioneeridpa@gmail.com.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about IDPA and defensive shooting, or to find a club near you, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.IDPA.com<\/a>. You can also connect with IDPA online by following <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/officialidpa\" target=\"_blank\">@OfficialIDPA<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShootIDPA\" target=\"_blank\">ShootIDPA<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook, watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/IDPAtv\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA TV<\/a>, or check for regular 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 is about to heat up in the \u2018Live Free Or Die\u2019 state as Pioneer Sportsmen in Dunbarton, New Hampshire prepares for the 2013 match schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21886,"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":[],"class_list":["post-21885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idpa","category-shootingsports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21885","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=21885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}