{"id":22147,"date":"2013-04-24T09:23:01","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T14:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=22147"},"modified":"2013-04-23T17:28:59","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T22:28:59","slug":"academi-sponsors-comp-tac-republic-of-texas-idpa-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/academi-sponsors-comp-tac-republic-of-texas-idpa-championship\/22147\/","title":{"rendered":"ACADEMI Sponsors Comp-Tac Republic Of Texas IDPA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RepOfTX-ACADEMI.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-22148\" alt=\"RepOfTX-ACADEMI\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RepOfTX-ACADEMI-300x300.png\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RepOfTX-ACADEMI-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RepOfTX-ACADEMI-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RepOfTX-ACADEMI-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RepOfTX-ACADEMI.png 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>BERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 The International Defensive Pistol Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA<\/a>) announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.academi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ACADEMI<\/a>, a leading, privately-held training and security solutions provider serving government and commercial customers worldwide, has signed on as a stage sponsor of the 2013 Comp-Tac Republic of Texas IDPA Championship.<\/p>\n<p>ACADEMI joins Armadillo Concealment and Comp-Tac Victory Gear, the title sponsor of the match, in supporting the Lone Star State\u2019s premier defensive pistol shooting competition and state championship match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cACADEMI continues to support the ongoing growth of IDPA through their generous sponsorship of matches like the Comp-Tac Republic of Texas Championship. On behalf of IDPA\u2019s more than 22,000 members, I applaud ACADEMI\u2019s commitment to the shooting sports,\u201d said Robert Ray.<\/p>\n<p>Taking place on Saturday, May 25 on the northwest side of Houston at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimpactzonerange.com\/Home_Page.html\" target=\"_blank\">Impactzone Range<\/a> in Hempstead, the sold-out Comp-Tac Republic of Texas IDPA Championship will feature 218 top shooters from throughout Texas, all vying for the championship title in Custom Defensive Pistol, Enhanced Service Pistol, Stock Service Pistol, Stock Service Revolver or Enhanced Service Revolver, the five divisions in IDPA competition.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on IDPA, the 2013 Comp-Tac Republic of Texas IDPA Championship or to get started in this fun and exciting defensive pistol shooting sport, 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 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 ACADEMI, a leading, privately-held training and security solutions provider serving government and commercial customers worldwide, has signed on as a stage sponsor of the 2013 Comp-Tac Republic of Texas IDPA Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22148,"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":[2805,2535,754],"class_list":["post-22147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idpa","category-shootingsports","tag-2013-republic-of-texas-idpa-championship","tag-academi","tag-comp-tac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22147","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=22147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}