{"id":22756,"date":"2013-05-20T09:29:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T14:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=22756"},"modified":"2013-05-18T12:52:21","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T17:52:21","slug":"glc-shooting-academy-sponsors-comp-tac-republic-of-texas-idpa-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/glc-shooting-academy-sponsors-comp-tac-republic-of-texas-idpa-championship\/22756\/","title":{"rendered":"GLC Shooting Academy Sponsors Comp-Tac Republic Of Texas IDPA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RepOfTX-GLC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-22761\" alt=\"GLC Shooting Academy Stage Sponsor\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RepOfTX-GLC-300x300.png\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RepOfTX-GLC-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RepOfTX-GLC-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RepOfTX-GLC-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RepOfTX-GLC.png 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>BERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 The International Defensive Pistol Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShootIDPA\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA<\/a>) announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glcshootingacademy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GLC Shooting Academy<\/a>, a Texas based shooting school founded by Gordon Carrell and dedicated to improving shooters\u2019 skills for recreation, competition or self-defense, has signed on as a stage sponsor of the 2013 Comp-Tac Republic of Texas IDPA Championship.<\/p>\n<p>GLC Shooting Academy joins ACADEMI, 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>\u201cGordon Carrell is one of IDPA\u2019s top, and most respected shooters. He has also given back to the sport, dedicating his time and talents to making IDPA the best it can be. GLC Shooting Academy\u2019s support of the Comp-Tac Republic of Texas IDPA Championship is just one more example of Gordon\u2019s commitment to his fellow shooters,\u201d said Joyce Wilson, executive director of IDPA.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to sponsoring the match, Carrell, who has been the reigning Texas Stock Service Pistol division champion for the last 10 years, will be competing this year in the Enhanced Service Pistol division.<\/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 GLC Shooting Academy, a Texas based shooting school founded by Gordon Carrell and dedicated to improving shooters\u2019 skills for recreation, competition or self-defense, 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":22761,"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":[2805,754,521],"class_list":["post-22756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idpa","category-shootingsports","tag-2013-republic-of-texas-idpa-championship","tag-comp-tac","tag-gordon-carrell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22756","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=22756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}