{"id":22889,"date":"2013-05-22T10:04:31","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T15:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=22889"},"modified":"2013-05-21T15:45:55","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T20:45:55","slug":"idpa-previewing-comp-tac-republic-of-texas-championship-stages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/idpa-previewing-comp-tac-republic-of-texas-championship-stages\/22889\/","title":{"rendered":"IDPA Previewing Comp-Tac Republic Of Texas Championship Stages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/LOGO-2013-Comp-Tac-RepOfTX.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19391 alignleft\" alt=\"Republic of Texas IDPA Championship\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/LOGO-2013-Comp-Tac-RepOfTX-300x179.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/LOGO-2013-Comp-Tac-RepOfTX-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/LOGO-2013-Comp-Tac-RepOfTX.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>BERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 This weekend the Lone Star State\u2019s top <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShootIDPA\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA<\/a> shooters will face off in the Comp-Tac Republic of Texas IDPA Championship, and the International Defensive Pistol Association is giving fans of the sport of defensive shooting a preview of the 10 challenging stages competitors will face as they run and gun their way towards the title.<\/p>\n<p>IDPA members and others interested in the scenarios and stage designs featured in this year\u2019s match, as well as those from past matches, should visit IDPA\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/blog\/?tag=\/Stage+Diagrams\" target=\"_blank\">DOWN ZERO blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fueled by the surging demand in concealed carry permits and the increasing need for personal protection, IDPA is now the country\u2019s fastest growing shooting sport with matches like the Comp-Tac Republic of Texas IDPA Championship selling out in record time.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas championship match will take place this 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 competition, which is sponsored by ACADEMI, Armadillo Concealment, GLC Shooting Academy and Comp-Tac Victory Gear, the title sponsor of the match, will feature 218 top shooters from throughout Texas.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on IDPA, the 2013 Comp-Tac Republic of Texas IDPA Championship or to join the more than 22,000 members competing each week all across America, 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>This weekend the Lone Star State\u2019s top IDPA shooters will face off in the Comp-Tac Republic of Texas IDPA Championship, and the International Defensive Pistol Association is giving fans of the sport of defensive shooting a preview of the 10 challenging stages competitors will face as they run and gun their way towards the title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19391,"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],"class_list":["post-22889","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22889","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=22889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}