{"id":24047,"date":"2013-07-17T09:43:27","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T14:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=24047"},"modified":"2013-07-16T17:06:02","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T22:06:02","slug":"sig-sauer-sponsors-smith-wesson-new-england-regional-idpa-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/sig-sauer-sponsors-smith-wesson-new-england-regional-idpa-championship\/24047\/","title":{"rendered":"SIG SAUER Sponsors Smith &#038; Wesson New England Regional IDPA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SIG-Sponsors-NER.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-24085\" alt=\"SIG-Sponsors-NER\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SIG-Sponsors-NER-300x300.png\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SIG-Sponsors-NER-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SIG-Sponsors-NER-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SIG-Sponsors-NER-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SIG-Sponsors-NER.png 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>BERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 New Hampshire firearms maker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigsauer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SIG SAUER\u00ae<\/a> has signed on as one of the premier sponsors of the 2013 Smith &amp; Wesson New England Regional <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShootIDPA\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA<\/a> Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/compete\/competitiondetails\/9482\" target=\"_blank\">Smith &amp; Wesson New England Regional IDPA Championship<\/a> will take place August 16-18 at the Harvard Sportsmen&#8217;s Club in Harvard, Massachusetts and will again be hosted by the MetroWest Tactical IDPA club.<\/p>\n<p>SIG SAUER joins Blade-Tech Industries, MyGunDB, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Tactical Defense Solutions and Smith &amp; Wesson, the title sponsor of the match, in supporting the New England Regional which is among the region\u2019s largest defensive pistol shooting competitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re grateful to have the support of one of New England\u2019s premier firearms makers. SIG SAUER pistols and rifles are held in the highest regard, as is their commitment to the shooting sports. We\u2019re proud to work with SIG SAUER to make this year\u2019s New England IDPA Regional the best yet,\u201d said Dori Smith of the MetroWest Tactical IDPA club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSIG SAUER is devoted to supporting rifle and pistol matches worldwide, and being a sponsor of the New England Regional IDPA Championship is a great fit for us,\u201d said Jarrod McDevitt, rifle product and competitive shooting program manager. \u201cWe are investing more in shooting sports than ever before to help ensure future generations get the opportunity to enjoy matches like this. We appreciate all the hard work volunteers put into making events like this so great and are happy to be part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2013 Smith &amp; Wesson New England Regional IDPA Championship is expected to draw upwards of 200 of the region\u2019s top shooters. Registration for the event opened on May 1 and match officials report that the competition is sold out with a waiting list of shooters hoping for a last minute opening.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on IDPA, 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>.<\/p>\n<p>You can further connect with the IDPA community through IDPA\u2019s social media, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/officialidpa\" target=\"_blank\">@OfficialIDPA<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter and ShootIDPA on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShootIDPA\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/shootidpa#\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/shootidpa\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/shootidpa.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>,\u00a0or check for regular news and updates on the\u00a0organization\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/blog\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">DOWN ZERO Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>About SIG SAUER\u00ae, Inc.<br \/>\nSIG SAUER, Inc. is the largest member of a worldwide business group of firearms manufacturers that includes SIG SAUER GmbH &amp; Co. KG in Germany and Swiss Arms AG in Switzerland. This global network of companies gives SIG SAUER a world-class firearms knowledge base, unparalleled design expertise, and extensive manufacturing capacity, enabling the company to respond quickly and effectively to changing market conditions and the needs of its military, law enforcement, and commercial markets worldwide. SIG SAUER is an ISO 9001: 2008 certified company more than 800 employees. For more information on SIG SAUER, any of its products, or the SIG SAUER Academy\u2120, log on to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigsauer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.sigsauer.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Hampshire firearms maker Sig Sauer\u00ae has signed on as one of the premier sponsors of the 2013 Smith &#038; Wesson New England Regional IDPA Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24085,"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":[3607,2553,206,59],"class_list":["post-24047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idpa","category-shootingsports","tag-idpa","tag-new-england-regional","tag-sig-sauer","tag-smith-wesson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24047","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=24047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}