{"id":29967,"date":"2014-06-17T13:37:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T18:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=29967"},"modified":"2014-06-16T14:52:42","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T19:52:42","slug":"wilson-combat-back-as-major-sponsor-of-2014-idpa-u-s-national-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wilson-combat-back-as-major-sponsor-of-2014-idpa-u-s-national-championship\/29967\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson Combat Back As Major Sponsor Of 2014 IDPA U.S. National Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/WilsonCombatLogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-20756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/WilsonCombatLogo-300x85.jpg\" alt=\"WilsonCombatLogo\" width=\"250\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/WilsonCombatLogo-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/WilsonCombatLogo.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>BERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 The International Defensive Pistol Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA<\/a>) announced that Wilson Combat, the famed 1911 manufacturer, is back as one of the major sponsors of IDPA\u2019s annual U.S. National Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson Combat joins the National Shooting Sports Foundation as a gold level sponsor of the championship which takes place September 9 thru 13 at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usshootingacademy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Shooting Academy<\/a> in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The match is expected to draw over 300 of the sport\u2019s top shooters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very pleased to have the ongoing support of Wilson Combat, one of the most recognized names in custom 1911 pistols for competition and personal defense use, as well as a favorite among many IDPA members,\u201d said Robert Ray, membership and marketing director for IDPA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWilson Combat is excited to be back as a sponsor of the 2014 IDPA U.S National Championships. We are extremely proud of IDPA and everything it does for shooting sports around the nation. We look forward to supporting this match for many years to come,\u201d Tressa Bohannan, marketing director for Wilson Combat.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on IDPA, or to join the nearly 24,000 IDPA members competing each week, 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IDPA announced that Wilson Combat, the famed 1911 manufacturer, is back as one of the major sponsors of IDPA\u2019s annual U.S. National Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"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":[3386,3607,62],"class_list":["post-29967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idpa","category-shootingsports","tag-2014-u-s-nationals","tag-idpa","tag-wilson-combat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29967","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=29967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}