{"id":30327,"date":"2014-07-16T10:43:16","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T15:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=30327"},"modified":"2014-07-15T13:50:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T18:50:49","slug":"blade-tech-sponsors-2014-idpa-u-s-national-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/blade-tech-sponsors-2014-idpa-u-s-national-championship\/30327\/","title":{"rendered":"Blade-Tech Sponsors 2014 IDPA U.S. National Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/LOGO-Blade-Tech.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-30328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/LOGO-Blade-Tech-273x300.png\" alt=\"LOGO-Blade-Tech\" width=\"250\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/LOGO-Blade-Tech-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/LOGO-Blade-Tech.png 587w\" 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.blade-tech.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Blade-Tech Industries<\/a>, the leading manufacturer of custom production thermoplastic and injection molded concealment and competition holsters, has signed on as a returning sponsor of the IDPA U.S. National Championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very pleased to welcome back Blade-Tech as a major sponsor of the 2014 U.S. Nationals. Several IDPA matches around the country have benefited from the generous support of Blade-Tech, which has helped IDPA continue to grow, and their support for our national championship events has helped make them among the best in the shooting sports,\u201d said Robert Ray, membership and marketing director for IDPA.<\/p>\n<p>Blade-Tech joins ACADEMI, Brownells, Comp-Tac, GLOCK, Harris Publications, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Smith &amp; Wesson and Wilson Combat 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>\u201cAs the shooting sports grow in popularity, it is our honor to partner with IDPA and sponsor such a premier quality match. IDPA is a leader in the world of competitive shooting sports and Blade-Tech is proud to be one of the most popular holsters used in the sport,\u201d said Ryan Preece, media relations manager for Blade-Tech.<\/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\">@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 Blade-Tech Industries, the leading manufacturer of custom production thermoplastic and injection molded concealment and competition holsters, has signed on as a returning sponsor of the IDPA 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":[382,3391],"class_list":["post-30327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idpa","category-shootingsports","tag-blade-tech","tag-idpa-u-s-nationals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30327","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=30327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}