{"id":30595,"date":"2014-07-30T11:09:45","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T16:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=30595"},"modified":"2014-07-29T17:03:11","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T22:03:11","slug":"apex-back-as-sponsor-of-smith-wesson-idpa-back-up-gun-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/apex-back-as-sponsor-of-smith-wesson-idpa-back-up-gun-nationals\/30595\/","title":{"rendered":"Apex Back As Sponsor Of Smith &#038; Wesson IDPA Back Up Gun Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/LOGO-Apex-Tactical.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-19282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/LOGO-Apex-Tactical-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"Apex Tactical Specialties logo\" width=\"250\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/LOGO-Apex-Tactical-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/LOGO-Apex-Tactical.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>BERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 Officials with the International Defensive Pistol Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA<\/a>) announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apextactical.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Apex Tactical Specialties<\/a> has once again signed on as a major sponsor of the Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Back Up Gun Nationals taking place November 6-8, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>As part of their support Apex will be one of the stage sponsors for the competition. The company will be represented in the match by Team Apex\u2019s Scott and Maddy Folk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year\u2019s Smith &amp; Wesson Back Up Gun Nationals was one of the best events of the season and we could not wait to be a part of this year\u2019s championship. Apex is proud to continue its support of IDPA and the championships hosted by Smith &amp; Wesson,\u201d said Scott Folk of Apex.<\/p>\n<p>The 2014 Back Up Gun Nationals will be held on the indoor ranges of the company\u2019s Shooting Sports Center. Match officials estimate that 300 top IDPA shooters will be on hand to contest the national title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIDPA matches rely on the generous support of companies like Apex Tactical Specialties. Thanks to their sponsorship, the 2014 Back Up Gun Nationals is sure to be another huge success,\u201d said Robert Ray, membership and marketing director for IDPA.<\/p>\n<p>Registration for the match has begun and just a handful of slots are still available for those interested in competing. Registration is being conducted online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matchreg.com\/BUG\/\" target=\"_blank\">MatchReg.com\/BUG<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on IDPA, the Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Back Up Gun Nationals or to join the nearly 24,000 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>BERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 Officials with the International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) announced that Apex Tactical Specialties has once again signed on as a major sponsor of the Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Back Up Gun Nationals taking place November 6-8, 2014. As part of their support Apex will be one of the stage sponsors for the [&hellip;]<\/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":[3394,489,59],"class_list":["post-30595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idpa","category-shootingsports","tag-2014-back-up-gun-nationals","tag-apex-tactical","tag-smith-wesson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30595","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=30595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}