{"id":33563,"date":"2015-02-02T11:23:04","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T17:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=33563"},"modified":"2015-02-02T23:01:46","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T05:01:46","slug":"academi-returns-to-sponsor-2015-smith-wesson-idpa-indoor-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/academi-returns-to-sponsor-2015-smith-wesson-idpa-indoor-nationals\/33563\/","title":{"rendered":"ACADEMI Returns To Sponsor 2015 Smith &#038; Wesson IDPA Indoor Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ACADEMI-SWIN15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-33564 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ACADEMI-SWIN15.jpg\" alt=\"ACADEMI-SWIN15\" width=\"478\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ACADEMI-SWIN15.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ACADEMI-SWIN15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ACADEMI-SWIN15-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ACADEMI<\/a>, a leading, privately-held training and security solutions provider serving government and commercial customers worldwide, will once again be a major sponsor of the Smith &amp; Wesson <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA<\/a> Indoor Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>ACADEMI joins Apex Tactical Specialties, FMG Publications, XS Sight Systems and Smith &amp; Wesson, the title sponsor, in supporting the IDPA Indoor Nationals. As part of their support, ACADEMI will be one of the stage sponsors for the competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cACADEMI understands the important roll competition plays in improving the gun handling skills of shooters and how matches like the Indoor Nationals provide the perfect platform for measuring those skills. We greatly appreciate their continued support for IDPA,\u201d said Robert Ray, membership and marketing director for IDPA.<\/p>\n<p>The Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championship, now in its 18th consecutive year, serves as the official start of the IDPA season. The 2015 match will take place February 26-28 and draws upwards of 350 of the best IDPA shooters to Springfield, Massachusetts to compete on the indoor ranges of the Smith &amp; Wesson Shooting Sports Center.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on IDPA, the Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Indoor Nationals or to join the more than 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> on 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>, or check for regular news and updates on the organization\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 ACADEMI, a leading, privately-held training and security solutions provider serving government and commercial customers worldwide, will once again be a major sponsor of the Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Indoor Nationals. ACADEMI joins Apex Tactical Specialties, FMG Publications, XS Sight Systems and Smith &amp; Wesson, the title sponsor, in supporting the IDPA Indoor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33564,"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":[2535,2906,59],"class_list":["post-33563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idpa","category-shootingsports","tag-academi","tag-idpa-indoor-national-championships","tag-smith-wesson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33563","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=33563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}