{"id":2570,"date":"2024-06-24T16:22:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T16:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/?p=2570"},"modified":"2024-06-24T16:22:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T16:22:20","slug":"geoff-branson-earns-distinguished-rifleman-badge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/2024\/06\/24\/geoff-branson-earns-distinguished-rifleman-badge\/","title":{"rendered":"Geoff Branson Earns Distinguished Rifleman Badge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Well,\nit took two years, but it was worth it.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/em><\/strong>Geoff Branson Receives Distinguished Rifleman
Badge from FWRR Distinguished Rifleman Mike King<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Geoff started his Distinguished Rifleman journey in June of 2022, earning 6 Distinguished points in the infamous boat match (the day the boat ran up on the rocks at Viale range).\u00a0 He earned 10 points at the Camp Perry NTI matches in 2022 and 2023.\u00a0 But, pursuit of Distinguished can be frustrating.\u00a0 Geoff took First Leather several times at other matches –\u00a0and at Camp Atterbury last weekend he missed the cut by several points while his daughter Miss Emma took home her first eight points.\u00a0 But Camp Perry has been his happy place for leg points.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geoff\nstarted the match Sunday with 26 leg points and he already had his hard points\n\u2013 it was still just a matter of cranking out those last four points \u2013 but still\nnot an easy task.  As Geoff and Emma\nstarted the walk down Viale Range on Sunday morning, it was raining\nlightly.  But, by the time they reached\nthe 200 yard line, the rain had stopped completely.  In Geoff\u2019s own words; \u201cRight then I knew God was\non my side today.  It wasn\u2019t an easy day\n\u2013 wind conditions were right at our backs all day making Offhand a real\nchallenge for most everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For\nthe day, Geoff shot a 475-14X, good for second place of Non-Distinguished\nshooters and eleventh overall in the match and 8 leg points \u2013 giving him a\ntotal of 34 points; four more than he needed to close out Distinguished\nRifleman!  In an impromptu ceremony after\nthe match, Mike King presented Geoff with a Distinguished Rifleman hat pin to\ncommemorate the occasion.  Depending on\nhow quickly scores are processed, Geoff will probably be formally recognized at\na Distinguished Rifleman Ceremony at the 2024 National Matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geoff\nacknowledges that without the encouragement and support of his father-in-law,\nlong time FWRR member John Halter, he would have never grown to love and\nappreciate this sport!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now Miss Emma \u2013 it\u2019s your turn to take up the Distinguished Rifleman challenge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Geoff and Emma at Camp Atterbury EIC Match <\/em><\/strong>
on June 16<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, it took two years, but it was worth it. Geoff started his Distinguished Rifleman journey in June of 2022, earning 6 Distinguished points in the infamous boat match (the day the boat ran up on the rocks at Viale range).\u00a0 He earned 10 points at the Camp Perry NTI matches in 2022 and 2023.\u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2575,"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570\/revisions\/2575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}