Division Sponsors Announced For USPSA's 2011 Hornady Area 3 Regional Handgun Championship

July 7, 2011 - PRLog -- SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. – The U.S. Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) announced the divisions sponsors, Glock, MGM Targets, Sig Sauer and Springfield Armory, for the 2011 Hornady Area 3 Regional Handgun Championship scheduled for August 11-14 at the Heartland Public Shooting Park in Grand Island, Neb.

The 2011 Hornady Area 3 Regional Handgun Championship will feature 14 challenging stages and a round count of at least 375 rounds. Match officials anticipate more than 225 shooters will vie for top honors in the six USPSA pistol divisions – Open, Limited, Limited-10, Production, Revolver and Single Stack – as well as the Ladies, Juniors, Seniors and Super Seniors categories.

“We are extremely pleased to have Glock, MGM Targets, Sig Sauer and Springfield Armory as division sponsors for this year's Hornady Area 3 Regional Handgun Championship. Last year's match was widely popular with both shooters and sponsors and we expect another strong turn out from both for the 2011 event,” said Sherwyn Greenfield, the USPSA Area 3 director.

Slots are still available for the Hornady Area 3 Championship and shooters are encouraged to register as soon as possible by downloading and submitting the match application found at http://www.USPSA3.org.

For more information on the 2011 Hornady Area 3 Championship visit www.USPSA3.org. To learn more about the U.S. Practical Shooting Association, or to become a member, visit www.USPSA.org, follow @USPSA_Shooting on Twitter, like USPSA on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/USPracticalShootingAssn) or read the Practical Shooting blog (http://practicalshooting.posterous.com/).

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The U.S. Practical Shooting Association is a non-profit membership association and the national governing body for the sport of Practical Shooting in America. USPSA has nearly 20,000 members and more than 375 affiliated clubs.