Jay Hirshberg Wins the United States Practical Shooting Association Area 7 Open Championship

82.5% score bests all competitors from USPSA Area 7
 
Sept. 16, 2011 - PRLog -- Boston, MA  Jay Hirshberg, a competitor in the open division of the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) won the Association’s Area 7 Open Championship held September 10-11 at the Harvard Sportsmen’s Club in Harvard, Massachusetts.  The competition included over 200 of the nation’s top competition shooters, both from the USPSA’s northeastern region and locations nationwide.  The Massachusetts resident’s score of 82.5%was the highest of any of those from the Area 7 region, earning him the title of USPSA Area 7 champion for 2011.

This USPSA championship event had 10 challenging stages or courses-of-fire that ranged from running while shooting to shooting targets that appear and quickly disappear, and marks Jay’s eleventh major match of the 2011 season. Opening the 2011 campaign by placing 33’d in the Florida Open Championship, his results have surged of late placing ninth in June’s USPSA Area 1 Championship in Portland, Oregon and second in July’s Vermont State Championship.

Jay will compete for the US National Open Pistol Championship which will be held September 17-29 at the Desert Sportsman’s Rifle & Pistol Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.  More than 650 shooters from around the world will vie to become the 2011 national open champion.  In all, 45 states and six foreign countries will be represented at the competition.  During competition shooters will face 20 stages - or courses of fire - designed to test the competitors’ speed and accuracy.

“The competition at this year’s Area 1 Championship was of the highest level and I’m honored to now hold the title of Area 7 Champion,” said Jay Hirshberg.  “I feel this will give me both the momentum and confidence required to make me a strong contender at the upcoming national championships in Las Vegas.”

About Jay Hirshberg
Jay Hirshberg competes in the open division of the United States Practical Shooting Association.  He has been a competitive shooter since 2009 and trains out of the Universal Shooting Academy with Emanuel  Bragg , a member of the 2011 U.S. World Shoot Team.  Jay resides in Massachusetts and is also a successful technology entrepreneur.  For more information please visit http://www.jayhirshberg.com.

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Jay Hirshberg competes in the open division of the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA)
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