GLOCK Sponsors 2014 IDPA U.S. National Championship

BERRYVILLE, Ark. – GLOCK, the nation’s leading pistol provider to American law enforcement agencies and maker of some of the most popular pistols used in the shooting sports, has returned as a major sponsor of IDPA’s annual U.S. National Championship.

“The list of supporters of the IDPA U.S. Nationals reads like a Who’s Who of the shooting industry and chief among them is GLOCK. Thanks to their continued generosity IDPA continues to be the fastest growing shooting sport. We’re proud to once again be working with GLOCK to bring our members another great championship event,” said Robert Ray, membership and marketing director for IDPA.

GLOCK joins Brownells, Harris Publications, the National Shooting Sports Foundation and Wilson Combat as a gold level sponsor of the championship which takes place September 9 thru 13 at the U.S. Shooting Academy in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The match is expected to draw over 300 of the sport’s top shooters.

“GLOCK is proud to support the U.S. National Championship,” said Josh Dorsey, VP of Sales and Marketing for GLOCK, Inc., “The IDPA competition realistically portrays the scenarios and the processes of dealing with situations you might face in real life. Competitors should have the opportunity to experience and excel at all levels here and we wish them all the best at the event.”

For more information on IDPA, or to join the nearly 24,000 IDPA members competing each week, visit www.IDPA.com.

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