August 6, 2008 | Category: The Powder Room
Kay Miculek of Team Smith & Wesson Wins High Lady Award at 2008 United States Shooting Association (USSA) Pro-Am Match
 Photo Courtesy Of USPSA |
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (August 1, 2008) - Smith & Wesson Corp., announced today that team member Kay Miculek earned the High Lady award at the 2008 United States Shooting Association (USSA) Pro-Am match.
Competing in the Amateur Division, Miculek placed 37th overall against 152 competitors, earning the prestigious High Lady Award. With her victory at the Pro-Am Match, Miculek returned to the winner's circle for the second week in a row following her divisional win at the Smith & Wesson Steel Shoot Series Regional Match in Louisiana.
The Pro-Am is a revival of a match that thrived decades ago, resurrected by Phil Strader, Director of Competitive Events at USSA. The event features eight challenging stages of fire designed to test both professionally classed and amateur competitors in a variety of shooting positions. Racing against the clock, competitors run from position to position engaging both stationary and moving steel targets. Miculek competed in the Amateur Division, shooting a Smith & Wesson 1911 pistol.
"The Pro-Am required a different mindset than any match in which I have competed," said Miculek. "I'm programmed to never leave a position with a target still standing, but at the Pro-Am, leaving steel standing at one position in order to conserve time and ammunition for the next position was often advantageous. In each stage, I had to consider not only which targets to shoot, but also which targets to disregard. This new mental challenge, combined with the pure fun of knocking down steel targets, made the Pro Am a great match."
About Smith & Wesson
Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation, a global leader in safety, security, protection and sport, is parent company to Smith & Wesson Corp., one of the world's largest manufacturers of quality firearms and firearm safety/security products and parent company to Thompson/Center Arms, Inc., a premier designer and manufacturer of premium hunting rifles, black powder rifles, interchangeable firearms systems and accessories under the Thompson/Center brand. Smith & Wesson licenses shooter protection, knives, apparel, and other accessory lines. Smith & Wesson is based in Springfield, Massachusetts with manufacturing facilities in Springfield, Houlton, Maine, and Rochester, New Hampshire. The Smith & Wesson Academy is America's longest running firearms training facility for law enforcement, military and security professionals. For more information on Smith & Wesson, call (800) 331-0852 or log on to www.smith-wesson.com. For more information on Thompson/Center Arms, log on to www.tcarms.com.
Competing in the Amateur Division, Miculek placed 37th overall against 152 competitors, earning the prestigious High Lady Award. With her victory at the Pro-Am Match, Miculek returned to the winner's circle for the second week in a row following her divisional win at the Smith & Wesson Steel Shoot Series Regional Match in Louisiana.
The Pro-Am is a revival of a match that thrived decades ago, resurrected by Phil Strader, Director of Competitive Events at USSA. The event features eight challenging stages of fire designed to test both professionally classed and amateur competitors in a variety of shooting positions. Racing against the clock, competitors run from position to position engaging both stationary and moving steel targets. Miculek competed in the Amateur Division, shooting a Smith & Wesson 1911 pistol.
"The Pro-Am required a different mindset than any match in which I have competed," said Miculek. "I'm programmed to never leave a position with a target still standing, but at the Pro-Am, leaving steel standing at one position in order to conserve time and ammunition for the next position was often advantageous. In each stage, I had to consider not only which targets to shoot, but also which targets to disregard. This new mental challenge, combined with the pure fun of knocking down steel targets, made the Pro Am a great match."
About Smith & Wesson
Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation, a global leader in safety, security, protection and sport, is parent company to Smith & Wesson Corp., one of the world's largest manufacturers of quality firearms and firearm safety/security products and parent company to Thompson/Center Arms, Inc., a premier designer and manufacturer of premium hunting rifles, black powder rifles, interchangeable firearms systems and accessories under the Thompson/Center brand. Smith & Wesson licenses shooter protection, knives, apparel, and other accessory lines. Smith & Wesson is based in Springfield, Massachusetts with manufacturing facilities in Springfield, Houlton, Maine, and Rochester, New Hampshire. The Smith & Wesson Academy is America's longest running firearms training facility for law enforcement, military and security professionals. For more information on Smith & Wesson, call (800) 331-0852 or log on to www.smith-wesson.com. For more information on Thompson/Center Arms, log on to www.tcarms.com.
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Gary Giudice, (800) 654-3766, gary@blueheroncomm.com