Rifle Gear - Flood Damage Recovery
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We are the Air Rifle Team at Clemson University, and we need help recovering from damages when our range flooded over the summer.
When we finished our competition year in the Spring, placing fourth at Club Nationals with a team comprised mostly of enthusiastic new members, our travel team left their shooting suits and equipment packed in their gear bags on the range floor, where until recently they had always been safe. Over the summer, rain accumulated in the outdoor-access basement of an old building, where we have our small, six firing point range.
Above: Our range and a shooter in one of our canvas and leather shooting suits.
The puddled water sat with nowhere to drain to due to the poor state of the drainage in our basement, and the canvas and leather suits we shoot in all grew mold before we returned to campus and discovered the problem, the persistent contact with water warping the materials beyond repair. We have already reached out to the University, who fixed the drainage in our range so that this problem never happens again. What we need now are suits for our competition team so we can start our strongest season yet!
Your donation will be used to replace shooting pants and jackets, slings, shoes, and kneeling rolls for our competition team so that we can be properly outfitted for our matches. We have connected with a shooting supply vendor who has offered us a great deal on the suits and shoes for our state of emergency, and your help will enable us to use this gracious opportunity and get our enthusiastic championship team from last year geared up and ready to compete!
Without these suits and gear, our team will not be able to compete in matches, and the energy going into this year by our skilled, new members will quickly deminish. Please help Andrew, Daniel, Kaitlyn, Hansen, Geoff, and Za'Cori to thrive this year in the sport that has supported discipline and focus in them all. We are all touched and thankful for your help letting us save this year from disaster.
Thank you, and GO TIGERS!
-Clemson Air Rifle Team
When we finished our competition year in the Spring, placing fourth at Club Nationals with a team comprised mostly of enthusiastic new members, our travel team left their shooting suits and equipment packed in their gear bags on the range floor, where until recently they had always been safe. Over the summer, rain accumulated in the outdoor-access basement of an old building, where we have our small, six firing point range.
Above: Our range and a shooter in one of our canvas and leather shooting suits.
The puddled water sat with nowhere to drain to due to the poor state of the drainage in our basement, and the canvas and leather suits we shoot in all grew mold before we returned to campus and discovered the problem, the persistent contact with water warping the materials beyond repair. We have already reached out to the University, who fixed the drainage in our range so that this problem never happens again. What we need now are suits for our competition team so we can start our strongest season yet!
Your donation will be used to replace shooting pants and jackets, slings, shoes, and kneeling rolls for our competition team so that we can be properly outfitted for our matches. We have connected with a shooting supply vendor who has offered us a great deal on the suits and shoes for our state of emergency, and your help will enable us to use this gracious opportunity and get our enthusiastic championship team from last year geared up and ready to compete!
Without these suits and gear, our team will not be able to compete in matches, and the energy going into this year by our skilled, new members will quickly deminish. Please help Andrew, Daniel, Kaitlyn, Hansen, Geoff, and Za'Cori to thrive this year in the sport that has supported discipline and focus in them all. We are all touched and thankful for your help letting us save this year from disaster.
Thank you, and GO TIGERS!
-Clemson Air Rifle Team
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Clemson Air Rifle
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Clemson, SC