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Spokane Junior Rifle Team sets open house for new shooters

Coach Mike Furrer gathers members of the Spokane Junior Rifle Team and their families for a meeting Jan. 6 on practice night at the club. (Dan Pelle)
Coach Mike Furrer gathers members of the Spokane Junior Rifle Team and their families for a meeting Jan. 6 on practice night at the club. (Dan Pelle)

SHOOTING – The Spokane Junior Rifle Team, which has produced several world-class shooters since it was founded 50 years ago, will hold an open house for prospective members at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 30, at the Spokane Rifle Club’s indoor range along the Spokane River.

“Many Spokane kids have attended college on NCAA shooting scholarships and several have gone to regional, national and international competitions, including the Olympic Games,” said coach Michael Furrer.

He should know. His daughter, Amanda Furrer, shot her way from the Spokane junior team to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Boys and girls age 10-18 interested in marksmanship as a sport or hobby are invited to the informal introduction, he said. No experience or equipment is needed, he said.

Info: spokanerifleclub.com.



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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