Turning Point, along with the NRA, is sponsoring a clinic to learn the fundamentals of air rifle shooting, on Saturday, March 13, at Bachman Recreation Center. The clinic includes classroom and hands-on training followed by a match to introduce the novice to the world of competitive air rifle shooting. The purpose of this clinic is to familiarize the shooter with basic knowledge of air rifles, shooting positions, sight alignment, trigger control and safe gun handling practices while introducing the participant to the world of competitive shooting. Following the clinic, participants will compete in the Precision 3-Position Air Rifle Championship. Sectional winners will be invited to Colorado Springs for Paralympic training at the Olympic Training Center.

For more information, email Jason Swanson at jswanson@turningpointnation.org.

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NRA will be providing equipment. We will be holding one last practice day, on Friday, March 12 at Bachman Recreation Center from 12:00(noon) until 5:00PM. Bachman is located at 2750 Bachman Dr, Dallas 75220.

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On April 9th & 10th Turning Point Gulf Coast is holding the 13TH Annual Drum Fishing Tournament. We have an adult and youth division. The tournament will be at the Galveston Yacht Basin. Registration and captains meeting along with a cold boiled shrimp dinner, live auction, a silent auction and raffle will begin at 5:30 PM, Friday April 9th. Fishing begins at 8 AM, Saturday April 10th. Weigh-in is from 1 to 2:00 PM. The awards ceremony, raffle and Bar-B-Que will follow. We will award prizes including saltwater rods, reels, coolers and gift certificates for captains, mates and participants. Entry fee is $25 per adult participant with one AB, kids fish FREE. NO FISHING LICENSE REQUIRED THANKS TO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE. RODS AND REELS ARE FURNISHED. ALL YOU DO IS BE THERE! Friday or Saturday dinner tickets for non-participating guests are $10 each. Fishing is only for the physically challenged. Friends and family can explore Galveston while we are fishing Saturday.
Hotel Info: We recommend booking rooms as soon as possible. Booking is available on www.galveston.com
For information contact: David Gaston at 409-939-4827 or email dgaston@turningpointnation.org
Captains interested contact Dutch Kueteman @ 409-935-4131

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Cabarrus News, The Charlotte Observer
February 14, 2010, Mooresville, NC

Dave Kiley sinks one shot after another on the morning I visit him at Lowe’s YMCA. It’s little surprise, as Kiley is one of America’s all-time greatest men’s wheelchair basketball players. He and his wife, Sandy, who have two grown children, live on Brawley School Road. I was lucky to catch up with him at one of his recent practices, where he was launching 300 shots from various angles and then 100 free throws. He works out on weights three or four times a week and does cardio exercises daily. He’s also helping raise $25,000 to make the planned Hope Park at Lowe’s YMCA accessible to children and adults with disabilities. About 2,200 volunteers are scheduled to build the park March 10-14.
But the California native often travels the globe as head coach of the U.S. women’s Paralympic wheelchair basketball team. He also coaches the national champion Junior Charlotte Rollin’ Bobcats wheelchair basketball team and coaches and plays point guard for a Rollin’ Bobcats adult team. On Thursday, Kiley played point guard for the East squad in the National Wheelchair Basketball Association’s all-star game in Dallas, Texas. Monday, he flies to Osaka, Japan, where women trying out for the 2012 U.S. women’s Paralympic basketball team will play Australia and Japan.
“I’m getting in shape to be the best I can be as an example to them,” Kiley said of the Paralympic women’s hopefuls. At 56, Kiley said, he trains hard for another reason: The guys he plays are in their 20s and 30s, and “everybody comes out to show me who’s boss.” It’s usually Kiley who comes out the winner. He played on the Casa Colina Condors team in California that won a national record 98 straight games.
Kiley has racked up 13 medals, nine gold, in various Paralympic events over the decades, including in basketball, skiing and track. He’s won an unprecedented six MVP awards in NWBA tournaments and was voted most valuable player of the first 50 years of the sport by the International Wheelchair Basketball Association.
Yet, despite all the medals and accolades, Kiley said he considers himself a regular guy who puts God first, family second and hoops third. He has been a paraplegic since he was 19. He was riding an inner tube in the snow when it crashed into a tree. His injury was hard to accept the first year or two, he said. But when he did, it opened a new world. “It was God’s plan,” Kiley told me. “All I had to do was accept it.” Now, he said, he’s doing what he loves best, playing and coaching and making a difference in kids’ lives.
He and his family moved from California when he landed his dream job as a therapeutic recreation specialist at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte in 1996. He stayed in that job for a decade and said he loves Lake Norman so much he’ll never move back West. He earns income through paid speeches around the world and royalties from the maker of his Quickie All Court wheelchair. “It’s like Michael Jordan with his sneakers contract,” kidded his son, Justin “Juice” Kiley, 30, an assistant coach on his dad’s teams. “But Michael has a lot more zeroes in his contract.”
He also gives speeches for free to local civic groups to raise money for the Hope Park project. Friend James Yates of Mooresville often accompanies Kiley. Yates is a partner in Hutchby & Yates LLC, a Mooresville-based capital management and wealth planning firm, and leads the steering committee raising money to accommodate special needs at Hope Park. Yates’ 9-year-old son, also named James, has cerebral palsy and has benefited from being around Kiley. At his recent practice at Lowe’s YMCA, Kiley playfully bumped his wheelchair into young James’ chair as they maneuvered about the court. Yates said his son has paralysis in his right hand and once told Kiley he couldn’t control it. “Yes, you can,” Kiley told James, and James worked on the hand so much that he is now able to use it. Young James used to come to the Lowe’s court and just watch others play hoops. Now he plays, and his gait and balance are “90 percent better,” Yates said of his son. And it’s all thanks to Kiley, he said.
As we chatted, we watched Kiley encourage James on the other end of the court. They moved their wheelchairs around in a nonstop whir. “Have you noticed?” Yates asked me, looking down the court at Kiley. “He hasn’t missed a basket since we’ve been talking.”

Joe Marusak: 704-987-3670
jmarusak@charlotteobserver.com.

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West Texas Turning Point providing YOU with another program on March 6th – Yes, it might be a late notice but where else can you go and play wheelchair basketball, wheelchair track clinic, and FREE FOOD!! We have two basketball courts from 10:00am-3:00pm. There will be extra wheelchairs for the basketball games. We are “very lucky” to have Paul Johnson volunteer his time and years of experience, driving from Dallas, and providing our participants with a Wheelchair Track Clinic. Paul Johnson is bringing several track and road racing wheelchairs. He will have the clinic after lunch and demonstrate pushing techniques and correct positioning in the chair.
Thanks to Melissa Canale (Fords mother), The Knights of Columbus from St. Elizabeth’s will provide our group with a “Bar-B-Q” lunch with all the “fixings”.

Registration begins at 10:00am at the north entrance of Texas Tech Recreation Center, the basketball courts are located on the lower level. RSVP is needed by all attending including participants, family members and volunteers. Call Wes at 806-470-1584 or email Wes at bubbaharley@sbcglobal.net.

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