Forbush Falcons Rifle Camp 2026
Five days. Every shot on the record. Sporter Class Air Rifle Camp in East Bend, NC.
How it went
Forbush Falcons Rifle Camp · July 20–24, 2026
The best junior marksmanship camp in the country is in Anniston, Alabama. From here that is four hundred miles and change — a week off work, a hotel, and a bill that decides which kids go and which ones only hear about it afterward.
This one was twenty minutes away.
Sixteen athletes from five schools spent five days at Forbush High School running the same curriculum those athletes drive nine hours for. Same progressions, same standards, same expectations. Nobody had to be sent away to be taken seriously.
An Apple Watch in that room logged ninety decibels and held it for at least half an hour — loud enough that the watch interrupts you to warn you about your hearing. None of it was the rifles. An air rifle barely makes a sound; the whole discipline is subtraction. That was sixteen kids being loud about a sport almost nobody watches.
The week ended in a sanctioned CMP Cup Match, fired to the same standard as any other. Not a scrimmage, not a camp exercise — a real match on the record.
16 of 16
Every athlete who started the week finished the sanctioned match.
10 CMP pins
Ten athletes earned CMP Achievement Pins that follow their competitor number for life.
10 personal records
Ten athletes shot the best score of their lives that week.
The coaching is why. CW3 James Tiddy of Forbush High School ran the camp and the firing line as Camp Director and Chief Range Officer. Sahi Weiser, a current NCAA athlete, took the advanced track. Angus Babcock took the developmental track, where first-timers learn what a scored match even feels like. Small ratios, hands-on correction, every single day.
We also taught the part most camps skip. Position and shot process are teachable, and so is the head — what to do with a bad shot, a bad relay, a bad day. Focus Creates Champions was the week's motto because focus is a skill, and skills can be built by anyone willing to do the work. Talent decides where you start. It does not decide where you finish.
Every athlete who came through this week and later earns their way to a CMP camp should walk in already fluent in the language.
The address hasn't changed.
Camp photos
What this camp covered
Forbush Falcon's Rifle Camp · July 20–24, 2026
Five days.
Every shot
on the record.
We built the week for thirty-six. Sixteen came, from five schools — and against eighteen lanes that meant every athlete had their own firing point, all week. No rotations. No waiting. One CMP-sanctioned match on Friday, and the first camp built around Falken Nexus, where every shot you fire is scanned, analyzed, and delivered back to you as data you own for life.
This is a training camp built the way a training camp is supposed to be built. Real coaching. Real data. And on Friday, a real sanctioned match that follows your athlete's CMP number for life.
The week
What actually happens.
Day 1 — Baseline.
Orientation and a diagnostic match. We baseline every athlete, then split the group into two tracks — Experienced and Developmental — so every cadet trains where they actually are, not where the roster says they should be.
Days 2, 3 & 4 — The work.
Positions. Shot process. Mental game. Match prep. Wednesday afternoon, both groups fire a formal 3×10 mid-week record match. Thursday is the dress rehearsal — a full 3×20 Practice Final under match conditions.
Day 5 — The real thing.
A CMP-sanctioned 3×20 EIC match, eligible for gold, silver, and bronze Excellence-In-Competition pins that follow the athlete's CMP number for life. Friday evening: awards ceremony, pizza party, scores announced, and every cadet walks out with a Falken Nexus packet of their entire week.
Why this camp is different
Three things have to be real.
The match is real.
Most summer camps end in a scrimmage. This one ends in a CMP-sanctioned Excellence-In-Competition match, scored to the same standard an adult Distinguished Badge aspirant fires. The pin counts. The ranking counts.
The data is real.
Paper targets scanned into Falken Nexus after every relay, then broken down by AI — shot-group dispersion, point-of-impact shifts, called-versus-actual deviation, and position trends. Cadets leave with more analysis of their shooting than most national-team athletes had at their age.
The coaching is real.
Current and former NCAA collegiate talent on the firing line — led by Sahi Weiser, currently competing at the NCAA level, and Angus Babcock, a former Jacksonville State athlete — coaching the same positions and shot process that took them to the college level. Backed by a camp director with three decades of precision marksmanship experience and retired military marksmanship specialists. Small ratios. Every cadet gets hands-on correction every day.
Who it's for
Ages 10 through 19. Any level of experience.
First-timers are welcome — the Developmental track is built for cadets who have never fired a scored match before. Experienced shooters get a focused, match-prep curriculum that readies them for state, regional, and national competition.
The essentials
How the week was built.
- Dates
- Monday, July 20 – Friday, July 24, 2026
- Hours
- 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Monday through Thursday. Friday: morning EIC match, evening awards ceremony.
- Location
- Forbush High School Range · East Bend, NC
- Price
- $200 per athlete — all-inclusive
- Athletes
- 16, from five schools · 18 lanes, so nobody shared a point
- Included
- Instruction, targets, backers, range fees, safety equipment, camp t-shirt, Falken Nexus profile with season-long data access, completion certificate
- Brought each day
- Personal shooting gear (rifle, glove, off-hand stand, scope, scope stand, kneeling roll, prone mat, ammunition), lunch, and a water bottle. A personal device — iPhone, Android phone, tablet, or laptop — for accessing Falken Nexus data between relays. Sports drinks welcome. No sodas.
One more thing.
You don't get better at this sport by showing up Tuesday and hoping.
You get better by putting your hand on the rifle, day after day, with good coaches and honest data. That's what this week was.
Location
The coaching staff
Who made it possible
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