Announcing the SASS 2023 Illinois State Championship - Registration is Now Open!

[Popcorn Kelly]

Illowa Irregulars are pleased to announce that Registration for the SASS 2023 Illinois State Championship – Mayhem on the Mississippi scheduled from Aug 18-20, 2023 is officially open.  We are excited to bring Illinois another State Championship match and hope you will make plans to come join us for what we believe will be one of the best State Championships in the Upper Midwest and beyond.   We've the same 180-shooter limit.  

 

 

Planning has already begun:  Warm-up and Side Matches on Friday, two days of exciting cowboy action shooting competition on Saturday and Sunday, an optional Saturday evening Riverboat dinner cruise about the Celebration Belle on the Mississippi, ending with a catered awards banquet at a nearby, air-conditioned community center. 

Speaking of the dinner cruise, the 2022 cruise was very well received with many requests to do it again.  If you were on the cruise last year, here’s a chance to cruise the Mississippi again; if you missed it and wished you had gone, here’s your chance; or, if you are new to the match, here’s your chance to do something really unique – cruise the Mississippi River with your fellow cowboys and cowgirls dressed up in western attire, dining and enjoying the evening about the Celebration Belle.  Check out our videos listed along the right margins of our website's home page (www.illowairregulars.com) .

 

If you are unfamiliar with our club, the Illowa Irregulars Cowboy Action Shooting club is located in Milan, Illinois, part of the Quad Cities area along I-80 at the Illinois/Iowa border.  The Quad Cities area has an abundance of nearby amenities, hotels, and restaurants very near the range making it a great place to host a match of this nature.  We are centrally located in the upper Midwest, 3 hours West of Chicago, 5 hours north of St. Louis, 3 hours southwest of Madison, Wisconsin, and 3 hours east of Des Moines, Iowa.  If you’re looking for a trip up to or through the Midwest, here’s your chance.  It’s a beautiful part of the country and travel is easy.  If you’re coming from afar, we’d make either a good destination or someplace to stop on your way.  Either way, consider yourself invited!

 

Registration:  We are now offering two ways to register – our traditional printed/mailed paper form AND our new online form. 

1. The traditional PAPER-BASED REGISTRATION FORM can be downloaded clicking here; and,
2. Our NEW ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM   can be accessed by clicking here.  
   1. You can find the links to both forms here.   

 

For more information visit our website at www.illowairregulars.com.  If so inclined, feel free to sign up to receive our blog posts via email in the lower right corner of our home page.  

Popcorn Kelly

[Don Jorge]

The online sign-up option is very concise and simple.

Should be an OUTSTANDING MATCH!

[watab kid]

i and a friend are thinking on this one - we will be discussing it in the next couple weeks when we get together , if it was in july it would be a given but it conflicts slightly with a traditional august shoot we attend 

[Bitterroot Jak]

We will be there!

Bitterroot Jak and Josie Grace Underfyr.

 

[Popcorn Kelly]

If you're on the fence, we're working hard to encourage you to come down on our side of it.  If you're travelling from afar, we're conveniently located on the Illinois/Iowa border along I-80.  The Quad City area has plenty of hotels and restaurants so there's no worries about finding a place to stay near the range.  Visit www.illowairregulars.com to learn more about our beautiful, cowboy friendly range.  

 

As I wrote in my original post above, we're planning another Saturday evening Riverboat dinner cruise on the Mississippi.  While it's hard to capture the experience in four pictures, here is a four-picture collage from this year's cruise that tells part of the story.   

 

So, if you're looking for some a little different, something a little extraordinary, consider coming to the SASS 2023 Illinois State Championship.  Oh, and the shooting will be first-rate.    

PK

[Lowdown Larry]

I shot this match and it's a great match put on by a great club. The Mississippi river boat dinner cruise is a awesome night out. I'm definitely going next year.

[Rance - SASS # 54090]

Well.. I sent in the online application..I think.. 

I sent a check thru the mail..

If you have questions send me an email or give me a call..

I ain’t that handy with this computer stuff. 
 

Rance