August 15 - October 31, 2009

How do you compare to the rest of the world?

1. This is not a sanctioned match. It does not affect shooters' classifications nor count toward the two-match requirement for being eligible to shoot the Nationals.


2. You must set up the match stages as accurately as you can.


3. Concealment must be worn for all stages.


4. All competitors must be current IDPA members.


5. Scores may only be submitted by clubs with current IDPA affiliation.


6. All competitors must be classified Novice or above in the division in which they are shooting.


7. If a shooter is not classified in the division in which he is shooting but holds a current classification in another division, he may compete using the highest classification he presently holds per page 72 of the current rule book. The shooter's classification in the submitted results should show that classification, not "unclassified".


8. Each competitor may compete only once in any division. If more than one score for a division is submitted, the earliest match score will be used and other scores will be rejected.


9. Each competitor may compete in more than one division, as long as rules 6 through 8 are followed.


10. All scoring must be done using the software supplied on the IDPA website. This will generate a file that you can e-mail.


11. All scores must be submitted as an attachment to an email sent to PostalMatch09 at idpa.com or saved to disk and mailed to the IDPA Postal Match address.


12. To be counted, matches must be shot no earlier than August 15, 2009 and no later than October 31, 2009.


13. To be counted, scores must be received no later than November 8, 2009.


14. Any rule and/or stage clarifications required will be posted on the IDPA website.


15. A summary of how many competitors have participated will be updated on a regular basis on www.idpapostalmatch.com.


16. Following the final tallying of scores, match results will be posted on the IDPA website.


17. Printable award certificates for up to the top six (6) competitors in each division/classification and for category winners (High Senior, etc.) will be emailed to the match directors submitting the scores or will be available for download from the website. (Total awards limited to 166. Awards will be calculated by the IDPA formula of 1-per-three up to a maximum of 6 in each division/classification. If any division/classification has fewer than 16 competitors, fewer awards will be created. Check the IDPA website for confirmation as to how they'll be distributed.)

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read the stage files.
2009 Postal Match
For any questions regarding stage design, please email Ted Murphy at PostalMatch09 at idpa.com

To download the software, click here.

Last year, over 2,000 scores were entered for the 2008 Postal Match. That's way too many to be entered individually. For that reason, it's required that scoring be done using the free scoring software on this website. The software was provided by Jane Fleming of Beach Bunny Software. She wrote ForScore, which is used to score the IDPA National Championship.

We've been informed of a bug in the postal software.

It does NOT affect results that have been sent in.

On the printout results and PDF results the postal software generates, the additional strings were not added in on Stage 1. The final scores and rankings are correct in those printouts, but the score shown for Stage 1 is incorrect. To get the patch to fix this issue, please click here

The installer has been revised so if you are downloading after reading about the patch, you don't need the patch. If you downloaded the software before we posted this notice about the patch, you need it.

Let us know when your club will be holding the match. We'll post that here so shooters can find you. Just email us at MatchSchedule at idpa.com.

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