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Win a CZ-75 at SASP Nationals – Beat the Pro Side Match

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Come join us for the Beat the Pro Side Match at the 2017 Scholastic Action Shooting Program national championships. Watch the video of @czusafirearms pro, Matt Hopkins set the time to beat! Updated times to beat will be posted here periodically throughout the week. Stop by the action shooting range between noon July 8th and 4:00PM July 14th and for a nominal fee try to beat CZ USA Pro Matt Hopkins. Athletes will shoot a CZ-75 and Federal Premium Syntech ammunition. The Athlete that has the fastest time and beats the pro will win a CZ handgun donated to SASP by CZ USA. Watch the YouTube video featuring CZ-USA pro shooters Matt Hopkins and Dave Miller discussing the side match and having some fun on the range!

SASP Announces Partnership With the Young Marines

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The Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) is excited to announce our partnership with the Young Marines to become the competitive shooting component for the Young Marines organization. “Our partnership with the SASP provides an opportunity for our Young Marines to receive quality instruction on firearms safety and marksmanship,” said Col William P. Davis USMC (Ret), national executive director and CEO of the Young Marines. “Combined with opportunities for competition within the SASP program and the intramural competition within our program, the partnership opens new doors for our Young Marines.” SASP offers youth from grade school through college, the opportunity to safely participate in team-based action shooting sports which is a sport like no other in that it offers a level playing field across genders and age. “We are excited to partner with the Young Marines,” said Rick Leach, interim national director of the SASP. “Both of our programs are targeted toward youth development, so it is a perfect fit. Glock is strong supporter of both our programs and introduced our programs to each other, knowing our programs they also thought us partnering made sense.” The Young Marines strengthens the lives of America’s youth by teaching the importance of self-confidence, academic achievement, honoring veterans, good citizenship, community service, and living a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. The SASP is designed to instill in young people a set of personal values and character traits for fair play, compassionate understanding, individual responsibility, sportsmanship, self-discipline and personal commitment.
It is hoped that these qualities will stay wit h youth participants in these programs throughout their lifetimes, helping each young athlete reach his or her full potential.
Youth participate in SASP using .22 rifles, .22 handguns or centerfire handguns, and targets are steel circle or rectangular plates.About the Young Marines The Young Marines is a national non-profit 501c (3) youth education and service program for boys and girls, age eight through the completion of high school. The Young Marines promotes the mental, moral and physical development of its members. The program focuses on teaching the values of leadership, teamwork and self-discipline, so its members can live and promote a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. Since the Young Marines' humble beginnings in 1959 with one unit and a handful of boys, the organization has grown to 275 units with 9,200 youth and 2,760 adult volunteers in 40 states, the District of Columbia and Okinawa with affiliates in other countries. For more information, visit the official website at: http://www.YoungMarines.com.

All State Team Qualifications and Guidelines for Nationals

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Athletes that competed in their respective state SCTP tournaments in trap, skeet and sporting clays are eligible to make their states All-State Team at the 2017 National Championships in Marengo, OH. Any athlete that placed in the top five at their respective state championships will be eligible to represent his or her state in that discipline. If a top-five athlete is NOT attending the SCTP National Championships in Ohio, then the opportunity will be bumped down to the next eligible competitor that is attending the National Championships. Athletes attending the National Championships (representing their state as an All State Team member) will receive a custom shirt signifying their All-State Team designation! Guidelines: Top five athletes will be determined by the actual score shot at their respective State SCTP shoot. Ties may be settled with a shoot off. If a shoot off was not held, then reverse long run will be in effect. If score sheets are not available or have been disposed of, we will allow the oldest of the athletes tied…..ie; senior in High School vs a sophomore for example. Scores at the National Championships will be used from the athlete’s normal squading with his or her team. All-State Team members will only shoot together if there is a tie between the states for 1st – 3rd places in their respective disciplines where a shoot-off will be necessary to determine the winning state team. In trap/skeet, a full round of 25 each will be shot. In sporting clays, pre-determined stations will be shot off in a sudden death match. This is NOT an HOA event! Athletes do not need to compete in all three disciplines. SCTP will provide awards to the first- through third-place team members for each discipline. These awards will be presented at the respective awards ceremonies on Thursday and Saturday. The All-State Teams will be comprised of five athletes from each state for each discipline, non-collegiate athletes only! Score boards will be posted in the events registration building, the SCTP store and scoring annex and updated as athletes are scored in their respective events. Controversial items or rules questions/determinations will be voted on and ruled by the appropriate discipline committee members. The tournament director will make final determination. Good luck and congratulations to all of the SCTP All State Team members!

New National Team Provides Pipeline for Next Olympic Shotgun Competitors

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The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) in conjunction with USA Shooting would like to officially announce the formation of the SCTP / USAS National Team! This newly formed team will be comprised of athletes placing in Bunker Trap and International Skeet at the SCTP’s National International Style Championships being held in Colorado Springs, CO July 23-29, 2017. The top three men and ladies in Bunker Trap and International Skeet (12 total athletes) will make this national team and be recognized at the awards banquet and ceremony on July 29, 2017, at the Double Tree hotel in Colorado Springs. These athletes will receive a USA Shooting jacket, paid fall selection match fees and ammo, along with an SCTP National Team vest, five cases of NobelSport Quattro Finest International ammunition and more! Details concerning the training camps and the naming of a head coach for this team will be forthcoming. “What a great opportunity to advance in the international shooting disciplines for these athletes and families,” Tom Wondrash, SCTP national director, said. “This has been a thought for several years and now working with USA Shooting, we are seeing this become reality. We are able to now showcase 12 athletes instead of the four we have in the past and also help define a clearer path to the US National Team and the Olympics.” These 12 spots will be re-earned at each year’s SCTP International Nationals. The Scholastic Clay Target Program is the official youth shooting program to USA Shooting and provides a pipeline for future international shotgun competitors. Please watch for a more detailed list of qualifications and information at www.sssfonline.org

2017 National Championships Program is Here!

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The 2017 SCTP and SASP National Championships kicks off July 8th at the Cardinal Shooting Center in Marengo, Ohio. This year’s record setting tournament will run July 8-15 and currently has about 3,000 competitors slated to participate with nearly 6,500 event entries. There is much to do at Nationals and many individuals, industry members and supporting organizations are working together to make it all happen! Check out the tournament details, schedule of events and all who support the SSSF, SASP and SCTP, by viewing the online event program at www.sssfonline.org. Print copies of the event program will also be available at the Central Entry Building of the Cardinal Center in Marengo starting July 8. Download a copy of the digital event program here. For 2017 National Championships info and image support, visit the SSSF media room at https://sssfonline.org/news/media/.  

USA Shooting 2017 Biennial Coach Conference

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USA Shooting is hosting the 2017 Biennial Coach Conference 25-27 August at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Deadline for registration is August 10th. Special rooming rates expire August 4th. The keynote speaker will be Raymond Prior, the author of the Bullseye Mind. Tentatively USA Shooting is planning on the following topics: sport psychology, fundraising, ammo testing, USAS athlete panel - "what makes a good coach?", how to coach millennials, a coach panel - "three things to make a successful youth program", ISSF rules update, media training, USAS Youth Programs update, USAS Coach Academy update, pre-conference shotgun clinic at the USAS Shotgun range, just to name a few. Click here for tentative conference schedule. There will be a live Internet broadcast of the Biennial Coach Conference to those who cannot travel to Colorado Springs. In the registration form you will have a choice of attending the conference in Colorado Springs at the Olympic Training Center (OTC) or register for the Internet broadcast that you can watch from home with no travel expenses. You will be emailed a link to the live broadcast a few days before the start of the conference. Paid registrations will receive free access to all of the recorded presentations about 30 days after the end of the conference. These presentations will be available online in the USAS Coach Academy. This year there will be a naming ceremony for the Lones Wigger Legacy Hall and Shooting Center on Friday evening 25 August and the Hall of Fame induction banquet on Saturday evening. A large turnout with VIPs is expected from allied shooting organizations and industry. If you are working with disabled veterans in a shooting program, you may qualify to have your registration fee paid for by Bob Foth. Contact Bob Foth (bob.foth@usashooting.org) directly to see if you qualify for a free Conference registration. USA Shooting has blocks of rooms at special rates at the Clarion and Holiday Inn Express. Those special rates and blocked rooms will expire 4 August. Reserve your room on or before 4 August. Here is the link to the hotel information:  https://www.usashooting.org/library/CoachAcademy/Clarion_Hotel_and_Conference_Center.pdf Click this link to view the 2015 Coach Conference presentations to give you some idea of the past presentation content at the Biennial Coach Conference. For more information contact Mike Theimer, USA Shooting Coach Academy Director. Click this link for more information about the USAS Coach Academy.  

SCTP National Team Championships Slated to Be the Largest Championships to Date

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With a record number of teams and athletes registering, attendance at the upcoming 2017 Scholastic Clay Target Programs (SCTP) National Championships is on track to break records in all facets of the tournament and clay target shooting. The national event is scheduled for July 8-15, 2017, in Marengo, Ohio, at the Cardinal Shooting Center located just north of Columbus. With over a million competition targets scheduled to be thrown, teams from 23+ states will compete for national titles in skeet, sporting clays, singles trap, handicap trap, double trap, skeet doubles and bunker trap. This year’s event sits currently at over 5,300 registrations (up over 700 from the best year on record) with 15 to 20 teams to register yet! With practice rounds and side games, this year’s event will easily see over 1.5 million total targets thrown, making this the largest youth clay target shooting tournament in the world! “That’s a lot of clay in the air -- roughly eight semi loads of targets,” said Tom Wondrash, SCTP national director and national tournament director. “Our industry sponsors and support have to be excited about that. I know our target sponsor, White Flyer, is very excited about this year’s tournament. This year’s nationals is a testament of the strong support we receive from the industry as well as the dedication of our teams, athletes, coaches and families. We couldn’t be more excited to see these numbers and welcome everyone out to see this year’s event.” The skeet portion of this year’s tournament (governed by the National Skeet Shooting Association - NSSA) will be yet another record-breaking event in itself. With more than 956 registered athletes (contributing over 191,000 targets to the one million plus for the tournament), this will be the largest skeet tournament in the world. The SCTP welcomes everyone to come out and watch some of the best youth shooters in the world and meet industry reps from all over the country. If you’re interested in sponsoring or donating to this year’s national event, there is still time. Contact Tom Wondrash at twondrash@sssfonline.com or visit www.sssfonline.org/tournament-sponsorship.  

1400 SCTP Athletes Ready to Invade the WTA Homegrounds

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The Wisconsin Scholastic Clay Target Program will be holding it’s fourth and final State Championship from June 23 to 25 at the WTA Homegrounds in Rome, Wisconsin. The previous three weekends had record turnouts for  International Bunker Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays with nearly 25% growth over last year. The weekend will consist of 100 Championship Singles targets shot on Friday and Saturday plus Handicap, Doubles and International Bunker events on Sunday. In addition, there will be a Make-A-Break competition all three days along with shooting sports vendors, gun demonstrations and Wisconsin’s largest "Last Competitor Standing” on Saturday afternoon. Over 1400 athletes from 62 Wisconsin SCTP teams are registered for the event with almost 2,000 registrations, an increase of over 30% from last year. Approximately 300 team and individual awards will be presented at the four Championship events. Nearly 20% of all registered athletes are females again this year. Friday, June 23 - 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. 100 Singles Championship, vendors, gun demonstrations, Make-A-Break all day, open training for Trap, Doubles, Handicap and Bunker. Saturday, June 24th - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.  100 Singles Championship, vendors, gun demonstrations, Make-A-Break all day, Last Competitor Standing. Sunday, June 25th - 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 100 Doubles, 100 Handicap and 50 International Bunker, vendors, gun demonstrations, Make-A-Break all day. The WTA Homegrounds features 30 American Trap Fields, Wisconsin’s only Olympic bunker and 104 fully hook-up campsites on 280 acres in the town of Rome. It is located at 1312 Akron Drive, Nekoosa, WI 54457. The WiSCTP State Trap Championship is the last major event prior to the SCTP Nationals held July 8-15, 2017, at the Cardinal Center in Marengo, Ohio. Currently Wisconsin has the most athletes registered for the event with over 470 athletes making the trek to Central Ohio. Check out this WXOW.com article about a recent Wisconsin state meet.  

Black Wing Shooting Center is the Official Practice Center for the 2017 SCTP National Championships

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Make sure your team is fully prepared for the SCTP Nationals with extra practice time. Don’t wait. Schedule your team’s practice time at the Black Wing Shooting Center today. To schedule practice times, coaches call the Outdoor Range at 740.363.7555 ext 215. Times and field availability is based on first come first served. For more information, visit https://sssfonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/BWSC-SCTP-Flyer.pdf. About the National Championships The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) 2017 National Championships will take place near Marengo, Ohio, at the Cardinal Shooting Center July 8-15. The eight-day event is expected to draw around 2,500 youth from over 30 states. Over one million shots will be fired during the event with around $16 million generated in economic impact. Participating teams are organized and coached by certified volunteer leaders and have participated in their SCTP/SASP state championship event. To learn more about how you can start a SCTP or SASP team in your area or become a sponsor for the championship event, go to www.sssfonline.org/tournament-sponsorship/.

Browning Provides Special Scholarship for SCTP

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browning-logo-exp[1]The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) is pleased to announce the Browning Scholarship in conjunction with the 2017 SCTP National Championships in Marengo, Ohio.  The scholarship opportunity is open to all high school competitors in the 16-yard trap singles competition who are shooting a Browning shotgun and registered for the scholarship opportunity. Coaches (or athletes) must register at the registration desk “prior” to the competition to be eligible.  

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