U.S. Army photoSSSF is pleased to announce that two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Vincent Hancock will be attending the SCTP National Championships to meet YOU! Vincent won Gold Medals in Men's Skeet at both the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games and is the first Olympic skeet shooter to win Gold Medals in the same event in consecutive Olympic games. He will be attending Nationals on Wednesday, July 15 through Friday, July 17 and will be available for autographs, photos, and some special events to be announced later. Watch our website and Range Time newsletter for announcements about when and where you can meet Vincent. Vincent is sponsored by Zanders Sporting Goods and NobelSport Italia.
Team GLOCK Captain and former U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit shooter Shane Coley will be hosting a pistol shooting clinic during the 2015 SPP Junior/Senior National Championships at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex.Shane Coley, former member of the USAMU and current captain of Team GLOCK Coley has achieved numerous titles as a junior competitor, including USPSA Junior World Champion, and also as a member of the famed U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit. His departure in May from the unit marked the completion of six years of dedicated service to his country. The clinics are scheduled for Wednesday, July 15 at 11:30 and 3:30 at the WSRC pistol berms. Be sure to add this very special event to your Nationals calendar!
June 1 was much anticipated by Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) teams across the country, as it marked the opening of registration for the 2015 SCTP National Team Championships. Based on the first day’s registrations, staff are predicting another record-breaking event. In the first 24 hours of open registration for the July 13-18 tournament, the program saw 66 teams register 1036 athletes. Eighteen states were represented with 2,026 event registrations filed. “These numbers are incredible; they doubled last year’s first-day totals,” commented Tom Wondrash, SCTP National Director. “Coaches set their alarm clocks to wake up at 12:01 on June 1 to register their teams!” While the numbers are already up significantly from last year’s registrations, Wondrash points out that there will be enough shooting slots at the spacious World Shooting and Recreational Complex to fit in every team wanting to attend. The Scholastic Pistol Program (SPP) will also hold its National Junior/Senior Championships in conjunction with the SCTP tournament. In its third year, the SPP event has registered 259 athletes from 24 teams in 13 states to date. New SCTP side events include 16-yard Preliminary Singles Trap and a coach/athlete trap shoot. Team endowment funding, games, and many industry representatives will also be on hand all week. With appearances by people like MidwayUSA’s own Larry and Brenda Potterfield on Tuesday, July 14, Olympic Gold Medalist Vincent Hancock on Wednesday through Friday, shooting exhibitions and clinics by professional shooters, and more exciting events still to be announced, SCTP and SPP are looking at a very busy and exciting week in Sparta, Illinois!
GLOCK, Inc. continues to spread the message of firearms safety with its annual GLOCK Safety Pledge Drive. The drive coincides with June National Safety Month and will run from June 1, 2015 through June 30, 2015. Pledgees may make their commitment as well as learn more about firearms safety at us.GLOCK.com/safetypledge. GLOCK actively works year-round to promote firearms safety across the United States, joining the community of law enforcement, community leaders, businesses, and the firearms industry to raise public awareness about reducing firearm incidents. According to the company, responsibility of practicing and promoting firearms safety is an ongoing and everyday commitment. Firearms safety is intrinsically worked into every facet of the company’s ethos, from product design to community outreach. “As a firearms manufacturer and a leader in the industry, it is GLOCK’s first and foremost responsibility to teach and promote firearms safety within the industry as well as outside of it,” said Josh Dorsey, vice president at GLOCK. “Safety is an issue that puts us all on the same page.” The campaign will be promoted primarily through social networks. Participants and partners are encouraged to share throughout their own social channels to bring awareness to the nationwide safety campaign. Among the many safety programs slated for June, GLOCK has committed to community events focused on educating parents about securely storing firearms and talking to their children about firearm safety. GLOCK will present the GLOCK Safety Ambassador of the Year Award to the individual or organization that demonstrates the promotion of firearms safety by driving pledges throughout their community to the GLOCK pledge page. In 2014, the award went to the Marietta (GA) Police Department for their dedicated efforts to drive pledges through a series of firearm safety education community meetings. Pledge your personal commitment to firearms safety today. Practice the basic rules of firearms safety and always use the proper shooting equipment such as eye and ear protection. Keep firearms properly and securely stored. Promote firearms safety to your friends, colleagues, and loved ones.
The Scholastic Pistol Program has made updates to its Virtual Match Series, which is designed to allow teams to compete without having to travel to other ranges. Beginning June 1, 2015, there will be a special monthly random draw with a prize of a $1,000 donation to a team’s MidwayUSA Foundation endowment account. This special event will run through December 2015 and is open to any team or squad that participates in the Virtual E-Postal Match Series in that month. To be eligible for the random draw prize, a team only has to submit one (1) score for that month. National Virtual Championships In addition to the monthly random drawing, these scores are also entered into the SPP Virtual Match Championships. We will be offering endowment donations as placement awards. To be eligible for Virtual Match Series Championships, a team or squad must register at least four (4) squad scores during the season. To compete in this series, the team or squad must shoot the entire course of fire and submit their scores for registration. Just like any live match, a team/squad must have four individuals competing. The current Virtual E-Postal Series season began September 1, 2014 and has been extended to run through December 15, 2015. This year we will be using the Lewis Class system during the Virtual Match Series Championships. There will be two (2) Lewis classes in each division, and endowment money will be given to first, second, and third places in each class. In Class A, the donations will be $1,250 for first, $1,000 for second, and $750 for third. In Class B, the donations for first through third will be $1,000, $750, and $500, respectively. Eligibility for SPP Virtual E-Postal Match Series Any team or squad that is fully registered in the Scholastic Pistol Program, which includes being registered in the SHOT system, is eligible and encouraged to compete in this series. Teams must also have an endowment account with the MidwayUSA Foundation. If you don’t have an endowment account, it’s easy to start an account here. Submitting Scores Score sheets can be downloaded from the website. Coaches must register each score by submitting a scanned copy of the completed SPP score sheets to tmowry@sssfonline.com. The cost of registration is $5 per squad (of four) per match score. Checks and score sheets can be sent to: SPP, 288 Crisswell Road, Butler, PA 16002.
MidwayUSA Foundation's grant cycle is in full swing! The foundation is now accepting applications from teams for grants to pay for shoot entry fees, uniforms, ammunition, and other team expenses, and the deadline for this cycle is fast approaching. Any team with a balance in its MidwayUSA Foundation Team Endowment Account can apply for a grant once a year. If you have an account balance and did not apply for a grant in December, you are eligible. The deadline to apply for a grant during this cycle is June 15. Want to receive your funds even faster? Choose the option of direct deposit when you apply. You can learn more about the grant program on the MidwayUSA Foundation website.
SPP partner Crow Shooting Supply is making a limited-time offer to SSSF participants of special pricing on DPMS Oracle semiautomatic rifles. This lightweight, optics-ready carbine will be in 5.56 NATO with A3 flat-top receiver and lightweight, 16-inch barrel. It is equipped with a Pardus stock and will come with a 10-round magazine. As an added value, it comes with your choice of an extra Brownells or Magpul PMAG 30-round magazine. (Please check with your state regulations for ownership of 30-round magazines.)
The rifles are priced at an exceptional value, for SSSF members, of $527 per gun, plus shipping of $15.95 per gun.
You must submit a copy of a Federal Firearms License (FFL) that the gun is to be shipped to when you send the order form to Crow Shooting Supply.
Quantities are very limited. If you are interested in ordering a rifle, contact Tammy Mowry, tmowry@sssfonline.com, for an order form. In addition, Crow is offering discounted pricing on 9mm ammunition and some accessories for SSSF participants. Learn more about this offer. Orders may be placed by team coaches or parents/guardians to order Crow Shooting Supply items.
Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation is proud to announce the 2015 recipients in our SSSF Scholarship Program. Sixty-five SCTP and SPP student athletes will receive scholarships totaling $57,000. SSSF will add another $4,000 to that total in July when it awards scholarships to four additional athletes during Last Competitor Standing events at its 2015 National Championships. From 2013 through its 2015 distributions, SSSF will have awarded $140,000 in scholarship funds to 148 student athletes in the SCTP and SPP programs. Athletes who graduated from high school in 2015 and will enroll in college this year were eligible to apply for this year's scholarships. Awards are based on SCTP/SPP participation, academics, need, and other factors. The scholarships are being funded by generous sponsors who support our youth shooting programs, as well as supporters who raise funds through national banquets. For the SCTP scholarships, the National Skeet Shooting Association and National Sporting Clays Association (NSSA-NSCA) contributed $10,000 for 10 awards, and an additional $8,500 was provided by the Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA), GunBroker.com, NRA, Hodgdon Powder, Zanders Sporting Goods, and MEC. Of the eight $1000 scholarships being awarded to SPP athletes, six are being funded by a donation from Smith & Wesson, while others are being funded by a $1000 donation each from the Joyce Wilson Women in the Shooting Sports Scholarship and the International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA). Congratulations to the following 2015 scholarship recipients:
Scholastic Clay Target Program Athletes
Scholarships are funded by the SSSF and NSSA-NSCA unless otherwise indicated.
Jacob Buchanon
Alaska
Grace Hambuchen
Arkansas
Marshall Anema
Arizona
Danielle Buttermore
Connecticut
Clayton Teall
Florida
Zachary Metz
Florida
GunBroker.com
Ciara Erenberger
Iowa
NRA
Samuel Frederes
Iowa
Joshua Morrison
Iowa
Lake Heaton
Iowa
ATA
Lauren Herr
Iowa
Christopher Martin
Iowa
Caleb Gradeless
Iowa
Samantha Ashland
Iowa
Luke Borden
Idaho
Sydney Carson
Indiana
Conner Haley
Indiana
ATA
Emily Duquette
Massachusetts
Alyssa Minder
Minnesota
Zachary Jung
Minnesota
Emily Hampson
Missouri
Austin Webb
Montana
Hodgdon Powder
Courtney Jones
North Carolina
Hunter Clark
North Carolina
Grant Lind
North Dakota
Madison Webster
Nebraska
Hodgdon Powder
Carl Kessler
Ohio
Sean Curran
Ohio
GunBroker.com
Tess Decker
Oklahoma
Douglas Birchard
Pennsylvania
ATA
Bryce Buckwalter
Pennsylvania
Zane McShane
Pennsylvania
Donovan Barry
Pennsylvania
William Till
South Carolina
Braxton Rider
Tennessee
Harold Doughty III
Tennessee
Samantha Smith
Tennessee
Mathew St.John
Tennessee
NRA Scholarship
Joseph Simmons
Tennessee
Travis Old
Texas
GunBroker.com
Ian Stodart
Utah
Grayson Helms
Washington
Megan Rice
Washington
Abigail Denmark
Washington
Abigail Rosenau
Wisconsin
ATA
Dalton Karow
Wisconsin
Emily Bradley
Wisconsin
Samuel Hovde
Wisconsin
Zachary Hahn
Wisconsin
Zachary Henderson
Wisconsin
Emma Gehring
Wisconsin
Atticus Clark
Wisconsin
Gunnar Kern
Wisconsin
Molly Cocroft
Wisconsin
Joseph Altwies
Wisconsin
Brian Morris
Wisconsin
Zanders Sporting Goods
Pauline Schlais
Wisconsin
MEC
Scholastic Pistol Program Athletes
Franklin Ordway
Oregon
Smith & Wesson Scholarship
Eri Martin
Maine
Smith & Wesson Scholarship
Hunter Reiley
Texas
Smith & Wesson Scholarship
Ryan Hellyer
Kentucky
Smith & Wesson Scholarship
Tyler Wright
Ohio
Smith & Wesson Scholarship
Corey Bucholz
Wisconsin
Smith & Wesson Scholarship
Amber Rasmussen
Wisconsin
Joyce Wilson Women in the Shooting Sports Scholarship
Ready, set -- GO! You've been making plans all year to compete in the SPP Junior/Senior National Championships at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta, Illinois, and it's time for you to take the all-important step of registering for the event. Registration is now open. For this year, registration will again be manual rather than through the SHOT system. You can download the form and submit it to Tammy Mowry, tmowry@sssfonline.com. Pre-registration is required. Squadding will be offered on Monday, July 13 through Saturday, July 18. All competitors will receive a National Championship t-shirt, but they must be pre-ordered. Deadline for orders is June 10.
It's time to register for the 2015 SCTP National Championships at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta, Illinois. Registration opened on June 1 at sssfonline.org for the July 13-18 event. To ensure your registration goes smoothly, please follow these policies and tips:
Do NOT hold time slots until you are sure of the number of athletes you will be bringing. Squads must pay within 10 days, or your time slots may be released to other teams. We anticipate another record year and want to ensure that everyone has an equal and fair opportunity to squad their athletes. There are plenty of squad times, and we also added another flight to ensure enough room for all.
When squadding your athletes, consider squadding them in consecutive time slots rather than at the same time. This will keep your group of athletes and parents together instead of spread out across 6-10 fields at the same time. For example, placing one squad on field 11A at 8 a.m. and your next squad on 11A at 8:45 will keep everyone from your team together, as well as simplifying the job of coaches.
ALL head coaches must sign in at the registration counter in the Main Events Center. At that time, you will go through your teams’ line-up and sign off on them, stating that each athlete is properly squadded and in the appropriate division. Once you do that, they are set, and no changes can be made. Please take the time to ensure that everything is correct.
At the time of registration, you will receive a goodie bag for the head coach and each athlete. If you do not want one of these bags, please tell the registration personnel at that time. Each athlete and coach participating will also receive an event t-shirt. Coaches: Please make sure the shirt size is filled in on your athletes' and coaches' profiles.
Please make sure your athletes are in the correct division on the athletes' profile page for the High School Division, as well as for the SCTP American Division. Having them categorized differently in the two areas may prevent you from squadding them properly.
The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to providing shooting-sports education and opportunities to school-age youths around the United States to encourage young athlete personal growth and development. Tax-ID number 20-8484121.
GLOCK, Inc. continues to spread the message of firearms safety with its annual GLOCK Safety Pledge Drive. The drive coincides with June National Safety Month and will run from June 1, 2015 through June 30, 2015. Pledgees may make their commitment as well as learn more about firearms safety at us.GLOCK.com/safetypledge. GLOCK actively works year-round to promote firearms safety across the United States, joining the community of law enforcement, community leaders, businesses, and the firearms industry to raise public awareness about reducing firearm incidents. According to the company, responsibility of practicing and promoting firearms safety is an ongoing and everyday commitment. Firearms safety is intrinsically worked into every facet of the company’s ethos, from product design to community outreach. “As a firearms manufacturer and a leader in the industry, it is GLOCK’s first and foremost responsibility to teach and promote firearms safety within the industry as well as outside of it,” said Josh Dorsey, vice president at GLOCK. “Safety is an issue that puts us all on the same page.” The campaign will be promoted primarily through social networks. Participants and partners are encouraged to share throughout their own social channels to bring awareness to the nationwide safety campaign. Among the many safety programs slated for June, GLOCK has committed to community events focused on educating parents about securely storing firearms and talking to their children about firearm safety. GLOCK will present the GLOCK Safety Ambassador of the Year Award to the individual or organization that demonstrates the promotion of firearms safety by driving pledges throughout their community to the GLOCK pledge page. In 2014, the award went to the Marietta (GA) Police Department for their dedicated efforts to drive pledges through a series of firearm safety education community meetings. Pledge your personal commitment to firearms safety today. Practice the basic rules of firearms safety and always use the proper shooting equipment such as eye and ear protection. Keep firearms properly and securely stored. Promote firearms safety to your friends, colleagues, and loved ones.
SPP partner Crow Shooting Supply is making a limited-time offer to SSSF participants of special pricing on DPMS Oracle semiautomatic rifles. This lightweight, optics-ready carbine will be in 5.56 NATO with A3 flat-top receiver and lightweight, 16-inch barrel. It is equipped with a Pardus stock and will come with a 10-round magazine. As an added value, it comes with your choice of an extra Brownells or Magpul PMAG 30-round magazine. (Please check with your state regulations for ownership of 30-round magazines.)
The rifles are priced at an exceptional value, for SSSF members, of $527 per gun, plus shipping of $15.95 per gun.
You must submit a copy of a Federal Firearms License (FFL) that the gun is to be shipped to when you send the order form to Crow Shooting Supply.
Quantities are very limited. If you are interested in ordering a rifle, contact Tammy Mowry, tmowry@sssfonline.com, for an order form. In addition, Crow is offering discounted pricing on 9mm ammunition and some accessories for SSSF participants. Learn more about this offer. Orders may be placed by team coaches or parents/guardians to order Crow Shooting Supply items.