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The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) is pleased to announce the renewal of support from GLOCK for the SSSF’s Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP). During the recent NRA Annual Meeting in Louisville, Ky., GLOCK Vice President Josh Dorsey presented a check for $25,000 to the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF), which was accepted by Tammy Mowry, national program director for the Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) and Tom Yost, SSSF board member. “Thank you to GLOCK for its continued support of the Scholastic Action Shooting Program,” Mowry said. “GLOCK has been on board with the program since its inception and it is one of SASP’s Founding Partners. GLOCK understands the need to have our youth participate in the scholastic shooting sports and its sponsorship in our program really shows its commitment.” Earlier this year GLOCK also donated one of only 30 decoratively engraved G17 Gen4 Pistols in tribute to GLOCK’s 30th Anniversary in the US and its ongoing commitment to the mission of SSSF. This pistol will be raffled to raise money for the SASP with the winner announced in July at the SASP National Championships in Marengo, Ohio. More information on the raffle and the SSSF 30th Anniversary pistol is available at https://sssfonline.org/win-30th-anniversary-sssf-edition-glock-pistol/. “Investing in our youth shooting programs is imperative,” said Ed Fitzgerald, special projects manager for GLOCK. “Building an atmosphere where young people learn not only how to improve on their sport shooting, but in particular to learn the safety and responsibility that goes along with it.” About SSSF The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) is responsible for all aspects of the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) across the United States. SCTP and SASP are youth development programs in which adult coaches and other volunteers use shooting sports to teach and to demonstrate sportsmanship, responsibility, honesty, ethics, integrity, teamwork, and other positive life skills. SCTP was developed as a program of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) until the SSSF was created in 2007 to operate the SCTP. In 2012, SSSF created the SASP and became the managing foundation of both programs. For more information about SSSF, visit www.sssfonline.org. About GLOCK, INC. GLOCK is a leading global manufacturer of firearms. The simple, safe design of GLOCK's polymer-based pistols revolutionized the firearms industry and made GLOCK pistols a favorite among military and law enforcement agencies worldwide and among pistol owners. In 2016, GLOCK celebrates its30th Anniversary in the United States. Renowned for featuring three safeties, GLOCK pistols offer users of every lifestyle confidence they can rely on. GLOCK, Inc. is based in Smyrna, Georgia. For more information, please visit us.glock.comStaying up until midnight on June 1 is becoming an annual tradition for many Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) coaches across the country, as it marks the opening day of registration for the annual SCTP National Team Championships. In the first 24 hours of open registration for the July 9-16 tournament, the program saw 113 teams from 20 different states register 1,905 athletes. Combined registrations in all SCTP events totaled 3,804 compared to 2,026 for the first 24 hours of tournament registration one year ago. “These numbers are absolutely incredible!” said Tom Wondrash, SCTP national director. “We had almost as many athletes and registrations in one day this year as we had in total at last year’s National Championships! People are excited about this year’s tournament for sure!” The 2016 event at the Cardinal Center in Marengo, Ohio, is on track to outpace the 2015 SCTP National event, which finished with 2,432 athletes and 4,484 event entries. While the numbers are already up significantly from last year’s registrations, Wondrash points out that there is still room at the spacious Cardinal Center. "There are many times and dates still available for this year’s National Championships, teams can register up to July 5th!” The Scholastic Action Shooting Program will also hold its National Junior/Senior Championships in conjunction with the SCTP tournament. Additional facilities including 14 new action shooting bays have been constructed at the Cardinal Center for the event. SASP Nationals registration begins for teams on the SSSF SHOT data-system on June 3rd. 
The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) is pleased to announce the continued support of Smith and Wesson for the SSSF’s Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP). Smith and Wesson has been a Founding Partner of the SASP since its inception in 2012 and continues to support the nation’s leading youth action shooting program into 2016. During the NRA Annual Meetings in Louisville, Matt Buckingham (Smith and Wesson President, Firearms Division) presented a check for $30,000 to Tammy Mowry (SASP National Director) and Tom Yost (SSSF Board Member). Two thirds of the donation will be used for SASP general operations and one-third for the SASP Scholarship Fund for qualifying seniors in the Scholastic Action Shooting Program. “We are honored to be a founding partner for the Scholastic Action Shooting Program,” said Matt Buckingham, president of the Firearms Division of Smith & Wesson®. “This is an important program that provides kids from elementary through college the opportunity to safely participate in an exciting, team-based sport shooting activity that helps them develop a foundation for their personal values, sense of fair play, sportsmanship, and self-discipline. We are also pleased to be lending additional support to help shape their future by funding a scholarship program that will reward deserving SASP graduating seniors with college assistance.” “We are so happy to have Smith & Wesson as one our Founding Partners for the Scholastic Action Shooting Program. Their support of our program shows that they recognize the importance of being a part of making sure America’s youth are able to be involved in the shooting sports. We look forward to the opportunity of many more years of working with Smith and Wesson to promote the youth shooting sports," stated Tammy Mowry, national program director, Scholastic Action Shooting Program.
Over 50 youth from several area teams embarked on the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta, Illinois, on May 21st, 2016. These shooters were participating in the SASP IL State Shoot in both pistol and rifle disciplines. It is great to see all the young athletes participate in such an outstanding sport. Coach Chris Brooks 
The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) is pleased to welcome the addition of the Sheboygan County High School Trap and Team League. Founded in 1979 by Bill Lorenz, the league has 12 teams, including 400 athletes from the Sheboygan, Wis., area. Lorenz says he’s excited about the opportunities afforded the youth athletes by the SCTP. “The kids have a lot to look forward to,” Lorenz said. “Through the SCTP they’ll be participating in more and bigger tournaments than what they did before. They’re also excited about the scholarship opportunities. My hope is that some of them will be able to eventually shoot on the Olympic level.” Lorenz said he started the Sheboygan League the year after he graduated from high school. “When I was in school, there was just one team and no league,” Lorenz said. “So after I graduated, I took it upon myself to put together a high school program. By five years in we had 57 members. Our organization holds round robin tournaments. As we started going from club to club, we’d pick up more high schools. By 1986, we had 100 members.” Lorenz said he simply enjoys shooting and wants to help the youth members become better shooters. “I work in conservation, so it’s important to me that hunters make a clean shot,” he said. “That was one of the primary motivations for me. I want these kids to take good shots when they’re out hunting and to not be careless.”
The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) is pleased to offer a highly engraved GLOCK G17 as part of a raffle package benefiting the Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP). To commemorate 30 years of GLOCK, 30 pistols have been uniquely hand-engraved by five master engravers. The exclusive SSSF pistol (S/N 30USA18) was presented to the SSSF for its significant contributions to the success of GLOCK and is part of a raffle package to be drawn on July 15 as part of the SASP National Championships in Marengo, Ohio. 
“With GLOCK celebrating its 30th Anniversary in the United States, we are excited to include the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) as one of the recipients of our specially engraved pistols to celebrate the occasion,” said Ed Fitzgerald, special projects manager for GLOCK. “We hope that GLOCK and SSSF will continue to grow together for the future of junior shooters looking to start their shooting experience in a safe and structured environment.” “We are so appreciative of GLOCK’s support of the Scholastic Action Shooting Program as a founding partner and as one of the recipients of a 30th Anniversary GLOCK G17s,” Tammy Mowry, national program director for the Scholastic Action Shooting Program. “We look forward to the continued opportunity to work with GLOCK and introduce more youth to the great sport of competitive shooting.” The commemorative GLOCK 17 is one of five prizes in the raffle benefiting both local SASP teams and the national organization. Other great prizes include steel targets from Action Target, two Smith and Wesson M&P 9 pistols and a Volquartsen Ultralite rifle. For more information, contact Tammy Mowry, national director for the Scholastic Action Shooting Program. tmowry@sssfonline.com
“This is a really big deal,” said State Director of the Scholastic Action Shooting Program Lacey Lane. “This is probably one of the largest state championships for pistol and rifle in the nation.” One hundred and forty three pistol and 99 rifle athletes have been in Huntingdon to compete in the state championship for scholastic action shooting. Middle and high school students filled the Carroll County Shooting Sports Park for the competition where shooters are graded on speed and accuracy of firing their pistol or shotgun at the targets. “I really enjoy the shotgun part, but now I’m beginning to enjoy the pistol part even more,” competitor Drew Beeler said. According to Lane, shooting is a unique sport for kids to learn. “It gives them some discipline, teaches them gun safety and just how to work well with others,” Lane said. According to Mayor Kenny McBride, the Carroll County shooting facility is the only one of its kind in the Southeast, which is great for the county’s economy. “We bring so many people to our county who never have been here before,” McBride said. They come in, they spend the night, they will eat here, they will shop here, so it’s an economic driver for us.” The shooters will go on to the national competition this summer in Ohio. To learn more about the Tennessee Scholastic Action Shooting Program, visit the program’s website.
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