San Antonio, TX – The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) and the National Skeet Shooting Association / National Sporting Clays Association (NSSA/NSCA) are pleased to announce renewal of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to continue promoting youth skeet and sporting clays. The new MOU continues a formal relationship that started in 2010 at the SCTP Nationals and provides benefits for participants in both organizations. Consistent with the previous MOU, all SCTP state and national skeet and sporting clays targets will be registered with the NSSA/NSCA, thus NSSA/NSCA membership is a requirement for those events. Memberships are only $10 and SCTP athletes will be able to register both NSSA skeet and NSCA sporting clays targets under the NSSA/NSCA’s Crossfire Program. In addition, all members will receive a subscription to the e-magazine version of Clay Target Nation and be eligible to participate in NSSA and NSCA events around the country. Youth members are also eligible for all NSSA/NSCA member benefits including NSSA/NSCA youth scholarship programs. Both parties will also be working together to create an SCTP All American Team recognition program. Scholastic Clay Target Program coaches will be able to conveniently purchase memberships through the SSSF’s Shooting Organizational Technology (SHOT) system, a process identical to how SCTP coaches currently pay all other fees including membership, ATA and Junior Shooters magazine subscriptions. All of the forms and paperwork previously required for SCTP athletes to join NSSA/NSCA has now been eliminated and replaced with one seamless, paperless process. The SSSF will provide all membership information electronically to the NSSA/NSCA and new member numbers will automatically be back-populated to the athlete record in the SHOT system. This process will also help automate score reporting for SCTP events between SCTP and NSSA/NSCA. A portion of all memberships purchased through the SSSF shot system will be returned to the SSSF for use in the SCTP Scholarship program. In addition, the NSSA/NSCA is providing cost-share on all of the team medals awarded at SCTP state championships. “This is another win-win for both groups!” said Tom Wondrash, SCTP National Director. “Being able to offer a one stop shop for our coaches with less work on their part while further supporting our SCTP scholarship program is huge!” “The NSCA is excited about the effort in continuing our relationship with SSSF” said Brett Moyes, NSCA Director. “Their commitment to youth shooting throughout the country is impeccable and we look forward to a longstanding relationship between SSSF and NSCA, as well as continued growth in youth shooting development.” “We are excited about this partnership as it’s a catalyst that facilitates the proper introduction of young men and women to the sport of registered Skeet and Sporting clays shooting.” Said Michael Dowling, NSSA Director. We fully support the SSSF and have designated the SCTP as the Official Youth Program of NSSA and NSCA.” About Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation: 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 the National Skeet Shooting Association /National Sporting Clays Association: NSSA and NSCA are dedicated to the development of skeet shooting and sporting clays at all levels of participation and work to create an atmosphere of healthy competition and meaningful fellowship within their membership. Shooters who want to compete can enter both fun shoots and registered tournaments. Both organizations are headquartered at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas. The National Shooting Complex is one of the premier shooting facilities in the world, hosting elite tournaments for skeet and sporting clays, including the World Skeet Championships and National Sporting Clays Championship. In addition, it is the venue for a wide range of shooting and non-shooting events for thousands of serious competitors, casual shooters, and outdoors enthusiasts each year. For more information about NSSA/NSCA, visit www.nssa-nsca.org
Scholastic Clay Target Program and Scholastic Action Shooting Program athletes, friends and families are invited to take part in the next made for TV shooting sports program. American Marksman, a new nationwide target shooting competition for amateurs being produced by the Outdoor Channel and Sportsman Channel television networks. This is a low barrier to entry event where amateur shooters in four different divisions (Junior (12-16), Men (17+), Women (17+), and Military/Law Enforcement) can compete in their own division, and have a great time competing against others like themselves! The local qualifying level is the first step in a three-tiered national tour where amateur shooters will attempt to advance to one of nine regional championships and, ultimately, a national championship where the winner will take home $50,000! Along the way, cameras will be rolling to capture footage to produce a television show about the competition and competitors as they attempt to advance. The local qualifying level is made up of a fun course of fire consisting of .22 caliber rim fire guns and ammo. Over 200 ranges across the country participating as Official Local Qualifying Ranges. Shooters can find a nearby range www.ammarksman.com/ranges . The local qualifying level runs from March 1st to May 31st. It’s only $20 to sign up for .22 rifle or pistol, or $35 for both rifle and pistol. American Marksman has provided the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation with a special code that anyone can use when entering their local qualifying event. Simply use the code SSSF on the second page of the registration screen when registering at www.ammarksman.com and the SSSF will receive a portion of each registration to use to support its programs. As many as 250 individuals in each region in each division will be invited to a regional championship which will take place in the summer. All firearms and ammunition will be provided at the regional and national championship.
The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF), the National Governing Body of the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and the Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP), is offering a scholarship program to reward deserving SCTP/SASP graduating seniors with needed college assistance. The main objective is to award as many scholarships as possible to qualifying SCTP / SASP graduating seniors. SSSF is establishing minimal guidelines for the selection procedure, thus allowing the final selection to be as simple as possible.
General Procedures:
Each applicant must be a graduating senior within the year of the awarded scholarship and must be registered for college before the scholarship is awarded in that same
Applicant must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative Grade Point Average through the most recent grading period ending on or before April 1, 2016.
Each prospective recipient must be registered as a full-time college student before the scholarship is awarded and must provide the name of the post-secondary college or community/ junior college to receive the scholarship proceeds. Each scholarship check will be mailed to the appropriate college in the student's name by October 1, The scholarship funds are to be used for tuition, fees, etc. This is a one-time, non-renewable scholarship.
Applicants may not be in receipt of any "full" scholarship funds in order to qualify (i.e., athletics, military academy, academic, etc.).
Applicants must have participated during 2015-2016 in one of their SCTP / SASP State Championships, National Championships, or regional events in Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays, or Olympic Bunker; Olympic Skeet Championships, Pistol or Rifle.
Applicants must be able to complete all parts of the application packet:
Application / Personal Information Page:
One Page Student Resume or School and Non-School Activities and Honors
One Page Essay (see Essay Guidelines)
Must attach current high school transcript or home school transcript!
Funds will be awarded, if available, and the goal is to assist as many SCTP / SASP graduating high school seniors as possible.
Brian Hood, Central Iowa SASP coach, was featured on NBC Nightly News this week voicing support for a bill Iowa lawmakers recently sent to the senate that would allow children in Iowa under the age of 14 to shoot handguns. Supporters say the law brings Iowa up to date with most other states. Those against the bill claim it’s creating a militia of toddlers. Hood’s 16-year-old daughter, Grace, competes with the SASP using a handgun, but his 13-year-old daughter, Emma, isn’t allowed due to the current law. “This is not about giving our children the combo to the gun safe,” Hood said. “This is about allowing them in a supervised scenario to learn a great sport.” To view the NBC Nightly News piece, click here.
The SCTP has confirmed the dates for the “SCTP International Style National Championships” starting Monday, August 1 and ending Sunday, August 7. The event will be held once again at USA Shootings International Shotgun Range at Fort Carson, Col. There will be a limited number of beds available at the Olympic Training Center for athletes and coaches. Cost per night will be $100 per person. Event fees will be forthcoming. The event schedule is as follows: Monday/Tuesday August 1-2: Open Training 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday/Thursday August 3-4: Skeet Competition Friday August 5: Olympic Doubles Competition Saturday/Sunday August 6-7: Trap Competition The shooting competition will end with an awards ceremony and banquet Sunday, August 7 starting at 6 p.m.. This year’s banquet will be held at the Double Tree by Hilton in Colorado Springs. We do have a limited number of rooms available for $125 per night all-inclusive of taxes and resort fees! Please contact Amanda at awondrash@sssfonline.com to reserve your rooms at the Double Tree or the OTC.
The SCTP has announced dates for its National Fundraising Banquets. Anyone interested in attending any of these banquets can get tickets by contacting Amanda at the SCTP administrative office (awondrash@sssfonline.com) or by contacting a Director of Development. These banquets help raise funds in support of SCTP's scholarship program. Last year alone, the SCTP gave away almost $70,000 in scholarships to SCTP athletes going on to college. Dates: March 18th – Waterford, WI (almost sold out) April 21st – Grapevine, Texas May 6th – Columbus, Ohio June ? – Kansas City, KS (TBD) Sept. ? – Burlington, MA (TBD)
SCTP coaches, state advisors and tournament coordinators, are you looking for an SCTP medal to give out at your local fun shoots and invitational shoot? Well, here they are! You can order any quantity of gold, silver or bronze SCTP medals for only $5 each. These are a high-quality, polished medal with SCTP on the ribbons and are available for immediate shipment. To place your medal order, just contact Amanda at awondrash@sssfonline.com She will be happy to help you.
Any shooter, male or female, grades 5-12, is invited to participate in the first Indiana Mid-State SCTP Sporting Clays Shoot by Kokomo Izaak Walton to be held April 24, 2016 at the Howard County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America in Kokoma, Indiana. Team endowment funding will be awarded by team placement and matching money is to be announced. Funding is being provided compliments of the Indiana Youth Shooting Sports Foundation. Competition Divisions:
This past December marked the first time a Level I NRA/USAS/CMP Shotgun Coach Certification Class has been taught in the great state of Hawaii. Helping put this all together was local coach (and previous resident of Iowa) and new team coach, Tom Griffiths. Tom helped make history not only for Hawaii but for the NRA and the SCTP!! Tom along with coaches Richard Hoeflinger and Greg Kunz will head up the newly formed team, The Big Island Breakers. “My goal is to bring this team to the SCTP nationals and see a feather banner with the state of Hawaii on it displayed along with all of the other states that attend the biggest and best youth National Championships in the world,” Griffiths said. “We want to break our share of the 1 million plus competition targets that will be thrown for that event!” Instructing the class of 14 in Hilo was NRA/NCDS Level II Instructor and SCTP National Director, Tom Wondrash. “It was my pleasure to teach the first Level I class in Hawaii and bring in these new and dedicated coaches to the SCTP,” Wondrash said. “We are looking forward to the new teams, athletes and families that this will surely ignite.” Amanda Wondrash was also available and worked with the new coaches on how to use the SHOT system, registering athletes, assistant coaches and general use of the website for tournaments and fun shoots. The Big Island Breakers and several other newly formed teams will be training at the Hilo Trap & Skeet club located just a few miles out of Hilo. These teams are also considering running their state shoot in conjunction with the PITA state shoot also being held at the Hilo Trap & Skeet Club. Just in the last several months and leading into March, there will have been well over 225 NRA/USAS/CMP Level I Shotgun Coaches trained by SCTP affiliated instructors / NRA NCDS including Scott Moniot, Chet Tuinstra, Hank Garvey, Jim Dickerson, Mike Carson and Tom Wondrash. Anyone interested in starting or becoming part of the National SCTP organization, please contact Chet Tuinstra at ctuinstra@ss
sfonline.com if you are in the eastern US and Scott Moniot at smoniot@sssfonline.com if you are in the western US. They are more than happy to help and explain the benefits of membership in the Scholastic Clay Target Program! About SCTP SCTP, along with Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) are youth development programs in which adult coaches and volunteers model sportsmanship, responsibility, honesty, ethics, integrity, and teamwork while using shooting sports programs to teach these and other positive life skills to the athletes. The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) is responsible for all aspects of the Scholastic Clay Target Program and the Scholastic Action Shooting Program across the United States. The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation exists to raise funding and other resources for youth development programs in the shooting sports industry. To learn more about SCTP or SASP visit www.sssfonline.org
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.
San Antonio, TX – The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) and the National Skeet Shooting Association / National Sporting Clays Association (NSSA/NSCA) are pleased to announce renewal of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to continue promoting youth skeet and sporting clays. The new MOU continues a formal relationship that started in 2010 at the SCTP Nationals and provides benefits for participants in both organizations. Consistent with the previous MOU, all SCTP state and national skeet and sporting clays targets will be registered with the NSSA/NSCA, thus NSSA/NSCA membership is a requirement for those events. Memberships are only $10 and SCTP athletes will be able to register both NSSA skeet and NSCA sporting clays targets under the NSSA/NSCA’s Crossfire Program. In addition, all members will receive a subscription to the e-magazine version of Clay Target Nation and be eligible to participate in NSSA and NSCA events around the country. Youth members are also eligible for all NSSA/NSCA member benefits including NSSA/NSCA youth scholarship programs. Both parties will also be working together to create an SCTP All American Team recognition program. Scholastic Clay Target Program coaches will be able to conveniently purchase memberships through the SSSF’s Shooting Organizational Technology (SHOT) system, a process identical to how SCTP coaches currently pay all other fees including membership, ATA and Junior Shooters magazine subscriptions. All of the forms and paperwork previously required for SCTP athletes to join NSSA/NSCA has now been eliminated and replaced with one seamless, paperless process. The SSSF will provide all membership information electronically to the NSSA/NSCA and new member numbers will automatically be back-populated to the athlete record in the SHOT system. This process will also help automate score reporting for SCTP events between SCTP and NSSA/NSCA. A portion of all memberships purchased through the SSSF shot system will be returned to the SSSF for use in the SCTP Scholarship program. In addition, the NSSA/NSCA is providing cost-share on all of the team medals awarded at SCTP state championships. “This is another win-win for both groups!” said Tom Wondrash, SCTP National Director. “Being able to offer a one stop shop for our coaches with less work on their part while further supporting our SCTP scholarship program is huge!” “The NSCA is excited about the effort in continuing our relationship with SSSF” said Brett Moyes, NSCA Director. “Their commitment to youth shooting throughout the country is impeccable and we look forward to a longstanding relationship between SSSF and NSCA, as well as continued growth in youth shooting development.” “We are excited about this partnership as it’s a catalyst that facilitates the proper introduction of young men and women to the sport of registered Skeet and Sporting clays shooting.” Said Michael Dowling, NSSA Director. We fully support the SSSF and have designated the SCTP as the Official Youth Program of NSSA and NSCA.” About Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation: 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 the National Skeet Shooting Association /National Sporting Clays Association: NSSA and NSCA are dedicated to the development of skeet shooting and sporting clays at all levels of participation and work to create an atmosphere of healthy competition and meaningful fellowship within their membership. Shooters who want to compete can enter both fun shoots and registered tournaments. Both organizations are headquartered at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas. The National Shooting Complex is one of the premier shooting facilities in the world, hosting elite tournaments for skeet and sporting clays, including the World Skeet Championships and National Sporting Clays Championship. In addition, it is the venue for a wide range of shooting and non-shooting events for thousands of serious competitors, casual shooters, and outdoors enthusiasts each year. For more information about NSSA/NSCA, visit www.nssa-nsca.org 
Scholastic Clay Target Program and Scholastic Action Shooting Program athletes, friends and families are invited to take part in the next made for TV shooting sports program. American Marksman, a new nationwide target shooting competition for amateurs being produced by the Outdoor Channel and Sportsman Channel television networks. This is a low barrier to entry event where amateur shooters in four different divisions (Junior (12-16), Men (17+), Women (17+), and Military/Law Enforcement) can compete in their own division, and have a great time competing against others like themselves! The local qualifying level is the first step in a three-tiered national tour where amateur shooters will attempt to advance to one of nine regional championships and, ultimately, a national championship where the winner will take home $50,000! Along the way, cameras will be rolling to capture footage to produce a television show about the competition and competitors as they attempt to advance. The local qualifying level is made up of a fun course of fire consisting of .22 caliber rim fire guns and ammo. Over 200 ranges across the country participating as Official Local Qualifying Ranges. Shooters can find a nearby range 
The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF), the National Governing Body of the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and the Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP), is offering a scholarship program to reward deserving SCTP/SASP graduating seniors with needed college assistance. The main objective is to award as many scholarships as possible to qualifying SCTP / SASP graduating seniors. SSSF is establishing minimal guidelines for the selection procedure, thus allowing the final selection to be as simple as possible.
Brian Hood, Central Iowa SASP coach, was featured on 
SCTP coaches, state advisors and tournament coordinators, are you looking for an SCTP medal to give out at your local fun shoots and invitational shoot? Well, here they are! You can order any quantity of gold, silver or bronze SCTP medals for only $5 each. These are a high-quality, polished medal with SCTP on the ribbons and are available for immediate shipment. To place your medal order, just contact Amanda at 
This past December marked the first time a Level I NRA/USAS/CMP Shotgun Coach Certification Class has been taught in the great state of Hawaii. Helping put this all together was local coach (and previous resident of Iowa) and new team coach, Tom Griffiths. Tom helped make history not only for Hawaii but for the NRA and the SCTP!! Tom along with coaches Richard Hoeflinger and Greg Kunz will head up the newly formed team, The Big Island Breakers. “My goal is to bring this team to the SCTP nationals and see a feather banner with the state of Hawaii on it displayed along with all of the other states that attend the biggest and best youth National Championships in the world,” Griffiths said. “We want to break our share of the 1 million plus competition targets that will be thrown for that event!” Instructing the class of 14 in Hilo was NRA/NCDS Level II Instructor and SCTP National Director, Tom Won
drash. “It was my pleasure to teach the first Level I class in Hawaii and bring in these new and dedicated coaches to the SCTP,” Wondrash said. “We are looking forward to the new teams, athletes and families that this will surely ignite.” Amanda Wondrash was also available and worked with the new coaches on how to use the SHOT system, registering athletes, assistant coaches and general use of the website for tournaments and fun shoots. The Big Island Breakers and several other newly formed teams will be training at the Hilo Trap & Skeet club located just a few miles out of Hilo. These teams are also considering running their state shoot in conjunction with the PITA state shoot also being held at the Hilo Trap & Skeet Club. Just in the
last several months and leading into March, there will have been well over 225 NRA/USAS/CMP Level I Shotgun Coaches trained by SCTP affiliated instructors / NRA NCDS including Scott Moniot, Chet Tuinstra, Hank Garvey, Jim Dickerson, Mike Carson and Tom Wondrash. Anyone interested in starting or becoming part of the National SCTP organization, please contact Chet Tuinstra at 