31-September 14 in Changwon, South Korea. This selection match featured 250 Qualification targets presented over four days of competition plus one Final. The second stage of World Championship selection will take place at the 2018 Spring Selection Match, March 19-25 in Tucson, Arizona. Performance at Fall Selection will also determine athlete participants for the season-opening 2018 ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico, March 2-12. Olympic qualification and country quota allocations officially get underway during next year’s World Championship. Juniors will earn their World Championship selection during one match at next year’s Spring Selection. Hancock, the reigning National Champion in Men’s Skeet, dropped only three targets over the four days to finish first in Qualification with 247 targets. He would also go on to win the Final after defeating his two-time Olympic teammate Frank Thompson (Alliance, Nebraska) in a shootoff. Thompson finished second place overall. Phillip Jungman (U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit/Caldwell, Texas) finished in third place overall. Rhode also finished Qualification only missing three targets for 247 hits. She also won the Final by a five-target margin. During the 2017 season, Rhode won two golds and a silver at the three ISSF World Cups. Most recently Rhode finished in fourth place at the World Championship in Moscow, Russia. Finishing in second place was Rhode’s World Championship teammate Caitlin Connor(Winnfield, Louisiana). Haley Dunn (Eddyville, Iowa) tied Amber English (Colorado Springs, Colorado) in selection points after Qualification and the Final so third place was decided in a shootoff which Dunn won, 4-3. Recently-crowned World Champion Dania Vizzi (Odessa, Florida) finished in fifth place and Junior World Champion Katie Jacob (Rochester, Michigan) finished in eighth place. Complete results from the 2017 Fall Selection Match Trap competition concluded at Fall Selection on October 3 with Ashley Carroll (Solvang, California) and Grayson Davey (Anchorage, Alaska) taking top honors. TRAP RECAP NOTE: Both Hancock and Rhode are alumni of the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP)
explains the firearms needed for one of SASPs most popular competitive divisions - iron sight rifle. This chapter comes from a two-hour educational video geared toward coaches, parents and athletes interested in getting started in the SASP. The video covers all aspects of the program including safety, equipment selection, action shooting fundamentals, coaching new athletes, the SASP competition format, season planning, and much more! Watch this chapter on the SSSF YouTube Channel… Order the DVD from the SSSF Online Store…
Name: Allison Gentry State: Ohio Program: SASP Team: Ohio Steel Stingers How the SASP has helped me as a young person: The Scholastic Action Shooting Program has helped me develop as a young person by finding solutions to problems and fixing them fast, if my firearm is broken I borrow someone else's firearm or if it gets jammed I clear the jam and keep going no matter how long it takes me to clear it. It has helped my social skills as a person and to be more outgoing. Teamwork, if you are done reloading your magazines and you see someone on your team you go and help them load and if they need anything you help them. You let your teammates borrow your firearm, you cheer for them while they shoot and you tell them good job after they come off the line. You have determination and strive, your performance is counted on the clock it is you against time it is not a sport like showing horses where it is the judges opinion you go against yourself and the time. You have confidence in yourself and the will to strive to your greatest and do a sport where you can bond with everyone around you and have fun doing what you love, that is how Scholastic Action Shooting Program has helped develop me as a young person. About the NRA/SSSF All Scholastic Team The All-Scholastic Team recognizes the top student athletes in the SSSF’s Scholastic Clay Target and Scholastic Action Shooting Program for their achievements in the classroom, on the range and in their communities. Through an application process, 2017 All-Scholastic Team Members have proven academic excellence by posting 3.0 or better grade point averages, shooting excellent scores in recent competition (95% in trap or skeet, 85% in sporting clays, 88% in international trap/skeet or 75 seconds or less for SASP) and by demonstrating outstanding community involvement. See profiles for the 2017 SSSF/NRA All Scholastic Team Members
Athletes graduating from high school and enrolling in college were eligible to apply for this year’s scholarships. Awards are based on SCTP/SASP participation, academics, need, essays and other factors. Scholarships were funded by generous shooting industry sponsors and partners including the Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA), National Skeet Shooting Association (NSSA)/National Sporting Clays Association (NSCA) as well as supporters and donors who provide support to national SCTP fundraising banquets. Additional scholarships for the SCTP were awarded thanks to special support from Browning and the National Rifle Association (NRA). From 2013 through its 2017 distributions, SSSF has awarded over $300,000 in scholarship funds benefiting over 300 student athletes from 39 different states in the Scholastic Clay Target and Scholastic Action Shooting programs. Watch for details on the 2018 scholarship program on www.sssfonline.org in early March, 2018.
Log into your team account in SHOT system then select competitions tab on the bottom left of your screen. Click on the “Register for Shoots” link, then the National Shoots link to find the event and register your team. Participating teams must be currently registered with the SSSF/SCTP for the 2017/2018 shooting season prior to attending. The event is shaping up to be one of the best in SCTP history and the organization is expecting an impressive turnout. Participants are sure to have a blast, and as a bonus, the SCTP will award over $75,000 to Team Endowment Accounts at the MidwayUSA Foundation. To celebrate the Halloween weekend, the facilities will be decked out in “spooktacular” Halloween décor and participants can take part in a Saturday night costume contest. May the best ghoul win! Considered Ohio’s premier public shooting sports facility, the Cardinal Center offers impressive trapshooting and sporting clays ranges, as well as an indoor heated pool, lake for fishing, lots of outdoor activities, and great facilities for family camping, including 400 camp sites, with nine standard cabins and 20 deluxe cabins available to rent. Wifi service is available on the grounds as well. The center is located at I-71 (exit 140) and St. Rt. 61, just 30 miles north of Columbus. For those not keen on camping, there are a number of additional lodging options located within 15 minutes of the Cardinal Center.
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This chapter comes from a two-hour educational video geared toward coaches, parents and athletes interested in getting started in the SASP. The video covers all aspects of the program including safety, equipment selection, action shooting fundamentals, coaching new athletes, the SASP competition format, season planning, and much more! Watch this chapter on the SSSF YouTube Channel… Order the DVD from the SSSF Online Store…