University of Vermont Shooting Sports Club Boasts Big Participation, Expands Clinic Opportunities
As you know, youth and young adult interest in the shooting sport
s is increasing at a rapid rate. Recently, the University of Vermont Shooting Sports Club had to adjust to that boom in interest by providing additional learning opportunities. In fact, the club was so inundated with students interested in participating in its Intro to the Shooting Sports Clinic, that it had to break the clinic into four individual classes, hosting 20 students each. The first of those clinics was held Sept. 20, 2015. The classes, which are taught by senior club members, teach participants how to safely handle and shoot shotguns, rifles and pistols. In order to t
each the classes, club members must have competed for two years and attend a Range Safety Officer Class and NRA instructor classes in their discipline. The club has two competitive teams, the Trap and Skeet Team and Pistol Team, which compete on the national level against other colleges and universities. The Trap and Skeet team is a registered member of the Scholastic Clay Target Program and the Pistol Team is registered with the Scholastic Pistol Program.
s is increasing at a rapid rate. Recently, the University of Vermont Shooting Sports Club had to adjust to that boom in interest by providing additional learning opportunities. In fact, the club was so inundated with students interested in participating in its Intro to the Shooting Sports Clinic, that it had to break the clinic into four individual classes, hosting 20 students each. The first of those clinics was held Sept. 20, 2015. The classes, which are taught by senior club members, teach participants how to safely handle and shoot shotguns, rifles and pistols. In order to teach the classes, club members must have competed for two years and attend a Range Safety Officer Class and NRA instructor classes in their discipline. The club has two competitive teams, the Trap and Skeet Team and Pistol Team, which compete on the national level against other colleges and universities. The Trap and Skeet team is a registered member of the Scholastic Clay Target Program and the Pistol Team is registered with the Scholastic Pistol Program.