In what was certainly one of, if not the best week of his shooting career, Bill McGuire capped off a year of exceptional shooting with a National Sporting Clays Championship and practically every major award NSCA offers. On Thursday night, McGuire was inducted into the NSCA Hall of Fame in recognition of his stellar shooting career. Along the way to earning his National Championship three days later, he also won Super Sporting and 5-Stand events, as well as the All-Around HOA for his cumulative scores in the main event, FITASC, K-Kup, and 5-Stand.
One more award awaited McGuire on Sunday night: along with three regional championships in 2016, Nationals secured his place as the winner of the 2016 NSCA Championship Tour – his third time in as many years.
Anthony Matarese, Jr., himself having a career-best year with a World English Sporting Championship in June, finished at runner-up with 291, a score that might have won Nationals in most years. Following a heated shoot-off of 288s with David Radulovich and Brad Kidd, Matt Fisher took the third podium spot. Annabelle Ayres won her third Ladies title at Nationals, followed by Haley Dunn at runner-up and Alexandra Wampler at third.
National Championship winners include:
HOA National Champion | Bill McGuire – 293 | |
Runner-up | Anthony Matarese – 291 | |
3rd Place | Matt Fisher – 288 | |
Lady Champion | Annabelle Ayres – 279 | |
Lady Runner-up | Haley Dunn – 268 | |
Lady 3rd | Alexandra Wampler – 268 | |
M1 | David Radulovich – 288 | |
AA1 | Chad Eidson – 281 | |
A1 | Cameron Dines – 263 | |
B1 | Rufino Vergara – 263 | |
C1 | Jacob Leckrone – 249 | |
D1 | Garrett Meier – 237 | |
E1 | Robin Anderson – 213 | |
Sub-Junior | Jared Greenwood – 275 | |
Junior | Tom Seay – 286 | |
Veteran | Clark Walraven – 283 | |
Super Veteran | Gary Greenway – 279 | |
Senior Super Vet | Carl Skip Zapffe – 254 | |
International | Damien Birgan – 290 | |
FITASC | Zachary Guerrettaz – 98 | |
FITASC Lady | Diane Sorantino – 95 | |
Krieghoff Kup | Brock Allen – 100 | |
5-Stand M-AA | Bill McGuire – 96 | |
5-Stand A-E | Seth Groves – 95 | |
20 Ga. FITASC | Jared Greenwood – 49 | |
28 Ga. FITASC | Ted Sapoznik – 50 | |
Sub-Gauge HOA | Derrick Mein – 290 | |
Super Sporting | Bill McGuire – 99 | |
20 Gauge | Derrick Mein – 97 | |
28 Gauge | Brian Hughes – 99 | |
.410 Bore | Zachary Kienbaum – 98 | |
Side X Side | Paul Montealegre – 96 | |
Pump | Oliverio Villareal – 97 | |
All-Around Main | Bill McGuire – 580 | |
All-Around Runner-up | David Radulovich – 576 | |
All-Around 3rd | Anthony Matarese – 574 |
You can see complete scores and results at Winscoreonline.com.