The Clay Pigeon Shooting Association (CPSA) has announced that the CPSA World English Sporting and Sportrap Championships will return to the world-famous E.J. Churchill Shooting Ground, having last been hosted there in 2018. The Championships will take place from June 8-14, 2020, and will include two world championships, one each for the disciplines of English Sporting and Sportrap (5-Stand). The event alternates every year between the CPSA in England and the National Sporting Clays Association in the USA. It attracts competitors from all over the world and … [Read more...]
FITASC Grand Slam to Replace World Cup, Grand Prix Events
NSCA is launching the NSCA FITASC Grand Slam, a four-shoot series that will crown the 2019 NSCA FITASC Champion, as well as National Concurrent Champions. The four events will replace the FITASC World Cup and Grand Prix events, which are being eliminated from the NSCA Championship Tour due to an unexpected and very significant fee increase from the F.I.T.A.S.C. organization. The FITASC events at NSCA Championship Tour events will be held as scheduled but will not count for FITASC’s “Beretta Cup” or “World Cup.” Events at the Western and North Central Regionals and the World English Sporting … [Read more...]
USA, Bobby Fowler Are World English Champs
The USA swept the major awards at the 2017 World English Sporting Championship, with Bobby Fowler winning top individual honors as World Champion and USA Sporting Clays Team members winning each concurrent. 917 shooters from 17 countries competed in the event, April 25-30 at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas. Fowler and George Digweed entered the Super Final in a tie at 189; followed by Gebben Miles, Bill McGuire, and Ben Husthwaite at 185; and Derrick Mein and 2016 World Champion Anthony Matarese at 184. Fowler's 21 in the shoot-off landed him three targets ahead of … [Read more...]
Anthony Matarese Brings World Championship to USA
Anthony Matarese Jr. has become the first American ever to win the World English Sporting Championship, taking the individual Gold Medal last week on the E.J. Churchill Shooting Grounds in England. Matarese finished the regulation main event with a three-target lead and held the margin through the six-man super final shoot-off to earn the World Championship. Mike Wilgus also qualified for the super final and finished the competition sixth overall. NSSA-NSCA's Clay Target Nation magazine recently profiled Matarese as a hard-working, driven competitor and for his wide-ranging activities in … [Read more...]
USA Sporting Clays Team Earning Medals at World English
The USA Sporting Clays Team has claimed its share of medals in every event to date at the World English Sporting Championship, ongoing at the legendary E.J. Churchill sporting grounds in England. USA dominated the podium in the FITASC event. Bill McGuire won the event with an impressive 94, while Kevin De Michiel bested sporting legend John Bidwell in a shoot-off of outstanding 93s. Desirae Edmunds took Ladies Silver, Dominic Gross won Junior Bronze and Gebben Miles won A2. In World Sportrap (5-stand), Desirae Edmunds not only won the Ladies Gold but also gave the men a run for their … [Read more...]
USA Sporting Clays Team Prepares to Leave for World English
The USA Sporting Clays Team is preparing to leave for the World English Sporting Championship to be held at one of England's finest shooting grounds, E.J. Churchill. This remarkable festival of shooting will take place June 20-26 in the Buckinghamshire countryside. The full week's shooting will include the World English Sporting, World Sportrap, Prelim English Sporting, FITASC Sporting, and a range of exciting supporting events. The World English Sporting Championship will follow the new format of all squads starting on stand 1 on each of the courses. E.J. Churchill, based on the West … [Read more...]
