South Central Regional Rescheduled, Relocated to Greater Houston
The South Central Regional Sporting Clays Championship has been rescheduled and relocated due to the devastation by Hurricane Ida at Covey Rise Gun Club, which was originally planned to host the event. Following the news that the club would be forced to cancel, the NSCA Executive Council held a conference call to discuss the options. Greater Houston Sports Club generously offered to host the Regional, and the Executive Council unanimously approved combining the 2021 South Central Regional with the prestigious Diamond Classic at Greater Houston. The South Central Regional & Diamond Classic … [Read more...]
Updated Ammo Policy for National Championship
The National Shooting Complex has updated its ammunition policy for the upcoming National Sporting Clays Championship to address availability issues: We have been working diligently with all of our ammunition sponsors to secure as much ammunition as possible for the National Sporting Clays Championship. Despite our efforts to ensure that we have enough ammunition on hand, we unfortunately WILL NOT have enough on site for everyone to purchase for everything they are planning to participate in. We have a great deal of ammunition on hand, but knowing the demand will be higher this year, we … [Read more...]
American Shooters Medal at World FITASC
Although the USA Sporting Clays/FITASC Teams did not travel to international competition as a team this year, a contingent of American NSCA shooters traveled to Hungary for the World FITASC Championship last week and have returned home with several medals. Joseph Fanizzi not only won the Junior Gold Medal as champion, but he won the Open runner-up Silver Medal, after tying France’s Gael Poinsot, Open Champion, in regulation competition. Other individual winners were Meagan Harrington, Ladies Gold; Paul Oppegard, Veteran Gold; John Hackethorn, Master Gold; and Todd Hitch, Junior … [Read more...]
USA Teams to Forego World English, FITASC Events
After conversations with many of the USA Sporting Clays Team members, as well as discussions with the NSCA Executive Committee, the decision has been made not to send the USA teams to the 2021 World English Championship nor the 2021 World FITASC Championship this year. Their feedback regarding health, testing protocols, and quality of the experience led many team members to make the decision to forego the trips. The potential inability to fill out the entire USA teams was a major factor in coming to this decision. A few team members have expressed their intention to go to the 2021 World … [Read more...]
Winchester Announces Ladies Cup for Championship Tour
Winchester Ammunition announces the Winchester Ladies Cup, an all-new, season-long sporting clays competition designed specifically for ladies who shoot on the NSCA Championship Tour, Powered by Winchester. “A lot of thinking went into the Winchester Ladies Cup, and it started by looking at the current payout structure between the top men shooters and the top women shooters. There was a big difference in their earnings, with the payout to the female winners being significantly lower,” said Brett Flaugher, president of Winchester Ammunition. “The Winchester Ladies Cup is an opportunity to … [Read more...]
Buy Tickets for Krieghoff K-80 Raffle
Krieghoff has generously donated a K-80 Suhl Scroll shotgun for NSCA's annual raffle to benefit the USA Sporting Clays Team and the NSSA-NSCA All-American Teams. The owner of the winning ticket will have a choice of a ProSporter, Sporter or Parcours (excluding 34" Parcours barrels and Parcours X). MSRP of the shotgun is $20,395. Tickets sell for $100, and only 400 tickets will be sold. All tickets at NSSA-NSCA headquarters have been sold, but tickets are still available from USA Sporting Clays Team members. … [Read more...]
NSSA Mourns S. Hallock “Hal” du Pont, Jr.
S. Hallock du Pont, Jr., of Vero Beach, Florida, and Wilmington, Delaware, passed away peacefully on February 23, 2021, after a lengthy illness. "Hal," to all who knew him, lived life to its very fullest, passionate about each and every one of his endeavors. His contributions and service to NSSA-NSCA were pivotal and unparalleled in the organization's history. "In my 28-year tenure with the organization, no one has bridged the gap between shooters, the Executive Committee, and industry in both skeet and sporting clays as Hal did," said Michael Hampton, Jr., NSSA-NSCA Executive Director. "He … [Read more...]
Sponsor a USA Sporting Clays Team Member
The USA Sporting Clays Team is facing a funding challenge in 2021: high travel costs with two world events being held in Europe, and a shortfall in resources after many funding sources were canceled in 2020. To make it possible for the team members to be fully funded as they represent the NSCA and USA in international competition this year, NSCA is encouraging members and fans of the team to sponsor a team member. National and World Champion Anthony Matarese, Jr. is leading the campaign to gain sponsors for the team: Dear friends, As you know, a spot on the USA Sporting Clays Team is the … [Read more...]
Gamebore Teams With American Field Sporting for AFS Gamebore Classic
2020 NSCA Championship Tour Results
The revised event schedule in 2020 meant that, for the first time, winners of the NSCA Championship Tour, Powered by Winchester, were not determined upon the finale of the National Sporting Clays Championship in October. The Southeast Regional Championship was held following the National Championship, December 9-13, finalizing the points race and determining winners. Congratulations to Bill McGuire, 2020 NSCA Tour HOA Champion, and other winners in each concurrent and class. Concurrent winners include Karen Shedd, Lady; Turner Parcell, Sub-Junior; Joseph Fanizzi, Junior; Andy Duffy, … [Read more...]
NSSA-NSCA Acquires Property Adjacent to NSC
On December 31, NSSA-NSCA completed the purchase of 23+ acres adjoining the National Shooting Complex that creates a buffer from development and helps protect the association’s investment in its San Antonio, Texas, property. The land purchase is an important investment in the future of the National Shooting Complex, preventing any type of encroachments of residential or commercial development adjacent to our property boundary. This investment received unanimous support from the joint NSSA-NSCA Finance Committee and the Executive Committee. “The NSSA-NSCA bought this property as a buffer … [Read more...]
Clubs: Bid to Host 2021 FITASC Events
NSCA is now accepting bids from NSCA member clubs interested in hosting the 2021 U.S. FITASC Grand Prix or the 2021 North American FITASC event. If you would like to bid to host one of these prestigious events, please complete the appropriate bid form and return to Nicki Bowers, NSCA Assistant Director, at nbowers@nssa-nsca.com or by fax at 210-688-3014. The deadline to return the completed bid is December 21, 2020, 5 p.m. CST. Click below to view and download the bid forms. Download the 2021 North American FITASC Bid Form Download the 2021 U.S. FITASC Grand Prix Bid … [Read more...]
New Sub-Gauge Classification Now in Effect
Effective January 1, 2021, all designated sub-gauge events have a separate classification system. This is one class for all the sub-gauges combined, not a separate one for each gauge. A sub-gauge event will be defined as any event, except 16-gauge, that is not 12-gauge and that is smaller in diameter than 12-gauge. For these purposes, “12-gauge event” means any event designated as 12-gauge or any general event that doesn't specify gauge. In case a 16-gauge event is held, it will classify as a 12-gauge event. All shooters started the shoot year 2021 one class lower than their 2021 … [Read more...]
2021-2022 NSCA Executive Council Elected
The election for NSCA Executive Council members from each region is now completed. Each of the EC members was first elected as a National Delegate from their state. Below are the individuals who will serve on the 2021-2022 Executive Council: Northeast Region: Mark Baltazar (NY) Brad Hopkins (MD) Anthony Matarese Jr. (NJ) North Central Region: Paula Benbow (WI) Brett Seibert (IL) Thomas Sweeney (IL) Southeast Region: Joe Cantey (SC) Joe Fasulo (FL) Sammy McFaddin (GA) South Central Region: Russ Arnold (TX) Gary Greenway (TX) Ronnie Lack (MS) Western Region: Nicolas … [Read more...]
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