This year NSCA will recognize three distinguished members of the sporting clays community with induction into the NSCA Hall of Fame on Thursday, October 26 during the National Sporting Clays Championship. Those being inducted at the annual Hall of Fame Banquet for their accomplishments as shooters will be Bonnie I. McLaurin and Mark R. “Boo” Dykes. Receiving the du Pont Service Award is Pete Masch. Bonnie McLaurin gained recognition as a seven-time All-American Team member, five-time USA Sporting Clays and FITASC Team member, three-time Ladies National Champion, five-time Ladies Champion at … [Read more...]
Dates and Clubs Set for 2018 Championship Tour
Get Blaser and E-Z-Go Raffle Tickets at Tour Events
While you're attending upcoming NSCA Championship Tour events, you can buy tickets for this year's raffles by visiting the NSCA merchandise trailer. Here's where you can expect to see the trailer for the rest of the year: August 3-6, 2017 – North Central Regional at Caribou Gun Club in MN September 6-10, 2017 – South Central Regional at Providence Hill Farm Sporting Club in MS September 27 - October 1, 2017 – Southeast Regional at The Fork in NC October 21-29, 2017 – National Championship at the National Shooting Complex in TX In addition to the Krieghoff K-80 raffle, you can buy … [Read more...]
Learn About Forms Needed for World FITASC in Hungary
Updated: Random Drawing Gun Winners at the National Championship
We've given away many guns to participants at the National Sporting Clays Championship, and you could be a winner! We've drawn names of participants in the two-day and four-day main event rotations, early sign-ups, Golden Target scavenger hunt, every class and concurrent, texting sign-ups, and much more! Each person whose name is drawn has won a gun from Browning, Winchester, Sauer, Remington, Marlin, Mauser, or Zoli. Check the list below to see if you've won a gun. If your name is on the list, you must claim your gun by April 30, 2017, or you will forfeit it. To claim your gun, contact … [Read more...]
Matarese, Sorantino are Southeast Regional Winners
Anthony Matarese Jr. added another title to his extraordinary year by winning the Southeast Regional Sporting Clays Championship at Back Woods Quail Club. Finishing with a strong 191, he hammered out a two-target lead over runner-up Doug Vine, followed by David Radulovich at third. Diane Sorantino was the Ladies' Champion. Radulovich topped the FITASC podium, while Bill McGuire picked up wins for Prelim, 5-Stand, and Super Sporting. Zachary Kienbaum swept the three small-gauge sporting events. Winners include: HOA Champion Anthony Matarese - 191 Runner-up Doug … [Read more...]
Ask the Instructor: Traveling With Shotguns
Have Shotgun Will Won't Travel I know lots of shooters travel with their shotguns, but I've never traveled by plane with my gun. I've always been afraid of the hassle. What's involved in taking my shotgun on a plane? I often teach or meet shooters who have never flown with a shotgun. It's amazingly easy, even after 9/11. First, prior to departure day, check with the airline you'll be flying and the airports you'll be traveling through, as not all airlines and airports have the same restrictions and requirements. Having said that, the pointers outlined here are true for … [Read more...]
Kids & Clays Events Get Support from Winchester Ammunition
When Indiana McDonald's restaurant owners Glenn and Kathy Lubeznik decided to chair a sporting clays tournament in 1999 to raise money for the Chicago Ronald McDonald House, little did they realize at the time how big the fundraising movement would become. They hosted 137 participants and raised $16,000. People had a lot of fun, too. That one event became the impetus for the creation of the Kids & Clays organization, which this year will host more than 20 fundraising clays tournaments. Since 1999, it has raised more than $14 million for Ronald McDonald House Charities. And since that … [Read more...]
NSCA Year-End Review Criteria: Class Reductions for 2016
In reviewing your member records, you may have noticed a new statistic in your Member Data, the Current Class Ratio. Here's what it means: The NSCA Advisory Council and Executive Council have reviewed the current procedures for end-of-year reviews of members' classifications and have adjusted the process for determining who will be offered down-classing at the 2016 year-end review. NSCA divides competitors into 7 classes. A member proceeds to move up in a class after a certain number of wins/placements in their current class. These wins/placements are represented by punches. When a … [Read more...]
Picking a Squad for Nationals
Picking a Squad for Nationals I want to go to the National Championship but don't really know anyone else going. One of my shooting buddies went to Nationals by himself a few years ago and, while it was a great experience, his squad wasn't that great. Any tips on picking a squad since it will be my first time going to Nationals and don't know anyone else going? The National Championship is fast approaching and the squadding is definitely tightening up. As for selecting the right squad to shoot with at the National Championship, my advice is to start local. Inquire at your … [Read more...]
McGuire, Radulovich Win NC Regional, National FITASC
In case you're keeping score in the 2016 Regional Sporting Clays Championships battle, the tally is Bill McGuire - 3, everyone else - 1. The two-time NSCA Tour Champion improved his chances of winning a third one by capturing the North Central Regional Sporting Clays Championship at Northbrook Sports Club, notching his third regional title of 2016 and his sixth in two years. Two of seven events - the National Championship and the Southeast Regional - remain in this year's Championship Tour. Trailing McGuire by one target, Will Hinton was runner-up, followed by third-place Doug Vine at … [Read more...]
We Need Your Feedback: NSCA Classification System Survey
Regardless of your classification, the number of targets you shoot, or how long you've been shooting, there's a good chance you have an opinion about the NSCA classification system. We'd like to hear your opinion. The NSCA Rules and Classification Committee is evaluating our current classification system to determine if changes are needed and, if so, how it might be improved upon. We have developed a survey to garner your feedback and urge all NSCA members to complete it. In addition to questions you can answer quickly with one click, you'll have the opportunity to make comments. Thank … [Read more...]
Ask the Instructor: Strategies for Chandelles
Strategies for Chandelles Chandelles are giving me trouble. I think I'm shooting over and end up chasing them. Can you give me advice on shooting chandelles? If you are having trouble breaking chandelle targets, or arcing targets, it is likely because of the unique characteristics of the chandelle that differentiate it from other target presentations: 1) it is showing either all belly or all face, which tricks the brain into believing that it is moving slower than it really is 2) it is arcing and thus changing trajectory throughout its flight path, and 3) it is in … [Read more...]
NC Regional, National FITASC at Northbrook
Northbrook Sports Club in Hainesville, Illinois, is ready for hundreds of sporting clays and FITASC shooters to arrive for two of the year's biggest events, the North Central Regional Sporting Clays and National FITASC Championships, on August 15-21. The North Central Regional is the fifth of seven events in the 2016 NSCA Championship Tour, and both events are selection shoots for the USA Sporting Clays and FITASC teams. Northbrook promises abundant targets -- set by Greater Houston Gun Club's Adam Blair, Fossil Pointe's David Niederer, and the Northbrook staff -- including: 50-target … [Read more...]
The Challenges and Opportunities of Member Communications
You probably can't name a sport with memberships more diverse than skeet and sporting clays. Because they can be pursued successfully and with enjoyment by people of virtually any age or gender, we have the good fortune of memberships from young to old, male and female, novice to world championship levels. Members span wide-ranging income levels, vocations, and locations. Some participate in sporting clays or skeet exclusively, while others shoot both sports through dual memberships or the Crossfire program. Our members span all levels of technological expertise. Our diversity presents us not … [Read more...]
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