The May issue of Clay Target Nation is jam-packed with shooting tips, event coverage and more. In our popular "Training Tips" columns, Gil and Vicki Ash go through the science of exactly why a good night's sleep is essential for good shooting, and instructor Tim Short has advice for shooting skeet on windy days. We've also got a profile of young up-and-coming shooter Connor Daniel. Tim Le Cras dives into building physical and mental endurance, including dealing with the heat, working on resilience and dealing with less-than-optimal conditions. We often talk about the pre-shot routine, … [Read more...]
Clubs and Dates Set for 2022 NSCA Championship Tour
You can now begin planning your 2022 shoot year, as host clubs and dates have been set for the 2022 NSCA Championship Tour, Powered by Winchester. In 2022, the World English Sporting Clays Championship will be in the USA at the National Shooting Complex, so it will be part of the tour, in addition to all five Regional Championships, the U.S. Open, and National Championship. As registration opens for events, links to registration will be added to our … [Read more...]
World English Sporting Clays Returns to NSC in 2022
The World English Sporting Clays Championship returns to the USA in 2022 when the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas, hosts the event. The event is planned for April 20-24, 2022. The tournament will feature a 200-target main sporting clays event, along with 100-target old-style FITASC, Super Sporting, NSCA 5-Stand, and various other side events, including sub-gauge and sub-gauge FITASC. It can be expected to attract teams and individual shooters from numerous countries around the world. Registration forms are available on our World English Sporting Clays Championship page, … [Read more...]
Virtual Recruiting Event To Connect Youth With Colleges
If you’re a youth shooter who’s currently considering colleges and looking for a place where you can continue your shooting career as well as your education, you’ll want to consider signing up for ACUI and College Shooting Sports Recruiting’s first FutureU Shotgun Sports Virtual Recruiting Event. This is the first event of its kind, designed to bring together high school athletes and college teams in an easy-to-attend virtual format. Recruiting during a pandemic hasn’t been easy, necessitating a creative, virtual solution, but both organizations hope to offer the event on an annual basis long … [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...]
NSCA Shoot Register: See Upcoming Shoots
You can plan your registered shooting events for the next three months with our printable NSCA Shoot Register. Our list is automatically updated weekly, so you can check back at any time to find events for the next three months, by state. You'll also find Top 100, Big Blast, Mega Blast, Regional, and State shoots on every month's listing. View/Download the NSCA Shoot Register - Tournaments … [Read more...]
NSCA Scoreboard: Latest Shoot Results
Scores are shown in PDFs that can be viewed, printed, or downloaded. Find Tournament Results. … [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...]
Scholarship App Deadline Extended to April 1
Good news for high school seniors: NSSA-NSCA will again DOUBLE the size of the scholarships to be awarded this year, so rather than awarding $2,500 scholarships, we will award $5,000 scholarships to eight deserving students. The deadline to apply for one of these scholarships has been extended to April 1. Active NSSA-NSCA members who will graduate from high school this academic year are invited to apply for one of the eight $5,000 scholarships that will be awarded this year. Four scholarships will be presented to NSSA members and four to NSCA members. This year, the scholarship program is … [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
Gamebore has teamed with American Field Sporting to host the 2021 American Field Sporting Gamebore Classic, with three qualifying events for 2021 leading up to the Gamebore Classic Invitational. The three qualifying 100-target events will be held in 2021 at The Meadows Gun Club in Forsyth, Georgia, March 26 - 28; the North Central Regional at Game Unlimited, Hudson, WI, on August 11 – 15; and the South Central Regional at Covey Rise Lodge in Hussler, LA, September 22-26. Competitors must shoot two of the three qualifying events to be eligible for the final event. The final event is … [Read more...]
End-of-Year Review Process Completed
The 2020 shoot year has been closed out, the end-of-year review completed, and class cards have been prepared. They are now ready for download at MyNSCA.com. The following criteria are used for the end-of-year review process: All shooters who started and ended the year in the same class and shot a minimum of 500 registered targets or more are eligible for review. All shooters who shot 1,000 registered targets or more in their ENDING class for the year are eligible for review. If a shooter has accumulated FEWER THAN the following required minimum number of punches in their ending … [Read more...]
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...]
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