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 … [Read more...]
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...]
Thanks to National Championship Sponsors
The National Sporting Clays Association thanks our generous sponsors who helped us to make this year's National Championship what many consider to be the best yet. Their participation enabled us to offer meals, entertainment, prizes, side events, and many other perks we couldn't do without them. A hearty "thank you" to the following Nationals sponsors: Academy Sports + Outdoors Alamo Sporting Arms Antonio Zoli B & P Beretta BJ's Restaurant & Brewery Blaser Arms Briley Manufacturing Browning Arms Caesar Guerini Chick-Fil-A Decot Sport … [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...]
Nationals: See If You’re Already a Gift Card Winner!
Going to the National Sporting Clays Championship? You may already be a winner! We've drawn the names of 50 members who have registered for Nationals to receive a gift card for one of your favorite San Antonio restaurants. Check the lists below to see if you're going to Viola's Ventanas or BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse! If you're a winner, check your shooter's bag at Registration for your gift card. Viola's Ventanas BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse John Shepard Craig Stahl John Maroulis Phil Gamble Edwin Wahlen Chris Vogel Jason … [Read more...]
Register Soon for 2017 Nationals, Win a Gun!
We want to get registration for the 2017 National Sporting Clays Championship off with a bang, so we're making it worth your while to make your plans soon. Every member who has registered for next year's Nationals by 11:59 p.m. October 31, 2016, will be entered into a drawing to win one of five guns. Registration is open online NOW. Go to Winscoreonline.com to sign up. … [Read more...]
Alternate Routes to NSC to Avoid Construction Traffic
Road construction on Culebra Rd./Hwy. 471 along the north side of the National Shooting Complex property has significantly slowed down traffic coming to the complex. With heavier-than-usual traffic during the World Skeet Championships and National Sporting Clays Championship, the problem is only likely to get worse. To prevent our shooters from getting caught in the construction zone and missing a shoot time, we have prepared a map of the area showing where the construction zone is and alternate routes to the complex from different directions. Please review the map to find the best approach … [Read more...]
Meet Our New Social Media Manager, Cara Woodard
Meet our new Social Media Manager, Cara Woodard. Cara is now the person behind most of our posts on NSSA, NSCA, and National Shooting Complex accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social media platforms. Cara has worked at NSSA-NSCA headquarters since last December and will continue to serve as NSSA Club Administrator. She is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Recreation, Parks and Tourism Sciences. She grew up in a shooting family, all of whom are still involved in the gun rights, competitive shooting sports, and firearms publications industries. … [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...]
Oilfield Community Stands Together for a Good Cause
Sporting clays shooting has become one of the major charity fundraising opportunities of our time. Many of us have had the opportunity to go to a fundraising event through the years, but one recent fundraiser stands out for its success. Last April a single mother of two children went to her doctor for a standard checkup. Raven is a 35-year-old woman with no visible health concerns or problems. However, when she left the doctor's office that day, her world was turned upside down. Raven was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. This is where the story becomes a little brighter. As her employer … [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...]
Save the Dates: 2017 NSCA Championship Tour
Save the dates for the 2017 NSCA Championship Tour events, including the five Regional Championships, U.S. Open, National Sporting Clays Championship, and for 2017, the World English Sporting Championship. The events, host clubs and dates are: March 23-26 Western Regional Coyote Springs Sporting Clays Tucson, AZ April 27-30 World English Sporting Championship National Shooting Complex San Antonio, TX May 16-21 Northeast Regional M&M Sporting Clays Pennsville, NJ June 5-11 U.S. Open Big Red Oak Plantation Gay, GA August 3-6 … [Read more...]
More National Championship Gun Drawing Winners!
We've reached our second National Sporting Clays Championship goal --  2,000 pre-registered participants --  and we're giving away more guns! We've drawn the names of 20 registered competitors as gun winners, plus one big winner as the 2,000th person to register! Congratulations to Mike Pelletier from Hinesburg, VT, the 2000th registered participant and winner of a Zoli Kronos over/under shotgun! Other new gun winners are: Yim Szeto Jared Rumer Dominic Gross Vance L. Barnes Michael Warkenthien Dennis Boudia Kenneth Earp Paul Turney Timothy Mitchell George Ball Randy Ryan … [Read more...]