With skeet and sporting clays competitions heating up all over the country, the July issue of Clay Target Nation is packed with event coverage as well as tips and advice from our experts. In our Training Tips columns, we're publishing our last article from the late Barry Hartmann, in which he reminds skeet shooters of the importance of persistence and determination. On the sporting clays side, Gil Ash warns against cutting your eyes back to the target and urges shooters to track the target with their nose. This year, we're celebrating CTN's 10th anniversary by bringing you one article … [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...]
New Official Magazine Launches in January
Starting in January, 2016, you will receive a new official NSCA magazine, Clay Target Nation, a joint publication with NSSA. Our long-term contract with Sporting Clays magazine to provide a publication to you is expiring, and we have engaged Grand View Media to produce the new magazine under our direction. Around the same time you receive the inaugural issue of Clay Target Nation, you will also receive your final issue of Sporting Clays magazine. Although its cover date will be February 2016, you should receive it in early January. That will be the only month of overlapping … [Read more...]