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...]
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...]
Plans Set for 2021 FITASC Grand Slam
Dates and sites have been set for the 2021 FITASC Grand Slam Tour, NSCA's premier four-shoot series that crowns the NSCA FITASC Grand Slam Tour Champion, as well as Concurrent Champions. Events for 2021 are: March 8 – 14 Arizona State Shoot / B&P FITASC Slam Coyote Springs AZ April 28 – May 2 Southeast Regional The Meadows GA May 19 – 23 Northeast Regional … [Read more...]
Instructions for World FITASC Registration
The World FITASC Championship will be in the U.S. in 2020, at Providence Hill Farm (Jackson, Mississippi), November 9-15. Registration is managed by FITASC and is a different process than most shooters are accustomed to. Please follow these instructions: 1. Go to https://www.fitasc.com/. 2. Click the British flag in the top right corner for English. 3. Click the big blue button in the top left corner “Entry (clic here) Championship.” 4. Log in OR see second section to create your shooter’s card. Click the British flag for English. If you already have a shooter’s card, go to step 7. 5. Go … [Read more...]
FITASC Grand Slam to Replace World Cup, Grand Prix Events
NSCA is launching the NSCA FITASC Grand Slam, a four-shoot series that will crown the 2019 NSCA FITASC Champion, as well as National Concurrent Champions. The four events will replace the FITASC World Cup and Grand Prix events, which are being eliminated from the NSCA Championship Tour due to an unexpected and very significant fee increase from the F.I.T.A.S.C. organization. The FITASC events at NSCA Championship Tour events will be held as scheduled but will not count for FITASC’s “Beretta Cup” or “World Cup.” Events at the Western and North Central Regionals and the World English Sporting … [Read more...]
USA Team Brings Home Medals from World FITASC in France
Following competition at the 2018 World FITASC Championship, the USA FITASC Team is on the way home from Saint-Lambert, France with three team Gold Medals, two Silver Medals, and six individual medals for team members. In addition, Zachary Kienbaum led for much of the competition and finished with the highest score among American competitors, taking the individual Silver Medal. The Junior Team of Brice Grantham, Dominic Gross, and Tom Seay won team Gold, and Grantham and Gross also won individual Gold and Silver, respectively. USA Ladies (Desirae Edmunds, Ashley Little, and Diane Sorantino) … [Read more...]
Learn About Forms Needed for World FITASC in Hungary
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...]
Radulovich Prevails at Muddy U.S. Open
Rain and mud may have been the most discussed topics at the U.S. Open Sporting Clays Championship at Caney Creek Shooting Sports, but David Radulovich would disagree that almost a foot of rain was the most exciting thing that happened in Teague, Texas last week. After getting his first U.S. Open win as a Junior in 2009, Radulovich won the U.S. Open championship with a strong 197, punctuating his main event win with top spots in FITASC and 5-Stand as well. Derrick Mein finished three targets back to take the runner-up spot, breaking the three-way tie with third-place Dan Carlisle and Doug … [Read more...]
