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...]
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...]
2019 Caribbean Classic – February 6-11, 2019
As the second of the “Big 4” Florida February sporting clays tournaments, the 2019 Caribbean Classic in Vero Beach, FL is shaping up to be the biggest and best ever. Pre-registration to date has exceeded all previous years, and most events are full or almost full. But don’t despair -- if you plan to come but haven’t yet signed up, the club is working a waiting list where necessary. Call Emma at the club, 772-978-0935, or go to www.winscoreonline.com to register ASAP. Please note that due to the anticipated large crowd, all on-site RV parking and vendor spaces MUST be reserved in advance by … [Read more...]
Kienbaum, Edmunds Win Nationals Titles
Everyone's favorite sporting clays couple, Zachary Kienbaum and Desirae Edmunds, pleased the crowd Sunday when they each won championships by blazing their way through the Orange course to win their titles outright. After numerous finishes on Nationals and World podiums, it was finally Kienbaum's time to win his first National Sporting Clays Championship with a score of 286, a one-target edge over runner-up Wendell Cherry and four targets ahead of third-place Anthony Matarese, Jr. With a stellar performance on her final course, Edmunds surged ahead by eight targets over runner-up Annabelle … [Read more...]
NSCA Certified Instructors: Renew Your Listing
It is time for NSCA Certified Instructors to renew your listing to ensure your inclusion on MyNSCA.com and in the January issue of Clay Target Nation magazine. We will again publish the NSCA Certified Instructor list in the January 2019 "reference issue" of Clay Target Nation magazine, which we anticipate members will keep as a resource to use throughout the year. To meet the magazine publishing deadline, all instructors wishing to be included must renew your listing and pay the $25 renewal fee by November 1, 2018. If you received your certification in 2018, you will automatically be … [Read more...]
NYSCA Founding Father, Emil Misata, Passes
One of New York's first NSCA members, Emil F. Misata, 78, passed away on July 8, 2018, after a short illness. His member number indicates he was the 106th member of the entire association. "This is a sad loss for the New York State shooting community," says longtime member Louise Terry. "He was clearly a founding father of registered sporting clays in New York." Emil formed the New York Sporting Clays Association (NYSCA) in early 1993 along with Don Nickerson and Rhonda Driscoll. They applied to the NSCA for recognition as a state association that same year and also filed with the State … [Read more...]
Legacy Left by Lynn Miller of Cajun Elite
Lynn Miller of Jennings, Louisiana, passed away on June 15, 2018. He was the owner and operator of Cajun Elite Shooting Club for 11 years, hosting numerous high-profile shoots including the 2008 U.S. Open Sporting Clays Championship, the annual Browning/Briley Mardis Gras Open, Louisiana State Championship, Cajun Cup, and others. He also founded and partnered with numerous other successful businesses. Lynn was an outdoorsman who enjoyed shooting sporting clays, hunting, fishing, crabbing, and participating in oilfield shoots. He enjoyed visiting restaurants, and most of all, he loved the … [Read more...]
Fredia Steen Passes
Fredia Steen, a long-time NSCA member, passed away on June 12, 2018. She and her husband, Harold, enjoyed 18 years of participating in many sporting clays events. They enjoyed not only the scenic travel to events but the fellowship and friendship of the other sporting clays enthusiasts. Fredia is survived by her husband, children, and many friends who will miss her greatly. NSCA extends its sympathies. For more information about Fredia's legacy, view the full obituary. … [Read more...]
NSCA End-of-Year Review Process
Each year in January, NSCA conducts a review of members' performance for the previous year to ensure that everyone will be competing in the most appropriate class in the coming year. When we run the end-of-year review, we look at your CCFR (Current Class Finish Ratio), which is how you finished in your end-of-year class, against all the other shooters in your end-of-year class at all the shoots you participated in during the year. Note: You can see your CCR/Current Class Ratio anytime at the bottom of your Member Profile. Here is the criteria for the end-of-year review: All shooters … [Read more...]
25 Free Practice Targets for Nationals Participants
Long Range and Lincoln Traps have teamed up this year to give each National Championship participant 25 free practice targets to use at the event! You will receive a 2017 National Championship practice card in Registration; activate the card in the Pro Shop, then you can use it on any of the National Championship practice courses. When you are done with it, you can keep it as a souvenir of this year's event. Spaces are filling quickly; make sure to sign up soon to get your spot! … [Read more...]
Clubs: Register 2018 Shoots for CTN Publication
Most NSCA member clubs' memberships expire December 31, 2017. We're asking you to renew early and register your 2018 shoots soon to take advantage of two opportunities: Clubs renewing by November 1 will be entered into our Club Membership Renewal Drawing. Shoots registered by November 30 will be listed in the February issue of Clay Target Nation magazine. If you renew by November 1, you could be drawn to win: Grand Prize – Five year NSCA Club Membership 2nd – Entry to the 2018 National Sporting Clays Championship Main Event 3rd – Entry to the 2018 National Sporting Clays … [Read more...]
Apply to Serve on NSCA Advisory Council
The nomination period is open for NSCA members to apply to serve on the NSCA Advisory Council for the 2018-2019 term. The deadline to apply to serve is Friday, September 22. We currently do not have adequate nominees to fill all available positions, so we urge members to consider serving in this capacity. The Advisory Council is comprised of NSCA members exhibiting the highest devotion to the sport, the members, and the association. The primary function of the Advisory Council is to promote and guide the Association and review and approve all committee recommendations made to the Executive … [Read more...]
Honor 2017 NSCA Hall of Fame Inductees at Banquet
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...]
Ask the Instructor: New Gun, Low Scores
New Gun, Low Scores I recently bought a sporting clays gun with 32-inch barrels, and now my scores have fallen sharply. I started out with 28-inch barrels, then moved up to 30-inch, and now with the longer barrels, I can’t seem to catch up to the target. My previous two guns were Beretta 682, and this one is a 692. I’m 6’5? and 250 pounds, so the gun does not seem too big to me. I was pretty happy with the shorter barrels but succumbed to advertising, I suppose. A big part of this is seeing the top shooters in the country with the longer barrels and trying to duplicate what they are … [Read more...]
