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...]
USA, Bobby Fowler Are World English Champs
The USA swept the major awards at the 2017 World English Sporting Championship, with Bobby Fowler winning top individual honors as World Champion and USA Sporting Clays Team members winning each concurrent. 917 shooters from 17 countries competed in the event, April 25-30 at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas. Fowler and George Digweed entered the Super Final in a tie at 189; followed by Gebben Miles, Bill McGuire, and Ben Husthwaite at 185; and Derrick Mein and 2016 World Champion Anthony Matarese at 184. Fowler's 21 in the shoot-off landed him three targets ahead of … [Read more...]
2017 NSCA North Central Regional Championship
Come out to Caribou Gun Club in LeSueur, Minnesota, from August 3-6 for the 2017 NSCA North Central Regional Championship. CGC sits on 1,000 acres of ravines, meandering creek, mature woodlots and big blue stem prairie. It was the host of the 2015 World FITASC, 2015 PSCA #3 as well as the 2012 U.S. Open. The event features over 600 targets including FITASC, Super Sporting and 5-Stand. For hotel information, go to VisitGreaterMankato.com. For shooters who will be flying, book flights into Minneapolis - St. Paul International Airport (MSP). Register at WinscoreOnline.com. For more … [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...]
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...]
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...]
Contingency Plan for U.S. Open at Caney Creek
Caney Creek Shooting Sports will host the U.S. Open Sporting Clays Championship this week and has presented a contingency plan for implementation in the event of inclement weather or other events that might interfere with normal scheduling. If shooting of any Main Event course or courses at the U.S. Open are canceled by shoot management due to the occurrence of dangerous weather conditions, natural disaster, act of God, or events beyond the direct, immediate control of Caney Creek Shooting Sports or shoot management of the U.S. Open, the following procedure will be used to establish all … [Read more...]
Support Kids & Clays Foundation at Northbrook Event
Northbrook Sports Club in Hainesville, Illinois and Kids & Clays Foundation's Chicagoland/Northwest Indiana chapter invite you to the Big Bang, a registered sporting clays tournament benefiting the Ronald McDonald House Charities. The Big Bang will have a 100-bird sporting clays course, 50-bird 5-stand, and 50 sub-gauge targets. All ammo will be included, and each shooter will receive an exclusive shooter gift. Lunch and soft drinks will be provided. Funds will be raised for the charity through silent auctions and raffles. The event will be September 10-11, 2016. To learn more or … [Read more...]
