New for the 2017 shooting season will be the SCTP “All State Team”. This team will be comprised of athletes finishing in the top five positions at their respective state shoots in trap, skeet and sporting clays, male and female athletes combined and regardless of their team affiliation!
Those top five athletes (in each discipline) attending the SCTP National Championships being held in Marengo, Ohio, July 8-15, 2017, will have their scores count toward their “All State Team” score for that discipline. They will not shoot independantly of their team and squad, however, we will just use the scores shot at nationals for their “All State Team” score. Any ties will be shot off as a squad.
Special prizes will be issued for the top three states (athletes) by order of finish and will be presented at the awards ceremonies at the tournament. These will all be five-person squads.
If an athlete that finishes in the top five (at their state shoot) does not attend the national championships, we will then take the next competitor in line that will be attending nationals in July! That could be a 6th place state finisher, 7th place or so on down the line.
We will have more criteria posted on our website soon in the red tool bar under “SCTP” and then go to the “forms and handbook” section. If you have any other questions about this great opportunity for our athlete’s, please contact the directors of development, Chet Tuinstra or Carlton Nether, or contact National Director Tom Wondrash.
The 2017 shoot year is the inaugural year of the new NSSA/NSCA-SCTP program. Not only will the top SCTP shooters shooting NSSA and NSCA events be recognized at the end of the shoot year, but the NSSA/NSCA-SCTP Tour is being introduced to promote the new recognition program. SCTP participants will be able to compete for awards at these events, while also being able to experience the environment and excitement of the top skeet and sporting clays tournaments.
For more information about the 2017 Youth Tour, click here.
Are you starting a new Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) team or want to grow your existing club’s numbers? Then, register now for the SCTP Team Start Up Program. The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) has joined up with industry partners to provide essential guns and gear to the teams. The items are shipped through Zanders Sporting Goods in Sparta, Illinois.
The start-up package includes your selection of two shotguns, two gun cases, one shell catcher, 10 sets of eye and ear protection, 10 over/under shell pouches, 10 range bags with shoulder strap, deluxe gun cleaning kit and 10 cases of ammo. The retail value of this package is over $3,100.00!
REQUIREMENTS:
Register 10 new (or more) shooters this season.
Teams/Clubs will need to add 10 brand new shooters to last season’s team roster. If you lost shooters from last season’s roster due to graduation, etc., you will have to replace those first and then add a minimum of 10 new SCTP shooters. If a shooter was previously in the SCTP program, but dropped for a year or more, you may count them as a brand new shooter.
Raise $2500
Send the money to Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and we will contribute additional funds. SCTP will then purchase a start-up package on behalf of the club and also deposit $1500 into its MidwayUSA Foundation Team Endowment Account (*available only to the first 15 teams).
Exceptions:
If your team were to disband, we would expect that the shotguns be donated to another SCTP Team/Club in your state or forward them to the address listed below.
The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) not only turns out talented athletes, but it instills and promotes qualities that empower its athletes to become leaders in their communities. Lizzy Worthington, a 17-year-old senior at BGM High School in Brooklyn, Iowa, is a testament to the SCTP’s dedication to developing its athletes’ character, drive and ambition.
Worthington, a Girl Scout and member of SCTP’s BGM trapshooting team, has raised more than $50,000 to plan and build a four-field trap range (Bear Creek Range) as part of her Girl Scout Gold Award Project. The trap range, which is located on county land much closer to the school than other trap ranges, will open this spring. In addition to providing a convenient facility for the BGM trap team to practice, it will provide a location for other area high schools to establish teams.
Based in part on her Gold Award project, Worthington was selected to be the Girl Scout emcee for the Governor’s Luncheon for Scouting in Des Moines on Feb. 10, 2017. The event was a fundraiser for the Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa and the Mid-Iowa Council Boy Scouts of America. Worthington also helped plan a banquet, which was held on Feb. 11, in Brooklyn, Iowa, which raised $10,000 toward the shooting facility and an additional $10,000 in SCTP scholarship funds.
Worthington has already accomplished so much in her young age, and she’s just getting started. She early enlisted in the Navy in October of her senior year at BGM and was nominated for appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy by both Iowa’s U.S. Senators. She plans to attend the academy if appointed or Iowa State University, majoring in chemical engineering and joining the SIU Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps.
The Gazette recently featured Worthington in a feature article touting her many accomplishments.
The SCTP would like to announce the continued support of RE Ranger. Randolph, the maker of the RE Ranger line of competitive shooting eyewear, will continue to support the SCTP at the Gold Level for the 2017 shooting year. Randolph makes several styles of eyewear that fit the clay target enthusiasts including the Ranger Falcon and Ranger Falcon Pro’s. New this year is a three-lens set w/frame kit that will surely not disappoint the athletes and their parents’ pocket books. Be sure to watch for them coming out in March or April. These products and more will be available on the SCTP’s online store for their athletes and teams.
“RE Ranger is proud to continue our longstanding relationship and sponsorship for the SCTP program for the upcoming 2017 year,” said Sarah Waszkiewicz, general manager of Ranger sales. “We continue to witness the growth of this incredible program that provides excellent coaching, product giveaways, educational training, scholarships and more. More importantly we get to see the benefits of the SCTP program for these kids at various levels and we couldn’t be happier to support the cause. The youth is the future of this sport after all and we should be investing in their growth through programs like these.”
“Randolph/RE Ranger have been great partners/sponsors of SCTP,” said Tom Wondrash, SCTP’s national director. “The RE Ranger line of shooting glasses are a super fit for our athletes, more and more of them are identifying with their brand. We appreciate the support and confidence that Sarah and her team put in us for sure.”
Are you or your company interested in supporting the largest competitive youth shooting program in the world? Check out the SCTP sponsor page and contact Tom Wondrash, SCTP national director at twondrash@sssfonline.com.
ShootersPost.com, a shooting sports software company, and the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) are pleased to announce a program to support the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) scholarship fund.
For all new and current SCTP host clubs utilizing ShootersPost services in 2017, a portion of the annual service fees will be donated to the SSSF for use in the SCTP scholarship fund.
ShootersPost.com is an innovative system designed for and by shooting sports enthusiasts using state-of-the-art technical design, programming, and networking for shooting sports clubs across the country. ShootersPost works with shooting clubs and organizations and is offering a means for communications, event posting, advertising, membership tracking and scorekeeping. ShootersPost can be used for all clay target disciplines and more.
“Shooters Post is proud to support the SCTP and its team’s clubs” Said John Koney, CFO for Shooters Post LLC. “This is where everything happens, at the club level. Providing a membership/scoring based IT program for the clubs will help them as well as the SCTP, a win/win across the board!”
“Any time we can add funding to our scholarship program is a plus for our SCTP athletes and teams!” commented Tom Wondrash, SCTP National Director. “Shooters Post offers a great gun club software package at a very affordable price, benefitting our teams and athletes is a great bonus. We appreciate their support for sure!”
Gun clubs can get more information online at ShootersPost.com.
PCA’s Double-Goal Coach Award is given to youth and high school sports coaches from throughout the U.S. who embody the ideals of the Double-Goal Coach, striving to win, while also pursuing the more important goal of teaching life lessons through sports. Fifty coaches will be selected from the finalist for the award.
The coaches said they are honored and humbled that their teams nominated them for the award.
Joseph Gans, coach of the Hazelton Area High School Cougars in Pennsylvania, said, “I normally don’t look for accolades, but it is quite an honor to be chosen among all the coaches out there. I am gratified my contribution to the sport of shooting and helping these young men and women achieve greatness has been recognized.”
David Richman
Gans said aside from learning shooting skills and safety, he encourages the shooters to develop self-determination, proper attitude, self-control and focus.
Richman, coach of the Lake Country Action Shooters in Wisconsin, said he was elated and humbled to find out he’d been nominated as a finalist.
“I was so excited that someone had done this for me,” Richman said. “It makes me feel good inside. I’ve been coaching for more than 25 years and can say that the best reward is when a shooter comes back later to say thanks for helping him or her out.”
Richman says his goal as a coach is to show the shooters they’re in control and they have the ability to succeed.
“I never coach to win,” Richman said. “Preparation leads to practice, practice leads to performance and performance provides an outcome. That outcome doesn’t matter as long as the athletes are doing their best and giving it their all.”
Scott and Lisa Poet
Scott Poet, SASP state advisor (with his wife, Lisa) and coach of the Pistol Prodigies in Michigan, said he was shocked and “blown away” by the nomination.
“It was humbling and flattering to hear that our families went ahead and did that for us.”
Poet said he wants his shooters to learn team work and how to work with others.
“I also work to teach them about responsibility, safety and commitment to their team.”
The 50 national award winners will receive $200; a certificate; recognition in PCA’s website, newsletters and media campaigns; and the chance to win an all-expense paid trip to California to accept the honor during PCA’s National Youth Sports Awards Dinner and Auction Presented by Deloitte on Saturday, April 22, 2017 in Palo Alto, California.
In an effort to help you and your SCTP teams with National Governing Body (NGB) fees for the 2016/2017 shooting season as well as growing your team’s MidwayUSA Foundation Team Endowment account, we have a new program in place for this shooting season!
Background
As you may be aware, the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) has maintained partnerships with several of our NGB’s including the Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA), National Skeet Shooting Association (NSSA) and National Sporting Clays Association (NSCA). These partnerships require that we host “registered events” at our state (where possible) and national championships and therefore our athletes competing in these events must have current memberships with the respective NGB. These partnerships provide two main benefits to SCTP athletes:
Provide a pathway and additional opportunities for youth and families to continue participating in competition clay target shooting outside of the regular SCTP season.
Provide much needed SCTP Scholarship funding to our graduating athletes. In 2016 the SSSF awarded $66,000 in college scholarships, supported in part by donations from our NGB partners.
Facilitating continued involvement in the shooting sports is part of the mission of the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation /SCTP and we believe these partnerships with NGBs help us accomplish our mission.
2017 Incentive Program
While paying additional membership dues to NGBs may be un-popular with some coaches, we believe we have found a solution that will benefit everyone.
For every dollar that your team spends on NGB memberships sent in through the SHOT system, we will send that exact amount of money to your team’s MidwayUSA Foundation Team Endowment account! This will include your team’s coaches and adult volunteer memberships that are also paid through our system!!
For example: “Team A” has 100 athletes who all shoot Trap. They remit payment (through SHOT5 or check to SCTP Headquarters) for 100 athletes’ ATA membership dues of $12 per athlete = $1,200. The SCTP/SSSF will then send that exact amount of money into “Team A’s” Midway USA Foundation account. It’s that simple! This only includes NGB membership dues paid through the SCTP. Dues paid directly to the NGB are not eligible.
This will include ALL NGB Membership Dues paid from Sept. 1st, 2016 through May 31st, 2017 ONLY! Teams MUST have an active account with the MidwayUSA Foundation prior to May 31st in order to receive Team Endowment funding.
SASP coaches don’t miss out on your opportunity to attend the next upcoming Level 1 Pistol Coaches Class. This class will take place March 18 (Saturday) and 19 (Sunday) at the Benchrest Rifle Club in Wright City, Missouri. Class hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Club website is: http://www.shootingstl.com/location.html.
The Level 1 pistol coach’s course covers all required coaching fundamentals for pistol coaches in the Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) in addition to other disciplines of pistol competition. The training is provided by the SASP/NRA/USAS National Coach Development Staff (NCDS). Contact Rick Leach, rleach@sssfonline.com for copy of the registration form. Pre-registration is required for this class.
The cost of the course is $200 which includes all printed materials, 3-year coaching credentials with the NRA, and lunch/refreshments each day.
The coach school is two days of sports-specific lessons and practical coaching exercises designed to teach the coach candidate the basics of coaching. The following general subjects are taught:
The 2017 shoot year is the inaugural year of the new 
The SCTP would like to announce the continued support of RE Ranger. Randolph, the maker of the RE Ranger line of competitive shooting eyewear, will continue to support the SCTP at the Gold Level for the 2017 shooting year. Randolph makes several styles of eyewear that fit the clay target enthusiasts including the Ranger Falcon and Ranger Falcon Pro’s. New this year is a three-lens set w/frame kit that will surely not disappoint the athletes and their parents’ pocket books. Be sure to watch for them coming out in March or April. These products and more will be available on the SCTP’s online store for their athletes and teams.
