You can learn about everything that’s happening at the 2015 National Team Championships with the event program, and it’s ready for your perusal. Use it to plan your schedule, learn about side events, or just stoke your excitement for the biggest event of the year!
The program also includes information on the SCTP International-Style National Championships in Colorado Springs.
The SCTP and SPP National Team Championships will be July 13-18 at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta, Illinois. Based on opening-week registrations that were almost double 2014 numbers, staff are expecting to have a record-breaking event.
June 1 was much anticipated by Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) teams across the country, as it marked the opening of registration for the 2015 SCTP National Team Championships. Based on the first day’s registrations, staff are predicting another record-breaking event.
In the first 24 hours of open registration for the July 13-18 tournament, the program saw 66 teams register 1036 athletes. Eighteen states were represented with 2,026 event registrations filed.
“These numbers are incredible; they doubled last year’s first-day totals,” commented Tom Wondrash, SCTP National Director. “Coaches set their alarm clocks to wake up at 12:01 on June 1 to register their teams!”
While the numbers are already up significantly from last year’s registrations, Wondrash points out that there will be enough shooting slots at the spacious World Shooting and Recreational Complex to fit in every team wanting to attend.
The Scholastic Pistol Program (SPP) will also hold its National Junior/Senior Championships in conjunction with the SCTP tournament. In its third year, the SPP event has registered 259 athletes from 24 teams in 13 states to date.
New SCTP side events include 16-yard Preliminary Singles Trap and a coach/athlete trap shoot. Team endowment funding, games, and many industry representatives will also be on hand all week. With appearances by people like MidwayUSA’s own Larry and Brenda Potterfield on Tuesday, July 14, Olympic Gold Medalist Vincent Hancock on Wednesday through Friday, shooting exhibitions and clinics by professional shooters, and more exciting events still to be announced, SCTP and SPP are looking at a very busy and exciting week in Sparta, Illinois!
Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation is proud to announce the 2015 recipients in our SSSF Scholarship Program. Sixty-five SCTP and SPP student athletes will receive scholarships totaling $57,000. SSSF will add another $4,000 to that total in July when it awards scholarships to four additional athletes during Last Competitor Standing events at its 2015 National Championships.
From 2013 through its 2015 distributions, SSSF will have awarded $140,000 in scholarship funds to 148 student athletes in the SCTP and SPP programs.
Athletes who graduated from high school in 2015 and will enroll in college this year were eligible to apply for this year’s scholarships. Awards are based on SCTP/SPP participation, academics, need, and other factors.
The scholarships are being funded by generous sponsors who support our youth shooting programs, as well as supporters who raise funds through national banquets. For the SCTP scholarships, the National Skeet Shooting Association and National Sporting Clays Association (NSSA-NSCA) contributed $10,000 for 10 awards, and an additional $8,500 was provided by the Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA), GunBroker.com, NRA, Hodgdon Powder, Zanders Sporting Goods, and MEC.
Of the eight $1000 scholarships being awarded to SPP athletes, six are being funded by a donation from Smith & Wesson, while others are being funded by a $1000 donation each from the Joyce Wilson Women in the Shooting Sports Scholarship and the International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA).
Congratulations to the following 2015 scholarship recipients:
Scholastic Clay Target Program Athletes
Scholarships are funded by the SSSF and NSSA-NSCA unless otherwise indicated.
Jacob Buchanon
Alaska
Grace Hambuchen
Arkansas
Marshall Anema
Arizona
Danielle Buttermore
Connecticut
Clayton Teall
Florida
Zachary Metz
Florida
GunBroker.com
Ciara Erenberger
Iowa
NRA
Samuel Frederes
Iowa
Joshua Morrison
Iowa
Lake Heaton
Iowa
ATA
Lauren Herr
Iowa
Christopher Martin
Iowa
Caleb Gradeless
Iowa
Samantha Ashland
Iowa
Luke Borden
Idaho
Sydney Carson
Indiana
Conner Haley
Indiana
ATA
Emily Duquette
Massachusetts
Alyssa Minder
Minnesota
Zachary Jung
Minnesota
Emily Hampson
Missouri
Austin Webb
Montana
Hodgdon Powder
Courtney Jones
North Carolina
Hunter Clark
North Carolina
Grant Lind
North Dakota
Madison Webster
Nebraska
Hodgdon Powder
Carl Kessler
Ohio
Sean Curran
Ohio
GunBroker.com
Tess Decker
Oklahoma
Douglas Birchard
Pennsylvania
ATA
Bryce Buckwalter
Pennsylvania
Zane McShane
Pennsylvania
Donovan Barry
Pennsylvania
William Till
South Carolina
Braxton Rider
Tennessee
Harold Doughty III
Tennessee
Samantha Smith
Tennessee
Mathew St.John
Tennessee
NRA Scholarship
Joseph Simmons
Tennessee
Travis Old
Texas
GunBroker.com
Ian Stodart
Utah
Grayson Helms
Washington
Megan Rice
Washington
Abigail Denmark
Washington
Abigail Rosenau
Wisconsin
ATA
Dalton Karow
Wisconsin
Emily Bradley
Wisconsin
Samuel Hovde
Wisconsin
Zachary Hahn
Wisconsin
Zachary Henderson
Wisconsin
Emma Gehring
Wisconsin
Atticus Clark
Wisconsin
Gunnar Kern
Wisconsin
Molly Cocroft
Wisconsin
Joseph Altwies
Wisconsin
Brian Morris
Wisconsin
Zanders Sporting Goods
Pauline Schlais
Wisconsin
MEC
Scholastic Pistol Program Athletes
Franklin Ordway
Oregon
Smith & Wesson Scholarship
Eri Martin
Maine
Smith & Wesson Scholarship
Hunter Reiley
Texas
Smith & Wesson Scholarship
Ryan Hellyer
Kentucky
Smith & Wesson Scholarship
Tyler Wright
Ohio
Smith & Wesson Scholarship
Corey Bucholz
Wisconsin
Smith & Wesson Scholarship
Amber Rasmussen
Wisconsin
Joyce Wilson Women in the Shooting Sports Scholarship
Kent County Conservation League will host the Michigan SCTP Regional Skeet and Sporting Clays Championship on June 6-7.
Money and medals will be provided for both disciplines and Varsity, Intermediate, and Rookie Divisions, 1st through 3rd places. Individual medals will also be awarded per discipline and division for 1st place.
SCTP teams are invited to the Texas Skeet and Trap State Championships on May 24 at Ellis County Sportsman’s Club, Waxahachie, Texas.
Participants will shoot 100 American skeet targets and 100 ATA trap targets. Cost will be $32 for each event. Team and individual awards and prizes will be awarded.
The event is open to all SCTP teams.
Registration opens at 8:30 a.m., and a mandatory safety briefing starts at 9:00. Pre-registration is open through the SHOT system.
On May 22, there will also be a National Fundraising Banquet with dinner, auction, and raffle in conjunction with the State Championship. The auction and raffle items will include guns, hunting and fishing trips, and shooting accessories. Learn more about the National Banquet.
In an effort to keep the costs down at our National Championships in Sparta, Illinois this year, we are looking for help with our skeet refereeing.
Coaches: If you have any athletes who have graduated from your programs, assistant coaches with some extra time, or parents with skeet experience, they may be just who we are looking for.
While we would like to have certified referees, we are also looking for 20 to 30 people with skeet shooting or scoring experience.
We will pay $45 for a half day or $100 for a full day. Schedules will be set for Monday, July 13 through Thursday, July 16. Half days would be either 7:30 a.m. to – 12:00 noon OR 12:00 noon to 4:30 p.m. We are also looking for a handful of interested people for Friday’s Skeet Doubles.
If you know qualified persons who can help, please email SCTP National Director Tom Wondrash, twondrash@sssfonline.com.
Briley Mfg. is making plans for the SCTP National Championships in Sparta, and to help the company be well prepared to serve the participating athletes, they are offering pre-ordering of chokes and selected accessories to be picked up at the event. The “Buy One Choke, Get One Free” is a popular Briley offer each year, and with limited inventory at the event, they want to make sure to have the products you need when you shop in their store.
“The ‘Buy One, Get One’ is a once-a-year sale we love to do for the kids,” commented Briley’s Hannah Price. “We feel very strongly that youth are the future of shooting sports and hunting, and we are committed to helping in any way we can.”
Please note that the offer is for SCTP members only.
All orders must be placed no later than Wednesday, July 8. To order chokes, wrenches, and accessories, you should send the following information by email, mail, fax, or phone:
Name Address Phone number Make, model, and gauge of the gun(s) Products information
Please be specific regarding the style of chokes you want, i.e., silver extended, black extended, spectrum (color bands), ported, titanium, etc. Then list the constrictions (sizes) you want, i.e., SK, IC, LMOD, etc.
Helix chokes are $50 each and are not included in the Buy One, Get One offer.
If you need help selecting your chokes, contact Briley; any sales rep will be able to help you.
You should also include any wrenches, grease, choke cleaning brushes, snap caps, or other accessories you wish to purchase.
All orders must be paid for and picked up in Sparta. Shipping is not available for pre-orders.
“All the kids and their families have always been top notch, polite, grateful, and truly a pleasure to do business with,” said Price. “Briley would also like to thank all the parents, coaches, and chaperons for their hard work and commitment to the kids and this sport. Without you, this week of shooting would not happen.”
If you have any questions or need further information, please contact Briley’s sales team in Houston at 713-932-6995 or smp@briley.com.
SCTP and SPP shooters enjoyed a weekend of clay targets and pistol shooting at the Midwest Regional Championship in Sparta, Illinois last month. Here are a few scenes from the competition:
SCTP is planning its second Junior Olympic Development Camp of the year in conjunction with USA Shooting to help USAS identify SCTP athletes who may have the potential to become USA Shooting team members.
The camp will be held August 12-16 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Both athletes and coaches participate in the Junior Olympic Development Camps. Athletes learn about the international shooting disciplines, engage in a little friendly competition, and enjoy rubbing elbows with Olympic athletes and coaches while living for a few days at the Olympic Training Center. Coaches gain the experience they need to train athletes in the international disciplines.
SCTP shooters who compete in the international disciplines are invited to participate in the 2015 SCTP Western Regional International Tournament, which will run concurrently with the 2015 Arizona State Junior Olympic Clay Target Championships.
Sanctioned by USA Shooting, the competition will be held at the USA Shooting Southwest Regional Training Center at Tucson Trap and Skeet Club in Tucson, Arizona. Competition will be May 16-17, with official practice the previous day. Invitations to the National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships will be granted to some participants.
You can learn about everything that’s happening at the 2015 National Team Championships with the event program, and it’s ready for your perusal. Use it to plan your schedule, learn about side events, or just stoke your excitement for the biggest event of the year!
