fbpx

Featured All-Scholastic Team Member Megan Carty

Written on .

Name: Megan Carty
State: Iowa
Program: Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP)
Team: Steel Shooters of Traer

How the SASP has helped me as a young person: SASP has taught me the importance of commitment and open-mindedness.  In order to further my shooting skills I have to stay committed to practicing and getting better and I have to stay open-minded about changing how I shoot.

About the NRA/SSSF All Scholastic Team

The All-Scholastic Team recognizes the top student athletes in the SSSF’s Scholastic Clay Target and Scholastic Action Shooting Program for their achievements in the classroom, on the range and in their communities. Through an application process, 2017 All-Scholastic Team Members have proven academic excellence by posting 3.0 or better grade point averages, shooting excellent scores in recent competition (95% in trap or skeet, 85% in sporting clays, 88% in international trap/skeet or 75 seconds or less for SASP) and by demonstrating outstanding community involvement.

See profiles for the 2017 SSSF/NRA All Scholastic Team Members

Scholarship Fundraising Banquet July 10th at Cardinal Shooting Center

Written on .

All SCTP/SASP teams and industry partners attending the National Championships in Marengo, Ohio, July 8-15, are invited to attend our youth scholarship fundraising banquet on Monday, July 10, at the Cardinal Center’s “Hitters Building” from 5-10 p.m.

Tickets are on sale now and are limited to the first 300 sold! There are two options for ticket purchases:

  1. $70/ticket including dinner, SSSF Supporting Membership, Browning two knife Set and door prize entry
    or
  2. $30/ticket for dinner and door prize entry only

Proceeds from this banquet will be used in part for next year’s graduating seniors’ scholarships.

Enjoy a night out and meet industry partners as well as other parents from around the country! We would like to keep this banquet to adults as much as possible, as there will be adult beverages served at this banquet.

We will have live auction items including trips to Belize, Coast Rica, Africa and St. Thomas. There will be Alaska fishing trips, an elk and mule deer hunt, redfish trip in New Orleans, Argentina dove hunts and much more!

Silent auction items will be provided by many industry vendors and onsite vendors. Twenty five to 30 firearms will be raffled off through various games, including shotguns, rifles and pistols from many industry partners, such as CZ-USA, Browning, Beretta, Blaser, SKB, Mossberg, TriStar, Winchester, Fab Arm / Caesar Guerini, FN America, Ruger, Smith & Wesson, GLOCK and Sig Sauer!

So, bring your lucky rabbit’s foot and enjoy a great night out supporting our youth during the 2017 National Championships.

Onsite tickets will be available if 300 have not been sold prior to the event. Contact Amanda (Awondrash@sssfonline.com) or April (acarr@sssfonline.com) or stop by the Central Entry Building at the Cardinal Center during regular event hours to buy your tickets.

Come Meet and Learn From Max Michel – Presented by Sig Sauer

Written on .

Come meet and learn from Max Michel – Sig Sauer!

All action shooting enthusiasts attending the 2017 National Championships at the Cardinal Shooting Center in Marengo, OH are invited to attend a unique learning opportunity presented by Sig Sauer. Clinic times are Thursday, July 13 at 11:00AM and 3:00PM and Friday, July 14 at 10:00AM at the action shooting range.

Max is the IPSC World Champions with six International team gold medals, a world-renowned firearms trainer and runs the Max Michel Training Academy. Max holds the current Guinness Book of World Records title for speed shooting. A former member of the Army Marksmanship Unit, Max spent ten years in the U.S. Army. Max is the only person in history to win all of the USPSA Area championships in the same season.

Watch the video of Max’s Guinness Book of World Records.

Come Meet and Learn from Matt Hopkins – Presented by CZ-USA

Written on .

All action shooting enthusiasts attending the 2017 National Championships in Marengo, OH are invited to attend a unique learning opportunity presented by CZ-USA.

Matt Hopkins, CZ-USA pro shooter, will be at the Cardinal Center action shooting range on Thursday, July 13 at 9:30AM and and Friday, July 14 at 1:00PM and 3:00pm. Everyone is invited to attend.

Matt is a USPSA Grand Master, CZ-USA shooting team member, shooting a SP-01 Shadow. He is a Limited and Open ProAm Champion, won 7th at the 2014 USPSA Nationals, is a 6-time Missouri state Champion and has earned over 25 production division state titles.

SASP Announces Partnership With the Young Marines

Written on .

The Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) is excited to announce our partnership with the Young Marines to become the competitive shooting component for the Young Marines organization.

“Our partnership with the SASP provides an opportunity for our Young Marines to receive quality instruction on firearms safety and marksmanship,” said Col William P. Davis USMC (Ret), national executive director and CEO of the Young Marines. “Combined with opportunities for competition within the SASP program and the intramural competition within our program, the partnership opens new doors for our Young Marines.”

SASP offers youth from grade school through college, the opportunity to safely participate in team-based action shooting sports which is a sport like no other in that it offers a level playing field across genders and age.

“We are excited to partner with the Young Marines,” said Rick Leach, interim national director of the SASP. “Both of our programs are targeted toward youth development, so it is a perfect fit. Glock is strong supporter of both our programs and introduced our programs to each other, knowing our programs they also thought us partnering made sense.”

The Young Marines strengthens the lives of America’s youth by teaching the importance of self-confidence, academic achievement, honoring veterans, good citizenship, community service, and living a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. The SASP is designed to instill in young people a set of personal values and character traits for fair play, compassionate understanding, individual responsibility, sportsmanship, self-discipline and personal commitment.

It is hoped that these qualities will stay wit
h youth participants in these programs throughout their lifetimes, helping each young athlete reach his or her full potential.
Youth participate in SASP using .22 rifles, .22 handguns or centerfire handguns, and targets are steel circle or rectangular plates.About the Young Marines
The Young Marines is a national non-profit 501c (3) youth education and service program for boys and girls, age eight through the completion of high school. The Young Marines promotes the mental, moral and physical development of its members. The program focuses on teaching the values of leadership, teamwork and self-discipline, so its members can live and promote a healthy, drug-free lifestyle.

Since the Young Marines’ humble beginnings in 1959 with one unit and a handful of boys, the organization has grown to 275 units with 9,200 youth and 2,760 adult volunteers in 40 states, the District of Columbia and Okinawa with affiliates in other countries.

For more information, visit the official website at: http://www.YoungMarines.com.

2017 National Championships Program is Here!

Written on .

The 2017 SCTP and SASP National Championships kicks off July 8th at the Cardinal Shooting Center in Marengo, Ohio. This year’s record setting tournament will run July 8-15 and currently has about 3,000 competitors slated to participate with nearly 6,500 event entries.

There is much to do at Nationals and many individuals, industry members and supporting organizations are working together to make it all happen!

Check out the tournament details, schedule of events and all who support the SSSF, SASP and SCTP, by viewing the online event program at www.sssfonline.org. Print copies of the event program will also be available at the Central Entry Building of the Cardinal Center in Marengo starting July 8.

Download a copy of the digital event program here.

For 2017 National Championships info and image support, visit the SSSF media room at https://sssfonline.org/news/media/.

 

USA Shooting 2017 Biennial Coach Conference

Written on .

USA Shooting is hosting the 2017 Biennial Coach Conference 25-27 August at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Deadline for registration is August 10th. Special rooming rates expire August 4th.

The keynote speaker will be Raymond Prior, the author of the Bullseye Mind. Tentatively USA Shooting is planning on the following topics: sport psychology, fundraising, ammo testing, USAS athlete panel – “what makes a good coach?”, how to coach millennials, a coach panel – “three things to make a successful youth program”, ISSF rules update, media training, USAS Youth Programs update, USAS Coach Academy update, pre-conference shotgun clinic at the USAS Shotgun range, just to name a few.

Click here for tentative conference schedule.

There will be a live Internet broadcast of the Biennial Coach Conference to those who cannot travel to Colorado Springs.

In the registration form you will have a choice of attending the conference in Colorado Springs at the Olympic Training Center (OTC) or register for the Internet broadcast that you can watch from home with no travel expenses. You will be emailed a link to the live broadcast a few days before the start of the conference.

Paid registrations will receive free access to all of the recorded presentations about 30 days after the end of the conference. These presentations will be available online in the USAS Coach Academy.

This year there will be a naming ceremony for the Lones Wigger Legacy Hall and Shooting Center on Friday evening 25 August and the Hall of Fame induction banquet on Saturday evening. A large turnout with VIPs is expected from allied shooting organizations and industry.

If you are working with disabled veterans in a shooting program, you may qualify to have your registration fee paid for by Bob Foth. Contact Bob Foth (bob.foth@usashooting.org) directly to see if you qualify for a free Conference registration.

USA Shooting has blocks of rooms at special rates at the Clarion and Holiday Inn Express. Those special rates and blocked rooms will expire 4 August. Reserve your room on or before 4 August.

Here is the link to the hotel information:  https://www.usashooting.org/library/CoachAcademy/Clarion_Hotel_and_Conference_Center.pdf

Click this link to view the 2015 Coach Conference presentations to give you some idea of the past presentation content at the Biennial Coach Conference.

For more information contact Mike Theimer, USA Shooting Coach Academy Director. Click this link for more information about the USAS Coach Academy.

 

SSSF/NRA All Scholastic Team Members Announced

Written on .

The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) and National Rifle Association (NRA) Competitive Shooting Sports division are proud to announce members of the 2017 All-Scholastic Team!

Over 200 student athletes from 22 states have been named to the team this year and will be recognized at the opening ceremonies of the SSSF/SCTP/SASP Team Championship event on July 12 in Marengo, Ohio.

The All-Scholastic Team recognizes the top student athletes in the SSSF’s Scholastic Clay Target and Scholastic Action Shooting Program for their achievements in the classroom, on the range and in their communities. Through an application process, 2017 All-Scholastic Team Members have proven academic excellence by posting 3.0 or better grade point averages, shooting excellent scores in recent competition (95% in trap or skeet, 85% in sporting clays, 88% in international trap/skeet or 75 seconds or less for SASP) and by demonstrating outstanding community involvement.

See the state-by-state athlete profiles for the 2017 All Scholastic Team members and learn more about how the SCTP and SASP are working to improve the lives of young people across the country.

Congratulations to all qualifying team members!

2017 Nationals Text Messaging Service and Email Updates

Written on .

Sign up for our text messaging service and email updates to keep updated about current events, schedule changes, weather delays and other important news at the 2017 National Championships in Marengo, OH.

Text Messaging – Simply text SSSF2017 to 94253 to opt in and you may opt out at any time. The service is free to use and will only be used for tournament information. Standard messaging rates may apply.

Email Updates – signup online to join our list to receive the daily event schedule, event photos, and other news from the event direct to your inbox.

Also, be sure to share your social media posts and photos and find other posts by using #SCTP2017 and #SASP2017!

Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation Scholarship Program

Written on .

The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation is proud to announce the 2017 SCTP and SASP Scholarship Program. The scholarship program rewards deserving Scholastic Clay Target Program and Scholastic Action Shooting Program graduating seniors with needed college assistance. Through this program the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation has provided over $200,000 in scholarship funds in the last four years to assist high school seniors in pursuing higher education. The main objective is to award as many scholarships as possible to qualifying SCTP / SASP graduating seniors. The application deadline is April 17th so, apply now using our online application form at sssfonline.org!

SSSF is establishing minimal guidelines for the selection procedure, thus allowing the final selection to be as simple as possible.

General Procedures:

  • Each applicant must be a graduating senior within the year of the awarded scholarship and must be registered for college before the scholarship is awarded in that same year.
  • Applicant must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative Grade Point Average through the most recent grading period ending on or before April 1, 2017.
  • Each prospective recipient must be registered as a full-time college student before the scholarship is awarded and must provide the name of the post-secondary college or community/ junior college to receive the scholarship proceeds. Each scholarship check will be mailed to the appropriate college in the student’s name by October 1, The scholarship funds are to be used for tuition, fees, etc. This is a one-time, non-renewable scholarship.
  • Applicants may not be in receipt of any “full” scholarship funds in order to qualify (i.e., athletics, military academy, academic, etc. ).
  • Applicants must have participated during 2016-2017 in one of their SCTP / SASP State Championships, National Championships, or regional events in Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays, or Olympic Bunker; Olympic Skeet Championships, Pistol or Rifle.
  • Applicants must be able to complete all parts of the application packet:

Application / Personal Information Page:

  • One Page Student Resume or School and Non-School Activities and Honors
  • One Page Essay (see  Essay Guidelines)
  • Must attach current high school transcript or home school transcript!

Funds will be awarded, if available, and the goal is to assist as many SCTP / SASP graduating high school seniors as possible.

Click here for the application.

 

Mail or  Email Completed  Applications:
SCTP – Tom Wondrash~ OR ~SASP – Tammy Mowry
165 Bay Ridge Lane288 Crisswell Rd
Burlington,  WI 53105Butler, PA 16002
twondrash@sssfonline.comtmowry@sssfonline.com

 

  • Application Deadline (for the entire application packet): April 17, 2017
  • All Materials Must Be Received by Deadline. No exceptions!

Stay in the Loop

SASP Logo
© 2020 - Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation. All Rights Reserved. Website by Venomous Design