Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP)

The Scholastic Clay Target Program provides junior and senior high school-age young adults with the
opportunity to showcase their competitive shooting skills and earn state and national recognition. The program
is designed to instill in participants safe firearms handling, commitment, responsibility, leadership and teamwork.

The Scholastic Clay Target Program is a cooperative effort between the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF),
the firearms industry's largest and most diverse trade association with 1,900 members, and the governing bodies for
trapshooting, skeetshooting and sporting clays shooting - the Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA), the
National Skeet Shooting Association (NSSA) and the National Sporting Clays Association (NSCA), respectively.

For more information on the Scholastic Clay Target Program in NC, contact Doug McKinney, the NC SCTP Director,
at 919-557-8221 or by email at doug@mckinneyassoc.net.  For National information, visit www.nssf.org/SCTP/ or
contact the National Shooting Sports Foundation at (203) 426-1320.

NC ATA SCTP Teams at the 2008 Grand American

There were around 1600 SCTP trap shooters in Sparta, competing for the SCTP Trap Shooting Championship on Monday & Tuesday.
North Carolina had 22 youth shooters make the trip to Sparta, IL to participate in the SCTP National Championships. Here is a quick summary of their efforts.

Varsity Division:
Triangle Titans (Durham County Wildlife Club) Team Total 916. Our team was a little tight going out the first day, but they managed to get it back together for the second day. The competition was tough this year. 987 won Varsity division
Honorable mention -- Charles Fagan from our DCWC JV team came up and shot with an alternate team and shot his personal best two days in a row 97/98 for a 195.

JV Division:
TopGunners (Buncombe County Gun Club) Team Total 875. For their first time at the national event this team did really well finishing in the middle of the pack. 937 won JV division

Intermediate Entry Level (middle school)
TopGunners (Buncombe County Gun Club) Team Total 844. This was also this squad's first appearance at the nationals and they finished 16th in this division. 937 won Intermediate Entry Level division
Honorable mention-- squad leader Seth Taylor shot a 99, running the last 75.

Rookie Division (elementary school)
Clay Shooters (Morganton) Team Total 797. This is their first time shooting in SCTP as well. The squad leader on this team had to overcome some medical issues just to be here, and the doctors released him to shoot only a week before the competition.
(873 won the Rookie division)

We want to thank everyone for their generous support of the North Carolina SCTP teams. Your continued support and encouragement are greatly appreciated.

Info compliments of Kim McKinney.