SAN ANTONIO, TX –-(Ammoland.com)- July 10, 2017 – Join David Miller at the CZ-USA Demo Field (near the grandstand area) on Wednesday, July 12 at 2:00 pm at the Scholastic Clay Target Program Nationals for a special demonstration! Everyone is welcome to attend!
David has over 20 years of experience in the competitive shooting community and has lived to see the sport evolve into the world’s fastest growing shotgun sport. He is respected as one of the most knowledgeable individuals in the sporting clays community with a Master class title, and one of the best shooters in the United States. David is also the main star on the Outdoors TV show CZ-USA American Gun Dog TV.
David recently accomplished setting a new Guinness World Record for the most sporting clay targets shot in 1 hour— 3653 clays in May of 2015, followed by winning the Missouri State Sporting Clays Championship in July 2015. All the proceeds from the world record accomplishment will go to Pheasant Forever and Quail Forever’s Shooting Sports Endowment to benefit generations of new shooters forever! Speaking of new shooters, David has spent countless hours as an ambassador to the shooting sports industry and uses his past shooting experience to get more shooting enthusiast outdoors.
WHAT:
The 2017 Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) National Championships will bring together competitive shooters, ages 8 to 23, from 32 states to compete for national titles in the shotgun disciplines of American Trap, Handicap Trap, Bunker Trap, Trap Doubles, Skeet, Skeet Doubles and Sporting Clays. Pistol and rifle competitors will compete for steel shooting titles in Rimfire Pistol, Centerfire Pistol, Iron Sight Rifle and Optics Rifle divisions.
- 2,748 shooting sports competitors from 32 states, including 424 from Ohio, will put an estimated 1.2 million rounds down range during the eight day event
- This year’s Nationals is expected to bring upwards of $16 million in economic impact to central Ohio (based on the results of a 2015 economic impact study conducted by Southwick Associates)
- Women are the fastest growing segment of the shooting sports, making up 18% of the National Championship competitors (16% of SCTP shooters, 30% of SASP shooters)
- SSSF has awarded $89,000 in scholarships to SCTP and SASP participants this season and over $300,000 in total scholarships since 2013
- SCTP and SASP make up the largest youth shooting program in the country with over 14,800 participants in 45 states (14,775 in SCTP, 1,326 in SASP)
- 5.7 million clay targets were thrown during the 2016-17 season as recorded by the SSSF’s SHOT 5 team registration and event management system
- 1.15 million additional clay targets will be thrown during this week’s Nationals
WHEN:
Saturday, July 8 through Saturday, July 15, 2017
The event program with daily schedules is available for download.
WHERE:
Cardinal Shooting Center
616 State Route 61
Marengo, OH 43334
419-253-0208
www.thecardinalcenter.com
About Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation
The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) is 501(c)(3) public charity responsible for all aspects of the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) across the United States. SCTP and SASP are youth development programs in which adult coaches and other volunteers use shooting sports to teach and to demonstrate sportsmanship, responsibility, honesty, ethics, integrity, teamwork, and other positive life skills. SCTP was developed as a program of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) until the SSSF was created in 2007 to operate the SCTP. In 2012, SSSF created the SASP and became the managing foundation of both programs.