State Shoots Support Team USA

Six additional clubs have agreed to support Team USA by offering a 50/50 Lewis Class Option at the State Championship shoots they are hosting, bringing the total to 17 state events that will help fund the team’s expenses this year.

Team USA is the highest honor earned by NSCA members, allowing the top competitors to represent our country and sport in international competition. Qualification for the team is based solely on individual performance at designated Team USA selection shoots. Five teams are selected within the disciplines of Sporting Clays and FITASC. The teams are: Open, Lady, Junior, Veteran, and Super Veteran. For Sporting, five members are selected to the Open team and three to each concurrent. For FITASC, four members are selected to the Open team and three to each concurrent. One alternate is named for each team, for 43 total members.

As you might well imagine, it is often impossible to field the team with our top shooters primarily because they simply cannot afford to travel overseas. When you factor in entry fees, airfare, hotel, car rental, food, practice, and ammunition, it costs approximately $4,000 per team member per year, or approximately $175,000 annually.

Team USA reached out to clubs hosting 2012 NSCA State Championship Sporting Clays shoots and asked them to offer a Team USA 50/50 Lewis Class Option. The option would be $20, split $10 to Team USA and $10 to the Lewis Class Purse. This is completely optional to the shooter and is no cost to the club.

With 45 clubs hosting state shoots this year, if we averaged $250 from each shoot, that would fund three team members!

To date, 17 clubs have agreed to offer the 50/50 Lewis Class Option.

Please show your support to these clubs by attending their shoots and to Team USA by playing the Team USA 50/50 Lewis Class Option.

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State	Host Club	Dates
Arizona	Ben Avery Clay Target Center	March 15-18, 2012
Florida	Quail Creek Plantation	April 20-22, 2012
Utah	Purgatory Clay Sports	April 26-29, 2012
Arkansas	Pajaro Gun Club	May 25-27, 2012
Georgia	Forest City Gun Club	May 31 – June 2, 2012
Oklahoma	Quail Ridge	May 31 – June 3, 2012
California	Raahauge’s Shooting Enterprises	June 7-10, 2012
Texas	San Angelo Claybird Association	June 7-10, 2012
New Jersey	Cedar Creek Sporting Clays	June 9-10, 2012
Kansas	Claythorne Lodge	June 21-24, 2012
Illinois	Northbrook Sports Club	June 22-24, 2012
Washington	Sumner Sportsmen’s Association	June 28 – July 1, 2012
Ohio	Cardinal Shooting Center	August 2-5, 2012
*Wisconsin	Wern Valley Sportsmen’s Club	August 2-5, 2012
New York	Ten Mile River Preserve	August 3-5, 2012
*Connecticut	Fairfield Fish & Game	August 24-26, 2012
*Kentucky	Blue Grass Skeet & Sporting Clays	August 24-26, 2012

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Updated May 21, 2012