MELISSA,TX, February 9 – Very long time Taking pictures Sports activities Business Titan, Doug Painter, was honored at this 12 months’s SHOT Present to have fun the twenty fifth Anniversary of the Scholastic Clay Goal Program (SCTP) Nationwide championships. SCTP, which started because the Scholastic Trapshooting Program (STP), a program of the Nationwide Taking pictures Sports activities Basis (NSSF) was the brainchild of Painter.
The primary Nationals, in 2001, had greater than 200 of the nation’s greatest highschool trapshooters, representing 25 states. From these humble beginnings, the 2024 Nationals grew to three,675 athletes, 23,306 complete entries, from 37 states. This resulted in 2.1 million White Flyer targets being thrown and practically 4 million rounds fired.
“Doug as soon as described SCTP as . . . ‘Little League with a shotgun’, which is a superb description as every workforce has its personal uniforms and workforce names,” mentioned Rick Leach SSSF President & Govt Director. “This has led to nice native and regional rivalries simply as in different sports activities. His imaginative and prescient, steering and data have assured the way forward for the Taking pictures Sports activities in America is protected for generations to return”
As well as, SCTP has morphed into the Scholastic Taking pictures Sports activities Basis (SSSF). This youth powerhouse has blossomed right into a nationwide group that now encompasses not solely shotgun, however rifle and pistol that gives shooting-sports schooling and alternatives to school-age youths round america to encourage younger athlete private progress and growth.
In regards to the Scholastic Taking pictures Sports activities FoundationThe Scholastic Taking pictures Sports activities Basis (SSSF) is 501(c)(3) public charity answerable for all facets of the Scholastic Clay Goal Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Motion Taking pictures Program (SASP) throughout america. The SCTP and SASP are youth growth packages through which grownup coaches and different volunteers use capturing sports activities to show and to display sportsmanship, duty, honesty, ethics, integrity, teamwork, and different constructive life expertise.
Present and improve private progress and growth alternatives for pupil athlete members; grow to be the premier authority in all issues pertaining to firearm-related pursuits for youth; cross on to future generations the legacy of lifelong, protected, accountable enjoyment of the capturing sports activities. This consists of serving as the first feeder/pipeline for organized, sanctioned capturing organizations and groups, like USA SHOOTING, TEAM USA, and the NGBs (NSSA, NSCA, ATA).
