Youth Shooting Newsletter April 2024

FloridaYouthShooting

Joey Berardinelli joeyb1219@me.com

Wendell Mixon wendellscu4@aol.com

SCTP National office email contacts: SCTP National Program Director:

Wayne Rasmussen Wayne@mysctp.com

SCTPAdministrativeAssistant:

April Carr april@mysctp.com

SCTP Northeast Director of Development & National Coach Trainer:

Chet Tuinstra chet@mysctp.com

SCTP Southeast Director of Development:

Terri Dewitt terri@mysctp.com

SCTPNEWS

Registered shoots in March 2024 with SCTP Options

March was a busy month for tournaments in the Southeast hosting Big Blast shoots and also offering SCTP concurrent options. SCTP athletes are not only competing between teams and clubs, they are expanding their shooting ability and improving their skills by participating in monthly and large big blast shoots throughout the southeast.

2024 Gator Cup

2024 Gator Cup Main Event -

Beretta/Cole Gun

SCTP Concurrent Main Event

Awards

Rookie

JaseChilders1st

EastonReed2nd

OwenBanet3rd

Intermediate

XavierTrask1st

PaxtonWhitesides2nd

LailaKoon3rd

The Gator Cup which was originally Kicked off in Florida on February of 2015 at Quail Creek Plantation with full support from Whit Hudson, Fred and Maria Fanizzi is now part of “The Backwoods Quail Club” with Rick Hemingway, family and staff that makes you feel part of the family when visiting and shooting there. Backwoods Quail Club is a beautiful facility just outside of Georgetown, South Carolina and they have a history of putting on great big blast shoots.

Rick Hemingway, Fred and Maria Fanizzi are Hugh supporters of youth shooting and it shows with everything they do. Again, this year the Gator Cup had a SCTP concurrent option with 92 SCTP youth shooters from 9 states.

Intermediate Advanced

CarsonLingle1st

GarrettBaker2nd

CarsonSpurgeon3rd

Junior Varsity

McKennaWojcieszak1st

BryleePippin2nd

CodyStanford3rd

Varsity

HunterWebb1st

JustinDorren2nd

GrahamLee3rd

2024 Florida State Shoot

The Florida Sporting Clays Association (FSCA) has long been a supporter for our youth SCTP teams and athletes in Florida. The FSCA has for years supported our youth SCTP State Championship with donations to reduce the entry fees in Sporting Clays event for each athlete, support for trophies and waived state fees for this event. The FSCA added a SCTP concurrent in the 2024 State Shoot and purchased belt buckles for trophies.

The 2024 Florida State shoot was hosted at “The South Florida Shooting Club” a premier shooting destination in Palm City, Florida. The Florida State Shoot 200 Target main event was shot on 2 courses, the Gator course and the Sandhill Course with Mick Howells and Bill McGuire as target setters. The weather held out and for the 413 shooters that participated in the four days of shooting competition that included two preliminary events, five stand, super sporting, FITASC, 20 gauge, 28gauge, 410 bore concluding with the Main event. SCTP Concurrent Main Event Awards

Junior Varsity

McKenna Wojcieszak 1st

Brylee Pippin 2nd

Evi Bartosch 3rd

Varsity

Brian Holtkamp 1st

Jack Sikes 2nd

Brayden Wojcieszak 3rd

“Hugh, Thank You” to each of our clubs, the FSCA Officers, Board and Members for seeing the youth are the future of our sport through your actions and support throughout the year.

Team USA Junior Olympics

“International Trap”

Florida SCTP teams have an excellent record of producing World Champions in Sporting Clays, Trap, Skeet and are continuing to produce Junior Olympic team members for International Trap and Skeet. Team USA Junior Olympics

“International Trap” Aiko Caluso of Tampa Bay Clays was one of the first, followed by Marian E Zurby of Quail Creek Young Guns, now Abbey Wigh, originally from Fishhawk Dynasty of Fishhawk Sporting Clay in Lithia Florida.

Intermediate

Marshall Shoeneman 1st

Maggie Bohne 2nd

Caleb Eiswerth 3rd

Abbey Wigh is currently an ACUI/SCTP athlete with Saint Leo College Team. Abbey had a very busy March competing at several events across the USA.

First was the USA Shooting Olympic Selection match in Tucson Arizona which was the 2nd part of the National

with approximately 175 participants; most of which were in attendance for part 1 earlier this year in Hillsdale, Michigan.

The National Team is made up of the Top 6 men and women and the Junior Nationals team in Team is made up of the Top 4 men & women under 21. Abbey has secured a spot on the Junior National Team and will be competing Internationally at the Junior World Cup in Porpetto, Italy this July, then later this year at the Junior World Championship in Lima, Peru.

Abbey then flew out to San Antonio the following Monday morning to join her team from Saint Leo College in the ACUI/ SCTP College National Championship.

Here, Abbey Competed in the “Classic All Around” (CAA) at the ACUI/SCTP Collegiate National Championship. The CAA consists of Trap, Skeet, and Sporting Clays. Abbey took 3rd placed and enjoyed these two weeks of competition before returning to Florida.

These are just a few examples of how successful our Florida SCTP athletes are in Junior Olympic events.

CongratulationsAbbey Wigh!

Wendell Mixon

Joey Berardinelli

Sorry this is getting out so late, State Shoot took up the first part of the month and it has been a whirlwind since then. If you want to improve your skeet game I highly recommend the skeet camp June 1-2 in Palatka. I have been going to the camp for over 11 years, coaching and bringing my son. The coaches are great and we spend a lot of personal time with the students and their game. You can’t get a better weekend of coaching any where for a student’s skeet game.

Hope to see you there..

Have a great month!

ROYAL SPORTING ARMS

located in Davie, FL right on I-595 and 5 Minutes From Markham Park Trap Skeet and Sporting Clays Club. We are open year round to serve you at our FL Location.

Here at Royal Sporting Arms we are excited to help you with your next gun purchase.

We carry new and used Beretta, Perazzi, Rizzini, Krieghoff, Blaser, Syren, Fabarm, Caesar Guerini.

We are a full service shop, offering Fine guns, Ammo, stocks, over and under Barrels, gunsmithing, Gunstock work, recoil pads etc

We'll Pay TOP DOLLAR for your used guns and also take firearms on trade / consignment!

We are excited to see and work with you! Please contact our team to make an appointment or to stop in!

FLORIDA /USA: (954)-676-0714 / (954)-394-5134

Federico Ramirez

Royal Sporting Arms

Phone: (954) 394-5134

Email: royalsportingarms@gmail.com

Website: https://www.royalsportingarms.com

The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. Life is a learning process and you have to try to learn what's best for you. Let me tell you, life is not fun when you're banging your head against a brick wall all the time.

John McEnroe

NSSA Skeet Camp

June 1-2 Palatka, Florida

Winchester, White Flyer Unveil Top Shot Youth Sporting Clays Event

Winchester and White Flyer announce new Top Shot Youth Sporting Clays Championship to be held at Winchester’s famous NILO facility in Brighton, Ill., Apr. 27, 2024.

The 2024 Winchester Top Shot Youth Championship, Powered by White Flyer will be held April 27 at NILO, the legendary Winchester hunting and shooting sport facility in Brighton, Illinois.

The new Winchester Top Shot Youth Championship, Powered by White Flyer, will have more than $10,000 in prizes.

This sporting clays event is specifically designed for shooters of all skill levels, from ages 12 to 21. However, parents and coaches will also be allowed to participate. With significant support from Winchester and other generous event sponsors, there will be more than $10,000 in prizes for participants. This is an event for sport shooters of all skill levels and a great opportunity for families to enjoy a day together and take in the beautiful scenery at NILO.

In addition to the main event, there will be food trucks and side games on the grounds of NILO that day at the 2024 Winchester Top Shot Youth Championship.

“We are excited to host this event and create another opportunity for youth, family and friends to enjoy the shooting sports,” Jason Gilbertson, director of marketing for Winchester Ammunition said. “The pristine grounds of NILO make it one of the finest shooting sports facilities in the Midwest. We look forward to hosting more elite events that draw sport shooters of all skill levels to this facility.”

Event rules and additional details can be found at nilofarms.com. For more information and to register for the 2024 Winchester Top Shot Youth Championship, call 618-466-0613 or email infonilo@olin.com

If any teams ever want to come to Tampa Bay Sporting Clays and shoot the international bunker with the Tampa Bay Clays we would welcome that. We hold practices on Sundays from 11AM to 2PM. We will be glad to assist in coaching the shooters on how to shoot the international bunker as well. All we ask is that you please let us know in advance that you are coming as we wouldn’t want you to show up and nobody be there. Tampa Bay Sporting Clays

Contact Daryl Patrick: Stokjock@gmail.com

Tournaments with SCTP concurrent events:

April 26-28, 2024

SCTP Southeast Regionals

Forest City Gun Club

9203 Ferguson Avenue

Savannah, Ga 31406

Coaches Signup online: SHOT

May 4, 2024

2024 Florida State Junior Olympics (JOs) and SCTP Championship.

The Palm Beach County Shooting Sports Complex

11730 Seminole Pratt Whitney Roa

West Palm Beach, Florida 33412

Coaches Signup online: SHOT

For match information email: Michael.Chubb@MyFWC.com

Please send Michael the Shooters name, age, gender, birthday, and a good email address to help him with relaying match information back to them.

The JO’s/SCTP portion will be shot on May 4, 2024 (125 targets) and the match as a whole will be shot on May 4-5, 2024. Safety Brief starts Promptly at 8:00 AM on May 4, 2024. Shooting starts following safety brief at 8:30 am.

USA shooter ID # required for JO’s and match as a whole.

You can also call or email Wendell Mixon wendell@scu4ibew.org or cell 772971-2206

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Markham Youth Program

Markham Youth Program

Ages 10-17

$20 includes targets & ammo

Shotguns available free of charge

Every Monday 6-9 PM.