2025 Florida Shooting Youth January

Florida Youth Shooting Volume 3 Issue 1 January 2025

Markham Park Gun Club Youth Program Mondays 6-9

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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 3 EDITOR LETTER 4-7 YOUTH AMMUNITIONPROGRAMS 8-11 BLACKJACK REINDEER SCTP EVENT 12-13 2025 YOUTH TRAP CAMP 14-15 FUTURE EVENTS 16-19 ROYAL SPORTING ARMS 20 FLORIDA SKEET SCHEDULE 23 QUAIL CREEK & SANTA ROSA 27 HOT SHOTS SCHEDULE 29 FLORIDA NSCA CALENDAR 31 MARKHAM YOUTH PROGRAM

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Markham Park Youth Program

Florida SCTP Co/State Advisors Joey Berardinelli joeyb1219@me.com Wendell Mixon wendellscu4@aol.com SCTP National office email contacts: SCTP National Program Director: Wayne Rasmussen Wayne@mysctp.com SCTP Administrative Assistant: April Carr april@mysctp.com SCTP Northeast Director of Development & National Coach Trainer: Chet Tuinstra chet@mysctp.com

Florida Youth Shooting Newsletter contact info:

SCTP Southeast Director of Development: Terri Dewitt terri@mysctp.com

Joe Loitz 11873 NW 30th Street Coral Springs, FL 33065 954-857-5278 E-mail: jloit@bellsouth.net

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From the Editor A few pictures and a write-up of the Blackjack Reindeer SCTP Classic Championship in this issue. Things are about to get busy with the big shoots of February right around the corner. Be sure to send in photos and a small blurb about your athletes with them.

Several of the ammunition companies are working on deals for Youth programs for the new year.

Check with the flyers in the newsletter.

There is a Trap Camp at the Central Florida Smokin’ Guns club in Winter Haven on January 11th.

See the flyer on pages 10-11.

If you have an article to send with the pictures, please put it in a Word file. Email text does not copy and paste well. Pictures are best as .jpg.

If you are interested in having a skeet or trap clinic for you team this fall, let me know. I have time and I truly enjoy coaching anything that involves a shotgun and clay target.

If you have team schedules you want to post send them in.

Have a great month!

Joe Loitz South Florida Shooting Club Hot Shots 954-857-5278 jloit@bellsouth.net

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Program Leaders, On behalf of Federal and Remington Ammunition, the 2025 Spring Youth Shotshell Program is officially open Nov 11th - Dec 18th (Or until product is sold out). We plan to begin shipping immediately and our goal is to have all orders delivered by February.

Many of you have already used our new online registration portal and ordering platform but please read this email with instructions on our PowerApps Registration process and Online Ordering Portal in its entirety. You must upload all required documents and provide all program details during the registration period to the online PowerApps site. If you are a previous customer, you MUST use the program name you have always used – please do not abbreviate.

This is a two-step process: Step One: Register with our Youth Programs portal (below).

Step Two: An acceptance email will be sent within 15-30 days of registration with further instructions to place your order and payment online.

Copy & paste the following link to register and submit your registration form for review- https://federalyouthprogram.powerappsportals.com/ 7

Blackjack Reindeer SCTP Classic Championship Saturday, December 14, 2024, was a beautiful day of shooting at Blackjack Sporting Clays in Sumterville, Florida home of the Smokin Aces, for the 2024 Blackjack Reindeer Classic SCTP Clays Competition. A special thanks to Blackjack Sporting Clays, Bruce Potter Clay Shooting and the whole team at Blackjack for a top-notch event and great targets.

Willie Jewels Old School BBQ provided a delicious lunch for the shooters and the family.

Nine (9) teams and ninety-four (94) SCTP athletes attended from throughout Florida. The teams in attendance were the Blackjack Smokin Aces, Saltwater's TOP SHOTS, Central Florida Smokin Guns, FishHawk Dynasty, Vero Beach Elite, Sarasota Hawks, Saint Leo University, Hot Shots of South Florida, and the Smokin Pigeons.

Team Blackjack Smokin Aces thanks all our sponsors for the event, along with BAREPELT for the great looking Blackjack Smokin Aces custom vests.

All SCTP teams represented showed great sportsmanship and camaraderie throughout the event. Blackjack was proud of all the shooters and teams for a great day of shooting and friendship.

Shout out to the belt buckle winners: HOA and Varsity Individual First Place - John Schneider JV Individual First Place - Finn Roth Intermediate Advanced Individual First Place - Dylan Kutch Intermediate Entry Individual First Place - Austin Miller Rookie Individual First Place - Ty Davis Thanks to everyone for attending Blackjacks Reindeer Classic, hope to see you at the next SCTP shoot in January for the Saltwaters 4th Annual 8 SCTP Winter Warm-up January 18, 2025 at Saltwater Shooting Club.

Aaron Schroeder Sarasota Hawks

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Dylan Kutch

Sarasota Hawks

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Future SCTP events and SCTP Concurrent events Coaches and Teams, Please see the calendar below for dates the Florida SCTP Advisors have been notified to add to the calendar. If your team has an SCTP shoot not one the calendar, please notify us so we can share with all the teams.

Please share with your parents and athletes as soon as possible.

SCTP and SCTP Concurrent tournament Dates for your team Calendar

December 14, 2024 “Blackjack Reindeer Classic” hosted by Smokin Aces · Blackjack Sporting Clays, 3372 County Road 526, Sumterville, FL 33585 · Sporting Clays register in SHOT System

January 18, 2025 “Winter Warm-up Shoot” hosted by Saltwaters Top Shots · Saltwater Shooting Club, 900 Big Oak Rd. St. Augustine, Fl. 32095 · Sporting Clays register in SHOT System

February 15, 2025 “Shoot Your Heart Out” hosted by Sure Shots 4-H Club · Bay County Shooting Range, 10900 Steel field Road, Panama City Beach, FL 32413 · Sporting Clays register in SHOT System

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April 5-6, 2025 “2025 Florida SCTP State Championship” Florida SCTP · Jacksonville Clay Target Sports, 12125 New Berlin Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32226 · Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays register in SHOT System April 10-13, 2025 “2025 Florida State Championship” (SCTP Concurrent Main Event) Sumterville, Fl. · Blackjack Sporting Clays, 3372 County Road 526, Sumterville, FL 33585 · Register online at scorechaser.com 2025 Florida State Championship April 11-13, 2025 “2025 SCTP SE Regionals” Forest City, GA. · Forest City Gun Club, 9203 Ferguson Ave, Savannah, GA 31406 · Trap, Skeet, Sporting and Super Sporting register in SHOT System

TBA SCTP State Bunker Trap and JO Olympic Bunker Trap

July 12-19, 2025 “SCTP National Championships” Marengo, OH.

The 2026 SCTP (State) (SE Regional) and (National Championship) date will be added once confirmed.

NOTE; the monthly Youth Newsletter contains dates and locations for Monthly shoots of registered events throughout Florida to share with your athletes as well (ATA)(NSSA) (NSCA).

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ROYAL SPORTING ARMS located 1059 NW 31st Avenue, BLDG H, Pompano Beach, FL 33069. 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

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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

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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 10514 Ehren Cutoff Land O Lakes, Fl 34639 Contact Daryl Patrick: Stokjock@gmail.com 22

SANTA ROSA

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Practice will be held Sunday January 5th and 19th at 9:15 AM.

954-931-5470 CONTACT INFORMATION: YGofQC@GMAIL.COM

Sarah Marsden 803-626-7064

12399 NE 224TH STREET

Sarah.e.marsden@gmail.com

OKEECHOBEE, FL 34972

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SHOTGUN INSTRUCTION BEGINNER, INTERMEDIATE, AND ADVANCED TRAP, SKEET, AND SPORTING CLAYS

JOE LOITZ 5-TIME ALL AMERICAN CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR NRA ATA NSCA NSSA 954-857-5278 JLOIT@BELLSOUTH.NET

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954-846-2336

Indian River County Shooting Range A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

Wayne Gretzky

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Registered Sporting Clays Tournaments

Gulf Coast Vero Beach Tampa Bay Sarasota South Florida Bradford Bermont OK Corral Amelia Quail Creek Square One BlackJack Markham

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Look at guys like Larry Bird and George Brett and John McEnroe; that's what they did in their careers.

They all wanted to be the guy under the microscope late in the game or late in the match. So you just take on that know-how that that's part of your responsibility, and you learn that's what makes it exciting.

That's what makes it fun!

Wayne Gretzky

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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. 31