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Tennessee Shooter Bill McGuire Is 2011 National Sporting Clays Champion
Ashleigh Hafley Takes Third National Lady’s Title

National Sporting Clays Association

San Antonio, TX --(Ammoland.com)- After a record number of participants shot more than a million targets, Bill McGuire has won the 2011 National Sporting Clays Championship.

The five-day event, hosted by the National Sporting Clays Association (NSCA), concluded last Sunday at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio.

McGuire, a crowd favorite from Charleston, Tennessee, won his first National Championship by finishing three targets ahead of runner-up Zachary Kienbaum. Finishing third was 2008 champion Anthony Matarese.

This was McGuire’s 13th Nationals and 9th consecutive one. He has been an NSCA member since 1996, and coming into Nationals, he had registered 78,625 targets.

Lady Champion was Ashleigh Hafley of Kokomo, Indiana, taking her third national lady’s title. This was the second time Ashleigh has won the Lady Championship for Nationals, the US Open, and World English Sporting Clays shoot in the same year, having also accomplished the feat in 2009.

L-R: Zachary Kienbaum, runner-up; Bill McGuire, champion; Anthony Matarese, 3rd

Prior to Nationals, she had 54,400 lifetime targets. She is a member of the shooting team at Bethel University. Lady runner-up for 2011 was Katie Fox, and Diane Sorantino finished third.

The National Championship attracted a record 1626 shooters from 48 states and six foreign countries, with 1437 shooting the main event. According to NSCA Director, Robert Crow, several changes in the event format and opening new areas of the National Shooting Complex for shooting resulted in shooters participating in more events and shooting more targets.

Other major event winners include:

• FITASC – Gebben Miles
• Krieghoff Kup – Mark Hall
• 5-Stand (Classes M-AA) – Travis Mears
• 5-Stand (Classes A-E) – Annabelle Ayres
• 20 Gauge – Jim C. Thomas
• 28 Gauge – Gene A. Sherrod
• .410 Bore – Jon Kruger
• Side-by-Side – Don Currie
• Pump Gun – Scott Robertson
• Super Sporting – Matt Fisher
• All-Around (Main, FITASC, K-Kup, 5-Stand) – Gebben Miles
• Small Bore Overall – Jon Kruger

Complete scores for every event at the National Championship can be found on Winscoreonline.com. Hundreds of photos are posted on NSCA’s Facebook page, Facebook.com/MyNSCA.

“I’d like to congratulate Bill McGuire and all the concurrent and class winners at the National Championship, as well as the event winners,” said Crow. “We’d also like to thank all of our sponsors and shooters whose support made this record-setting National Championship possible.”

National Sporting Clays Association is the official governing and sanctioning body for Sporting Clays. Headquartered at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas, the NSCA is the world’s largest Sporting Clays organization, with members in all 50 states and 10 foreign countries. For more information, visit our website at NSSA-NSCA.org.

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‘Shoot For A Cure’ Sporting Clays Event Is This Saturday
Fun shoot starts at 10 a.m., registered tournament check-in begins at 11 a.m.

'Shoot For A Cure' Sporting Clays Event Is This Saturday

Arizona Game and Fish Department

PHOENIX, AZ – -(Ammoland.com)- The Ben Avery Clay Busters, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization, is holding a “Shoot for a Cure” event to help in the fight against cancer.

The event will be held at the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Ben Avery Clay Target Center this Saturday, Oct. 8.

A 25-target sporting clays “fun shoot” will be held starting at 10 a.m. It is open to shooters of all abilities. No experience is necessary – experienced shooters will coach you. Cost is $25 and includes shotgun rental and shells.

The fun shoot will be followed by a 100-target NSCA registered tournament, with registration starting at 11 a.m. Cost is $100 and includes NSCA/ASCA fees for registered shooters.

Registration fees will be payable by cash or check only. Net proceeds from participant registrations will go to the Phoenix affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation.

The Ben Avery Clay Target Center is located at 5060 W. Skeet St. in Phoenix. Take I-17 to the Carefree Highway exit and go west 1.5 miles on Carefree Highway. Turn right at the stoplight (Game and Fish headquarters is on the corner) and follow the signs to the Clay Target Center.

For more information, including an event flyer and a registration form for the registered shoot, visit www.azgfd.gov/ctc and click on “upcoming events.” Or, contact (602) 571-4055 or baclaybusters@gmail.com.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, or disability in its programs and activities. If anyone believes that they have been discriminated against in any of the AGFD’s programs or activities, including employment practices, they may file a complaint with the Director’s Office, 5000 W. Carefree Highway, Phoenix, AZ 85086-5000, (602) 942-3000, or with the Fish and Wildlife Service, 4040 N. Fairfax Dr. Ste. 130, Arlington, VA 22203. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation or this document in an alternative format by contacting the Director’s Office as listed above.

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