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Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) announces its plans to support the ACUI 44th Annual Intercollegiate Clay Target Championships.

Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation

Shelby Township, MI – -(Ammoland.com)- The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) along with the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) announced its plans today to support the ACUI 44th Annual Intercollegiate Clay Target Championships scheduled to be held March 27 thru April 1, 2012 at The National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, TX.

SSSF/SCTP has committed to over $450,000.00 to support the event.

SSSF/SCTP will contribute:

• $2,000.00 endowment for every collegiate team that participates in the 2012 ACUI Collegiate Clay Target Championship
• $4,000.00 of additional endowment money if the collegiate team is registered as a SCTP affiliated Team making that a total of $6,000.00 in endowment money.
• $3,000.00 of endowment money for division 1, 2 and 3 for each of the six disciplines for a first place team.
• $2,000.00 of endowment money for division 1, 2 and 3 for each of the six disciplines for a second place team.
• $1,000.00 of endowment money for division 1, 2 and 3 for each of the six disciplines for a third place team.

The events SSSF/SCTP will participate in are: American Trap, American Skeet, Sporting Clays, 5-Stand, Bunker Trap and Olympic Skeet.

“Over the past year, the SCTP Directors of Development across the United States have been focused on organizing several very successful Intercollegiate Clay Target Regional Championships,” said Jon M. McGrath, Chairman of the Foundation. “We look forward to helping promote the 2012 44th Annual ACUI Intercollegiate Clay Target Championship in San Antonio as well.”

The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) is responsible for all aspects of the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) across the United States, including participant registration, coaches, state coordinators, state and national championships, promotion, communications, websites, public relations and growth strategies. The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation exists to raise funding and other resources for Youth Development Programs in the shooting sports industry.

SCTP is a youth development program where adult coaches and volunteers model sportsmanship, responsibility, honesty, ethics, integrity, and team work while using shooting sports programs to teach these and other positive life skills to SCTP athletes.

To learn more about SCTP call (586) 737-0805 or visit their website at www.shootsctp.org.

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USA Shooting Team Members Kim Rhode & Caitlin Connor Capturing Gold & Silver
SCTP Reports on USA Shooting Team Members Kim Rhode and Caitlin Connor Capturing Gold and Silver Medals at the
ISSF World Cup in Sydney, Australia.

Scholastic Clay Target Program

Shelby Township, MI --(Ammoland.com)- The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) announced today that USA Shooting teammates Kim Rhode and former Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) National Champion, Caitlin Connor, captured Gold and Silver Medals respectively in Women’s Skeet at the ISSF World Cup Championships being held in Sydney, Australia. SCTP is the Official Clay Target Youth Development Program of USA Shooting.

Rhode, the four-time Olympic Medalist, made it to the finals with the highest qualification score of 72 hits and then proceeded to shoot a perfect score, 25 out of 25, in the finals round to win Gold. Teammate Caitlin Connor, one of six former SCTP National Champions who are competing at the ISSF World Cup, entered the finals just one target behind Rhode with 71 hits and also shot a perfect score of 25 out of 25 in the finals to win the Silver Medal.

The 2011 Sydney World Cup, the second leg of the ISSF World Cup Championships, has 64 nations represented with 721 competitors in the Olympic sports of rifle, pistol and shotgun.

For more information on the ISSF World Cup Competition or to view the ISSF Finals LIVE on the internet visit: www.issf-sports.org/

ISSF World Cup Sydney 2011

USA Shooting has 34 athletes participating in Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun at the 2011 Sydney World Cup. 40% of the USA Shotgun Team (6 athletes) and all three members of the Men’s Skeet Team are former SCTP National Champions. The USA Shooting Team has the youngest Men’s Team, competing in the ISSF World Cup Series and at the World Clay Target Championships in Belgrade, Serbia later this year.

Athletes are members of the United States National Team at USA Shooting; based at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO. USA Shooting is the National Governing Body for Olympic Shooting Sports in the United States.

About SCTP
SCTP is a youth development program where adult coaches and volunteers model sportsmanship, responsibility, and teamwork while using shooting sports programs to teach these and other positive life skills to SCTP athletes. SCTP activities are designed to incorporate two indispensable elements – FUN AND SAFETY. The safe handling of firearms is the primary focus of all SCTP clubs.

To learn more about SCTP call (586) 737-0805 or visit their website at www.shootsctp.org.

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