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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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Potterfields Donate $900,000 to Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation

Midway USA

Columbia, MO --(Ammoland.com)- Larry and Brenda Potterfield of MidwayUSA, Inc. recently donated $900,000 to the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation to support youth shooting programs.

The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) is an educational-athletic organization that exists to introduce school-age youths to the clay target sports and to facilitate their continued involvement by providing, promoting, and perpetuating opportunities to safely and enjoyably participate and compete in a high-quality, team-based sport led by trained adult coaches focused on enhancing the personal growth and development of their athletes.

“Thanks to the generous support of people like Larry and Brenda Potterfield, the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation will be able to introduce the clay target sports to more youth across the nation and give them the opportunity to participate in high-quality team-based competitions like Scholastic Clay Target Program,” said Jon McGrath, SSSF Chairman of the Board.

“A donation like this from the Potterfields will go a long way in helping us achieve our mission of developing more young shooters, and furthering the future of our sport.”

Larry Potterfield, Founder and CEO of MidwayUSA, remarked, “Teaching our youth about shooting and shooting safety will ensure a better future for America. Brenda and I are proud to partner with SSSF and their efforts to change the future by engaging youths through scholastic shooting programs.”

For more information about the Potterfields or MidwayUSA, please visit www.midwayusa.com or call 1-800-243-3220.

For more information about the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation, please visit www.sssfonline.org

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