Florida Youth Shooting 2024 August

Florida Youth Shooting Volume 2 Issue 08 August 2024

Markham Park Gun Club Youth Program Mondays 6-9 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 3 EDITOR LETTER 6-9 SCTP NEWS 10-39 PICTURES 40-43 SANTA ROSA SCTP TOURNAMENT 44-47 ROYAL SPORTING ARMS 48-51 SHOOT FLYERS 53 YOUNG GUNS AND SANTA ROSA 54-55 FLORIDA ATA CALENDAR 57 FLORIDA SKEET CALENDAR 59 FLORIDA NSCA CALENDAR 61 MARKHAM 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:

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Florida 2024 SCTP Nationals

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:

Joe Loitz

Terri Dewitt terri@mysctp.com

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

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SCTP Scholarship Awardees Be sure to thank your Florida SCTP Advisors Wendell Mixon (on the left) and Joey Berardinelli for all their hard work this year.

I’ve known these two for over 15 years and I can’t say enough about the wonderful work they’ve done. They make the Florida SCTP the best it can be. I consider myself lucky to be working with them and to have them as good friends.

Thanks for another successful year.

Joe Loitz

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From the Editor Thanks to all the coaches who make this newsletter great and congratulations to all your Youth Shooters at Nationals. Florida still holds its own against the rest of the countries teams.

Received lots of great pictures for the newsletter this month. Thanks again for the contributions.

I could always use any content you think interesting for our shooters and coaches.

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.

I look forward to restarting training this fall. 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 5

SCTP and SASP Nationals Wrap-Up 2024 SSSF Shooting Sports National and International Championships

The 2024 SSSF National Championships, composed of Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and the Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP), was again held at the Cardinal Center in Ohio. This year around 4000 athletes signed up to participate in one or more events.

The International Trap and Skeet competition started with a squadded training and practice on July 9, followed with competition July 10 through 12, 2024. This year athletes from 4 Florida teams participated in the 125 target event.

The SCTP competition started on Saturday July 13 and ended on July 20, 2024. Events included 200 targets each for Skeet, Trap Doubles, Trap Singles, Handicap Trap, and Sporting Clays, Skeet Doubles (100 targets), and 5-stand. Make-A-Break is also a Squadded event held at the Make-A Break.

The SASP competition started on Friday July 12 and ended on July 20, 2024. The SASP is a pistol and rifle competition, both for accuracy and timed events. Florida has an SASP program and your team(s) can also participate in it.

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200 Target Sporting Clays 7/13/2024 through 7/18/2024 (Top 5 places received awards) College Division Jacksonville University Sporting, Skeet & Trap team members, Shane Gillis, Brett Windham, and Levi Dotson finished in 4th place.

Team Senior Division (Varsity/Jr. Varsity) Young Guns of Quail Creek members, Brayden Wojcieszak, Brylee Pippin, and Joel Bass took 3rd place.

High School Senior Division Young Guns of Quail Creek members, Brayden Wojcieszak, Joel Bass, and Brady Williams took 4th place.

Squad Intermediate Entry, Young Guns of Quail Creek members, Levi Larson, Ryan Casson, and Keaton Bauknight took 5th place.

Squad Junior Varsity, Young Guns of Quail Creek members, Luke Larson, McKenna Wojcieszak, and Brylee Pippin took 3rd place.

Squad Varsity, Young Guns of Quail Creek members, Brayden Wojcieszak, Joel Bass, and Brady Williams took 5th place.

Men’s Team Senior Varsity Young Guns of Quail Creek, Brayden Wojcieszak took 4th place.

Ladies Rookie South Florida Hot Shots, Rachael Dennard took 2nd place.

Ladies Junior Varsity Young Guns of Quail Creek Brylee Pippin took 1st place 7

SCTP and SASP Nationals Wrap-Up International Trap 7/10/2024 through 7-11-2024 Florida had three teams competing in International Trap, some for the first time. Ridge Clays, Molley Elliott finished 4th in the Ladies Senior Division.

Athletes from Tampa Bay Clays and Jacksonville University Sporting, Skeet and Trap teams put up some very good scores representing their teams and the State of Florida.

International Skeet 7/10/2024 through 7-11-2024 Daniel Byron from Saltwaters Top Shots was the Florida team representative in international Skeet, finishing 10th overall in the men’s senior division.

Five Stand side event 7/13/2024 through 7/18/2024 Young Guns of Quail Creek Senior Division team members, Brayden Wojcieszak, Joel Bass, Brylee Pippin, Brady Williams and Joey Casson took first place. The Intermediate team, Keaton Bauknight, Levi Larson, Ryan Casson, Thomas Crossey, and Alex Crippen finished in 2nd place.

International Trap 7/10/2024 through 7-11-2024 Florida had three teams competing in International Trap, some for the first time. Ridge Clays, Molley Elliott finished 4th in the Ladies Senior Division.

Athletes from Tampa Bay Clays and Jacksonville University Sporting, Skeet and Trap teams put up some very good scores representing their teams and the State of Florida.

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200 Target Handicap Trap 7/13/2024 through 7/18/2024 College Division Jacksonville University Sporting, Skeet & Trap team members, Shane Gillis, Hector Rangel, Brooks Wiley, Kaylee Joseph, and Selena Grundy took 1st place.

Men’s College top 3 Jacksonville University Sporting, Skeet and Trap Shane Gillis took 2nd with Teammate Hector Rangel taking 3rd place.

200 Target Trap Doubles 7/13/2024 through 7/18/2024 College Division Jacksonville University Sporting, Skeet & Trap team members, Shane Gillis, Hector Rangel, Joey Showah, Kaylee Joseph, and Selena Gillis finished in 2nd place.

Ladies College Division Jacksonville University Sporting, Skeet & Trap, Kaylee Joseph took 3rd place.

200 Target Trap 7/13/2024 through 7/18/2024 (Top 5 places received awards) College Division Jacksonville University Sporting, Skeet & Trap team members, Lauren Flick, Hector Rangel, Iver Gustafson II, Kaylee Joseph, and Brooks Wiley took 2nd place.

Ladies Rookie South Florida Hot Shots, Rachael Dennard took 3rd place.

Trap Last Person Standing After opening ceremonies competitors wishing to participate in the last person standing in an “Annie Oakley” trap event line up on the 40 plus trap fields side by side until getting down to the last competitor. This year Florida’s Madison Jackson of Vero Beach Elite finished in the top 10. Great job Madison!

Florida SCTP State Advisors Wendell Mixon Joey Berardinelli 9

Florida State Sporting Clays Team 1st Place Levi Bartosh Vero Beach Elite Joel Bass Young Guns at Quail Creek Brayden Wojcieszak Young Guns at Quail Creek Brian Holkamp Hot Shots of South Florida Daniel Byron Saltwater Top Shots not pictured

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Florida State Teams at SSSF Nationals The Top 5 shooters from each state represent their State in the National Team Competition at the SSSF Nationals for each discipline of Sporting Clays, Trap, and Skeet.

This year’s 2024 Florida Sporting Clays team ended up in a 3-way time with Georgia and South Carolina. After a shoot-oH the Florida Sporting Clays team consisting of Brayden Wojcieszak and Joel Bass of the Quail Creek Young Guns, Daniel Byron of Saltwaters Top Shots, Levi Bartosch of Vero Beach Elite and Bryan Holtkamp of The Hot Shots of South Florida took the 1st Place honors, South Carolina Took 2nd place and Georgia took 3rd. All three teams did an excellent job on the sporting clays competition requiring this amazing shoot-oH. Congratulations to all three teams!

The Florida Trap Team finished 11th overall and the Florida Skeet team finished 13th overall. Great job by these State Teams.

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Waivers must be signed by a parent or guardian. See Sarah.e.marsden.gmail.com

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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

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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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Shoot the Olympic Bunker Trap during the US Open and support two great causes!

Experience the thrill of the Olympic style clay target shooting at the US Open! The cost will be just $15 a round. All proceed with benefit both the North Star Clay Target Foundation and the Golden BBs Youth Team.

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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 52

SANTA ROSA Sunday August 11th 9:15 AM. CONTACT INFORMATION: 954-931-5470 YGofQC@GMAIL.COM

Practices will will be held every Sunday at 9:15 AM in August until after September 14th when they will be biweekly.

CONTACT INFORMATION: Sarah Marsden

12399 NE 224TH STREET

803-626-7064

OKEECHOBEE, FL 34972

Sarah.e.marsden@gmail.com

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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 I always say my biggest competitor is myself because, whenever I step out there on the mat, I'm competing against myself to prove that I can do this and that I am very well trained, prepared for it.

Simone Biles

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Registered Sporting Clays Tournaments

Markham Sarasota OK Corral Blackjack Amelia Vero Beach Polk Bermont FishHawk The Oaks

August 10th August 10th August 11th August 17th August 18th August 24th August 24th August 25th August 31st August 31st

A successful competition for me is always going out there and putting 100 percent into whatever I'm doing. It's not always winning. People, I think, mistake that it's just winning. Sometimes it could be, but for me, it's hitting the best sets I can, gaining confidence, and having a good time and having fun.

Simone Biles

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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. 61