Tucson Fun Shoot Results

We had 7 athletes participate in the Fun Shoot in Tucson. The weather was fantastic and so where the athletes. All 7 participated in trap, skeet and sporting clays. For many this was their first competitive shoot. I'm proud of all of them. GREAT JOB! Here are the results.

Rookie Level 1
Trap - Summer S. - 9th place
Skeet - Summer S. - 8th place

Intermediate Level 1
Trap - Hunter F. - 6th place
- Dakota F. - 7th place
- Austin F. - 9th place
Skeet - Austin F. - 4th place
Hunter F. - 6th place
Dakota F. - 9th place
Sporting Clays - Ausitn F. - 2nd place
Dakota F. - 3rd place
Hunter F. - 4th place
Intermediate Level 3
Trap - Steven S. - 4th place
Skeet - Steven S. - 5th place
Sporting Clays - Steven S. 7th place

Senior Level 2
Trap - Jake W. - 1st place
Skeet - Jake W. - 8th place
Sporting Clays - Jake W. 10th place

FunShoot #1

The Tucson Fun Shoot is Saturday, December 19, 2009. Registration is at 8 am and shooting starts at 9 am. We have 7 athletes shooting in this event. They will all shoot trap, skeet and sporting clays. This will be the first competitive event for 4 of our athletes. I wish them well and hope they just enjoy the day. We have 4 Level 1 athletes, 2 Level 2 athletes and 1 Level 3 athlete. The Level 1 athletes will shoot 25 rounds in each event while the Level 2 & 3 athletes will shoot 50 rounds in each event. At the conclusion awards are given to the top athletes in each class and Level. The classes are Rookie (grade 5 and under), Intermediate (6th-8th grade) and Senior (9th-12th grade). It's a great chance to meet and compete with other athletes from all over the State, while having fun and staying SAFE!

Shooting at Fall Blast

Friends of the NRA Shoot

Three coaches from CATS shot at the Central Arizona Friends of the NRA Fun Shoot at Ben Avery and here is the result. High Over All FNRA Team! It was a beautiful day we had great camaraderie and a lot of fun.

Fun Shoot Changes

This year the fun shoots will run a little differently. The level one athletes will continue to shoot 25 targets in each event however the level two and three athletes will shoot 50 targets in each event. This means that a level one shooter shooting trap, skeet and sporting clays will shoot a total of 75 rounds while the level two and three athlete also shooting trap, skeet and sporting clays will shoot 150 rounds. For those who are new to the program or just have not been able to attend a "Fun Shoot" I encourage you to do so. They really are a lot of fun and the give the athlete a valuable experience. The athletes will be able to test their skills against other athletes from all over the state with similar skill levels.

State Bunker Trap

Austin Bradford, Taran Homol and Steven Shedd teamed up for the State Bunker Trap Championship. This is the first time a team from CATS participated in this event. For those that don't know what bunker trap is I will try to explain. It is similar to regular trap in that you do not know what direction the targets will be thrown. The targets vary in angle and in height. It will throw targets that barely get off the ground all the to targets that seem to vanish into the great blue sky and everything in between. They are a lot faster than regular trap but you are allowed to take two shots at the same target. It is the closest thing to Olympic Trap that they offer in Arizona. The shoot was also a qualifier for the Olympic Tryouts. The team from CATS placed third in the Scholastic Clay Target Program for Bunker Trap. Way to go team. Steven received the third place plaque for the Intermediate Division and Taran was the High Over All Female in the competition. Wow that is not bad for the first time.

Steven shooting with his squad.

Please note that the team did not shoot together as a squad. The names were drawn randomly and squadded accordingly. I don't know why they did this but that is how it was. So they did not know how the others were shooting until the end.

Austin Shooting

Taran Shooting