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Update Regarding Sportsman’s Insurance Agency, Inc.

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We are pleased to report that Sportsman’s Insurance Agency, Inc. (SIAI) has notified NSSA-NSCA of an update regarding the gun, gun club and instructor coverages they offer to our members and member clubs.

“Sportsman’s Insurance Agency is excited to announce the continuation of our regular operations with our customers,” said Leslie Casanova, president of SIAI.

If your firearm, gun club, or instructor’s coverage recently expired, please contact Sportsman’s at 386-677-2588 to discuss resuming these valuable coverages.

If your policy expires on a future date, your coverage will remain in force until the expiration date listed on your Certificate of Coverage. SIAI will contact you for renewal of your coverage at that time.

Please contact SIAI at 386-677-2588 with any questions regarding your existing or lapsed coverage.

“We thank you for your patience, understanding and support,” said Leslie. “We are happy to continue to support the NSSA/NSCA and its members, member clubs, and instructors the same as we have for the past 33 years. Again, thank you from the SIAI team.”

 

Apply for $5,000 NSSA or NSCA Scholarship

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Active NSSA and NSCA members who will graduate from high school this academic year are invited to apply for one of the eight $5,000 scholarships that will be awarded to deserving students this year. Four scholarships will be presented to NSSA members and four to NSCA members. The scholarship program is open not only to students pursuing a four-year degree but also to students attending two-year colleges and technical colleges. Recipients must begin their advanced studies in 2025.

Selection is based on a combination of participation in NSSA-NSCA, academic achievement, citizenship and need. The application process involves writing a short essay, completing an application form, providing grades and a letter of recommendation, and detailing your NSSA-NSCA participation and accomplishments. The deadline to apply is March 1, 2025.

Download 2025 NSSA Scholarship Application

Download 2025 NSCA Scholarship Application

 

Support USA Sporting Clays Team in 2024 Competition

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In 2024, the USA has the privilege of hosting both the World English Sporting Clays Championship at M&M Sporting Clays in Pennsville, NJ, May 14-19, and the World FITASC Sporting Championship at Game Unlimited Sporting Clays in Hudson, WI, June 27-30, 2024. These two events will bring the world’s best shooters together to compete for world titles in Sporting Clays and FITASC, with our NSCA USA Sporting Clays Teams again representing the USA.

Selection to the USA Sporting Clays Team is the pinnacle of NSCA achievement. The support of our shooting family allows 40 of the best competitors to represent the United States this year at the World English Sporting Clays and World FITASC Championships.

See the 2024 USA Sporting Clays and FITASC Team members

This year, we are recognizing our best Sub-Junior shooters by adding a new Sub-Junior Team category. At this time there are no other Sub-Junior Teams for our Sub-Juniors to shoot against in world competition; however, they will be shooting as individuals at the 2024 World English Sporting Clays and World FITASC Championships.

With both events being held in the USA, the cost to send a USASCT member to one of these events to compete will cost about $2,500. You may sponsor a team member of your choice for $2,500 to cover the cost for them to travel to one of the world events, or you may donate any amount to support the USASCT as a whole.

Our “Sponsor a Team Member” fundraising campaign has been very well received since 2021, so we are again looking for people to sponsor a 2024 Team member’s effort to bring home the gold for the USA. A generous donation of $2,500* will cover an individual member’s trip to a world championship, and you will receive recognition for your support. The USA Sporting Clays Team is also a 501(c)(3) organization, which makes your donation tax-deductible.

Your continued support will help ensure the best shooters in the world will be able to represent the United States in the future. We do not believe it is fair or acceptable to only partially fund the team members’ participation, given their hard work, dedication, and the resources they have already expended to make the team. It is also unfair to spend money to the point that it will affect next year’s team.

If you cannot fully sponsor an individual member, a tax-deductible donation of any size is valued and appreciated. To join our effort, please contact Glynne Moseley at 210-688-3371, ext. 270 or gmoseley@nssa-nsca.com.

Download Our Donation Form


 

Final Shots: Kolar’s Don Mainland Passes

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We are saddened to report the passing of Don Mainland, the man who established Kolar Arms as one of the leading manufacturers of clay target shotguns since the 1990’s. Mainland acquired the company founded by Larry Kolar in the 1980’s, moving the tube-set business to his machine shop in Wisconsin. After producing trap guns for Remington, Mainland then began production of Kolar-branded shotguns made in the USA. The company is currently in its third generation of Mainland operation, with Don’s son Jeff and grandson Sean now managing the business.

In addition to the Kolar gun business, Don started Letsch Manufacturing, Pioneer Products, and Racine Air. He was known as a true visionary and naturally gifted and driven leader. He had many passions, including clay target shooting, cycling, riding horses, and golf. Don was an accomplished bike racer who raced in Japan’s Kierin circuit in the early 1950’s and held the U.S. coast-to-coast cross-country record, which stood for 11 years. Don was also a proud United States Marine. Above all, Don was known as a loving and proud family man. He was married to Ruth for 71 years, and together they had four children: Michael, Mary, Jeffrey, and Lisa, as well as 12 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.

Under Don’s leadership, Kolar Arms grew from a personal passion to a leader in the firearms community, synonymous with excellence and commitment to quality — a reflection of Don’s own integrity. His contributions have been recognized by multiple shooting organizations, including being honored by NSSA in 2011, along with Larry Kolar, Claude Purbaugh, and Jess Briley, for revolutionizing the game of skeet with their development and advancement of sub-gauge tubes. He was inducted into the Wisconsin State Trapshooting Association and honored by other professional organizations for his contributions.

As we mourn his absence, we also celebrate his life — a life richly lived and generously shared. A funeral service will be held on November 9 in Racine, Wisconsin. NSSA-NSCA extends it sympathies to the Mainland family, Don’s Kolar Arms family, and his many friends. See Don’s full obituary.

 

Bobby Ellis Is Nationals VIP Package Winner

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Congratulations to Bobby Ellis, NSCA member from Louisiana, whose purchase of two raffle tickets for Krieghoff and Kolar shotguns won him a 2024 National Sporting Clays Championship VIP Package.

NSSA-NSCA hosted two raffles for which winners were drawn on October 27 during the National Championship, the annual raffle of a Krieghoff K-80 valued at $22,745 that benefits the USA Sporting Clays Team and both NSSA and NSCA Krieghoff All-American programs, and the raffle of a Kolar Regal Extra shotgun valued at $30,000 that was donated by John Haugh to benefit the NSSA-NSCA Endowment Fund.

To encourage the purchase of both raffle tickets, NSSA-NSCA offered a drawing for a World Shoot or Nationals VIP Package to anyone who purchased both. Following the drawings for both gun raffle winners, the drawing was held on October 28 for the winner of the VIP Package. As an NSCA member, Ellis will use his VIP Package, which includes event fees, Hall of Fame banquet tickets, gun storage, parking passes, and more, for the 2024 National Sporting Clays Championship.
 

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