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This Month In Clay Target Nation

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The July issue of Clay Target Nation is packed full of tips and tactics that will help you find more success and have more fun on the sporting clays course or the skeet field this season. Plus, we’ve got plenty of event coverage as the shooting gets hot this summer.

In our Training Tips columns, you’ll find some helpful insight from Todd Bender about letting complacency sneak into your skeet game, and Anthony Matarese Jr. explores why consistency seems so elusive for some shooters.

Spring and summer have been packed with events, and we have coverage of the Krieghoff Masters, the Armed Services Skeet Championships, the Northeast Regional, the Briley Blue Goose and the Texas State Skeet Championships.

Instructor Peyton Higgison has some advice about connecting with the target in his article about letting “the other guy” shoot, while Dr. Richard Colo spells out what you should tell (and ask) your eye doctor at your next appointment to make sure your vision is optimized for shooting. John Shima explores the gap between your performance and your potential in his “Close Your Capability Gap” article. And don’t miss our article about distractions, where top sporting clays shooters share how they deal with distractions in the game — especially relevant as media coverage and competitive pressure continue to grow around the Pro Squad shooters at the National Championship.

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Clay Target Nation is available monthly to all members in digital and/or print form. Not a member? You can receive the next issue when you join at http://nssa-nsca.org/join-nssa-nsca/.

Nominations Open for Directors-at-Large

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Nominations are now open for the five (5) NSSA Director-at-Large positions for the 2027-2028 term. Current members of the Board of Directors will elect the Directors-at-Large, July 16-31.

Candidates must be current, paid NSSA members. Complimentary members and Crossfire shooters are not eligible. Members who wish to run for the position must submit a nomination form with the endorsement of their state association OR the signatures of five (5) paid NSSA members. (Candidates who are state association officers may not endorse themselves.) Directors-at-Large have full voting rights and follow the same guidelines as other elected Directors.

NOMINATION PROCEDURE

1. Complete a Nomination Form. Download the Director-at-Large Nomination Form and provide all the requested information.

2. Obtain endorsement signature(s). You may obtain either the signature of an officer of your state association OR the signatures of five (5) current, paid NSSA members.

  • If obtaining the signature of an officer, complete that area on the nomination form.
  • If obtaining signatures of five members, use the separate NSSA Director-at-Large Candidate Endorsements page. You may have all five to sign that form and submit all signatures at once, or you may submit individual forms for each signatory. To do the latter, simply download the form, email it to your endorsers, and request that they sign and email the form to us. Make sure the candidate’s name and member number is filled in at the top.

3. Email nomination form and endorsements to NSSAElection@nssa-nsca.com.

4. Complete a brief bio. Click on this link to provide some information about yourself. While this is not required to be able to run for the position, you are encouraged to do so to allow voters to make informed decisions. This is a self-service function; you must enter the information yourself or it will not be distributed to voters.

5. Watch for our confirmation. Once your nomination form has been vetted for having met all requirements, you will receive an email advising that it has been received and accepted. If all requirements are not met, you will receive an email explaining what is needed to complete your submission. If you don’t receive an email, please allow three (3) business days after your submission before contacting us at NSSAElection@nssa-nsca.com to check on it. If you are running for a position, please add NSSAElection@nssa-nsca.com to your address book to ensure you receive our email.

The deadline to submit nomination materials is July 15, 2026.

 

Two Rule Changes Passed by Board of Directors

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The NSSA Board of Directors recently voted to pass two rule changes submitted for consideration by the Executive Committee.

First Responder (FR) Concurrent Eligibility

Effective January 1, 2027, the NSSA First Responder (FR) Concurrent eligibility requirements will be revised. The rule change removes military police and military fire / rescue personnel from First Responder Concurrent eligibility while retaining existing credential verification and enforcement requirements. Veterans and retirees who hold independent, non-military first responder credentials remain fully eligible based on those credentials. The rule change also expands eligibility to include volunteer first responders.

To ensure all participants are vetted under the revised eligibility requirements, all shooters currently enrolled in the First Responder Concurrent will be removed from the concurrent effective January 1, 2027. Shooters wishing to participate in the First Responder Concurrent on or after January 1, 2027, must submit the required documentation to NSSA Headquarters and receive approval before being reinstated in the concurrent. This reapplication process will ensure that all participants meet the revised eligibility requirements and are vetted under a uniform approval process.

Rule Change: Section III-C-18
18. A first responder (FR) is any sworn law enforcement officer, fire service and/or Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel (including military police and fire/rescue personnel) employed full-time, or part-time, or as a volunteer by, or retired from, a federal, state, county, municipal or township government.

Prohibited Optical, Recording, and Technology-Assisted Devices

Effective immediately, this rule addition prohibits the use of video-recording devices, optical aiming aids, laser aiming devices, and technology-assisted devices that provide target enhancement, lead calculation, shot-pattern tracking, or similar competitive advantages during NSSA registered events and shoot-offs.

Rule Addition: Section II-A-2-f
f. Use or have present on the field any video-recording device or camera mounted on the gun, person, or glasses; any laser aiming device; any optical sight or scope with magnifying, light-emitting, and/or electronic target-enhancing properties; or any device with lead-calculating, shot-pattern-tracking, or similar spotting features — whether fitted to the gun or worn or carried on the shooter’s person — during all NSSA registered events and shoot-offs, regardless of whether the device is powered on or off.

2027-2028 NSSA Directors Elected

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Results for the elections of NSSA Directors are now completed, and those elected will assume their new roles on January 1, 2027, for the two-year period ending December 31, 2028.

See the full list of Directors elected

Directors were elected from each state/province and other geographical regions with sufficient membership. The number of Directors elected was determined by the number of members there as of December 31, 2025.

 

NSSA Director Election Underway Through May 31

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Nominations are now closed for NSSA Directors for the 2027-2028 term, and ballots have been distributed for voting by May 31. Below are the final candidates who submitted nomination requirements by the April 23 deadline. If you state does not have candidates, your state/province/military branch still needs your vote as a write-in. Even if your ballot does have adequate candidates to fill all available positions, you are still able to write in a vote for any reason.

NSSA Director Candidates

Candidates were invited to provide biographical information to help voters make informed choices. You can view the candidate bios here. The bios are sorted by state/province. If a candidate is not included, it is because they did not provide the information.

You are an eligible voting member if you meet the following requirements:

  • NSSA member (not an NSCA member shooting NSSA targets)
  • Paid member (not a complimentary member)
  • Membership is current for 2026 or you are a life member
  • Voting in the same state/province/country or in the same military branch as the ballot you are voting on

Members with military credentials on file with NSSA may vote either in their military branch OR in their state of residence — not both.

Ballots are being emailed to all qualified members with an email address on file; if you do not receive the email, you may request a link to your ballot by contacting nssa@nssa-nsca.com or NSSAElection@nssa-nsca.com. Please provide your name, member number, and state/province/country so your membership information can be verified.

 
 

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