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Attention Referees: We’re Hiring for the World Shoot

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The World Skeet Championships will be here before you know it, and we’re busy making sure we have enough staff on hand to make it run smoothly. The NSSA is looking for well-qualified referees to officiate the event, held from September 25 – October 3, 2026. To attract the best referees, we’re offering excellent pay, hotel accommodations for non-local refs, a travel stipend for full-time refs working the Mini and Main, daily lunch, and a fuel stipend for local referees. Referees wanting to work the Mini World and shoot the Main events are welcome to apply. You can apply to work the Mini, the Main or both.

Applications are being submitted online this year. Apply here.

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Second Round of Women’s Shooting Grants Offered

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Good news for clubs and others who are planning women’s shooting events: NSSA is offering a second round of Women’s Shooting Grants for 2026. This is a new grant program designed to increase the number of women shooting skeet and to create new opportunities for them. After selecting grant recipients in January from the first round of applicants, a second round was announced to help finance additional programs.

NSSA considers outreach programs targeted toward women shooters to be a timely and worthwhile initiative. Skeet shooting is a great lifetime sport for all ages and genders, and currently women are under-represented. We recognize that meaningful participation and advocacy of women shooters is a critical component to our growth and long-term success as an organization. Successful outreach programs that attract, retain, and develop women skeet shooters will enhance our association membership, benefit member clubs, and foster family, social and competitive skeet opportunities. We recognize and appreciate the opportunity for substantial growth and development in this demographic.

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The goals of the NSSA Women’s Shooting Grant Program are threefold: to enhance women’s awareness and enjoyment of our sport; to increase female membership within the NSSA; and increase female participation in NSSA registered competitions. This grant can go toward programs including, but not limited to, women-only instructor courses, shooting clinics, and skeet shooting events. The Executive Committee will consider thoughtful, well-developed applications from any appropriate organization, program, club, or event seeking support. The event(s) must be held at an NSSA member club. Grants will be awarded in amounts up to $1,000 each.

Additional information about applying for a Women’s Shooting Grant can be found on the application form. Deadline to apply for the next round of grants is April 15, 2026.

 

New Instructor Exemption Policy and Class Pricing

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NSSA Chief Instructor Fred Tschantz announces some changes that have been implemented for the NSSA Certified Instructors program for 2026.

Medical/Exemption Policy
A new policy has been developed to allow for a modified medical exemption for NSSA Certified Instructors who are unable to shoot 500 registered targets in a year to remain on the website. The exemption applies for a one-year period only; therefore, if the required target count is not met over multiple years, a letter to the Chief Instructor requesting the exemption must be written for each applicable year. The new policy states:

“The NSSA Instructor Program allows relief from the annual 500 registered target requirement for NSSA Certified Instructors to remain on the NSSA website through a medical exemption process, valid for one year. To request the exemption, submit a letter to the Chief Instructor explaining your reasons for exemption and detailing how you promote the NSSA Instructor Program, general membership, registered events, or youth programs. The Chief Instructor makes the final decision regarding exemptions.”

Master Instructors are exempt and can remain listed as long as they participate in the sport in any capacity.

New NSSA Instructors Class Pricing
Effective January 1, the new pricing structure for NSSA Instructor classes is:
Level I/Associate Instructor – $ 250.00
Level II – $ 500.00
Level III – $ 1,000.00
Master – $ 2,000.00

 

Shooting for Rewards Program Being Phased Out

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Shooting for RewardsThe Shooting for Rewards program, which rewards members with points for shooting registered targets and offers a catalog of items the points can be spent on, is being phased out over the next two years. The program will end and the store will close on January 1, 2028. All unused points will expire on that date.

In the meantime, points can be earned and spent until the program ends. The five-year points expiration timeline remains in place.

Items will be removed from the store as inventory is exhausted. High-inventory items will be offered at discounted point pricing and will be announced as that happens. During the last three months of the program in 2027, everything remaining will go on sale with deep discounts.

You can find your points on your My Home Page. Go to the Members tab, and you’ll find My Home Page at the top of the dropdown menu. In addition to seeing the number of points you have available, there is a Spend Points button that takes you to the catalog.

 

Rule Book and By-laws Changes Now in Effect

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NSSA Directors have voted to pass one change to the NSSA Rule Book and four changes to the NSSA By-laws. These changes took effect January 1, 2026. For specific verbiage in the current versions, please refer to the noted sections in the NSSA Rule Book and By-laws. The changes are:

NSSA Rule Book

The NSSA Rule Book has been re-ordered to ensure that it is organized in a manner that is most helpful for shooters, referees, and shoot management. The update allows us to create pull-out sections to make a Shooter Handbook, Referee Handbook, and Shoot Management Handbook. Rules were copied verbatim from the old rule book and only updated in the following areas:

  • Updating outdated language (referencing faxes, snail mail, etc.)
  • Changes to the Weather Station language due to new technology (Section I-A-16, Pages 2-3)
  • Changes to the Protest section to create clarity (Section V-Q, Page 40 – 42)
  • Housekeeping – deleting duplicate words, spelling errors, etc.
NSSA By-laws

#1 – Notification of Elected Directors – Section 3.4 (f)
All Directors elected shall be notified in writing as soon as practical.
This deletes previous reference to notification of elected Directors by letter.

#2 – Counting of Officer Ballots – Section 4.1(b)(iv)
This section, which required ballots for any contested officer election to be sent to an accounting firm for counting, is being removed.
The accountant review and audit was applicable with handwritten and mail-in ballots, whereas today, electronic ballots provide an electronic audit trail, if needed.

#3 – Age Requirement – Section 3.1
This change imposes an age requirement for eligibility to run for Director:
Members in good standing who have reached the age of 18 by January 1 of the year they would take office, as determined by the Executive Committee, in its discretion, will be eligible for election to the Board.

#4 – Election Timeline – Multiple Sections
Several changes were made to the election timeline to streamline the process and more accurately reflect the time needed to complete each process.
Please click here to see affected sections..

For any questions related to the rule book and by-laws changes, contact Jessica Wolfe, jwolfe@nssa-nsca.com.

 

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