NSSA - National Skeet Shooting Association

The National Skeet Shooting Association is the world's largest organization dedicated to the sport of Skeet Shooting.

Final Shots: George Kenneth “Pappy” Beavers

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George Kenneth Beavers, known in the skeet world as GK Beavers or Pappy, passed away on May 28, 2020. Born in 1931, he served in the Army 45th Infantry and was a Korean Veteran, where he was awarded the Army Occupation Medal in Japan, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal and Combat Infantry Badge. George retired from Tinker Air Force Base civil service in 1989.

Pappy’s favorite activity was skeet shooting. He started the sport in 1966 and made numerous friends and memories throughout his career, winning several awards and trophies, as well as volunteering as a shoot manager, referee, or whatever capacity he was needed to fill. He shot 215,750 lifetime targets, attended 23 World Skeet Championships, and was an active NSSA member for 49 years.

He was a longtime member of the Tinker Gun Club, Ada Gun Club and OKC Gun Club. He was inducted into the OSSA Hall of Fame in 1986. He and his wife Betty traveled nationwide for skeet shoots and made lifelong friends along the way. He never knew a stranger and was liked and loved by everyone. NSSA extends its condolences to Pappy’s many friends and family.

Donations in his memory can be made to the Lupus Foundation of America, 2121 K Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20037.

 

 

NSSA-NSCA IT Project Update

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NSSA-NSCA is currently undertaking a modernization of our IT and software infrastructure to improve communication, services, and data management of our 48,000 members and 600-plus clubs.

The first phase, replacing our 20-year-old database system, started in 2018 and is due to complete in early 2021. The new system allows us to integrate our member services into an online suite of applications that will provide a quicker and simpler way for you to securely interact with Headquarters, clubs, and shoot management.

Our vision for members and member clubs is to use this new application, via secure online access, to view and/or update information for member demographics, shoot registration, annual points competitions, shoot results, shoot searches, and overall records archive.

Your primary online point of access will be through your new member/club portal. You will login to your portal from the NSSA-NSCA website. Once logged in, you will have access to a plethora of information about yourself and NSSA-NSCA. One of the actions we will need you all to undertake when we go live will be to login and validate your personal information.

To have full access to your member information, each member must use an individual email address. An email address can only be registered to one member. If multiple members of your family or shooting squad have previously used one email address, please take a moment to update your contact information at one of these links:

      NSSA Members Update

      NSCA Members Update

As we progress through this multi-phased project, we will post updates to Clay Target Nation, Target Talk, our website, and emails to members with additional information as we prepare to launch our new system. Meanwhile, please stay safe and shoot safe.

Missing the U.S. Open? Shoot the Essential Open

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With the inaugural Kolar U.S. Open iShoot postponed until 2021 due to the pandemic and no U.S. Open this year, many members are missing the opportunity to shoot at the much-anticipated event. There is now an event for you to shoot that same weekend, June 27-28, to mirror the format of the U.S. Open iShoot, the 2020 Essential Open iShoot. According to Clark Hartness, the Zone VI Executive Committeeman who created the Essential Open, flexibility is the key, offering the opportunity for any interested NSSA club to host a shoot for its members as part of the iShoot. Clubs can participate as a host club with as few as 5 members shooting.

Currently, the following clubs have signed on to participate, with the possibility of more to come:

Coast Rifle and Pistol – Biloxi, MS
Whitetail Ridge Outdoors – Blue Springs, MS
Capitol Gun Club – Jackson, MS
Starkville Gun Club – Starkville, MS
Memphis Sport Shooting Association – Lakeland, TN
Corpus Christi Gun Club – Corpus Christi, TX
National Shooting Complex – San Antonio, TX
Brown County Sportsmen’s Club – Green Bay, WI
Rochester Brooks Gun Club – Rush, NY
Blue Rock Sportsman Club – North Little Rock, AR
Mahaska County IKES – Oskaloosa, IA
Mesilla Valley Shotgun Sports – Las Cruces, NM
Chaparral Skeet Club – Roswell, NM

Hartness says he registered the 2020 Essential Open iShoot because “I believe it is essential that we return to some semblance of normal, even if it is a new normal.” He will manage the event through the iShoots platform he developed and which would have been used for the U.S. Open iShoot.

To participate, shooters can register at ishoots.org.

Participating clubs must be NSSA member clubs, have a licensed copy of Mike Valerio’s Skeet Manager application (www.skeetsoftware.com), and have internet access. You can download the club invitation for more details. Clubs may contact Clark Hartness for assistance at clark.hartness@zonevi.org or 662-324-5353.

 

 

 

Inaugural Kolar U.S. Open Postponed to 2021

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The NSSA Executive Committee, U.S. Open Committee, U.S. Open host clubs, and our sponsor have collaborated and concluded the inaugural Kolar U.S. Open is untenable in the current climate. In accordance with NSSA’s COVID-19 policy, we have placed our members’ health and safety at the forefront of our decision as we considered the respective state parameters and associated risk to host this event.

The inaugural Kolar U.S. Open is rescheduled for June 25-27, 2021. Each of the 10 clubs selected for this year’s event will host in 2021.

Thanks to the 815 registered shooters and their desire to participate in this unique event as we endeavor to expand the U.S. Open to multiple clubs across the United States. Registered participants will receive more information on Monday, May 11, and you can monitor posts at nssausopen.com.

A special thanks for the support and dedication of our host clubs since the inception of the i-shoot U.S. Open format. Each of the clubs has conducted i-shoot training during the previous two months in preparation for this event. Thanks to Clark Hartness for his vision and dedication to build the premiere event.

In closing, a special thanks to our sponsor, Kolar Arms, for their support and desire to pioneer an i-shoot format to a premier NSSA event.

We look forward to the debut of this event in 2021!

Final Shots: Louis Mosel

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NSSA regrets to report the death on May 6 of Louis Mosel of San Antonio, a Life Member who was Captain of at least 9 All-American Teams.

Louis has been described as a full-time businessman, husband, father, buddy, friend, hunter, fisherman, craftsman and builder. He became a master plumber and worked at L.C. Mosel Co. from 1947 until his retirement in 2017. He loved building and construction so much that he built four boats in his lifetime, the largest being a 30′ twin-engine off-shore deep sea fishing vessel named the Sea Pauper which took five years of evenings and weekends to build. While in the process of building his fifth boat, a 42-foot yacht, he was introduced to the game of skeet by his son Kurt. Louis got the skeet bug and the boat was forgotten.

Louis took up skeet with the same vigor and determination as he did with all of his other hobbies. He competed in tournaments all over the U.S., winning numerous medals (476 trophies and awards are documented) and was named Captain of the Senior Veteran 1st Team for the NSSA All-American Team three years in a row. Louis was NSSA All-American Veteran Team Captain six times from 2000 to 2007 and Senior Veteran Team Captain for the Texas Skeet Shooting Association six times from 2009 to 2014.

At the age of 87, during the 2014 World Skeet Shooting Championships, he and his shooting partner Robert Myers broke six world records in the two-man team Senior Veterans event. Later in his life, after the seas were too rough, the shotguns were too heavy and getting to the office was a job in itself, he continued working on his stamp collection. Louis collected stamps his entire life and amassed a phenomenal collection. Louis was a life member of the NRA, the Texas State Skeet Shooting Association, the National Skeet Shooting Association, and the San Antonio Gun Club.

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