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Arizona State Champ, Brian Anderson, Passes

July 13, 2017 By Sherry Kerr

On June 19 the skeet shooting community lost a great competitor and true ambassador to the shooting sports, Brian S. Anderson. Throughout his life, Brian participated in a number of shooting sports, settling into the game of skeet in 2009. In eight short years, Brian established himself as an accomplished competitor, skeet supporter, as well as a coach in Phoenix, Arizona, and Rockford, Illinois.

If Brian wasn’t in Rockford attending to his automotive business, he could be found in the early morning on the skeet fields with his wife Judy at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix. If asked when he would be at the club next, his answer was, “I only shoot on days that end in Y.” Brian never practiced alone, drawing adult and youth shooters alike, working on his game as well as coaching others, in particular helping with new young competitors. Brian was the “go-to guy” for parents looking for instruction, advice on what gun to buy their son or daughter, sourcing reloading components, and any of the myriad questions shooters new to the sport always have. He always obliged whatever the request and took great pleasure in helping others in a sport that he loved.

All that practice and concentration on the overall game paid off with Brian winning the HOA Arizona State Titles in 2016 and 2017, as well as posting numerous AA/AAA scores at other competitions in Arizona and the World Skeet Championships. In addition to competition, Brian was a Director on the Board of Claybusters of Arizona, the current vice-president of the Arizona Skeet Shooting Association, an active SCTP shotgun coach, and a Level 1 NSSA Certified Instructor.

Always calm and unassuming, Brian made his mark on the sport and so many lives through his actions and the example he lived. Our sport needs people like Brian and although his life and time to participate in this great sport was cut short, he left an example for many to follow, and a legacy of young, accomplished skeet shooters lining up to climb on the winners’ podium.

– Contributed by Mike O’Keefe

Junior World Skeet Championships

May 22, 2017 By Sherry Kerr

2017 Junior World Skeet Championships

July 27 – 30, 2017

St. Joe Valley Conservation Club

St. Joe, Indiana

Registration Form

Event Information

Hotels

For RV/Camper info, contact Denny Meinert: ddmeinert@gmail.com

Shooting:
Practice starts Wednesday
Flush game offered Thursday through Sunday – free to shoot and free ammo!
Howard Confer 3-man blind team event. Competitors are automatically entered.

Extras:
Free lunches, dinners, and snacks to competitors
Swag bag for every competitor
Prize drawings
Commemorative photos for participants

For more information, visit https://michiganskeet.com/2017-junior-world/

Email questions to: 2017juniorworld@comcast.net

Clubs wishing to host future NSSA Junior World shoots can click here to view bid requirements.

Randy Penwell Leaves a Legacy

May 17, 2017 By Sherry Kerr

Randy Clark Penwell from Dallas, Texas, passed on May 11, 2017 after a two-year battle with cancer. He leaves behind his wife, Mary, and many loved ones.

Randy was the consummate entrepreneur, with multiple business endeavors, as well as a sportsman with many hobbies. He accepted challenges and adventures with much enthusiasm and determination. Skeet shooting was his favorite and as a perfectionist competitor, he won many honors. He was inducted into the Texas Skeet Shooters Hall of Fame in 1996. He won two World Championships, was on the Texas State team and National All-American teams many times. His proudest accomplishment was the three years that his dad, Josh, Lonny and he all earned All-American status at the same time. Three generations of AA shooters – a record that has not been broken.

Loving the outdoors, many other times were spent deer hunting, dove hunting in Argentina, riding Harleys, fishing, scuba diving, snow skiing, traveling or cooking on his smoker. He was happiest when family was sharing these times with him. His greatest joy was when his grandchildren were around; their laughter and love made his heart sing.

In lieu of customary remembrances the family requests, with gratitude, those who wish to remember Randy in a special way make gifts to St. Jude’s Children Hospital or The Special Olympics.

Don’t Miss the 2017 Krieghoff Masters Skeet Shoot!

April 10, 2017 By Sherry Kerr

If good targets, high-quality competition, and tradition are high on your list of priorities for a great skeet shoot, you can’t do better than the annual Krieghoff Masters Skeet Championship! Set at Forest City Gun Club against the backdrop of one of the South’s most intriguing cities, Savannah, Georgia, the Krieghoff Masters has become an event no one wants to miss and a must for those chasing the best skeet tournaments in the country.

Founded in 1883, Forest City Gun Club lays claim as the oldest and largest continuously operated skeet, trap, and sporting clays club in America. With 537 acres and amenities such as 23 skeet fields, trap fields and sporting clays courses, a 40-acre lake, a grand club house and other structures, Forest City offers much more than just good targets – it offers an experience!

How about turning your trip to the Masters into a “claycation”? See our article in the April 2016 issue of Clay Target Nation on doing just that. We tell you what else to see and do in the Savannah area.

This year’s Krieghoff Masters Skeet Championship will be May 4-7, and there is still room for you! You can find registration information and other details on our website or go to http://bit.ly/K_Masters.

Giambrone Wins U.S. Open Skeet Championship at Stockton

September 9, 2016 By Sherry Kerr

Congratulations to Paul Giambrone III, HOA Champion of the U.S. Open Skeet Championship, which concluded Sunday at Stockton Trap & Skeet in Stockton, California. A total of 228 shooters competed in the event.
Steven Bivins was runner-up, followed by Skeete Smitha at third. Diana Riddle won the Ladies title.

Along the way to his 399×400, Giambrone won 12-gauge and 28-gauge gun championships. Dan Lewis was Doubles Champ, Dirk Proffer won 20 gauge, and Eric Tammen was .410 Champ.