Western Washington Youth Foundation/Seattle Skeet and Trap sporting clays clinic

[jackelope]

June 19th at Seattle Skeet and Trap in Ravensdale the Western Washington Youth Foundation, Sportco and Seattle Skeet and Trap are sponsoring a youth clays shooting clinic. It is free to anyone under 21 and lunch, 50 targets and ammo are all included. Space is limited!!

Check it out here for more info on the event:
http://www.sstclub.com/JUNE%2019%202010%20YOUTH%20SHOOT.htm
Some info on the Youth Foundation here:
http://mywsca.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=50
And the gun club itself here for directions and what-not:
http://www.sstclub.com/

[jackelope]

 

just trying to get the word out...a free event for kids.

[bearpaw]

Awesome that they are doing free events for kids. It is soooo important to get kids involved in shooting. Hope everyone has a great time.

[Ray]

I agree. Promoting these activies for future generations is important. Gotta make a hat tip to those putting this on.

[jackelope]

Thanks guys...
If any of you have any youths that want some free lessons from some of the top clay shooters in the state...sign up...it's sure to be a great deal.

[bearpaw]

We just had our event yesterday and quite a few parents brought their kids, it was a fun time for all.

[Sportfury]

I signed my son up for this, but have not received any confirmation e-mail. I don't want to send him if it is full. Any word on the limited space???

[jackelope]

I signed my son up for this, but have not received any confirmation e-mail. I don't want to send him if it is full. Any word on the limited space???

Stand by...I'll get back to you.

[jackelope]

Sportfury-
pm sent.

all is well.

[Sportfury]

My son, Cody (13), attended the shoot yesterday. He had a blast! I guess 60 kids signed up and only 30 showed. I am sure that was due to the rain. I had to work, so my dad took Cody and they told me the rain held off until lunchtime. After that it was slight and a light raincoat endured.

They broke the kids up into three groups. Kids who had never shot before, kids who had, and kids who were really good. They had plenty of coaches and mentors on hand. They started the kids on the trap range and worked on the fundamentals with them. After that they went over to the skeet range and did some more work with the kids. The kids also received a free lunch and they had a full BBQ set up and going.

I was able to leave work early and I made it there right around 1:00 p.m. My dad came up to me and told me that I had just missed Cody shooting a double on the skeet range! I have to trumpet my horn here. It only took him three tries to break the double and he was shooting his trusty 870 youth pump (that is better than his old man!) As they were leaving the skeet range two the instructors came up and told him he was a natural. What a way to boost a kids confidence!

Cody ended the day shooting 5 Stand. Basically ,from my understanding, a sporting clays in a rotating, fixed stand positions. The 5 Stand area was covered and out of the wet. The kids had a great time there because the clays did different things. We got to see one young man who had never shot anything over a BB gun break a few targets coming in from #8. It was awesome! He was so excited that he was dancing around. We also got to watch a small black bear, that could care less about the shooting, feed over on hillside to the left of the 5 Stand area.

Talking with some of the instructors they have a free shoot for the kids once every month. He said that if the kids would like to get more involved they can join and start taking classes that are more in depth. For all you parents, grandparents or someone who knows some kids under 21 I highly reccommend bringing someone to this at least once. The Seattle Skeet and Trap facilities are very nice. They have multiple skeet ranges, trap ranges, 5 Stand, and Sporting Clays. The people there are great and they are all about the kids. Cody was able to shoot 200+/- rounds, learn a lot, gain confidence, and have fun. He was sore, but he was also one happy boy!

KIDS HAVE YOUR PARENTS SIGN YOU UP FOR THIS. YOU WILL HAVE LOTS OF FUN!
 

[jackelope]

Glad to hear it went well, Sportfury.  Thats awesome.

I will post up events in the future too if anyone else in interested, so keep an eye peeled  or pm me and I can put you in touch with the right folks.

[Sportfury]

Jackelope please keep us updated. My son is moving to AZ, but there are a bunch of other kids that I know who would like to do these shoots.