Clay Targets
The 2010 competition information is now available.
2010 event registration is open.
About the program
The ACUI Clay Target Championships program provides a quality experience for students that teaches them fair play, concentration, logic skills, and enhances interpersonal relationships. This furthers ACUI's goal of creating meaningful communities. For over 40 years, ACUI has partnered with the host facility, sponsors, and teams from across the United States for this event.This is the only collegiate event with featuring all five events: International Skeet and Trap, American Skeet and Trap, and five-stand sporting clays. Registration is based on a first come, first serve basis and has fees associated with each event. All students are required to prove they meet eligibility requirements by submitting a form approved by the school registrar .
To get an idea of the event, please view this video clip from 2007 event [wav file]. The 2009 events occured at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas, a full-service facility located 30 minutes from the airport and near shopping, restaurants and hotels.
The 2009 program featured 337 students representing 37 schools from across the United States. This year's event saw an 11 percent growth after a two-year span of 33 percent growth in the number of student participants. The majority of the participants shoot three or more events and those who shoot in both American Skeet and Trap and International Skeet and Trap will then qualify for the High Overall Awards.
Sponsors
Many thanks to the sponsors of the 2009 ACUI Intercollegiate Clay Target Championships:
- Winchester
- National Rifle Association
- National Shooting Sports Foundation
- USA Shooting
ESPN-U provided television coverage for the event and shows were viewable in 2009 on ESPN-U and on ESPN2. Additional public relations in 2009 were provided by the NRA—Cam & Company on the web and Sirius as well as in the Shooting Sports USA magazine and NRAblog.com) as well as the National Shooting Sports Foundations website where there are stories and videos. We've even gone viral with video on YouTube and a group on Facebook.
Historical results
2009 news
2008 event in the News
Other information about shooting sports education
How to start a club [pdf]
NSSF Collegiate Shooting Sports Initiative
ACUI highly recommends all teams have a minimum Level I credential coach on staff to participate at the national competition.
Level I coaching information
Upcoming session Dec 11–13 [pdf]
Contact information
Michelle Smith
ACUI
mjsmith1@acui.org
Updated Feb. 26, 2010