The White Mountain Clay
Busters
sent 22 expert shooters to the 2024 Commissioner’s Cup, the Arizona
youth trap, skeet and sporting clays championships that began on April
13 in Tucson. The event is hosted by Arizona Game and Fish.
The WMCB Varsity Squad of
Talitha Applegate, Tanner Giarrizzo, Ethan Kerr, Georgia Kerr and
Mackayla Riesop placed second in the Senior Varsity Division. In the
Junior Varsity Division, Noelle Basinger, Bridger Garvin, Morgan
Riesop, Nick Terrill and Gage Vandekrol also placed second on April 13.
On April 14, Noelle
Basinger,
Bridger Garvin and Morgan Riesop placed first in the Junior Varsity
Skeet Championship. Basinger won the bronze medal in the Individual
Ladies Junior Varsity Division.
Two weeks later, the Ben
Avery
Clay Target Center in Phoenix hosted the sporting clays competition on
April 27. Designed to simulate wild birds, sporting clay targets come
from every direction and angle.
Georgia Kerr landed
squarely at
the top of the podium, taking gold in the Ladies’ Senior Varsity
Division. Her varsity squad took gold as well with the help of Ethan
Kerr and Tanner Giarrizzo. The WMCB Junior Varsity Squad of Noelle
Basinger, Morgan Riesop and Nicholas Terrill also took gold.
Outstanding individual efforts in sporting clays include James Fawcett,
fourth overall in Men’s Senior Varsity, narrowly missing a spot on the
podium by one target. Joshua Juergens took the gold in Men’s
Intermediate Entry Level Division.
The White Mountain Clay
Busters
are part of the Scholastic Clay Target Program, supported by the White
Mountain Clay Target Club and Arizona Game and Fish Department, with
grants from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and others. Their season
starts in October and meets every other weekend with smaller
tournaments throughout the season.
Since its inception,
hundreds of
local youths have benefited by learning firearm safety, responsibility,
sportsmanship, self-confidence and teamwork. Clay target shooting
provides a playing field in which boys and girls may compete with
little, if any, ability differences; in 2021, the WMCB Intermediate
Trap Squad consisting of five girls took gold over all the other co-ed
and boys squads in the state.
The volunteer coaching
staff of
Tony Komasa, Tom Johnson, Don Softly and Joe Christopher, as well as
past coaches Mike Thrasher, Greg Schnepp, Chris Lewis and others, puts
in countless hours of time and effort to create this opportunity for
area athletes.
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DONATION
INFORMATION
The White Mountain Clay Targets Club, INC is a 501(c)3
Organization. Volunteer donations are Tax Deductible.
Last Fiscal Year (June 30,2024) we received $12,500 in General
Donations and $4,800 in Road Donations. Donations go a long way
in keeping Membership, Shooting Costs low and help fund the
ClayBusters/SCTP Annual Budget.
Anyone donating will receive a letter stating the amount donated along
with an IRS document showing the tax-exempt status of the White
Mountain Clay Targets Club as a 501 (c)3 organization.
If you decide to Donate, please mail it to:
White Mountain Clay
Targets Club
P.O. Box 234
Pinetop, AZ 85935
Include your preference where the donation should go:
· Club Annual Budget
·
Road Annual Maintenance
·
ClayBusters/SCTP support to Kids
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We want to thank the Arizona Game and Fish
Department, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Arizona Sportsman for Wildlife Conservation, and the Midway
Foundation for their substantial financial support to operate this
program.
 
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Scholastic Clay
Target Program (SCTP) History
Beginning in 2004 the SCTP began in Arizona with the Arizona
Game and Fish Department (AG&F) serving as the state coordinating body for
the 10-12 programs throughout the state. The state SCTP is part of a larger
national SCTP with groups in 38+ states. The SCTP was developed under the
National Shooting Sports Foundation.
Each state has a Coordinator, which in Arizona is the Arizona Game and Fish
Department. Only two or three states have a state department coordinating the
state activities. Other states may have an individual or clubs coordinate the
programs.
The AG&F started the SCTP by training coaches, providing ten youth friendly
shotguns with a small stipend/athlete. This was barely enough funding for one
hundred practice rounds per athlete. Parents had to pay for
travel, state shoot fees and other related costs when taking part in state and
national shoots. Most clubs pursued other supplemental funding.
The White Mountain Clay Busters is now funded with AG&F funding, A Midway
Foundation endowment, and a Rocky Mountain Elk grant. These added
funds have helped aid with the cost of state and national
shoots. The Clay Busters athletes are allowed to shoot up to two
hundred practice rounds/month.
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