Shooting Wire

Shelby Township, MI -The Scholastic Pistol Program (SPP) announced today that the Northeast Fall Regional Match, hosted by Smith& Wesson, will be held on Sunday, October 28th at The Harvard Sportsmen's Club in Harvard, Massachusetts.

"This will be our first Regional Championship Match since our hugely successful launch in July", said Scott Moore, Director of the SPP. "We have schools from not only the Northeast but as far away as Texas with the Aggie Corps of Cadets from Texas A&M planning on attending. SPP continues to grow in all 3 divisions and we are now scheduling regionals around the country to keep up with the demand."

"As one of the founding partners of the Scholastic Pistol Program we know the value of such a program in building the future of the Shooting Sports", said Paul Pluff, Smith & Wesson Director of Marketing Communications. "It is my belief that SPP will become the premier youth handgun competition in the country and we are proud to be not only a sponsor but a partner in this great program."

The SPP provides the opportunity for young adults to participate in the exciting and challenging family sport of "speed shooting" in a safe and supportive environment taught by trained and dedicated adult coaches who are focused on teaching the safe handling and firing of handguns.

SPP is organized based on age, Junior Division (ages 12-16), Senior Division (ages 17-20) and Collegiate Division (no age limit, must be full time student). SPP is based on production center fire handguns firing at steel plate targets and offers an introduction to a lifetime sport that family members can enjoy together.

For additional information on the new SPP program or to register your team, contact Director Scott Moore via e-mail at jsmoore357@yahoo.com.

The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) is responsible for all aspects of the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Pistol Program (SPP) across the United States, including participant registration, coaches, state coordinators, state and national championships, promotion, communications, websites, public relations and growth strategies The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation exists to raise funding and other resources for Youth Development Programs in the shooting sports industry.

SCTP and SPP are youth development programs, originally developed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), where adult coaches and volunteers model sportsmanship, responsibility, honesty, ethics, integrity, and teamwork while using shooting sports programs to teach these and other positive life skills to the athletes.

To learn more about SCTP or SPP call (586) 7397-SCTP (7287) or visit their website at www.shootsctp.org.