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 Bugaboo Blast 2023, Radium    

Hello Shooters

Less than 3 months to Bugaboo Blast, time to start planning your visit to Radium as some shooters are already reserving their spot.

Here is some preliminary information to advise you of what we are planning for your entertainment over the Labor Day weekend.

Thursday, Aug 31 will be a practice day.  Five stand will be open  and you will also be able to shoot some of the stations which will be used during Sunday’s team event.  No meals, no prizes.  You will pay for the number of shots you take;- ie there is no preset amount for Thu.

Friday, Sep 1 will be side games, including 5-stand, Poker Shoot, Make-A-Break, perhaps timed reload, etc.  Cash prizes will be awarded. Not yet decided, but there will likely be hors d’oeuvres after shooting on Friday, no dinner however.  Lunch provided.

Saturday will feature 100 targets in the morning and 120 in the afternoon.  Format will be conventional sporting clays  with perhaps some stations using  Super Sporting format.  You have the option of registering or not registering your scores with CNSCA.  An extra fee of $15 will apply to register your scores. All shooters will participate in the prize pool which will be awarded by either Lewis Class or earned lottery, still to be decided.  Registered shooters will also be awarded medals in the normal CNSCA format. Lunch provided, optional dinner at extra cost.  Kootenay Kash in play.

Sunday will be a team event similar to what we did in 2021.  Teams can be 4, 5 or 6 shooters with only the top 4 scores of the scores counting for prizes. It is preferred that shooters arrange their own teams but not essential.  Handicaps will apply to level the playing field.  There will be 4-bird flurry stations (adjusted to allow use of O/U shotguns), timed reload, random poison bird, a “Golf” station, and a few other formats, all designed to encourage your team to shoot according to your ability.  Cash prizes awarded to individual HOA plus the winning team(s).  Lunch provided. Kootenay Kash in play.

If you have other suggestions to make an interesting weekend, let us know.

Target fees  have not yet been established. Bear in mind that the cost of clays has increased substantially since last year and we try to have enough money in the prize pool to make prize awards meaningful.

In order to assist us with planning, we would appreciate being advised by return email if you plan to attend, and if so, which days.

As always bear in mind,  there is some risk that the event may have to be cancelled due to wild fires, extreme weather, pandemics, etc.

Vic Thomas

250-341-3254

Hello,

Thank you for your interest in the NSCA Instructor Program.

The NSCA offers three levels of Instructor Certification.  The Level I course is designed to equip new instructors with the skills to safely and competently introduce new or novice shooters to the sporting clays games.  The Level 2 program is offered to Level I instructors who have mastered their craft and prepares them to be able to work with shooters with more advances skill sets - shooters up to A class generally.  The Level 3 program is for the coaches who have risen to the top of the profession, and are ready to work with AA and Master class shooters and help then add that final polish to their technique.

The criteria for taking the course are:

• Be an active member of NSCA
• Be 18 years or older
• Have at least two years of shotgun shooting experience
• Have taken lessons (2 hours) from Level II or equivalent before the course
• Meet the Shooting Proficiency Requirement by EITHER having earned an NSCA C-Class rating at some point and shot a minimum of 3,000 lifetime registered targets, OR by passing a basic Shooting Proficiency Test (SPT) during the course.

The Shooting Proficiency Test is essentially hitting 60% of the targets from Stations 1, 4, and 7 on a skeet field.  If you have not taken lessons, we can arrange for that immediately before the course begins.

The course is three days in duration, and typically runs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.  In broad strokes, the agenda is roughly:

Friday  

AM - Introductions; Classroom portion of the class

PM - Shooting proficiency test; instructors working with each other to try their new skills.  The instructor candidates are paired up and one is the student while the other does a safety briefing, or gun fitting.  Then the roles are reversed

End of the day - write the referee Exam - a collaborative effort

Saturday

AM - More working together with the course candidates and the Certifying Instructor, clarifying what an instructor does before working with students

PM - working with volunteer students

End of the day - write the course exam

Sunday

AM - Working with volunteer students

PM - Working with volunteer students

End of the day - Graduation

The cost for the course is $600 US, payable to the NSCA in San Antonio, as well as your costs for ammunition and targets.

If you are interested and would like to learn more, visit the NSCA website at https://nsca.nssa-nsca.org/become-an-instructor/or feel free to write or call me at any time.

The NSCA requires that a class has a minimum of six individuals registered at least one month before the course begins for the course to proceed.  I have a course set for April at Silver Willow Sporting Clays near Calgary, but I would be happy to come out to the Island to deliver a course there if there is sufficient interest.

Luther

 Luther Cutts <MP37332@hotmail.com> 

403-700-2844