2025 Shoots Reports
By12/28/25 – Capital City Clays “Year End Finale” NSCA Sporting Clays Tournament
Five FCS shooters participated in the “Year End Finale” NSCA Tournament at Capital City Clays in Austin on 12/28/25. The weather was mild for late December, and reached near 80 degrees by the end of the day. The targets were very good and all shooters had a great time.
There were a total of 129 shooters. The scores were as follows:
100 Target Main Event:
AA Class – Bruce Crockett – 80/100
A Class – Myrick Browning – 74/100
B Class – Bill Atkinson – 83/100 – 1st Place B Class
C Class – Will Browning – 54/100
D Class – Brad Versteegh – 62/100
50 Target Super Sporting Event:
A Class – Myrick Browning – 28/50
B Class – Bill Atkinson – 33/50
C Class – Will Browning – 28/50
12/13/25 – FCS Sporting Clays Shoot
Twelve shooters had a good time at the FCS Sporting Clays Shoot at Capital City Clays. It was partly cloudy, warm in the 60’s, and basically no wind. Capital City Clays continues to improve their facilities by the recent purchase of 10 Promatic Trap machines. They have added some of these to the Red/Corporate Course to increase the number of the machines on a few of their stations from two to four. The scores were as follows:
11/15/25 – FCS Sporting Clays Shoot
Ten shooters had a good time at the FCS Sporting Clays Shoot at Capital City Clays. It was partly cloudy, warm, and there was a strong breeze. The scores were as follows:
Thanks to Burl for leading this event.
11/01/25 – Copperhead Creek “November” NSCA Sporting Clays Tournament
Two FCS shooters participated in the “November” NSCA Tournament at Copperhead Creek in Marble Falls on 11/01/25. The weather was cool in the mid-50s with some light rain after noon.
Bruce Crockett will advance to Class AA as a result of his 1st place finish in the Super Sporting Event. It takes 14 punches to advance from Class A to Class AA, and Bruce had 13 punches coming into the tournament today. The number of punches required to advance from Class A to Class AA will increase from 14 to 19 in 2026. A punch is awarded when a shooter gets 1st place when there are between 3 and 10 shooters in his class. Two punches are awarded when a shooter gets 1st place when there are between 11 and 20 shooters.
There were a total of 55 shooters. The scores were as follows:
100 Target Main Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 78/100
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 73/100
50 Target Super Sporting Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 42/50
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 44/50 – 1st Place A Class, and 1st place tie overall
10/18/25 – 10/26/25 – National Shooting Complex “National Sporting Clays Championship” Tournament
Two FCS shooters participated in the “National Sporting Clays Championship in San Antonio at the National Shooting Complex 10/18-26/25. The weather was pleasant most of the week until the second weekend, which included some wind and rain.
There were a total of 2573 shooters from around the USA as well as several foreign countries. The scores were as follows:
100 Target K-KUP Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 77/100
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 81/100
100 Target 28ga Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 84/100
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 86/100
100 Target 5-Stand Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 65/100
100 Target 5-Stand Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 65/100
100 Target FITASC Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 65/100
100 Target 28ga FITASC Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 41/50
10/18/25 – Fall FCS Open Sporting Clays Shoot
Ten shooters had a good time at the Fall FCS Open Sporting Clays Shoot at Capital City Clays. The weather was pleasant in the morning, however, the wind picked up some later that affected some of the targets. They shot 50 targets on the Red (Corporate/Hunter Course) and 50 targets on the Blue Course (easier 1 & 2 trap machines). Overall, the group shot very well with everyone shooting in the 30’s or higher. Afterwards, they had lunch at Maxine’s Gumbo House in Manor. The scores were as follows:
Bruce Crockett – 45/50 & 48/50 – 93/100
Steve Baker – 48/50 & 41/50 – 89/100
Mike Walsh – 42/50 & 43/50 – 85/100
Bill Atkinson – 43/50 & 39/50 – 82/100
Brad Versteegh – 37/50 & 43/50 – 80/100
Ted Gittinger – 39/50 & 39/50 – 78/100
Russ Gibbs – 36/50 & 41/50 – 77/100
Jim McGee – 37/50 & 38/50 – 75/100
Kurt Deruiter – 38/50 & 33/50 – 71/100
Jeff Morris – 36/50 & 35/50 – 71/100
10/11/25 – Capital City Clays “Smashing Pumpkins” NSCA Sporting Clays Tournament
Three FCS shooters participated in the “Smashing Pumpkins” NSCA Tournament at Capital City Clays in Austin on 10/11/25. The weather was mild in the morning with no wind, and the targets were set well.
There were a total of 67 shooters. The scores were as follows:
100 Target Main Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 82/100
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 84/100 – 2nd place A Class
D Class – Brad Versteegh – 72/100
50 Target Super Sporting Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 33/50
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 46/50 – 1st Place A Class, and 3rd place tie overall
50 Target 5-Stand Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 42/50
9/27/25 – Capital City Clays “Patriot Shoot” NSCA Sporting Clays Tournament
Five FCS shooters participated in the “Patriot Shoot” NSCA Tournament at Capital City Clays in Austin on 9/27/25. The targets were set more difficult than normal with a lot of pairs thrown in transition.
While a majority of shooters struggled with the various courses, two professional shooters mastered the course with ease. Madison Sharpe, a recent NSCA Women’s National Champion, shot a 97 on the Main. She is a shooting instructor at Hog Heaven Shooting Range in Dripping Springs. Brett Windstanley, from Great Britain, is one to the top clay shooters in the UK, and shot the top score of 98. He is in the USA preparing for the NSCA National Championship in San Antonio in October. Many participants in the tournament were amazed that they could shoot such high scores in this tournament.
There were a total of 89 shooters. The scores were as follows:
100 Target Main Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 68/100
AA Class – Mark Green – 84/100 – 1st Place
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 73/100
C Class – Ted Gittinger – 56/100
D Class – Brad Versteegh – 66/100
50 Target Super Sporting Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 34/50
AA Class – Mark Green – 39/50
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 39/50 – 3rd Place tie
50 Target 5-Stand Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 26/50
9/13/25 – FCS Sporting Clays Shoot
Nine shooters had a good time at the FCS Sporting Clays Shoot at Capital City Clays. It was partly cloudy, hot, and there was a light breeze. The course was the same as it was for the 8/16/25 FCS Sporting Clays Shoot with the exception of a far teal on Station 8 had been replaced by a fast and low outgoing target. They were about the same level of difficulty, so it was a wash. The scores were as follows:
Randy Rowley – 43/50 (he had four perfect stations)
Bill Atkinson – 41/50
Myrick Browning – 39/50
Brad Versteegh – 39/50
Mike Walsh – 36/50
Jim McGee – 22/50 (he shot some very questionable reloads)
Alan Werchan – 18/50
Adam Werchan – 17/50 (first-time guest and shooter)
Burl Fulenwider – 14/50
8/23/25 – Staccato Ranch “Dove Tune Up” NSCA Sporting Clays Tournament
Two FCS shooters participated in the “Dove Tune Up” NSCA Tournament at the Staccato Ranch near Florence on 8/23/25. There were a total of 56 shooters. The scores were as follows:
100 Target Skyline Main Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 70/100
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 80/100 – 3rd place tie
100 Target Mesquite Super Sporting Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 80/100
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 91/100 – 1st Place (A Class) – 4th Place Overall
50 Target 5-Stand Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 32/50
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 48/50 – 1st Place (A Class) – 1st Place tie Overall
8/16/25 – FCS Sporting Clays Shoot
Six shooters had a good time at the 8/16/25 FCS Sporting Clays Shoot at Capital City Clays. It was hot (they got started after noon), but there was a light breeze. A few of the targets had been changed since the 8/9/25 Shoot – some were easier and at least an equal number were harder. Roy Brigman and Randy Rowley had a good competition. Roy had whittled Randy’s lead down to one bird on the seventh station, but Randy sealed the win on the last station. The scores were as follows:
Randy Rowley – 33/50
Roy Brigman – 30/50 (Roy hadn’t shot in 13 1/2 years)
Ryan Rowley – 23/50
Josh Everett – 19/50 (first-time guest and shooter)
Dylan Vanway – 17/50 (first-time guest and shooter)
Hunter Rowley – 11/50
8/9/25 – FCS Sporting Clays Shoot
Thirteen shooters had a good time at the FCS Sporting Clays Shoot at Capital City Clays. It was warm and the breeze was light. Tony at Capital City Clays set a more challenging red course than normal to prepare shooters for the upcoming dove season. Randy Rowley presented his devotional Flipped. The scores were as follows:
Bruce Crockett – 44/50
Brad Versteegh – 40/50
Mike Walsh – 36/50
Kurt Deruiter – 32/50
Jim McGee – 32/50
Randy Rowley – 32/50
Jeff Morris – 31/50
Paul Ellis – 29/50
Ryan Rowley – 26/50
Tim Price – 24/50
Alan Werchan – 24/50 (first-time guest and shooter)
Seth Werchan – 20/50 (first-time guest and shooter)
Justin Painter – 19/50
7/12/25 – FCS Sporting Clays Shoot
Twelve shooters had a good time at the FCS Sporting Clays Shoot at Capital City Clays. Kurt DeRuiter and Randy Rowley had a good competition – Kurt beat Randy by one on his final bird. Jim McGee was neck and neck with them for a while, but faltered on stations 5 and 8. Station 8 was particularly tough – only Kurt did better than 50% (he broke 6/10). For the first time, the shooters shot every option on all eight stations. It was cloudy, which kept the heat down a bit. Jeff Morris received the 2024 Volunteer of the Year Award and a Fishouflage cap (he received it at this shoot, as he wasn’t able to attend the 4/30/25 FCS Family Celebration Banquet, where the awards were given). The scores were as follows:
Mike Walsh – 43/50 (shot all stations as on-report)
Brad Versteegh – 41/50 (shot all stations as on-report)
Paul Ellis – 40/50
Jeff Morris – 37/50 (shot all stations as on-report)
Kurt DeRuiter – 36/50
Ted Gittinger – 35/50 (shot all stations as on-report)
Randy Rowley – 35/50
Mark Berdoll – 33/50
Tim Price – 33/50
Jim McGee – 27/50
Burl Fulenwider – 25/50
Korey Sykes – 17/50 (first-time guest and shooter)
6/21/25 – “Capital City Clays Classic” NSCA Sporting Clays Tournament
Three FCS shooters participated in the “Capital City Clays Classic” NSCA Tournament in Austin on 6/21/25. There were a total of 72 shooters. The scores were as follows:
100 Target Main Event:
AA Class – Mark Green – 76/100
C Class – Ted Gittinger – 42/100
D Class – Brad Versteegh – 52/100
50 Target Super Sporting Event:
AA Class – Mark Green – 38/50
6/7/25 – FCS Open Sporting Clays Shoot
Thirteen shooters had a good time on the Capital City Clays’ Red and White courses for the annual FCS Open. It was a very warm and at times, windy day. We shot a total of 100 targets with 50 targets on the Red course and 50 targets on the White course or Blue Course. Afterwards, we gathered at Maxine’s Gumbo house in Manor for a delicious lunch. The scores are as follows:
Bruce Crockett – 40/50 & 46/50 = 86/100
Myrick Browning – 43/50 & 39/50 = 82/100
Paul Ellis – 43/50 & 39/50 = 82/100
Brad Versteegh – 39/50 & 41/50 = 80/100
Mike Walsh – 43/50 & 39/50 = 78/100
Kurt DeRuiter – 40/50 & 36/50 = 76/100
Ted Gittinger – 39/50 & 37/50 = 76/100
Jim McGee – 39/50 & 37/50 = 76/100
Tim Price – 36/50 & 34/50 = 70/100
Randy Rowley – 35/50 & 30/50 = 65/100
Jeff Morris – 37/50 & 27/50 = 64/100
Ryan Rowley – 34/50 & 30/50 = 64/100
Hunter Rowley – 14/50 & 15/50 = 29/100
5/31/25 – Capital City Clays “McBride’s Open” NSCA Sporting Clays Tournament
Seven FCS shooters participated in the Capital City Clays “McBride’s Open” NSCA Tournament in Austin on 5/31/25. It was calm with the high temperature around 90. The Main course was set with a higher than normal difficulty. Most of the crossers were very fast with full spring. Several stations were set up where the second target was a fast dropper, so if you didn’t shoot the first target quick enough, it was a challenge to get the muzzle in a position for the dropper. If a shooter wasn’t comfortable with fast droppers that were 35+ yards out, then their scorecard was going to suffer. Out of 121 shooters, only three shooters scored 90 or higher. The scores were as follows:
100 Target Main Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 67/100
AA Class – Lamar Denney – 84/100 – 1st place
AA Class – Mark Green – 78/100
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 71/100
C Class – Ted Gittinger – 50/100
D Class – Brad Versteegh – 57/100
D Class – Jim McGee – 55/100
50 Target Super Sporting Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 41/50
AA Class – Lamar Denney – 45/50 – 2nd Place Tie
AA Class – Mark Green – 35/50
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 36/50
50 Target 5-Stand Event:
Steve Baker – 34/50
5/17/25 – FCS Sporting Clays Shoot
12 shooters had a good time on the Capital City Clays’ red/corporate/hunter course on a warm and mostly cloudy day. The scores are as follows:
Mike Walsh – 48/50 (tying his high score)
Bruce Crockett – 47/50
Kurt DeRuiter – 46/50 (his high score)
Ted Gittinger – 39/50
Tim Price – 39/50
Jeff Morris – 37/50
Randy Rowley – 35/50
Brad Versteegh – 34/50
Paul Ellis – 33/50
Derek McDaniel – 31/50 (first-time guest and shooter)
Bret Mercer – 28/50
Allen Gann – 27/50
5/16/25 – Texas State NSCA Sporting Clays Championship Tournament
Three FCS shooters participated in the Texas State NSCA Sporting Clays Championship at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio on 5/14/25 – 5/18/25. It was very hot – near 100 degrees. There were a total of 931 shooters in the tournament. Bruce Crockett tied for 3rd Place in the State 28 gauge event. The scores were as follows:
100 Target Main Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 152/200
AA Class – Lamar Denney – 161/200
100 Target Super Sporting Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 79/100
AA Class – Lamar Denney – 86/100
100 Target 28ga Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 83/100
AA Class – Lamar Denney – 81/100
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 89/100 (3rd Place tie in State)
50 Target American Field Sporting:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 21/50
AA Class – Lamar Denney – 29/50
50 Target 28ga FITASC Event:
AA Class – Steve Baker – 38/50
AA Class – Lamar Denney – 39/50
5/3/25 – Copperhead Creek NSCA Sporting Clays Tournament
Three FCS shooters participated in the Copperhead Creek NSCA Tournament in Marble Falls on 5/3/25. The weather started out nice and mild in the 60’s and warmed up to the 70’s. There were 65 shooters in the tournament. The scores were as follows:
100 Target Main Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 77/100
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 83/100 (2nd Place tie)
B Class – Bill Atkinson – 74/100
50 Target Super Sporting Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 38/50
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 39/50 – 2nd Place
B Class – Bill Atkinson – 37/50
50 Target Prelim Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 36/50
50 Target 28ga Event:
AA Class – Steve Baker – 36/50 (2nd Place)
4/26/25 – 4/27/25 Student Sporting Clays Shoot
(From Randy Rowley)
Twelve shooters (six on Saturday and six on Sunday), including a first-time guest and two youth guests, had a good time at Capital City Clays in Austin (hosting for the first time, to my knowledge). Our shooters had a 1:1 or 2:1 student to instructor ratio.
(From Bruce Crockett)
The instructor/student shoot went well today.
(From Russ Gibbs)
Two great instructors this morning! Since there were only a few students this early, I shot one-on-one with my coach. Personal coaching. Very helpful! Shot 9 boxes of shells!
(From Paul Irwin)
4/19/25 FCS Sporting Clays Shoot
Nine shooters had a good time on the Capital City Clays’ red/corporate/hunter course on a warm and windy day. Despite the wind, five of the shooters broke 40 birds or better! At least one shooter couldn’t make the shoot, as there was a train broke down on Decker Ln., due north of Lindell Ln. The scores are as follows:
Paul Ellis – 43/50
Jeff Morris – 42/50 (his best score, to date)
Brad Versteegh – 41/50
Mike Walsh – 41/50
Kurt DeRuiter – 40/50
Tim Price – 39/50
Jim McGee – 37/50
Shawn McGee – 36/50
Burl Fulenwider – 33/50
3/29/25 Capital City Clays “March madness” NSCA Sporting Clays Tournament
Four FCS shooters participated in the Capital City Clays “March Madness” NSCA Tournament in Austin on 3/29/25. The weather started out nice and mild in the 60’s and later warmed up to the mid-80’s. There were 103 shooters in the tournament. The scores were as follows:
100 Target Main Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 85/100
AA Class – Lamar Denney – 90/100 – 1st place
AA Class – Mark Green – 83/100
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 84/100 – 3rd place
50 Target Super Sporting Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 38/50
AA Class – Lamar Denney – 40/50 – 2nd Place
AA Class – Mark Green – 30/50
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 40/50 – 2nd Place
50 Target 5-Stand Event:
Steve Baker – 38/50
3/8/25 Copperhead Creek NSCA Sporting Clays Tournament
Four FCS shooters participated in the Copperhead Creek NSCA Tournament in Marble Falls on 3/8/25. The weather started out nice and mild while the shooters participated in the Super Sporting event, but the wind turned very gusty during the Main Event, which affected the scores. There were 95 shooters in the tournament. The scores were as follows:
100 Target Main Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 74/100
AA Class – Lamar Denney – 86/100 – 1st place tie
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 73/100
B Class – Bill Atkinson – 76/100
50 Target Super Sporting Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 39/50
AA Class – Lamar Denney – 46/50 – 1st Place
A Class – Bruce Crockett – 43/50 – 1st Place
B Class – Bill Atkinson – 38/50
3/8/25 FCS Sporting Clays Shoot
Eight shooters had a good time on the Capital City Clays’ red/corporate/hunter course on an overcast and warm day. The scores are as follows:
Paul Ellis – 43/50
Jim McGee – 40/50
Randy Rowley – 40/50
Brad Versteegh – 37/50
Bret Mercer – 34/50
Jeff Morris – 32/50
Burl Fulenwider – 20/50
Mike Romano – 17/50 (first-time guest and shooter)
Jim and Randy had a very good competition. Jim jumped out to a one bird lead on their first station and extended his lead to four birds on their third station. But Randy trimmed it down to a three bird lead on their fifth station and tied Jim on their sixth. Jim went up by one bird on their seventh station, but Randy tied him again on their eighth and final station.
Bret was neck and neck with Jim and Randy until their sixth station.
3/2/25 Capital City Clays ‘Sweetheart Open’ NSCA Sporting Clays Tournament
Four FCS shooters participated in the Capital City Clays ‘Sweetheart Open’ Tournament in Austin. There were 96 shooters in the tournament. It was a very windy day and the targets were challenging. The scores were as follows:
100 Target Main Event:
Class AA – Mark Green – 77/100
Class D – Jim McGee – 45/100
Class D – Ted Gittinger – 44/100
Class D – Brad Versteegh – 43/100
50 Target Super Sporting Event:
AA Class – Mark Green – 30/50
2/8/25 FCS Sporting Clays Shoot
Eight shooters had a good time on Capital City Clays’ red/corporate/hunter course on a windy and warm day. The wind pushed the targets around which made some of the targets challenging. The scores are as follows:
Bruce Crockett – 41/50
Ted Gittinger – 39/50
Jim McGee – 37/50
Kurt DeRuiter – 36/50
Brad Versteegh – 36/50
Regan Hogan – 34/50
Jeff Morris – 31/50
Burl Fulenwider – 28/50
1/25/25 Capital City Clays ‘Promatic Open’ NSCA Sporting Clays Tournament
Six FCS shooters participated in the Capital City Clays ‘Promatic Open’ Tournament in Austin. There were 90 shooters in the tournament. The scores were as follows:
100 Target Main Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 86/100
AA Class – Mark Green – 69/100
A Class – Brian Suter – 72/100
C Class – Bill Atkinson – 77/100
C Class – Ted Gittinger – 57/100
D Class – Brad Versteegh – 57/100
50 Target Super Sporting Event:
Master Class – Steve Baker – 37/50
AA Class – Mark Green – 33/50
C Class – Bill Atkinson – 32/50
50 Target 5-stand Event:
Masters Class – Steve Baker – 34/50
25 Target Federation Internationale de Tirs aux Armes Sportives de Chasse (FITASC) (considered by many as the Formula One in clay shooting):
Class 1 – Steve Baker – 16/25