Mike Broekhove, the head maintenance technician at the National Shooting Complex, retired July 30 after working 7 years and 11 months at the facility. Born and raised a farmer, Mike came to the National Shooting Complex looking to keep busy. "We kept him busy for sure," said Peter Masch, facilities manager. Mike is known to be resourceful, bringing numerous ideas that improved the facility as well as reducing the amount of physical labor needed for certain projects. "With his old-school work ethic and new ideas, he improved the daily operations of the complex as well as multiple cost-saving … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hint #58: Young Skeet Shooters
Young Skeet Shooters I help train young skeet shooters along with my friend and head SCTP coach, Joel Blankenship. One of the things we encourage in these young shooters, after they have attained a level of confidence in their shooting, is to have them enter registered shoots. Several of the youth we have trained have shown skill levels that make them competitive. Some have shot on squads where they haven't known anyone on the squad, but after the first time shooting with these squads, they are welcomed back like they were long-time friends and many times are asked to shoot with some … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hint #56: Volunteering
Volunteering Last August, the Oklahoma Gun Club was one of the host clubs for the Zone 6 shoot. Zone 6 has gone to an electronic shoot, and each state has at least one club hosting the shoot. Each of the three days, there were several volunteers that came and helped the shoot run smoothly. We had loaders, water bearers, lunch makers and others that were sweeping the stations between squads. At every shoot I have attended at the Shotgun Division of the Oklahoma City Gun Club, there have been several volunteers that were guided by the chairperson of the division. Each volunteer is … [Read more...]
NSSA-NSCA Receives Funding Through PPP
The NSSA-NSCA is committed to continuing to provide timely, quality service to all of our members and member clubs through these challenging times. To that end, the NSSA-NSCA has applied for and received funding through the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) offered by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide resources that will be used to maintain staffing so that we can do just that. Many of our clubs may qualify for PPP funding. We encourage clubs to contact their respective banks to see if they qualify and apply for both federal and state relief funding. For more details on … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hints: Skeet Instructors
Skeet Instructors During the last several years I've had the honor and privilege of being one of the NSSA Zone Instructors. I was able to work with and learn many of the finer nuances of coaching shooters from the NSSA Chief Instructor, Ralph Aaron, as well as from the many other instructors of all levels that I met and worked with in San Antonio and in the classes I taught here in the NSSA Zone 6. I've lost count of how many Level 1 instructors I helped certify, but the total number is close to 75. I recently resigned from being the Zone 6 Chief Instructor, due primarily to my age and … [Read more...]
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