Lancaster Trap & Skeet Team

INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR

March 6^TH 2025 8PM

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2025 Staff

Mr. Jay Handrich; Team Staff

Degrees and Certifications:

-NRA Certified Level I Shotgun Coach

-NYSHSCTL CLASS Certified�-Certified Range Safety Officer

-Finance Chair

Mr. Jason Sweet; Team Staff

Degrees and Certifications:

-NRA Certified Level I Shotgun Coach

-NYSHSCTL CLASS Certified�-Certified Range Safety Officer

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Mr Dominic Delano; RSO/Scorekeeper

-Lancaster Trap Team Alumni

-West Falls Conservation Member

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Travis Conrad; RSO/Scorekeeper

Kevin VonReckin

--NYSHSCTL CLASS Certified

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Mr. Michael Gembar; Head Coach

Degrees and Certifications:

-NRA Certified Level II Shotgun Coach

-NYSPHSAA Certified Coach

-NYS First Aid & CPR/AED Certified

-"Heads Up" Concussion Certified

-NYSHSCTL Certified Coach

-Lancaster Air Rifle Club Coach

-NYSDEC Hunter Education Program Instructor

-NYS Lifetime Hunter

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Skeet Technical Coach(es) & Club members @ EAF&G

Mr. Kyle Ceppaglia

Mr. Terry Whieldon

Mr. Ron Schmid

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Trap Technical Coach(es) & Club members @ WFCS

Mr. Rich Wilcox

(EA Head Coach. WFCS Trap Chair)

Mr. Dave Schmidt

(EA Trap Team Advisor)

Mr. Mark Adrian

Mr.Tony Santucci

Mr. Mark Offhaus

Mr. Paul Calleri

The Lancaster Trap & Skeet Team has partnered with West Falls Conservation Society and East Aurora Fish & Game Club to compete in the New York State High School Clay Target League. The League’s success is dependent on the trust it instills in every student athlete, coach, shooting range member, parent, and school official. The assured reliance on character, ability, and truthfulness for each person will create an entrusted safe environment that everyone will enjoy.

Communication Tools

Registration

�NEW ATHLETES SHOOTING ON THE LANCASTER TRAP TEAM FOLLOW STEPS FROM THE BEGINNING

• Register through our Athlete Management System if registration is open. Go to the following website: www.claytargetgo.com
• Locate your unique Team ID on your Team Profile page (First time registration). Lancaster’s ID is: LAR847
• Provide the student/guardian with Team ID and the www.claytargetgo.com link
• The student/guardian will create a new Athlete Management System (AMS) account.
• Video Tutorial here: Watch Here! If you get a redirect notice, click on the top link.
• Upon completion of the AMS account, the student's name will appear on the "Waiting list" located on the "Roster Management" page. I will register you on my coaching management site AND THEN FOLLOW RETURNING ATHLETES AFTER I APPROVE YOU.
• RETURNING ATHLETES please follow this video; Watch video here!
• Student must have already taken or will take a DEC Hunter Education Safety Class (free) or the leagues’ safety class $35. NYS DEC class is Now available 100% online for a fee.
• Informational Trap meeting on March 7th 8PM. Webinar
• The student-athlete fall fee is due at the 2nd practice,
• Checks can be made out to "Lancaster Trap Team"
• Join our teams Facebook group.
• www.facebook.com/groups/LancasterTrapTeam
• Keep grades up all season!!
• Sign off on team handbook by Reserve week.

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Any student athlete is eligible to participate if he/she:

>Is 12 years old as of March 26th 2024, AND

>In grade six through twelve, AND

>Has completed a League-approved firearm safety certification program, AND

>Meets all school curricular activity eligibility requirements, AND

Complies with the League’s Policies & Procedures, AND

>If the team has the capacity to accommodate the student

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* *The NYSHSCTL is gender compliant under Title IX and has Adaptive integration- Special-needed student athletes may utilize coach assistance and/or apparatuses at any time while shooting.�

Practice & Competition Procedures

• Report to the Head Coach/Assistant Coaches for assignment. He/she will attempt to squad shooters by experience level, however this may not always be possible, especially early in the season when daylight is limited. It is important we don’t waste time by shooting short squads so everyone can get their rounds in with good light. We will try to post squad assignments on our Facebook and or webpage.
• The Coaches will indicate how soon your squad will be called to the trap line
• If your squad is on deck, make sure you and your squad mates are ready to take the field as soon as the previous squad finishes the round and cases their guns.
• A squad will consist of up to 5 shooters, shooting positions 1 – 5(for trap). The Shooter on post 1 is designated as squad leader. The Head Coach will determine when the squad, scorer and coaches are ready to begin.
• After all shooters have shot 5 times at their first station, the scorer will call for a station change and read the scores for the post just completed. Shooters will then move one station to the right. The position 5 shooter assumes position 1. When doing this he/she will walk parallel to the trap line behind the other squad members.
• You will shoot 2 squads or 50 rounds per league event.

TRAP FIELD

Events -A practice or competition event will consist of shooting two 25 target rounds for a total of 50 targets from the 16-yard station. Up to 5 shooters (squad) will occupy the stations on a trap field.

Equipment & Gear

All student athletes are required ;

-shotgun not exceed 12-gauge

About 80% of participants use 12-gauge shotguns. Most other athletes use a 20-gauge shotgun

-factory ammunition.

Athletes are also required to wear proper eye and ear protection while on any part of the shooting range. Each athlete will also promote a positive image by wearing appropriate attire during all shooting events.

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SKEET FIELD

Events -The athlete shoots from seven positions on a semicircle with a radius of 21 yards, and an eighth position halfway between stations one and seven.

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There are two houses that hold target throwers that launch the targets, one at each corner of the semicircle. The traps launch the targets to a point 15 feet above ground and 18 feet outside of station eight. One trap launches targets from 10 feet above the ground (“high” house) and the other launches it from three feet above ground (“low” house).

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**Inaugural Season**

Veteran shooters are eligible

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Teammates & Comradery

Opportunities to;

-make new/life long friends

-participate on a team

-get involved in a club

-meet other sportsman

-be mentored

-be outdoors

Required Safety & Equipment

TEAM SAFETY RULES�

• Traveling To and From the Range:
• Reminder– you are not to bring your equipment to school, you are to go home after school to pick up your equipment and transport your firearms directly from home and back to home after competing.
• Drive to the range with respect for others. Don’t speed and don’t rush.
• Once in the range parking lot, drive slowly and watch carefully.
• Range parking lots are generally gravel or dirt. Don’t spin out or throw gravel.
• Respect the vehicles and other personal equipment. Immediately report any damage.
• Keep a positive attitude when arriving and leaving from practices or competition events.
• Range shooting hours are posted and must be followed to the minute. Area homeowners and ranges have an agreement on time. Be aware of the time, you may not be allowed to finish your round if range hours expire.

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When transporting a firearm MUST;

• Use a hardcase
• Case must be locked
• When left unattended in a vehicle you must secure the case to the vehicle

Checks can be made out to “Lancaster trap Team” See Mr Handrich

**Fees are DUE 4/8/2024 Failure to pay will result in removal from the team roster!!

Any donations collected will offset individual costs with any additional funds going to the general fund.

Our Donation letter can be found on the club's website.

***If you are collecting Donations you have till 4/15/2024 to submit them!

Important

Future Dates

2025 Schedule

State Tournaments