JUNIOR SHOOTERS
NRA certified instructors teach gun safety and marksmanship to young people utilizing smallbore rimfire rifles. Firearms, targets and ammunition are all provided. For young people between the ages of 11 and 21, Junior Shooters meets monthly on the second Saturday at 8:30AM. This is a FREE program, designed to introduce young people to shooting. Participants need not be the children of a member... this program is open to the public. Shooters receive NRA awards – medals and patches – as they progress and improve their shooting.The ARPC is committed to helping young people – the very future of our sport. Did we mention that this program is FREE?

YOUTH HUNTER EDUCATION CHALLENGE (YHEC)
Recognized as the most comprehensive youth hunting program anywhere in North America, the Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC) is NRA's "graduate studies" program in outdoor skills and safety training for young hunters. Open only to those who have completed hunter-safety training at the state-or provincial-level, the program is conducted under simulated hunting conditions to provide the best practical environment for reinforcing and testing a young hunter's skills.
From rifle, bow and muzzleloader shooting at life-sized targets, to wildlife identification, to map-and-compass orienteering and more, YHEC participants get hands-on training in eight skills areas, giving them expertise in all methods of take and all types of game.
Members of the ARPC YHEC team regularly compete in state and national meets and have been very successful. Meetings are held most every Saturday from January through July.

More information on the national YHEC program is available from the NRA. xx -click here-
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SCHOLASTIC CLAY TARGET PROGRAM (SCTP)
The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) provides school-age participants in grades 12 and under with the opportunity to showcase their competitive shooting skills and earn state and national recognition. The program is designed to instill in participants safe firearms handling, commitment, responsibility, leadership and teamwork. The Scholastic Clay Target Program is a cooperative effort between the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the firearms industry's largest and most diverse trade association with 2,200 members, and the governing bodies for trapshooting, skeetshooting and sporting clays shooting - the Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA), the National Skeet Shooting Association (NSSA) and the National Sporting Clays Association (NSCA), respectively. The SCTP at Arnold Rifle & Pistol Club is known as the Arnold Junior Trapshooters. With several certified coaches trained at the U.S. Olympic Training Facilities in Colorado Springs, the Junior Trapshooters have had great success at state, regional and national competition. Some "graduates" of our SCTP program have gone on to shoot trap for their college teams. Practices are held on Sunday afternoons throughout the year.

More information on SCTP is available from the NSSF.x-click here-

Congratulations to the Arnold Junior Shooters, winners of the national title in the Varsity Division of the 2007 SCTP National Championships at the ATA Grand American in Sparta, IL in August 2007! Our shooters also capured Second Place in the Intermediate (5th-8th Grade) Division.