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ajwakeboarder wrote:

n5wd wrote:
Well, if you're a student, why not start one? What our kids did was to find a teacher that was willing to sponsor the club, then got together with other kids and formed the club under school rules. Ask your principal's office which administrator is the liaison for student organizations. Also, look at the "Youth Target Foundation ". That's the umbrella organization that most all schools are affiliating with. They'll help train your coaches (our coaches are two dads of club members who are very experienced shotgun game competitors), help with organization and funding, as well as putting on several competitions during the Spring.

If you can find a teacher that might be interested in acting as a sponsor, I'll be more than happy to talk with them to help explain how we got things going at Northwest HS.

Wayne

(Though I wasn't the original sponsoring teacher, I volunteered to help shortly after the team got going, and took over when the original teacher had to drop out to concentrate on her Master's degree classes. I'm now a co-sponsor with one of our softball coaches)

I was thinking in the past tense. I graduated 6 years ago from Keller no less. I had several friends graduate from Northwest. The closest we got to guns was the ROTC program. We got to use demilled M1 Garands for our honor guards. I even asked the Major why the ROTC group couldn't have a marksmanship event at our competitions. But, I never got an answer.

Ah, yeah, it would be a little late for you, now. But if you run into any of the kids that ARE interested, at the range, or Cabelas and such, be sure to encourage them to give it a try!

ajwakeboarder wrote:That makes me happy. I wish we had a gun club at my high school.

Well, if you're a student, why not start one? What our kids did was to find a teacher that was willing to sponsor the club, then got together with other kids and formed the club under school rules. Ask your principal's office which administrator is the liaison for student organizations. Also, look at the "Youth Target Foundation ". That's the umbrella organization that most all schools are affiliating with. They'll help train your coaches (our coaches are two dads of club members who are very experienced shotgun game competitors), help with organization and funding, as well as putting on several competitions during the Spring.

If you can find a teacher that might be interested in acting as a sponsor, I'll be more than happy to talk with them to help explain how we got things going at Northwest HS.

Wayne

(Though I wasn't the original sponsoring teacher, I volunteered to help shortly after the team got going, and took over when the original teacher had to drop out to concentrate on her Master's degree classes. I'm now a co-sponsor with one of our softball coaches)

That's one good lookin' announcer dude there, yes he is!

(I'll be signing autographs after the show, for anyone interested!)

Seriously, though, we are definitely proud of our team, and looking forward to this year's season. If any of you have the chance to work with a group of kids in something like this, you'll definitely get a kick out of seeing the next generation of gun owners and shooters!

Wayne