Tennessee Friends of NRA Funds

Varsity Skeet State Champions

Haywood Young Guns Wins at State Championship Competition

At the recent Tennessee State Skeet, Trap and Sporting Clay Statewide Competition held May 28-31 at the Montgomery County Sportsman Association in Clarksville, the Haywood Young Guns Bring home several titles. The Varsity Skeet brought home the championship in state competition. Rachel Baggett, John Evans, Will Taylor and Hayden Combs were the team members that won this honored award with Coach Ray Powell leading them to victory. The Varsity Trap and Sporting Clays Squad brought home third place in the state competition. Team members for this award were the same as the Varsity Skeet with the addition of Ethan Williams and he was awarded the Highest Overall Alternate in the Sporting Clays competition. John Evans received the Highest Overall Boy in the Skeet Competition with a score of 100 out of 100 and Rachel Baggett received the Highest Overall Girl in the competition with 95 out of 100. Coach Travis Baggett lead the Intermediate-advanced Trap Squad and the Intermediate-advanced Sporting Clays Squad to a 3rd Place win in both divisions. Team members consisted of Daniel Antwine, Drew Baggett, Robert Allen King, Josh Perry, and Jake Winters. Daniel Antwine, who scored 99 out of 100, tied with another competitor and won in the sudden death shoot-off.

Haywood Young Guns receive 2 Charles Daly Shotguns

At the Tennessee 2009 FNRA State Fund Conference, the Brownsville Young Guns were presented with 2 Charles Daley Shotguns from the Boy Scout Venture Crew in accordance with the by-laws of the NRA Foundation which state that groups disbanding return equipment funded by NRA Foundation Grants to the State Field Representative. The field representative then places the equipment with groups within the state.

The Friends of NRA has had an important part in helping support and fund the Haywood Young Guns through NRA Foundation Grants. In 2008, this group received a NRA Foundation Grant in the amount of $5000.00 for a trap machine and in 2009; they received an additional grant for $3,243 to purchase a Dry Fire System and a laptop computer. These grants were made possible by the communities support for the West Tennessee Friends of NRA events. The West Tennessee Friends of NRA was very successful in 2008 due to high attendance level and the generosity of donors and sponsors.