Friday, June 26, 2009
Free AIM T-Shirts!!!

That’s right, we said it! FREE AIM T-Shirts! All you have to pay is the shipping charge of $2.50 and you’ll be sporting your Official AIM T-Shirt that lets everyone know that you’re pretty much one of the coolest people ever. It states that no clay pigeon is safe around you. After all, you blast them out of the sky for fun.

Click Here To Get Your Shirt!

Friday, June 26, 2009
2009 Youth Recognition Award

Click here to View/Download the Announcement

Wednesday, June 24, 2009
AIM Grand American Pre-Squading

Keep watching here for us to announce when Pre-Squading for the 2009 Grand American will be available for AIM.

Until then, go check out the results from the AIM State Shoots that have been submitted!

Thursday, June 4, 2009
Finalized Results Are Posted!

We would like to thank all of the participants and coaches that took part in the 1st AIM Online Zone Shoot and we look forward to holding it again next year. Now go check out the results!

Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Finalized Online Zone Shoot Results-

Will be posted tomorrow, thursday June 4th. Stay Tuned!

Friday, May 29, 2009
Online Zone Shoot Results Are Posting!

Current Standings for the AIM Online Zone Championship Results Are Up! More to come on Monday!
Check the results here!

Wednesday, May 20, 2009
AIM Online Zone Championship

We're working away on the AIM Online Zone Championship Results here at ATA headquarters! As of right now we're inputting all of the scores that we've received and from there we'll be figuring out the classes and then announcing all of the winners. Stay tuned for the results!

Wednesday, May 6, 2009
AIM on Twitter

Do you Tweet on Twitter? Catch up with AIM on Twitter! Just go to www.twitter.com/AIM_Trapshootin and you can follow things that are going on with AIM.

Saturday, May 2, 2009
IT'S HAPPENING!

The AIM Online Zone Championships are going on this weekend and next. Scores have been pouring in from all over the country and the excitement is building! If you didn't have a chance to compete this weekend, you still have next weekend to shoot your 100 registered targets and compete. All you have to do to participate in the AIM Online Zone Championships is shoot 100 registered targets on Saturday or Sunday of this weekend or next, then have your coach turn in their scores using the online score submission form. This shoot is a great way to get targets that count toward your AIM target requirements! If you have any questions, just call the ATA office at (937) 898-4638.

Learn more about the AIM Online Zone Championships by clicking HERE.

Friday, May 1, 2009
Featured Teams on aim4ata.com!

We’re proud to introduce the latest feature on www.aim4ata.com; featured teams!  We will periodically be featuring AIM teams on the website just like the Stagecoach Shooters you see above.  If you would  like to get your AIM team featured, just get your coach to submit a team photo (preferably with your AIM patches) along with a brief team biography to aim@shootata.com.  So, when you’re at you AIM Online Zone Championship, make sure to round up the team and snap a few pics!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

We’re proud to announce that details on the AIM Online Zone Championships are now available!  Click HERE to view the details of the shoot and to access the information on turning in your shoot results.  This special AIM shoot will be taking place on the weekends of May 2-3 and May 9-10 and is a great way to get in targets for this target year while winning some great awards!  Any registered targets that are shot on the dates listed for this shoot are eligible to be submitted for this shoot.  Make sure you sign up for AIM today so that you can participate in this great new groundbreaking shoot!

Thursday, March 19, 2009
Hello from San Antonio!

Edie Fleeman (ATA Youth Director) and I are at the beautiful National Shooting Complex for the 41st Annual ACUI Collegiate Clay Target Championship.  This year, their event has once again seen growth (11%) and now consists of 337 shooters from 37 schools (Listed Below) all over the US!  The ACUI Collegiate Clay Target Championship consists of five events: American Trap and Skeet, International Trap and Skeet, and Five-Stand Sporting Clays.  American Trap will be taking place tomorrow (Friday, March 20, 2009) but we will be posting results from all events right here on AIM4ATA.com.  Keep checking in to see how things are going!

Nick Aycock
ATA Marketing Manager

Schools competing at ACUI CCTC

Colorado State University
Eastern Kentucky University
Fort Hays State University
Franklin Pierce University
George Mason University
Iowa State University
Kansas State University
Lindenwood University
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Northern Arizona University
Northern Oklahoma College
Oklahoma State University
Purdue University
Radford University
Sam Houston State University
Schreiner University
Southeastern Illinois College
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Trinity University
United States Military Academy
University of Central Missouri
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
University of Delaware
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Louisiana-Lafayette
University of Missouri
University of Nebraska-Omaha
University of Tennessee-Martin
University of Texas-Arlington
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
University of Wyoming
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia Tech
Weatherford College
Yale University

February 19, 2009

You are keeping the office busy with your registrations so keep them coming in! Your special AIM Welcome Packets will be on the way to you soon. Note to ATA Shooting Coaches: Please sign up as AIM Coaches. It doesn't cost anything and you receive a cool patch/rocker set in return!

We are welcoming more AIM State/Provincial Directors ... most recently Arkansas, Missouri, Vermont and Virginia! If your state is not listed, please contact me for information on how you may help.

The schedule for Trap Coach Schools is growing rapidly and is posted in the "Coach's Corner" section of this web site and in the Coach School section at www.shootata.com. Schools are currently scheduled in California, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas. Watch for more to be posted.

Very soon we will be announcing details of an exciting opportunity to get you involved in AIM -- The AIM Telephonic Shoot. The AIM Telephonic Shoot is scheduled for May 2nd and May 9th. Details will be available on aim4ata.com and shootata.com very soon, so make sure to get your teams registered. This shoot will be a great way to get in targets toward the target requirements for your state shoot and will also give you a chance to win one of the first AIM Trophies ever!

AIM State Championships have been coming in and are posted in the "Shoots+Results" section of aim4ata.com as they are scheduled, so be sure to keep checking it out to see when your state shoot is scheduled.

Edie Fleeman
ATA Youth Development Director
efleeman@shootata.com
937-546-0055

February 11, 2009

The momentum with AIM, the Official Youth Program of the ATA, is accelerating across the USA and Canada – watch Aim4ata.com as more AIM State/Provincial Directors come on board.

Your AIM State/Provincial Director is your local resource for information about AIM. If you would like to get involved to help your Director, feel free to contact him or her or them!   If there is no Director listed for your State or Province yet, please call or e-mail me and I’ll help you with your needs.

We still have a few openings for AIM Directors we are looking to fill.  If you would like to be an AIM Director in a State or Province without one, contact me.

Trap Coach Schools are being scheduled around the country. If weekends are difficult for you, consider the weekday School in San Antonio on April 13-14. More Coach Schools are in the works and will be posted on the AIM web site as well as in the Coach School section of the ATA web site.

Thanks for everyone for your support and enthusiasm of AIM – you are the wind beneath our wings!

Edie Fleeman
ATA Youth Development Director
efleeman@shootata.com
937-546-0055

January 29, 2009
Greetings from your AIM team at ATA Headquarters!
Click Here to Download in PDF format

We have some exciting news to share as the momentum with the ATA's inaugural youth program AIM is intensifying at a stellar pace.

We are receiving steady and incredible encouragement from our Industry Partners who want to be an integral part of AIM's mission to introduce and attract young people to ATA trapshooting - and they are demonstrating their commitment with generous AIM SPONSORSHIPS!

Everyday we are responding to urgent inquiries from clubs, associations and individuals from across the USA and Canada who want to jump on the AIM bandwagon!

There has been a fantastic surge in requests for the ATA Coach Schools in both countries and we are scheduling these as quickly as possible!

Bolstered by these early successes, we are taking steps to make AIM even more available to everyone - we want everybody to have a shot at this fantastic opportunity to join the wonderful ATA community and experience the thrill of our sport!

Accordingly, we have significantly reduced the 2008-2009 participant registration fees for AIM!  Effective immediately, these fees are now set at a mere $13 per year for the program, lowered from the previous $25 fee – and 100% of these AIM participation registration fees will still go towards awards and scholarships!  ATA Membership remains a requirement to be a participant in AIM and the annual ATA dues for all AIM participants, pre-sub through collegiate categories, remain at only $12.

In keeping with our goal to make AIM more inclusive for everyone - and to reinforce our belief of the importance of our youth to the Grand American World Trapshoot - we have secured the best dates possible for the first-ever AIM GRAND CHAMPIONSHIPS.

AIM participants will be competing for championship titles on August 8th and 9th at the 2009 Grand American at the WSRC in Sparta, Illinois.  We are thrilled to announce there will be over 415 awards available to be won - with a special awards ceremony honoring the winners on Sunday.

We are also in the process of creating some fantastic, fun special events specifically for AIM GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP competitors, their friends and families.  More news on these happenings soon!

If you have any questions, please give me a call or drop me a line.  In the meantime, I’d like to extend a huge thank-you from all of us for your overwhelming support of our youth and AIM!

Edie Fleeman
ATA Youth Development Director
efleeman@shootata.com
937-546-0055