Four miles down Cypress Creek Road lies the Hill Country Shooting Sports Center, a facility that produces collegiate champions, Olympic medalists and World Cup winners on a regular basis. The facility’s latest success story, Victoria Burch, 24, said monetary and moral support from the center was key toward her gold medal this month at the…
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Event Draws 325 Shooters
World-class shotgunning finds its way to Kerrville this week as athletes gather for a World Cup match. Events begin with the United States Olympic Committee officially designating the Hill Country Shooting Sports Center this week as an Olympic training site. The Kerrville range’s new status came only days ahead of the World Cup Skeet,…
USA Shooting to Host World Cup in Texas
KERRVILLE, Texas- The ISSF World Cup USA, scheduled for May 5-11, will bring more than 40 countries and 300 athletes and officials to Hill Country Shooting Sports Center (HCSSC) in Kerrville, Texas to contest the Olympic shotgun disciplines. USA Shooting, the National Governing Body for the Olympic Shooting Sports in the United States, will conduct…
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… to the National Association of the Right Information and Direction for seniors and Dietert Senior Center for giving seniors the security and mobility of a cell phone without the cost. The FCC requires that any phone that is deactivated must still be able to dial 911, which gives seniors a lifeline in the case…
Officials launch World Cup shotgun match
A Wild West shoot-out kicked off the opening ceremony of the World Cup shotgun match with a bang Friday afternoon at the Hill Country Shooting Sports Center. The Texican Rangers re-enactment was the beginning of a historic afternoon that saw the Olympic flag raised over the Kerrville shooting range and the flags of the 50…
Russian wins men’s double trap
Vasiliy Mosin of Russia won the men’s double trap Monday at the Hill Country Shooting Sports Center during the World Cup Shooting Championships. Mosin finished with a 145 out of 150 in the qualifying rounds, then shot a 44 in the final for a 189 total score. Hakan Dahlby of Sweden took the silver medal…
Shooting tournament brings international feel
Suzy Balogh is not only from another country, she’s from a part of the world that is now in its winter season. The Australian native has spent the last week in Kerrville preparing for the women’s trap competition in the ISSF World Cup, which is taking place at the Hill Country Shooting Sports Center. While…
Local teen wins gold at Continental Cup
Caitlin Barney, 16, of Kerrville won the gold in women’s trap on Wednesday at the Continental Cup at the Hill Country Shooting Sports Center. In front of her hometown crowd, Barney shot a 76 total score to win the first Continental Cup for Women’s Trap held at the HCSSC. It was so cool participating in…
Airhall Construction Started
Work has begun on the 35,000-square-foot air hall at the Hill Country Shooting Sports Center. Final approval for a $500,000 Economic Improvement Corp. grant came last Tuesday from Kerrville City Council. Kerr County Commissioners also approved the grant Nov. 13 I like this kind of project, Pct. 4 Commissioner Dave Nicholson said. Because it clearly…
Schreiner Shooter Takes Silver at ACUI Championship
Schreiner University’s Shooting Sports Society made a good showing in the 40th Annual Association of College Unions International Clay Target Championships April 9-13. Rachael Heiden took second place and won a silver medal in Women’s International Skeet. Heiden also placed fifth in Women’s International Trap and sixth in Women’s American Skeet. The Schreiner Shooting Sports…