In 2023, Prairie Grove Shotgun Sports was declared to be donated by owners Ralph and Mary Ann Gates, to the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF), in support of the next generation of youth shooting sports athletes. Taking formal ownership of the facility September 1st, 2023, the venue is relaunched as Prairie Grove Shooting Sports Complex. The SSSF is focused on honoring and maintaining the club's 30 year history, while expanding the pleseant experience offered as a premier shooting sports venue in central Missouri with major planned upgrades.
Building a reputation as one of the premier shooting sports venues in Missouri, Prairie Grove has hosted large tournaments such as National Sporting Clays Association and International 5-Stand. The SSSF will build on that, starting with the future of shooting sports, the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP). Recognized as the largest American Skeet tournament in the world and the largest action shooting event in the world, the SCTP & SASP National Championships are host to over 3,000 competitors, all junior athletes. Along with other major monetary and estate donations, this facility benefits tens of thousands of SSSF athletes nationally.
Located in Columbia, Missouri, just off I-70, Prairie Grove Shooting Sports Complex offers shooters a wide variety of experiences on over 140 acres including:
- Pistol & rifle berms
- American skeet
- American trap
- Trap doubles
- Modified international trap
- Bunker trap,
- Two 5-stand facilities
- Flurry shoot
- Three sporting clays courses
To celebrate the incredible gift to the future youth shooting sports, Prairie Grove Shooting Sports Complex will host a relaunch event in October, details forthcoming.
Prairie Grove Shooting Sports Complex
1420 County Road 276
Columbia, MO 65202
Phone: (573) 387-4747
https://prairiegroveshootingcomplex.com/
About the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation
The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) is 501(c)(3) public charity responsible for all aspects of the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) across the United States. The SCTP and SASP are youth development programs in which adult coaches and other volunteers use shooting sports to teach and to demonstrate sportsmanship, responsibility, honesty, ethics, integrity, teamwork, and other positive life skills.
Provide and enhance personal growth and development opportunities for student athlete members; become the premier authority in all things pertaining to firearm-related pursuits for youth; pass on to future generations the legacy of lifelong, safe, responsible enjoyment of the shooting sports. This includes serving as the primary feeder/pipeline for organized, sanctioned shooting organizations and teams, like USA SHOOTING, TEAM USA, and the NGBs (NSSA, NSCA, ATA). |
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