Competitions

Competitions include matches against other collegiate teams on the East Coast, including the United States Military Academy at West Point, Harvard University, the University of Vermont, the University of Delaware, George Mason University, the U.S. Naval Academy, Brown University, and others.  We compete in several regional tournaments during the year, including the East Coast Collegiate Regional Clay Target Championship, the New England Collegiate Clay Target Championship, and the Yale Invitational.  Yale shooters frequently hold the top honors in these competitions, both individually and as a team.  Our main competition of the year is the ACUI National Collegiate Clay Target Championships, usually held in April in San Antonio, TX.  Competing against nearly 50 other collegiate teams, the Yale Skeet & Trap team has recently placed in the top 5-10 in various events at Nationals, including a second place finish in American Skeet in 2011.  Travel costs for competitions are paid out-of-pocket by team members, although alumni donations sometimes allow us to subsidize some travel expenses for shooters.