Devin and Jeff sit down with Iain Parker, the CEO of the UK Clay Pigeon Shooting Association.

The extended interview took place during World Sporting 2024. The series discusses the UK's and the US's Clay Target Governing Bodies, the CPSA and the NSCA. Comparisons are drawn, differences are highlighted! The CPSA does some things incredibly well, and lessons can be learned here in the US (and vice versa). Over the course of the series we'll get into Funding, Mandate, Clubs, Target setting, Tournaments, Referee Accreditation... and, their respective Classification systems!

The content is split into multiple parts and each week we'll focus on two specific segments in a 16-20 minute video.

We hope you enjoy this content!

Timeline:

00:00 - Opener
00:31 - Welcome
01:00 - CEO Introduction
01:30 - Basic introduction to the CPSA
02:06 - Major Disciplines
02:35 - What's does the CPSA do?
03:12 - Grass roots / sports development
03:56 - Comparison to the NSCA
04:20 - Team GB - Not selected by the CPSA
04:47 - Iains commercial background
06:42 - Focused on product, brand and route to market.
06:50 - Why focus on shooting sports?
07:20 - The Rifle conversation
07:33 - I've never heard of the CPSA!
08:00 - The Interview process / they need a brand guy!
08:40 - The poisoned chalice / member passion.
09:00 - It's a membership organization
09:20 - Iain loves his job
09:40 - Monkey business
09:53 - Founded in 1928
10:05 - Organizational Structure
10:15 - Staff and Membership
11:00 - Members per discipline
11:55 - The oldest Clay Trophy in the world
12:16 - Comparison to the NSCA
12:42 - Only 40% of membership shoot registered shoots
13:24 - Hooking people on registered shoots
13:55 - Strategy - Getting more people into registered shoots
14:10 - Championships are a product
14:25 - Comparison to the NSCA
14:52 - How does the CPSA organize itself?
16:42 - Clarification about the CPSA Board
17:35 - The CPSA is a small group / NSCA comparison
18:10 - A mixture of experience on the CPSA Board
19:00 - Sporting Clays is a UK and US only sport!
19:35 - Europe mostly shoots trap!
20:44 - Growing Sporting clays into Europe?
21:17 - End Credits

Project Music:

'Clarion' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
'Life In Motion' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
'Homeward' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
'Simplicity' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
'Within Our Nature' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au