Register now for the API Houston Sporting Clays Tournament Friday, May 16th, 2025

Fundraiser to benefit API Houston Scholarship Endowments to benefit the next generation of the Oil & Gas Industry

The 34th Annual API Sporting Clays Tournament is scheduled for Friday, May 16, 2025. This is one of several events API will hold in 2025 to generate funds for endowed scholarship funds at several Texas based universities. All net proceeds generated from the tournament will go directly to the universities/schools that receive API support.

The API event will be a team event with four shooters per team. This is a 100-bird event held on three (3) x ten (10) station courses at American Shooting Center. These three (3) courses will be designed with a similar degree of difficulty.

This is one of several events API will hold in 2025 to generate funds for endowed scholarship funds at several Texas based universities. All net proceeds generated from the tournament will go directly to the universities/schools that receive API support.

Friday – May 16th
8:30 a.m. Registration – Check-in 8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
9:45 a.m. Event Briefing in the Main Hall (mandatory)
10:00 a.m. Flight Begins
(Drawing for “shooter number” to determine door prize winners as well as any completed “squares” awards is scheduled to follow completion of the round; hopefully within 30 minutes)

RULES:
1. All shooters must be current API Houston Chapter members and at least eighteen (18) years of age.
2. NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES allowed on the premises –
(BEFORE OR DURING THE EVENT)
3. Guns must be unloaded except in shooter’s box.
4. All actions must be left open unless shooting.
5. Hearing and eye protection are mandatory, including spectators.
6. Score is final when shooter leaves stand.
7. Ties for the Team event will be settled by scorecard shoot-off.
Best team score from a randomly chosen station. A scorecard shoot-off will be held for ties in the HOA event for each course. HOA will be awarded on each of the courses.
8. Only 2 ¾” shells with a maximum shot size of 7 ½ allowed – YOU WILL PROVIDE YOUR OWN AMMO.
9. Only four-wheel vehicles with bench style seats will be allowed on the course.
(Golf carts and mule-type units) – YOU CAN RENT CARTS FROM ASC IN ADVANCE OF EVENT. REACH OUT TO ASC AT 281-556-8199.

About API Houston:

The API – Houston Chapter is a non-profit Oil and Gas professional organization with membership open to any individual 18 years or older who is actively engaged in the petroleum industry. The Houston API has the largest membership of any API Chapter in the world, with an average annual membership usually exceeding 2000. Please click on Membership for more information on how to join.

The API – Houston Chapter sponsors approximately 8 monthly General Meetings starting in September and ending in May. These meetings are usually held at the Petroleum Club at 1201 Louisiana Street, 35th floor of Total Plaza in downtown Houston. Valet Parking is accessible from the 1200 block of Milam. Please click on Meetings for more detailed information.

About American Petroleum Institute, Washington
API represents all segments of America’s natural gas and oil industry, which supports more than 11 million U.S. jobs and is backed by a growing grassroots movement of millions of Americans. Our nearly 600 members produce, process and distribute the majority of the nation’s energy, and participate in API Energy Excellence®, which is accelerating environmental and safety progress by fostering new technologies and transparent reporting. API was formed in 1919 as a standards-setting organization and has developed more than 800 standards to enhance operational and environmental safety, efficiency and sustainability.

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