Incorporating the Final of the North American Cup
The 2013 FITASC North American Sporting Championship, running concurrently with the definitive Final of the North American Cup, was the absolute pinnacle regional clay target shooting tournament for the Sporting discipline (Parcours de chasse) in North America. Staged from June 28th to June 29th, 2013 (with adjacent training blocks spanning June 27th–30th), this prestigious international event brought together elite global marksmen to compete at the world-class installations of the Northbrook Sports Club in Illinois, United States.
Event Highlights & Structural Analysis
Operating under the international framework of the 2013 global tournament calendar, this championship combined premier American outdoor shooting infrastructure with strict international regulatory structures:
Sanctioning Architecture: The competition operated under the direct global authority of FITASC (Fédération Internationale de Tir aux Armes Sportives de Chasse), certifying that all course configurations, gun slips, and target trajectories conformed to strict global tier-1 sporting regulations.
Global Ranking & Series Legs: Staged as an active, point-scoring qualification window for both the international Beretta FITASC Cups circuit and the worldwide Fiocchi FITASC World Rankings, allowing competitors to secure vital standing points mid-season.
Corporate Title Partnerships: The tournament featured heavy technical, logistical, and promotional backing from global firearms and ammunition giants Beretta, Fiocchi, and automated launcher specialist Promatic, whose support anchored the main target grids.
1. Full Event Program & Schedule
The championship layout was structured according to standard international match regulations, separating mandatory safety checks from the intensive 200-target championship course spread over diverse, natural terrain layouts:
June 27th (Thursday): Arrival of international and domestic delegations, official shooter registry check-in, squadding verification, ammunition distribution, and the opening of warm-up training lines on designated fields.
June 28th (Friday): North American Championship – Day 1 | Commencement of the main qualification rounds (100 targets) across specialized natural woodland terrain layouts.
June 29th (Saturday): North American Championship – Day 2 | Final qualification rotations (100 targets) followed immediately by international tie-breaking shoot-offs.
June 29th (Saturday): Official Awards and Closing Ceremony | Staged late afternoon at the main clubhouse pavilion to honor individual, category, and national team champions of the North American Cup.
2. Venue Profile: Northbrook Sports Club
Recognized as one of the elite, highest-volume clay target clubs in the United States, Northbrook Sports Club features an expansive multi-field layout highly optimized for high-performance international Sporting configurations, offering diverse target vectors against rich midwestern outdoor backdrops.
Physical Address: Northbrook Sports Club 160 Sports Club Drive, Grayslake (Hainesville), Illinois, 60030, United States
3. Organizing Committee Contact Information
The management team responsible for registry coordination, international customs entry forms for firearms, and technical inquiries maintained the following communication channels:
Primary Facility Landline: +1 (847) 223-5700
Event Logistics Coordinator: Brett Seibert
Official Administrative Emails: clubhouse@northbrooksportsclub.org / info@northbrooksportsclub.org
