1 RING PROGRAM A REPORT BY DANA FARRELL first person to win the NSSA ring. bezel upon winning a second It was adopted for sporting clays Championship. A third starting in the early 1990s – but we Championship earns a also went back and awarded rings proportionally sized diamond in to the NSCA National Champions the large stone. A second ring who won the Nationals before the would be awarded upon winning a program was in place for that fourth Championship – should that sport.” Ramagli said Kolar even occur. The rings are funded went so far as to retrospectively entirely by Kolar and are crafted award a ring to 1989 Nationals by Jostens, maker of fine rings winner Jim Jamison, winner of the used to acknowledge first ever NSCA Nationals, held at championships and events by Minnesota Horse and Hunt, along professional sports leagues like with all other previous winners. the National Football League, In 2010 Kolar initiated a second Major League Baseball, National NSCA program – the Sub Gauge Hockey League, National Championship HOA ring, which is Basketball League and NASCAR. awarded each year to the shooter “We’ve committed to the ring who wins the combined high sub program with the NSSA and NSCA gauge score across all three gauges for years to come,” said Ramagli, at the National Championship. Sub after having recently re-confirmed gauge shooter extraordinaire, the award guidelines and protocol KOLAR Scott Robertson, was the first ever COMMITTED TO THE NSCA CHAMPIONSHIP RING PROGRAM olar Arms recently confirmed their K commitment to the with NSCA Executive Council NSCA National Championship ring NSCA Sub Gauge ring recipient. Chairman Steve Schultz and Vice program that has been in place for Ramagli says the sub gauge ring is Chairman John Calandro III, who over two decades. Kolar President, a very special award – and has a worked with Kolar to come to a John Ramagli, elaborated on the distinctive look to it, setting it apart common understanding of how the history of the program and from the ring that is awarded for program will work into perpetuity. clarified the policy in place to the Nationals’ Main Event. “The Kolar ring program is just recognize multiple year winners. Ramagli explained the policy one example of how our industry “The program has been in place for acknowledging multiple year partners try to raise the bar for our since 1985 for NSSA Skeet and was Champions this way. The first time game of sporting clays,” said initiated by former Kolar owner a shooter wins HOA at the Calandro. “I am sure the top Don Mainland as a way to Championship he is awarded a competitors will go out of their way recognize National Champions in ring, which is augmented with to thank John for all of his extra that sport. Phil Murray was the multiple diamond chips in the ring sponsorship this past year.” I CLAYSHOOTING USA.