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Youth:

Thank you for your interest in Williamson County 4-H Shooting Sports. All members participating in 4H Shooting Sports must be registered in Texas' 4-H Connect and abide by the 4-H rules. Youth must be at least 8 years old and in the 3rd grade to participate in shooting sports.

Information on Texas 4-H Shooting Sports can be found here - https://texas4-h.tamu.edu/projects/shooting-sports/

Information on registering on 4-H Online is available at: https://texas4-h.tamu.edu/4honline/ The site includes instructions and videos.

To access the 4-H Online registration system directly, click the link here: https://texas.4honline.com/.

Parents and Family:

Please sign up as an adult volunteer! Coaching experience is certainly helpful but not at all required. There are plenty of opportunities to participate with your child and work with the youth of our club. If you are volunteering with youth, 4-H requires that you be registered on Connect. You will then be part of the 4-H system which covers insurance, back ground checks, etc.

Meetings:

Meetings are typically held the 3rd Thursday of the month from August through May at the Williamson County Extension Service office in Georgetown (3151 SE Inner Loop).

There are many opportunities to be involved in 4-H and many of our members are involved in other community clubs as well.

Club level awards typically include: perfect attendance; outstanding youth leaders, community service and project awards.

To receive a project award: Youth must have a minimum of 6 hours on the project for the year.

Opportunities exist for senior 4-H youth to represent club, county, Texas, the Texas 4-H Natural Resources Program, and the entire Texas 4-H Youth Development Program.

Assistant Shooting Sports Coach Certification: The 4-H Natural Resources Program offers Assistant Coach training and Certification in the 4-H Shooting Sports Project (all disciplines) to any actively enrolled 4-H member who is 14 years of age or older as of September 1 of the current 4-H year AND any approved Adult Volunteer Leader less than 21 years of age. Assistant Coach training is for those who will assist a Certified 4-H Shooting Sports Coach with a 4-H Shooting Sports project in their county. This is a great opportunity for enthusiastic persons who are passionate about Shooting Sports and Natural Resources to gain 4-H Shooting Sports coaching experience, develop leadership skills, expand their knowledge, and share that knowledge with others. To become an Assistant Coach, a participant should register for and attend a Shooting Sports Coach training. An Assistant Coach candidate less than 18 years of age must be accompanied to training either by a previously trained adult or an adult participating in the same training. An Assistant Coach Certification can be upgraded to full 4-H Shooting Sports Coach Certification with no additional training once an Assistant has reached 21 years of age and is an approved Adult Volunteer Leader via 4-H Connect. ***Please note: An Assistant Coach may assist a Certified 4-H Shooting Sports Coach ONLY in the immediate presence of the Certified Coach. Should the Certified Coach be absent for any period of time, regardless how short or long the absence may be, all Shooting Sports activity must cease until the return of the Certified Coach. Assistant Coaches are NOT certified to coach outside the immediate supervision of a Certified 4-H Shooting Sports Coach. ***

4-H Shooting Sports Ambassadors: Texas 4-H Shooting Sports Ambassadors represent the Texas 4-H & Youth Development Program and specifically Texas 4-H Shooting Sports for public relations purposes at special events such as donor/supporter functions and with the general public, peer groups, 4-H groups, community service groups, schools and media contacts. They serve as spokespersons for the 4-H Shooting Sports program, helping to make 4-H Shooting Sports programs more visible. The Ambassadors further develop their skills in leadership, public presentation, citizenship, community service, public relations and team building. Applicants must be senior 4-H members (14 or older as of September 1 of the current 4-H year) to be eligible.

National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational Match and Texas Teams: Any active 4-H member, who is 14 years of age or older as of September 1 of the current 4-H year, has not reached their 19th birthday prior to January 1 of the year of the National Match, and who meets all requirements included in the application instruction document is eligible to apply for Texas Teams to participate in the National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational Match. Eligibility for membership on any Texas Team requires experience at the state level in all of the events that compose any given discipline. Team members will be selected from the pool of individual applicants for each discipline.