Turner Parcell has begun an awe-inspiring career into the
world of sporting clays. He has participated in youth shooting sports on the
local, state and national levels; local, state, regional and national NSCA
tournaments; and has competed internationally as a member of the USA Sporting
Clay Junior team at World English in Great Britain, and will represent the USA
Sporting Clay Junior Team again this year as an alternate at the World Sporting
Clay Championships. The most impressive of all, he has made this happen in 6
years, all while being a full time college student.
Turner was born and raised in the small town of Swansea,
South Carolina (SC). He became interested in the sport of shooting after he
attended competitions that his older brother, Cody, participated in. With a
love of all sports, Turner became passionate in the sport of shooting where at
the age of 13, he began to try his hand at youth competitions as a member of
the Mid-Carolina Youth Shooting Team of Orangeburg, SC. Here, he began to shoot
trap, skeet, and sporting clays. He enjoyed all three disciplines, finding
success in each one.
“Send It!”
-Turner Parcell
Turner met several influential people who helped him set
goals for the year, one of those being his fellow youth shooting team member
and friend, Madison Sharpe. Madison encouraged Turner to register for NSCA
competitions to help strengthen his youth clay game. So with a plan in mind,
Turner set out to obtain the goal of participating in Nationals in San Antonio
that same year!
Within a few weeks he shot his first registered
competition, and a few months later he was competing at his very first regional
event, on his way to Nationals. He pushed through many adversities that year
including a broken thumb of which he had his cast shaped to fit his stock so he
could keep on shooting. His drive never swayed. Sporting clays comes second
nature to him.
The excitement of being at Nationals enhanced Turner’s
love for the sport. His desire to improve his game and compete drove him to
keep going back onto the course. He continued shooting skeet and trap while
sporting clays became his passion.
While he was on the youth shooting team, Turner won
multiple SC state Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP), South Carolina Youth
Shooting Foundation (SCYSF), and Department of Natural Resources (DNR) titles
in skeet, trap, and sporting clays. During his youth shooting career, he won
the National SCTP Intermediate HOA title and was a 2x National SCTP Varsity HOA
Runner-Up. Turner was honored to be chosen to represent the SC 4-H program at
the National competition. He is the first SC youth competitor to win an
individual 4-H National HOA title which led his team to be the first ever SC
team to win the HOA team award.
In NSCA, he is a 5x All-American, and is a 2-time member
of the USA Sporting Clay Junior team. NSCA blasts titles include 2022 Caribbean
Classic HOA, 2023 East Coast Championship HOA, and state titles including the
2023 North Carolina (NC) State HOA and South Carolina (SC) State Champion. 2024
is off to a great start with a Master 1st finish at the Caribbean Classic, Jack
Links, Seminole Cup, and Master 4th finish at the Western Regional, and Gator
Cup Junior 2nd with a positive mindset moving into the next set of upcoming
competitions.
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While he travels and competes, he is a freshman at the
University of South Carolina majoring in Business. His goal is to continue his
shooting career focusing on sport management, course setting, coaching, and of
course continuing with his competition shooting. You will find him practicing
at his home sporting clay course of Rocky Creek Sporting Clays in Richburg, SC,
with his mentor and longtime coach Mike Luongo. Shooting with Mike has
propelled his technical skills while building his confidence to break the clay.
You name it pull away, sustained lead, or swing threw, any shooting method is
the name of the game.
Fun facts about Turner is he is right- handed; however,
he is a southpaw shooter. A Tristar was his first gun. He shoots a Krieghoff
Parcours X. Remington Nitros is his shell of choice. When asked how many times
he practices a week, he will tell you he likes to practice at least three times a
week, sometimes more. He was the youngest member of the inaugural 2022 NSCA
Supersquad. In 2019, he made history as the youngest competitor to win the SC
State Skeet HOA. Turner represented SC at the first ever NC vs SC State Grudge
Match as the youngest competitor, and helped lead SC to win as the top shooter
on the team, and has participated in the grudge match every year since then. He
approaches each event to just ”Send It”.
In his free-time, Turner loves to hunt, play pool, bowl,
video game, lake life, snowboard, and work out at the gym.
Turner is on the Pro-staff of Krieghoff International,
Barepelt Pro- team member, and is on the Pro-team for Rhino Shooting Sports. He
is also sponsored by Remington, PMS Firearms, Electronic Shooters Protection,
Rocky Creek Sporting Clays, and Bankair Charter.
Six years after breaking his first clay, Turner at 19
years old is a well known name and face to watch in the sport.
