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Welcome to the APTA

Shootalberta.com is the online home of the APTA, and the Alberta Provincial Trapshooting Championships! Here you can find event dates, host locations and contacts, as well as past champions and current programs.

Shootalberta.com and the APTA are dedicated to the continued development of our sport, and to provide a forum for information and recognition of sponsors, contributors and past champions.

Purpose of the APTA

• To maintain an affiliation with the Amateur Trapshooting Association
• To control registered shooting in the province of Alberta in accordance with the rules of the ATA
• To yearly organize and run the Alberta trapshooting provincials by the rules of the ATA
• To promote a high degree of continuity in all ATA competitions in Alberta
• To support by any means the existence and creation of the gun clubs promoting North American style Trapshooting in our province

New Shooter Mentorship program

This program is designed to help new shooters through there first Alberta ATA shoot. The shooter will be contacted by their mentor and arrangements will be made to meet at the shoot. The mentor will help with registration and explain the  classing system. They will explain the bank board and get the new shooter to their first trap round and answer any questions that they can about trap shooting.  Any questions a new shooter may have about being mentored or becoming a mentor please contact Jesse Smith a text is preferred 780 523 6032 

Previous League Results

News Archive

Jan 2/24

Sometimes we make mistakes, we owe people apologies, and in this case its me and Garry Hill. I was unaware that he had won the Sr Vet singles clay target event at the Grand in 2024. I didn't write about when it happened and I didn't put it in the top 11 accomplishments by Alberta shooters. Not being in the top 11 is when our president pointed out that I missed Garry's very important accomplishment. He was right. Thank you Brad. I would have done it in both cases had I known.  I probably would have placed Garry's accomplishment at number 3 for the top 11. Another mistake I made recently, that I have been corrected on, was I thought Neil Burrbidge reaching the 27 yard line was the fastest of any Alberta shooter. He did it in 3900 targets. Maybe more incredible was he was never offered a reduction after he got there. But I found out Larry Ivany was faster. He did it in 3650 targets and he didn't limp back there like I did with a score of 90. He shot a 99. So opps,sorry gentlemen and as Jay Onrit would say "I will be better next time" 

Dec 31/24

My friend Larry Ivany texted me today to ask when the top 11 highlights were going to be posted. I was sorry to inform Larry that he had been naughty and wasted to many shells not hitting anything so he didn't make the list but I told him i would post the list today. So here it goes and remember, this is not gospel, it is just my opinion and what I thought were the highlights for Alberta shooters this year. 

11  3 Alberta shooters made the 27 yardline. It is a milestone you want when you start shooting, and once you achieve it, you wonder why. Congratulations Tom Foss, Rod Hymas and Lorne Umschied.

10  Winning the Canada Cap. We were out numbered 3 to 1. Nolan Johnson, Brad Johnson, Colin Crumb, Connor Bish and Shawn Mcniel still got the job done

9  Lynn Smith winning her 3rd Ladies Canadian singles title

8  Mike Kwan winning his first Albert singles title. When you win in Alberta you have beaten some of the best in Canada, not just the best in Alberta

7  Our Juniors, not so much because they win, but more so how they conduct themselves with humility and good sportsmanship 

6  HOA, HAA and Champioship Doubles wins at the western zone for Brad Johnson. Over 700 people compete in this event

5  Alberta winning over 40 trophies at the western zone. We have never come close to that before,

4  Jacob Johnson Singles season average of 99.00 on 1600 targets.  25% of those 1600 were shot in Vancouver one of the hardest places to score at that i have ever shot at. 

3  Tamra Hunt winning the Alberta Ladies single title ending a 7 year streak for Lynn Smith

2  4 majors titles at the Canadians for Brad Johnson. I don't think any Albertan has ever done that.

1   (drum roll)  The season James Maclean had. The improvement he has made from 3 years ago, has made him the CTA All Star Captain and the Alberta All Star Captain 

Dec 16/ 24

 CTA update   The coast to coast, satellite shoot is a go and will happen on the 13 of Sept. It is a three hundred bird one day event with singles handicap and doubles. There will be, a five dollar per event fee, and all money will be paid back to event class winners. All money collected per class stays in that class.  A big thanks to Don and Donna Checkel for generously sharing their date with any club in Alberta that wants to participate in the event. Hopefully people go out and support them for their kind gesture.  There is a prize for the winning province, their Provincial CTA dues will be paid for 2026. More importantly bragging rights.  2 points per class win and ties and 1 point for runner up scores and ties.   So if you want to participate in this event at your own home club,  ask your club board to join in.  Anyone needing information or help in joining this event send me a text 780 523 6032 and I will try and point you in the right direction.  Next week i will do my top 11 Alberta shooting highlights for 2024.  

Nov 19th/24 

 Our All Stars were announced a while ago and I am just posting it my apologies. Congratulations to James Maclean 95.25 James is the new team captain on his first time of making the team. Great season.  Brad Johnson 94.60 Jacob Johnson 94.05  Art Peyton 91.30  Jesse Smith. 91.19 Garry Tebb 90.96  Tom Foss 90.87 Bob Gruszecki  90.82 Larry Ivany 90.28 Garry Hill 89.86  Lady 1 Lynn Smith 88.52 sub junior Julia Marthaller 87.87 Junior Connor Bish 84.81 singles high Jacob Johnson 99.00 Doubles Brad Johnson 95.27 Handicap James Maclean 93.08 

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Athabasca Gun Club

Calgary Firearms Center

Castor Trap Club

Edmonton Gun Club

Medicine Hat Clay Target Center

Wainwright Trap Club

High Prairie Fish & Game Association

Dvine Trap Range

Stettler Trap Club

APTA SHOOTING LEAGUE 2024
TEAM NAME	POSITION	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Post Progressive Total		Notes:
A Category
Wainwright
Location	Singles
Ross	Post 1	24	24	24	24	25	22	143
Luke	Post 2	24	22	23	23	24	24	140
Gary	Post 3	20	20	23	23	22	23	131
Doug	Post 4	20	22	24	24	23	25	138
Jake	Post 5	25	23	25	25	25	25	148
	S W Total	113	111	119	119	119	119	700	700
	Handicap
Ross	Post 1	17	16	24	24	23	19	123
Luke	Post 2	15	17	19	19	18	18	106
Gary	Post 3	18	20	21	21	20	24	124
Doug	Post 4	20	20	21	21	21	20	123
Jake	Post 5	22	18	23	23	23	23	132
	H W Total	92	91	108	108	105	104	608	608
	Overall Total							1308
Calgary No-Stars
Calgary	Singles
Larry Ivany	Post 1	25	23	23	23	24	22	140
Mike  Silver	Post 2	21	23	24	22	24	25	139
Bob Gruszecki	Post 3	23	23	24	25	25	25	145
Les Myers	Post 4	22	22	23	23	24	24	138
Shane Vaughan	Post 5	22	22	24	23	25	23	139
	S W Total	113	113	118	116	122	119	701	701
	Handicap
Larry Ivany	Post 1	19	18	21	22	22	18	120
Mike  Silver	Post 2	14	13	20	13	16	19	95
Bob Gruszecki	Post 3	22	23	23	23	24	24	139
Les Myers	Post 4	18	17	22	18	23	18	116
Shane Vaughan	Post 5	21	20	22	19	22	23	127
	H W Total	94	91	108	95	107	102	597	597
	Overall Total							1298
Dvine Wine
Peavine Metis Settlement	Singles
Jesse Smith	Post 1	24	24	20	25	25	24	142
Justus Smith	Post 2	22	23	21	24	23	22	135
Lynn Smith	Post 3	22	25	24	23	23	24	141
Ashton Halderson	Post 4	15	23	20	22	25	22	127
Tanasity Smith	Post 5	20	23	20	21	23	24	131
	S W Total	103	118	105	115	119	116	676	676
	Handicap
Jesse Smith	Post 1	24	21	22	18	22	24	131
Justus Smith	Post 2	21	23	19	16	23	20	122
Lynn Smith	Post 3	23	18	22	18	22	19	122
Ashton Halderson	Post 4	16	18	10	12	17	21	94
Tanasity Smith	Post 5	23	14	13	16	10	18	94
	H W Total	107	94	86	80	94	102	563	563
	Overall Total							1239
Castor Raiders
Location	Singles
Doug Hays	Post 1	20	20	21	23	19	21	124
Kathy Oram	Post 2	11	21	17	17	24	23	113
Ethan Meade	Post 3	22	22	19	17	20	17	117
Royce Bull	Post 4	19	21	21	21	22	22	126
Andrw Boxma	Post 5	22	22	24	21	20	22	131
	S W Total	94	106	102	99	105	105	611	611
	Handicap
Doug Hays	Post 1	19	15	19	21	13	17	104
Kathy Oram	Post 2	13	19	14	17	16	18	97
Ethan Meade	Post 3	19	14	13	15	14	15	90
Royce Bull	Post 4	19	21	21	19	18	20	118
Andrew Boxma	Post 5	16	22	21	21	19	16	115
	Weekly Total	86	91	88	93	80	86	610	524
	Overall Total							1221
Stettler Pronature
Stettler	Singles
Kyle McNally	Post 1	22	23	20	20	18	19	122
Ross Brown	Post 2	22	23	24	19	25	20	133
Greg Tschriter	Post 3	17	20	17	19	17	19	109
Todd Tschriter	Post 4	15	22	22	20	22	22	123
Ken Ried	Post 5	16	20	21	22	21	20	120
	S W Total	92	108	104	100	103	100	607	607
	Handicap
Kyle McNally	Post 1	24	16	21	21	19	22	123
Ross Brown	Post 2	22	22	19	22	25	12	122
Greg Tschriter	Post 3	13	17	15	11	13	15	84
Todd Tschriter	Post 4	11	20	15	20	22	20	108
Ken Ried	Post 5	24	15	18	21	21	20	119
	H W Total	94	90	88	95	100	89	556	556
	Overall Total							1163
B Category
EGC QUACKERS
Location	Singles
Randy Shantz	Post 1	20	17	19	15	12	18	101
Roland Kee	Post 2	23	24	24	23	21	19	134
Richard Sherrman	Post 3	22	14	14	19	25	22	116
Dennis Chrystian	Post 4	25	19	22	25	22	22	135
Grahm Shell	Post 5	23	24	19	23	25	24	138
	S W Total	113	98	98	105	105	105	624
	Handicap								624
Randy Shantz	Post 1	11	15	17	17	17	19	96
Roland Kee	Post 2	18	19	19	18	22	18	114
Richard Sherrman	Post 3	8	14	15	21	19	20	97
Dennis Chrystian	Post 4	15	17	15	14	20	13	94
Grahm Shell	Post 5	17	19	19	20	19	22	116
	H W Total	69	84	85	90	97	92	517
	Overall Total							1141	517
The Dusters
Location	Singles
Neil Deitz	Post 1	20	20	23	21	22	20	126
Chris Burtsch	Post 2	17	23	21	16	20	22	119
Leigh Vooys	Post 3	19	19	20	22	22	23	125
Byron Thompson	Post 4	19	18	16	22	23	22	120
Keith Deitz	Post 5	23	23	24	25	24	24	143
	S W Total	98	103	104	106	111	111	633
	Handicap								633
Neil Deitz	Post 1	19	17	17	15	17	16	101
Chris Burtsch	Post 2	9	17	10	19	19	18	92
Leigh Vooys	Post 3	18	14	15	16	14	15	92
Byron Thompson	Post 4	15	13	19	17	13	11	88
Keith Deitz	Post 5	21	21	18	22	21	20	123
	H W Total	82	82	79	89	84	80	496
	Overall Total							1129	496
Rooster Boosters	Singles
Russel Henther	Post 1	22	25	20	21	22	18	128
Josh Olberholtzer	Post 2	17	19	18	17	15	16	102
Alex Weibe	Post 3	24	23	20	21	23	18	129
Travis Deitz	Post 4	21	19	23	21	13	22	119
Wes Deitz	Post 5	17	20	14	17	20	21	109
	S W Total	101	106	95	97	93	95	587
	Handicap								587
Russel Henther	Post 1	17	22	15	13	13	21	101
Josh Olberholtzer	Post 2	18	17	15	15	15	11	91
Alex Weibe	Post 3	20	20	12	18	21	21	112
Travis Deitz	Post 4	22	18	16	17	15	15	103
Wes Deitz	Post 5	19	18	12	19	18	17	103
	H W Total	96	95	70	82	82	85	510
	Overall Total							1097	510
Clay Crushers
Location	Singles
Peter Wyatt	Post 1	17	18	23	16	19	22	115
Role Umscheid	Post 2	20	12	20	19	20	21	112
Kevin Umscheid	Post 3	14	11	15	13	16	15	84
Doug Headrick	Post 4	12	12	14	14	13	15	80
Ken Fetkenher	Post 5	17	18	20	22	20	21	118
	S W Total	80	71	92	84	88	94	509
	Handicap								509
Peter Wyatt	Post 1	13	16	14	17	18	20	98
Role Umscheid	Post 2	15	18	14	20	19	21	107
Kevin Umscheid	Post 3	13	9	11	15	15	17	80
Doug Headrick	Post 4	11	13	10	9	8	9	60
Ken Fetkenher	Post 5	10	14	15	23	20	21	103
	H W Total	62	70	64	84	80	88	448
	Overall Total							957	448
Clay Smokers
Location	Singles
Lewis Green	Post 1	17	21	16	16	16	20	106
Will Green	Post 2	20	12	10	15	16	19	92
Colin Lepp	Post 3	14	17	16	15	18	18	98
Josh Henly	Post 4	14	13	15	16	17	18	93
Deron Scott	Post 5	12	14	12	12	12	14	76
	S W Total	77	77	69	74	79	89	465
	Handicap								465
Lewis Green	Post 1	19	15	16	16	15	14	95
Will Green	Post 2	18	12	8	9	12	13	72
Colin Lepp	Post 3	14	17	11	11	16	15	84
Josh Henly	Post 4	15	12	9	8	11	12	67
Deron Scott	Post 5	15	10	8	8	10	12	63
	H W Total	81	66	52	52	64	66	381
	Overall Total							846	381

APTA LEAGUE

1. The APTA league will run from the week of May 15^th, to July 15 2024 in which you have time to enter 6 sets of scores
2. There will be 5 shooters per team. Any shooter may shoot on multiple teams but must pay a separate league fee for each team.
3. Each shooter on a team will shoot 25 targets from the 16 yard line for a total of 125 targets. The team's 16 yard total score will determine the team’s handicap yardage (refer to the Handicap Chart below). Each shooter on a team will then shoot 25 targets from the team’s handicap yardage for a total of 125 targets. Handicap yardage is only valid for one week and will be re‑established each week based on the team’s 16 yard total score for that week and where a shooter is absent, the score of the spare or the absent shooter’s previous week’s score will be used, as outlined in 5 below.
4. If a team is participating in another league with the same structure as the APTA league (ie. at least 125 targets from 16 yards and at least 125 handicap targets shot from a handicap yardage that is the same as if determined using the Handicap Chart below), the team can submit the scores from the other league. If the other league is more than one round of singles and one round of handicap per week, the scores from the first round of singles and the first round of handicap are the scores that will be submitted to the APTA league. 
5. A spare can be used if a shooter is unable to attend one or more weeks. Alternatively, a team may submit the absent shooter's 16 yard score and handicap score from the previous week, with a penalty of two targets deducted from the handicap score.
6. Each club will decide which evening they want to throw targets for the league and the cost of targets and shells will be each club's business.
7. Scores for each week are to be submitted by Thursday night of that week so we can get them posted on the website. Please submit scores to Jesse Smith at lynn.jess3@hotmail.com or the preferred way text to 780-523-6032.
8. After 3 weeks of shooting the league will split into even numbers to compete against each other . A minimum of 5 teams per group a max of 7 depending on numbers entered. Team standings at the end of the league will be based on total team scores for all 6 weeks of the league.  The winning team from each group will each win 5 cases of shells. Ties will be decided by a count-back to scores from previous weeks. 
9. The league fee will be $25/shooter for a total of $125/team. Cheques for fees are to be made payable to the Alberta Provincial Trapshooting Association and sent to Jim Thomson 43 Discovery Ridge Mount SW, Calgary AB T3H 5G3 along with your team’s name and the names of the team’s members. Payment can also be made by E-transfer to shoot.apta@gmail.com.
10. Everyone is welcome to participate! This is a fun league and these targets will not be registered.