May 4,5 | Calgary | Holdsworth-Nattrass |
May 11,12 | Dvine Trap Range | D Hazen All Peace Shoot |
May 18,19 | Edmonton | Memorial Shoot |
May 24,25,26 | Medicine Hat | Rattler Classic |
Jun 1,2 | Calgary | Fuller-Manning |
Jun 8,9 | Athabasca | Andy Wood Memorial |
Jun 14,15,16 | Castor | 37th Ann. Trophy Shoot |
Jun 22,23 | Stettler | Rob Docherty Memorial |
Jun 26,27,28,29,30 | Vancouver | Canadians |
Jul 6,7 | Edmonton | City Championship |
Jul 10,11,12,13,14 | Calgary | Stampede Grand |
Jul 17,18,19,20,21 | Edmonton | 73rd Alberta Provincials/ Western Zones |
Aug 2,3,4 | High Prairie | Northern Lights |
Aug 9,10,11 | Medicine Hat | Mad Hatter |
Aug 16,17,18 | Calgary | Rose Bowl |
Aug 23,24,25 | Wainright | Bert Brumwell Mem. |
Aug 31 to Sep 1 | Edmonton | Gold Leaf Shoot |
Sep 7,8 | Athabasca | unkown |
Sep 14 | Castor | National Trap Day |
Sep 15 | Calgary | National Trap Day |
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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
March 31 /24
Hello fellow trap shooters. I just spent some time updating the web page and thought i would pass on some of the highlights. Alberta has two shooter with a life time target count of over 600000 targets. Art Peyton and Trevor Dawe. Ron Mcconnell will get there some time this summer, he currently sits at around 597000. You have to truly love this sport to shoot that much. i dont know if i could shoot that much even if i had all the money in the world. Congratulations guys it is truly is a remarkable feet. I entered Brad Johnsons 2023 season in the record books his combined average 96.51 put him fifth all time in Alberta. Only one other man has had a higher season Neil Burbidge, he just happens to have four of them. Brads 95 average in the cap put him 4th all time and again only Neil has ever been higher with 3 seasons over 95.
A little reminder the APTA Leauge will again be running this year starting in may and hopefully we can get some more teams and more new shooters out enjoying our great sport.
Dec 11th/23
The CTA (Canadian Trapshooting Association) All Stars have been announced and if you're wondering why some top Canadian shooters are not on the team it is because they did not meet the criteria. I personally really like the rules for the CTA All Stars. The rules help ensure that CTA All Stars, shoot Canadian Targets and support Canadian trapshooting. The Criteria is simple, your aggregate average with a minimum of 1000 targets in each discipline that have to be shot in Canada. You also have to participate in either the Canadians or your own provincial championship targets. Your CTA All Stars are Team Captain Brad Johnson AB 96.51, Shawn Mcneil AB 94.93, Bob Gruszecki AB 93.89, Tom Foss AB 93.76, Barry Johnston AB 93.62, Jesse Smith AB 93.10, Randy Hunt SK 92.64, Garry Hill AB 92.47, Sylvain Rossignos QU 92.33, and rare tie for the tenth spot Rylan Bower MB 92.3, and Alick Mcmillan SK 92.3. Lisa Salt BC 90.40, was the top female and Connor Bish AB was top Junior 89.87. Target numbers for juniors are 500 of each and the age is 18 and under. It should be noted that of these open All stars only Randy Hunt, Sylvain Rossignos, Tom Foss and Shawn Mcneil shot all their targets in Canada. I couldnt find anyone whos Canadian target averages were higher than there US target average so a tip of the hat goes to these gentlemen.
The APTA is really Happy that we have a new club for the up coming tournament year. Stettler will be hosting its first Rob Docherty Memorial shoot on June 22 and 23. Hopefully we all can get out and support their shoot.
A big Congratulations to Garry Hill for being Elected into the Alberta Trapshooting Hall of fame this year.
Oct 28th/23
I have all the all stars from 1983 to 2022 loaded on the all star page. We have Jim Thompson to thank for saving this piece of Alberta trap shooting history. I find it fascinating to sift through this kind of stuff. I want to know Who had the most appearances? Who had the longest continuous streak? Who was the captain the most times? What lady held the highest composite average? Try and guess who they are. It is all there, one thing it doesnt tell you is why the 80s and 90s they had some of the best numbers ever. They were button pressed targets, no pat traps and they were not all hunting to eat so why? That will have to be a different debate, lets go with what we know. Joanne Wing in 1995 on 2900 targets had the highest ladies composite average ever 92.69. the top 3 most appearances were Allan Radway 33 time and 31 in a row from 1988 to 2018. I have been married along time, but not that long, that is truly impressive. Neil Burbidge is second with 24 and a record 20 times as captain. The next most captained years is Larry Ivany with 5. Rounding out the top 3 is Ron Mcconnell with 23 and a record 38 years between his first in 1985 and his latest appearance in 2022. I dont know if any of these records will ever be beat. To think Barry Johnson is the youngest shooter on the all star team at 39 years old and soon to be 40 he has made the team twice. He has has to shoot 31 more years in a row at all star level to tie Radway. It is mind boggling to think about
Oct 19th/23
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APTA LEAGUE
HANDICAP CHART |
|
Team 16 Yard Score |
Team Handicap Yardage |
115 – 125 |
27 Yards |
110 – 114 |
25 Yards |
105 – 109 |
23 Yards |
100 – 104 |
22 Yards |
95 – 99 |
21 Yards |
90 – 94 |
20 Yards |
85 – 89 |
19 Yards |
84 or less |
18 Yards |