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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 


RECENT NEWS

Sept 16/24

 Castors  National trap day shoot on Saturday had Darin Schuller winning the the HOA with out winning a single event. The singles was won by Gill Navkaran with a 94. Darin 93  Richard Sherman won the cap with an 88 (Darin 87)  and Brad Johnson squeaked out a win in the doubles with a 97. Darin also finished 2nd in that event.  Calgary trap day shoot on Sunday had 32 shooters. There were two 97s in singles Darin Schuller and Les Myers. Cap had two 96s Garry Hill and Shane Vaughan. Doubles was a runaway by James Mclean with a 98 and the next closest score was a 91. It was nice to see a full squad of ladies and several juniors out shooting. HOA Jesse Smith 280.

 

Sept 10/24

Frederick James Goodman
February 2, 1952 - September 12, 2024
Fred to all that new him was an absolute character who loved to shoot Trap. He was a long-time member and supporter of the Brooks Trap Club. Fred registered over 120K targets mainly in Alberta. 

 A real gentleman and excellent shot has passed away. Allan Gehrke is mentioned six times in our provincial records. He was a long time member of the Mossleigh gun club. He will be missed and our condolences go to the family.

Sept 9th/24

  The new trap year started this weekend in Athabasca. A good turn out to start the year with 28 shooters participating. Art Peyton dominated again. Day one singles 98, handicap 97, tying him with Gerry Gau. Gerry got all the pots and Art won the carry over win. Art also got the doubles with a 97. Rodney Smith stopped the clean sweep by Art with a 96 in day two doubles. Art won the singles and cap on day two with scores of 98 and 94. 576 Hoa score may end up being the high score for the whole year, great shooting Art.  Brady Short in his second registered shoot got his first ever 25 straight and it was in the handicap. Congratulations Brady.  The APTA welcomes new shooter Jason Jackson.  Next tournament is a one day trap event in Castor on Saturday and on Sunday is Calgary.

 

Sept 3rd/24

 Alberta shooters did well across the country this weekend. We will start with Edmonton Gold Leaf shoot. 40 shooters turned out for the event. Art Peyton set the high 600 bird tournament score for the year with a 577. He won the first five events before Navkaran Gill beat him with a 96 in the cap. On the far East coast at the Atlantic Provinces championship, five Albertans shot the event. And i have to apologize to a couple of All stars who I thought didnt shoot in bad weather.  But both Brad Johnson and Shawn Mcneil shot the whole thing in some nasty nasty conditions. Shawn was high in the championship singles and 3rd in the championship cap.  Brad was 2nd in championship singles. He was tie for high score in both the championship doubles and the championship cap and won the HOA and HAA. Impressive guys!!!!  In the Labour day classic in Vernon BC Darin Schuller got back to the 25 yard line and Kevin Hammel finished 2nd in the Championship cap with a 95. Great shooting Alberta. Next up Athabasca Sept 7 and 8th. 

Aug 26/24

   It's the sad end of a very successful era. This past weekend was the last Bert Brumwell Memorial shoot in Wainwright, at least for a little while any way.  It is traditionally a well attended shoot and has seen over 50 shooters, an amazing feat for a two trap club. The club was revitalized by Roger Goulet and Brad Johnson 10 years ago. Club members have collected 19 major provincial titles in that time. There were 40 shooters this year.  The wind kept the scores down as it howled like usual, chasing away some but most still shot the whole program. The prizes were outstanding as usual. Day 1 singles was won by Bob Gruezski with a perfect 100, doubles was won by Jesse Smith with a 95. Day 2 singles was won by Lorne Umscheid with a 97, Handicap was won by Ron Mcconnell and Luke Almberg with a 91. Day 3 doubles was won by Tim Kachmarski with a 89 and handicap was won by Darin Schuller and Aaron Oland with a 88. Congratulations and good shooting to all the winners! Thanks Roger and Brad and the whole Wainwright gun club for 8 years of fun and being great hosts.

Aug 19/24

   The Rose Bowl had a great turn out. 46 shooters in total. Garry Hill this years hall of fame inductee, won the Rose bowl in a very close battle with Larry Ivany and Tom Foss.  Day one handicap saw a father/ son shoot off. James Mclean and Hunter both had 94s and each got a half yard. Singles high was 99 by Garry Hill. Doubles high was Mr Hill again whos next closet competition was 5 back of his 96. Day two doubles was won by BC shooter Mark Durant with a 92. Sunday singles saw a pair of 99 top the scores board ( Larry Ivany and Bob Grurszecki) Handicap scores were exceptionally high in event 6. Ron Mcconnell and Trevor Dawe each shot 96s and there were 15 scores in the 90s.  Next shoot is Wainwright start time is Friday at 10am.

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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 15th, 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.

 

 

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

 



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