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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 

Nov 26th

   I like to send out congratulations to these Alberta shooters who made the All Canadian team. In order to make this team you have to shoot a minimum of 1000 targets in each discipline and you must attend your own provinces provincials. The rules have been modified for the upcoming year in that you now have to shoot all of your own provincial championship targets (400) The previous rule you just had to attend one event. That same meeting had a hotly debated issue in that attending just the Canadians did not make you eligible for team Canada you had to attend your provincials. The vote was 4 to 3.  Alberta BC and Quebec voted that Attending the Canadians alone should make you eligible.

    Team Canada's Captain for the second year in a row is Brad Johnson 95.26 no 2 ranked Art Peyton 95.05 no 4 ranked Shawn Mcneil 94.74 no 7 ranked Tom Foss 93.38 no 10 ranked Garry Hill 92.89. Five of the top ten from Alberta hoowaa 

     The fall grand had some good results from Alberta shooters.  Art Peyton won the pre grand singles with the lone 200 straight. Brad Johnsons 98 in the championship handicap was good enough for third after beating Scott Obenchain in a shoot off 24 / 23.  Scott is one of the top Shooters in all of the USA.  Rod Hymus had one of his best doubles scores with a 95 and shot above his average all week long. Our top three Albertan's in the HOA finished 11th Brad Johnson 1060/1100 18th Art Peyton 1053/1100 and 36th Jesse Smith 1040/1100.

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Our 2022 all stars have been named congratulations to Barry Johnston and Tom Foss for making the team. Toms average was high enough to make the All Canadian team and the first team of Alberta. He will be getting a custom belt buckle to acknowledge his great year.  Our Alberta clubs should take a bow we managed to throw the 2nd most ATA targets of any province. Ontario threw the most 448275 and we had 349800.  We did well for a province of 4 million.  The most Alberta targets, 10550 were shot by Darin Schuller. Thank you Darin for supporting Alberta trap shooting a Shamrock leather bag is headed your way.

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APTA LEAGUE

1. The APTA league will run from the week of May 15^th, 2022 for 6 weeks.
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, 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. Any shooter shooting on multiple teams in the APTA league can submit the same scores for all teams.
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 text it to 780-523-6032.
8. After 3 weeks of shooting the league will split into an “A” & “B” side based on total team scores for the first three weeks. 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 the “A” side and the “B” side will each win 5 cases of shells. Ties will be decided by a count-back to scores from previous weeks.  All remaining teams will be put into a random draw to win 5 cases of shells.  If there is larger participation than anticipated APTA will consider adding additional awards.
9. The league fee will be $20/shooter for a total of $100/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.
10. Everyone is welcome to participate! This is a fun league and these targets will not be registered.