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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

May 29th 

  It was another big win for Barry Johnston in Medicine Hat. He won the HOA with 570 and got his bump to the 27 yard wall in less than 4100 handicap targets.  Neil Burbidge got to the 27 in 3700 targets that some very elite company Barry joined,  great shooting Barry.  Saturday single saw two 100s Barry and Jack Toes, Bwas won by Darrel Auston 91 and c was tied with 90 by Larry Carbol and Jack Stewart. Handicap was Jim Thomson with a 92 and double honors went to Barry with a 94.   Sundays doubles high scores were Barry and tom Hulit with 95s. Singles was Jack Toes and Tom Hulit with 98s and Barrys bump to the 27 was a 96. 24 shooters  

May 24

   Edmonton had a great turn out for the Memorial shoot.  30 people turned out and some good scores were shot. Darin Schuller, Barry johnston, and Tom Foss, all had 99s in singles  Tom Foss also had 96 in doubles to win first day and Art Peyton and Berry Johnston both had 94s on day two doubles.  Handicap saw new shooter Keagan Gresty win day 1 with a 96 and place 2nd day two with a 93. Barry Johnston took top cap honors day 2 with 94 and his 2nd straight HOA title with a very impressive 570 averaging 95 across the board. Great shooting Berry.

May 9th

Another summer of trap shooting begins. It was cold and rainy the first day and warm and sunny the second day. Typical spring weather Barry Johnson took top HOA konours with a 555/600    Both days saw 100s scored in single Tom Foss and Barry Johnson. Doubles was won both days by Jesse Smith with a 96 and 93. Second day handicap saw Shane Vaughan hit 99 for top spot.   22 shooters took part in the shoot and the APTA would to thank first time shooters James and Victoria Cox for coming out and supporting the Calgary club.  

Apr 4 2023

   A reminder the Alberta trap league will run again this year. 125$ is the entry and the rules are at the bottom of the page    The league will run from May 15th to July 15 in which you will have six weeks of scores to get entered. There will be NO LATE scores entered past July 15 and scores will not be posted until the league fee is paid in full. May 31st will be the final day league fee are accepted.  The reason for the extra 2 weeks is for weather and sickness but if possible get your scores in on time and as soon as possible.  The APTA is now set up to take e transfers at shoot.apta@gmail.com please post which team you are paying for. Send Jesse Smith a text 7805236032 of your teams name and the names of your team members in the order of which you will be shooting. Please etransfer total team entry fee 125 and NOT each individual entry of 25.  This will make it much easier to track of which teams are paid in full.    If you wish to pay by check please send the full amount 125 of teams entry to 42 Discovery Ridge Mount  SW Calgary T3H 5G3 and make them out to APTA and please put a note that it is for league fees. Lets have some fun and try and bring down that hall of fame team from Medicine Hat  that schooled us  last year. lol 

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APTA SHOOTING LEAGUE 2023
TEAM NAME	POSITION	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Post Progressive Total		Notes:
Dvine Whine
Peavine Metis Settlement	Singles
Jesse Smith	Post 1	25	23					48
Lynn Smith	Post 2	21	24					45
Justus Smith	Post 3	21	21					42
Tanasity Smith	Post 4	16	19					35
Ashton Halderson	Post 5	16	20					36
	S W Total	99	107	0	0	0	0	206	206
	Handicap
Jesse Smith	Post 1	23	21					44
Lynn Smith	Post 2	22	23					45
Justus Smith	Post 3	20	22					42
Tanasity Smith	Post 4	19	20					39
Ashton Halderson	Post 5	16	18					34
	H W Total					0	0	204	0
	Overall Total							410
Stettler Beauties
Stettler	Singles
Kyle McNally	Post 1	23	22	21				66
Ross Brown	Post 2	18	13	22				53
Ed Spruit	Post 3	23	21	22				66
Mike Jackson	Post 4	22	20	22				64
Ken Ried	Post 5	20	21	24				65
	S W Total	106	97	111	0	0	0	314	314
	Handicap
Kyle McNally	Post 1	21	21	18				60
Ross Brown	Post 2	14	13	19				46
Ed Spruit	Post 3	15	15	13				43
Mike Jackson	Post 4	14	16	13				43
Ken Ried	Post 5	21	21	17				59
	H W Total	85	86	80	0	0	0	251	251
	Overall Total							565
Egc Quackers
Edmonton	Singles
Roland Kee	Post 1	22	22					44
Dennis Chrystian	Post 2	21	15					36
Graham Shell	Post 3	17	19					36
Keagan Gresty	Post 4	24	23					47
Randy Shantz	Post 5	12	20					32
	S W Total	96	99	0	0	0	0	195	195
	Handicap
	Post 1	22	21					43
	Post 2	14	13					27
	Post 3	18	23					41
	Post 4	22	21					43
	Post 5	17	20					37
	Weekly Total	93	98	0	0	0	0	191	191
	Overall Total							386
For the Birds
Wainwright	Singles
Jacob Johnson	Post 1	23	24					47
Brad Johnson	Post 2	25	25					50
Roger Goulet	Post 3	20	22					42
Doug Lee	Post 4	23	24					47
Gary Magnusson	Post 5	18	22					40
	S W Total	109	117	0	0	0	0	226	226
	Handicap
Jacob Johnson	Post 1	23	21					44
Brad Johnson	Post 2	23	22					45
Roger Goulet	Post 3	20	16					36
Doug Lee	Post 4	21	18					39
Gary Magnusson	Post 5	18	19					37
	H W Total	105	96	0	0	0	0	201	201
	Overall Total							427
Windy Wackers
Location	Singles
Sophie Rock	Post 1							0
Dale Rock	Post 2							0
Larry Blasko	Post 3							0
Peter Burt	Post 4							0
Gary Koenig	Post 5							0
	S W Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Handicap
	Post 1							0
	Post 2							0
	Post 3							0
	Post 4							0
	Post 5							0
	H W Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Overall Total							0
Carstairs Trap Club
Carstairs Trap Club	Singles
Barry Johnson	Post 1	21	25					46
Russell McNeil	Post 2	24	23					47
Shan McNeil	Post 3	25	25					50
Tom Foss	Post 4	24	25					49
Allan Day	Post 5	23	23					46
	S W Total	117	121	0	0	0	0	238	238
	Handicap
Barry Johnson	Post 1	20	23					43
Russell McNeil	Post 2	21	20					41
Shan McNeil	Post 3	23	23					46
Tom Foss	Post 4	19	22					41
Allan Day	Post 5	20	22					42
	H W Total	103	110	0	0	0	0	213	213
	Overall Total							451
Booster Roosters
Milo	Singles
Russel Heather	Post 1	17						17
Josh Olberholtzer	Post 2	13						13
Alex Weibe	Post 3	20						20
Travis Deitz	Post 4	23						23
Wes Deitz	Post 5	18						18
	S W Total	91	0	0	0	0	0	91	91
	Handicap
Russel Heather	Post 1	21						21
Josh Olberholtzer	Post 2	14						14
Alex Weibe	Post 3	20						20
Travis Deitz	Post 4	20						20
Wes Deitz	Post 5	22						22
	H W Total	97	0	0	0	0	0	97	97
	Overall Total							188
Phantom Hill
Milo	Singles
Lorne Umscheid	Post 1	23						23
Chris Bartsch	Post 2	21						21
Leigh Vooys	Post 3	22						22
Shaun Umscheid	Post 4	21						21
Keith Deitz	Post 5	23						23
	S W Total	110	0	0	0	0	0	110	110
	Handicap
Lorne Umscheid	Post 1	21						21
Chris Bartsch	Post 2	17						17
Leigh Vooys	Post 3	14						14
Shaun Umscheid	Post 4	18						18
Keith Deitz	Post 5	19						19
	H W Total	89	0	0	0	0	0	89	89
	Overall Total							199
Clay Crushers
Milo	Singles
Byron Thompson	Post 1	18						18
Kole Umscheid	Post 2	9						9
Kevin Umscheid	Post 3	17						17
Doug Headrick	Post 4	15						15
Will Green	Post 5	12						12
	S W Total	71	0	0	0	0	0	71	71
	Handicap
Byron Thompson	Post 1	18						18
Kole Umscheid	Post 2	13						13
Kevin Umscheid	Post 3	14						14
Doug Headrick	Post 4	16						16
Will Green	Post 5	11						11
	H W Total	72	0	0	0	0	0	72	72
	Overall Total							143
Smokin Clays
Milo	Singles
Neil Deitz	Post 1							0
Peter Wyatt	Post 2							0
Ken Fetkenher	Post 3							0
Garret Hagg	Post 4							0
Cody Garrett	Post 5							0
	S W Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Handicap
	Post 1							0
	Post 2							0
	Post 3							0
	Post 4							0
	Post 5							0
	H W Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Overall Total							0
Castor Raiders
Castor	Singles
Doug hays	Post 1	9	14	12				35
Kathy Oram	Post 2	13	14	15				42
Don Chekel	Post 3	20	22	17				59
Royce Bull	Post 4	14	19	23				56
Andrew Boxma	Post 5	24	24	20				68
	S W Total	80	93	87	0	0	0	260	260
	Handicap
Dough Hays	Post 1	18	13	11				42
Kathy Oram	Post 2	17	12	18				47
Don Chekel	Post 3	23	18	19				60
Royce Bull	Post 4	12	19	21				52
Andrew Boxma	Post 5	20	22	21				63
	H W Total	90	84	90	0	0	0	264	264
	Overall Total							524
Fab Five
Calgary	Singles
Ed Wittemann	Post 1	25	23					48
Ron Jadusingh	Post 2	24	24					48
Mike Rochelle	Post 3	24	21					45
Harvey Mann	Post 4	23	25					48
Gord Estabrook	Post 5	24	22					46
	S W Total	120	115	0	0	0	0	235	235
	Handicap
Ed Wittemann	Post 1	23	21					44
Ron Jadusingh	Post 2	16	14					30
Mike Rochelle	Post 3	15	17					32
Harvey Mann	Post 4	22	14					36
Gord Estabrook	Post 5	22	15					37
	H W Total	98	81	0	0	0	0	179	179
	Overall Total							414
Medicine Hat Team 1
Medicine Hat	Singles
Neil Burbidge	Post 1	25						25
Ron McConnell	Post 2	25						25
Doug Strober	Post 3	25						25
Brian Maier	Post 4	25						25
Harold Schwandt	Post 5	24						24
	S W Total	124	0	0	0	0	0	124	124
	Handicap
Neil Burbidge	Post 1	17						17
Ron McConnell	Post 2	24						24
Doug Strober	Post 3	22						22
Brian Maier	Post 4	19						19
Harold Schwandt	Post 5	23						23
	H W Total	105	0	0	0	0	0	105	105
	Overall Total							229
Medicine Hat Team 2
Medicine Hat	Singles
Jack Towes	Post 1	22						22
Aaron Oland	Post 2	25						25
Darrell Austin	Post 3	23						23
Richard Oaster	Post 4	17						17
Terry Friesz	Post 5	23						23
	S W Total	110	0	0	0	0	0	110	110
	Handicap
Jack Towes	Post 1	19						19
Aaron Oland	Post 2	22						22
Darrell Austin	Post 3	24						24
Richard Oaster	Post 4	14						14
Terry Friesz	Post 5	18						18
	H W Total	97	0	0	0	0	0	97	97
	Overall Total							207
Medicine Hat Team 3
Medicine Hat	Singles
Tim Scory	Post 1							0
John Taylor	Post 2	7						7
Steve Bessy	Post 3	21						21
James Klassen	Post 4	22						22
Jim Behrman	Post 5	23						23
	S W Total	73	0	0	0	0	0	73	73
	Handicap
Tim Scory	Post 1							0
John Taylor	Post 2	16						16
Steve Bessy	Post 3	18						18
James Klassen	Post 4	20						20
Jim Behrman	Post 5	20						20
	H W Total	74	0	0	0	0	0	74	74
	Overall Total							147
Medicine Hat Team 4
Medicine Hat	Singles
Jason Wogrinc	Post 1	18						18
Jim Johnson	Post 2	16						16
Tony Johnson	Post 3	21						21
Rob Berger	Post 4	23						23
Ivan Hausaur	Post 5	19						19
	S W Total	97	0	0	0	0	0	97	97
	Handicap
Jason Wogrinc	Post 1	20						20
Jim Johnson	Post 2	17						17
Tony Johnson	Post 3	19						19
Rob Berger	Post 4	15						15
Ivan Hausaur	Post 5	12						12
	H W Total	83	0	0	0	0	0	83	83
	Overall Total							180

APTA LEAGUE

1. The APTA league will run from the week of May 15^th, to July 15 2023 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.
10. Everyone is welcome to participate! This is a fun league and these targets will not be registered.