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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 

Sept 6th

  Very good attendance to start the target year off at the Edmonton gun club this weekend.  31 one shooters participated in the singles with Ken Kupsch shooting a perfect 100 to win. There was a squad of all ladies that was nice to see with katherine Deypalubos leading the squad and taking the ladies top honours with an 87. The APTA would like to thank Dayna Hackett for getting her freinds Kathrine Deypalubus,Priscilla Eisner,Susan Wilton, and Roslyn Hill out to join APTA  and become first time ATA members. We look forward to all of you putting up some more great scores.  Handicap had 22 people with Jerry Gau taking top honours with a 95. Art peyton and Garry Tebb both had 94s in the doubles.Day 2 doubles saw Art post a very impressive 97 in doubles and 100 in singles. Kathrine took the ladies again with an 82 and Jerry Gau Won the handicap again with a 95.   Art tied the high 600 tournament HOA score for the summer with a 574.  The weather conditions were very good.

Aug 29th

   Great attendance at the Bert Brumwell Memorial as 46 people showed up to participate. 46 didnt make it all the way to the end though.  It got a tad windy out there.  Having said that it was two hall of famers and and an Alberta All Star captain all shooting from the 27 that were a top the HOA. Brad Johnson 509/550 Larry Ivany 496/550 and Ron Mcconnell 484/550. Shooting in that wind hurt all their averages and i just want to tip my hat and say thanks for showing us how good you guys real are, wind or no wind. 

     Fridays weather was good and saw some good scores. Ken Read shot his best singles of the year with a 95 and won the C singles. There were 3 99s in AA singles,  Brad Johnson, Art Peyton and Jesse Smith.  Event 2 the doubles had Brad Johnson and Ron Mcconnell shoot 95s.  Day two the wind and rain rolled in and half the handicap had to be cancelled and it became a 50 bird event.  Top scores were 46s by Larry Ivany and Russell Gowan Mcneil.  There was Annie Oakley, a great supper, and some very nice prizes handed out. Good job Wainwright gun club and thanks Art Peyton for your on call trap maintenance service changing out a tension rubber mid shoot. 

I think Bert Brumwell would have found the dress up Annie Oakley very entertaining. A lot of people had a good laugh.  lol 

Aug 22nd 

    The Rosebowl is our oldest Trap shoot in Alberta with a trophy that i believe dates back to 1948. It is nice to see that Lorne Umscheid first tournament win is going to be recorded  on that beautiful old trophy. 381 /400  The Rosebowl scores the 2 singles and Sunday doubles and Sunday handicap combined, this is what it was done when they started the tournament in 1948 and i think its great that Calgary AHEIA keeps that tradition alive.  We counted Bob Grueszki name on it seven times. Bob had the high HOA for the total weekend with an impressive 572/600 one of the highest if not highest tournament scores this summer. 

Being an old tournament our young trapshooters put up some great numbers and firsts. Jessica Marthaller and Tana Smith both Jr girls shot there first 50 straights on there way to 97s in singles. Russel Mcneil Gowan shoot a 75/75 in the diamond slider only the 2nd one in its 74 year history. Well done Russell.  Ron Mcconnell had the other. The ATA welcomed new shooters Amsndeep Bains and Pheonix Glenn to the ranks. 30 people attended and the weather was great.  Next shoot is Wainwright it starts on friday at noon registration at 10

Aug 15th

 Here is some of the highlights from the Medicine Hat shoot. Jack Toews won the singles day one with a 98 and Tim Kackmarski had a perfect 100 on day two. Doubles saw Rod Smith and Bob Gruszecki tie with a 94 and day two had two 92s Rod Smith and Tim Kackmarski.  In the handicap, day 1, Dan Kackmarski got the bump with a 96 and day 2 was won by Brian Maier with a 95.  HOA was  Tim Kackmarski with a 555. 21 people competed in the shoot

Aug 8th

     What a weekend of firsts. At the Edmonton Championships Ed Wald got his first 100st in singles. Darin Schuller wins his first HOA with a 548 that needed a shoot off with Dave Shiers. At the grand  Art Peyton has his first run of consecutive singles, that goes over 400. 449 to be exact good enough for the 9th longest streak by an Albertan ever. This week at At the Grand Art has won 11 trophies . 

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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.