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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July 23/24
Provincials and western zone summary. Thanks to Big Slick Ag Service, Perrazzi Alberta, Darin Schuller Oilfield Consulting and Dvine Trap range we were all allowed to compete in the western zone. These sponsors covered all the target fees associated with the westerns and you only had to pay the gst to enter. The targets for shoot offs were generously covered by the Edmonton gun club. We won 42 of a 108 trophies at the westerns. Brad Johnson was high in the Hoa and doubles. There were 742 competitors involved in the zone. It is no small feat to win, some of the best there are compete for western Zone titles.. Provincials saw a lot of personal bests and new champions. Lynn Smiths 6 year streak ended as Tamara Hunt shot her first 50 straight and went on to win the ladies singles championship, after a shoot off with Carmen Tebbs, both had scored a 192. Jacob Johnsons two years of 200 straight ended and Mike Kwan won the singles with a 199. Mike was the only one to hit all 25 in the first round of the shoot off with Barry Johnston, Mike Degiano, James Maclean, and Derek Clayton. All five had never hit the 199 mark before. Lorne Umscheid hit 98 in championship cap to move back to the 27 yard line for the first time. In the preliminary cap Herby Nickerson from Nova Scotia shot a 99 and said it was his best anything. Janaya Nickerson, Herbies daughter, shot her best singles 97, best doubles 94, and her best cap at 94. They were loving Alberta targets. Jordon Peterson shot his first 25 straight and had the biggest smile you ever saw. Jessica and Julia Marthaller won the juniors and sub Juniors. Julia had to have a shoot off with Hunter Maclean before she could claim her title. Brad Johnsons 977 HOA score and 394 HAA winning scores are among the highest ever shot in Provincial competition. In the HAA only Larry Ivany and Allan Day have shot higher numbers. In my 9 years of shooting I can't remember shooting in four continuous days of blue sky and no wind. The target setting committee did a great job of setting consistent targets. The scorers and trap help were great and the facility was clean and well maintained.
July 16th/24 to
A great turnout of 64 people shot at the Stampede Grand. Some terrific personal best were achieved. Julia Marthaller shot her first 100 ATA straight and it wont be her last. Good job Julia. James Mclean shot his first 100 st and followed it with another to win the two hundred singles with a perfect score. Jacob Johnson was runner up with a 199. Hunter Mclean a sub Jr set personal best with a 99 in singles 90 in doubles and a 97 in the cap which just happened to win event 9. His new Perazzi Mx 6 sure seems to be shooting where hes looking, good work young man. Trevor Dawe and Ron mcconnell both had hundreds on Day one singles that Ron followed up with another day 2. Event 2 cap winner was James Mclean with a 97. His 97 in Doubles was good for the win in event 3. Again a 97 was the winning number by Les Myers in event 5 handicap. James Mclean won doubles again with a 98 in Event 6. In event 9 doubles, Brad Johnson had a 99 and missed on last post he got a flat left and went over top of it. HOA was a tie between Bob Grusecki and Jesse Smith with 943s. Bob was gracious enough to shoot off, after running a shoot all week long, I can understand it was the last thing he wanted to do. He was a good sport and the people that stayed to watch enjoyed the entertainment.
On a side note about the provincial league. I was lucky enough to watch Ashton Haulderson shoot his first 25 ever. He did it last night and he was so excited. It is why we do the league. He has been shooting for 10 years, he was 14 when he started. Its what makes all the work worth while. A Dvine green hat is coming his way his old won got the ceremonial toss in the air.
Wednesday is prelim doubles in Edmonton see you all at provincials.
July 8th/24
Great weather for the Edmonton shoot. Even better attendance, 58 shooters wow. That is the most i can recall, for a 2 day shoot, since i started shooting in 2015. The previous high I think was Wainwright with 52 . 7 new shooters is awesome. The APTA welcomes John Mon, Mohamd Gewaily, Ben Evans, Jessica Dinner, Corolyn Wang, Tracey Penner, and Wendy Parr, to competitive trap shooting. Shawn Mcneil took HOA honors with a 551. A tie for 2nd with 544s was Darin Schuller and Gary Tebbs. Shawn won both day singles with 99s and Gary Tebbs won both day doubles with 91 and 92. Day one handicap was Trevor Dawe with a 94. Day two cap saw Darin Schuller get back to the 24 yardline with a 94. Next shoot is Calgary and starts on Thursday
July 2nd/24
The Vancouver Canadians made we ask what makes a good Canadians? If you just go by how many attended its the best Canadians in 3 years with 170 people attending. If we go with how well your province shot. It was freaking historical for Alberta. Our juniors won just about everything you could win. Congrats Connor Bish, Julia Marthaller and Hunter Mclean. They were all in shoot offs, and experienced the agony of defeat and the thrill of victory. They handle it with class and dignity, Their parents and our shooting community should be proud. Lynn Smith won Ladies singles, handicap and HAA. Brad Johnson winning 4 out of five major titles was a performance for the ages. I dont know if any Albertan has ever done that. He won singles 199 doubles 99 HAA 391 and the crown jewel the HOA 952. James Mclean was runner up in the HOA and shot the lights out all week long. These good scores were shot at one of the toughest place i have ever seen to score. We won a little side bet with BC on which province would finish higher in an event. We won 8 to 3. BC shooter Dave Jeffery will be wearing an Edmonton Oiler jersey at the next Dvine Shoot. Tom Foss made the 27 yard line, congrats Tom, you earned it. Alberta won the 5000 dollar Canada Cap Connar Bish 96 Shawn Mcneal 96 Colin Crumb 94 Brad and Nolan Johnson 93s. The two young guys thanking the sponsors of the event and the team spirit, pulling for your province was great. Was the ATA PITA thing an issue? no. These were all great things that could have you saying it was a good Canadians.
If your criteria for a good Canadians is, was the facility well maintained? Did they pick up garbage? Were there experienced scorers and trap help? Did they have food all day? Were shells readily available? Were they able to set targets to a center stake on all fields? Were their Fields and walk ways even? Was registration open early enough to not cause a big back up? Were practice targets reasonably priced? If The answer to all of these question is no you would have to say it wasnt a good shoot. 5 good men tried to do what 15 couldnt have done. To those five I tip my hat and applaud your efforts, you tried. The 300 members of that club should be embarrassed they left these guys out to dry. The people of the Atlantic Provinces should be proud of there shooters these men and women jumped in tried to help from entering scores, to picking garbage and hulls. No bitching just helping out. Next shoot Edmonton
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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 | ||||||||||
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 | |||||||||
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 | |||||||||
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 | |||||||||
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 | 22 | 104 | |||
Ross Brown | Post 2 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 97 | |||
Greg Tschriter | Post 3 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 71 | |||
Todd Tschriter | Post 4 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 86 | |||
Ken Ried | Post 5 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 98 | |||
H W Total | 94 | 90 | 88 | 95 | 0 | 89 | 456 | 456 | ||
Overall Total | 1063 | |||||||||
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 | |||||||||
B Category | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||
The Dusters | ||||||||||
Location | Singles | |||||||||
Neil Deitz | Post 1 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 63 | |||||
Chris Burtsch | Post 2 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 61 | |||||
Leigh Vooys | Post 3 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 58 | |||||
Byron Thompson | Post 4 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 53 | |||||
Keith Deitz | Post 5 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 70 | |||||
S W Total | 98 | 103 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 305 | |||
Handicap | 305 | |||||||||
Neil Deitz | Post 1 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 53 | |||||
Chris Burtsch | Post 2 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 36 | |||||
Leigh Vooys | Post 3 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 47 | |||||
Byron Thompson | Post 4 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 47 | |||||
Keith Deitz | Post 5 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 60 | |||||
H W Total | 82 | 82 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 243 | |||
Overall Total | 548 | 243 | ||||||||
EGC QUACKERS | ![]() |
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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 | ||||||||
Clay Crushers | ||||||||||
Location | Singles | |||||||||
Peter Wyatt | Post 1 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 74 | ||||
Role Umscheid | Post 2 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 19 | 71 | ||||
Kevin Umscheid | Post 3 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 53 | ||||
Doug Headrick | Post 4 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 52 | ||||
Ken Fetkenher | Post 5 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 77 | ||||
S W Total | 80 | 71 | 92 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 327 | |||
Handicap | 327 | |||||||||
Peter Wyatt | Post 1 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 60 | ||||
Role Umscheid | Post 2 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 67 | ||||
Kevin Umscheid | Post 3 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 48 | ||||
Doug Headrick | Post 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 43 | ||||
Ken Fetkenher | Post 5 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 62 | ||||
H W Total | 62 | 70 | 64 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 280 | |||
Overall Total | 607 | 280 | ||||||||
Clay Smokers | ||||||||||
Location | Singles | |||||||||
Lewis Green | Post 1 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 54 | |||||
Will Green | Post 2 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 42 | |||||
Colin Lepp | Post 3 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 47 | |||||
Josh Henly | Post 4 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 42 | |||||
Deron Scott | Post 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 38 | |||||
S W Total | 77 | 77 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 223 | |||
Handicap | 223 | |||||||||
Lewis Green | Post 1 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 50 | |||||
Will Green | Post 2 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 38 | |||||
Colin Lepp | Post 3 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 42 | |||||
Josh Henly | Post 4 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 36 | |||||
Deron Scott | Post 5 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 33 | |||||
H W Total | 81 | 66 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 199 | |||
Overall Total | 422 | 199 |
APTA LEAGUE
HANDICAP CHART |
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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 |