Trap and Field's Around the ATA article from the Atlantic Provinces ATA Delegate
June, 2021
Hello from the Atlantic Provinces.
The latest Atlantic Provinces Shooter Profile is Ray Woodill of Riverview, New Brunswick. The retired Federal Ammunition and Beretta rep has been an active skeet and trap shooter since 1965 and an ATA Life Member since 1970. Ray started shooting at the Dartmouth Trap and Skeet Club in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and now calls the Moncton Gun Club in Moncton, New Brunswick his home club. Ray recalls many memorable shooting moments over his long shooting and work careers. Highlights include shooting bunker trap with Kay Ohye in San Antonio in 1983, the opportunity to represent Federal Ammunition and Beretta at the Grand America and meeting many wonderful people at shooting events he attends. You can read all about Ray in the Shooter Profiles section on www.shootatlantic.com.
The shoot program for this year’s Atlantic Provinces ATA Provincial Shoot, scheduled for September 2-5, 2021 at the Highland Gun Club, is now available on www.shootatlantic.com. Further details on presquadding, preferred hotels, ammunition orders and food service will be posted to www.shootatlantic.com as they become available.
Long term planning has been difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic. Local and regional COVID-19 restrictions and guidance can change quickly, requiring flexible planning and having a contingency plan. The Highland Gun Club and the Atlantic Provinces Trapshooting Association will continue to monitor the COVD-19 situation within the four Atlantic Provinces, and will proceed accordingly. Unrestricted travel within the Atlantic Provinces is one factor that shoot organizers will consider when making the final decision on our shoot format. If shooters cannot travel outside of their province to compete, we will proceed with our contingency plan of a satellite shoot. As always, the latest information will be available on www.shootatlantic.com.
Planning for the 2021 Canadian Trapshooting Championships (CTA 2021) has ramped up quickly since the Canadian Trapshooting Association (CTA) decided to host this year’s national championship in a satellite shoot format. Shooters from eleven clubs across Canada will participate in this year’s 700 target competition from June 25-27, 2021. It will be a coast to coast competition, spanning six time zones with a time difference of 4 ½ hours from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador to Vancouver, British Columbia.
The CTA Board and Provincial Trapshooting Associations have been working together to ensure this year’s shoot is a success. One of the more challenging requirements of this year’s satellite shoot will be recording and reporting scores from all sites. To facilitate this, the CTA Board is developing the CTA Scoreboard, a web-based solution that will allow shoot management to record scores in a central database and allow shooters to review scores from all sites in an easy to use web-based application. To view the CTA Scoreboard, view a shoot program, get a list of host clubs and for the latest information and any last minute changes to the CTA 2021 format, visit www.shootcanada.ca.
For more information on the Atlantic Provinces Trapshooting Association, feel free to contact me or visit shootatlantic.com.
Regards,
Andrea
Andrea Bassan
shootatlantic.com