Trap Range

Although the range has been kept open as much as possible the long stretch of bad weather has minimized our regular Wednesday evening and Sunday morning sessions. Let us hope for better more favorable cooperation from Mother Nature in March

That being said, the Holiday Cup scheduled to be held on Sunday, March 28 has been postponed until Sunday, April 25, due to my being required to have eye surgery on March 26 and therefore unable to organize and manage the event on Sunday, March 28.

Dick Reichter
Director
Trap Operations

This will be a one day event that was held in December in previous years but due to the pervasive problem of bad weather I am moving to the spring in 2010. The “Holiday” interpretation will be a celebration of those Holidays that suggest the end of winter and the beginning of spring such as; Easter, May Day, Mother’s Day, etc.

This will be a one day event open to members, their spouses and children between the ages of 15 and 21 living at home that regularly support the club’s trap activities. It will be Sunday, April 25th, from 9:00 am until noon.

Prizes will be free rounds of trap good for one year and trophies. There will include 3-4 different events plus a raffle type participation offering cash prizes.

This will be a one day event open to members, their spouses and children between the ages of 15 and 21 living at home that regularly support the club’s trap activities. There will be an approximate 60 day qualifying period. Every person that signs up for the event will qualify in a flight consisting of participants with similar qualifying scores and will shoot on the finals day for prizes. Prizes will be free rounds of trap good for one year plus trophies. The event will include 3-4 different events plus a “raffle” type participation offering cash prizes. Qualifying will begin on Sunday, June 20, and Finals will be on August 29.

This will be a one day event open to members, their spouses and children between the ages of 15 and 21 living at home that regularly support the clubs trap activities and the public (adults only). There will be approximately ten events for which each participant may enter not more than six. It will be held on Sunday, November 14 from 9:00 am until noon, with a rain date of November 21.

Prizes will be Turkeys and cash.

This will be a one day event consisting of multiple events open to both members and the public 21 years of age or older. Prizes will be a variety of quality “Cheers: to be enjoyed only “off premises” It will be held on Sunday December 12 from 9:00 am until noon.

The Club is offering a beginner to "Introduction to Trap Shooting" class for ASC members, of any age, on Sunday, May 9, 2010 at 11:00 am, and Sunday, June 27.

This is a free, comprehensive, hands on, class with volunteer personal instructors and should answer any and all questions you might have and introduce you to the great sport of trapshooting.

This is an introduction to the sport of Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays. It will include an explanation of equipment required for Trap Shooting, safety practices and procedures, sportsmanship and protocols, recommended shooting posture including how to sight a gun and an explanation of the differences between how one "points" rather than "aims" a trap gun.

Each attendee will be assigned an Instructor and will experience shooting both straight and variable flights from each shooting position.

The Instructors will include: Al Croteau, Dick Reichter, Ken Griffin, Ken Hartman, and Frank Bleszinski. If you have not shot Trap in some time or if you have ever had a desire to so do, this class is an ideal opportunity to learn the basics of Trap Shooting.

Classes are limited so get on board ASAP - For further information contact: Dick Reichter, Trap Director at Eatongrp@aol.com.

ASC 2009 ANNUAL MEMBERS TRAP CHAMPIONSHIP

All ASC members are urged to participate in this years event. Please do not let the reference to: "Championship" cause you to think that this event is only for premier trap shooters. Quite to the contrary, we want many members to join us....

Qualifying takes place by shooting a certain number of qualifying rounds anytime prior to September 1. On any Wednesday night or Sunday morning there will be lots of people available to help you learn to shoot trap and/or respond to any questions you may have.

Please do not let the word QUALIFYING discourage you. That is not meant to suggest that those that are not qualified to win the championship will be eliminated.

Qualifying simply means placing each participant into a group (Flight) with others of a similar experience including those that have never broken a "Bird," or shoot trap in any form.

In fact, everyone that signs up will qualify for the final "shoot off" on September 27th within their own flight, with a rain date of October 4th. All flights will have trophies and free rounds as prizes but of much greater importance you will have a lot of laughs and a great deal of fun.

Even if your primary interest involves pistol or rifle or archery shooting or if you are an old timer or a brand new member, participating in this event is a great way to get to know other club members and help to continue making our club one of shared enthusiasm and purpose.

All those interested in participating please contact either Al Croteau, Al DesRoche or Dick Reichter.

We hope that anyone interested in Trap Shooting, or the sport of shooting in general, will consider participating next year in that which has become an annual Club Championship Series.

Although a "championship" is involved the true emphasis is not on competing but on camaraderie and simply having a great time. The event is organized in a manner that provides an equal opportunity to win prizes to both accomplished "trappers" and those that have never tried the sport. Prizes include the winner’s name being placed on a permanent plaque in the club house wall plus individual trophies and free trap rounds.

We are delighted that participants now include ladies, children and families and we hope that trend will continue. The event is organized in a manner that creates continuing interest throughout the summer months ending with a "Finals Day" in September. Every person that participates will not only enjoy. The summer preliminaries but will also have an opportunity to win prizes on the Finals Day, regardless of their level of experience.

The 2008 event had 27 participants which was up from 22 in 2007 and 15 in 2006. We sincerely hope this trend will continue and that more ASC members will look upon this event as an opportunity to enjoy one of our club’s excellent facilities.

The results of the 2008 Championship series were:

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT

Winner: Whit Haselton
Runner up: Mark Rochon

FIRST FLIGHT

Winner: Frank Bleszinski

SECOND FLIGHT

Winner: Jimmy Hehir

In order to help us get through the cold winter months we will soon commence the second annual HOLIDAY CUP, a companion event to the annual summer Club Championship Series. We again encourage all members that have an interest in simply having a good time to join us. If you need anything including equipment, instructions, etc please see Al Croteau or Al Desroche and they will be delighted to assist you. The only restrictions are that children under 12 years of age may not participate and youth under the age of 18 must have the consent of, and be accompanied by, a Parent or guardian.

The range is open to the public every Sunday morning from 9 till 12 noon and on Wednesday nights from 5 PM till 9 PM. If you want to learn about trap come on down anytime the range is open. One of the range officer will be more than happy to help you. If you wish to be emailed any information regarding trap, email Al at N733yz1@yahoo.com and he will send out information as he gets it.

The new nets were installed on the range, NO SHOT larger than 7 1/2 and no powder charges larger than 3 drams are allowed on the range. See Al if you have any questions on larger shots. Any damage to the nets by someone violating this rule. That person will be responsible for the cost of repair.

There is a new target frame on the outdoor range for patterning your shotgun with any shot larger than 7 1/2. Make sure you read the instruction sheet posted on the outdoor range for the use of this target. It is located on the left side of the range in front of the 50 yard berm.