potatoes for the first beginner to break 15 targets. O. S. Harper - prize for the highest average during the provincial shoot on Dominion Day. Hugh Simpson - pen set for the winner of Class E in the provincial shoot. Atkinson's Groceteria — $5.00 worth of groceries for the first 25 straight scored. S. T. Green Co. - 5 lb. box of chocolates for the first lady member to break 10 targets."

It should be remembered that in 1954, the Charlottetown Skeet Club was operating with some difficulty, in that, with a still growing membership, the confines of a single field made it very difficult for a member to get more than one round in during an afternoon. I still recall the admiration I had for Secretary/Treasurer Art Hogan who, for a number of years, did his job without complaint and without the benefit of a clubhouse, controlling the shooting, providing shells out of the trunk of his car, as well as continually bringing four or five cases of targets out to the Club for each shoot to compensate for the very limited storage facilities.

The Provincial Skeet Championship, held on July lst, was the first major clay target event on Prince Edward Island since 1949, and also the first event to feature 100 targets. The competition took the entire day and was highlighted by a visit of five gunners from the Moncton Gun Club. The old Remington traps endured only two release wire breaks, and young tire retreader, Wylie Bryenton, won the first Provincial Skeet Championship.

Another long dreamed of accomplishment was achieved on this day, amid great excitement, when Wylie Bryenton, during his third round, reached the doubles without a miss, and with growing attention from all present, moved through the doubles at 1, 2, and 6. At station 7 he very nervously hit the double and elected to take his option from the same low house

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