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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