when from Charlottetown their gun club's top skeet shooters joined the local club's

sportsmen and enjoyed a fine afternoon's sport, and incidentally not only showed their

superiority but made a lasting impression on many Of the home club's members at the sport.

No finer sportsmen than the visitors could be desired, quite consistent with the sport itself. Thirty shooters participated with the top ten scores as follows:

R. ATKINSON (CH" TOWN) 23 23 46 W. BRYENTON (CH" TOWN) 23 22 45 R. GAY (CH" TOWN) 24 21 45 O. HARPER (CH TOWN) 22 20 42 A. HOGAN (CH" TOWN) 22 19 Al R. HENTHORNE (S'SIDE) 21 20 41 G. WILLIS (CH" TOWN) 21 20 Al H. SIMPSON (CH" TOWN) 20 17 +437 D. GALLANT (S'SIDE) 21 13. 34 A. COLES (S'"SIDE) 16 15 31

A week later hurricane Edna ripped through the Maritime provinces and upset all of the buildings at the Summerside Club. Halifax was not so fortunate and, being in the direct path of the high winds, had two of its four fields totally demolished.

As the 1954 clay target season in Charlottetown came to a close, there was evidence of great enthusiasm and club momentum. Wylie Bryenton's first- ever 25 straight and the attendance at the Maritime shoot in Fredericton had developed a new interest in personal averages and shooting competitions; and before the season ended both Glydon Willis and Ron Atkinson had accomplished the perfect score, and Ollie Harper had become the Club's top average shooter. Ten new members joined the Club in 1954 including school principal Leo MacDonald, railroaders Archie Vickerson and Eric Wilson, Dentist Bill Hogg, Dr. Clarence Coady, George Carson's business partner Uttley Birt,

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