TRAP RESULTS

HIGH GUN EVAN THOMPSON (DARTMOUTH) 45 X 50 CLASS A GLYDON WILLIS (CHARLOTTETOWN) 44 CLASS B D.E. PATTERSON (MONCTON) 37 CLASS C CON GALLANT (CHARLOTTETOWN ) 31

TWO-MAN CHAMPIONS - OLLIE HARPER & BILL MORRELL

Because of pressure from visiting shooters, a full range of classes was used in both events. In the concurrent Provincial competition, it was Ron Atkinson winning the skeet title and Glydon Willis becoming the first-ever Island Trapshooting Champion.

The competition proved to local members that they could not only compete confidently in all classes on a Maritime level--but they were capable of hosting a major event. With this in mind, a large delegation headed for the Championships in Halifax on Labour Day, prepared to put a bid in for the 1956 Maritime event.

The trip over to Halifax was an experience in itself when Glydon Willis and I (and our wives) became stranded on a clay-road shortcut in central Nova Scotia when a tie-rod fell off my car. There is little habitation on top of the Lynn Mountain, and, leaving the women with the car, we walked over two miles before we came to a small house. There was no one home, but a window was ajar, so we made our way in and called for assistance from Springhill. Needless to say, we arrived in Halifax very late, with Glydon determined to make me stay on the main roads from this time forward.

Halifax held a large competition on their new (remember Hurricane Edna) four-field layout at Lewis Lake. A 20 gauge, 50-target event was added for the first time to Maritime competition, and with the .410, provided an extra incentive to the shoot. Dr. Forbes Macleod of Saint John won the open skeet championship with a 96. Of the ten Charlottetown gunners in

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