three fields and single trap layout. The 396 rounds, combined with the large practice entry on Sunday and the bear trap, tested the new facility, but everything operated without a single breakdown. Sunday shooting was common in a few Maritime centres, but, by both habit and decree, was considered taboo on the Island-- practice was conducted in an aura of secrecy.

The big event had its share of firsts. Apart from the fact that the Maritime Championships were on the Island for the first time, it was also the first time that A.T.A. (American Trapshooting Association) classifications were used and the first time a 100 straight was recorded in a Maritime event (Laurie Saulnier, his third ever). It was also the first time that Maritime high average shooter Laurie Saulnier had ever visited the Island, and that a Charlottetown gunner had been a Maritime contender (I finished runner-up to Saulnier, following a shootoff with Dr. J.K. Sullivan of Saint John).

The results of the 1956 Maritime Championships in Charlottetown were as follows:

SKEET CHAMPION LAURIE SAULNIER (HALIFAX) 100 X 100 CLASS AA RON ATKINSON (CH'TOWN) 96 RUNNER-UP DR. J. SULLIVAN (ST. JOHN) 96 CLASS A DR. K. SEAMAN (ST. JOHN) 95 R/U HOWARD SMITH (HALIFAX) 94 CLASS B_ DR. D.R. McINNIS (TRURO) 93 R/U WALTER CARVER (CH'TOWN) 90 CLASS C _ ART HOGAN (CH' TOWN) 92 R/U BOB BARDSLEY (SAINT JOHN) 90 CLASS D JOHN MCCURDY (SYDNEY) 84 R/U C. DEWOLFE (DARTMOUTH) 81 CLASS E GEORGE GILL (MONCTON) 81 R/U BOB COSSITT (SYDNEY) 79 TRAP CHAMPION DR. F. MACLEOD (ST. JOHN) 94 CLASS A BERT STEVENS (DARTMOUTH) 90 R/U WALTER SAULNIER (HALIFAX) 90 CLASS B- DR. D.R. MCINNIS (TRURO) 89

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