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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