"‘Belvidere' and 'Newstead' shotgunner Fred Hyndman. The new owner had little interest in the lower portion of the property, and the Club executive assumed that it might only be a matter of time until it was re- sold, and relocation would have to be considered.

Despite everything, the Island shoot was held on September 25th and 36 gunners arrived to participate, including 18 from Summerside, two of whom would take the titles back with them:

SKEET CHAMPION - JIM LITTLE (S'side) 49 X 50 R/U ALAN CRUE (S'side) 46 CLASS B ALBERT MACEWEN (Ch'town) 46 R/U FRED ANDREWS (Ch'town) 42 CLASS C NORMAN MACLEOD (Ch'town) 36 R/U EDWARD MCKENNA (S'side) 36 ‘TRAP CHAMPION DAVID BARLOW (S'side) 48 R/U KEN CLEMENTS (Montague) 43 CLASS B NORMAN MACLEOD (Ch'town) 39 R/U DOMIE GALLANT (S'side) 39 CLASS C ARNOLD BOSWELL (Ch'town) 41 R/U LORNE DOIRON (Ch'town) 41

Unknown at the time was the fact that this would be the last skeet and trap shooting done at the Highfield range. The Club, with no incentive left, Closed down for the season. There was no annual meeting and it was not until the early summer of 1966 that the full impact of relocation hit. David Hyndman had sold the Club property to Dr. George Bishop, who soon made his intentions known to the executive ina letter stating that they were welcome to remain there but, from this time forward the rental would be $500. annually, which was $499. more than they had been paying for the past sixteen years. Harley Ings offered an area of his father's farm at Mount Herbert which

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