The first shoot on the new layout, and the first of the season, was held on August 12th with a very small turnout, as would be the pattern for what was left of the season. On August 26th, in the A.M., prior to regular shooting, the range was open to Maritime Electric Co. Ltd., to conduct a staff shoot which, to our knowledge, was the first time a clay target facility on the Island was ever used for a private competition.

In the Maritimes, clay target shooting was booming, still running successfully on the momentum built by Dunc Morrison in the 1950's. The three-day championship shoot, with new skeet and trap events, was held in Halifax over the Labour Day weekend, with the largest entry in history participating, including gunners from the newer clubs like St. John's, Newfoundland, and Stellarton, Nova Scotia. With the Newfoundland Club came a motion, and approval, at the annual meeting to change the name of the organization to the Atlantic Trap and Skeet Association (A.T.S.A.). While things were going well on the Maritime scene it was the opposite in Charlottetown with only eleven gunners paying dues for the year, and were it not for the efforts of Bob Hyndman, George Carson, Harley Ings and Bill Morrell, the Club may well have died.

While casual activity was low-ebb there was always the challenge of the Provincial Championships, and just the anticipation of them picked up the pace in late summer. They were held on the single field at Mount Herbert on Sept. 17th, and, to accommodate expected numbers, were started early in the morning. It was a good decision because before the day was over 28 entries had shot skeet, and a record breaking 39 entries, trap. To add a flair, Harry Cottle of C.I.L., who had inherited Dunc Morrison's job as Secretary/Treasurer of the Maritime Association, was on hand to officially open the new field. Former champion Bob Hyndman won the skeet title witha 48, following a shootoff with Ken Clements of Montague. Don Boulter of Summerside took the trap title with 49,

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