while Alan Crue was right behind him with a 48. Again, it was both the Summerside and Montague members who made the shoot successful, but it did bring out a new local shooter who scored a 40 at trap and a 32 at skeet in his first competition...Edward (Teddy) Woodruff would help the Club survive the troubled times, and become one of the leading shotgunners in Atlantic Canada over the next ten years.

Bill Morrell became the new Club President in 1967, and prepared the Club for their first full shooting season on the Ings' farm at Mount Herbert. With clubs operating in each county, a belated need was anticipated for an association to govern their activities, and, on March 12th, at the Parkdale Fire Hall, the Prince Edward Island Trap and Skeet Association was formed with Jim Little as president and Alan Crue Secretary/Treasurer; both were from the Summerside area. Charlottetown's contribution would be Harley Ings as Vice-President. With no money, the new Association approached the Provincial Government and received a grant of $75.00 on the basis of organizing a Youth Safety Training and Development programme, which ended up being a simple Hunter Safety Course for a few of the Club members. For obvious reasons the grant was never renewed, but the P.T.S.A. did do an excellent job of organizing the annual fall Classic, 'The Provincial.'

A new interest in clay target shooting came from gunners east of the city, and there was increased activity at the weekly shoots held on Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons, but few of the transient shooters elected to join the Club. There was certainly more reason for optimism compared to the past few years, but circumstances, combined with rapidly rising ammunition prices, would make the enthusiasm short lived.

The 1967 classic was held on Labour Day, and, with badges and good merchandise prizes as the attraction, drew a good group of gunners. The 49 X 50

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