his accomplishments when he dusted 100 straight targets to win the Club championship--the first time it had ever been accomplished by an Island shooter in competition at home.

Five Charlottetown gunners attended the Canadian skeet championships held in Dartmouth concurrently with the Atlantic shoot: Bill Morrell, Ted Woodruff, Harley Ings, and the Atkinsons. All gave a fair account of themselves, with only Bill Morrell and Ronnie Atkinson bringing home any Canadian Championship medals.

Proper shooting classification of members had been a problem for years. National Skeet shooting Classifications were the subject of many foul-ups, and many members had a negative attitude toward them. Therefore a new system was devised whereby every member's skeet average was kept and applied to a class system with a differential of four percentage points between each, running from a top class of AA (96% +) through A (92% +), B (88% +), C (84% +), D (80% +), E (76% +), and F (up to 76%). The system was basically simple and with constant control and updating, worked well and gave club activity a new dimension in competition. It was a far cry from the confusing efforts of a century ago, but at this stage was limited to the more popular game of skeet. Trapshooting, for the time being, would have to remain with the luck-of-the-draw Lewis System. For serious trapshooters there was always the National A.T.A. Classifications.

At the provincial championships, in August, Bill Morrell's 99 won the skeet title while Ted Woodruff won the trap with a 96. Ronnie Atkinson won both junior titles, as did George Carson in senior. Teddy Woodruff took high-overall with 193 in a downplaying of the event in order to give the Provincial Champions more emphasis. Also held in August, for the first time, were the Island Small Gun Championships, (20, 28 and .410). I took the 20 gauge title, Allan Ford the 28, and Harley Ings the .410.

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