shot. The realization was evident that, with membership still growing, the immediate future was secured, and seasons of 5000 rounds total were well within the parameters of achievement.

By 1983 the annual routine of Atlantic shooting competitions, as they related to Charlottetown gunners, was pretty well established; at home of course there was "The Hyndman" and in September the now popular "Potato Open," and a good local entry could always be counted on at the close-by shoots in Stellarton, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick. More local gunners every year were now heading for major competitions in Sydney, Dartmouth, and other Maritime centres, but these, for the most part, had yet to be classed as routine on Charlottetown shooters' schedules.

Apart from the Atlantic events, and championship provincial competitions, there were many successful Club shoots, ranging from team contests to an annual pro-am where established club members team up with novice skeet shooters in a fun event that has a motive of introducing new enthusiasts into the game. All local competitions were well attended and successful, due in some part to the membership's acceptance of the Club classification system.

The Charlottetown Trap and Skeet Club had come to power once again from relative obscurity, this time to become one of the strongest clay target shooting clubs in Eastern Canada, evidenced by their (to date) five straight club team "Rose Bowl" Championships-- including a 1980 record breaker in Moncton, New Brunswick, where Roger Giddings, Harley Ings, Don Stapleton, Ron and Ronnie Atkinson, and Bill Morrell shattered 725 out of 750 targets (96.6%) to establish an enviable score that may last for many years to come.- In 1980 and 1982 the Club hosted two of the largest three-day Atlantic Skeet Championships in history, with organization that included, thanks to Bill Morrell's wife, Yvonne, the serving of a variety

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