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Last Update:26May10
*** 2010 State Shoot Status Update #2 ***
26May10
Thanks
to many TSTA board members, the Nashville Gun Club, and many valuable
others.
Many hours of effort have been put forth by these dedicated people to
get things back in order. Everything at the Nashville Gun Club is
almost ready for the Tennessee State Trapshooting
Championships starting on the 10th of June. There are a few minor issues
remaining to be address but have no fear we will have a great shoot at the NGC.
*** 2010 State Shoot Status Update #1 ***
11May10
As many of you know Nashville and the Nashville Gun Club
(NGC) recently experienced massive flooding. The club house at the
NGC was spared but the fields and trap machines were not so lucky.
The good news is that we feel confident the 2010 Tennessee State
Shoot will be held as scheduled. Work is being done this week on
the traps and the initial reports are very good. Be sure to check
back as I will attempt to update this page at least weekly leading up
to the shoot. We also want to thank the many of you that have expressed
concern during this time.
*** May 15-16 Shoot in Nashville Cancelled ***
Due to the flooding at the Nashville Gun Club the two day shoot scheduled for May 15-16, 2010 has been cancelled.
*** Big Water in Memphis ***
3May10
Due to the large amount of rain in west Tennessee all MSSA trap houses are
under water. The main club house has 3 feet of water in the building. All
shooters are advised to call before coming to a trap shoot, especially the May
15 & 16 Mid-South Open. It will take some time to clean & repair the
Pat traps and remove all the damaged targets & shells. Your patience,
understanding, and support are very much appreciated.
13Oct07
*** 6 New Pats at Hog Heaven ***
*** Hog Heaven has installed 6 new Pat Traps that are ready for the 5 day "Mountain Days" shoot October 17-22th. Hog Heaven also has scores posted from their Sept shoot at www.hogheavengc.com
19Sep07
*** 2008 Shoot dates ***
*** Start marking your calendars
for the 2008 shooting year. We are getting some shoot dates approved
for 2008. Some clubs have a not got their dates in yet but keep
checking back for updates.
***If you think you may need a hotel/motel room for the state
shoot you can go ahead and make reservations now as the state shoot
dates have been announced. As before the state shoot will coincide with
the CMA Music Festival, so get your rooms early.
***Also the Nashville Gun Club will be a host site for the ATA Southern Zone in 2008.
24Aug07
*** TENNESSEE 2nd in attendance at the 2007 Grand American. ***
Tennessee was 2nd in attendance at the 2007 Grand American with
427 shooters, trailing only the host state of IL. This is a very
good showing by the volunteer state shooters it was certainly
helped by our successful SCTP program. Most events at the 2007
Grand American had a decline in participation, but on the whole the
numbers were up. For full details take a look at 2007 Grand Attendance (pdf file).
*** TSTA President Ben Loveless Receives Special Award ***
The
ATA has announced its "2007 ATA Special Recognition Awards Winners".
And TSTA President Ben Loveless is awarded "Volunteer Of The
Year". Only four different Special Recognitions were awarded,
"Photo Of The Year", "Supporter Of The Year", "Volunteer Of The Year",
and "Gun Club Of The Year". Congratulations Ben on this special award.
21Aug07
*** TENNESSEE Winners at the 2007 Grand American ***
SCTP competition at the Grand American
Junior Varsity Division (Grades 9-12)
1st Place- Tennessee—Arlington Trappers, 965
(pictured below LtoR) (Coach Simons, Cody Cochran of Arlington, Brandon
Barker of Arlington, Taylor Garrison of Bartlett, Curtis Robinson of
Arlington, Keaton Irving of Arlington). Cody and Taylor are employees
of the Memphis SSA during the summer. For more on this go to the Memphis SSA website.
(Thanks to Bill Hardison for photo)
Rookie Division (Grades 5 and under)
1st Place - Tennessee—Chester County Smokin' Eagles, 919
(Dalton Mitchell of Luray, Blake Carnell of Henderson, Cole Lawrence,
Brandon Hughes of Reagan, Jake Williams of Beech Bluff).
3rd Place - Tennessee—Hoodlum Alley Claybusters, 818
(Vincent Caldwell of Shelbyville, James Haithcote of Unionville, Chase
Smith of Shelbyville, Matthew Townes of Shelbyville, James Anthony of
Shelbyville).
Event # 1 - South Dakota Shooters Singles
Class B Runner Up Caleb W
Williams
Jefferson City
Class D Runner Up David N Johnson
Dyersburg
Event # 2 – Chester County Tn Handicap
Lady Winner
Elizabeth Russell
McKenzie
Event # 3 - Ohio Sportsman's Club Singles
Class B Runner Up
Joshua B Triplett
Puryear
Junior Winner
Ethan F Campbell
Murfreesboro
Event # 4 - Sparta Handicap
Champion
Mitchel
Loveless II
Murfreesboro
Event # 6 - Kay Ohye Handicap
Sub Junior Winner
Alex J Koella
Jefferson City
Event # 10 - Deborah Ohye-Neilson Doubles
Class C Winner
Justin W Cox
Henderson
Event # 12 - Enhancing Today Handicap
Junior Winner
Deambra N Allsup
New Market
Event # 16 - Budweiser Handicap
Junior Runner Up
Tom Kelley
Talbott
Event # 18 - Singles Class Championship
Junior Winner
Randal S Layman Jr
Fayetteville
Junior Runner Up
Mark L Filley Jr
Crossville
Event # 20 - President Ray Greb Handicap
24 Yard 3rd Place
Ben F Loveless
Manchester
Event # 21 - Ata Clay Target Championship
Class A Runner Up
Tim Lusby
Madison
Mcgarry High Junior
Randal S Layman Jr
Fayetteville
Sub Jr Class B Runner Up Trent Inman
Murfreesboro
Jr Class AAA Runner Up Randal S Layman Jr Fayetteville
Event # 25 - Doubles Championship
Class AAA Winner
Mitchel Loveless II
Murfreesboro
Event # 26 - Parliament Coach Handicap
Sub Junior 3rd Place
Trent Inman
Murfreesboro
27 Yard 3rd Place
Charles Morrison Jr
Columbia
*** TSTA Director Charlie Morrison Jr
broke his first 200 straight in singles at the Grand to complete
his ATA Grand SLAM ! What a great accomplishment, congratulations
Charlie.
(A Grand Slam is 100 in doubles, 200 in singles and 100 in Handicap from 27 Yards).
Congratulations to all of our Tennessee winners at the Grand.
1Aug07
*** Congrats to the Coffee County ClayBusters and
their coach TSTA President Ben Loveless for placing 2nd in the Junior
Varsity Division (Grades 9 to 12) (Nashville June 29-30).
The ClayBusters pictured here (L to R) are Chris Riley of Beech
Grove, Corey Oakley of Hillsboro, Jim White of Manchester,
Cody Moore of Manchester, and Travis Stacey of Manchester,
and Coach Loveless. The team broke 949 of 1000 targets at the
State SCTP Competition in Nashville on June 29-30. ***
***
Corey Raper (above) of the Claybusters trap shooting team displays his
trophy for having the highest score in the Junior Varsity division.
Corey broke 197 of 200 in the program and 25 straight in the shootoff
for his win. Corey also shot his first 100 straight at the shoot.
Congratulations Corey, that is great shooting keep it up.
***