NC ATA Delegate’s

NEWSLETTER

Terry L. Roush, ATA Delegate

5006 Stonegate Ct., Greensboro, NC 27406

(336) 674-8655 troush@att.net

December 2007

Delegate’s Comments

The holiday season is upon us again and another shooting year has gone by. I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving and are ready for Christmas. Jackie and I put lots of miles on the motorhome and Jeep again traveling to shoots in NC and other Southern Zone states including the Southern Zone telephonic shoot in Winchester. We also enjoyed three Satellite Grands and another trip to the new ATA Homegrounds in Sparta, IL for the Grand American.

Building update! The Homegrounds clubhouse construction project is really moving along and it looks like it will be a great facility. The metal building is going to be 40 by 100 feet with a 14 by 100 foot porch along the front. The building is being located west of the flagpoles on the flat area generally behind trap fields 6 and 7. The current gravel road has been moved to go behind the building and then on to field 9. Earth moving and grading have been completed and the supplier has delivered the building. By the time you read this, the concrete slab will have been poured. A significant amount of money is still needed to help complete the inside rooms and provide furnishings. If you have been waiting for some positive action before sending your tax-deductible deduction to the NCTHOF building fund, now is the time.

Congratulations to the State Team Members, the High Average Leaders and everyone that competed and achieved a personal goal. Also congratulations to Bill Howe who, once again, shot the most registered targets during the target year. Bill exceeded his previous record and shot 27,800 registered targets in 2007. In addition, congratulations are in order for Jim Wilson who became the 18^th NC shooter to get an AA27AA pin. This year there was a slight decrease in the number of shooters who shot 10,000 or more registered targets. Twenty-one NC shooters became members of this year’s “10,000 Club”. Shooter score statistics included in this newsletter are also on the NCTA web-site www.nctrap.com.

Chuck and Sandie Patterson have been doing an excellent job managing the State Team points system for the last few years and have volunteered to do it again this year. I really appreciate their dedication to this task. Please thank Chuck and Sandie when you see them.

I would like to thank Doug McKinney for continuing to lead the SCTP program as the NC State Director. We all need to support this program as much as we can. The youth shooters introduced through this program are the ones that will help carry on our trapshooting traditions. If you can donate money, guns, ammo and/or time, please contact Doug. NC SCTP teams again enjoyed competing at this year’s Grand American with the guidance and help of Doug, Kim and the SCTP volunteer coaches. As you may know, the Durham County Wildlife Club will host an NRA/ATA Trap Coach School on January 19 and 20, 2008. Doug and Kim McKinney have been working with ATA Youth Programs Director Edie Reynolds to set this up. They would like to see at least one person from each NC club attend the school. Please contact Doug, Kim, Edie or me for further information.

I would like to thank and congratulate all the North Carolina gun club managers and shooters for another good year. In state, we threw 736,775 targets, which was less than the previous year principally due to not having a Southern Zone site at Bostic in 2007. Bostic will be a Zone telephonic site in 2008 and that should help us get back on track.

I would also like to recognize the NCTA and HOF BOD members for their leadership and hard work. They have planned at least 4 major shoots at the NC Homegrounds for 2008. Greg High is doing an outstanding job as NCTA President as is Bob Keever as the NCTHOF president. Thanks also to all the volunteers that help make the Homegrounds shoots successful.

Please remember that donations to the North Carolina Trapshooters Hall of Fame, Inc. are tax deductible. If you are looking for another charity for a tax deduction this year, the NCTHOF will certainly put your money to good use. Donations can be sent to: NCTHOF, %Ken Duncan, 540 Junie Beauchamp Rd, Advance, NC 27006. The NCTHOF BOD will certainly appreciate your personal contributions, as well as, any fund raising ideas or suggestions you may have.

Don’t forget to check out www.tarheeltrap.com from time to time. Freddy Redmon, who maintains the TarHeel web site, does a great job with shoot dates, winner’s lists, information, pictures and the trap shooting chat room.

In closing, Jackie and I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah and Happy New Year. We hope 2008 will be a great year for everyone. It has been an honor and a pleasure to serve as your ATA Delegate this year. Please contact me if you have questions or need assistance.

Terry Roush

Southern Zone Shoot Dates 2008

Dixie Grand – January 14 - 20	North Carolina State – June 11 – 15
Southern Grand – March 10 – 16	Tennessee State – June 5 – 8
Florida State – March 25 – 30	Kentucky State – July 2 – 6
Georgia State – May 1 – 4	Virginia State – July 2 – 6
South Carolina State – May 14 – 18	West Virginia State – July 10 – 13
Mississippi State – May 22 – 25	Southern Zone – July 17 – 20
Alabama State – May 29 – June 1	Grand American – August 6 – 16

NC State Team

	Men	Points		Women	Points
Captain	Jim Wilson	492	Captain	Jeri Wilson	529
2	Greg High	366
3	Darvin Cornett	320		Veteran	Points
4	Chuck Patterson	214	Captain	Charlie Brown	591
5	George Brown	158	2	Bill Howe	325
	Junior	Points		Senior Veteran	Points
Captain	Chris Lane	456	Captain	Bob Ladwig	418
	Sub Junior	Points
Captain	Justin Young	344

NC High Average Leaders

	Men	HAA Average		Women	HAA Average
1	Darvin Cornett	.939759	1	Jeri Wilson	.877411
2	Bob Schultz	.938863
3	Jim Wilson	.930426
4	Brad Barnett	.917809		Veteran	HAA Average
5	George Sudderth	.917324	1	Charlie Brown	.932161
			2	Ken Duncan	.918822
	Junior	HAA Average
1	Chris Lane	.878948		Senior Veteran	HAA Average
			1	Robert Ladwig	.885637
	Sub Junior	HAA Average
1	Grant Thomas	.885446

NC 2006 Target Attainment Leaders – 21 Shooters Join the 10,000 Club

1	Bill Howe	27800	12	Roy Price	12650
2	Ken Rhyne	17300	13	Larry High	12500
3	Dennis Taylor	16600	14	Jeri Wilson	12400
4	Billy Thigpen	15800	15	Roger Shaffer	12200
5	Ken Duncan	15400	16	George Brown	11800
6	Charlie Brown	14900	17	Bob Schultz	11700
7	Marty Hill	14000	18	Wayne Averill	10800
8	Greg High	13900	19	Jerry Oxyer	10200
9	Jim Wilson	13700	20	Charley Ackroyd	10200
10	Jeff Galloway	13300	21	George Ponton	10000
11	Chuck Patterson	12700

Target Summary by Club and Year

	Targets	Targets	Targets	Targets	Targets
Gun Club	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
North Carolina State Shoot	165,400	179,700	164,900	174,200	163,800
North Carolina Home Grounds	240,675	196,150	224,900	256,200	134,050
Buckhorn Rifle & Pistol Club	107,800	116,725	116,850	84,600	134,500
Buncombe County Wildlife Club	19,350	20,000	25,250	20,600	23,500
Charlie Brown Gun Club	29,400	15,500	14,350	29,200	16,000
Coharie Shooting League	29,000	27,100	34,900	25,300	28,800
Durham County Wildlife Club	26,600	28,175	28,100	24,150	25,300
Ft. Bragg Clay Target Center	104,800	112,800	82,500	79,400	67,900
Gastonia Parks & Recreation	16,500	13,400	13,000	21,700	4,100
Lejeune Shooting Club	2,200	10,100	6,200	10,700	5,900
Old Hickory R & PC, Bostic, NC	3,500	30,800	22,800	28,700	22,025
Old Hickory GC, Wilson, NC	5,200	12,000	23,500	30,100	26,400
Polk County Gun Club	0	0	0	15,100	4,400
Rockingham County Gun Club	48,825	59,375	40,575	24,600	26,200
Watauga Gun Club	155,450	154,800	100,850	83,800	53,900
Clubs Total for Year	971,200	976,625	898,675	908,350	736,775

NC Shooters Life-Time High Target Attainment (as of 8/31/2007)

	SINGLES			HANDICAP			DOUBLES
1	Glenn Miller	141,900	1	Glenn Miller	129,850	1	Ken Duncan	99,950
2	Charlie Brown	130,200	2	Charlie Brown	107,200	2	Charlie Brown	85,900
3	George Ponton	123,250	3	Dennis Taylor	101,025	3	Glenn Miller	83,300
4	Dennis Taylor	117,850	4	Ken Duncan	100,100