The Naperville Trapshooter The Official Newsletter of the Naperville Sportsman s Club - September 2013 The Fred Section Members Meeting and Board Meeting We will have a member s meeting followed by a board meeting on Tuesday, September 10th. The meeting starts at 7:30; doors open at 7:00. All members are invited and urged to attend both meetings. Fred Turek Secretary Bits and Pieces Do you need or want an extra 75 th Anniversary Patch? The club has extras for sale. Contact Tom Coleman, club treasurer, to get your patch. Friends & Family Day Sunday September 15 th ATA National Trapshooting Day October 13 th President s Message Friends and Family Day The Club will be holding this event on Sunday September 15 th. It will operate like a small Open House for our Friends and Family. We will use Trap 3 for the event. Bring someone out that would like to try Trap Shooting here in Naperville. New Full and Probationary Members At the August meeting the Board approved Kevin Umsted, Rich Monti, Wayne McCallister, Alec Bolas, David Martin and Tom Jorstad for Full Membership. The Board also approved Scott Billish, John Foust and Ian Borden for Probationary Membership. When you see them in the clubhouse or on the line please congratulate them on becoming a Full or Probationary Members of the Club. Upcoming Events The Wobble league will start on September 5 th. Friends and Family Day is September 15 th. We are sponsoring an ATA event on October 13 th (ATA National Trapshooting Day). The 2014 Annual Dinner and Raffle are scheduled for June 21 st. Please mark your calendars now. New Member Orientation The next three new member orientations (informal history and workings of the club) will be held at the club on Sunday September 8 th, Sunday October 13 th and Sunday November 10 th at 10:00 AM. Please RSVP to myself at 630-842-0391. The Range Volunteer clinic will begin at 11:00 AM on those days. Everyone interested in learning how the machines work should attend. Jim Monk President
Gobble Wobble 2013 The Fall Wobble League will soon begin and that once again signals the run up to the 11 th Annual Club Turkey Shoot Naperville Sportsman s Club turkey season opens on or about Thursday, November 14 th. Win a prize turkey to gobble up on your Thanksgiving Table! The Gobble Wobble is the Club s invitation-only, member shoot. The program format is a sliding wobble, leveraging the full capability of our Pat-Traps as well as the 11 yards of the trap field. Amazingly, the outfitter continues to hold the line on cost the entry fee per hunt remains a mere buck per bird. As in years past, we allow a maximum of 20 Members per hunt, with 10 hunts planned ($10 max.). Hunting regulations stipulate a possession limit of 2 Toms so everyone gets their chance to bag this wily Naperville fowl. Rules of the hunt will be posted in the Clubhouse last year s guns receive a right of first refusal for this always-soldout event. A wait list will be available for those interested in attending this year s hunt. With enough notice, I may be able to coax Mrs. Spitter to cook up a pot of her famous turkey chili for the hunters among us gobble, gobble, gobble will be spoken here! To reserve your place, contact the outfitter. Reservations are pre-paid, so sign up and pay your money to Jay, today! Jay can be reached at (630) 369-3666 or jspitz@napervillesportsmansclub.org ATA Membership New Year Happy New Year! No, there s nothing wrong with my calendar, but September 1, is the start of the new target year for 2013-14 and it s your time to get with the program. The target year runs from 9/1 to 8/31. Join the ATA. Support the organization that governs American Trap. It s $20/year to support trapshooting. Register some targets. Keep score real score, by sampling your practice and putting those numbers to paper. Registration of targets is not for everyone. If you re the competitive sort, who wants to improve their game, keep track and use registration as a method to improve your game on the trap field. If you like the action of competition, build known ability at home and take that experience to local, state, region and national events. We re building something here. The next ATA shoot is National Trapshooting Day on October 13 th. It s our kickoff for the new year. Join the ATA and join your fellow members to register some targets. Download the form, contact the ATA or make plans to join at the shoot. For more information, speak to Scott Calhoun, Mike Moore or myself. Jay Spitz ATA Member, since 1999 Jay Spitz Naperville Turkey Outfitters
ATA event on Sunday, October 13 National Trapshooting Day Just a reminder to mark your calendar for our ATA event at Sportsman s Park on Sunday, October 13 - National Trapshooting Day. The program will be 100 singles targets (16-yards), and we ll begin shooting at Noon. The club has generously agreed to provide trophies for this shoot. We ll be shooting for leather goods from Shamrock Leathers, which will be embossed with the ATA National Trapshooting Day logo. The high-score in singles will receive a Shamrock Leathers 4-box Shell Bag. We ll also award Shamrock Leathers Box Holders to the winners of three classes. We ll use the Lewis Class method to determine class winners, similar to how we award trophies during our league shoots. All shooters will receive a National Trapshooting Day pin (while supplies last). This shoot is part of the 2014 ATA Target Year, so please make sure you have renewed your ATA membership prior to the shoot (current members should have received a renewal notice in the mail within the past few weeks). You can also join or renew on-line at http://shootata.com/memberships/membership.html. On the day of the shoot we will be selling the 2014 Illinois State Trapshooting Association membership stickers for $10 to anyone that doesn t have one. You must have a 2014 ISTA membership sticker to be able to shoot. The cost to shooters will be the $3 ATA daily fee and the $1 ISTA fee. You will also be responsible for paying for targets and shells if you need them.
Eight NSC shooters attend ATA Grand American - Moore, Wieser and Calhoun bring home trophies Eight members of NSC represented the club at the recently completed ATA Grand American Trapshooting Championships. The Grand was held August 7 thru 17. The Grand American Championships are in their 114 th year, and are contested at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta, Illinois. The championship runs for 11 days and consists of 23 events covering singles, doubles, and handicap shooting. The first five days of the program are the preliminary days, with the championship events taking place in the final week. In addition to the competition each day, the Grand is famous for its vendor row offering all things shooting related. This year the weather was close to perfect. Temperatures in the initial days were in the mid to high 80 s, but temps later in the week and thru the final weekend were high 70 s and low 80 s. There was a light rain one day during one of the handicap events, and on championship Monday there was a 90 minute delay due to a thunderstorm passing thru the area, but otherwise it was dry with very little wind providing for excellent shooting conditions. Mike Moore got things started, shooting in the first event of the prelims on Wednesday, August 7 and shot all 23 events and 2,600 targets thru the last day. Tom Clark shot the single-target events from Wednesday thru Tuesday, adding 1,300 targets to his card. Ralph Nelson stopped by for two days, shooting the preliminary 16-yard events on Thursday and Friday. Scott Calhoun and Rich Kelly shot all events beginning on Friday afternoon, totaling 1,900 targets. Ray Wieser shot starting on Saturday thru the end of the program logging 1,500 targets, and Art Jablonski and Jud Mann shot starting on Monday of championship week, carding 1,100 and 800 targets respectively. Two other NSC members, Bob Ash and Mike Stevens, paid a visit to the complex to shop and lend moral support to those of us shooting the program. In addition to the shooting, we had our annual steak dinner on Monday night. The group had an enjoyable evening at Andria s Steakhouse in O Fallon, dining on prime steaks and all the usual accompaniments. Ray Wieser missed the outing (see below), but he and Art made it to Andria s again on Wednesday night. Anyone who hasn t attended a Grand American tournament should really consider attending. Even if you don t plan on shooting or aren t an ATA member, there are plenty of things to occupy a day or two, and every shooter should take the opportunity to see the incredible facility that was built by the state to host this annual event. There are 120 trap fields stretching 3 miles in length. Event participation during the Grand saw nearly 2,000 shooters participating in the championship events, with the preliminary events drawing between 700 and 1,300 entrants. There are camping facilities for 1,000 campers and motorhomes. There are also two sporting clay courses and pistol ranges, and 24 of the fields are combination trap/skeet. It really is a mecca for shooters. Trophies NSC members Mike Moore, Ray Wieser, and Scott Calhoun each returned from this year s ATA Grand American Trapshooting Championship with trophies. Ray won two trophies, his first two from the Grand American, while Mike and Scott each won one trophy and have now collected four Grand American awards each. Mike earned a runner-up trophy in the Sub Veteran category (shooters aged 55-64) as part of the National Team Race event on Friday of preliminary week. The National Team Race is a competition between states, with each state combining the scores of the top shooters in each category. Mike had a total score of 290 on Friday, scoring a 99 in the singles, a 95 in the handicap, and a 96 in the doubles. This was the third highest score for all Illinois shooters in the subveteran category which placed Mike on the team. The Illinois team lost out to the team from Indiana for the top spot. Ray took the D Class Runner-up trophy in the Winchester Class Singles event held on Monday of Championship week. The Winchester Class singles is a 200-target 16-yard event. The event featured 1,702 shooters. Competitors shoot 100 targets in the morning and then another 100 in the afternoon. Ray scored a 97 in the morning 100 and followed that up with a 98 in the afternoon for a 195 total. Ray was 75 straight in the afternoon 100 when shooting was interrupted by a thunderstorm, causing a 90 minute delay before he could shoot the last trap. Ray ended up in a two-way tie for the runner-up trophy, so he had to stay around on Monday night for the shoot-
offs. Because Monday is the day of the opening ceremonies at the Grand, shoot-offs didn t start until around 9 pm. Ray had a 24 in the first shoot-off round, but was still tied so a second round was required. Another 24 got Ray the runner-up trophy, with the shoot-off completing just prior to 11 pm. A long day, but a good reward at the end. Scott won the A Class runner-up trophy in the ATA Doubles Championship on Friday of Championship week. The ATA Doubles Championship is 50-pairs of doubles targets, and 1,537 shooters participated. Scott posted a score of 98. A lone 99 took the top spot in A Class, while there were 10 98 s, with trophies being awarded down to fifth place. The doubles shoot-offs were held on Friday night starting around 9 pm, following the conclusion of the shootoffs for the Friday handicap event. Nine shooters took the line to determine second thru fifth place (one shooter did not show-up for the shoot-off). Scott posted an 18 in the first shoot-off round (doubles shoot-offs are 10 pairs of doubles), which was tied with one other shooter for the high score in the first shoot-off round, requiring a second round. In the second shoot-off round Scott broke 19 targets, good enough to win the runner-up trophy. It was another late night, finishing around 10 pm. Ray picked up his second trophy in the High Overall competition, winning third place in D Class. The HOA awards are based on combined score for the 1,000 targets that are shot during championship week (400 singles, 400 handicap, 200 doubles). Ray had a total score of 920 for those events. Jud Mann had a near-miss for a trophy in the Kolar Handicap on Friday of championship week. 1,987 shooters participated, with Jud posting a score of 96 in the event, which tied him for second and third place with seven other shooters in the 18 to 20 yard group. During the first shoot-off round, Jud posted a score of 24 but lost the second place trophy to a perfect score. One other shooter tied Jud with a 24, so they shot-off for the third place trophy, with Jud coming up a couple of targets short in the second shoot-off. In addition to the shoot-off on Friday night, Jud also earned a half-yard punch (yardage increase) for his score of 96. Left to Right: Mike Moore, Scott Calhoun, Ray Wieser Left to Right: Art Jablonski, Jud Mann, Scott Calhoun, Mike Moore Left to Right: Ray Wieser, Rich Kelly, Tom Clark
2013 Events Sunday, January 27 Doubles League 50-pair doubles targets each Sunday for six weeks Sunday, March 17 Irish Open 50 Target Event 25 singles and 25 handicap Thursday, March 28 Singles League 50 16-yard targets each Thursday for eight weeks Sunday, April 28 ATA Shoot Thursday, June 6 Club Handicap Championship See Bob Ash for details Sunday, June 23 ATA Shoot Sunday, August 4 ATA Shoot Thursday, September 5 Wobble League 50 16-yard wobble targets each Thursday for eight weeks Sunday, October 13 ATA Shoot National Trapshooting Day trophies will be awarded Thursday, November 14 Gobble Wobble See Jay Spitz for details
How is your Shotguns and Shooting IQ? Following is the sixteenth list of questions which were taken from a book titled Shotgun + Clay Target Sports Trivia written by Mike McGuire. See how many you know. Watch for the answers to these and more questions next month. 1. What are the three basic types of shotguns used today in the United States? 2. T or F At first, live birds were shot when released from under top hats by pulling the hats off with a string. 3. A shooting position in trap is called a ; in skeet it is called a. 4. Once the pellets escape the gases and plastic wad, what factor influences the shot charge? 18. Who was the first shooter in history to win the Grand American Roundhouse? 19. Name at least three (or more) international shotgun shell manufacturers. 20. What is the major reason to change chokes?.tom Coleman 5. T or F A good shooter will locate the clay target before he moves his gun. 6. What is the functional decoration that is cut into the grip and fore-end of your shotgun? 7. How big is the shooting square in skeet at each station? 8. What makes the loud sound of BANG! when a shot is fired? 9. What type of shotgun is commonly recommended for beginning youth trap shooters? 10. What is the protective plate called that is attached to the butt of the stock? 11. Chokes should be cleaned every time the gun is used to eliminate what two problem elements? 12. T or F Trap layouts, located on country club golf course grounds were popular in the early 1900s. 13. What three chokes usually come with new shotgun (at a minimum)? 14. What is the most popular choke combination in Olympic Trap? 15. What is the portion of the gun called with all the working parts; the action, trigger, magazine, chamber portion of the barrel? 16. What three elements does trapshooting great Kay Ohye say determines consistency in trapshooting? 17. Describe the shotgun shooting game of popinjay?
Answers to Last Month s Trivia Questions! Following are the answers to last month s Shotgun + Clay Target Sports Trivia questions. How many did you know? 1. What are the three parts of a plastic wad? Powder wad, the cushion, and the shotcup 2. What is known as a swarm of bees? Your shot string 3. The shot charge for Olympic Trap is restricted to what weight limits? 24 grams (approximately a 7/8 oz. load) 4. What range in lengthening forcing cones is the most effective from ballistic research? 1.5 to 1.75 inches 5. T or F Porting has virtually no real effect upon the velocity of shot as it leaves the muzzle. True. Remember, porting (holes) are near the end of the barrel. 6. T or F Gratuities are not permitted in skeet competitions. True, and should not be allowed by the rule book in American Trap or any clay target competitions. 7. What occurs when a shooter is right-handed with left eye dominance or vice versa? Cross-eye dominance..shooting problems 8. What year did the American Amateur Trapshooting Association (AATA) disband and start the Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA)? The American Trapshooting Association in 1919, and the Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA) in 1923. John Phillips Sousa, First President 9. T or F White Flyer manufacturers two different standard (108mm) targets for Eastern and Central U.S. vs. Western states. True. Good argument about hardness, altitudes and the effects of humidity (see Question 10-20) 10. If a trapshooter on post 3 lifts his head off the stock on a straightaway target, where will he miss the target? High 11. Do American Trap and International Skeet shooters usually us the same type and style of shooting vests? No! Skeet shooters use a slick surface extending down the total vest of the gun mounting side. 12. What style of case do most imported shotgun shell manufacturers use? Reifenhauser, a plastic tube 13. What is the bore on a shotgun? The inside of the barrel. Normally the dimensions are called by its gauge 12, 16, 20, 28 and 410. 14. T or F As a general rule for standard chokes, the total range will be between.000 and.045 thousands of an inch under bore diameter. True 15. What are the terms for the top and bottom edge of a butt plate or recoil pad? Top edge, heel; bottom edge, toe. 16. What was the name of the charter when the term proof was introduced concerning gun barrel proofing? Royal Charter of the London Company of Gun makers (1637) 17. T or F In wobble trap, the shooter is allowed two shots at each target? True. The oscillating trap throws some challenging shots. 18. What is a shell bag used for? To hold spent shells for reloading or just to help keep the field clean. Pick-up after yourself! 19. A shotgun s is determined by the physical dimensions of the butt stock relative to the shooter s physique? Fit 20. In International competitions of Olympic Trap, how many targets are shot at by men and women? 125 for men; 75 for women.tom Coleman
2013 Calendar of Events January February March Sun, 27 NSC Doubles league starts* Sun, 17 NSC Irish Open Thu, 28 NSC Singles League starts ** April May June Sun, 5 ATA (Maywood) Sun, 19 ATA (Northbrook) Sun, 26 ATA (McHenry targets only) Sun, 21 ATA (McHenry) Sun, 28 ATA (Downers Grove targets only) Sun, 28 ATA (Naperville targets only) Sun, 2 ATA (St. Charles, Bob Sommers Memorial) Thu, 6 NSC Handicap Championship Sat-Sun, 8-9 ATA (Downers Grove, Grand Chicago) Tue-Sun, 11-16 ATA Illinois State Shoot (Brittany Shooting Park, Bunker Hill, IL) Sat, 22 NSC Member Picnic Sun, 23 ATA (Naperville, targets only) Sun, 23 ATA (McHenry) Sun, 30 ATA (Northbrook) July August September Sun, 4 ATA (Naperville, targets only) Thu, 5 NSC Wobble league starts*** Sun, 4 ATA (Maywood targets only) Sat-Sun, 14-15 ATA (Downers Grove, Illinois Wed-Sun, 7-11 ATA Grand American Northern Zone) Preliminary (WSRC, Sparta, IL) Sun, 22 ATA (Northbrook, Illini Indian) Sun, 7 ATA (St. Charles, Illini Indian) Sun, 14 ATA (Downers Grove, Illini Indian) Sun, 21 ATA (McHenry, Buckle Shoot) Sun, 28 ATA (Maywood, Zone Illini Indian) Mon-Sat, 12-17 ATA Grand American Championship (WSRC, Sparta, IL) Sun, 29 ATA (St. Charles, Fall Handicap) October November December Sun, 13 ATA National Trapshooting Thu, 7 NSC Gobble Wobble Shoot Day (Naperville, trophy shoot) Sun, 20 ATA (Downers Grove, Grundy County Handicap) *-NSC Doubles League 50 pair of doubles each Sunday for six weeks, ends March 3 **-NSC Singles League 50 singles targets each Thursday for eight weeks, ends May 16 ***-NSC Wobble League 50 wobble targets each Thursday for eight weeks, end October 24
Officers and Board Members President: Jim Monk Vice President: Michael Moore Secretary: Fred Turek Treasurer: Tom Coleman Ed Heasley: Director 13 Jim Chakour: Director 13 Bob Beyer: Director 14 Steve Pfister: Director 14 Charlie Tlapa: Director 15 Ray Courney: Director 15 Park District Liaison: Brad Wilson Newsletter Editor/Publisher: Tom Coleman Club Information The Naperville Sportsman s Club PO Box 27 Naperville, IL 60566 www.napervillesportsmansclub.org Board/Member Meetings: 7:30 PM, 2 nd Tuesday Range Information Sportsman s Park Trap Range 735 S. West Street Naperville, IL 60540 Clubhouse phone: 630-848-2124 Hours of Operation: Thursdays: 6:00 10:00 PM Sundays: 12:00 6:00 PM. Final Signup at 4:00 PM Hours are subject to weather and attendance, holidays, and community events Open year round
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September 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Labor Day Wobble League Starts New Member Orientation 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NSC Board & Member Meeting 7:30 PM 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Friends & Family Day 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 October 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NSC Board & Member Meeting 7:30 PM National Trapshooting Day New Member Orientation 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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