FTSC CLUB NEWS

FTSC and The Gun Dealer attend 2010 Shot Show in Las Vegas

L-R FTSC President, Laurence Gilbey, The Gun Dealer, Ross Faulkner, and FTSC webmaster Blake Stewart

Updated February.09/2010

January.10, 2010 - The Fredericton Trap & Skeet Club's AGM will be held at the club.

October.18, 2009 - The Fredericton Trap & Skeet Club was pleased to host the first annual Royal New Brunswick Rifle Association, Provincial Shotgun Championship, at our club facilities located at 3098 Hanwell Road. The October 18th event consisted of 75 clay targets (25 skeet, 25 trap and 25 five stand) The top score of 69/75 was shot by Evan Shaw. 2nd Runner up was Hugh Baird with a
64/75 score. 3rd Runner up was Austin Estabrooks with a tie score of 64/75.

Hugh won the tie with the most consecutive clays broken. The all day shoot was attended by RNBRA President, Bob Kierstead. Steven Stewart, coordinator of awards for the RNBRA was also present. The weather was cooperative and many participants commented that they liked the format of this type of shoot with the three shotgun disciplines combined in one event. FTSC is an affiliated member of the RNBRA and welcomes the opportunity to partner with them in the shooting sports.

2009 Royal New Brunswick Rifle Association Provincial Shotgun Championship Photo Gallery

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August.15, 2009 - The 2009 Browning Summer Classic Shoot was held under a sunny sky with a
record setting attendance of 149 shooters. We acknowledge and appreciate the
generous and continued support of Browning Canada. Regional representative,
Mr. Jack Keeley was on hand for the day along with our local Browning
sponsor, Mr. Ross Faulkner of the Gun Dealer in McAdam.

High Over All (HOA) winner, Jamie MacInnis from Ontario won the 2009
Browning Summer Classic Shoot with an impressive score of 91/100. It was a
distinct pleasure to have Jamie visit our club for the first time. He and
his wife were on vacation, touring New Brunswick. Please feel free to join
us again in the future.

The other scores for this Lewis Class shoot are as follows;

1st Runner up -   Joe Chamberlain - 90
2nd Runner up -  Eldon Belyea - 83

A Class Winner - Don Cairns - 82
A Class Runner Up - John Leonard - 81

B Class Winner - Ryan Sprague - 67
B Class Runner Up - Bob Little - 67

C Class Winner - Mike Crowell - 62
C Class Runner Up - Gille Daigle - 62

D Class Winner - Keith Fowler - 55
D Class Runner Up - Calvin Williams - 55

E Class Winner - Nancy Hanscome - 44
E Class Runner Up - Wally Muir - 44

The winner of the Limited Edition Browning shotgun was J.T. McGee from
McAdam.

2009 Browning Shoot Photo Gallery

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July.18, 2009 - The 14th Annual Beretta Atlantic Sporting Clays Challenge was held on July 18th. The day dawned cloudy and though rained appeared threatening, only a few light sprinkles were evident. Nevertheless, this did not pose a problem for the 168 entrants who generally felt that this was the “best course ever”. Many thanks to Dave Bell, Rob Burtt, George Phillips, Al Robichaud and others who helped immeasurably in designing and developing such an interesting and challenging course. As always, we are most grateful for the support of Ross Faulkner, The Gun Dealer, whose extraordinary contributions to this shoot, and to our club in general, play a key role in the success we enjoy. The prize committee headed by John Lockerbie, once again was able to assemble an enviable selection of prizes from which participants could choose. As such, we are much appreciative of the members of our local communities who have donated their merchandise and services to our shoot. Their names are prominently displayed on posters in our club, and we ask that you continue to support their businesses in return!
The winner this year with a course record of 90/100 was Adam Jarvis. With first pick of the prize table, Adam chose the Hanscome Outdoors Adventure Pheasant Hunt kindly donated by Ralph and Nancy Hanscome, both of whom participated in the shoot. Runner-up was Dr. Fred Duke with 89. John Leonard beat Bev Bacon in a shoot-off to take third place with an 85.
John Day, the newly appointed Beretta Rep, was on hand to present a Beretta 391 Technys jointly with Ross Faulkner to William Jones, the delighted winner of the draw.

June.20, 2009 - The inaugural Winchester sponsored Bar-B-Q Blast was held on June 20. While the weather was damp; the spirits of the 54 shooters were unaffected. Winchester provided prizes for this 75 target event which was won by Joe Chamberlain with a score of 64. Runner-up was Peter Davis with 63; third was Al Robichaud with 61. The Novice winner was Brian Lewis with 58. Darren Hasson, the regional Winchester Rep, was on hand to award the prizes and to offer ammunition at a special price for the event. We look forward to working with our new partner again next year; and hopefully the weather will be more cooperative.

May.23, 2009 - The club’s first sporting clays event this year, The Ruffed Grouse Society sponsored shoot, took place on May 23. A total of 83 shooters attended this relatively new 75 target event at FTSC, but one that is rapidly growing in popularity with the sporting clays fraternity. As in previous years, RGS provided an enviable selection of prizes which were much appreciated. Top gun this year went to Eldon Belyea with a 66; runner-up was Dr. Joe Cairns with 64. The side-by-side event was won by Peter Davis with a 59; the ladies champ was Jessica Duncan with 46 and the novice champ was Joseph Chamberlain II with 41.
The winner of the Yildiz gun draw was Brad MacMillan.
Steve Tyrrell won the jug of famous Scottish elixir.

May.05, 2009 - Click the below link to access the 2009 Novice Program Skeet and Trap Checklist.

2009 Novice Program Skeet and Trap Checklist

April.25, 2009 - On April 25, FTSC held its first NSSA registered skeet shoot of the year. This 4 gun “mini shoot” featured 50 targets for each of 12, 20, 28 and 36 ga (.410 bore) guns. In all, there were 24 entrants representing Maine, Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The results of the shoot are as follows:

12 Gauge
AAA1 David Larkin 45
AA1 Michael Blades 49
AA2 Les Turner 49
A1 Don Sullivan 46
B1 Dave Dixon 46
B2 Paul Nowlan 45
C1 Peter Udle 48
C2 Laurence Gilbey 48
D1 Ken O’Neill 45
D2 Al Robichaud 44
E1 Ralph McCray 46
E2 Louis Caissie 45

20 Gauge
AA1 Michael Blades 48
AA2 Armel Taylor 48
B1 Peter Udle 46
B2 Paul Nowlan 45
C1 Don Sullivan 47
C2 George Beal 43
D1 Richard Paxton 43
D2 Louis Caissie 42

28 Gauge
AAA1 Michael Blades 47
AA1 Les Turner 50
AA2 Armel Taylor 47
A1 David Larkin 48
B1 Peter Udle 43
B2 Brian Blades 41
C1 Laurence Gilbey 47
C2 Richard Paxton 46
D1 Jamie Leblanc 45
D2 George Beal 42

.410 Bore
AAA1 Michael Blades 45
AA1 Les Turner 45
A1 Armel Taylor 47
A2 Brian Blades 46
B1 Peter Udle 39
B2 Steve Barnaby 36
C1 Laurence Gilbey 44
C2 Ron Whitehead 43
D1 Don Sullivan 41
D2 Ken O’Neill 39

February.25, 2009 - Click the below link to access the 2009 Novice Program Report.

2009 Novice Program

February.11, 2009 - Click the below link to access the 2008 Annual General Meetings President's Report.

2008 President's Report