56th Capital of Canada Open May 20-22

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The 56th Capital of Canada is being hosted May 20-22 in Ottawa by the NCRRA Shotgun Section at Connaught Ranges (CRPTC).

Doubles will run Friday afternoon.

12ga and 28ga fly on Saturday.

20ga and .410 bore fly on Sunday.

There are a few spots open if you are interested.

Feel free to stop by during the weekend.

Send me a PM for any details.

Brad.
 
Brief update.

The forecast thunderstorms held off until well after shooting had completed for the day.

After the doubles dust had settled, 3 shooters ended the event with 97s.

Steve Loveday, Marc Jodoin and Brad McRae will settle the event Saturday evening.

The weatherman is predicting a beautiful Saturday for the 12ga and 28ga events.
 
Beautiful day on Saturday in Ottawa.

Brief updates again.

Doubles
Ch Brad McRae
RU Steve Loveday

12ga
Ch Brad McRae
RU Max Lemay

28ga
Ch Mario Quesnel
RU Andy Spooner


HOA Race

Half way through the program 4 shooters are tied for the lead at 196

Spooner
Quesnel
Loveday
McRae

Today sees the 20ga and the 'great equalizer' the .410.
 
Sunday's updates.

20ga
Ch Brad McRae 100x100
RU Steve Loveday 100x100

.410

Ch Andy Spooner 98x100
RU Brad McRae 98x100


HOA

Ch McRae 394x400
RU Loveday 394x400
 
There is why even at the urgance of one of our avid skeet members whom I would bet $$ was at that shoot I no longer participate in registered skeet shoots. You break a 491/500 and you still have tied 3 times in sub gauge events and had to shoot off to determine a winner. In the big leagues like the Worlds a 400x400 gets you to the shoot offs and there is none to little cash reward. Drop 1 target and you go home empty handed. Break a 98 in handicap at the Grand in trap and you just made your living for the year with your winnings, run them all and you just made 2 years!!:D

I'll stick to skeet for fun and wingshooting practice.......:p
 
the spank said:
There is why even at the urgance of one of our avid skeet members whom I would bet $$ was at that shoot I no longer participate in registered skeet shoots. You break a 491/500 and you still have tied 3 times in sub gauge events and had to shoot off to determine a winner. In the big leagues like the Worlds a 400x400 gets you to the shoot offs and there is none to little cash reward. Drop 1 target and you go home empty handed. Break a 98 in handicap at the Grand in trap and you just made your living for the year with your winnings, run them all and you just made 2 years!!:D

I'll stick to skeet for fun and wingshooting practice.......:p
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A wise man once told me the secret how you end up with $1million in the bank shooting skeet....... you start with $2million in the bank.

I have no delusions of actually making money shooting. I would suggest most people who compete are of the same mind set.
 
Hard to understand the "Mississippi Flyway" grammar, but I think "The Spank" needs to rethink why he's into shooting at all, if winning money is all there is. Yes, you can win big at the "Trap Game", rife with sand bagging and all!

Been shooting Skeet for 25 years - cost $ 125,000.00; winnings <$1,000.00; Good Friends - "Priceless"
 
Ditto Donski well said. I shot a lot of trap and made money and it was good. You go to a trap shoot like the Grand or a state shoot and meet your squad and at the end of the shoot they are all still strangers.
Go to a skeet shoot and meet your squad and you will probably have new people who will wave at you everytime they see you.
There is just a different social aspect. If I ever just want to make money shooting the sign will read "For sale skeet gun" and hello trap field .
So I'll see ya on the skeet field.
 
If I wanted to make serious money at sport, I'd have been a left handed pitcher. Until then, I'll work for my money and spend it playing on the skeet field. Money well spent I reckon.
 
As I stated skeet I shoot for the fun of it and to practice my wing shooting. I dont do the NSSA thing any more, I did for two seasons...the first season I shot my required number of targets before going to an event at another club and I didnt sandbag, never have, never will...I dont have to! At the conclusion of the shoot I was high gun the first day on 200 targets and right away there was a complaint filed because someone didnt feel my classification was correct. Found out right away that the "clique" didnt like being beat! Too freaakin bad, crybaby! Never had that happen at the Grand and only once at a trapshoot within the province in 20 years of shooting registered trap, any time I placed and won money,prizes etc it was awarded to me with a quick check of my classification card and score check, no questions asked and awarded with a smile and congratulations! I'll stick to trapfield for my registered shooting, thank you very much!
 
Never heard of a protest of a classification in my prov. Just congratulating a good shooters good fortune to shoot well.

Maybe you should stick to trap shooting, where you belong.
 
Donski said:
Never heard of a protest of a classification in my prov. Just congratulating a good shooters good fortune to shoot well.

Maybe you should stick to trap shooting, where you belong.
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Your province?? Your profile shows you living in the GTA, same province as mine! Of course you wont have classification complaints when you stay under the radar in D class!!:HR:
 
I have an idea for anyone doing a masters thesis in advanced mathematics: Try to figure out the average number of posts on any internet thread before it turns into a schoolyard name calling excercise...my guess is six...

Honestly, I have shot trap, skeet and sporting, and never had a bad experience. But, like anything else, if money is involved, there will be problems...hell, I have seen fist fights break out over pitching washers, and that was in my own family!

What bothers me is people who don't either realize or appreciate the huge effort and time people put in to make these shoots happen, and never realize a cent from in. To not at least give them your thanks, whether you thought it was a good shoot or not, shows a true lack of good manners. At small shoots put on by volunteer clubs, if there is money awarded and I am lucky enough to get some, I will give back to the club. As many have said, you will never get rich shooting skeet, so you might as well do whatever you can to keep the sport alive.

Now...who will be the first to flame me and validate my theory? lol
 
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