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The Canby Gun Club hosted a two day PITA shoot with the Oregon Doubles Classic Friday, May 8th and a 400 bird program Saturday (click here to view). The prizes included the buckles shown above along with $1,000 added money.

Durland Fischer (Hillsboro), Ryan Costanti (Medford), Mike Riggs (Eagle Creek), Doug Reimers (Allyn,WA) and Mike Healy (Roseburg) were the first squad of shooters to the line Friday for the Oregon Doubles Classic. Four plus squads were soon to follow…

This is a beautiful club between Salem and Portland with new PAT traps and voice calls. See all the results.

The Grand Pacific programs have been mailed. Should you not receive one or find one at your club you can view here or request a copy from the office. (email office@shootpita.com) We will post updates and forms here as they become available.

Presquad.com will open on June 1st (7:00 a.m.) – CLOSES TUESDAY, JULY 14TH – 3:00 P.M.

If you are shooting all the events at the Grand (Sub-Gauge and Doubles events excluded) we will reserve your squad/post prior to the general opening of presquad.com on June 1^st. The $5.00 pre-squad fee applies. To start the process you will need to set up an account at www.presquad.com. This is very simple – just enter your email address and a password. You will receive an email from them with a link to activate your account. This will allow us to transfer the reservation to you.

Email the following information to Sandy Humphreys – beezygirl@sbcglobal.net or call Sandy at 530-515-3327 (8:00 am- 8:00 pm):

Name
PITA#
PITA yardage and ATA yardage (if applicable)
Squad range desired (i.e. 20-25, 40-45, etc)
Post preference in order (i.e. 4-3-5-1-2)
Phone number and best time to contact you
Email address if phoning

Once you have been pre-squadded the reservation will be transferred to you. This will allow you to go to www.presquad.com and make changes to the reservation. If your yardage changes (reduction or earned yardage) be sure to correct it on your reservation. If the cashiers make squad changes for you there will be the additional $10 squad change fee as noted in the program (pg 16). NOTE: IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED AT THE CASHIER WINDOW BEFORE THE 1^ST EVENT FOR WHICH YOU PRE-SQUADDED YOU WILL LOSE YOUR SQUAD/POSITION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PRE-SQUADDED EVENTS (see program pages 8 & 16). If you are unable to use presquad.com or have questions contact Sandy Humphreys, cashier at (530) 515-3327 or Sue at 541-258-8766.

2015 GRAND PACIFIC ENTRY/OPTION PREPAY FORM. Download this form after you pre-squad to pre-pay your entry/options and avoid the line at the event. If you would like us to pre-squad you please include the following information with the form: Squad preferred (i.e. 30-35) and post preferred in order (i.e. 2-4-5-3-1). Mail the form to PITA, PO Box 770, Lebanon, OR 97355.

RV/GOLF CART RESERVATIONS: If you have made an RV or golf cart reservation it is time to pay and confirm your reservation. Call or email now. Phone: 541-258-8766 or email sue@shootpita.com. If you would like to reserve an RV space or cart they are available so give us a call or email.

LODGING: Lucky Eagle Casino & Hotel and Red Lion are both offering special event rates. Find more information here

TROPHY PACKAGE: Over $31,000 in trophies!

The Rangers shoot on April 26 added a new squad to the 125 club! Congratulations to Ted, Tim, Bill, Dave & Art…

See all the 125 squads here.

Bellingham Trap and Skeet hosted its Spring Buckle Shoot on Sunday, April 19, 2015 for close to 50 shooters from around the Pacific Northwest. Not everybody shot as well as they had hoped but it turned out to be a fun event just the same. Though weather often makes an April day uncomfortable in Bellingham we lucked out this year with ideal conditions. Plenty of good shooting was on display but Sean Miller, the young phenom from Kenmore, walked away with the HOA. Bellingham’s own Herb Lehfeldt and Fred Coates won buckles in their class and Herb also won distinction for being the oldest shooter on the field. Congratulations to all shooters who participated and contributed to the success of this event. We invite you all to our next PITA shoot, September 13th.

Submitted by Jeph Keyes, Bellingham Gun Club

To see all the results click here or visit the RESULTS page.

FRED COATES

HERB LEHFELDT

JIM CLEAVE & LARRY STEWART

Vancouver Gun Club held its third PITA shoot of 2015 on April 11 & 12. The weather stayed dry but the winds made the targets a bit tricky to shoot. Regardless, we had a good turnout for all 6 events with lots of new shooters. Congratulations to Rudy Martinak of Washington State who won B Class Singles on Event 1 (97), C Class Doubles on Event 3 (93), Vet Doubles on Event 4 (89) and the High Overall (547). Rudy won so many prizes that we had to lay them out on a table to take his picture.

Cheers,

Marshall

The club officially opened for the season April 5th. Their 1st PITA shoot was April 12th.

Don’t miss the PITA Alaska State Shoot – June 10-14.

The Casa Grande Trap & Skeet Club played host to the PITA Arizona State Shoot March 2 & 3. In an unusual turn of events, the normally balmy Arizona weather went south with rain and wind forcing the postponement of the first half of Championship Singles to the second day’s events. Some of the usual suspects turned in high scores in the Championship events. Championship Singles, Lonny Brown, Oregon, 199; Championship Doubles, Dave Kelly, California, 97, and a surprise Handicap Champion with Esther Puckett, California, 96. If her name sounds familiar, Esther is the President of the Newman Swamp Rats Gun Club who recently returned to hosting PITA events. Complete shoot results can be found under Arizona on the RESULTS page.

Have you shot on a squad where everyone had a 25 – making a scores of 125 for the squad?

Click here to see the members of this club.

Well shooters, it is that time of year again. While it may seem like a long
way off, it is really just around the corner. That is the Grand Pacific.
It is time to start thinking about reserving your golf cart for the shoot.
The good news is that the prices will remain the same as last year.

2 person cart                  $300.00
4 person cart                  $365.00
6 person cart    $430.00

We really need to make our reservations early to make sure that the
company we work with will have what we need and not promised
elsewhere. Please contact Sue at the PITA office to make your
reservations and do not wait until the last minute.

Bill Myers
Treasurer/Golf Cart Chair

On Saturday and Sunday, March 14 and 15, Old Skagit held their second shoot of the 2015 PITA target year and their first shoot using White Flyer targets. Saturday’s 300 singles gave ample opportunity under a variety of conditions to judge the quality of the clays. The first event was shot with a strong wind, the second event had heavy downpours of rain, and finally for the last event of the day the sun came out! The high total for the day was a 291 shot by Doug Reimers. On Sunday the weather just settled in and yielded a steady downpour for the doubles and handicap events. Chuck Manning had the best score in doubles with his 96 and junior shooter Sean Miller didn’t seem to mind the conditions while shooting the high score of 95 in handicap. Bruce Locke came down from Canada to take the HOA honors with his 471 for the two days of shooting. Congratulations to everybody.

A little more about junior shooter Sean Miller. He has been trap shooting for about 6 months, shooting most of his targets at the Kenmore club. He has participated in the PITA Multiplex but this was his first venture into a regular registered shoot. Quite a way to start by shooting the top score for the handicap event and receiving his first punch.