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The Archived versions from 2005 of Reload!, the newsletter of the Connecticut Travelers.

Note to readers: Thanks to a very generous contribution from Bruce Buck and Roland Leong, we are able to provide the archvied versions of Reload!.

January 2005

February 2005

March 2005

April 2005

May 2005

June 2005

July 2005

August 2005

September 2005

October 2005

November 2005

December 2005

This Fun Shoot will be 100 targets of sub-gauge fun at  the Old Newgate Coon Club.  This may be the only time this year you get to shoot the "Old" style Travelers handicaps! 

Travelers & All Guests welcome.

Entry Fee: $40

Shoot Flyer Attached.

From http://www.newburyportnews.com/sports/x2018347311/SHOOTING-STAR

NEWBURYPORT — While many 11-year-olds are content to play first-person-shooters on their Xbox 360 consoles, Newburyport's Hank Garvey is locked and loaded with the genuine article.

Or perhaps more fitting, the genuine artillery.

Training with the Minute Man Sharpshooters at Burlington's Minute Man Sportsman Club, Hank has been shooting competitively since he was 8, learning the tricks of the trade from his parents, Hank and Mary — both certified coaches for the Minute Man Sharpshooters.

Hank's aim is the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, and with nearly six years of competition and training separating himself from his goal, his steady progress as a sharp-shooting junior sportsman appears bulletproof.

"We teach our kids a variety of shooting disciplines: trap, skeet, sporting clay, international trap, international skeet; and while Hank competes in all of them, the one he is most specialized in is international trap, an Olympic sport," said his father, who has more than 40 years of shooting experience.

Although he practices twice a week for a total of five hours, in order for Hank to continue building rank and honing his skill, the Rupert A. Nock Middle School sixth-grader must compete at the Junior Olympic level.

In May, the Minute Man Sharpshooters hosted a U.S.A. Shooting-sanctioned Junior Olympic state-wide competition that served as a preliminary round for all young Bay State athletes eager to compete against the best in the country.

The day's youngest shooter, Hank won his international trap age bracket (11-and-under), placed fifth overall and qualified to shoot at the National Junior Olympics.

About 15 minutes from the U.S. Olympic Training Center, the National Junior Olympics was held in Colorado Springs at the U.S. International Shooting Park at Fort Carson, the home training center for the U.S. Shotgun Olympic Team.

With his 12-gauge Perazzi shotgun in tow, Hank and his parents braved the late-summer Colorado heat for a three-day international trap competition that featured dozens of the nation's elite shooters.

The first day is a mandatory training session where all athletes shoot two rounds of 25 rounds.

For each round in international trap, the shooter is able to take a pair of shots at each target, allowing the shooter to potentially pull the trigger 50 times per round.

On the second day, the athletes shoot three rounds of 25 (75 rounds) for score, and on the third day, they shoot two more rounds of 25 for a total of 125 rounds. The top six finishers qualify to shoot another 25 rounds to ultimately determine the final scores and medal places.

"This is a 12-gauge shotgun against a target that moves at about 65 mph," said Garvey. "It's a much more difficult game than regular trap because of the angles and speed that it goes up."

With U.S. Shooting National Shotgun Coach, Brett Erickson, a four-time Olympian, watching his every move, and all-star youth shooters like 6-foot-7, 18-year-old Garrett Walters from Michigan waiting on deck, Garvey gave it his all.

Individually, Hank placed sixth in the 14-and-under division, but as a teammate, the youngest participant in the National competition helped his three-man team — including Tyler Auger, 17, of Groton and Nate Lundie, 15, of Wellesley — earn a bronze medal in the open division.

Occasionally dehydrated, Hank said that the competition was a great experience and was pleased to surprise some of the older shooters.

"I was coached and complimented by a lot of people, and it was really neat," said Hank, who won two gold medals at this year's Bay State Games in trap and double trap. "In the first day on my last round, I shot an 18 out of 25, and on eight of those targets, I hit on the second barrel. It's very unlikely to hit the target with the second barrel from 50 yards away."

Both very proud of their son's accomplishments, the Garveys addressed the fine line of being a coach and parent.

"It definitely has its challenges to coach your own child, and it really is a balance," said his mother. "It's so rewarding. It's just what we do and I think it makes it that much easier to do it as a family."

"I couldn't be more proud," said his dad. "He works really hard at what he does, he's an incredibly talented young man, he represents our family and team very well, and hopefully one day he'll be representing our country."

Too young to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London, Hank aspires to compete in 2016.

"I don't want to go to Rio de Janiero as a spectator. My goal is to attend as an athlete and hopefully place."

OK, I stole this from http://internationalsportingclays.com, but it's on YouTube (so it's OK)!

The Team USA Ladies FITASC Raffle winner was drawn on June 27th at the Texas State Shoot.  Diane Sorantino and Sandra Cogdill were there to see Gary Suttle of George win the Beretta EELL 28 Gauge.  Dianne sold the winning ticket at the Georgia State Shoot and Gary has decided to donate the gun back to the team!  Congratulations to all the Team USA Ladies FITASC shooters including our own Paula Moore who made the trip to Italy over the Summer.

The Hunting Heritage Trust began its auction of quality examples of "The 50 Best Guns Ever Made" (List atttached) on GunBroker.com recently and things are going very well.

Many thanks,
Bob Delfay

Bucks Hill Management
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