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SHOOTER’S RESPONSIBILITIES1. All shooters participating in any part of the program must show their current ATAaverage card or yellow ATA payment slip to prove payment for 2022 ATA dues. Ifneither can be presented the shooter will be required to pay ATA annual dues before participating in any events.2. Have all scores posted and averages figured on ATA Card before presenting it tothe Classification Committee.3. BE SURE - Once entry is made, it is final. No additions nor withdrawals will be allowed after the event has started.4. Watch the boards and be ready to compete when your squad is called to the firingline. There will be no waiting for a tardy shooter.5. If you do miss your squad, you may make up to 50 targets on the practice trap,otherwise report to the office and you will be re-squadded in the last squad if timepermits.6. No scores will be recorded if they are shot in any squad other than the one assignedto you by the office.7. Check score after each post shot and be sure that they are scored correctly beforefiring at a target at the next post. Any corrections must be marked “dead” or “lost.”8. Only errors in addition can be corrected after a score sheet leaves the trap.9. Conduct yourself in accordance with ATA rules at all times.10. Double check your entry cards. Be sure your Class, Yardage and all other information is correct and legible. It is the responsibility of Lady I, Lady II, Sub-Juniors, Juniors, Junior Gold, Sub-Veterans, Veterans, Senior Veterans, Chairshooters, Novice and MN Lady B to see that they are classified correctly. Report omissions orerrors to the MTA Directors at the Classification station immediately.1 1. If you win yardage, report to classification and have your average card updated.Class advancements will be automatically bumped by the computer system. Classadvancements and earned yardage will be posted on the score board. Be sure tocheck; it is the shooter’s responsibility to be in the correct class and to shoot at thecorrect yardage. Class advancements start Wednesday.12. All category shooters must declare their special category at the time of classification in any registered tournament if they wish to compete as a category shooter.Without such declaration, the contestant will not be allowed to compete for theapplicable category trophy for the duration of the tournament. No contestant willbe allowed to declare or change a special declaration after firing his/her first shot.The only exception to this rule will be to correct an ATA classification error. (SeeRule IV, J.) The MTA will be solely responsible for reviewing and correcting anyclassification error.OPEN OR OUTAll guns must be unloaded with the action open at all timesexcept on the firing line or in the gun rack.Violators subject themselves to immediate disqualification,without recourse, and dismissal from the grounds.Thank you for keeping our shoot safe8

CLASSIFICATION Keep your card up-to-date and accurate to be properly classified. We will acceptscores on the Shoot Station app. The Classification Committee consists of the ATA Delegate, ATA Alternate Delegates and the State Directors. The Classification Committee reserves the right to change a shooter’s classificationat any time. Classification will be based on known ability with particular attention paid to themost recent 1000 targets. Registration and Classification will open at 8 a.m. each day, and will close at 3 p.m.16 YARD CLASSIFICATION(Plus Known Ability)CLASS AAA – 98% and overCLASS AA – 96.25% and under 98%CLASS A – 94.75% and under 96.25%CLASS B – 93% and under 94.75%CLASS C – 90% and under 93%CLASS D – Under 90%DOUBLES CLASSIFICATION(Plus Known Ability)CLASS AAA – 96% and overCLASS AA – 92% and under 96%CLASS A – 89% and under 92%CLASS B – 86% and under 89%CLASS C – 82% and under 86%CLASS D – Under 82%PENALTY CLASSIFICATIONTarget requirements may be fulfilled using targets from the day afterthe 2021 State Shoot through Warm-up day of the 2022 Minnesota StateShoot.16 YARDSUnless you have 500 16 yard targets, all shooters will be advanced oneclass for penalty classification. Minimum of B class.HANDICAPUnless you have 500 handicap targets, all shooters will be advanced 2yards from their current yardage. Maximum of 25 yards.DOUBLESUnless you have 500 doubles targets, all shooters will be advanced oneclass for penalty classification. Minimum of B class.The following categories are exempt from penalty classification andyardage: Sr. Vet. This applies for singles, handicap and doubles.9

MINNESOTA TRAPSHOOTING ASSOCIATION2022 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEECharles "Chuck" EcksteinSupporting MemberBorn in 1936, Chuck was the only boy of four siblings.His father passed away when he was 8 years old. Hespent many of his childhood years growing up on hisgrandparent's farm in Hamel, Mn. His early educationwas through Holy Name, a two room school. AfterWWII he moved to Minneapolis with his mother andsisters. He later attended Vocational High Schoolwhere he learned his lifelong skills as a jeweler anddiamond setter. He married his wife, Judy, in 1958.They had one daughter, Kim.He and two friends decided to try hand trap in theearly 1960’s, leading to registered skeet shootingshortly after. By 1970 they found that trapshootinghad a larger community and more competition in thesport. That first year Chuck shot his first registeredtargets in handicap with a 78% average. In 1971 he held a 90.75% average in 16 yd. He shot hisfirst 100 doubles at Owatanna Gun Club. It seemed as if he found his niche.Reflecting back on his 50 years in the sport, he has won numerous prizes, awards, trophies, and the respect of the trapshooting community. He has traveled around the country,participating in a myriad of other state shoots, including Iowa, where he competed for 25years.Some of his most memorable accomplishments include: Receiving two belt buckles for his first 100 in 16yd.and first 100 in Doubles at Owatonna Gun Club. Achieving the 27 yard line in Handicap at Forest Lake Gun Club. Participating in three shooting leagues each summer. Making the 1980 Central Zone team. 1999 Wisconsin State Shoot Boxhorn’s Handicap Champion. Scoring 199/200 16yd. while competing at the 100th Grand American in Vandalia, Ohio. Making the Minnesota All State Trap team 15 times in Men’s, Vet’s,and Sr. Vets (‘88, ‘89, ‘96, ‘01, ‘02, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10, ‘13, ‘14, ‘17). Winning Minnesota State Shoot Zone Championships 10 times. Was Minnesota State Shoot Champion of Champions 5 times (‘05, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, “17). Awarded his Quarter Million Club pin.- Lifetime member of the ATA.Chuck will be 85 years of age at the time of his induction, and still active in the sport. To datehe has 260,505 registered targets. With over 100,000 in 16yd. His goal in finishing out his trapshooting career is to achieve 60,000 targets in doubles, and 100,000 in handicap. Anyonewho knows him is sure he will reach his objective.When asked what was his biggest take away from all these years in trapshooting, he saidhe is most grateful for the lifelong friendships he has made.10

MINNESOTA TRAPSHOOTING ASSOCIATION2022 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEERandy CookShooting MemberI am extremely honored to join the list of great people in the Minnesota Trapshooting Hall of Fame. I’veseen the pictures on the wall of inductees and onlyhoped I could be good enough to have my pictureup with them. But then later I was told my pic wouldhave to hang in the men’s room, because therewasn’t room for me.Growing up in the northwoods of the Chippewa National Forest, hunting, fishing and shooting were always the most important areas of interest in my life.I grew up in a family of hunters and good fishermen.My parents operated a bait business year round andso the duck and deer hunting fit right in. Growing upin the 50’s and 60’s, our family never knew what beeftasted like. I have two sisters, Gail and Gloria and abrother, Scott. The girls had dolls and Scott & I had guns. Life was good.I was very fortunate to be introduced to trapshooting at an early age by my dad (PhilCook) and my uncle (Bill Cook). The Grand Rapids Gun Club became my “home away fromhome”. At a young age of 12 my brother and I were allowed to shoot five shots at the clubwhen we went there. At 14 we loaded all the shells that were needed for shooting and theloader was in our bedroom, along with the powder and primers. In today’s world we wouldbe considered terrorists.In 1965 I shot at the Minnesota State Shoot and won the title of Sub-Jr. Champion. Thatsilver belt buckle I earned became my most treasured possession. The next year (1966) mybrother Scott and I were the first brothers to win the titles of Sub-Jr. and Junior Championsat the Minnesota State Shoot. I won the Junior title again in 1967 and 1968. Winning championships at the state shoot gave me a lot of confidence in my early life. I know what it doesfor young people to succeed in life and gain confidence in themselves no matter what thesport may be for them.Life forced me to step away from trapshooting from 1969-1982. Those years were spentworking hard, getting married, having children and buying a trucking company. My wifeDiane and I have 3 children and we are very proud of their accomplishments in life. They allhunt and fish, imagine that! We will celebrate our 50th anniversary in September 2022. Thetrucking company has taken a lot of our time in life, but it was worth it.I started shooting registered targets again in 1987 and became an ATA Life Member in1989. I was able to team up with a good friend and shooting mentor from Cass Lake, DennisSwearingen. Dennis and I attended many shoots together. Since shooting registered, I’vemade state teams for 10 years and All-American team for 5 years.Frank Redfield and I first attended The Grand in 2014 for the first time. We’ve been to everyGrand since. In 2016 I won the 16 yard Winchester AA Sub-Vet Singles Championship and theSub-Vet National 16 yard Championship.One highlight that stands out to me was in 2019 at The Grand. Fifty-two shooters all had200 straight and got in a very long shoot-off. After 543 rounds it was down to just me andone other guy. He ended up winning the national title, but I was very happy that night to gothe distance and be the last one out. I did get the Veteran National Championship that night,and again in 2021.Going to the different shoots all around the country has been so enjoyable. The camaraderie and friendships made over the years are priceless. Trap shooters have become my “bandof brothers” and I look forward to shooting as long as I am able. I enjoy very much seeing myfriends at the clubs every year. Now with the youth shooting there are new friends to talkto. It doesn’t get any better than that.Thank you for this honor. I will do my utmost to live up to it, and keep our sport alive.11

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CATEGORY SHOOTERSSPECIAL ATA CATEGORIES(from the 2021 ATA Rulebook, Section IV, Paragraph K)All Ladies, Sub-Juniors, Juniors, Junior-Golds, Sub-Vets, Veterans, Senior-Vets, and Chair Shooters must declare their special category at the time of classification in any registered tournamentif they wish to compete as a category shooter. Without such declaration, the contestant willnot be allowed to compete for the applicable category trophy. No contestant will be allowedto declare or change a special declaration after firing his/her first shot. If a classification erroris discovered BEFORE the close of an event, the error shall be corrected for that event and allsubsequent events. If an error is discovered AFTER an event is closed, all corrections shall bemade for subsequent events only. In either case, all previous events the shooter shot in will bein the “Open Category”. Either case may or may not affect the shooters eligibility for the HOAand HAA, depending on when the error was corrected.1.2.3.4.5.A female shooter, who has not reached her 55th Birthday, may declare Lady IA female shooter, who has reached her 55th Birthday, may declare Lady IIA shooter who has not reached his/her 15th birthday may declare Sub-Junior.A shooter who is 15 but has not reached his/her 18th birthday may declare as Junior.A shooter who is 18 but has not reached his/her 23rd birthday may declare as JuniorGold.6. A shooter who is 55 but not reached his/her 65th birthday may declare as aSub Veteran.7. A shooter who is 65 but not reached his/her 70th birthday may declare as a Veteran.8. A shooter who is 70 years of age and older may declare as a Senior Veteran.This rule does not supersede paragraph 10.9. Age based categories are established on the birthday of the shooter. Forpurposes of determining age category for HOA and HAA awards the categorydeclared by the participant on the first day he/she shoots shall be used.10. Shooters who become eligible for new age based categories during thetarget year may elect to continue to compete in the previous category forthe remainder of that target year. (For example a shooter reaching age 70may elect to continue to shoot as a Veteran for the remainder of the currenttarget year.) However, once a shooter has elected to 18 move tothe new category that decision is irrevocable and he/she may not againdeclare eligibility for the previous category. Junior shooters reachingthe age of 18 may continue to declare Junior category for the remainderof the current target year.Note: Age based special category shooters that are in contention for or desire to achieveAll-American Team recognition should review the All-American Team policy on page 57 priorto declaring a new special category.When there is no Sub-Junior trophy, Sub-Juniors will be included in the Junior category.Senior-Veterans will be included in the Veteran category when there is no Senior-Veterantrophy.Where there is no Junior-Gold or Sub-Veteran Trophy, these shooters will be Included in theOpen Class. Where there is no Lady II trophy, these shooters will be included in the Lady Icategory.L. CHAIR SHOOTERSOnly shooters that have a permanent disability or condition that requires them to shootfrom other than a standing position shall qualify for the Chair Category.1. The Chair category designation will be assigned only by the Central HandicapCommitteor Zone CHC representative upon request by each individual shooter and a newaverage card will be issued with the Chair Designation.2. Shooters with a temporary condition that requires a scooter or other type of device arenot qualified for Chair Category.This rule does not in any way prohibit any shooter from shooting from a chair, stool, scooteror any other seating device.SPECIAL MINNESOTA-ONLY CATEGORIESMN LADY B (Previously known as Lady II) applies to femaleshooters whose Singles Category is Class C or D.NOVICE CATEGORY applies to shooters with no registeredtargets prior to the current ATA target year.13

MINNESOTA TRAPSHOOTING HALL OF FAME*Russ Barber*Earl Donahue*Dave Fauskee*Mrs. E. L. King*Jack Krink*Capt. B. Fawcett*Jim Dickey*Geroge Jewett*Harry Maginnis*Art Holm*Ray Zweiner*Ernie Maetzold*Horace Aldritt*Herman Hirschy*Arnold Souba*Art Finney*Junior Dick*Charles L Horn*Forest Saunders*Bard Higgins*Rogers Fawcett.*Allen Degner*Clair Lantz*Jerry Novotny*Leonard Wieland*Loral I. Delaney*Lowell King*Jimmy Robinson*Jim Kelly*Henry Hein*Oz Conrad*Stan Wilson Jr.Craig Hall*W. Sonnenschein*Robert Putman*Roy LongCharles Delaney*J. & M. BeuningR. & L.A. Munson*Jim Lembke*Tom Mckay*O. B. Stovern*Ken Carter*Allen Heil*Phil Theilman*Paul E. Robey Sr.*Dr. W. G. MiskoffDoug Sundberg*Dick Sturk*Deceased14St. Paul1968Minneapolis 1968Worthington 1968Winona1968Worthington 1968Minneapolis 1968Minneapolis 1968Anoka1968Minneapolis 1968Minneapolis 1968Blooming Prairie 1969Minneapolis 1969Excelsior1969Minneapolis 1969Graceville1970Mankato1970Minneapolis 1971Minneapolis 1971Minneapolis 1972Duluth1973Minneapolis 1973Owatonna1974St. Cloud1975St. Paul1976LeSueur1976Anoka1977Detroit Lakes 1977Minneapolis 1977St. Paul1978LaCrescent1979Stillwater1980Thief River Falls 1981Concord1982Pipestone1983St. Paul1984Aberdeen S. D. 1985Anoka1986St. Cloud1987Howard Lake 1988Albert Lea1989Delano1989Willmar1990St. Cloud1990Glencoe1991St. vey1993*Mary ChurchillMaple Lake1994*Peter SoubaBrainard1994Richard BergerSt. Cloud1994*Robert RedfieldCloquet1994Ed L MylnarLester Prairie 1996*Loren HentgesBlaine1997*Roger BohmPrinceton1997Jeff Deschepper.Marshall1998Dennis SteinhausAnnandale1998Pat LaibSpicer1999*Keith HewlettRochester1999*John BolichFridley2000Ray SteffensonDassel2000* Neil WinstonSt. Paul2001Dean Neumann.Dakota2003*Ralph WeberWhite Bear Lake 2003Rick NelsonLouisberg2004*Roman SinnenNew Germany 2004Lou KosibaSt. Cloud2004Eric MunsonCokato2005Scott GensVernon Center 2006Tom LarkinKenyon2006Peter Falk IIIMadison Lake 2007Kathy LahtiLexington2008*Ron NorenSt. James2008Pat GottbergWells2009Mark ZauharLakeville2010B. Van NieuwenhuyzenLaverne2010V. Hines SchmidtFarmington2011No Inductees2012Glen LonnemanWorthington 2013Ed BrophySt. Joseph2013*Ed & S. JohnstonMinneapolis 2013Troy HaverlyNew London 2014Jim FetzikPengilly2014*R. ThompsonGlenwood2015Betty and Dean WalkerGrand Rapids 2016Paul CyrOklee2016*Steve and Kathy ShaneFairmont2017Tom TownsendAlexandria2017Wally ShelstadBuffalo2018Roger LorenzenRochester2018Scott MessengerWinona2019*Byron ChurchillMaple Lake2019No Inductees2020Jim WalkowiakBloomington 2021Charles EcksteinMinneapolis 2022Randy CookDeer River2022

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MINNESOTATRAPSHOOTING ASSOCIATIONState Team 2022 RequirementsGeneral Requirements Only ATA registered targets and Minnesota club attendance from Septem

1966 Andy Neutzling St. Cloud 1967 Glenn Dennis Blooming Prairie 1968 Bob Putnam St. Paul . 1981 Roger Bohm Princeton 1982 Ralph Weber White Bear Lake 1983 J. Schwichtenberg Lester Prairie . Winning scores and all ties will be moved up one class for all singles and doubles, Wednesday - Saturday. No class advancement on Tuesday Warm-Up Day .