Presents the

2016 GSSASkeet Championships

Friday, June 24Saturday, June 25Sunday, June 26

AtSouth River Gun ClubConyers, GA 30016

Table of Contents

From The GSSA President .......................................3

2016 NSSA All–Americans .......................................4

HOF and Missildine Award ......................................5

Past High Overall Champions ..................................6

General Information ............................................7-9

GSSA 2015 State Teams .......................................10

GSSA Referee of the Year .....................................11

GSSA Club of the Year ..........................................11

Award Ceremony .................................................12

Schedule of Events .......................................... 13-14

High Overall Championship ...................................15

High All Around Championship ..............................16

Options ...............................................................17

Georgia Open Skeet Championship ........................18

Squad Reservations and Rotations Available ...............19

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WelcomeThe Georgia Skeet Shooting Association and South River Gun Club welcome you to the 2016 Georgia State Skeet Championships. We look forward to your participation and hope to make your visit one which will be enjoyed by you and your family.

2015–2016 Officers and Directors

Al Means Jack Johnson President GSSA Director

Tom Bolling Lee Roberson Vice President GSSA Director

Ken Patterson Bill Wilson Treasurer GSSA Director

Walton Starling Randy Stephens Secretary GSSA Director

Al Means Allen McCannon Chief Referee NSSA Director

Tami Daniel-Means Steve Shackleford Publicity Director NSSA Director Austin Shepherd NSSA Director

Al Means NSSA Director at Large

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From The GSSA PresidentThis salutation normally comes from your President, Al Means, but I’m helping out as he is currently under the weather. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Al for quick healing and to his family for comfort and support.On behalf of the Georgia Skeet Shooting Association and our host, South River Gun Club, I welcome all our competitors. Your Association has worked hard to ensure that we have a great shoot. Much is planned for your shooting and social enjoyment during the shoot. The following schedule should aid you in planning your time. Thursday, June 20th: The club will be open for skeet practice at noon. Participants may shoot at $5.00 per round. Practice tickets will be sold in the club house. Registration will be open from 1 PM until 5 PM.Friday, 24th June: Registration will open at 8 AM. The Doubles competition will begin at 10:00AM. The 12 Ga competitions will begin at 12:00 Noon and finish Saturday morn-ing. The last flight on Friday is at 4:30 PM. Doubles shoot-offs begin at 6 PM or as soon as practical after last squads finish. Our host club, South River, is pleased to provide a “Big Dog Burn” immediately after shoot-offs. South River is furnishing the hot dogs and “fixins” and you will “burn your own” dogs. Please plan on sticking around for the shoot-offs and hot dogs!Saturday, 25st June: Registration is open at 8AM. The 12 Ga will resume starting at 9:00 AM. The 20 GA will also start at 9:00AM. Last flight out for the day will be at 3:00PM and will be the first flight of 28 GA. Shoot-offs in 12 and 20 Ga will begin at 4:30PM or as soon as practical after last squads finish. Immediately following shoot-offs a Rib dinner with “fixins” is provided by your association and catered by “Big Pigs Barbeque”. Meal is complementary for registered shooters and one guest. Additional guest are welcome at a cost of $15 per. After dinner, the Awards Ceremony and annual Association business meeting will be held in the clubhouse.Sunday, 26th June: Registration opens at 8AM. 9 AM resumes the 28 Ga, followed by the 410 events. Shoot-offs begin at 4:30 PM or as soon as practical after last squads fin-ish.On a quick note, we have seen an uptick in participation due in part to the Complementary Limited Memberships (CLM) offered by the NSSA, especially in the area of youth shooters. This gives new shooters an opportunity to try out registered targets at no cost for the first year. Also there are plans in the works to begin hosting some youth shoot camps which hopefully will foster increased interest. Many of the private schools have started shotgun teams which represents another untapped source of shoot-ers for registered birds.Please remember that pets are allowed in the camping area only. I ask that all spectators be respectful of competitors and keep down the noise level, especially under the pavilion. Remember that everyone on the fields is required to wear ear and eye protection.Looking forward to a great shoot,Tom Bolling, Vice-President

Georgia Shooters Named to 2016 NSSA Class All-American and Krieghoff All–American Teams

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NSSA ClASS All-AmeriCAN AAA FIRST TEAMAlleN mCCANNoN GA AA SECOND TEAM

HouStoN DeSHotelS GA B SECOND TEAMDAviD e morGAN GA

HONORABLE MENTIONWilliAm J BeNtley GA

E FIRST TEAMriCHArD HoWArD GA

Krieghoff All-AmericAnOOPEN FIRST TEAMpeTodd Bender, GA

SUB-JUNIOR FIRST TEAMAvery Lawski, GA

SUB-JUNIOR SECOND TEAMGabriel Tharpe, GA

SUB-JUNIOR HON. MENTIONTucker Howard, GA

JUNIOR FIRST TEAMHouston Deshotels, GA

JUNIOR SECOND TEAMRhett King, GA

JUNIOR HONORABLE MENTIONBrandon Pitz, GA

COLLEGIATE FIRST TEAMNoah Adair, GA

SUB-SENIOR FIRST TEAMAllen McCannon, GA

SENIOR SECOND TEAMBill Wilson, GA

SENIOR VETERAN FIRST TEAMDavid Morgan, GA

RETIRED MILITARY HON. MENTIONAllen Means, GA

MILITARY VETERAN SECOND TEAMThomas Flaig, GA

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2016 GSSA Hall of Fame andFred Missildine Awards

Year Hall of Fame Fred Missildine Award 1990 Sadie Fillingame, Gale Davis, Bill Green Fred Missildine1991 Cecil Trammell, Comer Butler Dr. Goodwin Tuck1992 A. Chris Brown Jack Boardman1993 Len Evans III, T. J. Maddox Dan Mitchell1994 Charles Hill Ernest L Wilkins1995 Homer Fillingame, Ernest Provost Ken West1996 John Culpepper, Carl Hudson Thomas “Pete” Gunn1997 Jack Boardman Almeda Bishop1998 RE “Gene” Warbington Earle Darby1999 no award David Johnson2000 Ed Sweat, Ed Stewart Buck Buchannan2001 Judy King, Dan Mitchell Fred Wammock2002 Homer Bush Tom Lowe2003 Louise Terry, Luke Deshotels Ray Russell2004 Todd Bender, Gordon Patton Jimmy Hayes2005 David Akridge, Billy Moore Cathy Watson2006 Bill Wilson, David Bitler Billy Lark2007 Bill Crews, Allen McCannon Quincy Dykes2008 Eddie Robinson Tami Daniel2009 John Hancock Larry Brewer2010 Robert Mooney Steve Shackleford2011 James Braswell Myrl Miller2012 Susan Gunby Austin Shepherd2013 No Award David Terrell2014 Mike Snider Millard Ross MD2015 Randy Stephens Don Coil2016 David Morgan Bill Wilson

YEAR SHOOTER SCORE

1965 Ralph Newton, Jr. 4931966 R. E. Warbington 3891967 R. E. Warbington 3901968 R. E. Warbington 3881969 Charles Hill 3891970 Steve Trammell 3911971 T. J. Maddox 3951972 T. J. Maddox 3941973 Charles Hill N/A1974 T. J. Maddox 3961975 Gale Davis 3951976 Gale Davis 3991977 T. J. Maddox 3961978 Gale Davis 3971979 Comer Butler 3951980 T. J. Maddox 3971981 Len Evans III 3971982 T. J. Maddox 3981983 Comer Butler 3981984 Comer Butler 3981985 Gale Davis 3971986 John Culpepper 3971987 John Culpepper 3961988 Comer Butler 3951989 Johnny Shockley 3951990 Dan Mitchell 395

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Past GSSA HOA Champions

YEAR SHOOTER SCORE

1991 Louise Terry 3981992 Dan Mitchell 3971993 Dan Mitchell 3971994 Tim West 3981995 Bill Wilson 3951996 Luke Deshotels 3981997 Robert Mooney 3971998 Luke Deshotels 3991999 Luke Deshotels 3982000 Todd Bender 4002001 Todd Bender 3982002 Todd Bender 3972003 Todd Bender 3982004 Luke Deshotels 3992005 Luke Deshotels 3982006 Luke Deshotels 3972007 Mike Schmidt 3992008 Allen McCannon 3982009 Michael Snider 3972010 Michael Snider 3942011 Allen McCannon 3962012 Randy Stephens 3942013 Randy Stephens 3952014 Houston Deshotels 39 82015 Houston Deshotels 39 12016 YOU!

In RemembranceJames Walker

Kay Henry

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General Information

ELIGIBILITY: This tournament is open to all NSSA members. NSSA Memberships may be purchased at the time of registration. It shall be the responsibility of each shooter to present his/her classification card at the time of registration. All scores shot prior to the current date must be properly recorded and averaged per NSSA rules. Please be aware that NSSA web site averages are not considered classification cards and may not reflect all registered scores shot.

REGISTRATION: Registration will be open 8:00 AM on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Squad rotations will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis. Squads wishing to shoot together must register together. If you require special squadding because of medical or physical circumstances please make us aware of this when you squad. Refunds will not be given without permission of Shoot Management.

SHOOTING PROCEDURE: All events will be shot using the flight times specified in this program. Each flight will start on time and in case of breakdown, etc., shoot management reserves the right to move the squad. Any squad or shooter not on the field ready to shoot at their flight time will be placed in the last squad or flight for that gun if space is available. AMMUNITION: Factory ammunition will be available at the gun club. Reloads are permissible and are subject to inspection. Proof shells and shootoff shells must be provided by shooters.

TIES AND SHOOTOFFS: Ties for all Main Event Championships, Runner–Up, Concurrent Events, and all class places of an event with money and/or medals involved will be shot off. Shootoff procedure will be doubles at stations 3, 4, and 5, miss and out by station. Concurrent Events involving All American Points will be shot-off concurrently when possible.

PROTEST COMMITTEE: Bill Wilson, Bill Berry, Steve Shackleford

Current NSSA rules will apply and govern this shoot. NSSA average tables will be used for Doubles and Gauge classifications. Modified HOA table will be used (see page 15).

General Information

CONCURRENT EVENTS: Concurrent events will be held in Doubles, 12 GA., 20 GA., 28 GA., .410 BORE AND HIGH OVERALL EVENTS. There is no mandatory fee for concurrent events. Medallions will be awarded to State Champions in the concurrent events:

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(Novice is defined as a person not having shot registered targets prior to January 1, 2016).Two person team classes will be offered as an option. There will be no medals, honors only. Shooters must be classified to participate. Two person team classes will be determined by dividing the entrants, based on combined team average, into two groups. Shooters must be classified or declare AA to participate.

Dbls 12 20 28 410 HOA2PT Class I 94.00 97.00 96.00 95.00 93.00 95.52PT Class II 93.99 96.99 95.99 94.99 92.99 95.49

REFEREES: The shoot will be refereed by experienced, qualified NSSA sanctioned referees. All decisions are final. Any protest of a referee’s decision must be made before the shooter moves to the next station. Shooting referees will pay full fees at time of entry.

12 GA 20 GA 28 GA .410 Bore Doubles HOASub Junior SJ

Junior JRCollegiate CL

Triple Sub Senior TSSub Sub Senior SU

Sub Senior SSSenior SR

Veteran VTSenior Veteran SV

Lady LYMilitary ML

Military Veteran MVRetired Military RM

Novice NOParent/Child (JR) PC

Family/Family FFHusband/Wife HW

CONCURRENTS

CH RU 3 1-1 1-2CH RU 3 1-1 1-2

CH RU 3CH RU 3

CH RU 3

AWARDS PER CONCURRENT

CH RUCH

CH RU 3CH RU 3CH RU 3

CH RU 3CH RU 3CH RU 3CH RU 3

CHCH

CH RU 3CH RU 3CH RU 3

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General Information

PROGRAM CHANGES: Shoot management (Georgia Skeet Shooting Association) reserves the right to change this program without recourse or protest and to refuse any, or cause the withdrawal of any, contestant who annoys, endangers or interferes with the harmony of the shoot.

STATE MEETING: The annual meeting of the GSSA will be held on Saturday, June 25th after the shoot offs. All members of the GSSA are encouraged to attend this meeting.

FOOD: Food and drinks will be available by SRGC.

PRACTICE: Practice fields will be open all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday. PAYOFF INFORMATION: All payoffs will be made by check and mailed after the completion of the shoot. All shooters who win medals and awards are asked to pick them up at the registration area. These items will not be mailed.

AAA CLASSIFICATION: Will not be used for the 2016 Georgia Championships.

SAFETY: It is everyone’s responsibility to make sure that all persons involved in the field activities of this sport do so in a safe manner. Be reminded that all persons on the skeet field must wear eye and ear pro-tection. This includes shooters, referees, and trap personnel.

OTHER INFORMATION: Spectators and contestants assume all risks and liabilities for accidents or loss of personal property. Pets are allowed in the camping area only and must be on a leash at all times

GSSA 2015 State TeamsThe GSSA is proud to recognize the following Georgia Shooters for their outstanding accomplishments during the 2015 season.

OPEN FIRST TEAMAllen McCannon, Capt.

Houston Deshotels, Co-Capt.

Bill WilsonDavid Morgan

Rhett KingNoah Adair

Jay Tompkins

JUNIOR TEAMHouston Deshotels, Capt.

Rhett King, Co-Capt.Brandon Pitz

Bradley Gibson

SUB SENIOR TEAM Allen McCannon, Capt.Lee Roberson, Co-Capt.

Tom BollingBill McNeal

SUB SUB SENIOR TEAM

Jay Tompkins, Capt.Jim Lindell, Co-Capt.

OPEN HONORABLE MENTION

Tom Bolling, Capt.Joseph Reiter,

Co-Capt.Bradley Gibson

Bill McNeal

TRIPLE SUB TEAMNoah Adair, Capt. SENIOR TEAMBill Wilson, Capt.

Kenneth Patterson, Co-Capt.

Joseph Reiter

COLLEGIATENoah Adair, Capt.

SUB JUNIORAvery Lawski Capt.

OPEN SECOND TEAM

Kenneth Patterson, Capt.

Brandon Pitz, Co-Capt

Thomas FlaigLee Roberson

Bill BerryAvery LawskiJim LindellMILITARY VETERAN

Thomas Flaig, Capt

VETERAN TEAMThomas Flaig, Capt.Bill Berry, Co-Capt.

RETIREDMILITARY

Bill Wilson, Capt.

SENIOR VETERANDavid Morgan, Capt.

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GSSA Referee of the Year2016 Referee of the Year

XXXXXXXXAwarded annually in recognition of outstanding commitment to the sport of Skeet shooting as a referee in the State of Georgia. First

awarded in 1980. Year Referee1999 Mike Mow2000 Mike Wilkes2001 Tom Smith2002 David Terrell2003 Lanny McFalls2004 Ken Storie2005 Don Barth2006 Tom Fairchild2007 Leighann Kniep2008 Myrl Miller 2009 Vincent Miller2010 Tom Fairchild2011 Martin Brown2012 NA2013 John Hancock2014 Renee Wallen2015 Jim Pitz2016

Year Club1997 Ocmulgee River1998 Cherokee1999 Tri-County2000 Griffin Gun Club 2001 Tom Lowe SG2002 Sportsman2003 Forest City2004 Ocmulgee River2005 Riverbend Gun Club2006 Lake Oconee Gun Club

Year Club2007 Ocmulgee River2008 Sportsmans Gun Club2009 South River Gun Club2010 Cherokee Gun Club2011 Forest City Gun Club2012 Tombstone Gun Club2013 Wagon Wheel Sporting2014 Forest City Gun Club2015 Tombstone Gun Club2016 Warner Robins Skeet

GSSA Gun Club of the YearAwarded annually in recognition of outstanding commitment to the sport of Skeet shooting and youth shooting programs as a gun club in the State of Georgia. First awarded in 1997.

Warner Robins Skeet Range

Year Referee1980 Ed Stewart1981 Ernie Provost1982 Rusty Lieck1983 Comer Butler1984 Mike Silva1985 Ed Stewart1986 Bill Hembree1987 Jimmy Glausier1988 Myrl Miller1989 Mark McSwiggan1990 Henry Burkes1991 Jim Berkowitz1992 Earle Darby1993 Buck Buchannan1994 Tom Bardenwerper1995 Ron Lack1996 Norma Rickmond1997 Charles Rattray1998 Tom Fairchild

Awards Ceremony

The State meeting and award ceremony will be held Saturday, June 26 at South River Gun Club immediately following shoot offs on the grounds. Dinner is a barbeque. This special occasion is to recog-nize Hall of Fame inductee(s), the Fred Missildine award recipient, (an individual that has gone above and beyond promoting Skeet for the GSSA), the Referee of the Year, Club of the Year and members of the 2015 Georgia State and 2016 All-American Teams.

2016 Hall of Fame InducteeDavid Morgan

2016 Fred Missildine Award Bill Wilson

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Friday night Dog Burn by SRGC!!Saturday Night Schedule

Dinner By SRGC -BarbequeAfter Shoot-offs

~ 7:00 Awards - Standards pins, recognize GSSA All-Americans, State Teams, Referee of the Year, Gun Club of the Year, past officers and Hall of Fame

Inductees

~8:15pm State Meeting - President’s & Trea-surer’s reports, Bylaws amendments, Election of offi-

cers & directors and other new business.

~ 9:00 Adjourn Meeting

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Friday, June 24Event #1 -Houston DeshotelsDoubles Championship

Entry fee $55. Entry fee $49 for honors, medals (Georgia residents only) and money (see Page 18 for distribution details).

State Awards Champion GSSA Championship Crystal Trophy Runner Up GSSA Belt Buckle Class 1st AA-D GSSA Belt Buckle Class 2nd AA-D GSSA Belt Buckle Class Third-Fifth GSSA Medallion

Doubles Rotations: 10:00, 11:00, 12:00

Saturday, June 25Event #2 - Joe ReyesTwelve Gauge Championship

The entry and award options are the same as Event #1 Classes are AA-E for 12Ga.

Rotations: See Page 19 for available rotations and times Event #3 -Houston DeshotelsTwenty Gauge Championship

The entry and award options are the same as Event #1 Rotations: See Page 19 for available rotations and times

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Sunday, June 26

Event #4 - Allen McCannonTwenty Eight Gauge Championship

The entry and award options are the same as Event #1 Rotations: See Page 19 for available rotations and times

Event #5 - Allen McCannonFour-Ten Bore Championship

The entry and award options are the same as Event #1 Rotations: See Page 19 for available rotations and times

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High Overall Championship

The Houston Deshotels High Overall Championship. Shooters must have their average cards up–to–date prior to registration. Classification of any shooter for HOA will be governed by Rule V. C. 4., as per NSSA rules.

In no case will shooter’s HOA class be any lower than his/her lowest gun class.

HOA Championships will be held in conjunction with, and based on, the four gauge and bore Championship Events. There will be no additional entry fee for the Georgia HOA Championships. HOA winners will receive the following awards:

Champion GSSA Championship Crystal Trophy Runner Up GSSA Belt Buckle Class 1st AA-E GSSA Belt Buckle Class 2nd AA-E GSSA Belt Buckle Class Third-Fifth GSSA Medallion Champion Non-Resident GSSA Championship Non-Resident Crystal

Trophy

High overall classification will be based on your four gun average concur-rent with your last regular string within the following table.

HOA (4 Guns, excluding Doubles) AA 96.43 and over A 93.88 to 96.42 B 90.25 to 93.87 C 85.25 to 90.24 D 85.24 to 79.25 E 79.25 and under

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High All Around Championship

The Houston Deshotels High All Around Championship. Shooters must have their average cards up–to–date prior to registration. HAA Championships will be held in conjunction with, and based on, the four gun and doubles Championship Events. There will be no additional entry fee for the Georgia HAA Championships. The HAA winners will receive the following awards:

Champion GSSA Championship Crystal Trophy Runner-up GSSA Belt Buckle

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Options

HANDICAP

Offered in 12, 20, 28, .410 and Dbls.

Entry Fee $10.00 per gun

All money returned to shooters, Maximum score 100. All money will be divided among tied scores.

GSSA 410 28 20 12 DBLS AA 4 3 2 1 2 A 6 4 3 2 4 B 8 6 4 3 6 C 10 8 5 4 8 D 12 10 6 5 10 E x x x 8

chAmpion of chAmpionseNtry fee $10.00

SHot CoNCurreNtly. lASt 25 of eACH rouND iN 12, 20, 28 GAuGe, AND .410 Bore. All moNey returNeD. HiGH SCore to DiviDe purSe.

SPECIAL AWARDS FOR NOVICE*

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GEORGIA OPEN SKEET CHAMPIONSHIPSHeld in conjunction with

Georgia State Championship

CLASS PURSE EVENTS 1-5

$55 Entry for Monies, Honors & Medals (Medals Georgia Residents Only)

$7/shooter returned to class

$2/Entry to Champion (Guarantee of $10 more than highest class 1st)

$1/Entry to Runner Up (Guarantee of $5 more than highest class 1st)

Entry to Class (Monies distributed as follows) 1-6 Entries 100% 7-14 Entries 60/40% 15-21 Entries 50/30/20% 22 + Entries 40/30/20/10%

Optional Purses Available

2 Man Team Open Entry Fee: $20/Team Concurrent Purse Entry Fee: $10/Event Optional Class Purse Entry Fee: $10/Event BCDE Option Entry FEE $5(12Ga only) Optional Purse Class HOA Entry Fee: $20

All money remains in Class(Distribution as above)

* Only Georgia residents eligible for State Awards

Squad ReservationsSquad assignments will be on a first come, first served basis. Shooters wishing to squad together must squad together. Reservations should be submitted to Tami Daniel-Means at gunclubprincess@yahoo.com (preferred)or call 404-456-8287 with questions. Please be aware, confirmations and correspondence will be e-mailed.

Please ensure valid e-mail is on file with GSSA & NSSA

Rotations AvailableNote: Please select rotation preferences if you plan to par-ticipate in these events.

Doubles: 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 on Friday

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Rotation 1 2 3 4 5 Friday (24) 12GA 12:00 1:30 3:00 4:30Saturday(25) 12GA 9:00 20GA 9:00 10:30 12:00 1:30 1:30 28GA 3:00 Sunday(26) 28GA 10:30 9:00 10:30 410 3:00 12:00 1:30 3:00

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Except for these!And we Skeeters do that!