Is ATA trapshooting dieing?

I have shot registered ATA trap now for close to fifty years. This past weekend our club hosted the State Zone 2 Championship which includes about all of the Northern lower peninsula. We had a total of fourteen shooter's! I have never witnessed a poorer attended Zone shoot in that fifty year period, despite the generous offer made by our state association to pay for the state singles championship targets if they were one of the five class champions in their zone. Despite the fact that our youth shooters are being hailed as " our future" we had only one shooter under the age of 20. Wondering if anyone else is seeing the same in their area or is this just an odd occurrence that just happened in our area. The weather was ok, so a rainy day could not be blamed.

 

Yes ATA shooting is almost dead, if it wasn't for big 50's a lot of clubs wouldn't shoot ATA-in Fl its too damn hot to shoot for the next 3 months--cleaning my gun and putting it in the same to mid Sept. Also very difficult to get a punch if their are less than 15 shooters. ATA shooting is a boring grind--Sporting clays is booming there are 100's of shooters every weekend @ a club close to where I live

 

The ATA needs new leadership. sad but true, the present leadership is in a loosing rut.
WE NEED NEW BLOOD TO MAKE THE ATA THRIVE AGAIN. Get younger more oppen minded
younger men and women leading with renewed ideas on how to appeal to the shooters. The present
leaders are to self serving to relate to the shooting public. the time has long passed for the change.
wake up competitive minded shooters, before it is to late to save the sinking ship.
ROGER COVELESKIE

 

Definition of insanity-keep doing the same thing & hoping for a change

 

There is new leadership all the way up at the top of the ATA. Have to wait and see how things are going forward.

 

THE E.C. HAS COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE ATA. THE NEW MAN CAN NOT CONTROL THEM. IF THE DELEGATES HAD ANY BALLS THEY COULD CONTROL THE EC BUT THEY ARE A LOST CAUSE.
ROGER C.

 

Name the leaders.

 

GATORGUN, Are your insinuating that there are no younger or capable people to steer the ATA to a better
way to over see the association? If you are, you are a part of the problem. we have many who could do
a better job than the present self serving group we now have. Roger C.

 

How much cash does the ATA have and what do they intend to use it for? Maybe they can give away a Prevost instead of a Krieghoff to a retiring Pres. A little tongue in cheek on my behalf

 

I believe the man’s name is Randy Moeller. No, he’s not on my Christmas card list.

 

Randy was delt ace and eights. he paid a hell of a price for that. Roger C.

 

Please post the names of those new leaders that are in place. The EC has been there a long time. So tell us whom these leaders are. Is it a secret or just bullshit?

 

John. I did not say new leaders were in place I said we need new leadership. Are you saying the whole EC has been changed? Has the BOD been changed also? If so then we have new leaders. Roger C.