Congratulations to Dalton Jennings TTA Hall of Fame Inductee
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Dalton began shooting in the second grade, his dad would help him hold up a Remington 1100 while he shot at 3-liter bottles. Later, he would go to turkey shoots and that really got him hooked on shotguns. He would continue on and receive numerous Texas State titles including
- Singles Champion 2009,2012,2017, 2018
- Handicap Champion 2015
- Doubles Champion 2012 and 2020
- High All Around in 2012 (state record of 398), 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2020
- He won High Over All in consecutive years from 2012-2016 and then in 2019 and 2020.
He earned a spot on the Men’s State Second Team in 2009 and has been Men’s First Team Captain for the past 12 years (2012-2023).
At the Grand American, he was Champion of Champions Champion in 2012 and runner up in the 2016 Clay Target Championship. He has received numerous other trophies at the Grand, in other states, and at South-West Zone shoots and Satellite Grands.
He received his AA27AA pin in 2012, his AAA27AAA pin in 2021 and completed his Grand Slam (#514) on September 19, 2021.
Besides his shooting accomplishments, Dalton has held Zone offices and has also served the Texas Trapshooter’s Association as an officer and volunteered to serve two consecutive years as President in 2016 and 2017.
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Congratulations to Jeff Renegar TTA Hall of Fame Inductee
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Jeff began shooting shotguns at age eight in Levelland, Texas. He started competing in turkey shoots at age ten and shot in his first registered ATA shoot in 1994 at the Texas State Shoot in Amarillo, Texas. He won his first trap award at a 4-H shoot in 1995 at South Plains Gun Club. In 1997, he held the highest handicap average by a Junior or Sub-Junior with a minimum of 1500 targets.
Some of his accomplishments include five Texas State titles:
- Handicap Champion 2014
- High All- Around 2015
- Singles Champion in 2016
- High Over All in 2017 and 2018.
Jeff has been on the Texas Men’s First Team the past eight years (2016 to 2023).
At the Grand American, he was the 2016 Zone Team Race Team Champion and placed third in AAA class in Downrange Mfg Class Doubles in 2018.
He has received numerous other trophies at the Texas State Shoot, Texas zone shoots, as well as at other state shoots, South-West Zone shoots and Satellite Grands.
He received his AA27AA pin in 2017, his AAA27AAA pin in 2018 and completed his Grand Slam (#494) at the Grand American on August 8, 2018.
Jeff has served as Zone 1 President as well as a target setter for the Texas State Shoot.
2023 Bair Hatcher Shoot Report
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Drew Fryman HOA & HAA Champion with his Tex Hollis custom range bagThe 2023 Bair Hatcher Memorial Shoot held at Ft Worth Skeet & Trap Club Oct 8-10 was a huge success with shooters coming from Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky, Ohio, Mississippi, Tennessee, Nebraska & Oklahoma.
"Congratulations!" to Drew Fryman who won the custom, hand tooled Tex Hollis range bag with High Overall & High All Around scores!
2024 ATA All Americans From Texas
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The following 10 Texas shooters made the 2024 All American Trapshooting Team! They competed against the best shooters from every state in the country. They travelled across the entire USA and shot in all the elements that nature could throw at them including extreme heat, howling wind, torrential rain, freezing sleet and even snow. Congratulations on your achievement, dedication to the sport and comaraderie towards your fellow shooters!
Lady I - 2nd Team
Jennifer Rutger
Lady II - 1st Team
Yaani-Mai Gaddy
Patty Todd
Lady II - 2nd Team
Jerri Webb
Junior Gold - 2nd Team
Seth Cooper
Sub Veteran - 2nd Team
Billy Hopson
Veteran - 2nd Team
Troy Collier
Jeff H. Webb
Senior Veteran - 1st Team
Marvin Allbright
Larry Tagtmeyer
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News From the TTA Annual Meeting
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View the 2023 TTA Annual Meeting Minutes
Here are a few highlights of the 2023 TTA Annual Meeting held at the Texas State Shoot...
Silent Auction and Fund Raising
Due to the loss of the Southwest Grand shoot the TTA relied on event sponsors, program ads, donations, auctions, silent auctions and raffles for the state trophy package to make up for the loss in Daily Fees. A big "Thank you!" goes out to all those who donated and purchased the items!
- Glen Miller, Lonestar Knives - Custom handmade knife purchased by Jeff Renegar $150
- Steven Dusek - 3 Day Deer Hunting package purchased by Buddy Huff $2,000
- Matt Nicol - Gateway Irish crystal glasses purchased by Jerry O'Connor $50
- Matt Nicol - Texas Flags purchased by Caitlyn Bynum $325
- Negrini Gun Case - puchased by Randy Boeding $275
- Pistol Raffle winner was Thomas Gebhart
2023 ATA All American Team
Congratulations to the following TTA members for making the ATA All American Teams.
Douglas Briggs - Veteran 1st Team
Jeff H Webb - Veteran 2nd Team
Marvin Allbright - Senior Vet 2nd Team
Larry Tagtmeyer - Senior Vet 2nd Team
Jennifer Rutger - Lady I 1st Team
Yaani-Mai Gaddy - Lady II 1st Team
Patricia Todd - Lady II 2nd Team
2023 Texas State Teams
The following shooters were awarded plaques. First time 1st Team members and team captains were awarded their TX State Team rings.
1st Team
Dalton Jennings (Captain)
Drew Fryman
Jeff Renegar
Billy Hopson
Colton Clark
2nd Team
Patrick CrawfordDarin Clawson
Kevin Merrell
Richard Leos
Montana Fuller
Ladies Team
Bridget Bearden (Captain)Yaani Mai Gaddy
Renee Prado
Allison Allbright
Veteran Team
Steve Dusek (Captain)
Doug Briggs
Sr Veteran Team
Marvin Allbright (Captain)
Joe Altom
Junior Team
Coy Losawyer (Captain)
Cooper Caswell
Sub Junior Team
Case Koether (Captain)
Dutch Nielsen
TTA Hall of Fame Inductees
Dalton Jennings and Jeff Renegar were recognized for their many accomplishments, sportsmanship, dedication and contributions to trap shooting throughout their shooting careers.
Cases of Winchester AA's Shell Drawing
The following 7 shooters attended all five 2023 Texas Zone shoots - Billy Hopson, Richard Leos, Darin Clawson, Kevin Merrell, Cooper Caswell, JJ Caswell & Babette Cade. Babette Cade was the lucky winner for the drawing for the 2 cases of Winchester AA shells!
Billy Hopson, Richard Leos and Steve Bradbury are donating 3 cases of Winchester AA's for a drawing for shooters that attend all the 2024 target year Zone shoots.
State Shoot Attendees
The following shooters were recognized for attending many past Texas State Shoots!
- 15 Years - Patrick Hopson
- 25 Years - Jeff Renegar
- 30 Years - Bruce Best
- 30 Years - Trish O'Connor
- 47 Years - Jerry O'Connor
- 50 Years - Bob Johnson
- 50 Years - Charlie Long
New Officers
The TTA would like to present the following new officers:
- Steve Bradbury - President
- Drew Fryman - 1st Vice President
- JJ Caswell - 2nd Vice President
- Billy Hopson - ATA Delegate
- Ron Cunning - 1st Alternate Delegate
The following officers will continue in their roles in 2024:
- Ronnie Beard - 2nd Alternate Delegate
- Randall Boeding - Secretary
- Dieter Becker - Treasurer
The TTA would like to express their gratitude to the following outgoing officers for their time, hard work and years of dedication to the association and trap shooting. Their efforts have truly made a difference and are greatly appreciated.
- Babette Cade - 1st Vice President and 2nd Vice President
- Jerry O'Connor - ATA Delegate for the past 13 years, former 1st Alternate Delegate, TTA President, 2nd Vice President, served on the Amarillo Gun Club Board of Directors for approximately 20 years and was President of Amarillo Gun Club 3 times. We also thank Trish O'Connor who worked tirelessly alongside Jerry all those years.
