Texas Trap Shooters Association - Texas Trapshooting Association

2024 ATA All Americans From Texas

Details: Published: 18 September 2023

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

Details: Published: 21 July 2023

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 Crawford
Darin 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.

View the 2023 TTA Annual Meeting Minutes

Updated TTA Bylaws

Details: Published: 20 July 2023

The TTA Bylaws have been posted with the following updates:

ARTICLE II Section 1, OFFICE LOCATION
ARTICLE III Section 2(d), ASSESSMENTS

View the updated TTA Bylaws

2023 Texas State Shoot Champions

Details: Published: 14 July 2023

Here are a few of the Texas State Shoot Champions!

More photos will be added soon, please check back.

View the 2023 Texas State Shoot results

TTA Hall of Fame Inductee Darin Clawson

Details: Published: 20 November 2022

Darin Clawson starting shooting trap in 2001 at the San Angelo Claybird Gun Club. To date, he has registered over 135,000 targets in all three disciplines. He was the Texas State Doubles Champion in 2006 with a lone 99 and has been in the hunt for State Championship titles for the last 16 years. Darin has placed on the Texas State Team six times.

He served as a TTA officer from 2008 to 2010, was President of the TTA in 2010 and served on the Hall of Fame committee for an additional 5 years.

He has led the San Angelo trap program and continues to be instrumental in running, scoring and cashiering tournaments throughout West Texas. He has also served as target setter and trap mechanic at shoots all over Texas.

TTA Hall of Fame Inductee JR Long

Details: Published: 20 November 2022

JR Long has a long history of many years of dedication to the Texas Trap Association and has held the following positions:

TTA President 1990
TTA Director for 15 years
ATA Alternate Delegate 1986
Zone II President, Vice President and Secretary & treasurer several times
Served on numerous state committees
Conducted national survey on ladies state teams resulting in Texas expanding ladies team to 5 members
Served as auctioneer at State, Zone, Southwestern Zone special events

JR long began registered in 1974 and acheived his first 100 Singles straight on 2/8/76, first 200 Singles straight a month later on 3/13/76. He made the 27 yard line two years later on 5/21/78. He ran 100 Doubles in June 1988 and completed his Grand Slam with a 100 straight from the 27 yard line in September, 1990!

ATA Hall of Fame Inductee Jennifer Wilburn

Details: Published: 16 August 2022

Jennifer Rutger of Boerne, TX, was inducted into the ATA Hall of Fame in 2022. Jennifer has been attending trapshoots before she was born; her mom shot non-registered events while she was pregnant. Jennifer started regular practice at age nine, and her ATA career began at the 1984 Southern Grand. Shortly after she won first trophy in a singles event at a weekend shoot in Orlando.

Jennifer competed at the Grand for the first time in 1984, shooting only singles. Two years later she won her first trophy there, placing third among sub-juniors in the Singles Class Championship. Since then she has won more than 85 Grand trophies, including women's titles in the 2001 Doubles; 1999 All-Around; plus the 2005 and 2007 HOAs. In 2015 she claimed the Lady I HOA crown.