News and Notes

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Just a reminder that the NHTA Annual Meeting will be held Friday December 5th at the Pelham fish and Game Club starting at 7:00PM with a hot meal served prior to the meeting. If your going to partake in the meal please RSVP to Tia Hackett 335-2548 or tiamadaffari@hotmail.com by 12/01/08.

Jimmy Giarrusso passed this interesting tidbit along (even though he looks shorter and wider today it must be him!):

Hi Jim,

I was in England visiting my family and found this old picture of me, That was 4 th of July 1979 and I just won the shoot and became European novice skeet champion in Germany. I still have the trophy and the gun,

Regards,

Felipe Garcia

Well they say the acorn doesn't fall far from the tree and here's a good example. Jake Blaisdell, a future NH trapshooter, hunting with Dad Mike, gets his first turkey and also his first deer. Congratulations Jake!

Note: The rest of you folks out there hunting this fall who are successful should feel free to send us your pictures also.

Remember these guys? Lou Rudinsky of Hollis and John Sowerby of Dover! This picture was taken in March 1988 during the winter doubles league at the old Exeter Gun Club. Lou took the state handicap title in 1990 and was considered by many to be the ultimate sand bagger. John took many state titles both in NH and Maine but at the time of this photo he seemed to suffer from every ailment known to man. Consequently while shooting you became very attentive to John and his release triggers.

It's that time of the year again! Although this event seems to have started fairly recently here's the first poster (from 28 years ago). Checkout the Peterborough Sportsmen's Club flyer below:

Trophy to high gun in each event. Trophy winner(s) not eligible for added monies.

As we complete our second year of registered trapshooting, the Peterborough Sportsmen’s Club would like to thank all past attendees for their support and we hope that you can join us again next year as your schedule may allow.

For those of you who don't know or remember Ted he left NH trapshooting about ten years ago when he retired to Maine. Prior to that time he racked up about 13,000 registered targets and won numerous trophies around New England as well as at the early Northeast Grands. He shot for Pelham's AA Team as well as captaining it for many years and participated in many winter leagues at the Lone Pine Hunter's Club in Hollis. He was also a life member of the ATA.

Theodore J. Nusbaum, Jr.

September 14, 2008

Theodore J. Nusbaum, Jr., 70, of Bridgton, ME, died Sunday, September 14, 2008 in the Maine Medical Center in Portland, ME. He was born in Elizabeth, NJ on December 29, 1937, a son of the late Theodore J. and Florence (Stengel) Nusbaum, Sr. Ted was a resident of Bridgton for the past 20 years, formerly living in Derry, NH. He was a US Navy veteran. Ted was a scoutmaster for the Boy Scouts Troop #405, and was an Eagle Scout. He retired as a senior engineer from Lucent Technologies in N. Andover, MA. Ted enjoyed trap shooting, golfing and hunting with his sons and friends, and snowmobiling and ice fishing with his grandchildren. He also worked with his wife in their knitting and embroidery business.

Ted is survived by his wife, Anne (Strout) Nusbaum of Bridgton, ME; three sons, Theodore J. Nusbaum, III and his wife Pamela of Londonderry, NH, Michael J. Nusbaum and his wife Cindy of Derry, NH, and Kenneth Nusbaum and his wife Hope of Conway, NH; one daughter, Laura Faiella and her husband Steve of Derry; 12 grandchildren, Abigail, Rebeccah, Samuel, Jessica, Sara, Joseph, Amanda, Taylor, Daniel, Nathan, Nickolas and Nolan; one great-grandson, Lucas; one sister, Carolyn Titterington of Peabody, MA, as well as many close friends from Bridgton to the Carolinas. He was predeceased by his sister, Marie Caputo.

Calling hours were held on Friday, September 19th from 4 - 7pm in the Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 290 Mammoth Rd., Londonderry. A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated on Saturday, at 11:00am in St. Mark's Church, corner of Mammoth Rd. and South Rd., Londonderry. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Ted’s memory to the State of Maine, Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, State House Station, 284 State St. #41, Augusta, ME 04333-0041 or to the American Heart Assoc., Heart Gifts Processing Center, PO Box 3049, Syracuse, NY 13220-3049.

Congratulations to Pete Tomaini who won the Senior Vet catagory (Thanks Cal!) in the Neil Winston Presidential Handicap (E17) on Tuesday with a 97X100 and Phil Wright who took 27 yard 5th with a 98X100 in the Parliment Coach Handicap (E23) on Saturday. Coming close was Mike Blaisdell who shot a 200X200 in Thursdays Clay Target Championship. Unfortunately Mike, who has been known to go 575X575 in extra innings (to win the longest shootoff in ATA history) , let one bye early on in extremely poor light conditions. New Hampshire's top three shooters, Mike, Phil and Buddy Driscoll shot extremely well with composite averages for the week of 96.6 (966X1000), 96.5 (965X1000) and 96.5 (1062X1100) respectively. Not to be denied Buddy came thru at the NE Grand by taking ATA 2nd in the NE Grand Handicap (E14) with a 98X100. Check out the Grand photos and hopefully you'll see all the NH folks shooting at Sparta.

Nora Ross will be holding a two day clinic October 4th and 5th at Cheshire County Fish and Game. The clinic will include singles, handicap and doubles. Classes will start each day at 9:00AM and finish around 6:00PM with an hour break for lunch. The price of the clinic is $300.00 for the two day shooting school and $200.00 for one day. If interested call Dick Clauson at 603-835-6666 or Nora at 859-473-1622.

To see Mary Beth Lewis, our NH 2008 Handicap Champion, in a video interview by WMUR-TV in Manchester please click on the following link:

If you've you tried to log in to this site in the last few days you already know the site has been down. An error on my part while trying to enter the 2008 NHSS Winner's List caused the home page and all pages linked to it to be irrevocably lost and more importantly to discover that the site was not adequately backed up locally by me or the remote internet hosting service. Through a process incorporating smoke and mirrors the basic structure is back up but most of the pages are presently empty. It is my belief that most of the info can, with time, be back filled. Your patience will be appreciated and new information going forward will be added as received.

The 108th NHSS is history and the Winner's List is available under "State Shoots". A nice crowd attended and the weather was perfect. In addition, the shoot ran very successfully thanks to the NHTA officers, shoot management and the able staff of MMSC. The big four champions included Buddy Driscoll (16), Mike Blaisdell (Dbls), Mary Beth Lewis (Hdcp) and Felipe Garcia (AA). It should be noted that MBs win is the first championship (non-catagory) title to go to a lady in our 108 years of shooting history. MB has won many titles over the years in the ladies catagory, including the prestigious Grand American in 2005, but this is definitely a first. Congratulations MB!

During E4 an informal 200 bird contest is held annually between NH clubs that can field at least five shooters. This years event was won by Cheshire County Fish & Game with a 974 with 18 members shooting. Country Pond Fish & Game took second place with a 967 produced by five shooters. Pelham Fish and Game, last years winner, shot a combined 958 with six shooters and will be presenting the traveling trophy to Cheshire shortly.

Congratulations to Robert "Buddy" Hackett, NHTA VP of Rochester, NH for making the 27 yard line on June 1st. This puts Buddy in an exclusive group of around fourteen NH shooters (Big Dogs) shooting from the fence. Buddy says it took him 7500 targets to get there and most of us would say "That's all?". That gal with Buddy happens to be Tia, the NHTA Secretary, aka Mrs. Buddy Hackett.

The NHTA wishes to thank Richard Connor, the creator and previous webmaster of this site, for his significant contributions to trap shooting in NH including his continuing support of this site for an additional five years after moving to California. For you new shooters Rich shot out of Jaffrey for at least a dozen years, was NHTA President for two or more terms and topped off these achievements by winning the Grand American Handicap in 1997. Scroll down this News and Notes section to see more details and pictures of Rich. A job well done!