Once again it was a  fantastic day had by all who attended the 2026 Spring Classic 50/50/50 trap shoot at SLSA.  As always, we had a spectacular display of shotgun marksmanship and great weather. Leading the pack for the 150 was Jason “Doc” Pambrun, with Keith Baker nipping at his heels for the H.O.A runner – up prize, Doc earned himself $75.00, 10 free rounds, and a well-deserved punch to the 22-yard line, with shooting like that he will be at the back fence in no time.

Fresh off a 99 from 26-yards at the Huges Memorial in Santa Maria and first time to the 27, Ricky Johnson would take the long yardage honors after a shoot-off with Jaxen Brennan and Brandon Simonds.

Expert rifle shooter turned shotgun junkie Mike Griffith would take short yardage after a shoot-off with father/son duo Dustin & Wade Knutson. Mike is fairly new to the wonderful world of shotgun sports and with his first event win I think he is fully addicted. Young Wade wouldn’t come away empty handed as he topped the leader board from the 16-yard line and J.R. honors. That was while shooting a brand-new shotgun for the first time that day!! Great shooting Wade I don’t think your dad is disappointed with that purchase.

A heavenly feast was prepared by Rory Conger and my lovely wife Sheila Thorp for the whole crowd with plenty to go around, thank you very much Rory and Sheila it was fantastic.

As always, Ed Merrit jumped right in and took care of score keeping duties on field #2 and fresh off eye surgery was Butch Phillips keeping track of dead and lost birds on field #1 and doubles. He said his eye is already 100% better and we should watch out when he gets to swing his shotgun again. I would also like to thank Mike Griffith and his maintenance crew for mowing at the trap field, I really appreciate it.

 Once again congratulations to all the winners, and thank you to Rory, Sheila, Butch, Ed, Braden, and everybody that jumped in to help with clean-up afterwards.

A special thank you to Ron Prescott for donating the added money and category trophies, that was really nice. Thank you again Ron!

Trap Awards

• H.O.A: Jason Pambrun
• H.O.A Runner-up: Keith Baker

• High 16 Yard: Wade Knutson
• High 91-21: Mike Griffith
• High 22-24: Barbie Thorp
• High 25-27: Rick Johnson
• High Doubles: Pat Thorp

• High Lady: Barbie Thorp
• High Jr: Wade Knutson
• High Vet: Rick Johnson

On another note, the Atascadero Trail Riders are having their Hank Savage Scholarship trap shoot on July, 11^th and they would like to invite everyone to come on out and shoot, it’s for a great cause and a fun time. It consists of 75 16 yard targets with a nice cowboy buckle to the winner. The lunch that they put on is well worth the entry fee.

See you at the next shoot, Atascadero Trail Riders, July, 11^th .  

Remember head down and eye on the target

Pat