Gold Sponsors
Trapshooting HOF Trustees; In Memory of Rickard Heckert, a Long Time Gold
Sponsor
Russo Development; Carlstadt, NJ Silver
Sponsor
Dennis A DeVaux; Thetford Center, VT
Museum Holiday Hours &
Plans to Close
Holiday
Hours
The Trapshooting HOF &
Museum will be closed December 24 through January 3
for the Holidays. Regular hours will resume on
Monday, January 4, 2010.
HOF
Storage & Relocation
Project The Trapshooting
Hall of Fame and Museum is very excited to announce
that the first big step is being taken in relocating
to Sparta. We have completed our immense
inventory and these precious items will be moved to a
safe, secure and climatically controlled location.
This decision was twofold: (1) to insure that we keep
our items safe from fire, water, and temperature
risks; and (2) to better prepare our artifacts for the
move to our new home.
The Trapshooting Hall of Fame & Museum in Vandalia,
Ohio WILL CLOSE as early as February, 2010.
We give you this advance notice in hopes that you will
plan a visit. We will accept reservations to visit the
Museum outside of the regular business hours.
This will make the collection available to the ATA
membership, our trapshooting friends, and new
visitors. Please contact the HOF Office if you would
like to make these very special arrangements.
WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT AFTER THE MUSEUM'S
CLOSING, THE HOF OFFICES & RESEARCH LIBRARY WILL
CONTINUE NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS!
To
contact the HOF Offices:
Telephone: 937-898-4638 Ext. 528
email:
Photograph of the
Sportsmen's Club of Cincinnati, taken in 1852,
appeared in Field and Stream back in 1972. The club is the
birth place of American trapshooting in 1831. A grainy,
black and white photograph, colorized and improved by
Hamilton Web Design. Click on the photo for a larger
picture.
Evelyn
Primm of Los Angeles. First woman to ever shoot from
the 27 yard line, as well as the 26 yard line and
the 25 yard line. She earned her last punch on April
16, 1955.
Charles
Sparrow Young, a Hall of Fame inductee in 1972, of
Springfield, OH, was one of the most colorful
trapshooters of all times, and was the first shooter
to break 100 straight from back yardage to win the
Grand American Handicap (23 yards in 1926) and the
first to break a 25-target event in the Grand
American Handicap. He had broken 100 straight from
23 yards at Peru, Ind. in 1916, and he broke the 25
straight at the first Grand American Handicap at New
York City in 1900 when he shot under the nom de
plume of Robin Hood, for whom he worked. Robin Hood
was a powder and ammunition company.
.Visit the
Hall of Fame in Vandalia, Ohio to learn more about the great
American sport of Trapshooting.
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Trapshooting
Hall of Fame
601 W. National Road
Vandalia, Ohio 45377
Phone: (937) 898-4638, extension 528
Fax: (937) 898-5541
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Email anytime: hof@shootata.com
The
Hall of Fame is a Section (c) (3) organization. All gifts are
tax deductible.
