It was a bad weekend to be a clay target in the North Okanagan.

The North Okanagan Trap and Skeet Club (NOTSC) hosted the Art Salt Memorial provincial championships for trapshooting over the Victoria Day long weekend and the event saw a record 81,500 targets break into pieces.

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According to Salt, on the first day of the event, (Friday), shooting went for 11 straight hours (8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.).

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While notoriously a sport for the older population, younger competitors dotted many of the categories, a welcome sign to Salt.

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The Club in the Lower Mainland gives out a free clinic the week prior to competition in an effort to get more people interested.

Salt was thankful for the numerous volunteers who helped put on the four-day competition, as it required a lot of hard work. Their next major shoot will be during the Labour Day long weekend in September.

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