Well its all over, the Commonwealth Titles have come and gone.  
Weather was awful and very demanding on shooters. Unfortunately the wet 
had an impact on the referee controllers and contributed some problems.
However, Wayne was always available to lend a hand to fix the situation
which was very much appreciated.
   
The positive aspect is that we can now prepare better for future shoots
if we know whether conditions will be somewhat bad.  
Wayne also participated and Represented Canterbury Trap International 
at Sat presentations which was again much appreciated.  
Mike whilst the numbers were unfortunately down on expectations 
by 20-30 shooters, due mainly to the bad weather conditions, the traps 
performed well overall and threw fairly consistent & good targets. 
The scores were good and only 2 of the 6 events did not get a possible 
being shot, being the Champ of Champs (122/125) and the Double Rise 
(49/50 still a great effort in the conditions). 
However, considering the rain, cold, clouds and hail (yes we did get 
some) shooters agree that the scores shot were very good overall. 
 
I would like on behalf of WAGC, to again thank Canterbury Trap International 
for their generous sponsorship. It was most well received by those lucky 
enough to win a prize over the events sponsored.  As previously stated, 
an article will be written for the ACTA Magazine 
where pics and thanks to sponsors will be detailed.  
Our WAGC website already has some pics and scores from the weekend. 
Please feel free to have a look (link below) 
 
http://wagunclub.sports.officelive.com/default.aspx  

Once again Mike, thank you for your sponsorship. WAGC looks forward to 
a continuing support & relationship with Canterbury going forward. 
 
Regards  
Terry Hearn  
WAGC Committee

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                          Auto Trench available in Australia.

Canterbury Trap International is very proud to announce the arrival of the
production model of our latest innovation - the AUTO-TRENCH . In recent
times target delivery systems have been stagnant ie: no real new development
has occurred. We believe that our new system will be hard to eclipse. As a
training and club competition machine, the rest have to catch up and
probably never will.

As well as our proven range of trap products, remember that the Crusader is
the target thrower, this new design shows the way for the club that is
innovative. Members of the club that installs this product will have an
advantage over others. Not only do you get:- Ball trap , but a new and
effective training tool for your young (and not so young) shooters. Ever
practiced or shot Trench??? You should, DTL becomes almost sedate. Your
shooters skills will be enhanced, along with grades and scores. Never
before have you been able to select what you will shoot from the lanes,
instead of setting the traps. No longer will you have to entrust members
without the necessary skills to alter machines inside the bunkhouse. The
only task left to them is loading the hoppers. The rest is push button. So
no more continental set up, no more straight away target set up. Remember,
you can reduce the speed of the targets, but still shoot the programmes,
increasing speed as skill improves. What shooter would not want that
advantage??

Along with Autotrench-Australia our sole agent for this equipment in Australia
we will be offering a "try at your club" option in the New Year. Steve and his
staff will be presenting autotrench in a slip on slip off bunker on a
trailer. The unit will come complete with all you need to operate the unit.
At this stage we propose that Steve would deliver the unit to Eastern States
(initially with SA and WA to follow if they wish to compete) and demonstrate
the unit to several Clubs at the one venue. The trailer would then be left
at that venue, to be moved by participating clubs to their venue. You can
now "try before you buy". Ever had anyone offer that before?? We are so
confident in the units capabilities that we offer this to your club at "NO
COST" which means no cost to the club. Split of the proceeds from the sale
of targets will be discussed to cover the cost of transport. There will be a
token system in operation for the machine, so practice on your own is no
problem.

To be part of this exciting offer you need to register interest to
without delay. Remember first in first served.

Canterbury Trap International.

18 July 2008, 6:37PM

Prometal Industries, and Canterbury Trap International received some unexpected television exposure last friday, when TVNZ aired a sports feature on the preparations of Christchurch Shooter and current Commonwealth Games Gold Medal holder, Graeme Ede, and his build up for the Beijing Olympics.

The news footage showed Graeme practicing for the Olympics by shooting over the "Autotrench" system, designed and manufactured in Christchurch, and currently undergoing final field trials at the Canterbury Clay Target Club.
The Autotench is a computer controlled system capable of emulating the traditional 15 trap machine setup to deliver all of the 9 "ISSF" programs demanded by the Olympic shooting discipline.

The Autotrench requires less than 5 minutes setup at the start of the practice session and from then on, a simple push of a button calls up any of the 9 Olympic shooting programs, a task that until now has been a 3 person operation taking upto an hour for each program change.

The Autotrench has been designed to assist both the experienced shooter in preparation for competition, and as an entry level system for Clubs that cannot justify the expense of a 15 trap machine layout and full sized Olympic bunker.

Interest in the system has been received from around New Zealand, Australia, Fiji and the USA,
and with final testing expected to be complete by the end of August, systems available to the end user
before the end of the year.

Canterbury Trap Intl already leads the way in clay target shooting technology with its well established
trap machines and Voice Release systems, and now with this World first Autotrench system, is set to
revolutionise the Olympic Clay target disciplines.

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