GRAND AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL
The International Clay Target
Championship was shot off of Western
wobble traps and allowed the shooter 2 shots per target. From 1967 to
1977 the shooting distance was 16 yards. The last three years of the
event the shooter stood at 20 yards. The championship lasted
for 14 years. Some years the ATA included a preliminary International event.
Leo Harrison III holds the individual record by winning three titles, all in
a
row between 1977 and 1979. No one else won it more than once. In 1971
the top three winning guns broke 100 straight, the only time this occurred.
Leo Harrison, three time International
Champion. Trap & Field photo.
Year | Champion | Score |
Runner-up |
Score |
Third Place |
Score |
1980 | Jerry Rache | 98 |
(no trophy) |
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(champion) | ||||||
1979 | Leo Harrison III | 95 | Terry Zaplata | 92 | Bob Eichelberger | 92 |
(gold) |
(silver) |
(bronze) | ||||
1978 | Leo Harrison III | 98 | Storm Mitchell | 98 | Jerry Rache | 96 |
(gold) | (silver) | (bronze) | ||||
1977 | Leo Harrison III | 100 |
(no trophy) |
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(champion) | ||||||
1976 | Elgin Gates | 100 |
(no trophy) |
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(champion) | ||||||
1975 | Ken Stewart | 100 |
(no trophy) |
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(champion) | ||||||
1974 | Francis Foster | 98 | Frank Little | 98 |
(no trophy) |
|
(champion) | (high civilian) | |||||
1973 | Alessandro Notari | 100 | Liano Rossini | 99 | Hugh Bowie | 97 |
(champion) | (high civilian) | (high military) | ||||
1972 | Elgin Gates | 100 | Phil Wright | 100 | Bob Green | 100 |
(champion) | (high civilian) | (high military) | ||||
1971 | Doug Elson | 100 | Elgin Gates | 100 | Ken Blasi | 99 |
(champion) | (high civilian) | (high military) | ||||
1970 | Ray Stafford | 99 | Frank Little | 96 | Ken Blasi | 94 |
(champion) | (high civilian) | (high military) | ||||
1969 | Steve Carmichael | 100 | Liano Rossini | 100 | Tom Garrigus | 99 |
(champion) | (high civilian) | (high military) | ||||
1968 | Chris Bishop | 99 | Doug Elson | 98 | Ken Reitz | 98 |
(gold) | (silver) | (bronze) | ||||
1967 | Gene Lumsden | 100 | Jim Beck | 100 | Billy Hicks | 100 |
(gold) | (silver) | (bronze) |