MSC members, Dwight Fitzsimmons & Hugh McWane, each shot one of those six perfect 100×100 scores. The next event for the day was Handicap which participants had to again shoot in the intermittent rain.
After the Handicap Event had completed, one shooter had accomplished something never done before at Muscoda Sportsman’s Club, Dwight Fitzsimmons shot a perfect 100×100 from the 27-yard line!
In the Handicap Event, all competitors have assigned shooting distances ranging from 19 yards to 27 yards to even the shooting abilities by moving the more experienced & better average shooters further back.
A perfect score of 100×100 in the Handicap Event is sporadic and has only been accomplished at MSC once or twice in club history but no shooter had ever shot a perfect score from the 27-yard line at MSC, Dwight was the first ever.
In addition to this accomplishment now being a part of shooting history for the Muscoda Sportsman’s Club, this score also completed a lifelong goal of Dwight’s, completing his ATA Grand Slam. The ATA Grand Slam achievement requires a score of 200×200 in the 16-yard Singles event, 100×100 in the Handicap Event from the 27-yard line and 100×100 in the Doubles Event in their ATA shooting career.
In the Wisconsin Trapshooting Association, only twelve shooters had achieved the ATA Trap Shooting Gram Slam in its 124-year history, Dwight is now the 13th ever, in the state, to achieve this coveted accomplishment.
The Muscoda Sportsman’s Club is immensely proud of Dwight for this once in a lifetime shooting achievement and enormously proud that he was able to do it at MSC.
Over the span of his ATA trap shooting career, Dwight has shot a perfect score in all three trap shooting disciplines at the Muscoda Sportsman’s Club and he is a life member of the club.
There were two other trap shooting level accomplishments celebrated at MSC on Sunday, 6-25-23. Tim Curtin (Reedsburg, WI) celebrated his 75,000th Handicap target level and Chris Meuer (Dodgeville, WI) celebrated shooting his 50,000th Handicap target level.
The 2023 trapshooting season is now in full swing and will continue forceful thru August 2023. Local trap shooting competitions will start to lighten up as the Fall & cooler temperatures begin.
The Muscoda Sportsman’s Club is open to the public every Wednesday evening for practice and welcomes nonmembers as well as members.
Individual or Family annual & lifetime memberships are available for purchase at any of the practice nights or shooting events. MSC also supports local youth shotgun sports by being the home club of the Riverdale High School and Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Trapshooting Teams as well as club members being coaches/volunteers for these two teams.
MSC will be again hosting its 54th annual Team Trap Shoot on Sunday, September 3rd. This is the largest team trap shoot held in the State of Wisconsin and is extremely popular. The Team Trap event is so popular that MSC has had to limit the number of teams to 90 (450 shooters) to complete the event in one day.
All levels of shooting skills/age are welcome to participate. Early team registration is encouraged and can be found on-line at www.muscodasc.com.
The MSC will also be hosting a Riverdale Trapshooting Team (RTT) benefit shoot (non-ATA registered) Saturday, October 7th. More details about the RTT benefit shoot will be posted on RTT’s Facebook page and flyers around Dwight Fitzsimmons (MSC Member), left, and Jay Adams (MSC President), Dwight’s ATA Grand Slam achievement being congratulated by Jay Adams, MSC President. Hunter Knotwell (SWTC Team Member), left, and Jordan Bomkamp (RTT Team Member), Hunter’s first ever ATA 27-yard line punch and Jordan’s first ever
ATA 100 straight on 5-21-23. River Laack (SWTC Team Member), left, and Dan Imhoff (MSC Secretary & SWTC Coach), River’s first ever ATA 100 straight on 4-30-23.
Trapshooters achieve numerous accomplishments the area in the future. This trap shoot will be open to both student athletes and adults.
Finally, the Muscoda Sportsman’s Club facility is available to the public for rental. Typical past rentals include; graduations, class reunions, first communions, celebrations of life, funeral lunches, birthday parties, and wedding receptions. The facility is fully heated/air conditioned, has ample parking, indoor/outdoor seating, and full kitchen/cooler amenities.
The best way to contact MSC for rental is thru the Muscoda Sportsman’s Club’s Facebook page messenger or Jay Adams @ 608-485-2662 or muscodasc@ gmail.com
