Board of Directors

MESSAGE FROM YOUR OPTA PRESIDENT

We have a great board; all very considerate, pragmatic and approachable people. Please don’t hesitate to reach out or approach any of us if you have any ideas or concerns: there is no such thing as bad input.

I wish the best of luck to all of you over the shooting season. Whether you are going to a local shoot or are packing up and heading to the Grand American (a tournament that should be on everyone’s bucket list), do your best, and represent Ontario with pride. Your fellow shooters will be rooting for you.

I encourage everyone to take a friend shooting, a lot of us came to love this sport without prior knowledge of its existence or the thought that we ourselves could become competitors.

Shoot Well!
B.J. Jackman
OPTA President

Past Presidents of the OPTA

Pamela Muma 2022-2023
Bert Blackburn 2019-2022
Neville Henderson 2010-2019
Steve Stiby 2007 – 2010
W. L. (Smokey) Smith 2000 – 2007
Ike Prokaska 1998 – 2000
Brent Price 1996 – 1998
Ray Norton 1994 – 1996
Paul Shaw 1992- 1994
Jerry Mariani 1991 – 1992
Jerry Gilroy 1990
John Van Huesden 1988-1989
Jerry Mariani 1986 – 1987
Bruce C. Lyons 1982 – 1985
Maurice J. Wainwright 1976 – 1981
Jerry Mariani 1975
John Kaylor 1973-1974
Jack Henning 1971 – 1972
Bruce E. Stevens 1969 – 1970
Ed Wladichuk 1953 – 1968
Tom Oliver 1952
Hugh Lennox 1951