Your 2021-2022 OPTA Board of Directors

Please contact any of us and we’ll help you in any way we can!

President	Pam Muma
Vice-President	Lori Cain
Secretary/Treasurer	Beau Douglas
Director	Emily Brown
Director	Bill Drikos
Director	B.J. Jackman
Director	Ron Rowe
Director	Peter Tsementzis
Director	Verne Higgs
Director	Mathew Tyhurst

MESSAGE FROM YOUR OPTA PRESIDENT
I would like to thank the Board of Directors for their confidence in electing me as your 2022/23 President. Bert Blackburn has decided to retire from the Board after 13 years of volunteer service with the past 3 as your President. Thank you Bert, and good luck finding productive things to do with all you free time.
I would also like to welcome Mathew Tyhurst, our newest Board member, elected during the Provincial Championships. I would like to also thank the rest of the Board of Directors for their continued dedication to Ontario shooting.

The Board of Directors had their first meeting in September with a lot of ideas and initiatives brought forward. We are always looking for ways to improve shooting opportunities and experience in Ontario so if you have any thoughts, please do not hesitate to let any of the Board members know. The first initiative that was discussed and approved is how to help new shooters become members. It was decided that the OPTA would offer 50 FREE memberships to any first-time registered shooters wishing to join. These free memberships go along with the ATA initiative to try and encourage shooters to shoot registered shoots. The 2023 Provincial Championship date has been set for July 5-9, 2023 in St Thomas. More information on the championships will be shared as the Board works through everything.
There are still a few ATA registered shoots taking place this fall. If your club would like to throw “penny pincher” or Big 50 shoots over the winter, please get in touch with OPTA Secretary/Treasurer Beau Douglas to register your dates this fall.

Thank you,
Pam Muma
OPTA President

MESSAGE FROM YOUR ATA DELEGATE
If you have not already heard, Lloyd Beecraft was named Captain of the All American Veteran Team. This is a remarkable distinction. Lloyd worked hard at this, attended a lot of shoots, and shot well. To my knowledge, Lloyd is the first Ontario shooter to be a captain of any open or category team. Congratulations to all of the other Ontario shooters who shot well, here at home and outside our borders. As I have often said, Ontario shooters are among the best of the best. Good luck in the current 22/23 target year.

Paul Shaw, Ontario Delegate

Past Presidents of the OPTA

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