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Unofficial home of the ohio state skeet ASSOCIATIONOSSA.htmlOSSA.htmlOSSA.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1
NSSA “Association of the Year” 2007-2008
 
The 2000 induction of Charlie Parks of Bellevue OH into the National Skeet Shooting Association Hall of Fame. The 2000 induction of Dave Starrett of Portsmouth OH into the National Skeet Shooting Association Hall of Fame.
 
Skeet History
 
We’re just getting started...
If you have anything to contribute... please contact us at ohioskeet@neo.rr.com and we’ll make arrangements to borrow your items to be scanned for inclusion in these pages.
 
 
Here’s a sample...
Skeet Review Magazine from August 1934 including Clark Gable shooting the game on page 5.
(click here for a 138 MB version with better pictures and clearer text)
Clark Gable
Click here for the proof to why Ohio claims to have invented the game of Doubles in 1962 !!!http://www.ohioskeet.org/history/buckwalterdoubles.pdfhttp://www.ohioskeet.org/history/buckwalterdoubles.pdfshapeimage_9_link_0
Longest continuous string of State Championship attendances: 57 years - Jim Doebereiner from 1948-2005
George Ligowsky of Cincinnati produced the first "clay pigeon” around 1880http://www.traphof.org/inductees/ligowsky.htmhttp://www.ohioskeet.org/history/buckwalterdoubles.pdfshapeimage_11_link_0
WANTED - WANTED - WANTED Old 8mm, 16mm, beta, or vhs film or video of skeet shooting to be included in a DVD to the troops overseas. PLUS we’re looking for any Skeet Review or Skeet Annuals prior to 1975 for a collection to made available online, soon. Click here to contact us about how to make the arrangements to help.
According to the Secretary of State for Ohio, the Ohio State Skeet Association was established September 24, 1937
The first National Skeet Championships were held in Solon OH in 1935.
1972 Rush, New York
World Skeet Championships
(Ohio squad: left to right)
Bob Snyder, King Heiple, Gene Miser, Charlie Parks, Sue Parks
~ OLD ~ SKEET SHOOTING REVIEWS join the fun
Sportsmen’s Shooting Center circa 1957
CLICK HERE... 56th Ohio State Skeet Championships 1993
Charlie Parks & Dick Nobbs