New Jersey State Trapshooting Association

2023 President's Message

A warm greeting to all shooters!

We have made it past 125 years and I welcome you and all shooters to the 126th NJ State Trapshooting Championships, the Garden State Grand and NJ Zone trapshooting tournaments. It is an honor and a privilege for me to serve as President of this historic association. I would like to thank all of the NJSTA officers and directors, our state delegates, and our member clubs for their time and effort in promoting trapshooting in New Jersey. The NJSTA Board of Directors have been working diligently over the past several months in order to give our resident and out of state shooters the best shooting experience possible this shooting season.

I hope that each of you would make it a point to visit and perhaps shoot at an advertised event listed within this program at each of our member clubs during the year. There are many fun, exciting and sometimes charitable tournaments offered by our NJ clubs that provide good targets, friendship, comradery and good cause.

I would also like to personally thank all of our sponsors and advertisers. I ask that as you look through this program you notice and support, when possible, these advertisers and/or sponsors that have supported NJSTA and NJ shooting year after year. Even though it is a tough task to get youngsters involved with shooting sports in New Jersey, we have beaten the odds and two new youth trapshooting teams have been established and are currently being given a great foundation of sportsmanship and competition that can only help to grow our sport. NJSTA has donated roughly $5,000 in support of these teams. I am also happy to advise everyone that our member clubs have also supported the teams by deferring some of the cost incurred during their practice sessions. Any support of time and/or donations that you may give to our NJ youth teams would be greatly appreciated. I thank you in advance.

Even though we continue to face challenges with Covid, supply chain shortages and rising costs, I hope these conditions will improve as we enter the spring shooting season allowing all of us to enjoy our great sport.

In closing, I would like to wish all of our shooters from New Jersey and our guests from out of state, good luck and good health. Please remember to be safe. Firearm safety is paramount and everyone is watching.

Please come out to as many New Jersey trapshooting events as possible for a Great Experience, and to help us make this year a huge success for all.

Thank you all,

Jeffrey S. Slimm, Sr.

Jeff Slimm, President N.J.S.T.A

	CENTRAL JERSEY RIFLE & PISTOL CLUB 168 Stump Tavern Road, Jackson, NJ 1-800-5-GUN-FUN (1-800-548-6386) Take the Garden State Parkway south to Exit 88. Then take Route 70 west to Route 571 north for 6 miles to Stump Tavern Road (left and Minuteman Deli) club is a mile up on the left.
	GROUND SWIPERS 1910 Lacey Road, Forked River, NJ 1-609-693-9762 Take the Garden State Parkway north or south to Exit 74 (Lacey Road) west. The club will be 3 miles up on your right.
	HOWELL TRAP CLUB 142 Yellowbrook Road, Farmingdale, NJ 07727 (732) 681-4994 Route 33 south from Freehold Circle to Yellowbrook Road. Turn right and go approximately 2 miles to the club which will be on your left.
	MALLARD TRAP CLUB 67 Monroe Blvd, Monroe Township, NJ 08831 Route 33 west to Millstone/Monroe area. Make a right onto Perrineville Road. Stay on Perrineville Road for approximately 3 miles to Federal Road. Make a right. Continue on Monroe Blvd. and the club entrance will be on your left info@mallardtrapclub.org
	NORTH JERSEY CLAY TARGET CLUB 488 Horseneck Road, Fairfield, NJ 07004-7240 1-973-227-1139 Take the Garden State Parkway to Exit 145 to Route 280 west. Exit at New Road and proceed straight to Route 46 east. Take the Hook Mountain Road exit and cross Route 46. go straight until the road ends at Horseneck Road. Turn right and the club is 1/4 mile ahead on your left. NJCTC1934@gmail.com
	PINE BELT SPORTSMAN'S CLUB 377 Stokes Road, Shamong, NJ 08088 1-609-268-0237 Take Route 70 to the Medford Circle then south on Route 541 for approximately 8 miles to the club on the right. From Route 206 north on Route 541 the club is approximately 5 miles on your left.
	PINE VALLEY GUN CLUB 166 New Freedom Road, Berlin, NJ 08009 1-856-767-2661 Take the NJ Turnpike to Exit 4. Go east on Route 73 to the Berlin Circle. Then Crosskeys Road to New Freedom Road.

NJ TRAPSHOOTING ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
President	Jeff Slimm
1st Vice President	Bob Jarvis
2nd vice President	Rick Batesko
Secretary	Tony Pietrofitta
Treasurer	Len Donovan
DIRECTORS
Bob Cucunato	Keith Barton
David Brown	Pat Schulack Jr.
Joe Restuccia	John Martin
DIRECTOR AT LARGE
Sam Osterhoudt
ATA Delegate	Joe Sissano
1st Alternate	Tom Clarke
MEMBER CLUB DELEGATES
Central Jersey Rifle & Pistol	Walter Horsting
Ground Swipers Rod & Gun Club	Michael Chiarella
Howell Trap Club	Butch Saloman
Mallard Trap Club	John Messeroll
North Jersey Clay Target Club	Paul Lomelo
Pine Belt Sportsman's Club	Patty Slimm
Pine Valley Gun club, Inc.	Jim Farro