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Canadian Airgun Grand Prix

"Canadian Airgun Grand Prix: Not Your Average Competition
Celebrating our 25th anniversary

By Larry Whitmore and Lois McNaught

What is the Canadian Airgun Grand Prix? Why does it attract so much attention? Why do international teams from as far away as Japan travel to Toronto to participate? :)

Originally known as the Crosman Championships, this Olympic-style shooting competition started in 1983 as a joint project between the Shooting Federation of Canada and the Coleman Company, which owned Crosman at the time. In the early years, the event moved around the country quite a lot, first to Calgary, then Regina, Longueuil, and Richmond (where it was held in an aircraft hangar), settling in the Ottawa/Hull area for eight years, where it wound up at the Palais des Congrиs under the very capable direction of Allan Baird. Baird, a skilled and dedicated shooter, constructed all the equipment for the range and was chief organizer all those years, a tremendous achievement as by now the competition had gained an excellent international reputation"...

http://www.targetshooting.ca/cagp.htm

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"This is the largest competition of its kind in North America and usually draws about 250 airgun shooters from all across Canada and from various countries around the world.

It will again be held at the Doubletree International Plaza Hotel, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ontario.
This will be the 25th Anniversary of this competition so the organizers hope to make it special. More details will follow as they become available. Please mark your calendars now and plan to attend. "...

http://www.cdnshootingsports.org/2007/02/event_info/2007_Canadian_Airgun_Grand_Prix.html