Lincoln Miskew Crowned Junior Canadian Trapshooting Champion

Lincoln Miskew Crowned Junior Canadian Trapshooting Champion

Michelle Pinon - News Advertiser

Tofield athlete and recent Provincial Champion, Lincoln Miskew achieved even greater success at the Canadian National Trapshooting Championship held in Vancouver this past week.

Miskew, attending his first National Championship, was crowned the Under 21 Junior Canadian Champion. Additionally, his preliminary results placed him into the Men’s semi-finals. “After a hard-fought semi-final, Lincoln progressed to the finals and emerged as the Bronze medalist in the Open Men’s category,” stated Sandra Honour, Alberta International Trapshooters Association Program Manager and Coach.

Canadian Junior Trapshooting Champion Lincoln Miskew.

(Timothy Zhao/Submitted Photo)

“It was a pretty surreal feeling knowing that I can be competitive with some of the best shooters in the country. It was a great way to finish off my shooting season, and motivated me to keep working hard and improving in my shooting,” stated Miskew.

He also made it into the men’s semi-finals. Miskew explained that it consists of the top eight shooters split into two squads, which shoot off, and the top two shooters from each group make it to the four- man final. “I finished second in the semi-final which gave me a spot in the final. I then placed third in the final with second Nicolo Galvan from BC and first to Colin Grover, also from BC.”

Honour added that, “Results from other athletes training at Beaverhill Sporting Clays Olympic who also competed at the Canadian Championships include: Lindsay Boddez placing 3rd in overall women’s and Garrett Dick placing sixth in the preliminaries and making it to the semi-finals.

Lincoln Miskew competing at nationals in Vancouver.

(Timothy Zhao/Submitted Photo)

The Beaverhill Sporting Clays facility provides not only recreational shotgun shooting opportunities but also hosts a shotgun training program for the Olympic sports of Trap and Skeet.

Miskew is currently attending school at NAIT as a second year Millwright and will apprentice until the end of October and then go back to work as a Millwright. “As nationals in Vancouver was my last competition for the year, my training will start to slow down into the winter as it gets too cold to shoot in Alberta.

In the off season I will focus on the off -range side of my training like the physical and mental aspects. Once the weather starts to improve, I will be back to on range training to prepare myself for the Canadian Nationals being hosted in Toronto next August as well as High Performance Team Trials which are yet to be announced.”