About FieldandClays
Dear Fellow Shooter:
My name is Bob Hartman, Publisher of Fieldandclays.com.
A little about my career:
After graduating from Ohio State University my career led me into the media business, first with a trade magazine of Hearst Publishing, then to Look magazine, Cowles Communications. Then on one momentous day I watched on television Jack Ruby shoot Lee Harvey Oswald (killer of President Kennedy). Instantaneously I knew my career path must be TV because of its tremendous communications capability. Since then I’ve managed TV stations in Cleveland, Toledo, and Chicago. I enjoy working in the media world very much.
Hartman Communications Group, a media marketing company where I now work in Cleveland, is involved in media with growing interests in the Internet. One of my pet projects is to promote and strengthen a positive image of the shooting sports and most specifically Trapshooting, my personal favorite. Now I’m building a web site to accomplish my objectives of promoting the shooting sports.
A little about my affiliations:
Life member ATA, Past Director Ohio State Trapshooting Association, Past Director Dover Bay Trap Club, Member Sportsmen Gun and Reel, Member NRA, Life member NSCA, Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Vet US Army, Vet Ohio National Guard, Officer of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Officer Bay Presbyterian Church, Chairman of National Marketing Committee of INTV (Independent Television Association), Member NAB (National Association of Broadcasters), President of TBAL (Television Broadcasters Association of Louisville), Member OAB (Ohio Association of Broadcasters), Member TVB (Television Bureau of Advertising).
About my Trapshooting experiences:
I am a past Director of the OSTA from the Northeast Zone and a life member of the ATA. Some accomplishments as a director include making tough pro-active decisions. Some of which were unpopular at the time, but were all aimed at and have since proven to strengthen both Trapshooting in Ohio and the Ohio State Association.
· Helped transform the OSTA directorship from a good-ole-boy club to a dedicated group of shooters willing to work hard for all shooters in Ohio.
· Helped initiate the OSTA daily fee structure, not popular at the time, but now helps maintain the Ohio Association as one of the strongest and most influential in the country.
· Initiated the acceptance of advertising in the Ohio State Shoot program. These ads help our supporters (advertisers) and the revenues help defray the cost of the State Shoot thereby keeping your cost down.
Along with classifying, conducting shoot-offs, promoting the OSTA, working the State and Zone Shoots, these are just a few of the many activities I’ve experienced as a Director and I now put my experience, enthusiasm, and energies back to work for shooting through Fieldandclays.com.
I remember my very first Grand American, which I attended with my beloved brother Jerry. We were so excited we couldn’t sleep. Well, wouldn’t you know, we won a bunch of money on our very first try, we shot penalty. I was so proud; I would be receiving an official check form the Amateur Trap Shooting Association. A copy hangs in my office today; it reads ATA, pay to the order of Robert R. Hartman… $12.50. And yes, even though I haven’t yet, I still dream of winning the Grand.
Thanks for reading this note. I wholeheartedly ask for your help in my quest.
Sincerely and good shooting y’all!
Robert R. Hartman
Publisher
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