Roy A. Tiegs grew up in the Yakima Valley and moved
to Puyallup, Washington. He is a U.S. Air Force
veteran and an alumni of Washington State College,
graduating cum laude in pharmacy-chemistry. He and
his wife Shirley have four children: Roger, Salli,
Russell, and Sharel. Roy started shooting on 1968
with a $ 90, field grade Model 870. At his first
shoot in Tacoma, he won C Class with a 96. He
started out fast, breaking twelve 100 straights in
his early years with many more 100’s to follow. In
1971, Roy became the first shooter to win the Golden
West Grand from the 27 yard line (with the 870). He
started that shoot on the 24 yard line.
At the time of his induction into the Hall of Fame,
Roy had shot 200,800 registered PITA targets. He has
been on the men’s All Star team 13 times including
twice as a veteran. Roy ranks 3rd in the State of
Washington for trapshooting wins with 540, 243 of
them in the PITA. Roy was inducted into the
Washington State ATA Hall of Fame in 1991.
Among, Roy’s many PITA achievements, the most
notable were at the PITA state shoots and the Grand
Pacific. At the Washington State shoots he has a
total of 16 wins, 11 runner-up, 3 HOA and 2 HAA.
Other wins include the Doubles Champion in 1980,
Singles Champion in 1982, HOA and HAA in 1975. At
the Grand Pacific he has 9 wins and one class HOA.
He was Singles Champion in 1992 and Veteran Singles
Champion in 1998. At other PITA state shoots Roy has
11 Out of State Championships, 12 runner-up, 2 HOA
and 3 HAA. Roy was on the five-man team that set a
record of 991x1000 at the PITA Grand (Roy has
199x200).
Roy has served as President of the Washington State
PITA and also served on the Executive Committee for
many years. Roy took a lead role resolving the
financial turmoil within the PITA when leadership
was needed. The reason that the PITA is solvent
today is because of dedicated people like Roy Tiegs.
Roy is a welcome member of the PITA Hall of Fame and
very deserving.
