Great PULL! For ABAT’s Annual Skeet Shoot and Crawfish Boil

It’s easy to see how hard ABAT works, putting their all into everything they do – from advocating for safe and proper repairs to coming together as a community to support others. And ABAT never falls short when it comes to planning a great time for its membership! 

On April 17, ABAT hosted its eighth annual Dean Griffin Memorial Skeet Shoot & Crawfish Boil at Elm Fork Shooting Sports in Dallas.

“It was another huge success!” exclaims ABAT Executive Director Jill Tuggle of the event, held in the name of former Board member Dean Griffin who passed away in 2019. Since the event was renamed in his honor, ABAT has also made the annual event a fundraiser for Dean’s daughter Natalie’s college fund. This year, Scholarship Sponsor Texas Towing donated $3,500 to Natalie’s college fund!

The popular event brings out ABAT members, non-members, sponsors and more for a fun day of friendly competition tournament style on the 100-clay sporting course. Attendees also enjoyed the opportunity to network, scarf down some cajun lunch and sit back with a Cuban cigar. 

Congratulations to Ty Fair (Texas Towing), who was the Top Shooter, Expert Level; Curtis Jordan (Jordan Towing), who came in as the Top Shooter, Intermediate Level and Ron McDowell (Global PDR), the Top Shooter, Beginner Level. 

ABAT took the opportunity of community togetherness to hold a moment of silence to honor the memory of Jim Clay of Texas Towing who was Dean’s good friend and an annual participant of the Skeet Shoot and in memory of John Spencer of English Color, an advocate of ABAT and friend to many in the industry.

ABAT would like to thank the following sponsors for making this year’s Skeet Shoot a success:

Title Sponsors: Moritz Dealerships Jordan Towing 

Scholarship Sponsor: Texas Towing

Lunch Sponsor: All Clear Diagnostics and Calibrations

Cigar Sponsor: Auto E Solutions

Want more? Check out the May 2025 issue of Texas Automotive!