In 2025 our club will have been around for 100 years.
I think the club has moved 3 times in that time period.
The last time the club moved was in 1978, when the old club became the site of a new sub division inside the city limits. We moved out of the city to a site that was a former ski hill and then a sort of a stock car race track.
The club spent time and money and built 25/50/100/200/300 rifle ranges, 25 - 40 metre silhouette ranges, 2 trap fields, 1 skeet field, there was a second which has been converted to a 5 stand layout, which is used during the summer.
During the summer we also have a 10 stand sporting clay layout.
We have 2 modern club houses, one for the rifle ranges and one for the clay section.
We are very lucky that we have such a decent club, but it does require lots of work to keep going and keep everything running.
We shoot in a winter trap league, run 4 to 6 sporting clay shoots during the summer as well as several rifle competitions. We have several members who shoot ATA trap and Registered Skeet.
Our members have competed in Olympic Games, Pan Am Games, Commonwealth Games, and various World Championships.
I hope that next year we will be able to run some shoots to celebrate the Centenery of our club.
Hopefully we can look forward to the next 100 years.
Devonian.
I think the club has moved 3 times in that time period.
The last time the club moved was in 1978, when the old club became the site of a new sub division inside the city limits. We moved out of the city to a site that was a former ski hill and then a sort of a stock car race track.
The club spent time and money and built 25/50/100/200/300 rifle ranges, 25 - 40 metre silhouette ranges, 2 trap fields, 1 skeet field, there was a second which has been converted to a 5 stand layout, which is used during the summer.
During the summer we also have a 10 stand sporting clay layout.
We have 2 modern club houses, one for the rifle ranges and one for the clay section.
We are very lucky that we have such a decent club, but it does require lots of work to keep going and keep everything running.
We shoot in a winter trap league, run 4 to 6 sporting clay shoots during the summer as well as several rifle competitions. We have several members who shoot ATA trap and Registered Skeet.
Our members have competed in Olympic Games, Pan Am Games, Commonwealth Games, and various World Championships.
I hope that next year we will be able to run some shoots to celebrate the Centenery of our club.
Hopefully we can look forward to the next 100 years.
Devonian.
