ELBERT COUNTY GUN CLUB, Inc.
P.O. Box 126, Elberton, GA 30635
706-213-0098 or 706-540-8385
elbcogun@bellsouth.net March, 2022
NEWSLETTER
Spring
is here. Hopefully that will mean more
shooters, which means, you have to watch your speed; please adhere to the 10
mph so we don’t endanger those on carts and walking the Sporting Clays courses.
Jenan
has tickets for the Benelli shotgun the Claybuster team is raffling off.
The center fire Rifle Range will close at noon on Friday, April 8
to get ready for the IBS match on Saturday, April 9.
Both Sporting Clays courses will be closed April 21 & 22 for the Forestry shoot on the 22nd. ALL other ranges will be closed @ 11am on April 22.
Mike Foster
MEETING MINUTES (March 9)
Mike called the meeting to order at 7:02 PM, and thanked Jenan for supper.
We have 1300
members
; 255 on the waiting list.
Targets Thrown: 81,129 Targets Sold: 55,420.
February minutes were approved.
Pistol: David Torres. IDPA is this Saturday. We are missing 21 target stands from the 6 bays. 3 of the paddles on the dueling tree in the old bay have been repaired and put up; we still have 3 that are being repaired.
Rifle:
Chris Davis. Thanks to Mike for helping with all the matches and other
work he does. Thanks to Hank Dickerson,
Scott Spelbring, John Dendy, Tom Middlebrooks, and Mike for helping build and
install the new frames and backers at the 1000yd range. We have 2 1000yd matches scheduled this
month, hopefully we will get to shoot one of them. April 9 is an IBS match and the Rifle range
will close at noon on Friday to prepare for this shoot. We are not having as many matches this year
due to the lack of ammo and the high price of gas.
Rimfire
has started back. They will swap
weekends for the ABRA and the 50/100yd match in April. Saturday,
April 9 @ 1pm is ABRA #2; Sunday, April 10 @ 1pm will be ABRA club match; and April 16 will be the 50/100yd Club match @ 10am. Be sure to note this on your calendar. Got the flooring installed in the building.
Skeet/Trap:
Garey Manley. Everything is good. Mike & Betsy Reed and Dave Hollingsworth
came to certify the Trap fields. Everything
went good and we have to fill out paper work and should be receiving our
accreditation from ATA soon. The 4H
district modified trap match will be held here on April 9.
The
Elbert County 4H modified trap team is practicing on the upper trap field on Sundays
@ 3pm.
We have the OFKK match on March 18 (25 trap & 25 wobble trap) and the Club Trap match is March 19 (50 wobble targets). Registration is 9:30am.
Sporting Clays: Tim Warren. Things are going good. Thanks to Gerald Bridges, Joe, Mike, Chris, &
John for keeping the machines loaded, Buddy for setting targets and making repairs,
Bill & Joe for helping with repairs, and Larry & Bill for emptying
cans. We have a great team of volunteers
to keep things going smoothly.
We have
lots of shoots coming up.
The
Warnell School of Forestry group is coming April 22; they start shooting at
1pm. They are expecting around 100
shooters, so, we need trappers. If
anyone can help, please be at the 5 stand around 12:30, I will have pizza and
cokes if you want to eat.
The
Claybusters will have their fund raiser April 23. $75 per person to shoot and that includes
lunch and a door prize ticket. They are
also holding a raffle for a Benelli Super Black Eagle 3, Semi-auto, 12ga, RT
Max 5 , camo. Tickets are $20 each or
$100 will buy 6 tickets. Jenan has
tickets in the office.
May 7, ARC/Cherokee; May 14, Registered shoot; June 4, Georgia power; June 11 (Saturday), 1/214th Field Artillery Fund raiser; June 25, ARC Championship; Sept.24, Oconee Crushers Fund raiser; Oct 1, Registered Shoot; Oct 22, Registered shoot, am, Friends group, pm; Oct 29, ARC/Cherokee; and Nov 9 (Wednesday), Poultry Federation Fund raiser (need trappers).
Club Manager:
Jenan Major. Scholarship
applications are due March 31. Be sure
to adhere to the 10mph
Speed limit; there are lots of people walking and using carts on the Sporting Clays course. Thanks to ALL who help, you make this Club a success!
Mike asked if there was anything else; no reply.
Meeting adjourned at 7:35 pm
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