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1 Newsletter for May / June 2013 Bench Rest Shooting On the 600 Yd Line The General Meeting is on MONDAY, JUNEJ 10TH 7:30 PM in the Clubhouse At 2600 Quinsam Road

2 President s Report Hello to all our long time and new members. Our Club has grown in membership to just over 500 last year and we have already passed that amount this year. With increased membership and increased use of the ranges, we have had some growing pains and complaints. I ll address some of the complaints: If you do not have access to a computer and cannot get the newsletter, call Greg Yeomans and ask to be put on a print and mail-out newsletter list. Some members (possibly new members) are using the ranges in a manner not in compliance with the CRGC s rules. The Club s Operating Policy and Safety Rules are available on the website and in print form at each range,. All members must read, understand and comply with this Operating Policy and these Safety Rules. As well, members must read, understand and comply with the Safety Rules that are posted at each range. If you see someone disregarding these rules, please ask them to change their behavior by pointing out the rules posted at the range and if they don t comply, take down a description of their vehicle & licence # and report them to one of the CRGC Executive. We will take action. The CRGC has lost our outdoor shooting facilities once in the past and we will not lose them again due to a few misbehaving members. YOUR continued membership is dependent on following our rules. IF you don t like our rules, then leave our club. Go shoot in a gravel pit. Clean up your mess after you are finished shooting. Garbage your old targets, sweep up your brass and try to leave the area in a cleaner state than when you came. There are many members who clean up and some who go above and beyond. To all those, I thank you and the majority of the CRGC s members thank you. We have a great gun club and fantastic shooting facilities. Let s keep it that way and not let a few yahoo s ruin what we have. Good shooting Pistol Section. Now that Spring seems to be firmly established, we are shooting at the outdoor range, Starting time 6.00 pm. We use the L.E. Range, North of the IPSC alleys, as usual, on Thursday evenings. The range is adequate to shoot different events at the same time, although the main interest is in Olympic precision targets. One comment regarding the use of this range. Please note that the blue barrels are not the property of the Gun Club. Please do not use them as targets. Once again we had three entries in the WIPL postal match. Our scores were average, but at least we were competing with a few more clubs, and the interest is there. The Spring air pistol match was held in Richmond the first week end of March. Attendance was well down, with only 11 men and 7 ladies. Campbell River was not represented; a break after many years. Centerfire Report We have been having tremendous turnouts to our Fun Benchrest Shoots. We re averaging 18 shooters per match and turning in + - $250/month to the Club s coffers. Since I got back from Asia, we have sorted out the match duties, which allow all the organizers to have some BS time. Huge thanks to Don Sundquist, Caroline Adam, Francis Scott, Dennis Tipper and others who

3 take on responsibilities and carry them through. Kathy Tipper has to be thanked again for driving out from town to prepare lunch for us. It s greatly appreciated. Matches coming up at the 600yd range: Cast Bullet shoot May 25 & 26 Fun BR shoot & Taylor Shield shoot June VISL 600yd Score shoot June /200 yd BR Group shoots July 14 & Aug yd BR Group & Score shoot Sept Shoot straight Greg IPSC Report This IPSC Report is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Donald Bruce Neratini (DMD) who very unexpectedly passed away on 26th February Don is survived by his wife Barbara their 3 children Angela, Raymond & Monica and granddaughter Shelby. Don's interests were primarily out-of-doors. Right up there with family & his dental practice he believed Campbell River would be best served by a large & prosperous gun club with multiple venues and an active and growing membership. To this end Don was a contributor & very early member, joined the clubs executive and served in multiple capacities. When the club moved to its current new location on the Argonaut mine road he personally re-doubled his own efforts becoming a man on a mission. He seemed to intuitively know that very large sums of capital would be required to develop a new facility out of virgin bush. He rose to this challenge by organizing & funding a raffle for a new puck-up truck, encouraging all club members to get behind the effort to sell the tickets. Don s son Raymond was recognized by the club President for selling more tickets than any other person. This raffle proved more successful than most imagined raising ~$50,000, which was used to plan development, construct new venues, move buildings & complete projects. Firearms were of keen interest to Don. He owned a large collection of rifles, shotguns & pistols and was proficient in the use of each. His enthusiasm rubbed off on Barbara rather early-on and for the record today she's very much a force to be reckoned with in her own right. Don possessed a wealth of information & knowledge related to the shooting sports. Most importantly, the safe handling of all firearms was an imperative for Don and to this end he leaves an enviable record of both proficiency & qualification. Don Don had other interests. He was also an accomplished butcher, chef, and winemaker. Making a year's supply of wine is hard work and as a consequence his home was built around requisite warm & cold wine rooms complete with all the needed equipment including tiled floors & in-floor drains. Coiled hoses added the finishing touch. Many club members that have had the tour will report spending a memorable evening in the cold room sampling numerous vintages, while sharing stories of successful hunting & fishing trips. The majority of Don's 14 moose, 2 Roosevelt elk and 40 plus deer were processed in his own butcher shop with the entire family participating in some manner in the animal s transition from harvest to the freezer. Don cherished nature. As a GARDENER he marveled at the diversity of forces at work as plants in his greenhouse took root & his vegetable garden thrived. The man particularly loved fresh garden produce. He would encourage family & others to develop their green thumb. In jest he would often say look at this picture - 10 cents worth of vegetables in return for a whole summers work. For the active gardeners reading this yes he talked to his plants.

4 He made regular visits to his greenhouse to congratulate his organic 1st graders that were doing well, while coaching the stragglers. Being one with nature was his personal prized quiet time, which he believed was therapeutic for body & mind. Yes, we ve lost a productive member, however, can take comfort that he lived & we knew him. Black Powder The black powder section participated in the monster cleanup on the ranges. What bonfires we had going. It astonishes me how much garbage and target frame material is accumulating on the ranges. Could I suggest we start a new trend, where everybody is cleaning up after themselves, take away what you brought to the range. In addition to the cleanup, Colin led the restoration of our black powder rifle trail. We repaired and painted all the 25 targets and are ready to start the warmer season with all new targets. We even have a running buffalo target. How does it work? Come out and try it, black powder rifles with patched round balls only. We shoot every third Sunday of the month at the 600-meter range shooting starts at 10:00, fire and Bs before that. We also have black powder meetings with show and tell at Ruedi s every second Tuesday of the month at 19:00. ( ).Ruedi Pletscher Keep your powder dry. Gold For Campbell River Hi everyone. We have had a fantastic spring Junior shooting season. We will be soon shutting down for the summer. This year has been so great. At our peak we had 19 kids on one night shooting. Great. Last weekend was the BC Provincial Rifle and Pistol Championships in Parksville. That was a lot of fun too. Samuel Sanders entered the rifle prone event and came back with a Gold medal. I entered the Olympic rapid fire pistol event and also came back with gold. There has been a huge turnover of shooters. Many have come and gone and come back again. It is good to have people come back. Remember that Target Shooting is a Lifetime Sport For September I have a new plan. I will expand the shooting times but keep it all on Tuesday nights. 6:00 to 7:00 will be kids 10 years and under. 7:00 will be for older or more experienced shooters. I hope this will make more coaching available to each group. Tuesdays have started to include the parents and other relatives of shooters coming to watch. I am hoping more parents will come with the small kids. If anyone knows some shooters that have been here and stopped because it was too crowded, please tell them we have a new plan. Thanks, Mark Koaches Korner The ONE SHOT MATCH: It s an old concept but, one that I truly believe in. I ve heard many coaches deliver their sermon on this idea to countless athletes (often to the dismay of some). We ve all heard the expression that target shooting is 90% mental and 10% physical. This is also something I truly believe. In

5 my experiences as a coach, I have found that many athletes have difficulties adopting the one-shot-match approach. I think the key to succeeding at this mental discipline is just that, mental discipline. As a hockey player must constantly exercise and train his muscles, a shooter must constantly exercise and train the mind. I have found that, an effective approach is to break down your process (each individual movement that makes up a single shot). Through constant and diligent practise, think about and focus on each part of your process. For example, an air rifle shooter might build a process such as: When in position on the line, rifle resting on the stand; Place a target on the rack and wind it out Close eyes and visualize a centre (not a ten ) Load a pellet into the chamber Close the chamber Place the butt plate into the shoulder Right hand onto the grip Left hand under the stock Draw a full breath Raise the rifle into position Relax and settle Place trigger finger gently on the trigger Perform breathing routine Slowly squeeze the trigger Perform a good follow-through Place the rifle onto the rest Open the chamber Return the target The key is to keep your mind focussed on each part or step of your process. Strive to execute each step always in the same order and in the same amount of time. This helps to build the mental structure of this action and keeps our mind away from thoughts that should not be there. Thoughts such as Oh no, I just shot an 8. Now you re thinking about an outcome instead of just thinking about the process. Did you notice that I mentioned visualize a centre not a ten. Again, keep your mind off of numerical values and outcomes. Try to see this as a single shot event. Build a picture in your mind where you have just one shot to perform. When that shot is done, rather than seeing its value, look at its placement. Is it a centre? If not, what can you learn from it? Ask yourself, why did this happen? Did I feel anything different between this shot and the previous shot? Did anything change in my position? Did anything change in my breathing? Remember, When the shot is done, it s done! There is nothing you can do to change it so learn from it and move forward. You now have One shot to do so focus on your process.

Newsletter for Dec / Jan 2013/14

Newsletter for Dec / Jan 2013/14 Reudi P presents Collins Harrow with the 2013 Ted Mack Award for His contributions to the CRGC in 2013 Reudi P presents Dennis Tipper ( L ) & Greg Yeomans with a special