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Annual General Meeting

The 2011 Club AGM will be held at the Walled Garden Bothy at 1930 Wednesday 30th November 2011

All members are welcome to attend.

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Sunday 27th November
Venue -The walled garden Range

TURKEY SHOOT Results

This is an annual event following an FT theme where despite the name, we don't shoot turkeys!

We do however have a voucher for a turkey as first prize for members along with a bottle of scotch for the best guest.

The 30 shot comp is followed by a hot lunch traditionally of Jacket spuds and chilli or curry fillings and a raffle.

The club also invites guest shooters who have in some way contributed or supported our club in past year. As such, spaces are limited so we would advise early booking and payment of the entry fee which is this year set at £5.00 per head.

More on the Xmas Dinner

I can confirm that we have now provisionally booked 24 places for our annual Xmas dinner for Friday 16th December.

The venue is the Hatch Pub on the A30 at Old Basing, opposite Martins Garage (Renault and VW) at 7.00pm for 7.30 dinner.

Menu as attached however if anyone wants to eat off the normal menu you can providing you pre-book your choice.You can choose 2 or 3 courses as preferred

Members partners are of course more than welcome and for members themselves, there will be a £5.00 discount.

Places are limited on a strictly first come first served basis. £5.00 per person deposit required with booking.

Please see Bryn to secure booking

27th Sept 2011

Indoor Section. I sometimes believe that the indoor section and 10m shooting is considered "The Dark Side" by the majority of the club and admission is only gained by a secret handshake. Truth be known, they are all quite friendly chaps and are desperate for members to support it. With the dark and inevitable wet nights approaching why not broaden your range of shooting ability and give it a go. There will be a special "Have a Go" evening on the Tuesday 11th October at 7.30pm - 9.00pm at East Oakley Village Hall. All members and guests are welcome and there will be refreshments available on the night. There will be 10m pistols and possibly rifles for members to try out 10m paper punching however most importantly, there will be coaching available to help you get the best out of the evening. Please come and support your indoor section.

Christmas Dinner. I know, it's too early, but time is of the essence as far as booking is concerned. Although this didn't get off the ground last year, we have held a Christmas dinner at the club for many many years and it would be great to get a good turnout this year. We are looking at a couple of venues and would like to get a Sat or Fri evening if possible. Priced at around £17.95- £19.95 per head for a 3 course meal with coffee (probably) the club will subsidise this by £5.00 per head for members only. This we feel is very good value for money and a chance to get together in the warm and dry without the usual shooting paraphernalia. So ditch your camo and boots for a more casual appearance and have a evening out. I need provisional numbers asap which will enable me to approach the venues to see what is available, so no commitment at this stage, just an indication of whether you are interested or not plus any comments regarding prices and menus.

Please respond to all the above and help us to make this a great club.

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16th Sept 2011

SUMMER SIZZLER 50 SHOT CLASSIC HFT COMPETITION THIS SUNDAY, 18TH SEPT 2011 at Popham

Gates open 8.30 with shotgun start at 10.00. All safe shooters welcome.

£10.00 entry fee to include bonus bunny shot. (£5.00 juniors)

Open and recoiling classes to 5th place. Junior to third.

On-site catering.

Come and join us for a relaxed "old" format competition and friendly banter.

Members please note that we cannot guarantee that the Walled Garden Range will be open so
why not spread your wings and come and see what all the fuss is about!

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2011 George Wedge Memorial Competition.

Sunday 14th August saw the George Wedge completion finally take place after we had to postpone it in June.

This was the 9th year of the comp which is held in memory of active members who have sadly passed away and are no longer with us. The cup is named in honour of George Wedge who was one of the clubs longest standing members and the comp takes the format of a plinking course with such targets as polo mints, matchsticks, playing cards edge on as well as the more traditional spinners, bells and Nock-over targets.

The competition is a charity fund raising event with the winner donating the entry fees to the charity of his or her choice.

Unique to this comp is the rule that once you've won the cup once, you cannot re-enter the main competition again. Instead you shoot in the “Masters” section which now means there is some healthy competition in both classes!

This year as is often the case, the weather was kind with enough breeze to make aiming off for the longer targets a consideration and plenty of sunshine warming the back.

It was great to see Derek back shooting after his massive heart attack earlier this year and to see Sue Petch who came along to help set up the course.

Seasoned members were there along with many of our newer members with some first rate banter going on. Stuart getting in his excuse’s first by claiming he had “left the wrong gun behind”, Bryn was nursing a torn shoulder, allegedly the result of helping his son move house although I think we all know it was because someone bought him a pint and the extra ½ was just too much strain!

I on the other hand had a very good excuse after getting a finger in the way of a rubber mallet head that had parted company from the shaft and was traveling not far off the speed of light. You know it’s bad when the club doctor grimaces, shakes his head and mutters “glad that's not my finger!

The course designers did a cracking job with seemingly easy targets proving that you just can’t take anything for granted and enough tricky targets to sort the men from the boys! In fact the course didn't get cleared which is always a measure of the thought put in by the course setters.

Top shot in the main event went to Phil Cosham with 25 ex 30 who becomes our 9th GW winner. He'd have won it last year but forgot to aim in the right place on one of the targets. Still a very worthy winner with the £120.00 entry fees being donated to the British Heart Foundation. Runner up was Dave Hard with a credible 23 and the rest of the field following on from there. Our only junior of the day, Mike Worth shot a 20 ex 30.

Masters winner was last year’s main cup winner, Glen Breadmore with an impressive 28.

Thanks to everyone who made the day a success, especially those who help build the course and well done to the winners.

Bob Ward

Cross range shot