President's Newsletter
Summer is in full swing, and I hope everyone is enjoying the season. A reminder for everyone on both ranges, fire hazard is extremely high this time of the year. We ask that you only use improved roads for vehicle travel while you are on the ranges, and do not smoke outside of your vehicle while on range property. We have a lot to lose and nowhere near the funding needed to replace damaged facilities. Please be extremely mindful of these hazards as you enjoy our ranges. Thank you for helping us protect what we’ve built.
Vale Range
I held the Short Range Benchrest match the first Saturday in July while Kerry was on vacation. I volunteered so I could still participate, and I had great support from Kevin, Dave, and a few other experienced shooters. We had a double match, one for group and the 2nd for score. The double match was well received by all the shooters and we were done by 1:30, leaving the covered range open for other members. We had 12 shooters, some of whom traveled a long way to attend. Thank you all for coming.
Practical Pistol was the fourth Saturday of June and Jim held a PCC (pistol caliber carbine) match on Sunday. As usual it was very well attended. Jim had 20 shooters for the USPSA match Saturday and 12 shooters Sunday. A big thanks to all that attended and to Jim for putting these matches together every month.
I held my 22 Rimfire Benchrest match on the fourth Saturday in June as well. As all of you may remember, I sent out an invite to all members for the first time. It paid off. I picked up 2 new shooters and promises from at least 2 more for July. We had 7 shooters and a perfect day with fairly honest wind. This is a fun, easy match and any .22 rimfire rifle and any scope is permitted. It would be great if we could expand to 2 relays or more.
George held his 600-yard Benchrest match the third Saturday in July. It was my first time shooting in that match, and I was genuinely impressed with the new electronic target system and how smoothly everything ran. The match was well attended with 9 shooters and 2 relays. George welcomes any rifle from high end benchrest guns to everyday hunting rifles. You can shoot off of a rest or bipod using the benches or prone. Thank you, George, for your continued leadership in these matches.
Dave Brown held his High-Power match on June 12th and 13th. Saturday he had 2 shooters and Sunday he had 6, two of which were first time shooters, for the 200-, 300-, and 600-yard aggregate. Thank you to everyone who helped set up and takedown.
Shotgun Range
Saturday, July 5th , Josh held his monthly sanctioned NSCA sporting clays match. He had 32 shooters for the main event and 25 of them shot the Super Sport event. The club threw 6,863 clay targets for these events. That is a lot of work filling machines and keeping everything running for a two-man crew. Hats off to Josh and Curtis for doing a fantastic job in the field and to Howard and Chuck for managing registration and scoring. Thank you to everyone, shooters and staff. On the tech side, I want to apologize—the range kiosk is still not functioning correctly. We’re working with the vendor to resolve the issue, but progress has been a challenge. If anyone needs cards or needs to add targets to your card, let one of the board members know and we will arrange a meeting to get it done.
John reported that no shooters showed up for the last two Tuesday evening trap sessions. We’re getting a little discouraged and wondering what to do with the practice programs for adults. Fortunately, the youth program is doing well during the school year and we are hopeful that this continues.
Pat has been under the weather, so I didn’t get a report from him. We hope he gets healed up and look forward to the skeet program back up and running soon.
Thank you and stay safe,
Bob Smith
President, SRS
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