Not an unexpected small turnout yesterday following such a huge weekend with our Open the previous weekend - particularly with the storms coming in around the region most afternoons lately.

Michelle continued to shoot very well in Air Pistol equalling her previous best.

The remainder of scores returned were a little below par but those in attendance enjoyed their matches which was the main thing.

​Match of the day on Saturday will be Standard Pistol commencing at 1 pm

Our first Open for 2021 has been run and won.

The event was one of the biggest Open shoots held by the Club since relocating to the Bradleys Lane Facility
​in the very early 1980's with 47 entries received to contest 180 matches and only two intended contestants withdrawing due to ill health.

Thank you to everyone who entered our Open and a special thanks to those who worked so hard over the weekend to make the event so successful and run so smoothly.

The Men's 5 Match Aggregate was won by Bruce Melville with 2549 points and the Ladies 3 Match Aggregate was taken out by Alena Lavrushkina with 1,576 points. 

Results for all matches are included in the attached file below
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GRANT TO REPLACE THE BUILDING ON RANGES 1 & 2
It was Officially announced by Member for Northern Tablelands, Adam Marshall, that the Glen Innes Pistol Club had been successful in it's  application for a Grant of $85,873 under the Crown Lands Improvement Fund to replace the Building on Ranges 1 and 2 with a modern Colour Bond and Steel building on a new concrete floor with all work to be undertaken by local Tradespeople apart from reinstalling the eye brow baffles, new bay dividers and new seating which will be completed by Club members.
We will be in touch with the successful Tenderer tomorrow to get the plans prepared and proceed to Development Application and hopefully, completion of the project before our September Open.

ACCESS ROAD TO THE FACILITY
​During the COVID-19 Lockdown, our road received quite significant weather damage from a number of storms and very heavy rain in short time periods.
During December, we received a quote from a Local Contractor well versed in road construction and repair and requested assistance from Crown Lands to cover the costs to permanently correct the issues causing the erosion and permanently repair the road. Assistance of $7,451 was approved two weeks ago.
Unfortunately, the Contractor cannot complete the works until after our Open this month.
An attempt to temporarily patch the road and improve access yesterday turned into a total disaster with very heavy rainfall coming in before the road could be compacted turning the repairs into a very sticky mess.
Plan B is to grade the worst of the mud off tomorrow and hopefully, complete a more successful temporary repair.

YESTERDAY
A small group of members attended the Club yesterday and completed re-roping the Flag Poles, slashing of one area of the camping area, some additional cleaning, preparing Targets for the open and a number of other projects in readiness for a much easier working bee next Saturday in preparation for the Open on 19-21st February.
Four members also contested a Standard Pistol Match and two contested an Air Pistol Match. Scores are now on the Clubs Results web page.
Next weekend is our main working bee to put the final touches on cleaning and mowing of ranges, cleaning the club house and all the other little chores that need to be attended too in readiness for the Open Shoot.


  

Much was achieved last Saturday with a small group of members who gave up the Match of the day to clean the roof and gutters of the Club house and dump badly stained water from one tank and clean out the sludge that had accumulated in the bottom of that tank over the last 12 years.
Special thank to Charles who provided both the Firefighter pump to empty the Tank and the Sludge pump to clean the sediment from the bottom of that same tank.
We were fortunate that the second tank had not been stained or contaminated as the down pipe had apparently  been blocked for some time with no water stained from leaf matter in the gutter reaching the tank.
Dick and James then contested an Air Pistol Match in almost record time with James ( a left hander) using an air pistol with a small right handed grip shooting with his right hand and only dropped some 60 points from his previous Personal Best shot left handed with an air pistol fitted with a left hand grip.
Match of the day next Saturday will be Standard Pistol commencing at 1 pm.
A couple of members will be undertaking a few maintenance jobs around the facility to prepare for our Open in 2 weeks and to make it easier to complete preparations for that event at the formal working bee on 13/2/2021

Scores from yesterday have now been added to our Results page.
Six members contested a Standard Pistol Match while two contesting an Air Pistol Match - both Air Pistol shooters breaking their handicap recording Personal Best scores for the match.
Four members in attendance undertook some maintenance on the complex while Jason dug a trench to bury a water line near the road in preparation for some badly needed road maintenance which we are hopeful of having completed before the Open Shoot next month.
Matches to be contested next Saturday are Centre Fire/Sports Pistol and Air Pistol with the Centre Fire/Sports Pistol matches commencing at 1 pm.

A few hours mowing the road into the Club, around the Club House and the 3 live fire ranges made a heck of a difference to the grounds Saturday morning. This work will make preparation of the grounds for our Open in just over 4 weeks that much easier and less time consuming.

After Lunch Wayne acted as Range Officer for Jason, Bruce, Michelle and Dick to contest a Centre Fire/Sport Pistol Match. Bruce as usual shot to his handicap while the other 3 recorded scores not far below their Personal Best Scores.

Our newest member, Maddy, undertook further instruction in Air Pistol on conclusion of the Centre Fire/Sport Pistol match and is progressing very well.

Next Weekend, matches of the day will be Standard Pistol and Air Pistol. Standard Pistol will commence at 1 pm with Air Pistol available from 11 am during the day.

We expect to be in a position in the next day or so to announce some very exiting news for the Club. Watch this space and the Club's Facebook Posts for details !!!! 

COMPETITION ON 9/1/2021

The new Year started well for the Club with a great attendance last Saturday.
A number of members recorded near Personal Best Scores, however, Kaylene submitted a claim for Most Improved member for the year breaking handicap by 32 points in Ladies Air Pistol.
Bruce recorded a tremendous score of 576 for Rapid Fire which would win "A" Grade in most "Open" Competitions and would also give many of the Master Grade shooters a run for their money

OPEN COMPETITION 19/2/2021

I have received a number of Phone Calls over the last few days asking whether the Open Shoot scheduled for 19,20 and 21 February would proceed.

Unless there is a major change in Health Directives between now and the closing date for entries on 11th February, 2021 the Open will  proceed.

Obviously the Health Directives remain fairly fluid however, we are monitoring these closely on a daily basis.

At this point in time, we are able to comply with all present NSW Health Department Directives for both the Competition on Ranges and catering in the Club House with the mandated Social Distancing guidelines

Yesterday was the Final day of Competition for 2020.
Matches contested were Sport Pistol and Air Pistol with a Personal best recorded by Dick in Air Pistol and Jason and Charles recording Personal Bests in Sport Pistol.
Competition will resume on 9th January with Rapid Fire and 25 Metre Black Powder being the matches of the day and Air Pistol as an alternate match.
On behalf of the Committee, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy  New Year.

As 2020 comes to an end we have yesterday had another good turnout at the Club.

There were two Black Powder Matches, 4 Air Pistol Matches and one partial air match contested, One member did some maintenance on the Air Compressor, two members undertook some much needed mowing, while yet another member signed up a new member and proceeded to introduce her to the PA Matches.

Next weekend will be the last Competition day for the year with Centre Fire/Sport Pistol being the Match of the day commencing at 1pm.

We will be closed to competition for two weeks for the Christmas New Year break and will recommence shooting on Saturday 9/1/2021 with Rapid Fire and 25 Metre Black Powder being the Matches of the day, commencing at the usual time of 1 pm.

After months of uncertainty regarding future Open shoots in our sport, the most recent relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions has cleared the way for the Club to hold our traditional February Open which had been tentatively scheduled for 19, 20 and 21st of February, 2021 provided there is no second wave of infection and tightening of restrictions again.

Following discussions yesterday between several of the Committee and a number of members it was decided to proceed with the Open on the scheduled weekend. We will follow all COVID -19 requirements for the full weekend including Social Distancing, Regular hand sanitation both in the Club House and on Ranges and mandatory sign in of visitors who may attend the facility but not usually enter any ranges or the Club House.

Entry forms will now be prepared and emailed out to all our regular recipients, placed on this website and forwarded to NSWAPA for inclusion on the State Association website