Jason, Kerri and Wayne with the assistance of one of Jason's workmates attended the Club early on Saturday Morning on 9th November and installed a brand new Air Compressor to replace the old unit that had served the club faithfully for well over 25 years. 
The changeover was completed before 11 am giving time to properly test the new machine and fittings before the afternoon match of the day.
Bob continued with his painting in the men's Toilet Saturday and Sunday mornings as well as touching up in the Ladies and Disabled toilets leaving only the floor now to be painted to complete that project.
After Lunch, Bob and Trevor contested a Sport Pistol Match with Wayne acting as Range Officer. Bob scored a Personal best shaving 3 points off his handicap.
There was no competition on Saturday 16/11/2019. The weather conditions and fires in parts of the area no doubt contributed to this
Matches of the day next Saturday will be Standard Pistol and Air Pistol commencing at 1 pm - hopefully with a few more participants

All scores handed to me since September have now been entered into the Club Data Base, where necessary, handicaps have been updated and then the scores off barrel and handicapped have been entered on the Club web page under Match Results 2019.
There are a few gaps in this period due to no competition being shot on that day. There has also been significant gaps since March also due to the major works undertaken by members to complete the upgrade of the Air Range.
I have not entered individual results for members contesting events at the Open on the Match Results page as this is not a handicapped event, however, I have attached a file showing full result for the Open in a Blog Page entry.

The Club held another successful ISSF Open and North West and New England Zone Championships in September with 46 Entries received.
It was very pleasing to see so many competitors (visitors and Club Members alike) jump in to assist with the running of the event and, in a few cases, giving up a match that they had been squadded to contest. Their assistance is very greatly appreciated by the Organising Committee of the event. I can't single anyone out to thank as, not being there myself, I could miss mention of someone which I do not wish to do.
Scores for the event are now in the file attached below
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Scores from 31st August have now been added to the Results Page with Jim shaving 12 points off his Club Sport Pistol Handicap
Work continued on both 31st August and yesterday removing building refuse and other materials to the tip with only another 2 trailer loads to go to see the area completely tidied ready for our September Open in two weeks.
It is amazing how much rubbish can be accumulated refurbishing, re-roofing and lining one building but the end result is certainly worth the effort.
There will be a further working bee next Saturday commencing at 9.30 for 10 am to complete a final tidy up of all facilities, clean the Club House and prepare the last of the targets in readiness for the Open.

Five members attended the Club yesterday with Jason screwing down the last of the flashing and installing two Downpipes on the Air Range and Charles cutting several trees into shorter lengths ready to be carried out of Range 3 to complete the work undertaken on that range during the week.
Four members then contested a Standard Pistol Match with the fifth member acting as Range Officer.
New member James (after only recently completing his training to use a .22 pistol) contested his first scored match and shot a very creditable score of 439.
Match of the day next weekend is Centre Fire/Sports Pistol commencing at 1 pm 

Much better weather and , for the first time in over four months, no working bee on the Air Range, greeted the few members who attended the Club yesterday.
Bob and Wayne enjoyed a 25 metre Black Powder Match before Lunch with average scores only recorded.
After Lunch, Air Pistol matches were contested by Bruce, Bob and Wayne christening the newly upgraded Air Range
The lighting is brilliant exceeding all minimum standards for Air Pistol Range Lighting with no shadows forming on the shooting arm or Pistol when aiming for a shot.
The acoustics when firing a shot are different to what we had previously experienced but after a few shots fired, this is no longer noticed.
I suspect that usage of the Air Range will increase substantially once members sample the upgraded facility 

Nine Members attended the Club yesterday for the Annual General Meeting. A quorum was present and the meeting and 2019 Election of Committee proceeded.
It would be fair to assume that the very cold weather combined with high wind kept others from attending on the day.
Two members contested a Rapid Fire match before Lunch and it was planned to have members contest an Air Pistol match to sample the freshly refurbished Air Range but as the Temperature dropped rapidly in the afternoon, so did enthusiasm for the Air Pistol match and the option was not taken up.
​Match of the day next weekend is Centre Fire/Sport Pistol commencing at 1 pm with the potential to also contest an Air Pistol Match before Lunch or after the Match of the day

There has been very little shooting at the Club over the past four months due in part to the amount of Volunteer hours required from a small group of members to complete the Stage 3 upgrade of the Air Range.
I had not updated the 2019 Match Results page (even though I held the scores) until today.
If you look at the page, there are no scores missing - it is just that at times, it was several weeks between matches being contested at the Club.
Now that the Air Range is essentially completed, weekly competitions should resume starting this Saturday (10/8/2019)

After 4 long months, the Air Range was completed inside yesterday (and is now fully operational)  with the re-installation of the Electronics, Target Lines and numbers. All that is left is a final clean up and removal of the surplus screws, glue, paint etc which will be done on Saturday morning
The outside is also complete apart from installation of two down pipes, a few screws in one flashing and a general tidy up around the area and removal of the rubbish to the tip.
The Range now meets or exceeds all International Standards for ISSF Air Ranges using paper targets - something members of the Club can be proud of.
This final stage of the Air Range upgrade was made possible by a generous grant received from the 2018 round of White Rock Wind Farm Community Grants.
This has been a mammoth effort by a small number of dedicated members and will meet the clubs future needs for many years to come.
Naturally, there has been very little shooting during the construction, however, there were a few matches contested and these will be updated on the Match Results page later today.
The Club's 2019 AGM is scheduled for 1 pm on 10/8/2019 and no doubt, members will give the completed Range a try out either before or after the meeting
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Work continues on the Air Range upgrade.

It is hoped that all ceiling batons will be installed tomorrow and the lining on the back half of the ceiling also installed.

The lights over the target line and the "fill in" lighting between the targets and firing line will be installed by an electrician next Wednesday and the old lighting above the firing line disconnected to enable safe removal of the existing lights and completion of the ceiling lining, painting, and installation of the new firing line lights over coming weeks.

The members that have willingly given their time to this project are looking forward to the completion of the work and enjoying the benefits of their labours.