A small group of "senior" members (age related) of the club attended yesterday and conducted a Hazard Reduction Burn off after lunch in the bottom Carpark, around the Air Range and up the side of the path to the Air Range.

The amount of leaf litter and sticks that had accumulated over the last couple of years was astounding and was cause for concern with the continued dry weather and the predicted hot summer.

The site is now much safer for the upcoming Open shoot in 3 weeks as a result of yesterday's efforts.

It was not all work though with three members contesting a WA1500 48 shot match before Lunch and one of those members also contesting an Air Pistol Match earlier in the morning.

Match of the day next week is Standard Pistol commencing at 1 pm.

A quite cold day in Glen Innes yesterday and as a result, a much smaller attendance.
Two members contested an Air Pistol Match and 3 members contested a Sport Pistol Match with Kim shooting a Personal best score.
It was also pleasing to have a former member visit and re-join the Club after an absence of several years and contest part of the Centre Fire Match as a Practice Match.
At the Committee Meeting last week, it was decided that the Match of the day on 26th August (next Saturday) would be cancelled to enable a fire hazard reduction to take place.
The area in front of the Air Range, part way up the path to the Air Range and part of the lower car park are areas of particular concern. The intention is to rake the leaves etc into a "control" area and, with the appropriate fire permit, burn the material raked up in readiness for the Open event next month when we anticipate the card park to be full with visitor cars and vans.
This exercise is planned to start at 1pm with the intention that all material will be completely incinerated and the fires out by 3-4 pm.
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Great turnout last Saturday for the Annual General Meeting and a total of 16 Matches contested before the meeting between Standard Pistol, Air Pistol and the 48 shot WA1500 matches
There was very little change between the outgoing and incoming Committee with a change in the Assistant Secretary, Vice Captain and one change in the Committee Persons.
​We did loose a few members this year for various reasons but new members have made up the loss. Hopefully, the 2 new younger members will encourage some of their friends to also come and have a look and potentially join the Club.

Much better turnout today over recent weeks with a total of 11 matches contested during the course of the day, with one new member committing to join next week when he has his paperwork sorted and one new member transferring in from another Club.

The Club's Annual General Meeting is to be held next Saturday at approx. 2 pm after conclusion of the match of the day and the Committee is hoping for a strong turn out of members for this important meeting.

​To avoid the meeting being delayed, the match of the day (Standard Pistol) will commence at 12 noon sharp.

A very pleasing turnout yesterday with four Rapid Fire Matches, four Air Pistol Matches, three 25 metre Black Powder Matches, three 48 Shot WA1500 Matches, a practice Rimfire and two practice Air Pistol matches contested.
One of the practice Air Pistol matches was contested by a new member being coached and we also had a new member attend for the purpose on getting all his paperwork in order so that he can proceed to join the Club.
Match of the day next weekend is Centre/ Fire Sport Pistol commencing at 1 pm.

A new Financial Year and a little better attendance even though the weather was not particularly appealing.
There were 2 Air Pistol matches, 4 Standard Pistol Matches and 4 X  WA Standard Pistol and 2 X
WA Standard Revolver matches contested over the course of the day with a couple of other members attending but not firing a shot during the day.
Next weekend, the scheduled matches are 25 metre Black Powder and Rapid Fire Pistol commencing at 1 pm.
Next month is our Annual General Meeting and members have the chance to nominate and vote for new Committee Members or to re-nominate existing committee.
There is a nomination sheet on the Notice Board inside the Club house to enable members to make these nominations with Annual General Meeting to be held on Saturday 12th August, 2023.

A better turnout last Saturday due to a Committee Meeting being held at 1pm however, there were 6 WA 1500 48 shot matches and an Air Pistol Match contested before Lunch and the meeting and 3 Centre Fire and 1 X 25 m Pistol Women's match contested after the meeting.

Scheduled Match for next Saturday (27th June) is Standard Pistol Commencing at 1 pm.

The working bee on 27th May went well with the dead tree in the top car park fell neatly between the Club House and the Carpark railing, sawn up, loaded into trailers and removed from site with the small sticks and bark remaining raked into heaps and burnt leaving the area neat and clean.
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The problematic tree in the bottom carpark which was well on the way to dying and was full of mistletoe was also fallen so that the majority of the tree fell over the bank and out of the way. The remaining tree trunk has been cut into sections for removal in due course.

Yesterday saw another small group of 5 members meet with Member for Northern Tablelands, Adam Marshall, to discuss our recent Range Inspection as well as view the recently installed Defibrillators.

Before the Lunch Break, Rick and Wayne contested 3 matches each of the 48 shot WA 1500 matches with the best scores from each match (Revolver and Pistol) recorded on the results page of this site.

After the Lunch break, Jason and Trevor contested a Standard Pistol Match with scores also recorded on the results page.

Another reasonably small attendance yesterday but the Air Range and Ranges 1 and 2 are all completely ready for the Range Inspection on Wednesday morning.
Range 3 is a work in progress with a lot of small stones surfacing after the recent rains and will need a few hours to rake the stones up and dispose of them while a better permanent cure is found.
Hopefully, that will be the only issue to be corrected after the inspection.
There is a working bee next Saturday commencing at 10 am to fall and remove a dead tree causing concern in the top carpark and to fall another dying tree in the lower carpark that is riddled with mistletoe. The clean up of the second tree will be undertaken in another working bee.

A very small turnout yesterday being the designated Black Powder day.

However, there were 2 WA1500 Standard Pistol and 2 WA1500 Standard Revolver Matches contested before Lunch with 2 25 metre Black Powder matches and a 25 metre Men's Pistol Match contested after lunch.

With a scheduled Firearms Registry inspection scheduled for 24th May, it was also necessary to do a check to identify and repairs necessary before the inspection. Fortunately, there is not a huge amount to be done and most of this is planned to occur next Wednesday afternoon.

Match of the Day next Saturday is Centre Fire/Sport Pistol commencing at 1 pm.

There will be no competition on Saturday 27th May as we have a planned working bee commencing at 10 am to fall and remove a dead tree in the top carpark which has become dangerous dropping limbs into the carpark.

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