Pumpkin season has arrived. Too all our members who are bringing them for targets, please clean them up before you go. Thank you to those of you who are picking them up, however PLEASE remember that they are very heavy and we can only lift so much weight. Please put them directly in the outside [...]
There was no work bee in October. The next scheduled work bee is on November 14. There are 3 members signed up. If you are interested in participating, send your name and membership number to caretakers@afgc.ca to register. Watch the website for updates. Thank you. Dan Ashton and Audrey Oxner
Well, we wanted rain, we got it. We are keeping busy with our normal daily, weekly and monthly tasks. With the start of hunting season, Range 2 is very busy. If you are not using more than 50 meters please use one of the other ranges. We recycled 386 guest passes from August 26 to September [...]
We had 11 members attend the Sept 12 Work Bee. It was a very wet but productive day. Dan cut down the vegetation on all the berms. The members raked up dead plants from the berms on all the ranges. It was loaded up and removed to the bin. We filled a 14 yard bin. [...]
We know that sometimes it's frustrating to see ranges closed down for maintenance during the week, but we assure you it's necessary. We have added a new layer of engineered sand to Ranges 2 & 2B to help keep any ricochets to a minimum. The berms were quite packed from continued usage and we [...]
AFGC is looking for a relief Caretaker to fill in when Dan and Audrey go on holidays. This is a paid position and requires either one person or a couple to be available at various times throughout the year to fulfill the daily duties. Accommodations can be made to stay on site, if necessary. [...]
Another year has passed for us. August 1 was our Fourth anniversary. We are keeping busy with our normal daily, weekly and monthly tasks. August was another hot one and while we had a little rain the ground, the forest is parched. As per instructed by the BOD we took down the steel target [...]
There was no work bee in August. The next work bee is scheduled for September 12. There are currently 9 people registered. A reminder email will go out early in September. If you would like to register please send the name and membership numbers of those who wish to attend to caretakers@afgc.ca Due to [...]
On July 1st we opened all the bays in the ranges and put out additional benches, mats and tables where required. 182 passes were used from June 28 to July 27. There were no major projects in July. Trying to salvage the lawn has been our main focus, as well as out regular routine. [...]
There was no work bee in July. The next work bee is scheduled for September 12. If you would like to register please send the name and membership numbers of those who wish to attend to caretakers@afgc.ca Due to COVID space maybe limited. Please watch for announcements on the web site Thank you Dan Ashton [...]
Well summer has showed up with a vengeance. We have been busy trying to keep the lawn and members hydrated, as well as our regular routine work. 1614 lbs of brass was recycled. We had the archery block wall pressure washed. Range 2 was closed for the first week of June while we worked [...]
The June 13 work bee had 8 members attend. As it was raining we worked in range 1 building backers and replaced the plywood backer on Range 1. The next work bee is scheduled for September 12. If you would like to register please send the name and membership numbers of those [...]