We are excited to finally be back up and running- officially, since the beginning of July. Four months off from official training has been a challenge for our athletes, but they have all done well keeping active on their own. We have a record number of athletes and parents signed up with our Club [...]
July 19 had meeting of Trap Club members. Ron Edward, Nathen Cole and Daryl Jantzen will be signing officers on club account. Discussion on old trap machines, retain and possibly mount on side wall or tower. Discussion refurbishment of trap gun rack - Nathen will take charge. Discussion on patterning plate - need main [...]
8 shooters showed up for the advanced part of the ATS. Our day started with a blue gun practice from 8:30AM to 10AM. After the briefing and live interaction with Claude, shooters switched to the live fire, practicing both basic and advanced skilled. The day started from the regular cover fire retreat to the Ozzy Peel [...]
We are now up to 10 shooters, 5 in each of 2 lines. Things have slowed a bit this month, and there is room for more shooters. You must Pre-Register at https://www.supersaas.com/schedule/AFGC/22_Club. It will want a schedule password, it is “shooting”. We are allowing you to register 17 days in advance, to give everyone [...]
On August 2nd we held our second CPCA nationally registered match with 10 shooters attending, including the range officer.Mark Horsley fired a national record matching 240 – 24x in match 1 of the Duty Pistol course of fire.We maintained all the required Covid-19 physical distancing and were still able to complete all the courses of [...]
Local Rivers: Fraser River: tidal and non-tidal - is still closed to all fishing except Sturgeon. There is still no word on any openings as fisheries is waiting for the official salmon migration numbers! Rumours are that it is being considered to open for Chinook angling in late August for the whites. In other [...]
Please note that Steel Challenge is cancelled on Tuesday, August 4th and August 18th due to range renovations. Thanks!
This weekends shoot is on, provided I receive enough RSVP’s. This shoot would be a morning advanced shoot only, of those qualified to run blue gun drills (Veritac alumni of the SFTP-3 or DSTO course, or other preapproved equivalent training), 0830- 1000hrs, followed by 2 hours of live fire advanced drills, wrapping up at [...]
Every year, AFGC commits to support other non-profits and societies that help to benefit our sport and hobbies. One of those groups over the past few years has been the Wild Sheep Society of BC, put forward by the Big Game subclub. They have recently launched a new Zoomcast called Sheep Talk and the first [...]
After almost 4 months, Training Courses are up and running again, but different. Four students, one Instructor and two helpers were on site. Everyone wore masks as you can see. Myself and Jay used CapShields and loved it! It sure shows how many particles get lobbed into the air in a day. Guns were [...]
Members, please be aware of some Steel Challenge Rules updates for Tuesday evenings. Tuesday night steel will start promptly at 7:15 pm. Those arriving late may not be able to shoot depending on that night's turn out. Drop in fees for members is still $5, but for non-members the fee is now $10. While COVID physical [...]
We are now up to 10 shooters, 5 in each of 2 lines. Strict physical distancing in force – navigating within our small shooting space requires some coordination, we will show you what is needed. You must Pre-Register at https://www.supersaas.com/schedule/AFGC/22_Club. It will want a schedule password, it is “shooting”. We are only allowing you [...]