ATS is Sunday, 26 May. Range 3, 1030, for the regular shoot; pistol, carbine, shotgun. $20 drop in fee. Standard round count, 250 rnds per platform (birdshot for the shotguns). Ensure your rig supports the suggested 4-5 mags per platform (pistol/carbine, and shotgun, if mag fed, though you won’t require them all, for this [...]
AFGC is hosting the BC Target Sports Provincials this coming May Long Weekend. We need a few volunteers for: 1 person for Record Keeping (Sat, Sun, Mon) 3-4 people for Scoring (Air Rifle, Air Pistol) on Saturday 1-2 Runners (Sat, Sun, Mon) Instruction provided. Work Bee credits. Come for 1/2 day or more. Contact [...]
As part of the 2019 budget, AFGC has approved an allocation of funds to support like-minded community organizations. The Board of Directors has agreed that the Wild Sheep Society of British Columbia would be a great non-profit organization to help support our conservation ideals. We have contributed $5,000 towards their initiative in studying the [...]
A special thanks goes out to our Sagittarius Archers for hard work and donation to the Canuck Place. Let's keep this up and help our community even more!
Wednesday nights have been very busy for drop ins. Still lots of new shooters joining and learning archery. We had a very successful Chad Davis Memorial 3D shoot. The weather held off to make Sunday extremely busy. Thank you too all that made this shoot the success it was. We are gearing [...]
The first IPSC matches of 2019 were held in Port Coquitlam and Terrace. Port Coquitlam hosting IPSCBC Qualifiers #5 and #6 on April 20/21 and Terrace hosting Qualifiers #7 and #8 on April 27/28. Abbotsford IPSC competitors were in attendance. The Abbotsford IPSC competitors results for Qualifier #5 are as follows: Production: 1st Overall: Rob Engh [...]
The first Sunday in April was our regular training/practice match with 9 shooters and the range officer attending. The weather was decent with one competitor shooting his all-time high score in the revolver 1500 match. Training/practice matches will also be held on the first Sundays of June and July. Our second nationally registered PPC match [...]
Well it wouldn’t be a Maverik’s Multigun without some challenging weather. The morning started out with a bit of wind but sunny. By mid day we saw everything from pouring rain, hail and even snow. All the competitors soldiered through and were rewarded by the return of the sun and warmer temps for the last [...]
The hosted Veritac training as well received, particularly Friday nights Stop the Bleed portion, with a mixed group of 25 shooters and non shooters, adding a lot of new practical skills to their knowledge base. Saturday & Sunday saw the group of 12 shooters add considerably to their accuracy, both with carbine and handgun. [...]
Local rivers: Fraser River: Tidal and Non-tidal - Sturgeon fishing has really taken off - the spring warmth has made the Big Whites aggressive on both sides of the boundary (Mission Bridge). The guides are using salmon belly; eels; pike minnows and oolichons - with salmon parts being the best (stinkier the better ! ) Trout have also really come [...]
Drop in sessions are up and running. We start at 7 PM for all ages. Non-members are welcome. No PAL or experience needed. We are happy to teach, or just leave you to shoot. Our 6-week Beginners Rifle Course continues to see good attendance and good shooting. We also continue to run introductory sessions for [...]
The wait is over!! Join us for our first match of 2019. We have a slight change for this year though that hopefully won’t upset you guys..........5 stage instead of 4!! which also means we have increased the number of shooters from 40 to 50! As usual 200 rounds per firearm should get you through [...]