January was an awesome month for the archery club. We had our Indoor 3d Championship. Held at the Abbotsford Agriplex. We had over 200 shooter's each day. Shooter's came from all over. Our neighbors down south in Washington, Quesnel, Williams Lake, Vancouver Island and the Greater Vancouver area. The shoot all in all was a [...]
The competition season continues with Cadet Provincials this weekend, BC Cup #3 next weekend, and BC Games coming at the end of the month. We had some excellent results at BC Cup #2 in Prince George this weekend with our athletes taking 4 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronzes. With 3 new athletes joining the club we [...]
Fraser River Non Tidal: Lots of big Cut Throat being hooked. Angle with baits, eggs, shrimp, and worms. Two per day limit over 30 cm. Hatchery only. Sturgeon fishing has picked up again due to a warming trend. Starting to pick up Steelhead at creek mouths. Bait is best. One per day limit, hatchery fish [...]
In 2013 the Club hosted 31 students, 40 in 2014 and in 2015, 45. Continuing interest and growth in IPSC is encouraging as the game grows bigger every year. Another crew of 5 keen students and the usual support not only from AFGC but the assistant helper, Dean M. Without his, and the club’s support, [...]
First shoot of the year. Pistol/ Carbine/ Shotgun; bring the standard 250 rounds per platform. The usual admin; $10 for members, $20 for non members, 0930hrs setup and safety briefing, 1000hrs rounds down range. Apologies for the late notice, but please RSVP, if you plan on attending. Reminder for the first CQB match of the year; Saturday, [...]
The 2015 shooting season came to a close with our turkey match held on the first Sunday of December with 13 shooters attending, including one shooter from Montreal, who is well known to our members, and was in town visiting family for the holiday season. This match brings our 32nd year of continuous monthly PPC matches. It has [...]
It's been a busy start to the year. Our Wednesday drop in has been extremely busy. A lot to do with our upcoming indoor 3D shoot. Our drop in numbers have been 50+ shooters. This past Sunday we held an archery work bee preparing for next weekends shoot. A big thank you to all that volunteered their [...]
Decembers shoot was a roaring success, dispite the snow and the Christmas/ New Years timing. Four shooters were able to run through a new target array I have high hopes for, and feedback was positive. This months shoot is Sunday, 24 Jan; 0930 setup and brief, 1000hrs rounds down range. Pistol/ carbine/ shotgun, with 250 rounds [...]
The team was up at Cypress preparing for this weekends Biathlon competition. We have 8 cadets involved this year and have been using the WOP as it is more conducive to ski and shoot at the same time. We have not practiced at AFGC yet this season but plan to bring some new cadets to [...]
Only two things to report at this time: Deadline for spring grizzly LEH draw is Feb. 5th Deadline for scoring of big game trophies for 2015 is Jan. 31st Thanks!
We had a good day, only 15 minutes of rain. Thanks to Al Fadden, Chris Moore, John Vernon, Hans Wallenberg, Ron Edward. We put through 64 shoots by 2:00 pm. The totals were 27 A Class, 23 B Class, 14 Novice. I believe there were fewer shooters than other years, but the total shoots were about [...]
Fraser River Non Tidal: Sea-run Cutthroats are showing up in good numbers! Angle for them near creek mouths or slack water, either on bottom or float fishing are your best bets. Use Single Eggs or worms, two fish per day limit over 30 cm, hatchery retention only. Sturgeon fishing in the Fraser is fair right [...]