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 been a very successful year for PPC shooting with our regular shooters showing well in Canadian and international competition.
Several of the shooters who participate in our monthly matches are members of the law enforcement community and attended the World Police and Fire Games in Virginia, representing their departments and our club with distinction, returning to Canada with several individual and team medals.
Two of our club members compete regularly in the United States monthly and made the Washington State Governors’ list of the top 20 Police Combat Shooters in Washington State.
Several of our shooters travelled to Victoria thanksgiving weekend for the Vancouver Island PPC Championships and coming home with multiple individual and team medals.
The first match of 2016 was a good start to our 33rd consecutive year of PPC participation and we look forward to another year where our participants continue to improve their skills and represent our club in the highest level of competition and sportsmanship.
Our shooting schedule for 2016 continues to hold practice/training matches the first Sunday of each month, with the exception of May and August which are scheduled for nationally registered competitions under the Canadian Police Combat Association umbrella. Abbotsford club members and members from other clubs are welcome to attend our monthly matches to observe or participate in our shooting discipline. For information on the equipment required to participate please contact the writer at rsorsdahl@shaw.ca or (604) 637-3945.
In 2016 and should any member be interested in competing, or just observing, please feel free to drop by on the first Sunday of each month.
Good shooting and stay safe out there, on an off the range.
Russell Sorsdahl, CIP
Abbotsford Fish & Game Club
PPC Director