Kingston & District

Trap, Skeet &

Sporting Clays Club Our annual Butter Tart

Fun Shoot was held on Sat

Mar 22nd, 2014 and

proved, as always, to be a

huge success.

Despite the sudden snow-

fall, we were determined to

press on with our commit-

ment and are glad we did

as the sun eventually ap-

peared later in the day.

Glad to see shooters from

neighboring clubs partici-

pating in the event. Sever-

al prizes were donated and

distributed to shooters with

Colin Campbell winning

1st prize for the raffle draw

worth $600—Congrats!

The huge turnout proves

that this shoot is a popular

one and we look forward to

next year’s shoot.

We would like to thank

the Italo Club for pre-

paring the pasta din-

ner.

Thanks also extended

to the following mem-

bers for their assis-

tance: Frank Spindler,

Tony Raponi, Michael

Wilson, Carly Rozins,

John Wigle, Michael

Ivanic, George Difederi-

co, Dave and Jennifer

Wollin, Brian Andersen,

Tom MacFarlane and Kyle

Voigt.

Special thanks to all who

donated items for prizes

and silent auctions.

Please visit the club web-

site for details on upcoming

fun shoots in May and June

as well as a Memorial Trap

Shoot in memory of Dan

Keeler.

Thanks,

Mark—Club Secretary.

Michael Hartzman

Points of interest:

Spring Clean up

May Fun Shoot

Under the Lights

Memorial Shoot

Archery Program

ID Tags — Wear them please!

All members whom have

purchased or renewed their

membership for 2014 have

received in their welcome

package, an ID Tag.

These tags serve two pur-

poses. First is to identify

the member as having paid

in full their 2014 member-

ship, and second, to display

their identity to other

shooters. According to our

Range Officer, these ID

Tags are required to be

worn while on the range.

The executive has mandat-

ed that ALL shooters will

wear their ID Tag or Guest

Tag (as required) while at

the club.

Please ensure that you

obey this instruction and

enforce it amongst other

shooters.

Thank you.

New Machines 2

Cordless Squadpuller 2

Sporting Clays 2

Buy & Sell 3

Skeet Clinic 3

Free Shoot Cards 3

Butter Tart

Donations

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Inside this issue:

Butter Tart — HUGE SUCCESS!

April 2014

Volume 1, Issue 2 Spring Newsletter SHOTGUN SPORTS

As many of you are

aware, the skeet ma-

chine in high house,

field 2 has been unser-

viceable and subject to

numerous attempts to

repair with no luck.

That machine had

seen more then it’s

share of thrown clays

so it was discussed,

researched, and decid-

ed to move forward

and purchase 2 new

Briley - Mattarelli

Skeet machines. To

take advantage of

shipping and customs

costs, the club part-

nered with the Ottawa

Skeet Club to purchase

the machines collec-

tively with their pur-

chase.

These new machines

will certainly enhance

our capability and en-

sure consistency for

target launching from

the field houses.

Lets all be proactive to ensure that

these machines are treated with care

by performing regular preventative

maintenance and reporting any defect

or inconsistent operation of the units.

These units have the capability to

expand to voice/wireless operation.

For those members who contributed

towards the purchase of these ma-

chines in the form of a donation, we

would like to thank you!

Many members have inquired refer-

ence shooting sporting clays and it

has certainly become a popular topic.

What we need to do is have a small

work party of volunteers to transit

through the sporting clay range of all

ten stations to perform a clean up and

functional check of the manual ma-

chines. This would include target re-

plenishment and ensuring the station

platforms/stands are in good repair.

Since our recent approval from the

CFO with respect to adjusting our

Sporting Clays stations in eliminating

shot-fall interference with our skeet

and trap fields, we can look forward to

running sporting clay shoots.

The CFO has finally approved us to

run all three disciplines (skeet, trap &

sporting clays), simultaneously. This

is great news!

Please provide your name to the exec-

utive John Wigle (Field Capt), to vol-

unteer to assist with this clean up.

Thanks.

New Skeet Machines!

Cap-

Sporting Clays

corded system. The system eliminates

the long cord completely. The control-

ler can simply be kept in the puller’s

hand and passed very easily amongst

the shooters during their round skeet.

The club will be purchasing two of

these systems and will run on sepa-

rate frequencies fro each field they are

installed.

Please treat them with care!

Thanks to Patrick, he has found a so-

lution of having to pull the pull cord

around to each station within the

skeet range over the snow and ice etc.

The solution is a cordless puller con-

troller that operates from a wireless

modem installed at the power recepta-

cle. The controller runs from a 9v bat-

tery and has the exact same configu-

ration of high, low and doubles as our

New Cordless Squadpuller System!

Page 2 Spring Newsletter

Mattarelli Skeet Machine

Bob Black has a progressive loader for

sale, details as follows:

MEC Grabber 76 - Comes with:

1 extra (tall) bottle

1 oz. charge bar

1-1/8 oz. charge bar

extra powder bushings (#29, #31, #32)

reloading manual

(see photos)

Bob is asking $225.00 and can be con-

tacted at: 613-376-9954

Jim Riga is looking to buy the follow-

ing:

Smith & Wesson revolver (new or

used), model 617, stainless, 4”bbl in

.22LR caliber. Jim can be reached at:

jim.riga@yahoo.ca

If any member wishes to advertise

their own firearms and accessories via

the newsletter, please forward com-

plete details/photos to the club secre-

tary.

The more new members you sponsor

into the club, the more shoot cards

you are eligible to receive.

As was mentioned at the last Gen-

eral Meeting, members are eligible to

receive a free shoot card if he/she

sponsors a new member and they

purchase a full club membership.

Once the new member has complet-

ed the membership application and

paid in full, simply advise the Secre-

tary, who will verify and in turn pre-

sent you with your free shoot card.

Further to this, a second free shoot

card is also available when you pur-

chase 10 x shoot cards. Simply pro-

vide the secretary with your 10 spent

shoot cards (or 10 new cards), and you

will receive a free shoot card. Every

10 cards gets you a free one.

Thanks,

Secretary Mark Ezard.

Buy & Sell

Free Shoot Cards

the shooter’s ability and understand-

ing of the sport. I strongly encourage

those members, be it adult, juniors or

families to take advantage of this op-

portunity to receive some expert ad-

vice, knowledge and instruction in the

effort to improve your shooting ability

for breaking more clays.

The clinic will take place on Sat. Jun

21st at the club with the beginners

starting at 09:00, then the intermedi-

ates at 13:00. Please see sign up

sheet at the club. Thanks.

The club’s resident skeet pro, Andy

Spooner, has once again agreed to

offer a skeet clinic for both beginners

and intermediate skeet members, this

June at the club.

Andy held the same clinic last year

and it was met with very positive

feedback from those whom attended.

He provides extremely relevant and

precise instruction while considering

Skeet Clinic

Spring Newsletter Page 3

1250 Italia Lane

Kingston, Ontario

K7L 4V3

We would like to acknowledge the lo-

cal businesses and individuals that

donating prizes to support our Butter

Tart Shoot in March, thank you very

much!

Phone: 613-542-9228

E-mail:

shotgunsports100@gmail.com

Butter Tart Donations

Kingston & District Trap,

Skeet & Sporting Clays

Individuals include Gary Os-

borne, Mark and Janice Ezard,

Mary Groenewegen, Brian Mat-

they, Michael Hartzman, Kyle

Voigt, Michael Wilson, Gary Bull-

ock, and Carly Rozins.

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Editor — Mark Ezard