Disciplines
Our
club members are active in several disciplines. Some meet weekly and
most hold matches throughout the year
with members and non-members competing for a wide range of prizes. The
many active disciplines in our club are described below.
Archery
We have recently advanced the archery component
of the club. We will initially focus on three areas:
3–D Archery. This is one of North
America’s fastest growing sports. It consists of shooting burlap sacs
(called a “Bag Course”) or 3-D foam animals at varying distances. This
sport was originally developed for hunting practice and is now shot by many
non- hunters because its competitive nature.
Target Archery. This is when a series of
arrows are shot at a target on a flat field at known distances.
Junior Olympic Program. This part of the
program focuses on developing the the skills of young athletes for
competition shooting.
For more information, please contact Brian
Dennis at 250-374-4147 or Kevin Kansky at 250-372-1599.
Recreational Shooting
We provide full
facilities for recreational handgun and rifle shooters. Our members plink,
shoot targets, silhouettes, and sight-in their hunting rifles. Our many recreational shooters include those who enjoy
shooting for fun, general target
shooting, couples who share a common hobby, and parents wanting to teach their
children the safe use of firearms and love of the sport.
Junior Program
We have a very active Junior program. Girls and boys 11
to 18 years of age participate with .22 rifles in prone, kneeling, and standing
shooting positions. We teach Juniors safe handling of firearms,
range safety and etiquette, and shooting fundamentals. We coach the
Juniors to strengthen and refine skills, fundamentals, safety, and encourage
a love of the sport.
We encouraged
three disciplines in the the Junior program: Sporting Rifle, Air Rifle, and Match Rifle. Each
Junior shooter has the chance to qualify for the BC Summer Games Zone Team and is encouraged to
enter the BC Small-bore Rifle Championships. Our Juniors have been
extremely successful at these matches. Shooting in the winter
is at our Indoor Range.
For
more information,
send
an email to our club executive and someone will respond.
Cowboy Action
Shooting (CAS)
This is one of the fastest growing shooting sports in North America! Relive the spirit of the
wild west of the late 1800s! Shoot single-action pistols,
lever action rifles, and side-by-side or hammered pump shotguns
shotguns! We have a very active group of Cowboy Action Shooters in our
club that are willing to introduce you to this exciting and challenging part
of the shooting sports.
For
more information, send an email to our club executive and someone will respond. Also
see the Western Canadian Frontier Shootists Society BC (www.wcfss.com)
and the Single Action Shooting Society (www.sassnet.com)
for more information.
IPSC
(International Practical Shooting Confederation)
IPSC is an
extreme action-shooting discipline that incorporates accuracy, power, speed, and safety.
Our IPSC group practices Wednesday evenings - winters at the indoor range
and summers outdoors.
For
more information,
send an email to our club executive and someone will respond. Also see the IPSC BC website (www.ipscbc.org) for more information.
Small-bore
Small-bore
includes: 1) Sporting
Rifle, 2) Match Rifle, and 3) Air Rifle shot by men and women in competitions
from club level to the Olympics. In Sporting Rifle and Match Rifle, athletes
use .22 caliber rifles, and Air Rifle athletes use .177 caliber air rifles.
Men, women, boys,
and girls are placed in classes according to ability so the thrill of winning
is available to all who try this fast growing sport.
For
more information,
send an
email to our club executive and someone will respond.
Full-bore
Long-range shooting up
to 300 m in prone position using target rifles equipped with scopes or
aperture sights. This program includes sniper and military service rifle
matches, using the same military equipment issued to Canadian Military Forces.
Prone shooting is also one of the BC Summer Games events.
For more information,
send an
email to our club executive and someone will respond.
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