Great conditions for shooting at the KTSA Range. MDT supplied an ACC Chassis that was used for a CZ445 running a Diamondback Tactical Scope. There were several new shooters that turned up for the Match and they had great time! Some of the shooters got their cardio workout running after the cattle that decided they wanted to join the match 🙂
for more details please read the Match Ad
(Ignore wrong date in match ad)
Week of July 8 – 12 the Grader will be out on the road again. Unfortunately we do not have an exact date at this time. Please make sure to adhere to the speed limits and be careful around corners and other sections where you can’t see far ahead.
Please be reminded to NOT drive in to the Bays. Also don’t drive where the fence was.
The fence was taken down to allow heavy equipment to work around the bays to construct the footings for the new shelters etc NOT to drive in to the bays or closer to them for everday use.
The fencing will soon go up again (once all the repair and improvements have been done.
So PLEASE stop on the north side of the ditch as before and stop creating more work and cost.
See Match Ad for more information
The KTSA has been approached by the British Columbia Rifle Association to host their annual Target Rifle and F Class Provincial Championship matches.
These will take place from the 9-12 August and will comprise shooting at distances of 300 and 500 metres and 900 yards.
All shooting will be scored on electronic targets.
Tablets will be supplied if necessary.
For the first time the BCRA will allow shooting from a bench for those competitors who have difficulty shooting from the prone position.
This is an invite to all interested shooters to compete.
Membership in the BCRA is mandatory and can be obtained on the BCRA website.
Interested shooters who are not competing are encouraged to support this prestigious event and come out and watch.
More information may be obtained by contacting Mark Anderson at the POWDERKEG Gun Shop.
http://www.bcrifle.org/schedule.html#Kamloops
http://www.bcrifle.org/misc/2019/2019-BCRA-TR&F-Entry.pdf
Good shooting to all!
PowderKeg, Kamloops
pkeg@shaw.ca
The KTSA is hosting a 6 Stages CAS fun match in Sunday July 28. Stage Setup is Sat July 27th. Help is very much appreciated. Please contact beanpotbart@gmail.com for details.
With sad heart we had to learn of the passing of Iris Louise Hetherington a long time supporter of the KTSA.
Iris Louise Hetherington (nee Taylor)
Iris slipped peacefully away in the early hours of June 8, 2019 with her daughters at her side. Iris was born on the family farm outside of Richard, Saskatchewan on June 9, 1936 to George and Beatrice Taylor (Banks). She moved to New Westminster in her teens, where she met her future husband, Robert, while attending high school. She was the love of his life and they were married in New Westminster on June 28, 1957.
Diverted from their Yellowstone Park honeymoon plans by a natural disaster, she mentioned how pretty she had thought Kamloops was. After many years of traveling to and from New Westminster to fish and vacation, the decision was made to move in 1963 and began raising their family of two daughters.
Iris worked her way through high school while waitressing at the Cariboo Hotel Café and graduated from Burnaby South. After graduation, she worked in the New Westminster school district office until the move to Kamloops. She then worked for 20+ years in the office for Weyerhauser Canada, the position from which she ultimately retired after two successful fights against cancer.
Iris’s spare time was spent hunting with dad, salmon fishing at Pender Harbour, gardening, watching the Blue Jays, supporting the Kamloops Target Sports Association’s antique show and sale, dressing up in period costume for cowboy action shooting events, visiting with friends and family, catching a play or a figure skating show, watching Spruce Meadows show jumping, or taking a quick road trip or adventure – anywhere!
We will remember her for her love of animals (cats, particularly), incredible knitting skills, enjoyment of flower gardening, homemade chocolates, a smile that would light up the room, sense of humour, her grace and quiet determination.
She was the guiding light that held the family through good times and bad, and is sorely missed by all who knew her.
She is survived by her loving husband of 66 years, Robert; daughters Barbara (Don McConnell) and Joanne. Predeceased by sister Patricia Carnegie of Edmonton AB, she is also survived by sisters Elaine Milman of Saskatoon SK, Sheila Hapay of Richmond BC, Eileen Russell of
Williams Lake BC, Marilyn O’Krane of Penticton BC and brother Walter Taylor of Penticton BC.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 6 at 11:00 AM, at St. George’s Anglican Church 308 Royal Ave., Kamloops.
Special thanks to all the staff at Kamloops Seniors village but particularly Bridgette, Laurie, Christie, Bonnie, Montana and Amy. Your kindness and obvious care for mom is greatly appreciated.
Donations to the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada in Iris’ name would be appreciated in lieu of flowers.
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We had a decent weather on Saturday day to shoot to 500 meters. It didn’t rain as forecast and the winds were low.
However, Sunday was a different story. The winds were somewhat light but crazy tricky to shoot in.
32 shooters showed up and interestingly most were from out of town. We only had a few local shooters due to a match in Homestead, Alberta in preparation to the Westerns being held July 1st long weekend.
We are starting to get a lot of interest form Lower mainland shooters. Also, had the Alberta shoot not conflicted we would have had over 40 shooters.
Great time was had by all marking the beginning of the F-Class shooting season.
Next match will be in September which is the Bob Hobbs memorial.