"Bullet-In" club newsletter #291 for June/July2016

FROM THE COMMITTEE: 

The next meeting of the new Committee will be at the Parkvale DA Hall next Wednesday 31st July, 7pm (last Wednesday of the month); all new members are encouraged to attend, & all members are welcome!  

PRESIDENT'S NOTES

B cat endorsed license: the increased attendances at club events indicates that many have taken note of the reminder regarding “B” cat commitments. For those who may require some further clarity, the relevant section from a letter of agreement between the Police and PNZ is included for your info.

The complete letter is available at http://www.pistolnz.org.nz/media/5661/letter_of_agreement_2013.pdf

9. CLUB ACTIVITIES - REGULATION 22(1) (b)

NZPA will require clubs as a condition of affiliation to in turn record member participation in accordance with 9.1 to 9.3:

9.1 For the purposes of regulation 22(1) (b), which requires active participation in club activities on at least 12 days in each year, a “club activity” can be defined as follows:

9.1.1 A club based activity, on a range, which has been advertised and organised for the day.

Quite surprisingly, no-one took the opportunity to put forward suggestion(s) for any additional “B” cat events. At present the first Sunday of the month does not include a scheduled B cat event as such and I suggest this become a practice/safety type day. Please forward any comment to the secretary or myself and if we receive sufficient interest, it will be included in the range schedule, and providing there is an RO (required for two or more shooters on any range) and a target is scored (indisputable record of an attendance) it would be considered a club event.

There is also the option of the occasional extra (5^th) Sunday of which there are three months remaining in 2016 with five Sundays; July, October and December.

Our safety/training team is reviewing the info package provided to B cat applicants with attention to obligations once that endorsement is obtained. If you know anyone considering pistol shooting, make them aware of these conditions or refer them to the secretary, a committee member or PNZ for the relevant info.

RO's: we require more match qualified RO's and are researching the possibility of running RO course(s) at the WPSSC.

On the Range: please remember that members (committee included) go to the club to engage in activities, have a plink, test re-loads, sight in a rifle etc and often have limited time to do so.

In the interests of keeping this a positive environment in which one can relax and enjoy, please refer club politics to a monthly committee meeting. Meetings are well advertised, and all members are welcome to attend. Here views can be expressed in a controlled manner and steps taken to resolve issues in good time.

Next meetingis Wednesday 27^th July 2016 at the Deer Stalkers Hall, 7 p.m.

Improvements: the committee and section directors are striving to keep the club up to date and address practical requirements. The committee has approved the purchase of two new multi-stack clay traps and waiting on quotes for targets for speed challenge (steel targets) and plans are well under way to renew the falling plates on range 4 and the turning targets on range 3.

Working Bees: in the near future we will have working bees for some of the above so please make an effort. Many hands make light work, and it is a great chance to mingle with other club members.

The club will provide refreshments and a BBQ lunch when required. Notice of these working Bees will be published in good time along with a list of tools etc required for the tasks.

The falling plate on range 4 have been removed as they are unsafe. In the interim, steel plates are set up and can be left in position until the work is completed.

In the Spring, we will have a few working bees to remove stones, roll the bare areas, and sow grass seed on ranges 5-6.

Final note: please respect what we have, tidy up afterward and help out where you can.

“Warm Barrels”

 Two x 15 round mags have been purchased for the club Ruger 10/22 and are now available.

The club has also ordered a good quantity of the CCI standard velocity .22 ammo.  Don't panic, we still have a few bricks in stock.  The last we could get and a price enabling us to hopefully (depending on whether we can arrange transport from Auckland) keep it at $50 a brick.

A couple of corporate shoot (tentative at this stage) bookings which we may need help for so keep your phone handy.

IPSC: Phil Dunlop

PNZ training manuals: hard copies of the General Coaching Skills Manual were recently ordered and are available. FYI, manuals for all disciplines are available on-line at: http://www.pistolnz.org.nz/training.aspx

10th World Action Pistol Championships may still need helpers!

Whangarei Pistol Club is proud to host this event and is seeking RO's, assistant ROs and helpers to attend. Match is to be conducted between 8th November to 11th November 2016 inclusive.  For details: http://www.wapc2016.com/index.php/the-event/ or WAPC 1st April 2016.pdf

$$$   BUY, SELL, SWAP $$$

Send any photos and descriptions for Bullet-In either via  email or post to
The Secretary, WPSSC, P. O. Box 175 Carterton 5743.

The Club version is on the WPSSC Trading Post  page. 

Pistol NZ also have an on-line Buy Sell Swap system operating on their website; click their 'Trading Post' button for instructions and items.

Section Activities:

The Range schedule and Section Directors info' is published on the website. 

• Speed Steel – Neville ;results: TBA
  

• Service Pistol & Rifle – Colin

• IPSC – Phil Dunlop (new email: phd121@hotmail.com) 

• Clay Target Results - (Brigitte); check the Shotgunners page
  

• Cowboy Action Shootin' – Eddie Henrard;

• Roger Castle (06 306 9453) for 20 and 12 gauge shot gun ammo

• Ben Garrett currently has .22, 9mm, .223 and 12 gauge

Chamber flags are also available  – remember, the club requires you to have and to use them.

Range Schedule

For details and changes, check the range schedule from the website ; copying it has problems in that things change, and when the schedule is printed, members end up with out of date info.

So, the basic range schedule is as detailed below.  You don't even have to log on to see it!!! 

(Basic) RANGE SCHEDULE:

First Saturday	Simulated Game Bird  IPSC
First Sunday	Can be Multigun, Service Rifle or other (e.g. Jungle lane shotgun or .22 rifle)
Second Sunday	CAS ISSF (Service Pistol)
Third Saturday	Simulated Game Bird
Third Sunday	3-Gun
Fourth Sunday Fifth Sunday	Speed Steel As negotiated with/advised by committee