Down The Barrel
Newsletter of the Otter Valley Rod & Gun Club
December 2015
2015 Annual Boxing Day Shoot !!
Sporting Clays and Trap
Fun for all, plan to attend
9:00 a.m. Sporting Clays start &Trap registration
Trap shoot starts at 10:00 a.m.
Trap 25 – 16 yd., 25 – handicap, Annie Oakley’s & Buddy Shoot
Lunch will be available
** CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS NEED TO BE RENEWED BEFORE DEC. 31st. **
O.V.R.&G. membership has reached the 300-member limit as per our bylaws. Membership expires each year as of the annual meeting, which occurs the 4th. Wednesday of September.
Members not renewing before December 31st. may be placed on the waiting list.
Trap
*** REMINDER*** Registration for the trap portion of the Boxing Day Shoot starts at 9:00 a.m. & shooting starts at 10:00 a.m.
The winter Interclub schedule is now underway and it has been reported that after 3 shoots there is still a little room for the OVR&G squad to improve.
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Shoot dates on the trap section of the OVR&G website are currently out of date, showing last years interclub & ATA dates. The online club forum calendar is current and indicates the following Interclub Shoots dates.
Dec 13 – St. Thomas Jan 10 - Verschoyle Jan 17 – Glencoe
Jan 31 – Otter Valley Feb 7 – Crumlin Feb 21 – St. Thomas
Feb 28 – Verschoyle
The 2016 ATA shoots scheduled for OVR&G are Apr 24th. and May 29th.
Please check the clubhouse or contact Bill, Ron, or Ken for any possible updates
Section Contacts: William Toronyi (519) 842-4360,
Ron Banks (519) 842-2258
Ken Allan (519) 842-2075
Sporting Clays
Sporting clays shoots are generally scheduled for the 2nd & 4th Sunday of the month but are subject to change. Please check /confirm shoot dates via the clubhouse chalkboard, the OVR&G website, online forum calendar, or section contacts below. ** Note ** there is a link to the club forum on the OVR&G website home page.
The remaining 2015 sporting clays shoots are scheduled for December 13 and Boxing Day – December 26, 9:00 a.m. start time.
Section Contacts: John Hurley - (519) 773-3732 Adam Kennedy – (226) 777-4799
Handgun
Tuesday and Thursday evenings are reserved to shoot handgun on the indoor range. Outdoor members in good standing have the option to pay a range fee of $5.00 per night and join the fun!
The bench rest ranges are for rifles only. Handguns are not allowed on any of the rifle ranges including the new offhand and 25-yard sight in positions at the far end of the benches. The cowboy action / pistol range is adjacent and is the CFO approved handgun range
For section information please contact Mike.
Section Contact: Mike Marques (519) 875-4803
Please Note:
If you received a printed version of this newsletter and were expecting an electronic copy please send me an email and I’ll add or correct your email address. I do have a few addresses that are difficult to read on the copy of the application I work from, make a few typos of my own, etc.
Email at
O.V.R.& G. executive 2015 / 2016
President Francois Deschenes (519) 539-2899
Vice President Bill Harris (519) 688-1206
Recording Secretary Patty McKiernan (519) 539-2899
Secretary Mike Lorch (519) 423-6603
Treasurer John Peazel (519) 688-2062
Range Safety Officer John Peazel (519) 688-2062
Directors
Bill Toronyi (519) 842-4360 (trap) Henry Atkinson (519) 842-2118
Mike Marques (519) 875-4803 (handgun) Andrew Demaray (519) 521-8672 (benchrest)
Gary Ramsey (519) 842-9536 Keith Van Haverbeke (519) 875-4792
Tom Davis (519) 652-3134 John Hurley (226) 377-9442 (S/C)
Ken Allan (519) 842-2075 Adam Kennedy (226) 777-4799 (S/C)
Mark Hopper (519) 866-5440 (archery) Emil Hartmann (519) 765-3121
Glenn Foster (519) 842-2142 (C/A)
Chairman / co-Chairman
Trap Ron Banks (519) 842-2258
Bench Rest Mike Lorch (519) 423-6603
John Hawley (226) 678-0707
Rick Szucsko (226) 231-4824
Membership Jeff Wilson (519) 842-7442
The O.V.R.& G. website is accessed via;
http://ottervalleyrodandgunclub.ca/,orhttp://ottervalleyrovdandgunclub.com/
Section newsletter information, dates, items for sale, awards, news, etc. please contact me. To receive the electronic newsletter instead of the printed version, remember to send me an email from the correct address and I’ll add you to the list.
Tom Davis - email at
The Otter Valley online forum is hosted by Mike Lorch and is accessed via the following link - http://ottervalleyrodandgun.freeforums.net/
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