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Kingston & District
Trap, Skeet, and
Sporting Clays Club On Saturday May 14th,
was our Free Skeet Clinic
for members and instructed
by our very own Club Pro,
Andy Spooner.
Turnout for both the be-
ginner and intermediate
skill levels was well attend-
ed and the feedback re-
ceived was extremely posi-
tive. Andy presents a very
informative clinic consisting
of theory, proper gun-fit,
positioning, hold point,
leads and follow through.
Several of the members
that participated in the
clinic commented on how
much they learned despite
their own interpretation of
the techniques and equip-
ment they currently use on
a daily basis of shooting
skeet.
Andy provides the clinic
each and every spring for
club members free of charge
and enjoys passing on his
knowledge and skills that he
has acquired as a competi-
tive, recognized skeet shoot-
er across Canada and Na-
tional stage of competition.
Our next goal perhaps for
the club would be to conduct
a trap clinic for our every
growing trap shooters to
take advantage of and en-
hance their skills.
We would like to thank
Andy once again for his ded-
ication and commitment to
our corporation in providing
such a valuable event for
our membership, thanks
Andy!
Here are a couple of pic-
tures taken at the clinic.
John Sherbino
Points of interest:
Sporting Clay Fun Shoot
Dan Keeler Shoot
Under the Lights
Family Day
Sad News!
On June 7th, Ken Huntley
(Bud) sadly passed away at
home. Bud was a part of
our club for many years
and thoroughly enjoyed the
comradery and friendships
he had with all the club
members. He loved to tell
his stories and they all
were truly amazing.
A very skilled carver of
wood decoys and produced
beautiful products from
refinishing firearms.
His skeet shooting skills
were nothing to scoff at
either as he made it look
easy to the younger shoot-
ers. Ken you will missed,
rest easy.
1934 - 2016
Target Acquired 2
Core Kitchen Staff 2
Open House 2
AGM - Dec 4th 3
Sporting Clays 3
Groundskeepers 3
Club Supporters 4
Inside this issue:
Skeet Clinic 2016
September 2016
Volume 2, Issue 2 Fall NewsletterFall NewsletterFall Newsletter SHOTGUN SPORTS
Back in April, in our continuous
effort to promote the club and it’s ac-
tivities, we invited the folks from Sta-
tion 14, a local media station that doc-
uments local area activities and news
events.
The journalists were very receptive
and excited to the idea of producing a
video interview of the club to provide
an awareness to the Kingston commu-
nity of our activities that we have to
offer.
After an introduction, range tour
and some discussion, it was time to
rehearse for the live interview and
demonstration of what skeet and trap
were and have them try a few rounds.
Despite some nervousness and re-
hearsal attempts it was time to shoot
the live video. Our club President
proceeded to instructor the interview-
er Jamie Patterson on how to shoot a
few targets from Station 1 and 7.
Having previous firearm experience,
she had no problem hitting some tar-
gets.
For those of you who have not yet
had the chance or opportunity to
watch the video that was produced
and put on the Station 14 website,
here is the link:
http://www.station14.ca/video.html?
id=4232
Simply copy and paste this link into
your browser address window and hit
enter.
Spooner and Gary Tisdale performed
their demos throughout the day and
the crowds were receptive to learning
more. Our resident chef Jim Riga
along with David Fitzerman, sweat
over the grill and cranked out some
awesome food that was a huge suc-
cess.
A few memberships were purchased
and many expressed interest in ac-
quiring their PAL in order to return to
become a member. Thanks to all the
On Saturday Aug 27th was our first
Open House event at the club. This
fundraising event was “targeted” to
invite the public from the local com-
munities to visit us, learn about the
various disciplines and try their hand
at shooting a few targets of their own.
The weather was clear in a million
and turnout from the community was
a pleasant surprise. Several families
attended and took advantage of trying
their hand at some targets. Andy
members who volunteered their time
to assist the executive and Mark San-
toni in the day’s events.
Well done all!
Target Acquired - Video
Open House - Success!
teer corporation that prides ourselves
on promoting a team effort in every
aspect of maintaining the facility for
all to enjoy, including our visitors/
guests.
Unfortunately our team is getting
smaller which means things will begin
to suffer as far as services during Sun-
days day of operation if more mem-
bers do not step up and volunteer to
be part of the team that runs the club
on Sundays along with the executive.
So let’s help out and keep the momen-
tum moving forward in a positive di-
rection and please volunteer to be
part of the Core Kitchen Staff.
Provide your name to one of the ex-
ecutive members and we will ensure
you receive the small amount of train-
ing required. Thank you.
In order for you the members to en-
joy the facilities, especially on a Sun-
day, there is a great deal of effort that
goes on behind the scenes. A large
part of that effort is the members who
volunteer to assist with running the
club on Sundays as kitchen staff.
Our pool of trained volunteers has
dwindled over the past six months
meaning that the remaining team has
to perform their scheduled duty on a
more frequent basis. We are a volun-
Core Kitchen Staff - Volunteers
Page 2 Fall Newsletter
The next Annual General Meeting
has been scheduled for Sunday, Dec
4th starting at 10:00am. This is a
mandatory requirement as per the
Corporation Act and ALL members
are strongly urged to attend in order
to participate in some key decisions
that will be voted upon.
Not unlike any other AGM, new and
old business items will be presented
and discussed and many voted upon
for concurrence. Since receiving our
Certificate of Incorporation in Feb, it
is vital that these meetings with max-
imum attendance be taken seriously,
so let’s take the time and interest in
your club and make yourself availa-
ble. This is your opportunity to listen
to future aspirations of the club and
suggest any new ideas to help improve
the club’s operation.
The club has created some much
needed momentum in its aspirations
of maintaining its safe, friendly, and
reputable atmosphere. We strongly
encourage all the new members to
attend in order to learn the meeting
format and express any views they
may have.
Several election votes need to take
place as well as some other new busi-
ness. The membership is to be re-
minded again that the DRAFT Consti-
tution and By-Laws have been posted
for a few months now at the club and
on the website that all should have
reviewed in preparation to voting in
at the AGM.
We encourage all new members to
attend as well please.
Thanks.
assistance and equipment to help the
facility looking in tip top shape.
Bill and Matt have to be commended
on their dedication to ensuring the
entire club looks the part of a profes-
sional shotgun sporting range.
So the next time you see Bill or Matt
and you admire the fields and how
trimmed and clean they appear, pass
on your thanks to them as the execu-
tive and entire membership owe them
our gratitude for volunteering to take
Our club has received several compli-
ments from both the membership and
visitors of how good the grounds and
fields look. Their appearance and no-
ticeably clean cut precision can only
be attributed to our volunteer mem-
bers who act as our groundskeepers,
that would be Bill Templeton and
Matt Pomeroy.
Bill has been our field maintenance
man for quite some time and Matt
Pomeroy has recently provided his
care of this task on a regular basis.
Thanks guys, looks great!
AGM - Dec 4th
Groundskeepers
slightly different and adjusted presen-
tations of targets at a couple of sta-
tions are new. New stations complete
with rubber matting, new hull bins,
and station signs explaining each sta-
tion’s target presentation are in place.
Chris continues his management of
the range and has created a schedule
to deconflict with any statutory holi-
days over the past summer right into
November. Members are comment-
ing with very positive feedback and
are enjoying the regular shooting ses-
sions of sporting clays once again.
Thanks Chris for all your hard work
and dedication. Chris welcomes any
suggestions or ideas.
Well since our new Sporting Clay
director Chris Durham has taken
over, he has done a tremendous job in
getting the sporting clays range in tip
top condition and set up the program.
The trap boys are in place, the sched-
ule running on a regular basis of eve-
ry other Sunday (see website for exact
dates), timings set with max number
of squads and the popularity is grow-
ing. A complete trimming of the
range has been completed and a few
Sporting Clays
Fall Newsletter Page 3
1250 Italia Lane
Kingston, Ontario
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Plumbing & Heating
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Club Supporters
Kingston & District Trap, Skeet,
and Sporting Clays Club
Individuals that support the club
throughout the year include Dave
Mayell, Andy Spooner, Tom Mac-
Farlane, Bill Templeton, Jim Riga,
Don Barnes, Brian Weir, Tony
Raponi, Matt Pomeroy, Michael
Wilson and Mark Santoni to name
a few - Thanks!
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Editor — Mark Ezard
DB Embroidery