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Monthly SHoot Timetable
Note early JANUARY usually no Scheduled shooting

1st Sunday	10:00 IPSC 10:30 CAS Practice 10.30 ISSF No Scheduled Shoot 12:30 BBQ Lunch Bring your Own BBQ and hot water available 1:30 Cowboy Action Practice
2nd Sunday	10:00 IPSC 10:30 CAS Monthly Shoot 10.30 ISSF No Scheduled Shoot 12.30pm ISSF NEW trainees 12:30 BBQ Lunch Bring your Own BBQ and hot water available 1:30 Cowboy Action Monthly Shoot
ISSF Thursday 14th Jan Std Pistol 4.30pm 3rd Sunday	10:00 IPSC 10:30 CAS Practice 10.30 ISSF Std Pistol 11am R/o Craig S; all ISSF members 12:30 Lunch Bring your Own BBQ and hot water available 1:30 Cowboy Action Continues
4th Sunday	10:00 IPSC 10:30 CAS Practice 10:30 ISSF C/F 25m 11am R/o Brett Mc; all ISSF members. 12.30pm ISSF 12:30 BBQ Lunch Bring your Own BBQ and hot water available 1:30 Cowboy Action Continues
5th Sunday Not Scheduled	Working bee day (See below) 11.00am ISSF Working Bee (Clean up range, and hut, replace targets etc.) 12:30 BBQ Lunch Bring your Own BBQ and hot water available
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Winter water Rules

The water is turn off. It needs to be checked occasionally to ensure it is off. Water is in the tank by the BBQ shed for drinking. Toilets - use the buckets in the toilets for flushing. Fill from the black tank out the back.

Warmer weather Water Rules

The hut water supply is turned from the black tank. It needs to be checked occasionally to ensure it is off. Just turn on the main tap, and let the hoses do the rest. Don’t leave the tap permanently on.

From Robert

EVERY SUNDAY IS A SHOOTING DAY AND/OR WORKING BEE

Here is the list of things that need to be done, so if you’ve only got 10 minutes or an hour spare and want to help at the club there is plenty to do.
Cowboy Range
Galloway gang sign put back up
Hotel sign put back up, post on this facade need concrete around base
Rubber on steel drums on side on range
Spouting on loading /unloading table
Steel post on ISSF range – tires on front to stop bullets
Gravel around loading bench on Range 5
Astro grass down on range 5
Range 5 to be leveled off so no ankle turning hole on range..

Any question ask Rob
The list of jobs will be also put on club house door as well

IPSC RANGE
Rebuild tire wall

Shift tires on side of range to on top of berm

Cut top out of drums for belting

Lean-to on side of shed for facades to be store-
PLEASE see Rob

Report For January from Lester issf

Happy New Year ISSF members,
You will all have received Robert's January email that the range is open & members are able to shoot and get an attendance on Sundays. I am also scheduling a match on Thursday 7th Jan., & 14th Jan., starting at 4.30pm. as well as Sundays 17th & 24th Jan. We need range officers available. I will do the Thursdays; if nominated R/O's are not available on the Sundays, & no others are available, then the match cannot go ahead, but members can do some training.
We are also losing another of our ISSF members. Rhys W is moving to Invercargill very soon. He is a good friend & valued member of our ISSF team and will be sadly missed. Rhys, we wish you all the best on your new journey to the South, & hope to see you on our range now & again in the future. Good luck.
Programme for January 2021:
Thursday 7th Jan Std Pistol 4.30pm R/o Lester K; all ISSF members.
Thursday 14th Jan Std Pistol 4.30pm R/o Lester K; all ISSF members.
Sunday 17th Jan Std Pistol 11am R/o Craig S; all ISSF members.
Sunday 24th Jan C/F 25m 11am R/o Brett Mc; all ISSF members.
Sunday 31st Jan WORKING BEE from 10am
Clean-up range, change targets, lube/grease turning bars on the target frames; re-install the turning bar between frames 1 & 2( targets 1 to 10); also Taane was going to re-paint the target frames; this can be done at any time, but if at the working bee, then bring a paint brush & give him some help. Thanks Taane.
That's all for now. We need more r/o's, so hope more Cat 'B''s are issued soon.
All the best for 2021.
Tight Groups,
Lester K
ISSF Director

Annual General Meeting REports

PRESIDENTS Annual REPORT

COPC Presidents Report 2019 - 2020COPC 2019-2020 President’s Report.
This Last year would have to have been the most difficult and stressful year I have endured as a Licensed Firearms user in my life. We have seen a lot of changes to our sport. We have seen how a Government can make significant changes to law with very little consultation with stake holders.
But we are still shooting. We have been to South Island Cowboy Champs at Nelson, The National Cowboy Champs at Wanganui. They were Great shoots. I am pretty sure that all COPC members who attended all got medals. So well done everyone.
We also held a successful Winter Range in 2019. Another great weekend had by all.
In Feb this year Alec and I shot in the Masters Games Black powder events At Outram. Two days of fun and various events. We were both lucky enough to bring medals home and place fairly well.
Our Range development came to a standstill with the events that have happened in this country. We had just organised a digger etc to start range development, when the country goes into lockdown with the Covid 19. But it will go ahead. Some of us are presently welding steel target hangers that will be for use by cowboy, wild bunch, Action etc.
We have Quite a growth of new members to the club, which is excellent to see. The Club is in good heart.
And Lastly in September I hope everyone uses their vote wisely.
Cheers Euan.

CAS Annual Report

Central Otago Pistol Club AGM
CAS report.
Over the last year the CAS section has progressed forward with a new member who transferred from Christchurch pistol club. A big welcome to Steve Mac.
We have been trying to be consistent with holding our monthly matches. Up until the last one in February, and due to it "shall not be mentioned" we have been a bit hogtied.
At the last Nationals and South Islands our section came away with a place for every shooter attending.
Lindis 1st Gunfighter Django 3rd 49 er
Nightshooter 1st Duelist Cam Younger 2nd Buckaroo
Mac Tuckett 1st bpfc BBJ 3rd Elder Statesman
Plugger Bill 1st bpf
South Islands held in Nelson.
Django 3rd 49 er
Lindis 1st Gunfighter
Nightshooter 1st Duelist
Mac Tuckett 1st Black powder frontier cartridge
Plugger Bill 1st Frontiersman
BBJ 1st Elder Statesman
Kenny Two Thumbs 2nd Cattle baron
As a club we do very well at home and away shoots. This comes down to the level of practice we do and the quality of assistance we provide each other.
The cowboy section has put their hand up to run the South Islands here next year from the 11th to the 14th of March, so as a club we all benefit from the proceedings this brings in. It would be nice to see shooters from other sections come along and help please.
I would like to see the sections get together more often and have some fun Sunday shoots as this only strengthens us as a club.
I will be standing down as section director for the cas section in the club this year and I nominate Mac Tuckett to take over.
Thank You.
Charles
Aka LIndis Ranger

Annual Report from Lester ISSF

Greetings Club Members.
The ISSF Section has performed well over the past year, with member numbers gradually increasing, & performances getting better as the year progressed.Most of out shooters regularly participate in scheduled matches at least twice per month, but I think some more training exercises before matches would benefit everybody.
Trainees have gradually been getting Cat.'B" licences allocated, but for some it is becoming a long process. Hopefully this will improve in the near future.
I understand one or two of our regular members may be moving on due to consequences of the Covid lockdowns, & while they will be sadly missed, jobs & livelihood must come before sport. I wish them all the best.
Our section is waiting anxiously for the target frame modifications on our range to be completed, & for our 50m frames to be installed. This will give the opportunity for shooters to try out the Free Pistol event. Any further development to have an Airpistol range available would also be much appreciated. Once all range modifications are complete we will consider holding a graded competition.
Lastly, I would hope that after the election our sport will be better represented & looked after.
Tight groups.
Cheers,
Lester K
ISSF Director

COPC IPSC and Speed Steel Section Report 2020

Hi all, it's good to see you here after such a turbulent year. First of all I'd like to thank everyone who has pitched in and helped out, be it helping me set up a course or building screens and laying fake grass. A massive thank you goes to Rex and Mick for initiating Speed Steel every week and for the work you have both done on the Range. The main change to Range 3 this past year has been the schedule change to allow both Speed Steel and IPSC courses on any given Sunday. Prior to this we had alternate Sundays for the disciplines. This helped make both options available for the people who can't get to the range as often, and let the range be used more extensively each shooting day. This has helped increase the number of IPSC courses that we have shot yearly from 3 to over 25, all without limiting the amount of Speed Steel shot. It's also worked well for all the new members we have had this past year as it means that they are more exposed to different shooting disciplines and can get more time for general training any given Sunday. We also had quite a few members head to the Shiver and Shoot IPSC event in Invercargill last year, and I also went to the IPSC training course “Kiwi Camp” earlier in the year. I highly recommend heading off to other Clubs to see how they do things and to support fellow shooters, especially in this political environment. That just about sums up the year of IPSC and Speed Steel over on Range 3. Thanks to everyone who has supported me, this has been a great experience, and good luck to all of you for the coming year. Antonia K

ANNUAL Report Communications (Website)

I has been good to have the online presence for our club.
The number of people viewing the site has steadily increased. Over the last 3 months up 80%
46% on the news page, 100% on the CAS page, 23% on issf and 80% on the ipsc page. These numbers do look good but the numbers actually low. Only 191 views in the last 3 months. The above number reflect as low as 4 people viewing a page.
It is really important that we get up to date information onto these pages and a regular reports from each section would really help. The ISSF section is the only regular contributor to the site. If the CAS section could forward their facebook info from time to time this would be good. Thank you for those who send in scores and reports.
The cost to the clib is $90 per year and it has been usuful for those wanting to join or find out more about the club.
Thank you for your support.
Katrina

Photos From the old days

Thanks Wayne
'86 or 87 Construction
90's for Rapid Fire
Wayne, John H and Niel S

from John 20 Years President Memoirs

I note that from 15 years ago I was commenting on our membership of 20, and average attendance of 8. IPSC/Speed shoots had faded to none through lack of attendance/interest, and morning shoots were “unheard of”.
Wayne had introduced a Firearms Safety course at Cromwell Polytechnic and was bringing students to the range for practical work.
Scouts were being introduced to pistol shooting, as too were members of the Caravan Assn, on various occasions.
The range had been closed for several months to bring it up to the safety standard needed for Certification. This is when the tyre barriers and backstop were installed.
No external competitions had occurred, and we weren’t running anything. CAS was just getting underway in NZ, and it wouldn’t be for several years that we ran a competition. IPSC competitions have been very few over the last 20 years, and ISSF competition non-existent.

2005 saw the steel cladding go onto the clubhouse, the large window on the back of the shooting booth installed, and we ran our first CAS competition.
2006 we bought, thanks to Wattie, the generator. This saves about $1000 each year. Despite being told by the then Arms officer that we were only allowed 1 armourer, we increased the number to 3.
2007 the Warkworth PC visited after the Easter Bunny shoot for an action match. The number of .22’s available for club use increased by 2.
2009 after discussions with the Gun Club and the Box Factory, Range 3 construction was started.
2010 the white water tanks were acquired, we ran our first CAS SI Championships, Range 3 finished, we now pay the Gun Club $25 per member for the use of the grounds. Wayne, Secretary for 12 years, is replaced by Robert.
2011 membership is up to 30, postage killed the hardcopy newsletter and produced the e-mail newsletter. Many members attended RO courses in ISSF, IPSC, and CAS, first of the “Fireworks” sales. Many of us are going to shoots at other clubs.
2012 Text messages started. A Black Powder (CAS) shoot and a 3-gun shoot were held. The Range wall between R2 and R3 extended backwards, gate installed between R1 and R2. Long serving member Tony D passed away.
2013 more shooters are heading off to “outside” competition. Fireworks sales continue.
2014 CAS and 3-gun matches continue to be run. Range 3 is being developed as an IPSC range. The Club’s Constitution is updated. The Water system is given a shake up with “drinking” and “toilet” water supplies. The hut is wired properly to the generator. New BBQ area created.
2015 mobile Facades are created. The new Club Training Officer (Wayne) starts work.
2016 safety areas created on R1 and 2, and R3 hut installed. CAS shoots continue, as do members attending other club shoots.
2017 Jim J and Richard K died unexpectedly, membership is 42, Police use the range for training and wish to use it in future. BBQ deck area created, Range Inspection completed, “Traffic lights” for timing ISSF events running.

It is good to see we have run several major CAS events, and “entertained” the Antique Arms Assn with several MSSA shoots. We have also run several smaller 3-gun events.
John Holley 2018

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​Monthly SHoot TimetableNote early JANUARY usually no Scheduled shooting