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Monthly SHoot Timetable

1st Sunday	10:00 IPSC 10:30 CAS Practice 10.30 ISSF for 11am Std Pistol R/o Craig S 12:30 BBQ Lunch Bring your Own BBQ and hot water available 1:00 ISSF Practice 1:30 Cowboy Action Practice
2nd Sunday	10:00 IPSC No Shoot 10:30 CAS Monthly Shoot 10.30pm for 11am ISSF Std Pistol R/o Les R 12:30 BBQ Lunch Bring your Own BBQ and hot water available 1:30 Cowboy Action Monthly Shoot
3rd Sunday	10:00 IPSC 10:30 CAS Practice 10:30 for 11am ISSF C/F, 25M R/o Dan W 12:30 Lunch Bring your Own BBQ and hot water available 1:00 ISSF Practice 1:30 Cowboy Action Continues
4th Sunday	10:00 IPSC 10:30 CAS Practice 10.30pm for11am C/F, 25M Brett Mc 12:30 BBQ Lunch Bring your Own BBQ and hot water available 1:30 Cowboy Action Continues
5th Sunday Working Bee	Working bee day (See below) 11.00am ISSF Work Bee Sieving Brass, change targets, clean-up range 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.

2023 AGM WILL BE 16TH APRIL AT COPC 12 PM

turn up , have your say, make suggestion to improve club….its up to you
If you can’t make, (you should be there!!!!) please send an apology to secretary
also we need someone to take minutes please
Thanks
Rob & Euan

ISSF MONTHLY UP DATE FROM LES

Good Day to you all and an apology for the late email. Here are the dates for the upcoming month. Please let me know if you can not do any of these dates and ill fix the Schedule.

Dan the 16th of April is the AGM. Not sure if you will get any shooting in so I have scheduled it for a Kiwi match as the take less time. If you don’t manage a shoot or decide to change match ill leave that up to you.

5 Sundays in April so the 30th is a working bee. The Targets need renewing and a bit of brass to be collected and sorted. Not too much to do so it should be a quick job. Ive been informed that the club has picked up a large quantity of artificial turf some of which is intended for the ISSF range. Please stay tuned we'll need some help laying it down and making things look tidy.
Sunday 2nd April Std Pistol 11am R/o Craig S
Sunday 9th April Std Pistol 11am R/o Les R
Sunday 16th April Kiwi match 25m 11am R/o Dan W
Sunday 23rd April C/F 25m 11am R/o Brett Mc
Sunday 30th Working bee

Thanks for your time and patience as I take on this role.
Have a great month.

From Robert

EVERY SUNDAY IS A SHOOTING DAY AND/OR WORKING BEE
If you’ve only got 10 minutes or an hour spare and want to help at the club there is plenty to do.
Any question ask Rob
The list of jobs will be also put on club house door as well

PRESIDENTS Annual REPORT

2021-2022 COPC Presidents Report.
It has been another rather Trying Year for our club. With Covid Restrictions, Lockdowns etc. But we are still here.
Welcome to our new members who have joined through the year. We are still seeing extremely slow processing of Firearms license applications for new, renewals and endorsements from police. Please keep at it, be patient. Their backlog has almost doubled in the last 12 months.
There has still been quite a bit of development within the club. We have bought quite a bit of steel cut for targets. Which we have welded up. Many thanks to Alec B for his time and effort. He has spent many hours doing this for the benefit of the club.
The Cowboy section have still managed to travel about a bit around the country and do themselves proud.
There’s been a few youth groups come and be introduced to shooting in a safe learning & controlled manner. They have all enjoyed themselves very much. This has been made organised run By Steve (Scouter) and a few helpers. Thanks Guys, much appreciated.
Now we have some serious business to attend to. You all will have seen the new Police Proposals for new Range certification and Rules etc. This effects every Range in the country. Pistol ranges, Rifle ranges, shotgun ranges. Every Range. It is not about safety, as range safety in New Zealand has an excellent safety record. It is all about control. There is a submission process in place. So, we expect EVERY COPC Club member to Pull Finger and take some time to put in a submission. This is your sport on the line. It’s a Numbers game, so get them in. If you need help, you know where to get it. Remember to keep the submission as an individual submission. Please do not copy your mates one, word for word. They will count it as a form submission and count them as one, not two.
Keep your nose to the wind & keep ya Powder dry.
Euan B

CAS Annual Report Read

Annual Report from Lester Read

COPC IPSC and Speed Steel Section Report

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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