2020 Membership

Note: Please do not apply for a CSSA membership number or renew your CSSA membership number if you are becoming a member or renewing your membership with LWGC. We will apply for or renew your CSSA membership when you send in your membership form. The CSSA membership is provided as part of your membership fee.

Registration for the CLSC 25th July 2020 below:

**  Club Level Safety Course Registration Online **

 

 

Annual Gord Dixon Memorial shoot

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On Sunday September 20th 2020, the shotgun division of the Lake of the Woods had our 3rd Annual Gord Dixon Memorial shoot.

We shot 3 disciplines, which were sporting clays, trap singles and trap doubles.

We had 24 shooters and a lot of fun, we had a very nice BBQ for lunch and some very good shooting.

We were all winners but the prize takers were for sporting clays Phil Nick, for trap singles Andy Zabloski, for trap doubles was Rooke Pitura and if you shot all the disciplines we had a prize for high overall which is a combined score of all the disciplines, and the prize taker was Andy Rathwell from Dryden.

We did have guest from both Vermilion Bay and Dryden gun clubs, it was very nice to share our facility with our neighbors to the east.

Hopefully we will be without all the Covid-19 restrictions next year and we can have more people out.

Steve Zabloski – Shotgun Chairman

Club Level Safety Course registration – 25th July 2020

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We are holding one more Club Level Safety Course on the 25th July in the morning.

Attendance at the CLSC is a requirement for every new handgun member. You will not be able to shoot on the pistol range until you have completed this course. A handgun card will be issued to you upon successful completion replacing your current general card.

The CLSC course is scheduled for Saturday, July 25th 2020. The course will begin at 9:00 am. The course is approximately 3 hours in duration, including the practical component.

To register for the Club Level Safety Course, please use the following link: CLSC

Super Green

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The new side berm on the Rifle range is now a lovely green color, soon to be grass we hope ! Thanks to all those involved as usual.

Many thanks from the LWGC

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The Completion of the Rifle Range side berm is the fulfilment of a commitment made to the CFO Inspector that a side berm would be in place for the 2021 inspection.

The Lake of the Woods Gun Club owes a debt of gratitude and appreciation and would like to recognize the following people who made this possible:

Moncrief Construction Limited who assessed the job, surveyed the site, selected, and supplied heavy equipment during a busy construction season. We deeply appreciate their contribution and support.

Volunteer equipment operators and Club members Joe Chevalier and Steve Zabloski put in some long days. They were on Club property before 7 am and worked until 6:30 pm daily until the job was done. The results of their labor are a testament to the quality of their work.

Thank You!

Dwayne Cyr

Range Operator/Rifle Chairman

Ranges Open

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The work on the Rifle Range Side Berm has reached a stage where the work has stopped allowing use of the range from 12:00hrs onward today.

Construction Announcement

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Please be advised that construction of the earthen side berm at the Rifle Range has been paused due to wet weather and will resume when weather permits possibly Thursday or Friday.

It is expected the crew will work through the weekend to complete the project.

This will cause the continued closure of the Rifle and Trap ranges, Thursday through Sunday (7:00 am until 5:30 pm daily)

Stay tuned for more updates.

Sorry for the Delay

Dwayne Cyr Range Operator/Rifle Division Chairman

Trap and Sporting Clay schedule.

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Regular season Trap shooting will commence at 6 pm on Thursday May 28th 2019.

Sporting clays will be run on Tuesday nights at 6 pm starting on May 26th

All members interested in shooting shotgun are welcome to attend.

Round cards and shells will be available on shoot nights.

Club Access – News Alert !!!

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To all members;

The news we all have been waiting for has been announced by premier Ford today – Thursday may 14th 2020.

Seasonal businesses and services such as golf driving ranges, recreational services at marinas, rod and gun clubs and cycling tracks are allowed to open.

So as of  Tuesday May 19th the Lake of the Woods Gun Club will be able to resume our standard hours of operation.

With this announcement I must add caution to all members to remember health and distancing guidelines and follow all Covid -19 restrictions applied by the board of the Lake of the Woods Gun Club.

The restrictions are as follows:

  • Members only, no guests.
  • The number of attendees should not exceed the number of individuals that can maintain effective physical distancing.
  • Attendees should maintain a minimum of 6 feet of space between individuals.
  • Members are required to supply their own hand hygiene supplies.
  • Only 1 person at a time in buildings.
  • Use hand sanitizer placed at logbook locations.
  • Bring your own pen to sign in and out.
  • Those who are sick or symptomatic must not enter/participate. Individuals who are displaying symptoms are required to self-isolate and shall not be permitted into the ranges.
  • When finished shooting please leave the property.

This is all good news, as long as we all work toward keeping each other safe and healthy.

We would like to thank all our members for their patience and understanding during this time of health turmoil.

Hope to see you out at the range

Thank-You

Steve Zabloski President LWGC

On behalf of The Lake of the Woods Gun Club Board of Directors

LWGC Closure Update

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To all members.

To keep you all up to date on club status, here is the latest update:

The Ontario Provincial Government has extended all emergency orders that have been put in place to date under the emergency management and civil protection act.

The order has been extended until May 19th from May 12th.

The government has been opening business in stages and hopefully we will be on deck soon.

With the weather warming we all want to get out and do some shooting, the range operator and myself have been keeping eye on spring thaw and doing the little things to have the range ready to go.

Now…With the latest shot fired by our PM concerning the firearm ban, we must keep ourselves aware of as much as we can, please do not believe in all the rumours, do some reading to keep yourself up to date, please do not take any chances if you are unsure of the rulings.

We must remain calm and not go off half cocked. At this point I do not believe anyone has a clear definition of what all the banning means, I have seen different definitions from different groups.

There are many firearm organizations that are taking actions to repeal or defeat this ban that has been forced on us, so sign a petition, talk to your MP and let them know how it affects you as a legal gun owner and club member.

I would like to thank all the members of the Lake of the Woods Gun club for supporting your club and being patience with all the things that have been going on.

Solidarity will keep us strong.

Thank-You

Steve Zabloski President LWGC

On behalf of The Lake of the Woods Gun Club Board of Directors

Lake of the Woods Gun Club is a 100% volunteer run organization