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Only 7 spots left before we start putting folks on the wait list.  Don’t be Tardy to the Party! Women On target Event at Airfield Shooting Club in Wakefield Virgina! The event is being hosted by Airfield Shooting Club. This one to be held on Oct 28th. So why attend this one? We are doing this a little different with a more opportunities than we have done in the past. Attendees will have the opportunity to take beginner classes in Shotgun, Rifle, Archery and either a Beginner OR Advanced Pistol (you cannot do both). In addition, this session we will also offer an emergency medical session that you can go to instead of one of the sessions above! We have some exciting changes we are trying to implement in this session to make it better than it was. Please do not wait to sign up and pay! We are expecting a large turn out so spots will fill up quickly. Please visit our web site to see more and register. https://airfieldshootingclub.org/women-on-target/

A work party is planned for OCT 7th to assist the 4H center with the new 3D archery range.  A flier from the 4H center is forthcoming. If you are in need of service hours, this will be a good chance for them. Information from Kathy, 4H Center Director below. Details for now: 9AM-3PM Lunch provided. We are putting in shooting lanes for 15 stations. / clearing  trees and shrubs as needed. Marking the shooting lines TOOLS: work gloves hat bug spray work boots /  closed toe shoes loppers Pruning saws, pole saws and hand saws for tree limbs. refillable water bottle  – we will have a water cooler of ice water back there. Chain saw likely not needed unless they want to cut firewood for us and stack it neatly by the road. The pathway is already in, we just need to create and mark the shooting lanes. If you have any questions, contact me. Cory ASC MO MO@airfieldshootingclub.org

Good Evening, We have another Women On target Event!  This one to be held on Oct 28th at Airfield Shooting club.  So why attend this one? We are doing this a little different with a more opportunities. Attendees will have the opportunity to take beginner classes in Shotgun, Rifle, Archery and either a Beginner OR Advanced Pistol (you cannot do both).  In addition, this session we will also offer an emergency medical session that you can go to instead of one of the sessions above! We have some exciting changes we are trying to implement in this session to make it better than it was. Please do not wait to sign up and pay!  We are expecting a large turn out so spots will fill up quickly. Please visit our web site to see more and register. https://airfieldshootingclub.org/women-on-target/ Respectfully, Scott Sampson Chief Instructor ASC #762

Hello from your new elected MO, Cory Allen. With all the recent upgrades and repairs to the range I was left in pretty good shape. We will be looking to schedule a few work parties in September and/or October. I am currently waiting for information back from Kathy, the 4H center director, about helping with the new 3D archery range work party in early October. As soon as we find out details they will posted. If you need service hours this will be a good way to make them. Now that the lead abatement and rebuilding of the SRB has been completed, we need to tackle a project on the berm separating the 100 from the shotgun range. The majority of the vegetation needs to be stripped so that we do not risk losing the berm in the event of a major storm, i.e. hurricane. The roadways down to the shotgun range will need to be trimmed back also. If any member has access to a tractor with cutting attachments, mini excavator or a skid loader/tractor with a grapple that would be a big plus. If you have access to this type of equipment, please reach out to me at …

Gentle Shooters, The next installment of “How the Pins Fall” will occur this Saturday, August 5th at the newly renovated Airfield Shooting Complex in Uptown Wakefield. All of your friends will be there at 9:30, so don’t miss it. We are expecting much better weather. And we may even post scores after the match! New to Bowling Pin Shooting? See our information page. Specific Questions? Well good luck but sometimes our Adjunct Associate Chief Pinhead can help at stevengordon@cox.net. See you Saturday Steven

Thank you!  The RSOs needed for the DU shoot have been filled. Scott  

Need some service hours?  Like Ducks Unlimited?  Been qualified to open the shotgun range?  Then we need you! I need two volunteers to support a Duck’s Unlimited event being held on our skeet field August 5th.   It will run from 2 until 4:30PM.  I need someone that can open the shotgun range up for them.  The Center will provide them a card for clays. If available please contact Scott Sampson at Instructor@airfieldshootingclub.org. Thank you! Scott    

We had 35 members (including board members) present for this morning’s election breakfast. The results have been tallied & certified and your new board for the next year is as follows: President: Art Schoner Vice President: Tim Drewry Secretary: Lena Eljaiek Treasurer: Kirk Culpepper Maintenance Officer: Cory Allen Chief Instructor: Scott Sampson Shotgun Director: Brenda Norton Webmaster: Kyle McClammy Newsletter Editor: Tom Sanford Assistant Secretary: Vacant Provost: Mark Fitzmorris Orientation Director: Gregg Shelton Director: Dale Mullin Director: Mark Lawler Director: Taylor Strickland Director: Fletcher Dunton Director: Frank Sanders Congratulations to all the new/remaining board members.

ASC is hosting a Combative Handgun Course offered by Dave Jenkins from Rochester Personal Defense, Sept 23 & 24.  This course was developed and taught by Dave Spaulding before he retired.  Dave Jenkins is one of the few instructors that Dave Spaulding certified and recommends to teach his material! This 2 day course is $450 for members and $500 for non-members.  All payments are due no later than 15 August!   To register please contact Scott Sampson at Instructor@airfieldshootingclub.org This is a great opportunity!!!! Description: This course takes the handgun from a sporting, plinking, or recreational implement, to a tool of combat- to be ready and willing to fight if avoidance and evasion fail. The purpose of this course is to build solid essential skills (grip, trigger control, body position, holster skills, reloads, malfunction clearances, etc.) and put them in the fight! Students will be trained to anchor and improve these essential skills under set time frames established in six (6) standards that will be shot during the course combining speed and combat accuracy. This is not a course for the brand new shooter. You must have a good foundation of skills (grip, stance, sighting, trigger operation) and a desire …

June 10th, 2023 – Calling all Ladies!  Join us for Women on Target!   All women, ages 12+ are welcome and encouraged to come out to experience firearm education in a safe and supportive environment.  This women only event will cover education in pistol, shotgun, rifle and archery.  The cost is $65/person this year and will be inclusive of all firearms, ammo and lunch at the Conference Center. Women will benefit from one-on-one instruction with certified instructors in each discipline.  Participants will receive materials and a certificate of participation. This is a fantastic event for those women that have never held a firearm before to maybe those that have experience in a discipline but not another. Don’t wait, spots are limited.  Sign up here Today! ASC Women on Target 2023 Flyer