Annual General Meeting
January 11, 2009
Presidents Report 2008
Our club continues
to prosper and has enjoyed another successful year. That success is strongly
dependant on the dedicated core group of members who volunteer their time and
various levels of skill and expertise to organize events and maintain the
club’s facilities. Without this committed dedication we would not have what we
enjoy today. To those members and sponsors who have helped to maintain or
further our club’s success in the past year, I extend a heart felt thanks.
The
Sporting Clays Committee continues to provide shooters with an array of
challenging and fun presentations. All of the monthly shoots saw good weather
and were as well attended as in previous years. It was interesting to note that
the high price of gasoline and ammunition was not a deterring factor in the
enthusiasm level of shooters. The Tuesday evening sporting clays shoots remain
a popular mainstay from May through to September. As many as 35 shooters have
enjoyed this weekly event. A 5 stand
compact sporting clays course was set up on skeet field # 2 a few times during
the winter months and was used as additional sidebar entertainment during the
BBQ Blast sporting clays shoot. This event involves an electronic remote
controlled release device that launches various presentations from auto machines
and the high and low skeet houses. The committee continues to work on
improvements to enhance the sporting clays stations and trails system.
Trap and
Skeet shooting remains popular year round. Our skeet chair, Mr. George Lindsay,
introduced a youth oriented shooting program which attracted 15 participants.
This initiative offered 50% discounts on shooting fees and ammo along with a
further incentive contributed by Mr. John Lockerbie, Ruffed Grouse Society (one
free shoot card per shooter). We were
also fortunate to have Mr. Bob Kierstead, President, Royal New Brunswick
Rifle Association, partner with us in this successful venture. A generous
contribution of $500.00 was most appreciated.
The RNBRA is especially interested in promoting all youth shooting
disciplines and viewed their contribution as an investment in the future of
shooting sports.
Facility improvements this year included the
replacement of the
FTSC continued
our commitment to maintaining our 300+ acre property with approx 28 hectares
thinned over the past year. It is our intention to continue this program in
2009.
I would
like to thank our major sponsor, Ross Faulkner, The Gun Dealer for the support
of Beretta and Browning at our two largest sporting clays shoots and John
Lockerbie for the season opener shoot sponsored by the Ruffed Grouse Society.
During the past year our club has hosted the annual DNR field day as well as
the
The FTSC
website has close to 12,000 hits and has provided us with a promotional voice
to the world. Thanks to Bev Bacon for all of his commentary and photography
work on the site.
It has
become a tradition at FTSC to support a local charity at Christmas time. This
year the Feed a Family Campaign received a donation from our Christmas
Charity Shoot.
I would
like to thank my fellow Executive and Board of Directors and everyone who has
helped enhance the quality of our club in the past year. I hope 2009 continues
to reward your shooting expectations.
Laurence
Gilbey
President