The final match of the 2020 season is now in the books!

Saturday was a perfect weather day with just a touch of frost on the ground when we arrived at the range.  The sun was shining and winds calm which provided ideal scoring conditions for the 60 shot event.  

A total of 19 shooters made it out including 3 new FT shooters;  Marc B, Tony P and Andrew W (and they scored very well!)

Thank-you Chris for being the HAHA Match Director for all events this year and to Bob, Pete and Marc for their help with target painting and maintenance.  Also, a shout out to all those that helped with setup and take down – you efforts have it easy!

To everyone, these events don’t run without LOTS of volunteer support! Thank you!

An last thought not least, thank you to the Hamilton Angling and Hunting Association for their continued support and use of the range.

Match High Score: James Liu 58/60 – nicely done!

See you all in 2021!

Below are the match results, with high score in each class in bold:

PCP Open / 60	Score
Dennis Eden	55
Terry Little	55
Lanny Hann	52
PCP WFTF / 60
James Liu	58
PCP Hunter / 120
Chris Holmes	112
Peter Elsby	93
Marc Beauchamp *	79
Piston WFTF / 60
Bob Wall	52
Brian Wernham	50
Zache Harde	50
Geoff MacGregor	48
Piston Hunter / 120
Tony Pan *	103
Marc Shelleau	96
Andrew Wernham *	95
Rob Gastle	88
Randy Ryan	82
George Harde	81
John Moore	72
Jeff Hemming	70
* new shooters

Fudd & CAFTA AGM Write-up

The 2020 Fudd and CAFTA AGM are in the books!

First and foremost some thanks!  Starting with the Hamilton Angling and Hunting Association, thank you for letting us use the rifle range and the years of support to Field Target.  The ongoing support is very much appreciated, doubly so during Covid. 

Following this – a huge shout out to all of those that attended.  We had 25 active shooters.  Our best turn-out for a Fudd in quite a long while.  Thank you each and everyone one of you!  We had four new shooters including Mike D and his son Daniel who shot his Crosman break barrel and inspired everyone so much that Joel shared with Daniel one of his winning targets!

Thank you to Peter and Rae for contributing guns and targets for the mystery lanes.  Peter, your Benjamin was a great equalizer on the 62- and 73-yard targets!  And Ray, your spinner rack was the better of nearly everyone!

Shout out to the top shooters – Marc Shelleau for the longest shot – 93 yards on a full size hit zone.  Outstanding shooting Marc – enjoy your t-shirt!  And Joel Goodwin for the White Rabbit shot at 62.5 yards with the Benjamin Maximus AND being the only one to clear the spinner rack – 8 spinners starting at 1.5” and decreasing size to .25” set out at 35 yards.  Awesome shooting Joel, enjoy the new targets!

Finally to Brian Wernham and Chris Holmes for making chili AND Geoff MacGregor for the “Elmer Fudd” carrot cake.  All of it was most welcome after shooting on a wonderfully, cool and sunny day.

On to the event itself, we had an outstanding day for the Fudd!  Cool, sunny and surprisingly little wind.  Chris H and Bob W got to HAHA about 8 AM with Brian W and Jeff H shortly after.  We had a pre-match organizing conversation and got underway setting up the six Hunter lanes and two mystery lanes.  Rob G followed shortly around 8:45 AM with other streaming in after him.  Everyone pitched in with setup and the sight-in line was opened just after 9:30 AM.

By 10:30 AM we had the shooters meeting and the fun began just before 11:00 AM.  With due respect to the Covid regs we shot the course and wrapped up by about 1:30 PM.  Check FTCentral and the CAFTA site for the great pics taken by George H.  Thanks George!

Not to be overlooked, Heather and Joel delivered 22 first edition FUDD t-shirts.  Check out the pics and see if you notice them… Heather and Joel also ran a 50/50 draw in support of CAFTA.  The pot was $290 with the winning ticket going to none other than Chris H.  All in all, a successful set of fundraising initiatives with nearly $500 raised for future activities.  Outstanding work Heather and Joel!

While digging into Brian’s and Chris’s awesome chili with Geoff’s carrot cake chaser, we held the 2020 CAFTA AGM.  The highlights include:

1. Geoff MacGregor has joined the board of governors.  His position was acclaimed as no one else ran.  Welcome Geoff!  We look forward to your contribution.
2. There is an open board position.
3. We answered the questions around Port Colborne for 2021 – Zach H has stepped up again to be the match director and is going to work with Danny K on getting things ready for 2021 including major lane work and prep for the CFO re-cert.
4. HAHA is actively working on expanding to a second course of fire which is located in the woods on the north east corner of the property.  John B (HAHA VP) connected with Brian and Chris during the match and updated us on where things stand.  Very encouraging and exciting!  More to follow as we move into 2021!
5. The 2021 Nationals will be held in Grenville, likely in mid to late September, so mark you calendars now!
6. We are working up club schedules for the 2021 season including Grenville, HAHA and Port Colborne.  More information to follow once the match directors connect.

In closing, a big shout out to Chris H for his on-going efforts to make HAHA a great place to shoot FT and pushing us to try new things at the FUDD.  We’ll get a survey out in the coming weeks to gather your thoughts this year’s event as well as 2021.  Last, and not least, a big shout out to Brian W for all his efforts in supporting Chris and FT at HAHA.  You guys are a great team and the turn out reflects the hard work that you put into getting us all together.  THANK YOU!

Looking forward to the next match (early Nov) and then the 2021 season!

Be safe, shoot straight and share FT!

Another year is in the books with the 2020 Canadian FT Nationals having successfully completed this past Sunday.  Covid definitely added some challenges to this right up until Saturday of the match!  After the push back in July, a reschedule in September and re-imposed lock down on the first day of competition the FT community prevailed!

First and foremost, thank you:

• Grenville Fishing and Game Club (GFGC) for hosting the match and the continued support.  A special shout out to Lynn Holmes who has been a tireless supporter of FT at the club and made sure we had everything that we needed during the competition – thank you GFGC & Lynn!
• Everyone that made it out to the match.  You came from near and far.  We’re all grateful for your efforts, patience and participation.
• The unsung helpers – Blane L, Geoff M, John B, Richard O, Rich T and Rob G – you made things works and took amazing pictures.  Thank you!
• The marshals – Joel G, John B, George H and Tim Mac.  You guys kept things moving on the line through an unprecedented number of cold lines on Day 1.  Thank you!
• A shout out to everyone that purchased GFGC raffle ticket for the berms and firearm ban challenge.  We raised $250 towards the cause and, more importantly, showed the club our appreciation for all their support.
• Arbor Memorial Services for the sanitizer, clip boards and signage.
• Last and definitely not least, those who contributed to the prize table – Airgun Source, Canada Shooting Supply, Airgun Archer Fun, Airgun Target Systems, Splatter Pro Targets, Sniper Dan, Joel G, John B, Tim Mac, Pete E and Chris H

This year’s event was one of our most successful ever.  It started Friday afternoon with a Quigley match and a round of Gun Slinger fun.  If you don’t know what these are, you best plan on attending in 2021!  Hats off to Tim Mac for taking the Gun Slinger with his springer!

We continued on Saturday with a near perfect day.  It started out cool, with a light breeze and near cloudless sky.  We chronographed all the guns, wrapped the shooters meeting at 10:45 AM and were on the lanes about 11:00 AM.  Once we got into the course the light played with us, casting some fun shadows.  Then our friend Murphy showed up and played havoc with targets… we ran into a number of cold lines as targets decided to give up and stop working.  Though frustrating, as we had tested only a few weeks prior and again the day before, everyone stayed focused and had a great time.  25 shooters completed the course with the high score going to Joel G, a springer shooter, with 54 and a three-way tie at the top of the Hunter Piston board – Marc S, Bob W and Ryan L.  Great shooting everyone!

Sunday dawned clear, sunny and cold.  The intrepid campers Geoff Mac, James L, Jeff H, Tony L and Tim Mac shook off the frost to start another picture-perfect day.  Everyone else gathered by 9:00, chronographed their guns and were ready for the shooters meeting at 9:30 AM.  We got to the lanes by 10:00 AM and enjoyed an absolutely perfect day of shooting!  With much friendly banter and a keen race in Hunter Piston, we wrapped up about 2:00 PM.  Everyone met at the registration area where the results were tabulated and winners announced. 

Congrats to the 2020 champions:

• Chris Holmes in Hunter PCP – 187/240
• Ryan L in Hunter Piston – 204/240
• Tom Peretti in WFTF PCP – 104 / 120
• Joel Goodwin in WFTF Piston – 107 / 120

Special mention to our sole Open PCP shooter, Pete Elsby for keeping the class alive and to Joel Goodwin for match high score, with a piston rig!

After the awards we enjoyed a sumptuous prize table.  All the goodies were distributed by pulling names from a hat.  Made it a lot of fun and spread things out across all shooters.  Big shout out to everyone that contributed to the table.  Check out the chart below for who provided the generous prizes.

Great shooting everyone and look forward to seeing you all again very soon.

Grenville FT & 2020 Nationals Organizing Committee

Dave Cunningham

Jeff Hemming

John Birch

Tim MacSweyn

Match Results

	Class	Total	White Course / 120	Yellow Course / 120	Place	Rifle	Scope	Pellet
	Hunter PCP
1	Chris Holmes	187	95	92	1	NP 500	Hawke 4-16×44	AA 10.3
2	Richard T	128	79	49	2	Marauder	Hawke Vantage	JSB Heavy
	Hunter Piston / 120
1	Ryan Landry	204	104	100	1	Diana 56	Sightron 10-50×60	JSB 7.87
2	Bob Wall	195	95	100	2	TX200	AEON 4-16×50	JSB Exact 8.44
3	Marc Shelleau	193	93	100	3	TX200	Hawke 6-24×50	Crosman 7.9
4	Jon Miller	192	93	99	4	TX200	Hawke 3-12×44	JSB Exact 8.44
5	Tony Lau	192	99	93	5	HW97 KT	BSA 4-14×44	JSB RS 7.33
6	Blane Larone	189	92	97	6	TX200	Hawke	JSB Exact 8.44
7	Eric Clarke-Daws	166	80	86	7	HW97 KT	Optics Marksmanx10	FT Trophy 8.64
8	Rob Gastle	164	84	80	8	FWB 124	Hawke 6024	JSB Exact 8.44
9	Richard Oszpar	94	51	43	9	Optimus	Eagle Eye 4-16×44	JSB Exact 8.44
10	Reg Landry	81	48	33	10	AES 50	Tasco	JSB Exact 8.44
11	Jacbo Charlebois	56	56	—	11	AES 50	Tasco	JSB Exact 8.44
	Open PCP / 120
1	Pete Elsby	40	20	20	—	510 FAC	Hawke 4-16×50	Crosman 10.5
	WFTF PCP / 60
1	Tom Peretti	104	52	52	1	LG100	Leupold Comp 45X	JSB RS 7.33
2	Brian Wernham	101	49	52	2	FTP 900	Sightron 10-50×60	AA 8.44
3	John Bradley	92	48	44	3	AR20FT	Hawke 10-50 x60	JSB Exact 8.44
4	Denis St Jean	91	43	48	4	S400F	Hawke 10-50×60	JSB Exact 8.44
5	John Birch	88	46	42	5	FTP 900	Falcon x50	JSB Exact 8.44
	WFTF Piston / 60
1	Joel Goodwin	107	54	53	1	TX200	Sightron 10-50×60	AA 8.44
2	Tim MacSweyn	101	52	49	2	TX200 HC	Leupold Mk4 35X	JSB Exact 8.44
3	George Harde	96	45	51	3	TX200	Sightron 10-50×60	AA 7.9
4	James Lui	87	41	46	4	TX200	Hawke 10-50×60	JSB 7.8
5	Heather Blain	78	39	39	5	TX200	Niko Gen1	AA 8.44
6	Jeff Hemming	77	34	43	6	TX200 HC	Sightron 10-50×60	JSB Exact 8.44
7	Geoff MacGregor	19	19	—	7	TX200	Hawke	JSB Exact 8.44

PS for those that would like to send a personal thank you for the prise that your won in the raffle, here is a list of donations.

Prize Provider	Contact / Email	Prizes
Airgun Source	Travis /  tarvis@airgunsource.com	Donation: Beeman AR2078A CO2 .22 cal Target rifle Walther Terrus .177 cal Beeman QB 78 .22 cal JSB Exact 8.44 .177 – 4.51 mm x 5 tins Prize: Beeman QB79 .22 cal Wklkins Pellet Pouch x 4 Diana Rabbit Field Target Pellet Trap x2 Hawk Vantage 4-12 x 44 AO Scope JSB Exact .177 call 8.44 – 4.53mm x 6 tins
Airgun Archery	Wes / https://airgunarcheryfun.ca/contact-us/	Donation: Discovery scope x 2
Canada Shooting Supply	Raman / support@canadashootingsupply.ca	Donation: WF600 underlever spring airguns x4
Airgun Target Systems	Stephen Kenyon / https://www.facebook.com/Shooter2258/	Donation: High Power Ballastic panel target
Splatter Pro Targets	Duane Paulsen / https://splatterprotargets.com/	Donation: Shoot’n See targets
Sniper Dan		Donation: 5 tins of pellets
Pete Elsby		Donation: Soft case for a pistol Daisy 957 BB rifle Airsoft pistol
John Birch		Donation: Bum bag Knee Roll
Tim MacSweyn		Donation: Remington pull up targets x5
Joel Goodwin		Donation: Comma, 3D Printed

Thanks to the HAHA club and Chris for the 2nd match at HAHA for 2020.  We were able to get out for some fun, some yakking and the last chance to shoot before the Nationals.

The day was picture perfect – decent temps, blue sky with cotton ball clouds and the devilish wind that is HAHA – as an example, in the middle of the course there was about ¾” of lift and on the left berm the pellets were bending and lifting towards the berm!! Absolutely wonderful and frustrating at the same time.  If you have not been to HAHA in a while you should check it out at the October match.

Speaking of the October match, we’ve a special this year.  It is going to the be place for the Fudd and the CAFTA Board elections.  Yep, that is correct, the Fudd is moving from Port Colborne to HAHA for 2020.  Yet another reason to come check us out!  Definitely more information to follow.

A big shout out to everyone that came out and a hearty thank you for pitching in to set up and take down.  Made everything go super smooth and quick.  Also, a welcome to Jon M, some fine shooting with your new TX200!

Biggest shout out to Chris H for getting us all together.  We appreciate your hard work and persistence Chris – thank you.

Below are the results from the match.

See you all in October!

Results Chart

September 12, 2020                                                                                       

Shooter		Gun	Scope	Pellet
OPEN PCP	Score / 60
Richard	43	Airforce	Hawke	RSW 15.89
Peter Elsby	40	AA 510	Hawke	Crosman 7.9
Hunter PCP	Score /120
Chris Holms	100	Kral NP 500	Hawke 4-16 x44	AA 10.5
Randy Ryan	79	Crosman	Bushnell 4-12×40	Crosman 7.9
Hunter Piston	Score /128
Robe Gastle	87	AA TX200	Hawke	JSB 8.4
Marc Shelleau	98	AA TX200	Hawke 6-24 x44	Crosman 7.9
Bob Wall	101	AA TX200	—	JSB 8.44
Jon Miller *	90	AA TX200	—	JSB 8.44
WFTF PCP	Score /60
Brian Wernham	53	AA FTP900	Sightron 10-50 x60	AA 8.44
WFTF Piston
Jeff Hemming	41	AA TX200	Sightron 10-50 x60	JSB 8.44

* New Shooter

Match Report

It is a great pleasure to write this post!  We finally had our first match of 2020!

With the recent openings we were able to get together at the Grenville Fish & Game Club.  A big thank you to the club for moving forward and allowing us to hold matches!

We had an excellent turn out with 16 shooters – some from the local area and others from as far away as Kitchener and Port Colborne.  Thank you all for making the journey and some rather early starts!

It was a great day for shooting with everyone arriving by 9:00 AM and on the sight-in range shortly afterwards.  We started out with very humid and windy conditions on the sight-in line. 

The shooters meeting started at 10:15 AM and we were on the course by 11:00 AM.

Being typical Grenville, as soon as we went in the forest the wind vanished and the sun cast lots of shadows.  Just as we got to the last few lanes, the sky opened, and we got about 30 minutes of rain.  The cedars gave some protection though we all were wiping down and drying our guns when we got back.  The rain was welcome as it chased the mosquitoes away, yes there were a few!

The club set a challenging opening course with a everyone gaining an appreciation for the “F”… ing lane.  It was set as a kneeler – 16 yards and 3/8 kill zone followed up with two 38 yarders with full kill zones… one at the base of a large oak and the other about 20 feet up!  Yeah, it was a challenge!

We were cleaned up and awards presented by 2:30 PM and everyone on the road by 3:00 PM.

The biggest thank you to everyone that came out!  We were excited to host you all and look forward the next get together for the Canadian Nationals on September 18-20th.   Stay tuned to your email and the forums for more information.  Also, for those down Hamilton way, there will be a match at HAHA on August 29^th.

Finally, if you have questions about field target, visit CAFTACentral.ca or check us out on Facebook, @CanadianAirgunFieldTargetAssociation.  And, if you’re in the Grenville area and looking for a place to shoot, visit Grenville Fish & Game Club.

Shoot safely, shoot often and share field target!

Match Results

All Rifles are .177

Match Director: Tim MacSweyn

Division	Class	Name	Score	Model	Scope	Pellet
Open	PCP	Denis Eden	38	LG100	Schmidt & Bender	JSB
Open	PCP	Lanny Hann	33	TM1000	Sightron	JSB
Open	Piston	Tim MacSweyn	37	TX200 Mk3 HC	Bushnell	JSB
WFTF	PCP	John Birch	42	FTP900	Falcon	JSB
WFTF	PCP	John Bradley	32	AR20FT	Hawke	JSB
WFTF	PCP	Denis St. Jean	29	S400F	Hawke	AA
WFTF	Piston	James Liu	42	TX200 Mk3	Hawke	JSB
WFTF	Piston	Jeff Hemming	42	TX200 Mk3 HC	Sightron	JSB
WFTF	Piston	Dave Cunningham	36	TX200 Mk3	Hawke	AA
Hunter	PCP	Peter Elsby	78	S510	MTC	Crosman
Hunter	Piston	Tony Lau	100	HW97	BSA	JSB RS
Hunter	Piston	Marc Shelleau	92	TX200 Mk3	Hawke	Crosman
Hunter	Piston	Bob Wall	88	TX200 Mk3	Hawke	JSB
Hunter	Piston	Rob Gastle	77	TX200 Mk3	Hawke	JSB
Hunter	Piston	Blane Larone	75	TX200 Mk3	Hawke	JSB
Hunter	Piston	Bill Bratt	59	430L	Hawke	AA