

GFSC
FEBRUARY 2010 NEWSLETTER IS ON OUR WEBSITE
President - Dave Larson Newsletter - Jose Garza
Vice
President - George Gaskill
Warden – Frank Romagnino
Treasurer
- Dennis Robinson Membership Chairman –Phil Prokop
Recording Secretary –
Mike Stern Rangemaster
- Paul Stewart & Jack Salerno
GOPHER
FLATS ANNOUNCEMENTS
The GFSC Officers for 2010 were sworn in on January
26, 2010.
MEMBERSHIP: We need to bring in new members.
Please invite friends you would consider sponsoring to Gopher meetings.
On January 26th
our 2 guests, Pat C and Sol E. had their 1st reading.
Congratulations gentlemen! We had 12+ members at the January meeting in
addition to the officers. It was great
to see an increase of members at the meeting. Hopefully, the trend will
continue.
WE HAD 20+ MEMBERS show up for the Work Party on Saturday, January 30th to participate in the cleanup. Thank you very much for the work you accomplished.
Lunch was great!
PISTOL MATCHES FEBRUARY 27, 2010 – GOPHER WEEKEND
.22 Steel Target Shoot - Saturday @ 9:00 am - Located
@ P3 next to Cowboy town - Adults $5.00
- Children $2.00 - For further information contact Dave Larson, Steve Baxter or
J. Garza. Many
thanks to members that have been helping make this event successful. I wish to thank Nate Schoon,
Andrew Gushiken, Dave Larson and Steve Baxter for
putting the match on in my absence. - Jose Garza
The USPSA will be held February 28, 2010 per
Dave Marcinkus. Contact Dave Larson or Dave Marcinkus if you want to participate or help out with the
matches.
TRAP & SKEET: GFSC members are reminded that Day Trap and Skeet shooting takes place on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month and on GFSC Saturdays.
Evening
trap on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays
is being suspended
due to low turnout.
Round Robin will be held in March at the Oaktree Shooting Range. We need everyone that participated in 2009 to email me at johnm23301@earthlink.net or call me at (818) 383-4409. Please let me know if you plan to shoot so you can be added to the list.
- John Manning
GFSC TRAP LEAGUE
We will be starting a GFSC Trap League March
2010 and you will need to shoot two (2) rounds per month and turn score sheets
into John Manning or Dennis Robinson. John will have spread sheets showing
monthly results. It will be $10.00 per month plus two dollars per month per
shooter towards trophies, belt buckles, or awards to be decided at the December
2010 meeting. I already have three people that they would like to participate
in this event and I will need a commitment from at least 8 more. You do not
have to make this on our weekend and you can also shoot this on our weekdays (Gopher
Days only). Let me have your feedback.
Cooking Responsibilities: Three of our GFSC members volunteered for
lunch preparation for January through March 2010. Cliff Halenar
has volunteered to prepare lunch February 27th Gopher Day and Jose
Garza and family will prepare lunch on March 27th. Each month we need at least 2 members to
volunteer to prepare lunch on Gopher Day.
Please sign up at the Gopher meeting on February 23, 2010.
CLUB
MEMBERSHIP DUES
There are a
few members that have not paid their dues for 2010. Any unpaid members will have their gate
card made inactive after March 1, 2010. There is a $10.00 fee to reactivate the card.
About 98% of the members have renewed their membership.
MEMBERSHIP CARDS
All Membership cards for 2010 have been mailed, if your dues were paid by the end of January 2010. If you have not received your membership card, call me.
Dennis Robinson Cell 818.624.7164 leave message.
NEW AND REPLACEMENT
GATE CARDS
The CRC was sent a list of members that needed gate cards. The cards will be available at the next meeting.
Procedure for processing gate cards is as follows:
- Member fills out gate card form and pays $10.00.
- Form is faxed to the Combined Range Committee.
- The CRC creates the card.
- Cards are given to the club representative (Dave Larson) at the CRC meeting.
- When the member receives the card, they need to sign a receipt.
DONATIONS FROM
MEMBERS FOR 2009
Donations were received from, Brian Levy, George Gaskill, Andrew Gushiken, John Paro,
Joe Monaly, Bennit Rogers, and the members that donated there raffle winnings at the club meetings. The officers of the club, thank the members for their donations, also we need to thank the members that worked as match directors, and other club events, your support is greatly appreciated.
CRC RELEASE FORMS
Members that bring guests to the range are required to have them fill out a release form.
All club members need to have a release form on file, the GFSC range master has a list at the range.
If you and your guests are using the range on another clubs day, check in with the range master and fill out the forms for that club
Gopher Flats, High Power Rifle Match Report
January 23, 2010
50 Round National Match Course
Five shooters attended The January 23rd match. Greg Sullivan assisted in placing additional sandbags on the berm prior to the match. I thank Greg for his continued support of our high power program.
Mike Stern placed first with a 465-11X. Fred Matthews placed second with a 455-8X and Robert Coffey took third with a 424-5X.
We would like to express a special thanks to the members of the Golden Bears Rifle Club who volunteered to fill sandbags and stretch plastic over the pit wall area the Sunday before our match. This helped to stabilize the berm and pit before the series of four storms in January that moved into Southern California. Without their efforts, the pit wall would have collapsed and possibly damaged the target carriers. The Panorama City Club allowed us to work on their Sunday and this effort shows the positive affects of different clubs working in unison.
Gopher Flats will have a high power rifle match on February 27th, the fourth Saturday of the month. Ojai Valley Gun Club will hold their match on February 7th. LARC will hold their match on Saturday, February 6th. Please mark your 2010 calendars with these dates and we’ll see you on the line.
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AR15 |
89-1X |
96-3X |
92-3X |
188-4X |
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February 27, 2010
February 27, 1942 Battle of the Java Sea
The Japanese Fleet’s Java Invasion Force
approaches its objective.
The combined Allied
forces, American, British, Dutch and Australian, attempt to intercept the
invasion force. Under Vice Admiral Karel Doorman, the ABDA Cruisers and
Destroyers are overwhelmed by superior numbers. The Japanese Squadron inflicts heavy damage. Two light cruisers and three destroyers are
lost with heavy damage inflicted on remaining ships. The US aircraft transport Langley (the first
US air craft carrier), is sunk by Japanese aircraft south of Java.
- submitted by Tom
Temple
Gopher Flats Sportsmen’s Club will host their monthly high power match on
the Big Bore Range, Saturday, February 27, 2010. Match fees are $15 for non-club members and
$10 for Gopher Club members. The Gophers
will provide lunch for $5.00.
Please be sure to
email or phone in to confirm your participation and directions to the Lopez
Range will be directly conveyed to you.
You may confirm with either.
Tom Temple, Match
Director, tmtemple@pacbell.net
323-644-5287 or with
Mike Stern, Asst.
Director, mike@myclassictruck.com
213-798-9414.
Sign-in will be at 7:30 a.m.
This is not an NRA
sanctioned match.
There will be a
safety brief before the match begins.
If necessary, we
will conduct a pit service briefing to help new shooters.
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KEY TO GOPHER FLATS
EVENTS
GOPHER MEETINGS: Fourth
Tuesday of each month
GOPHER WEEKEND: Fourth
Saturday of each month
GOPHER TRAP AND SKEET: 1ST
& 3RD Thursday AM Trap/Skeet
NIGHT TRAP/SKEET: 2nd & 4th Thursday Evening of each
month
Has
been suspended due to low turn out.
FEBRUARY 2010
CALENDAR
SUNDAY
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
FRIDAY SATURDAY
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4 DAY TRAP SKEET 9:00 am |
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11 NO EVENING TRAP |
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18 DAY TRAP SKEET 9:00 am |
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23 GOPHER MEETING At the VFW in Panorama
City @ 7:00 PM |
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25 NO EVENING TRAP |
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27GOPHER
DAY .22
STEEL HI-POWER
RIFLE TRAP-SKEET 9:00
AM |
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28 USPSA |
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MARCH 2010
CALENDAR
SUNDAY
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
FRIDAY SATURDAY
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2 |
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4 DAY TRAP SKEET 9:00 am |
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11 NO EVENING TRAP |
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18 DAY TRAP SKEET 9:00 am |
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23 GOPHER MEETING At the VFW in Panorama
City @ 7:00 PM |
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25 NO EVENING TRAP |
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27GOPHER
DAY .22
STEEL HI-POWER
RIFLE TRAP-SKEET 9:00
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28 USPSA |
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GOPHER FLATS MEETING
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2010
7:00 PM
PO Box 7712
Mission Hills, CA 91346