Cape Cod Fish & Game Association

August 2007 Newsletter

PIG ROAST:

All members are encouraged to mark Saturday, September 22^nd, 2007 on their calendars as this will be the date of the now annual club Pig Roast.  Dave Bishop of Dave’s catering will once again be manning the grill and showing us his expertise in culinary excellence!  Tickets are $16 dollars each and are limited to the first 150 persons. 

Please be advised that our guests this year at this year’s Pig Roast will be a number of familiar faces from the Gun Owners’ Action League.  This year’s event is being held in conjunction with the GOAL organization’s Heritage Fund program. All attendees and their guests can expect a number of raffles and prizes.  Please be advised that there is also a tentative Auction Fundraiser being planned to help create monies for the GOAL Heritage Fund.

What is the GOAL Heritage Fund?

This fund created by our friends at GOAL was created to make monies available to the various gun clubs through out the state. This money is made available to individual clubs by way of a grant application.  In essence, what is created by all of us around the state thereby stays here in the state as a way to help various clubs build and update there own shooting facilities.

August Meetings:

Please be advised that the August Business meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 14, 2007.  Dinner this month will be BBQ spareribs with corn on the cob, potato salad, beans, rolls and butter. (Consider this a warm up for even better things to come!!  For details please see segment on Annual Pig Roast listed above!!)  Dinner is being sponsored this month by a collective effort of Ken Joudrey, Doug Boyd and Bob Preston. Dinner will be served at 7pm and the Business Meeting will begin at approximately 8pm.  Members are encouraged to arrive early for a good seat. Please be advised that this month’s Board of Director’s (BOD) Meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 28^th, 2007 at 7pm.

Kitchen Department:

Bruce Gustowski Chairman

In search of cooks!!  Anyone interested in helping out with a club dinner is encouraged to step forward.  Cooks and helpers are needed for the dinner meetings.  If you can help out please see Bruce at any club meeting. 

In Memoriam:

It is with deep regret that we have learned of the recent loss of club member Roger Lofberg.  Roger passed away March 28^th, 2007 after a period of failing health.  Many of us will remember Roger on the Trap Range on many Sunday Mornings doing battle “with a number of our many elusive clay pigeons” with his favorite Remington Model 870 Trap Gun.  It should be noted here that Roger was also an avid smallbore rifle shooter and also had an interest in handgun shooting.  Roger was a native of New Jersey. He and his wife Florence had been residents of New York State for over 20 years before retiring to Harwich in 2000. Roger will surely be missed by all of his fellow trap shooting buddies as well as all of his friends throughout our club membership.

Trap Range:

Dan Welch Chairman

All members are reminded that Trap is shooting Sunday Mornings at 9am, Wednesday Evenings at 6pm and Friday afternoons from 12pm until 2pm. The cost to shoot is a mere $3.00 dollars per round of 25 clay targets.  Non members will pay just a dollar more!  Our trap range is open to all whether you are a novice, a rookie, an expert or an ATA superstar. Everyone is welcome so come on down and join us for some shooting fun!

Fame’s Favored Few:

Well some of our club trap shooters are burning up the skies with some impressive accomplishments.  To date here are some of our member’s various “wins”.  Congrats to Bob Fratus Sr. who even after a long hiatus from shooting due to eye surgery has come back with a vengeance and has recently won the “Veterans Category in the All Round Resident Overall Championship” title at the Massachusetts State Shoot. Congrats also go to Dan Welch who won the “B – Class Runner – Up Category” in the “All Round Resident Overall Championship” title in the Massachusetts State Shoot that same weekend! In the recent New Hampshire State Shoot it should be noted that Jim Gillespie won the Preliminary Handicap Championship. Other winners in this shoot were Peter Morgavio who won the “Non Resident C Class Singles Championship and Dan Welch who won the “Non Resident D Class Doubles Championship.  Congrats also go to Clayton Dill who took the “Non Resident Veterans Singles Championship.  Finally, Congrats also go to Bob Preston who championed his handicap yardage group in both the Maryland State Shoot as well as the Massachusetts State Shoot. It should be mentioned here that in the recent GOAL Trap Shoot  Bob Preston also won the “A Class Division”.  

Dan Welch with his trophies.

Peter Morgavio with his trophy.

Good luck and continued success to all of our members of Fame’s Favored Few as there are a number of shoots left in the 2007 ATA schedule.  Less we forget as September is right around the corner and that means CCF&G’s regular delegation of shooters will be heading to the 22^nd Northeastern Grand American Trap Championship Shoot in Cicero New York.  Pictured inset are both Dan Welch and Peter Morgavio with their trophies from the New Hampshire State Shoot.

August Youth Fishing Derby:

Kent Vieneau Chairman

Saturday August 11^th, 2007 is the timeframe for this year’s annual Youth Fishing Derby.  Trophy prizes will be given out to the winners. Contests to include bait scoop, most accurate cast as well as our soon to be famous watermelon eating contest. Derby categories are bass, perch & sunfish. All events will allow competition between groups of age specific youths i.e. 0-7, 8-11 and 12-15. This event begins at 7am and will run until about 12 Noon. The first 25 kids signed up on this particular day will receive their own commemorative Cape Cod Fish & Game Fishing Derby Tee Shirt.  Help is needed and anyone willing to give a hand is encouraged to contact Kent at 508.398.2705 as soon as possible.

Trap Trophy Shoot Being Planned:

Please be advised that a trap trophy shoot is being planned for the morning of the September 22, 2007 Pig Roast.  The shoot will run from 8am to about 1pm and awards will be distributed at the Pig Roast scheduled for that afternoon.  WATCH THIS SPACE FOR FURTHER DETAILS!!!

Archery:

Al Savage Chairman

Anyone interested in learning about archery is encouraged to attend Wednesday Night Archery on the club’s indoor range at 7pm.  All interested persons should see Al Savage for details.

Membership:

Rick Kuzman Chairman

All applicants will be interviewed for club membership.  All sponsors must also attend this interview.  To arrange an appointment for an interview please contact Rick Kuzman at (508) 896 – 9563.  Please be advised that at the June Business Meeting both Bernie Coughlin and Jill savage were inducted into club membership. Welcome aboard to you both!

Outdoor Range:

Howie Bearse Chairman

Howie reported recently that the range was in good shape and that members were taking very good care of both the 100 yard outdoor rifle range as well as the 25 yard outdoor pistol range.  A big thank you goes out to all of you who are helping to keep the facility clean and are therefore picking up after themselves after using the facilities.  Thank you again!

Some Words of Wisdom:

“Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”  Authorship unknown, however forwarded by a Mr. L Atwill, hunter, former Special Forces Trooper and arbiter of good taste.

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