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Wednesday 14th January 2009
Dear
all,
We
have switched the shoot day to the other Sunday from the
beginning on the year, we shot on the 4th & 18th January
and so on every fortnight.
We
extended the course to 12 stands in October and plan to
go to 13 stands soon, 13 is the magic number which gets
rid of the 5 pairs, it will spread you all out, and cut
down on waiting time.
The
coned and roped/taped off walkways are working and keep
you away from clay and shot fallout, please stay within
the safe zones, and ensure newcomers do the same.
Our
first winter has shown that Forhill is a wet ground, and
the heavy rain of the late summer and autumn hasn’t
helped. We have started to renew the old drainage courses,
dig ditches to get the water away, and protect the paths.
Bridges and pipes will be put in to get you across the
water. Road planeings are going in from the farmyard to
the field so that we can get the mules up and down without
churning up ground.
All
this is going to take some time, and odd bits may get
worse before they get better, but bear with us.
Clays
costs went up in price twice in 2008, and we had to increase
the cost of shooting on the 4 January by £1, to
£22 to cover it. Membership
has been introduced for 2009 at £25 per annum, this
allows you to shoot for £20 a round, and the visitor’s
price will go from £22 to £24 on the 15 February,
giving a saving of £4 per round to members. Membership
applications can be downloaded
off this website, or are available from the clubhouse.
We
now carry a wide selection of competitively priced cartridges,
a copy of our latest pricelist is downloadable
in pdf format.
The
WGC committee have asked that we continue to run their
trophies, however neither the ‘Pheasant’ or
‘Christmas Trophies’ have been forthcoming,
so we have purchased suitably engraved whisky tumblers,
so that the competition winners have a memento of their
achievement.
John
Griffiths has a trophy that he has not collected yet,
if he can contact me I will get it to him.
Once
again, thank you all for your support,
Jt,
dj & the ‘motley crew’
Tel or text to: 07836 225580
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