July - August 2018

New Membership Requirements
The membership at Carrick Sportsmen’s Club has been CLOSED by the Board of Directors. Several changes are being implemented in our membership renewal procedure as outlined below. Membership renewal each year will begin in October and run through January. Renewal payments for 2018 must be made by January 31, 2018. Any member not renewing his/her membership by that date will be removed from the club membership rolls. After a member is removed from the club rolls they MUST reapply for membership and will be placed on the waiting list. Membership openings will be filled once a year from the list of applicants after the renewal process has been completed.
The directors have also implemented a policy that REQUIRES all members to have their picture taken for the club membership data base. This can be easily accomplished if you attend a membership meeting and bring your membership card with you. Current members will have all of 2018 to have this done. Members who do not have their photo in their club membership file by the beginning of 2019 will not be able to renew their membership for 2019. That renewal deadline will be January 31, 2019.
These measures have been instituted by the Board of Directors as a result of the Federal Consent Agreement between South Park Township and the Club. This new policy will continue until further notice. Pictures can be taken at Membership and Director’s meetings on the first and third Tuesdays of each month from 7:30 p.m. through 9:00 p.m. throughout the year. During January and February, pictures will also be taken on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. through 8:30 p.m., and on Saturday, Jan. 20 and Saturday, Feb. 17 from 9:00 a.m. until 12 noon. Please watch the newsletter for additional dates and times for the pictures.
If, for any reason, you have a hardship that precludes you from complying with these new requirements (e.g., health issues, you’re a snowbird, or a deployed member of the military), please contact a director and let us know of your circumstances and we will try to work with you to bring you into compliance.
Your assistance and cooperation is appreciated by the Board of Directors.

Hunter Safety Classes

      There is a Hunter Safety class scheduled for Saturday, Sep-tember 1. If you would like to attend this class, please contact Steve Boehm at Carrick-SportsmenClub@gmail.com or you can register for the class on the State Game Commission web site .The class is no longer a 2-day event; the “student” covers much of the preliminary material online and gets the hand’s-on aspects of the course at the club

Junior Rifle Program

     The Junior Rifle Program ended at the end of June and will resume in October

Junior Shotgun Program

The Jr. Trap started on Wednesday, June 7 and ran till the end of June (June 27), shooting on Wednesday evening from 7 to 9. The cost is $7 per line. The program is designed for those who would like to learn to shoot trap in a controlled, safe environment with experienced instructors and is for ages 12 and up. The Club provided the shotgun and the eye and ear protection. For information on this program and the Junior Rifle Pro-gram which will begin in October, please contact Ray Noakes at 724-348-5633./p>

Bowling Pin Shoot

The Bowling Pin Shoot is underway on the outdoor range on Mondays at 6:00 p.m. They shoot at suspended bowling pins on the 50-yard outdoor range. The cost is $2 per line and the winner of each line gets 1/2 of the money collected. You need a center fire pistol with iron sights to compete for the prize money. You can use a red dot sight but you will not be eligible to win the money. The course of fire is five 1-minute, 5-shot lines for a total of 25 rounds per match. You will need a cen-ter-fire pistol, 25 rounds of ammunition per line, and eye and ear protection. There is no need to pre-register for this shoot; just come to the Club about 5:45 p.m. and check in. This shoot will continue until the end of August

Trap Shooting

Sunday Afternoon Trap Shooting is open to the public from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. every Sunday afternoon. The cost for a 25-bird line of trap is now $4.00. Shooters can bring their own shotgun shells (shot no larger than 7 1/2) or they can buy shotgun shells at $8.00 a box at the range.Wednesday Night Trap Shooting is also open to the public from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. until mid-November. The cost is the same as the Sunday afternoon trap shoot.For questions on this open trap shooting, please call Joe Montuoro at 412-833-0897. If you are interested in trying trap shooting, but have never done it before or need to improve your skills, Joe Montuoro, Trap Range Master and NRA instructor, is willing to teach you how to do it. Just call him at 412-833-0897 to make ar-rangements.The trap ranges are operating well and offer the members and the shooting community very functional ranges to enjoy the sport of Trap Shooting

CMP

     The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) Hi-Power Shoot as been discontinued. However, we are considering an AR-15 shoot to replace the CMP Shoot and need someone who might be interested in operating the program. If you are interested in participating in this shoot or would like to get involved in helping to run the program, please contact Steve Boehm at CarrickSportsmenClub@gmail.com

Scouts Coming

Work Parties

     Work PartiesWork Parties are held on the 3rd Saturday of each month to do maintenance and improvements around the Club. These work parties (Club volunteers) are a critical part of Club op-eration. Without proper maintenance and an effort to improve the Club, members would find it more and more difficult to use the Club’s facilities.The Directors ask everyone who can to donate some time to these work parties. Lunch is provided. As the weather has warmed up, the work parties will have more outside mainte-nance to do around the property along with repairs to the out-door ranges.
May Work Party -
The May work party was held on Saturday, May 19. There were 11 members who participated; Steve Boehm, Erik Croushore, Chuck Heisler, Scott Karman, Tyler Karman, Bob Lowe, Ray Noakes, Timothy Thirty, Ray Schuerger, Jack Stark, and Glen Woods. They did general grounds keeping, painter the overhead baffles a second coat of paint in the in-door range, fabricated target holders for the Jr. Rifle program, and installed new signs on the indoor range.
June Work Party
-The June Work Party was held on Saturday, June 16. There were 15 members who attended and accomplished a lot of work: Steve Boehm, Chuck Heisler, Jan Joos, Paul Joos, Scott Karman, Tyler Karman, Jim Lawrence, Pete Luttrell, Joe Montuoro, Tom Plappert, Gerry Priano, EJ Revitsky, Ray Schuerger, Buddy Stefanic, and Jack Stark. They did general grounds keeping; resurfaced the driveway, trap house park-ing lot, and side road: and patched the celotex on the indoor range. The resurfacing was a major effort and thanks to all the hard workers who participated in the Work Party, your efforts are greatly appreciated.

Metro Police Revolver League (MPRL)

     The MPRL team, which shoots on Thursday evenings at 6:00 p.m., is in the he 7th week of their 14-week outdoor sea-son. As of week No. 4 the team is in 3rd place in 22 (out of 6) and 4th place in center fire (out of 5).The team invites anyone who is interested to come out and give it a try. They shoot 22 and center fire pistols. You can shoot either or both courses of fire.For more information, please contact Denny Nill at 412-531-5890 or Bill Kramer at 412-835-5453

Safety Reminder

When using ANY of the ranges nothing is permitted on ANY range beyond the firing line except for the targets, particularly on the Indoor Range.