CLUB NEWS

Last Updated on March 05, 2010

Spring Work Party

We will have a work party on Saturday, April 24th from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.  Breakfast and lunch will be served.  Please bring rakes, grass swing type cutters, brush cutters, shovels and sidewalk brooms.

All Ranges closed.

Pistol Teams

Interested in pistol marksmanship?  Have you heard about or tried bullseye pistol shooting (http://www.bullseyepistol.com/)?  It’s a fun competitive individual and team sport.  Matches can include centerfire and/or rimfire pistols, and typically involves three different courses of shooting fired off-hand from 50 feet:  slow fire (10 shots in 10 minutes), timed fire (10 shots in 40 seconds), and rapid fire (10 shots in 20 seconds).

The Andover Sportsmen’s Club (ASC) has two bullseye pistol teams (Grizzlys and Kodiaks) in the Merrimack Valley Pistol League (MVPL), which includes about 20 local teams from clubs in Tewksbury, Billerica, Lowell, and Dracut.  In the MVPL, a rimfire only league, each team has up to 12 shooters on their rosters.  In a match, the top 5 individual scores for each team count toward the team total.  Presently, the ASC teams practice and compete on Monday evenings.  The season runs from October until March.  We are always looking for new shooters (beginners to experts).  If you would like more information, please feel free to contact one of the captains:  Joe Elliott (kidcalva@aol.com), Mike Patane (mapatane@yahoo.com), or George Wright (dieselgeo@yahoo.com).

Fishing Derby

The 2010 Fishing Derby will be held on Saturday, May 1st at Sudden Pond, from 6 a.m. until noon.

Junior Conservation Camp 2010

The Massachusetts Junior Conservation Camp is a two week experience allowing youth to develop skills and confidence that will last a lifetime.

The camp is a unique outdoor experience offering a balanced program of conservation education and instruction in outdoor recreation activities. The camp's programs introduces young people to the ethical concepts and knowledge essential to a lifetime of properly enjoying our natural resources and the leisure activities that depend on their careful stewardship.

The Massachusetts Sportsmen’s Junior Conservation Camp program is open to boys and girls aged 13 to 17.  Currently, it is hosted at the Chesterfield Scout Reservation on 521 acres near Scout Pond in Chesterfield, Massachusetts.

Campers need to be prepared to function in an environment which, like school, requires good behavior, teamwork and attentiveness. Much of the Camp is spent in an educational environment and students are expected to be attentive, courteous and non-disruptive.

A large portion of the instruction is "hands-on," and students will all participate in instruction that includes firearms of several types, bows, arrows, fishing and camping equipment and wildlife interaction. Students are expected to understand the seriousness of handling such equipment and interacting with wildlife.

The happiest campers are those who are interested in the outdoors and in wildlife management programs before attending the Massachusetts Junior Conservation Camp.

Every year we sponsor two campers for the two weeks.  The 2010 dates are August 8 –20, 2010.

We are accepting names now for selection in April.  Please see Paul Miller at any meeting.

For more info on the camp, click here.

2010 Scholarships

The Andover Sportsmen's Club will award four $500.00 scholarships to four graduating seniors for the year 2010.  This year we will award two of the four to Seniors who are offspring of club members.  The other two will go to students at Andover and North Andover High.

The scholarship application can be downloaded here.

The Pig Roast

was well attended.

In mid July the floor was cleaned, sanded and three coats of polyurethane applied.

Recently departed members

The club lost two long time members recently, Allan Minkkinen and Ken Bonanno, and you can read about them here.

2009 Scholarships

The Andover Sportsmen's Club awarded four $500.00 scholarships to four graduating seniors for the year 2009.  This year we awarded two of the four to Seniors who are offspring of club members.

    Leigh S. (Croteau) Hartwell

    Thomas S. Lumb

    Leo Lamontagne

     Jessica Lambert

Junior Conservation Camp 2009

Every year we sponsor two campers for the two weeks, but we only had one name this year.  This year's camper will be James Woodmansee, grandson of Gerry Woodmansee.