COVID-19 Update + Club Reopening

From President Brian Campbell:

At the May 5th Eboard meeting, the eboard voted to open the club on a limited basis, starting Saturday May 9th. These limits are:

  • Members ONLY, no guests. Wearing of your membership badge will be required as always, with more stringent enforcement. If you want to use a range, your membership badge must be worn and be visible.
  • Outdoor ranges ONLY (Trap, Skeet, Big Bore, .22, Archery, Black Powder, Pond, and boating.)
  • The Indoor Range and Clubhouse will remain CLOSED. This includes the restroom – plan accordingly.
  • All special events are still suspended. However, Sunday/Wednesday trap and skeet, Thursday archery, and First Saturday Black Powder will resume, provided range officers are available.
  • The eboard will continue with regular virtual meetings, but monthly general meetings remain suspended.

You, as members, are responsible to follow the rules to minimize the risk to yourself and others. You are ultimately responsible for your own health and safety. Those members using our outdoor ranges will need to follow the Massachusetts COVID-19 Prevention guidelines, and the guidelines suggested by GOAL posted at each range:

  • Stay 6 feet away from others, and masks are required when this is not possible
  • Don’t shake hands, avoid groups of more than 10 people
  • Wash your hands often with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth
  • Avoid sharing equipment
  • Clean things before and after you touch them (like shooting stations and chairs) with household cleaning spray or wipes (please bring from home)
  • Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze with a tissue or your inner elbow, not your hand
  • And as always, observe all firearm and range safety practices

Specific rules for Trap (Thanks Phil Sullivan for putting this together)

  • Maximum number of shooters on the trap range at one time is five members. No non-members or non-shooters allowed. No observers.
  • Only one person opens/closes the trap house and loads the trap machines. The trap house is too tight for more than one person.
  • Only one person opens/closes the garage and gets out/puts away the call boxes and controller.
  • A third person or the garage person should bring clays down to the trap house to replenish what
    was used that day.
  • Do not use a scorer as the scoring materials are typically handled by more than one person.
  • If there are more than three shooters at the range, shooters 4 and/or 5 should do nothing except stay 6-10’ away from everybody else until it’s their turn at the shooting line.
  • When moving from station five to station one leave 6-10’ between you and the shooters on the
    line.
  • Pick up your own empty hulls.
  • Put your payment in an envelope or plastic bag that you provide noting the number of rounds you shot and how much money you put in the envelope/bag. You must bring exact change. Bring your own pen. Pens should not be shared. Drop your own envelope in the caretaker’s mailbox.
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