LSC members are invited to the 2018 Ice Fishing Outing on Feb 17 (weather date Feb 18)! Start the day with a hearty breakfast in the clubhouse at 7am, and fishing starts at 8am. This event does not require a fishing button, though buttons for the rest of the year will be for sale. Instructors, bait, and equipment will be available, and coffee and hot chocolate will be served by the pond.

Members will be receiving their 2018 membership renewal notifications soon, either by email or a letter in the mail.

If you get these by email and don’t see it this week, please be sure to check your spam folder.

Also, if you have been getting the renewals by mail, please consider saving the club postage and printing costs and opting to receiving your renewals by email.

Again this year members have the ability to pay your membership dues online. The Club set up a Paypal account to facilitate online payments, and members are welcome to use this new method or send in a traditional check. Please note that there is a small processing fee with online payments to cover the Paypal charges.

If you have any questions about your membership, dues payments, or membership of the Lowell Sportsmen’s Club in general, please contact Membership Secretary Darlene Parker at membership@lowellsc.org or 978-479-0469.

Stop in early before the Boundary Walk to get some breakfast and talk with LSC President Matt Franco. Even if you’re not going on the walk, stop by for breakfast to start your day the LSC way!

Get to know the club’s property with a scenic walk around the boundary line. Learn our history while being guided and entertained with stories by a long-time member. Breakfast is served before this family-friendly walk in the woods, so stop by the clubhouse for Breakfast with the President at 8am. (even if you don’t join in the walk!) Everyone is welcome – and bring your camera!

Don’t feel like cooking? Great! Stop by the club between 12-3pm and pick up a full BBQ chicken dinner to go. You can take it home for lunch, out for a picnic, or just out on the clubhouse porch before trap, skeet, or the 10/22 Fun Shoot.

Meals are $10 each and include BBQ Half Chicken, Rice Pilaf, and Corn Medley. Just drive in, tell us how many meals you’d like, and we will bring hot to-go meals right out to your car.

Come celebrate your Ruger 10/22 on October 22nd (that’s 10/22 – get it?)! This will be a casual and fun event, with competitions for both open sights and scoped rifles. Entrance fee is $10, and prizes will be awarded to the top shooters. Experienced and new shooters welcome – we just want to get out and have fun with our 10/22s.

Be sure to come early and get lunch at the Drive-In BBQ!

Honor Veterans Day with your classic military rifle! This will be a fun competition open to any military rifle from before 1959 (so no ARs or AKs).

All shooting will take place at the 100 yard range, and the course of fire will be:

• Sighting shots – 5 rounds in 5 minutes (not scored)
• Slow Fire, standing – 10 rounds in 10 minutes
• Timed Fire, sitting or kneeling – 10 rounds in 2 minutes
• Rapid Fire, prone – 10 rounds in 60 seconds

Entrance fee is $10, and the top shooter will win 50% of the total entrance fees for the day. Iron sights only. Bring a sling, shooting mat, and chamber flag if you have it. Get out your M1, Mosin-Nagant, SKS, CETME, Mauser, or any other military rifle from before 1959 and celebrate Veterans Day with a bang.