Open House – Sept 9th – Public Welcome!

The Lowell Sportsmen’s Club in North Chelmsford is holding its annual Open House on Saturday, September 9th, from 12pm-4pm. This is a free event with activities for the entire family.

Highlights of the day include a Birds of Prey show from the MA Audubon Society, Colonial reenactors, and firearms safety talks. Members the National Guard, Chelmsford Police and Fire, and Middlesex County Sheriffs will be on hand to demonstrate their equipment and talk about their role in the community.

Visitors will also have the opportunity to learn about and try a variety of shooting sports, including trap, skeet, blackpowder, high power rifle, and .22 and air gun plinking. Instructors will also be available on the archery range and fishing pond to help improve your skills.

Free hamburgers and hotdogs will be served from the snack shack. There will also be information on membership, firearms safety, and other club information at the Welcome Tent. The Lowell Sportsmen’s Club is located at 50 Swain Road, North Chelmsford, MA 01863. Visit http://www.lowellsc.org for more information.

The Lowell Sportsmen’s Club was formed in 1913 in downtown Lowell, and is one of New England’s oldest! The club is currently located on 70+ acres in North Chelmsford, MA.

Men, women, and junior club members – experienced and novices alike – enjoy participating in a variety of activities available at LSC. The club offers competitive and recreational trap, skeet, archery, pistol, rifle, and blackpowder ranges, fishing ponds, and facilities for camping, canoeing, and hiking. Our social events calendar is always busy – we host many family-friendly functions throughout the year, including events open to the public.

Rimfire Steel Challenge – Sat, July 29, 2017

Great fun for all skill levels from the first time shooter to the skilled competitor! The National Shooting Sports Foundation Steel Rimfire Challenge is a .22 rifle and pistol program created to introduce new people to the shooting sports and provide a pathway to shooting competition.

Experience shooters will enjoy the fun filled thrill of competition while sharing their skill and knowledge with new shooters. The NSSF Rimfire Challenge can provide individuals or families with a fun and exciting first-time shooting experience. Open to all individuals, over the age of 15 who can legally possess a firearm.

Cost for each participant is $20 (ammo is provided for this event).

2017 Shooter’s Challenge: Sat, Aug 12th!

Rescheduled to August 12th due to rain! Come test your skills in a variety of sporting activities to see who will get their name on the Shooter’s Challenge Cup this year!

This event is open to LSC members only, and the prize is a free year’s club membership, bragging rights as the top shooter in the club, and your name on the Illustrious Shooters Challenge Cup to prove it.

Date: August 5, 2017 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

July 4th Archery Challenge Winner!

Congratulations Declan! He won the 2017 Archery Challenge at the LSC booth at the Chelmsford Country Fair on July 4th. Declan visited the booth on the evening of July 3rd, and with his two shots earned himself 12 extra tickets. When all the tickets were mixed up for the drawing on July 4th, his ended up on top. Congratulations again Declan, and thanks for taking the Archery Challenge!

Thanks also to all the members to put the booth together and answered questions during the two days on the Common: Dale Maybury, John Wren, Laura Wren, Jay Dolan, Herb Cline, Darlene Parker, Jim Martin, and Brian Herzog.

A lot of people stopped by to find out what LSC was all about, and we passed out quite a few membership applications and really promoted the Open House on September 9th. The Archery Challenge was once again hugely popular, with kids and adults alike testing their skill almost non-stop. It was a great fundraiser for the club, and Thursday Night Archery may see a bump in attendance too!

Member Field Day and Club Photo: Jun 3, 2017, 12-4pm

Come out, enjoy your club, and make history at the Lowell Sportsmen’s Club’s Member’s Field Day! Be there at noon for the club photo, and then all ranges will be open, to test your skill or try something new! We’ll have a chicken barbecue for members and guests, and a club scavenger hunt for discounted food and a chance to win a free membership!

Spring Skeet League: May 18-Jul 27 – Extended into Aug!

The Spring Skeet League runs May 18 – July 27. Enter at any time, pay for games + one-time entry fee of $4 Members, $5 non-members. Shoot a total of 8 games during any public Skeet session, and the winner will be the competitor with the highest overall score.

May 2017 Work Party

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the May work party. The focus was on the trap and skeet fields, and we got a lot of work done.

We couldn’t paint the houses due to the weather, but crews raked wads and broken clays off the fields, installed a new patterning board on Trap Field #1, did a thorough Spring cleaning on the Skeet Shelter, and split fire wood for winter.

As a bonus, work on the access ramp to the Clubhouse was also started.

Thank you to the following volunteers:John Siljander, Herb Cline, Ken Kedaras, Brian Herzog, Jim Martin, Julian Sluskonis, Phil Sullivan, Charlie, Frank Cronin, Buzz Brody, and John Abbott for donating their time to improve the club!

The next work party will be in June – watch for the announcement and please help if you can.

New Shelter at the Outdoor .22 Range!

A new shelter was installed on the outdoor .22 range on May 1st, 2017. This started as a suggestion by a member, and although it took awhile, it’s a great new benefit for all members to use. Thanks to everyone who made this possible, and especially John Lemasurier for the granite retaining wall.

Stop by and check it out – and use the .22 range while you’re there! In the meantime, here’s a photo, with more photos on our Flickr page:

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