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This year the Mike Alexander Shield will be held on Sunday 31st October. Details of the comp format will follow. Please volunteer yourself to Dave Mansield if you are willing to help him out with it.

The airgun club will be closed on the 5th Saturday in October and open instead on the Sunday. This is to allow the shotgunners to host their annual 99-bird event, which they normally hold at Christmas. Rearranging the events this way means we will not suffer limited use of ranges on one of our club competition days in December, as we have done in previous years.

This year the club AGM will be held on Saturday 19th June, following the HFT shoot (about 2.30pm). All members are requested to attend.

You will probably have noticed that the club diary lists the fourth Saturday of each month as a Pistol Range Day. On these dates, Dave Mansfield has agreed to devote his time at the club to pistols and, with help from the membership, will set up a 10 metre target range, a small hunter course, and the speed plate timing equipment. In addition, the usual array of plinking targets will also be available.

Volunteers to help with the setting up and packing away are always appreciated.

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With effect from Saturday 24 September 2005, first time visitors will be required to bring along photo identification. This should be in the form of a passport or drivers license, but a shotgun or fire arms certificate would suffice, if one is held. Additionally, anyone wishing to become a member will be required to complete four attendances at the club as a visitor prior to any application being considered.

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The club has recently renewed its membership of the NRA insurance scheme, as underwritten by Royal & Sun Alliance. The committee feel it prudent to bring to members attention the fact that there are some restrictions on the level of cover provided under the Personal Accident [P.A.] section of this scheme. These restrictions are triggered by the age of the member, with no P.A. cover provided for those aged under 12 or over 75. Further, for those aged 12 to 14 inclusive, death benefits are reduced from £5,000 to £500 and there is no cover for Temporary Total Disablement from usual occupation.

A copy of the scheme documentation can be viewed in the library section of this site.

You are reminded that those under the age of 12 are required to have their own Public Liability insurance in place prior to commencing any shooting on the clubs ranges.

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LVAGC members can join the British Association of Shooting and Conservation at vastly reduced rates. Joining BASC gives you significant personal benefits including shooting insurance and legal support. Additionally, it ensures that you support the most effective lobby group for defending shooting in the UK. See the notice board in the clubhouse for rates or contact Bob Ruggles for more details.

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These are now available, displaying the club logo, they are sized 10cm x 3 cm and can be purchased from Alison Mansfield, priced as follows:

	Green and white - £3.00
	Green and gold - £3.50
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We have commissioned the production of some bronzed metal lapel badges displaying the club logo, as shown below. They are 3cm long (about the same dimensions as a prefect badge if you can remember back that far) and they sell for £2.00 each to members or £2.50 to non-members.