Well folks.  What a hum dinger of a weekend it was at the Selkirk Wildlife Range.  If you were not there you missed out on some great conditions (insert sarcasm).  The warmest of the weekend was Friday with a high of 14 and the usual winds out the North.  Those north winds brought the cold air with them into Saturday and Sunday.   Saturday morning started out with temps about 5 deg and got to about 9 deg before it began to drop back down before we were done shooting for the day.  Sunday started out about the same but was cooler throughout the day.  Needless to say there were torque, gloves coming out and hoods pulled over ones head.  The winds were just like your windshield wipers put on high.  They almost never settled down to give you a chance to have a condition.  If it did, which was maybe for a group or 2 some lucked out.  Grant Schick took advantage of that and shot a screamer in HV 100 with an .096.  Trying to figure if one was in tune or not, well who would have known.

All in all, the small group that we are, we had many laughs along the way played to the tune of "Bang Your Head".

Thanks to Chelsea and Simaran (sp?) for scoring and running targets and to those who helped to set up and tear down the frames.

Next match is in July and look forward to warmer temps (hopefully).  Enjoy the results from the fun filled windy cold weekend.

Well 2026 is upon us and clubs are finalizing match schedules.  The 2026 Selkirk BR Shooters schedule is as follows.

May 8-10 Spring Opener
July 17-19  Manitoba Provincials
Sept. 3-6 BRSC Nationals

These are the usual 2 gun LV/HV 100/200 yard formats.  Match shooting will be on the Sat and Sun of each weekend.  The Friday the range is closed to the public for practice.

Hope to see all those who are able to attend.  Contact either of us with questions.

Cal/Grant 

Short and sweet.  Congrats to all the Canadians who were present at the NBRSA Nationals and those that competed in the Worlds.

Congrats to Robert Seeman on winning the 2 gun at the Nationals and placing 2nd in the 3 & 4 Gun at the Nationals.  His points from the Nationals I believe ties him with Hugh W at 7. 

Very soon one of them will make it into the BR Hall of Fame.  I do not believe there is anyone outside of a US citizen in the BR Hall of Fame. 

Cal

More results.

Once again, the usual unsteady lake winds wreaked havoc. 

The match dates for this year are:
MAY 11-12, 2025  The range will be available for practice Friday May 10. 

August 16-17, 2025  The range will also be available for practice on Friday the 15th.

These will be the 100/200 yard LV/HV shoots.  Any questions message or text.

See following posts for more results

May 20/21, 2023 is in the books.  Nine brave souls decided to battle it out this weekend.  The weekend started out Friday with many coming in early to practice and for some of us load develop as well.  Wind was twitchy as usual with the Alberta wildfire haze in the air.  Some struggled and some felt okay going into the first match Saturday AM.  Conditions for the day were high teens to low 20 with some switchy winds.

Saturday greeted us with cooler temps in the morning for the LV100.   It warmed up to around 26deg by early afternoon.  Winds were readable and very consistent.  There was none of this quick, switchy wind direction changes.  With the smoke and cloud cover mirage was basically non existant.  Some shot slow and steady across the board whilst not shooting anything really small or anything really big.  Phil Nick came out on top.  Then there were those of us who struggled.  As for me, if I was a better keeper of notes, things may go differently.  Thus, I decided to switch rifles as I did have notes for a load that worked.  Glad I did.

After a short lunch break it was into the HV100.  Again conditions were mild and readable.  This time Grant Schick had his heavy working for him as he was top dog in the HV100.  For the mild conditions there were a lot of puzzled looks at various times.  Was it load, was it me, is it the scope, did I miss something in the wind, is it my front bag or rear bag.  Regardless, there was a lot of chuckles and heckling along the way.

Sunday morning greeted us with much cooler temperatures and the wind.  Yes the ever changing switchy Selkirk winds.  Today there was no such thing as consistent winds and flags.  The mirage also decided to show up.  You had better be on the ball.  When the dust settled in the HV200, Tory Phinn  was the only one who managed to not shoot a group over 1" and became the HV200 winner.

The afternoon brought us to the final leg and the LV200.  The conditions never let up.  Unfortunately for Selkirk's newest BR shooter Curtis Peyson, whom  was recruited thru BR101, Target 1 was not so forgiving.  He managed to get 2 shots before trouble insued.  Missing primers in loaded cases.  Unfortunately for Curtis this would have a hug impact.  By the time the nearest shooter realized he was in some sort of trouble it was basically to late to lend a rifle to finish the group off.  Thanks Tory for trying.  Curtis ended up with a dreaded 6" penalty.  If it not for this penalty on the first target he was well on his way to give us a beat down in the LV200.  The eventual winner was myself, Cal Yanchycki

After the scoring was all tabulated, the HV Grand went to Grant Schick, the LV Grand to Ron McDaniel, and the overall 2 Gun to Grant Schick. Small group awards went to LV100 Tory Phinn, LV200 Cal Yanchycki, HV100 Grant Schick and HV200 Grant Schick.

The decision was also made to award the Everett Amundgard HV Grand Aggregate award along with the Jim Smola 2 Gun award.  Both of these gentlemen were long time shooters in Selkirk during the early years.  Grant told a little history about them.  Grant was fortunate to win both of the awards.  Grant last won these in 1993 and 1991 respectively.  1993 the Everett Amundgard and 1991 the Jim Smola.  It was a long time come for him.  Traditionally these are awarded in August after the Selkirk Provincial match.  Due to hosting the BRSC Nationals the end of July, the decision was made to not have the August Provincial Match.

Regardless of everything that went on, good, bad, or ugly I am sure we all enjoyed the weekend of Heckles and chuckles.  Thanks go out to Tory and Curtis for providing donuts and muffins.  Chelsea Schick for running and scoring the match.  Carmen McDaniel for helping Chelsea and learning how things run on Sunday.   She may be our future scorer.

The next and final match of the year will be the BRSC Nationals July 29/30, 2023.  Hope to see everyone from far and wide there.  Currently we have 27 registered of a possible 28.  Registrations run from NW Ontario all the way to Vancouver Island.  Sure would be awesome if everyone could make it.  It looks to be a great shoot.  I will be touching base with all registrants in early July to confirm.

Final note, not mentioning any names, we currently have 4 prize donors that are worth the price of admission alone and waiting to hear from a few more.

Hope to talk and see y'all soon.

Cal Yanchycki



 

This year only 2 group matches are planned.  The matches are as follows:

May 20/21 LV/HV 100/200

July 28-30 BRSC Nationals  28th practice day followed by
29th LV100 and HV100
30th HV200 and LV200

The usual format for the matches and practice for those wanting the day B4.

Hope to see everyone in May & July

Calvin

Only a few days away.  Looks like it is still going to be wet and rainy.  Rain starting today with it getting heavier throughout the weekend.  Bring your boots,
raingear, and umbrellas......😭😭

The dates are as follows:

May 14/15 LV/HV 100/200 Yard
Aug 13/14 LV/HV 100/200 Yard Provincials

Practice will be on the Friday of the match weekend.

Saturday will be LV 100 in AM followed by HV 100
Sunday will be HV 200 AM followed by LV 200

Match fee is $40.00/day, $80.00 for the entire weekend.

This is a BRSC Sanctioned match so a current BRSC membership is required unless a 1st time shooter to a BRSC Match.  Membership is $25.00/year.  They can be paid prior to match or better yet read the Membership renewal post and pay directly to the membership chair.

Coffee and water is on hand.  Food is your responsibility.

Accommodations at the Selkirk inn, Canalta or South Beach Casino.

As a FYI, after range upgrades and CFO orders, intermediate backstops were installed at 25, 50 and 100 yards.  Standard length poles approx 4' are good to 100 yards.  Beyond that, 6' to 8' required.

Hope to see some of you out.