It is Club tradition to celebrate beginning of summer with Annual Hot Spring and Black Bear hunt.

Many years we celebrate it  on first weekend of June. This year was no exception.

Weather was exceptionally good. We have enjoyed hot springs, fun camping atmosphere, great food and bunch of outdoor activities. 

Club outing trip to Squamish valley

Another  great  Club event 

Traditional Club May celebration – Crab fishing and BBQ.

This year Club celebrate Labour Day,  Victory day  and Orthodox Easter on  May 04 at 10.00 am.

Location Belcarra regional park. Meeting at Belcarra Picnic area.

GPS coordinates  N49 18.729 W122 55.638  

Most popular recreational shooting  rimfire cartridge celebrates 125 year
anniversary.

The .22 Long Rifle rimfire (5.6×15mmR -
metric designation) cartridge is a long established variety of ammunition, and
in terms of units sold is still by far the most common in the world today. The
cartridge is often referred to simply as .22 LR and various rifles, pistols,
revolvers, and even some smoothbore shotguns have been manufactured in this
caliber. The cartridge originated from the Flobert BB Cap of 1845 through the
.22 Smith & Wesson cartridge of 1857, and was developed by the American
firearms manufacturer J. Stevens Arms & Tool Company in 1887[3] by combining
the casing of the .22 Long with the 40-grain (2.6 g) bullet of the .22 Extra
Long. For many decades, it has been a very popular cartridge around the world.
It is one of the few cartridges that are accepted by a large variety of rifles,
as well as pistols. Virtually every manufacturer of cartridge firearms makes at
least one model chambering it, and this has been true for more than a century.
The .22 Long Rifle and related cartridges (.22 Short, .22 Long and .22 Extra
Long) use a heeled bullet, which means that the bullet is the same diameter as
the case, and has a narrower "heel" portion that fits in the case.

Low cost, minimal recoil, and relatively
low noise make .22 LR an ideal cartridge for recreational shooting, initial
firearms training, small-game hunting and pest control. Used by Boy Scouts for
the rifle shooting merit badge, .22 LR is popular among novice shooters and
experts alike. The rimfire round is commonly packaged in boxes of 50 or 100
rounds, and is often sold by the brick, a carton containing either 10 boxes of
50 rounds or loose cartridges totaling 500 rounds, or the case containing 10
bricks totaling 5,000 rounds. A wide variety of rimfire ammunition is available
commercially, and the available ammunition varies widely both in price and performance.
Bullet weights among commercially available ammunition range from 20 to 60
grains (1.3 to 3.9 g), and velocities vary from 575 to 1,750 ft/s (175 to 530
m/s). Promotional loads for plinking can be purchased in bulk for significantly
less cost than precision target rounds.

This cartridge is ideal for introduction of young shooters to sport. We have run several
kids camps were everyone could hone their shooting skills with .22LR semiauto or single shot rifles. If
you still do not have one of rifles in
this caliber buy one for your family and you’ll never be disappointed.

Club Annual General Meeting 2013  was held on April 13,2013.

1.Welcome
and introduction

This year we had quite few new members.It was great opportunity to get to know each other. 

2.Membership
Renewal Ceremony

Traditionally new membership cards were handed over to Club members. 

3.Club
activities 2012-2013 . President’s report

President provided overview of Club activities in 2012. Report approved. 

4.Club
financial activities 2011-2012. Auditor’s report

Treasury and Auditor provided report on Club financial activities. Approved. Club has some excess of funds ,carried over to next year. 

5. Achievement Award Ceremony

Traditionally awards are given for outstanding hunting and fishing achievements. 

This year awarded:

Alex Bezmaternykh - trophy moose

Oleg Zadnipryaniy -trophy elk

Eduard Bruk-trophy deer

Alex Bezmaternykh- trophy fish

Elena Byelan- outstanding fishing in extreme conditions

Nataliya Yakovenko- outstanding fishing in extreme conditions 

6.Membership
Renewal, Early Bird Prize Draw

Lucky Club members draw: Unframed
BCWF Artist of the Year print; Hunting Knife and Holster;Daiwa
Spin Combo D-Shock Rod;

7.Election
of President and Execution Committee

Welcomed new members of Board of Directors Sanjar Atakhanov.

Elected  committee Sergiy
Yakovenko – President, Chair - Hunting

Oleg
Zadnipryany – Vice-President, Treasury, Executive Secretary

Olexandr
Byelan – Chair – Firearms and reloading

Yuriy
Kamyanskiy – Chair –Camping, trip planning

Roman
Bardin – Chair – Public relations and media

Sanjar
Atakhanov – Chair – Offroad

Eduard
Bruk - Auditor

8.Club
Event Calendar 2013-2014. Review  proposals

Calendar 2013 approved 

9.Club
BBQ

All have enjoyed delicious  home made food, venison BBQ.

Great family  experience. Looking forward to next Club event.