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Le 12 septembre 2008, les représentants de club de CTVSP ont convoqué une rencontre des membres pratiquant cette discipline en vue de la préparation de la saison 2008-2009.

Dès le début de la réunion et tout au long de la rencontre, nous avons réitéré l'importance de la participation et de l'implication de tous dans la conduite et l'administration des matches IPSC. Dans le passé, nous avons compté sur la bonne volonté des membres pour se porter volontaires pour les tâches afférentes aux matches. La résultante a été que le même groupe d'individus a été fortement sollicité, alors qu'un certains nombre de personnes se contentent de tirer et de quitter le plus vite possible. Cette situation fait en sorte que certains bénévoles vivent un essoufflement par rapport aux matches, ce qui nous amène à établir une politique de travail obligatoire pour la saison qui s'amorce.

Les détails de cette politique sont expliqués plus bas.

L'ordre du jour ayant été la suivant:

1. Identification des directeurs de Match
2. Équipe de construction (vendredi)
3. Officiels et politique de travail
4. Varia

Identification des directeurs de Match

Les responsabilités du directeur de match ont été réitérées lors de la rencontre :
" Conception des stages (plans à remettre 2 semaines avant le match)
" Recrutement de l'équipe de construction du vendredi
" Supervision de la construction des stages
" Distribution des tâches lors du match (RO, score keeper, stats etc)
" Application de la politique de travail

Équipe de construction (vendredi)

L'équipe de construction a essentiellement été la même à tous les matchs l'an dernier. Nous souhaitons un certain renouveau pour la saison 2008-2009. Les tireurs peuvent donc s'attendre à être sollicités dans ce sens par les directeurs de matches.

Une suggestion a été apportée touchant les outils et fournitures utilisées par l'équipe de construction. En effet, il serait opportun d'obtenir un coffre d'outils dans lequel tous les ces équipements et outils pourraient y être centralisés et ainsi diminuer les pertes de temps associées à la recherche de ces éléments.

Une approche sera effectuée auprès de l'administration de CTVSP.

Officiels et politique de travail

La politique de travail sera de nouveau appliquée cette saison. En effet, il sera de la responsabilité du Match Director de s'assurer que le minimum d'une heure de travail par tireur soit appliqué. Le match director devra aussi s'assurer que, pour chaque relais, un nombre suffisant de RO, score keeper et patcher soit disponible pour assurer le déroulement efficace du match. Il est également entendu que le Range Officer doit s'assurer que tous les tireurs sur un relais travaillent pour éliminer le plus possible les retards qui affectent le la séquence des tireurs.

En cas de besoin, les représentants de club (Peter et Sylvain) pourront porter assistance au Match Director en cas de besoin.

Il est également reconnu que la règle du travail obligatoire ne doit pas nécessairement être appliquée de façon aveugle et que le Match Director peut conserver une certaine discrétion à cet effet compte tenu de certaines situations particulières.

Il est également entendu que le relai du vendredi soir n'est ouvert qu'aux membres qui auront fourni un minimum d'une heure de travail le vendredi et ce, à la satisfaction du Match Director.

Tout tireur qui refusera ou sera incapable de fournir la prestation de travail d'une heure verra ses résultats retranché du classement final s'il a déjà tiré ou se verra retirer le privilège de tirer le match, à moins d'obtenir une exemption de travail du Match Director. Dans le cas où cette politique est appliquée, le tireur ne pourra pas récupérer les frais de match qu'il aura payé.

Aux fins d'application de ce qui précède, le tireur qui aura travaillé le vendredi, ne sera pas requis de le faire samedi (à moins qu'il ne se porte volontaire) compte tenu qu'il a rempli ses obligations la veille.

Varia

À date, aucune rencontre de l' ATPQ n'a eu lieu en 2008. En fait la dernière rencontre date du 24 mars 2006.
Une demande sera faite à cet effet auprès de l' ATPQ.

Une suggestion a été faite en ce qui concerne la dernière position de tir de la salle 2. En effet, compte tenu de l'environnement physique de cette position, celle-ci est souvent inutilisée lors des match. Conséquemment, nous pourrions installer un dispositif permettant de tirer soit des bowling pins ou des pigeons d'argile et enregistrer le meilleur temps de l'année pour en faire un moitié-moitié auprès d'une œuvre de charité au même titre que le match de décembre.

Vos commentaires pourront être acheminés à Peter Vallinis ou Sylvain.

Sylvain Boisvert et Peter Vallinis

The club representatives of CTVSP organized a meeting for the members of the club who participate in the sport of IPSC in order to prepare for the 2008-2009 winter season.

It was mentioned during the opening remarks that last year we were fortunate to have new members step forward as match directors. In an attempt to assure that the same thing be repeated this year, both Sylvain and Peter were willing to be paired up with anyone who may feel that they need a little guidance in setting up a match. Last season we were also fortunate to have new range officers to officiate the matches. The help of both the new match directors and new range officers was greatly appreciated at it took away a lot of the burden on the habitual officials.

The items on the agenda were:

1. Selection of the Match Directors
2. Build crew (Friday)
3. Range Officers and work policy
4. Varia

Selection of the Match Directors

It was announced to the members present at the meeting that if there were no match directors identified two weeks prior to a match, the match would be cancelled.

The responsibilities of the match director were discussed and remain similar to that of the previous season:

" Stage design (plans to be submitted 2 weeks prior to the match)
" Identify the work crew for the construction
" Supervision of the construction on the Friday
" Work distribution during the match (RO, score keeper, stats etc.)
" Enforcement of the work policy

Build crew (Friday)

The work crew from the previous season were excellent. It was felt amongst all that further discussions concerning recruiting members for the build crew were not required since ample volunteers were available.

A suggestion was brought forth in regards to the tools utilized by the build crew. Instead of the members bringing their own tools, in conjunction to those from the club, CTVSP should have a dedicated tool box ONLY for IPSC matches containing all the necessary hardware. This would minimize the down time in searching for tools, screw or any other item required to construct the stages. This item will be discussed with the CTVSP administration.

Range Officers and work policy

The work policy implemented last season will remain in force. It is up to the match director to assure that the directives are followed. The consensus of the group was that the same individuals somehow find an excuse not to work. Both Sylvain and Peter stressed that the match director must assure there are enough range officers, score keepers and patchers in order to maintain a smooth running match. It is also the responsibility of the range officer along with the match director (should they need to intervene) to assure that ALL members of a squad work equally regardless of their rank.

Both Peter and Sylvain (who are always present at the matches) would be more than happy to assist the match director to settle any disputes. Basically if one does not work, they cannot shoot the match!

It is important to remember however that the rules should not be applied blindly and that common sense should always prevail. Sylvain and Peter brought forth examples where by work policy should not be enforced. This was unanimously accepted by the group.

Please note that ONLY the work crew has the privilege of shooting the match on a Friday night (minimum of one hour work as oppose to arriving when the stages are almost finished being built.

THE MANDATORY WORK POLICY IMPLEMENTED IN 2007-2008

The mandatory work policy would be implemented this year for every match of the 2007-2008 season. Therefore, a shooter attending a match will be required to work for a minimum of 1 hour as directed by the match director. This policy is not unusual as it is in force at all the others clubs and will allow for a fair workload distribution among the participants.

The match director will have the authority to mobilize the shooters in order to execute certain tasks to assure proper functioning of the match. However, under exceptional circumstances, the match director may allow a shooter to be exempt from work.

Default or refusal to comply will result in the withdrawal of the score sheet of the shooter or the member will not be allowed to shoot the match. Please note that the latter situation will not be grounds for the shooter to request a refund of the match fee.

For clarification purposes, participants of the work crew who set up the match on Friday are exempt from working on Saturday as they already done their part.

Varia

To date neither Sylvain nor Peter has been invited to an ATPQ meeting. The last meeting they attended was held on March 24th 2006 at Drummondville. Sylvain and Peter will enquire when the 2008 APTQ executive meeting will be held.

A suggestion was made concerning the last stall in range two. Due to the stairs found directly behind the shooting stall, the shooter must either start the stage facing the last stall or finish the stage by have their feet placed in front of the second to last stall. Since this sometimes is forgotten when the match director designs the match, it was thought that a bowling pin or clay pigeon array is permanently setup and a charge of $5.00 is charged to shoot the array. The money collected can then be donated to a charity either at the end of the season or combined with the money collected at the charity shoot in December. Your comments can be sent to either Sylvain or Peter.

Respectfully submitted,

Peter Vallinis and Sylvain Boisvert

The Club management has decided that we will continue to have ladies night. However since this policy has been a great success CTVSP has decided that ladies night will be extended to every night after 17:00 hrs. However ladies must be a guest of a member of CTVSP.

 

IPSC 2008-2009

Welcome to the 2008 - 2009 winter IPSC series. Listed below are the dates for this years matches.

11  October  07  February  22  November  14  March  06  December (CTVSP Charity Shoot)  18  April  17  January  09  May (Final match & Trophies)

 

Trophies: Average of best 3 matches, Need to shoot 5 Matches to qualify

These are the nights when the IPSC training will be available. Please call to confirm a spot.

  IPSC Night at the CLUB

The club is not against IPSC training however it must be noted that these sessions must follow the following requirements.

• There must be one or more IPSC seasoned RO to oversee the practice at all times. Practices will be canceled if there is no RO present.
• There must be people in charge of placing targets and taking down the targets once the practice is finished and returning the range to it's original state. Cleaning the brass off the floor, targets, any props etc.
• The practice will follow all the strict IPSC rules as specified by the IPSC rule book.
• Any contravention of these requirements will result in the canceling of the IPSC Night.
• This practice session will only be available to members of CTVSP and no others.
• The IPSC Training nights will be supervised primarily by our RO Mr. Normand Lussier who is a retired police officer with extensive training in firearms and he is also an IPSC Range Officer. In his abscence only the Club management may decide who will replace Mr Lussier.

"What is even more awkward, is to find CTVSP members that are not even IPSC shooters come out to help, when IPSC shooters are content with showing up, paying the fee, shooting the match and escaping as soon as possible after they have shot". Read the Whole story

CTVSP Goes No Smoking As of January 1st CTVSP has gone "no smoking". After numerous requests from the members to observe the no smoking by-law Marco has decided to start as of January 1st and beat the by-law. All the members appreciate the no smoking rule and we have received many thumbs up. As far as the smokers all have been very co-operative and don't mind stepping outside to light up a cigarette. This co-operation is really appreciated by all our members who do not smoke as well as the staff, and to top it all it smells a lot better!!!.

On a regular basis Henri Cardinal holds an introduction to IPSC. This mini course gives you an inward look at the sport of IPSC.
During this course the basics will be shown to you and pointers on what to practice to get you ready for your black badge course. This mini course is free of charge and Henri, as the Instructor who gives the black badge course will certainly guide you down the right path. For more information on the this course please contact us or check the website for dates.