The Tweedsmuir Park Rod and Gun Club celebrated the 50th annual 1000 yard shoot the weekend of May 24-25th 2025. Fifty two shooters and their families gathered to mark the milestone event. There were shooters from B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Washington; some shooters have been coming for years while others this was their first time shooting the event.
The club had shooters arriving to practice all month long in preparation of the shoot. They hosted a roast beef dinner and pancake breakfast over the weekend. The rainy weather and calmer winds on Saturday provided good shooting conditions helping competitors to be able to post several personal bests throughout the day.
One of the events is to shoot at an egg shape target just before lunch on Saturday for a chance to win your dinner that evening. This target is approximately 9鈥� x 6鈥� which is half of the size of a chicken egg to scale at 1000 yards. This year there were twelve hits on the egg and a random draw was used to determine who the winner was.
Another fun challenge is the final event of the weekend where competitors shoot standing offhand at a 4鈥� x 4鈥� steel gong. This event is shot until the last person standing who has not missed yet sometimes lasting as many as six rounds. There were six competitors who hit on their first round out of nearly forty shooters with only a single shooter successfully hit the steel on round two.
They would like to thank their sponsors from across Canada. Woods N Water, Nechako Outdoors, Corlane鈥檚, Lakes District Maintenance, Industrial Transformers, Stevenson Knives, Purely H2O, Kal Tire, 亚洲天堂 Lake Automotive Supply, Hirsch Precision Inc, 亚洲天堂 Lake Home Hardware, NAPA Auto Parts, 亚洲天堂 Lake Post Office, Chinook Community Forest, Babine Forest Products, Decker Lake Forest Products, Twisted North Designs, Krikke鈥檚, Telford鈥檚, P&B Feeds, PMT Stocks, Inland Kenworth, Tahtsa Group, Starland, Pineridge Holdings, Dark Timber Adventures, WEI Environmental, OK Tire, Pharmasave, Blu Jay Sports, Reil Vienneau, Precision Optics, Bighorn Sales, Benchmark Barrels, National Firearms Association, LDFC Printing and Stationary, Ron Ball, Rolf Johnson, Keith Matson, Marvin鈥檚 Trucking, Grizzly Jim鈥檚, John Howett and Tweedsmuir Park Rod and Gun Club.
To commemorate the anniversary the club had custom printed targets produced as well as challenge coins, tumblers, key chains and hoodies. All items are still available for purchase please contact info@tprg.ca if you would like to order.
We would like to thank all of the volunteers who put in countless hours to organize before hand, run the event, manage the kitchen and sort through the data afterwards. Without your assistance the event would not run as smoothly as it does
Results:
In the Men's Sporting Rifle Group Shoot Off, Ryan Telford claimed first place with a group size of 7.563, followed by Brad Waddell in second with 7.5, and Sheridan Knowles in third with 6.0.
In the Hunter Class Group Shoot Off, Jessie Maxon took top honours with a 4.438 group, Don Krikke placed second at 5.0, and Art Weibe was third at 5.063.
In the Men's Heavy Barrel Group Shoot Off, Richard Boyce earned first place with a 3.813 group, Ron Ball followed in second at 5.063, and Don Krikke came third with 5.75.
In the Junior (13鈥�18) Group Shoot Off, Tristen Edward won first with a 6.063 group, Kayla Telford placed second with 6.313, and Wyatt Matson finished third with 22.875.
In the Lady's Sporting Rifle Group Shoot Off, Jade Rogers came first with a 6.375 group, followed by Jessie Maxon at 9.187 and Nicole Krikke at 9.438.
In the Lady's Heavy Barrel Group Shoot Off, Nicole Krikke finished first with a 3.875 group, Maggie Beattie second at 4.0, and Jade Rogers third with 5.813.
In the Unlimited Group Shoot Off, Tristen Edward took top spot again with a 6.063 group, Nicole Krikke followed with 6.375, and Bill Watt rounded out the podium with 7.125.
In the Low Aggregate Group Score Shoot Off, Jade Rogers won with a score of 20.688, Jessie Maxon came second at 20.875, and Lincoln Edward placed third with 21.001.
In the Junior Low Aggregate Group Score Shoot Off, Tristen Edward won with 24.313, Kayla Telford followed at 30.689, and Wyatt Matson placed third at 58.5.
In the Senior High Aggregate Score Shoot Off, Richard Boyce secured first with a total score of 145, followed by Jeff Verduzco with 142 and Don Krikke with 140.
In the Junior High Aggregate Score Shoot Off, Tristen Edward came out on top with a score of 134, followed by Wyatt Matson at 127 and Kayla Telford at 124.
In the Top Gun 鈥� Overall Low Aggregate Group Score Shoot Off, Jade Rogers was declared the overall winner with a total of 28.126.
In the Standing Gong competition, Mark Van Leeuwen took the win.
In the Egg Shoot, Nicole Gerow came out victorious.
The Team Shoot featured Team 1, consisting of Maggie Beattie, Wyatt Matson, Ron Ball, Rob Gustafson, Jeff Verduzco, and Ryan Telford.
The overall Low Aggregate Group score was reported as 201.56.
