IPSC and 3 gun. How to start it in Alberta?

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Hi everyone,

I'm interested in these sports for a long time.

I have send email to training officier @ IPSC Alberta to see when is the next black badge course in Calgary area and take the course as the first step.

But I have no information about 3 gun yet.

Can anyone give me advise on 3 gun and also the club that I can join for these sports?

Thanks!
 
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The 3gun season recently ended for the winter. Best move is to get into IPSC over the winter, which will prepare you well for 3gun come next April.
 
Alberta seems to have a 3gun league which is a bonus as not every province has one. Do some IPSC and get down the flow of how the rules work as they are similar for 3gun and it gives you some pistol time before adding other guns into the mix. I got my black badge 2 months or so ago and have done 1 3gun and a few ipsc matches. 3gun is where all the funs at imo.
 
cereal83 said:
Alberta seems to have a 3gun league which is a bonus as not every province has one. Do some IPSC and get down the flow of how the rules work as they are similar for 3gun and it gives you some pistol time before adding other guns into the mix. I got my black badge 2 months or so ago and have done 1 3gun and a few ipsc matches. 3gun is where all the funs at imo.
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Sure. By the way, do you have any club that recommend to join for these sport?
 
cereal83 said:
Alberta seems to have a 3gun league which is a bonus as not every province has one. Do some IPSC and get down the flow of how the rules work as they are similar for 3gun and it gives you some pistol time before adding other guns into the mix. I got my black badge 2 months or so ago and have done 1 3gun and a few ipsc matches. 3gun is where all the funs at imo.
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There are a number of 3 gun groups and leagues in AB, there is no one single organization.
 
Stevo, Thanks for clarifying.

Sofocry, sorry I am not from Alberta. Stevo knows alot about 3gun in Alberta. Pick his brain!
 
cereal83 said:
Stevo, Thanks for clarifying.

Sofocry, sorry I am not from Alberta. Stevo knows alot about 3gun in Alberta. Pick his brain!
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Unfortunately I don't know a lot about 3 gun south of Edmonton.

If you want to pm on CGN for info JoKa should be able to help out with CDTSA 3 gun in Calgary, Garand at Medicine Hat, bluesclues at Bonnyville, #### Proenneke at CHAS in Edmonton and OldWays at Lethbridge. And I can pretty much answer any questions regarding Mighty Peace 3Gun in the Peace Country (Peace River, Fort St. John, Grande Prairie and Dawson Creek).

I got those names out of threads in this forum. They may not be the most up to date contacts but they should be able to point the OP in the right direction.
 
This is what I did to start Lakeland 3 Gun in Cold Lake and Bonnyville, Alberta.

I joined both clubs (CLF&G and BSSA).
I then started going to the monthly meetings at both clubs.
I began floating the idea of 3 gun at both clubs meetings. I brought info and a general rule set and target and club requirement sheet to hand out to both clubs executives.
I contacted the Alberta CFO for what was required to shoot 3 gun at these clubs.
Presented my findings from the CFO to the clubs.
The clubs voted on my motion to bring 3 gun to the clubs. Both voted in favour.
I contacted WRAS here in Alberta for guidance on matches, etc.
I got together with the IPSC rep at the one club and asked to share props and targets as to not cost the club a fortune to get it started.
I then wrote up a rule book, and a safety brief and presented it to both clubs.
I requested a date to put on a "demonstration match" for the executives to observe and ask questions and become familiar with what I was trying to accomplish.
I gathered 8 fellow 3 gunners (didn't want too many participants for the demonstration) and fully briefed them on the plan.
I put on a "demonstration match".
I answered all the executive questions that arose.
Once the sport was approved, I requested range time (once a month on Saturdays) to proceed with club level matches for club members.
We then got an e-mail address so people could contact us and we could contact them with news / events.
I ran a match once a month for a season (last year) while periodically the executive came out to watch us.
After a few matches the executive was happy and let us do our thing within the law and club rules.

Hope this helps.

Edited to add: Clubs are run by those that show up. Show up, bring a pile of like minded friends and the direction of your club will be up to you.
 
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We just booked the range and made it up as we went along. Though it was 10 years ago and the club prez was one of the shooters.
 
Stevo said:
Unfortunately I don't know a lot about 3 gun south of Edmonton.

If you want to pm on CGN for info JoKa should be able to help out with CDTSA 3 gun in Calgary, Garand at Medicine Hat, bluesclues at Bonnyville, #### Proenneke at CHAS in Edmonton and OldWays at Lethbridge. And I can pretty much answer any questions regarding Mighty Peace 3Gun in the Peace Country (Peace River, Fort St. John, Grande Prairie and Dawson Creek).

I got those names out of threads in this forum. They may not be the most up to date contacts but they should be able to point the OP in the right direction.
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Thanks! I will contact CDTSA soon.
 
bluesclues said:
This is what I did to start Lakeland 3 Gun in Cold Lake and Bonnyville, Alberta.

I joined both clubs (CLF&G and BSSA).
I then started going to the monthly meetings at both clubs.
I began floating the idea of 3 gun at both clubs meetings. I brought info and a general rule set and target and club requirement sheet to hand out to both clubs executives.
I contacted the Alberta CFO for what was required to shoot 3 gun at these clubs.
Presented my findings from the CFO to the clubs.
The clubs voted on my motion to bring 3 gun to the clubs. Both voted in favour.
I contacted WRAS here in Alberta for guidance on matches, etc.
I got together with the IPSC rep at the one club and asked to share props and targets as to not cost the club a fortune to get it started.
I then wrote up a rule book, and a safety brief and presented it to both clubs.
I requested a date to put on a "demonstration match" for the executives to observe and ask questions and become familiar with what I was trying to accomplish.
I gathered 8 fellow 3 gunners (didn't want too many participants for the demonstration) and fully briefed them on the plan.
I put on a "demonstration match".
I answered all the executive questions that arose.
Once the sport was approved, I requested range time (once a month on Saturdays) to proceed with club level matches for club members.
We then got an e-mail address so people could contact us and we could contact them with news / events.
I ran a match once a month for a season (last year) while periodically the executive came out to watch us.
After a few matches the executive was happy and let us do our thing within the law and club rules.
I then contacted WRAS again (for last August match) to run an open to anyone match and invited the executive to observe it.
The executive was impressed with the match and even put on a BBQ for us afterwards.

At CLF&G, I ran for Vice President of the club and was elected.
There, I have lobbied for 3 gun since being there.
Our executive successfully lobbied the city of Cold Lake for support.
This year, CLF&G has constructed 3 new "action shooting bays" including a 25m, 50m and 100m.
We are now in the process of CFO inspection and will be working to get these certified in the near future.
My plan is to start holding 3 gun matches at CLF&G as soon as we are certified to do so.

This process has taken 2.5 years to get sorted out and we now have approximately 15-20 regular competitors and plan to collaborate with WRAS again this year for a larger, open to everyone, match again this coming year.

Hope this helps.

Edited to add: Clubs are run by those that show up. Show up, bring a pile of like minded friends and the direction of your club will be up to you.
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That's impressive.
But for me, the first thing is to compete a black badge course and participate events about these sports to get familiar with it.
Thanks!
 
3gun at CDTSA does not require any previous certification or course to compete. We do recommend that you know your systems better then average because when your under the pressure of the clock and something goes wrong you really need your sub-conscience working with you. If not you run a high risk of a DQ. BUT with that being said we always try to build our courses specifically to allow for people new to the sport. Holster certification of some sort is required to draw a hot pistol. If you dont have that you just draw an empty gun and have to rack the slide.

Where are you a member? If you are already a member at CDTSA we could just meet up on a league night and I can walk you through the whole thing.

(You dont have to be a member of the club to participate in 3gun matches, or PRS, or Service Rifle, or CQB, or CAS)
 
JoKa said:
3gun at CDTSA does not require any previous certification or course to compete. We do recommend that you know your systems better then average because when your under the pressure of the clock and something goes wrong you really need your sub-conscience working with you. If not you run a high risk of a DQ. BUT with that being said we always try to build our courses specifically to allow for people new to the sport. Holster certification of some sort is required to draw a hot pistol. If you dont have that you just draw an empty gun and have to rack the slide.

Where are you a member? If you are already a member at CDTSA we could just meet up on a league night and I can walk you through the whole thing.

(You dont have to be a member of the club to participate in 3gun matches, or PRS, or Service Rifle, or CQB, or CAS)
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I'm current a member of CSC and waiting till January to register a member at CDTSA.
 
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