Club President   

By: Al Wiscovitch - Club President

Hi everyone,

Hope all is well? Let’s start with our annual banquet. If you missed it, you need to put this on your radar and make it happen next year. We had a great turnout with a lot of fun, food, and awards. A big thank you to all who came out to help with setup and takedown. I would also like to thank my wonderful wife, Suzy, for making her cakes; they were a big hit. She had to take a few days off from work to make these cakes for two full days to get them done, not to mention that we had to get up at 4 am. To get her back to the Island so she could go to work. I love that woman.

There were some very special awards given out this year, and I must say that I was caught off guard when I was presented with a lifetime membership award as well as Bill Watlz. I want to personally thank everyone for this award. I hope that I will always do my best to support our range and its hard-working members.

Other news, if you were there, you know that we also finished putting on the State Brodhead as well, and boy, what a great turnout, the weather was nice, the pig roast was great. A big thank you to our volunteer members for all their support and hard work. I'm so impressed with the work that our club members put out. I guess that’s why we are second to none. And would also like to congratulate our Oranco Members for their support of this event, and many of you who made the podium a great job. How about Brett Scott, 2nd V.P. of CBH Big Game club, and this event? He did a great job with his team, not bad for his 1st time putting this together. Well, I hope you all enjoyed this State Championship. It was fun to see so many people camping out at our range!

As always thank you for reading my newsletter.

Al Wiscovitch

alwisco@msn.com

(909) 322-3869

Club Vice President

By: Pete Whitworth - Club Vice President

Hi Everyone. I am Pete, the Vice President and as such it is my responsibility to run our club invitational shoots. I also help our President Al Wiscovitch deal with the day to day running of the club in general, interfacing with the Parks Department, Corp of Engineers, Fire Department and most importantly we handle any complaints or issues that any of you have. Naturally you are always free to voice any issues at our club meetings held on the second Tuesday of every month at 7:00 PM in the clubhouse, however; Al and I are here to keep things running smoothly on a daily basis. So, when problems arise, you should always feel free to contact either of us for immediate help.

We are in the process of doing a few Meatball Archery events. The term “Meatball Archery” comes from mixing and rolling everything together into a tight package that enables us to quickly give people who are new to archery a good introduction to the sport. Last Saturday on the 31st we had to split forces to run two of them on the same day. Chriss Bowles, Dave Bacon and Vernie Urbano along with a group of Oranco members went over to Raahauge’s for the Youth Expo. Simultaneously, Steve and Matt Baker, Al Wiscovitch, Amanda Duchardt, Olaf, Paola and Alejandra Kilthau, Don and Michelle Gregory and myself went to Compton for their Youth Expo. I was moving fairly slow in the heat, however; the rest of these guys worked hard all day long teaching knee high kids all the way up to adults, the way to handle a bow and get a few arrows headed in the right direction. So, thank you to all of you guys.

Next Saturday the 7th is the Family Fish & Wildlife Festival ap Prado Regional Park and we will be out there doing this all over again.

My next invitational shoot is the Firecracker on June 22nd. We are hoping to have a lot of campers for the weekend. Our League Tournament Chairman, Brad Belvedere has been working out how to do a night shoot for you guys on Saturday evening the 21st after it gets dark. Brad has also been waiting for a surgery to get scheduled and naturally this is when they set it up for him. The rest of us are already working out the details on how we can step up and make sure that his shoot gets done and run as smoothly as possible. He will naturally be advertising this with all the details. I am just bringing it up to say that it should be a fun weekend, especially if you can come out and camp, do the flashlight shoot in the evening and then shoot the Firecracker shoot on Sunday.

WORK PARTY: I will be running our setup work party on Saturday the 21st starting at 8:30 AM. As usual, I need around 6 to 8 people for animal setup, and any extra help can work on cleaning around the assembly area and the cook shacks. As usual for this shoot, I will keep it simple for both crew and shooters due to heat.



That’s all for now folks.

Pete Whitworth

ob.vicepres@outlook.com

(909) 223-5822

Range Captain

By: Jim Teel - Club Range Captain

The State Broadhead was a terrific success and our range looked fantastic. Special thanks to everyone who helped out during the tournament, and especially to everyone with range assignments. Everyone handled their areas beautifully and the pride we all have in our club was on full display. Well done, everybody. 

I’ve rotated a couple of bales off of the practice range and onto the valley range. 

With the help of one of our newest members, Dana Ridgway - protective lumber on many of the practice bales has been replaced and more bales are lined up for the same treatment. In the meantime, if you’re hitting the wood - then maybe drop down to a closer target or recognize that your body needs rest before your next end. 

Range related concerns: There has recently been some peculiar wear on a few of our targets on the roving range. A few possibilities have been discussed but the most likely explanation is that someone is throwing something that isn’t an arrow at the targets. Parents, if you’re shooting while your kids tag along with you - please ensure that they are not throwing things at the bales or stabbing the targets with sticks or anything else that doesn’t belong in our bales. They’re for field arrows only. You are responsible for your child’s conduct while on our range and we expect the same code of conduct from them as we do from you.

Thank you for your cooperation. 



See you on the range!

Jim Teel

ob.rangecaptain@outlook.com

(818) 317-9110

Range Secretary

By: Mark Houston - Club Range Secretary

Nothing to report.

Mark Houston

houstoncru@aol.com

(760) 605-1155

Tournament Chairman

By: David Bacon. - Tournament Chairman

Nothing to report.



David Bacon

ob.tournament@outlook.com

(909) 217-4441

Membership Chairmen 

By: Steven Baker - Club Membership

I want to start by expressing my heartfelt gratitude to all of you who dedicated your time over the past three weekends. It’s truly inspiring to see so many members eager to step in and contribute. Your efforts make a real difference, and I deeply appreciate your commitment.

Most membership cards have now been mailed or handed out. If you haven’t received yours—including your gate code—please reach out to me. I’m available via email, text, or phone. For calls, you can reach me between 5:15 PM and 9:00 PM.

Thank you again for being such a supportive and engaged group!

Steven Baker

ob.membership@outlook.com

(951) 285-1550

League Chairman

By: Brad Belvedere - League Chairman

Oranco Members and PMs,

We had our 1st Summer League shoot. I want to thank everyone who came out. We had 50 + shooters.

You still have time to qualify for a trophy. All you have to do is shoot 4 weekends. 

I also want to thank everyone who helped with set up. We were able to knock it out in an hour. 

This coming weekend will be unmarked. 

I will not be here due to my upcoming surgery. 

I know my other Board members will there to help with the coming set up and Mark Van Patten will be there Saturday to put on the shoot. So please extend them the courtesy they deserve. 

Remember all shoots start at 9:00 am. The costs is $10.00

I please note an email that has already been sent, cancelling the night shoot on the 21sr of June. 

I will have one, just not till August. Keep an eye open for email later this year. 

Brad Belvedere

ob.leagues@outlook.com

(951) 545-9462

If you are looking for photos of previous shoots, check out Tony Nguyen's fantastic photography in the link below! He has an amazing gallery organized by shoots and dates he's participated in:

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