Meetings held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday, Monthly at 8:00pm Calendar of Events
February 22, 2009 - Meat Shoot Get Well Wishes: Get well to Skip Lukey, Rick Marchesi and Joe Pratt. We hope you all are on the road to recovery soon. Our Condolences: Our sincerest condolences to the families of Joanne & Gary Hassett, Ed Jarosz and Kim & Boo Clark. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Super Bowl Sunday Unfortunately, we weren't routing on the Patriots to victory, but we did have a nice gathering of folks for the game. Thank you to Karen, Edie and Cherryl for their help preparing the spread. Congratulations go to Paul Goveau, winner of the 48" TV raffle. Our apologies to anyone who missed out on the food, we had much more attendees than we were told for the snowmobile poker run. Guaranteed, next year (and the Patriots will be the game, think positive), there will be enough food for all. Ice Derby: The morning started warm, almost 38 degrees at 4:45 when the first entrants arrived. They had traveled up from the Taunton area! The cooks were already getting things started in the kitchen for the breakfast. After serving 80 meals, the kitchen was closed. Soon after, the sign-in sheet was closed with a whopping total of 191 entrants! Because of the great turn-out we were able to give out $3000 in prizes starting with $800 first prize, $400 second prize for the bass and pickerel categories, and $200 third place and largest perch! The largest bass and pickerel was caught by Pete Burdzell for a wining total of $1600, second place bass won by Brian Burdzell, third place bass won by Peter Blais. Second place pickerel won by 12 year old Jeff Leal, third place by Justin Myers. The largest perch was caught by Tony Bissonnette. All around a great day and we were joined by great people. I extend a huge thanks to all who pitched in the make this, by far, the largest ice derby we've ever had. Everyone had so much fun the members have voted to host another derby on the "no ice" date (Feb. 21). I hope we can make this event as good or better next year, we have many ideas going forward. Winners of the raffles were 1st place Pat Lynch, 2nd place Laurie Lindsey, and 3rd place AB (no clue whom this might be). Congratulations to all! Game Feed 2009: Due to great planning by Ed Grant and Karl Dakai, and a lot of support by many club members, we had a very successful game feed. We had 35 members pitch in the day of the feed alone! It was great to see George Zanella back to assist with the cooking again after many years' hiatus. The food, as always, was delicious and varied. Included in the feast were bear, boar, venison, duck, goose, turkey, pheasant, frog legs, rabbit and an assortment of fish. All 3 major food groups, fin, fur, and feather, were served. Appetizers were out at 6:00pm with the first main course served at 7:00. The courses kept coming out until after 10:00! The items on the menu, and the amounts served, would be a very costly meal at a restaurant, but we only asked for a donation of $30, cheap price to pay for shells stuffed with venison and cheese, venison kabobs, smoked turkey & pheasant, bear stew, venison tacos, pheasant pot pie, venison shepherd pie, venison cordon bleu, duck in a strawberry glaze, venison pizza w/wild mushrooms (yummy!!), goose breast pâté, venison loin pieces wrapped in bacon, and many other dishes. Everyone who attended must have had a food coma the next day! To top it off, a cake and brownies were served for desert! And not a one survived! I'm stuffed just thinking about it all! Thank you also to the folks that donated the huge amount of the food that was cooked. Your donations were greatly appreciated. Nice Bass:
Annual Blood Drive
Our annual blood drive has been scheduled for March 29, 2009. Frank Wylie organizes this event each year with Children's Hospital in memory of Laura Nardini. Please come and show your support and donate a pint for the half pints. Notices of upcoming events being sent via emails Do you have an email address? Would you like to be notified via email about upcoming events? Please include your email address when you pay your dues this year. Or send an email to remillard_karen@emc.com and we'll add you to the database.
If you have turned 65 and have 5 years of membership you are entitled to a life membership. Please contact the club if this applies to you.
General Information: If you would like to post anything to the website, please send it to webmaster@woodvillerodandgun.com. If you have any questions, contact one of the members on the website committee Dennis Wadsworth "Webmaster", Lee Wright, Karen Remillard, or Jeff Gemski. Friendly reminder - We are always looking for help at the club events and functions. If you need to complete your 3 new member details, this is a way to do that. You see the club events published in this article. Mark them on your calendars as a reminder, check with your sponsor to see if anything is coming up or stop by the club and see what's happening. An extra pair of hands always makes the chore easier, and more fun! Remember...
Scholarship
The Woodville Rod & Gun Club of Hopkinton is offering a $500.00 scholarship to a student in the area who shows an interest in environmental education and is pursuing a degree in wildlife, habitat, fisheries or forestry management, environmental, wildlife or marine biology at an accredited college. Please check out the club's website for more information and an application form. www.woodvillerodandgun.com. Clothing
If anyone is interested in winter jackets, short sleeve denim shirts, or any other type of clothing, please contact Cherryl Barrett by stopping by, leaving a message at the club, or sending an email to: cherryl_b@hotmail.com. A small deposit will be required when ordering depending upon the price of the article of clothing.
Other notes... When you are sponsoring someone for membership, please have the application fee handed in with the application form. The membership committee will review applications at their next scheduled meeting. The Membership committee will then schedule an appointment for the interview. If you have any questions, please contact someone on the Membership committee. The committee meets on the second Thursday of the month from 7:30pm to 8:15pm. New members, if you need to complete your 3 work details, we still have some functions coming up that would help fulfill this obligation. Remember, anytime we have a function at the hall, there is a job to be done. Ongoing, we can order jackets, shirts, etc. If you are interested in looking at these items please contact the club (508-435-4148). We have orange and green hats on hand, now embroidered ($8), and the newest item is a camouflaged version ($12), two styles. Please contact Cherryl if you would like to purchase a club jacket or other article of clothing. The bartenders can help with the hats, as they are usually in stock at the club. We added member function pictures! When new pictures have been added to our website, check them out at: www.woodvillerodandgun.com and click on the "Gallery". If you would like to post anything to the website please send it to webmaster@woodvillerodandgun.com. If you have any questions, contact one of the members on the website committee Dennis Wadsworth "Webmaster", Lee Wright, Karen Remillard, or Jeff Gemski.
Hall Rentals:
A deposit and contract are required to hold a date. Deposits are refunded at the end of the function once the hall has been cleaned. Children’s party rentals can be on Wednesday's or Thursday's only. Sunday's will be restricted to Member rentals only. If there is any food out or being prepped, then Dogs are not allowed in the building. When a member is renting the hall, the member has to be there from the beginning to the end.
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12 year old Jeff Leal, future Jr. member, won the second place in the pickerel category at our ice derby. Here he is shown with a nice bass. Jeff's mom Rachel, shown in the background, donates a lot of time to the club and our many events, and, along with her husband Greg, is very supportive of Jeff and his brother Josh, in their love of fishing. This is truly a sporting family, they all hunt, fish, and mom loves to cook the game they harvest.
