Creating the Club as an Entity

A club can exist as:

An Informal arrangement. It's just a group of people getting together. Give yourself a name and start training.
A Sub-club at your Range. It would operate as part of the Range and be governed by the rules governing your Range. This is perhaps the easiest and most stable arrangement. The Range Executive, of course, would need to agree to the new club.
A legal society, operating as an independent, legal organization under the Societies act. This is not difficult, but is much more involved that the other options.

Organizing Range Time

This depends on your Range. You can either ask for dedicated Range time, where you take over the entire Range, or just meet informally and shoot with other Range Members. The details depend on your Range.

Getting or Selecting a Coach

Check our website for current coaches. Generally our coaches are fully engaged, and might not have time for another club commitment. If this is the case, of if there is interest, you can train as a coach yourself, of one of your members can train.

Coach training can get quite involved at the National and International level, but for a new, local club, think about having someone do the
Community Stream" coaching program. It is an easy entry to coaching, and can be all your club needs initially. As your club and your members progress, your coaches have time to take more advanced Coaching courses: Instructor-Beginner to Competition-Development. See the Coach Training Page for more information.

Buy some ISSF Pistol Targets

These are available through the Shooting Federation of Canada (SFC - Shooting Federation of Canada). You will need targets and patches (White and Black).

Registering with BCTSA

This is easy. Click on "Join Us" and register as an Associate Club. Use your club initials as the "First Name" and the club full name as the "Last Name". The inexpensive yearly fee makes all of your members "Club Members" of BCTSA.

Also, consider joining the Western International Pistol League (WIPL.ca).

Start Training and Joining us and nearby clubs in Competitions.