NAVIGATION
WHO ARE WE?

IPSC Ontario is the only official IPSC organization in Ontario. It began in the early eighties to promote practical shooting in Ontario. IPSC Ontario has a large number of affiliated clubs throughout Ontario that are also actively involved in the promotion of practical shooting.

Each year, the practical shooting members of the affliliate clubs elect from their ranks, a "Club Rep". The position of Club Rep is important in that they are the liason between the club and the IPSC Ontario Board of Directors.

Here are some facts about IPSC Ontario
  • There are more than 900 members of IPSC Ontario in 2005.
  • IPSC Ontario hosts more than 150 matches throughout Ontario every year.
  • IPSC Ontario has at least a dozen Level II matches on the Match Calendar each year.
  • IPSC Ontario hosts a number of International Level III matches each year.
  • IPSC Ontario currently has about twenty four affiliated clubs in Ontario
  • In the last year alone we certified more than 60 new Range Officers and Chief Range Officers
  • IPSC Ontario Instructors generally train about 100 new Black Badge holders per year.
  • IPSC Ontario publishes SitRep a monthly newsletter for it's members.
  • IPSC Ontario promotes practical shooting.
  • So, it's simple, if you want to participate in the practical shooting programs and matches in Ontario, IPSC Ontario is where to be.

To Become A Member - The First Year
In order to become an active shooting member in IPSC Ontario you are required to successfully complete our Black Badge Training Program. This usually consists of approximately four hours of classroom information and about sixteen hours of actual shooting on a range. If you have had some shooting experience, and think you'd like to participate in a very unique, and dynamic shooting sport, then you've come to the right place.

Getting Started
To sign up for a Black Badge course in your area, go to: Upcoming Black Badge Courses and choose a course near you. If you don't see a course scheduled that suits you then go to the Black Badge Course Registration Form and complete the online Black Badge Course Registration Form. Once we receive your information we will send it to one of our Black Badge Instructors in your area and they will contact you with course dates and times. If you are joining via this method, a Membership Application will be provided for you at your course. You will need to bring the $60.00 membership fee with you at that time as well as the $50.00 Black Badge Course fee. There may or may not be a small range fee, but that is up to the range where you take your Black Badge Course. If you have any questions about becoming a member you may contact the IPSC Ontario Administrator at:bmelless@lindsay.igs.net

Junior Program
If you are not yet eighteen years of age and would like to become a member of IPSC Ontario, please go to: IPSC Ontario Junior Program

New Resident of Canada
If you are a resident of Canada coming to us from another IPSC Region, and have been active in that Region during the last two years, you may join IPSC Ontario without first having to complete the Black Badge Training Program. You will of course be asked to provide proof that you were in fact an active member of that Region.

If you are from another Region and would like to join IPSC Ontario, or would like more information please contact the IPSC Ontario administration office at: bmelless@lindsay.igs.net

Dues
Your first year's dues for IPSC Ontario are $60.Cdn. which includes SitRep, our monthly newsletter. Anyone else in the same household wishing to join may do so at $35. per member, per year. Any new (full $60.00 member) joining after September 1st. in any year is automatically credited with the next years' membership.

Dues for IPSC Ontario are in fact $70.00 per year but you get the $10.00 savings your first year as a gift towards your first IPSC match fee so you can go and qualify for your Black Badge.

Membership in IPSC Canada
As a new member of IPSC Ontario you are also a member of IPSC Canada. Once we have you in our database you will recieve an IPSC Canada Membership Cards that normally shows (among other things), your name and your Black Badge number. Sometimes a membership card is mailed to you before you get your Black Badge and if so, your card will show "PROVISIONAL" member. This simply indicates that at the time we issued the card, we hadn't received your blue Provisional Card. If you should receive a card with the word "PROVISIONAL" on it, simply email me at: at:bmelless@lindsay.igs.net and I'll be happy to send you a new label for your membership card with your Black Number on it.

Membership Renewals
Membership fees are due by December 31 of each year. Members renewing can save $10.00 by paying early. If IPSC Ontario receives your membership dues on or before January 31, then you save $10.00 If we receive it after that date, the normal fee of $70.00 must be paid. For subsequent members in the household, the $35.00 fee also reverts back to the usual fee of $45.00 if not received by January 31.


Membership Benefits
  • Every member household receives the SitRep, the IPSC Ontario newsletter.
  • Every member receives the IPSC Canada newsletter DILIGENTIA.
  • Members may compete in any IPSC match, anywhere in the world.
  • IPSC Ontario matches have proven to be some of the best practical shooting matches in Canada
  • You would be eligible to participate in the Championship Program, as well as the Classification Program

Members may place classified advertising in the SitRep free of charge.
We conduct Black Badge Instructor courses
We have large number of Black Badge Instructors within IPSC Ontario
We conduct Range Officer and Chief Range Officer courses
You can purchase targets and patches at a reasonable price
Our mandate is to promote practical shooting
We are a progressive and rapidly growing organization

If you wish, you may print out a copy of the Membership Application, complete it and send it with your cheque or money order for $60.00 to:

IPSC Ontario
10 Wilson Avenue,
Lindsay, Ontario - K9V 5R9


About IPSC Ontario