2011 SCHEDULE

June 11-12 .. The Ponderosa Challenge - 500 Yard!! .. Worchester, NY

June 18 .. 1st Battery Mortar shoot .. Cornwall Bridge, CT

July 16-17 .. Bernie & Ken Memorial Cannon and Mortar shoot .. Westerlo, NY

August 7 .. Ron's Mortar Shoot.. Standfordville, NY

Aug 20 .. Malley's Mortar shoot .. Plymouth, CT

Sept 10-11 .. AAA Nationals Cannon/Mortar .. Westerlo, NY

Sept 24-25 .. 2011 Historical Weekend & Pot Luck (tentative)

 

 

 

Directions

Westerlo - New York Thruway (87) (one exit South of 90/87) Exit 21B Coxsackie; (after toll booth) take Left on 9W ; take Right on 81; take Right on 32 for 2 miles; Left on 405; go one-half mile, Right on 401; go a few miles down the road, Left on 404, then just over the hill, range on Right
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New York Thruway (87) (one exit North of 90/87) Exit 22; after toll booth take Right on 144 South; Right on 396 West; ~ 2 miles to traffic light, Straight 8 more miles (Rt 396 becomes Rt 301); Left on Rt 32 South ~ 7 miles (just past Agway) Right on 404~ 2 miles to stop sign at 401; straight thru, over hill, range on Right

MALLEY MORTAR ONLY COMPETITION - 155 KEEGAN ROAD, PLYMOUTH, CT
From the North or South: Route 8 North or South to Exit 39 (Route 6, Bristol Exit); Follow Route 6 East up the hill; At the top of the hill, take a right onto Route 262; Take your second left (more of a fork than a hard left) onto Keegan Road. (Please note your first left, Maple Avenue is some distance closer to Route 6); Follow Keegan past a stand of large Cedar trees where you will see the entrance to the Malley property marked.

CORWALL BRIDGE - 170 Kent Rd. Cornwall CT 06754 .
From Danbury CT : take rt 84E to rt.7 N; after intersection with rt 45, the site will be on left side of rt7, across from the realty company sign.

From Albany NY: take rt 90E to exit2 Lee MA; travel South on rt 102 until it meets rt 7S; follow rt 7S to Cornwall Bridge & rt4, Small village with post office,general store etc,at intersection; site is approximately 1 mi down Rt7 on the right, 170 Kent rd.

From Waterbury CT : take rt 84 to Waterbury, exit to rt8N; at exit 44 (Torrington) follow rt4W until it intersects with rt7S; bear left onto Kent rd. entrance to Marchetti's @ 1 mi.on right.

From Springfield/Chicopee MA : take rt 90W to exit 3 rt 202S; Travel toTorrington CT; pick up rt4W; follow rt4 to intersection with rt 7S Kent RD. (There is a small village w/post office, general store,at intersection.) Shoot is at 170 Kent Rd. @ 1mi down rt 7S on the right.

CHICOPEE - From the MA TURNPIKE - From both the East and the West, take Exit 5 off the Pike (Rt. 33/Memorial Drive, probably signs for Westover AFB); Follow the exit around to the Right and take a left onto RT 33 NORTH (also known as  MEMORIAL DRIVE); Follow Rt. 33 North until it junctions with ROUTE 202 EAST/NORTH; Take a Right onto Rt. 202 East/North which is also known as GRANBY ROAD. See below for further instructions.

FROM RT. I-91 NORTH SOUTH - Take Exit 16 off the highway onto Rt. 202 North/East (also known as BEECH STREET); Cross junctions with routes 141 and 116; Pass through the junction with Rt. 33 North/South and follow the directions below.

AFTER JCT OF RT. 202 and 33 - Follow Rt. 202 through the corner of South Hadley and into Granby; Pass downtown (Town Hall, etc)and out the other side. Continue on past large school complex of Granby Sr/Jr High School and East Meadow School, all on your left; Your NEXT LEFT after these schools is SCHOOL STREET . You will see signs for the Holyoke Catholic High School. There may not be a sign with the street name, so watch for the turn; Take the left onto School Street, go past the Holyoke Catholic High School on your left and take your FIRST LEFT onto BACHELOR STREET; You then take an IMMEDIATE RIGHT onto the Chicopee Sportsman's Club (there is a sign at the entrance). The range is all the way into the reserve. Just take your time and watch for pot holes!

The Ponderosa Challenge - The physical address is 699 Co. Hwy 39 Worcester NY. Thruway to I-88 west, to east Worhester, exit 19. Take a right off the ramp and a left on Rt 7. Go about a mile to the middle of Worcester Village. Take a left, across from an old bank and before the old gas station, on South Hill Rd. (Co Rt 39). Go over the railroad tracks and back under I-88. Stay on Rt 39 for about 3 miles, mostly uphill. Take a left at the top of the hill (Not Smith Road) where the road comes to a Tee. Continue, farm is on the right and you will see the 4X4 posts in the ground, along the treeline, about 520 yards from the road

Standfordville - From East; Sherron Conn. to Amenia , N.Y., follow signs.  From South, Poughkeepsie , N.Y. go East on rt.44 to State police troop K , North on rt. 82  to Stanfordville N.Y. follow signs .  From West, cross Kingston / Rhinebeck hudson river bridge to 9 G . go south thru light , continue 9G to rt.19 ( left turn onto Slaight quarry road. continue ( no turns ) to Stanfordville, N.Y. follow signs to shoot.


 

 

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