The annual preseason survey of the Wintergreen Sporting Club’s field range in the mountains at the very end of Old Stoney Creek Road revealed that the repairs needed this year was fairly typical. The targets didn’t appear to have attracted the attention of any playful bears this winter and the heavy snow did less damage than might have been expected.
Read MoreIn 2022 the WSC archery sessions at Rodes Farm Archery Range will again be on Tuesday mornings from 9 am to 11 am. At the field range at the end of Old Stoney Creek Road, sessions will again be on alternating Sunday afternoons from 2 pm to 4 pm. (The times may change later on in the season; check the archery emails for updates.) The WSC Archery Achievement Awards program will return to Rodes Farm. WSC member John Morgan, a certified Level 2 archery instructor, will continue offering instruction this season. Here are the details:
Read MoreWintergreen Sporting Club's John Morgan is now a Level 2 archery instructor having attended the classes and passed the tests with USA Archery in 2021.
Read MoreFishing on Trout Pond started up again on November 12th and the photos here show just a few of the happy anglers having a great time.
Read MoreMother Nature has reminded us that it's difficult to shoot well with numb fingers. The Wintergreen Sporting Club archery group has ended the 2021 archery season at the Jerry Rendich Archery Range at Rodes Farm and the Field Trail at the end of Old Stoney Creek Road. The Rodes Farm range remains open, of course, 24/7.
Read MoreWintergreen Sporting Club members will be offered one of four free classes this spring. There will be two classes for beginners on two different days, and one non-beginner class. These free classes are only for WSC members.
Read MoreCheck out the brand-new video of the field trail with Mike Capps and John Morgan..
Read MoreThe day before that 2021 Wintergreen Bass Tournament (Friday, October 18) on The Ponds of Wintergreen, Tim Wampler hooked this LMB.
Read MoreThe threat of showers did very little to dampen the turnout at the 2021 Wintergreen Fall Bass Fishing Tournament with some 19 registered competitors showing up on October 16th to fish The Ponds of Wintergreen.
Read MoreAll Wintergreen Sporting Club members as well as all Wintergreen property owners, and their relatives and guests, are welcome to participate in this fun tournament.
Read MoreThe WSC monthly conclave in September held on the deck at Stoney Creek Bar & Grill drew a good crowd.
Read MoreThe good news is the club's boating program now has a solid base. The website has a good list of successful local river trips with details on the outfitters. There are 328 people in the club's email system who have asked to receive emails about boating trips. And most all of the trips were well attended.
The setting for our August 5th Fishing Conclave was idyllic. Having it at Bob and Vicki Keenan's large stone patio overlooking Lake Monacan would have been fine enough alone. And the weather was perfect; very warm in the shade of the house with a steady breeze from the lake.
Read MoreIt is fun to fling arrows. Some archers, however, want to set goals to improve their archery skills and have a way to track their progress. To meet this need, the Wintergreen Sporting Club archery award program has been started to provide a framework to help members improve by setting personal archery goals.
Read More“We had a great time. We arrived at Harper’s Ferry in the evening and checked in at the Stonehouse Inn. We toured the town by foot, and hit a bar or two, then enjoyed dinner at The Anvil in nearby Bolivar,” Chris Corish reports.
Read MoreThe weather could not have been more beautiful, with a blue sky and a shaded bike trail.
Read MoreTim Hess and his son-in-law, Jason Weaver from Hilton Head, SC. went fishing on the tailwaters of the Jackson River on July 6th. They report catching multiple wild rainbows. Jason cast this 19-incher on a hopper with a size 12 rubber legs dropper. Tommy Lawhorne of the South River Fly Shop in Waynesboro was their guide.
Read MoreThis all-volunteer Wintergreen group is focused on biking, shooting, archery, hiking, boating, and fishing in and around Nelson County, Va.
Wintergreen Sporting Club membership ($25 a year per person) is limited to Wintergreen property owners and their adult family members. Memberships are also available for local residents not owning Wintergreen property if they are sponsored by a Wintergreen property-owning WSC member. Join here
Email the club at info@wtgsportingclub.org
Wintergreen Sporting Club • info@wtgsportingclub.org • P.O Box 282, Nellysford, Virginia, 22958 USA
The Wintergreen Sporting Club is an independent, all-volunteer nonprofit organization serving the Wintergreen community. WSC is not formally affiliated with Wintergreen Resort or the Wintergreen Property Owners Association.
