The Windsor Sportsmen's Association originally come into existence in the 1940's, at that time there were two separate gun clubs in Windsor. One was the Windsor Pistol Club and then the other was the Windsor Rifle Club, when they merged, the name was changed to Windsor Sportsmen's Association. The WSA was incorporated in 1947 and the members of that time held trap shoots, fished in the local streams for trout and deer hunted. In the early days meetings were held in an old farmhouse on Edison Road. Eventually interest waned and the WSA was disbanded for some time and then about 1968, 1969 interest picked back up. At that time the club had no property for ranges and met in a building over in Damascus, NY. In 1973 a parcel of land was purchased from Ernest Brink adjacent to Stow Road off Honey Hollow Road. In 1976 a second parcel was purchased from Ernest Brink extending the club property back so it encompassed 15.2 acres altogether It is for this reason that the range area itself is named the Ernest Brink Range. Since this time the club meetings have been and are being held in the Windsor Community House on Main Street. It was at this time that black powder shooting was becoming popular, and the club held weekly shoots from approximately 1974 to 1984 when black powder shooting interest waned. Those years were the hey days of the club and there were approximately 100 members. Now days there are in any given year between 50 to 100 members in the club which in its own way makes it nice for the members. There are ranges where you can shoot pistols, rifles, shoot clay birds, etc. in peace and very nice surroundings without a crowd of people waiting to shoot. We now have an fixed archery target and also a portable. We have built new pavilions on the ranges and we have new benches on all three ranges.
WINDSOR SPORTSMEN’S INCORPORATION HISTORY
In the 1940’s there was a rifle club and a pistol club in Windsor which were separate clubs. In December of 1947 the two clubs had merged into Windsor Sportsmen’s Association which was an unincorporated association not organized for pecuniary profit. The members formed a committee and filed a certificate with NYS to become incorporated. It was to become the Windsor Sportsmen’s Association, Inc. once incorporated. December 13th 1947 was the date of the approval of the certificate and Windsor Sportsmen Association became Windsor Sportsmen’s Association, Inc.
Even though the Association had the articles of incorporation as a non profit corporation over the years they never applied for a 501c status with the IRS. In 2019 it was decided we would spend the $600 application fee and apply for a 501c7 which would make us income tax exempt for both Federal and NYS Income tax. We received our 501c7 status on June 20th 2019.
Windsor Sportsmen's Association is a 501C7 organization and can never be sold. Should Windsor Sportsmen's Association ever cease to exist the property would be donated to the Town of Windsor.
WINDSOR SPORTSMEN’S INCORPORATION HISTORY
In the 1940’s there was a rifle club and a pistol club in Windsor which were separate clubs. In December of 1947 the two clubs had merged into Windsor Sportsmen’s Association which was an unincorporated association not organized for pecuniary profit. The members formed a committee and filed a certificate with NYS to become incorporated. It was to become the Windsor Sportsmen’s Association, Inc. once incorporated. December 13th 1947 was the date of the approval of the certificate and Windsor Sportsmen Association became Windsor Sportsmen’s Association, Inc.
Even though the Association had the articles of incorporation as a non profit corporation over the years they never applied for a 501c status with the IRS. In 2019 it was decided we would spend the $600 application fee and apply for a 501c7 which would make us income tax exempt for both Federal and NYS Income tax. We received our 501c7 status on June 20th 2019.
Windsor Sportsmen's Association is a 501C7 organization and can never be sold. Should Windsor Sportsmen's Association ever cease to exist the property would be donated to the Town of Windsor.
We are an NRA Affiliated Club, Affiliation # R1126
This was the club patch when the club was first started
This patch is from when the club was reformed on property that was bought for the club ranges.
This is our current club patch.
These are the images we used for the club hats.
This is the front view of a club jacket from the Hey Days of Black Powder Competitions at the Club.
This is the rear view of the back of the club jacket,