HOUSING expansion has caught up with one of Warrnambool's oldest sporting groups.Warrnambool Gun Club will leave its base of more than 50 years on Staffords Road, where its shooting range is within 100 metres of houses in the city's east.It will relocate to Lake Gillear near Allansford to join two other firearms clubs at a shooting complex on Buckleys Road.Club president Mal Dyson said an increasing number of houses on the city's eastern fringe were limiting the club's potential."We really needed to move to bigger facilities. Houses are growing around us at Staffords Road," he said."There is only one trap shoot machine which makes competition too slow on event days. The new facility will help boost membership and hopefully we would be able to get state or even Commonwealth title events." Trees have been planted on the new site and foundations for new $126,000 clubrooms will soon be laid ahead of a March relocation.The city council is negotiating to find a new tenant for the gun club site.
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