President’s Message

(August 2024)

A 5 Stand tutorial will be held on Saturday August 17 at 10 am. The tutorial will cover basic 5 Stand shooting instructions including hold points, break points, and stance. Please let Al Perry know if you plan on attending at alans_perry_10@comcast.net.

We have experienced some issues with the voice calls on the trap fields. In an effort to remedy this situation we plan on buying new voice calls from Long Range sometime in the fall when their voice call units have finished Beta testing (field testing).

Drilling for our new well has again been delayed. It is hoped that the drilling will start by the end of August. It will take about two weeks for it to be completed.

The summer five stand/sporting clays league finished up on July 17 with dinner at Rock Ridge Sportsmen’s Club.  Congratulations to Steve Howlett who finished with the highest average score over the ten weeks of competition. 

There were twelve club members who competed at the Illinois Sporting Clays Championship last weekend at Rock Ridge.  Congratulations to Illinois State Champion in 20-gauge, Caleb Davis.

Punches awarded were: Caleb Davis – 20-gauge, 28-gauge, Pump  

                                       Mike DeGould – FITASC

                                       Bo Dylak – Main 5 Stand, Super Sporting

                                       Hugh Funderburg – 410 gauge

                                       Steve Howlett – Main 5 Stand

                                       Kent Piske – Main sporting clays, Main 5 Stand,

                                                            Preliminary, Super Sporting,

                                                             28 gauge

                                       Bill Shold – 12 gauge

If anyone is interested in getting certified for the handgun range, please contact Milt Schwanke at

815-988-2278, George Ketter at 815-631-9366, or Caleb Davis at 815-243-1483. You will need to bring a handgun, ammo, eye and ear protection and a $25.00 annual fee.

 2024 Projects

• Install card readers – completed
• Repair skeet houses

2024 Events

• Fun days– 9/14/2024
• Tutorial – 5 stand 8/17/24
• Landfill appreciation lunch – 9/20/24

Remember gun safety is our number 1 priority.

Rockford Skeet Club Mission Statement

The Rockford Skeet Club’s mission is to promote clay target shooting and complementary shooting sports. The objectives are to promote those characteristics of honesty, good fellowship, self-discipline, team-play, and self-reliance which are the essentials of good sportsmanship. It is the duty of all members to contribute to the wellbeing, to protect, to grow, and to enhance the club and its membership.

Best Regards,

Sam Valenza

President, Rockford Skeet Club

Minutes

                             BOD Rockford Skeet Club August 2024

Dave Z. provided a financial report that we have about a combined $71,600 in savings and checking.

In the near future, Sam V. and Mike B. will inventory the total targets thrown and by venue. This may take place on a regular basis, i.e., monthly or quarterly.

Bob Liphart will be asked to install conduit for the wiring of the new Long Range trap field components.

Repair to the skeet houses has not started; work may have to be delayed to next season or a contractor may have to be retained.

The club will have hats and patches with the club logo made, but no shirts.

The 5-stand area will be improved by removal of a knoll, creation of a gravel parking lot and moving the shooting stations to west.

The board authorized the purchase of 2 sets of Long Range voice callers for the trap fields.  Only one set will be purchased, the second upon favorable evaluation of the first unit’s performance.

Respectfully submitted.

Steven Wiltgen

Recording Secretary Pro Tem