President’s Message

(Nov. 2018)

A special meeting was held on Saturday Oct. 27 for the purpose of getting members input on compensating Board members. Approximately 20 members were in attendance and were in favor of compensating the Board of Directors (BOD) their annual membership dues including the pistol range fee.  Also several members responded favorably via email. In fact, there was no opposition expressed in the meeting or by email. The meeting was an advisory meeting only and an official vote was not taken. As a result of this feedback, the BOD voted to approve the compensation on Monday, November 5 during the monthly BOD meeting.

We held our annual Braggin Rights Shoot on Saturday Oct. 27. Eighteen shooters participated. The winners are: 1^st – George Kette, 2^nd – Lance Vidlak, 3^rd – Greg Baylander. It was hoped that more members would participate. Low turnout seems to be a trend with the various club shoots that we host every year and is very disappointing. Unless we can get more members to participate, the BOD is considering suspending all club shoots. If anyone has any ideas/suggestions as to how we can get more participation please talk to me or any board member. Even if you don’t win, these events are an excellent opportunity to shoot the various venues (trap, skeet, 5-stand) meet and socialize with other members, and get a nice lunch.

The invoices for the 2019 membership dues will be sent during the first week of December. Payment has to be received by February 1, 2019 in order to continue your membership. Payment received after February 1, 2019 will not be accepted. In order to be reinstated, a new membership application will be required with a check for $175.00.

The BOD will be taking nominations for the positions of Vice President, Treasurer and three directorships starting in January. I encourage anyone that is interested to put their name in the hat.

If anyone is interested in getting certified for the handgun range, please contact Milt Schwanke at 815-988-2278, George Ketter at 815-456-2871, 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.

2019 Club Projects

• Skeet fields 3 cement sidewalk from station 4 to station 8
• Black top the area from the main parking lot to the barn

2018 Club Events

• All events have been completed

Best Regards,

Sam Valenza

President, Rockford Skeet Club

Rockford Skeet Club Mission Statement

The Rockford Skeet Club’s objectives are to encourage organized target shooting; to forward the development of 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 members now and in the future.

BOD Meeting of November 5, 2018

PRESENT: Sam Valenza, Larry Ohda, Al Perry, Harley Shepherd, Randy Scott, Terry VanDenboom, Todd Hendrey

ABSENT: None

Meeting called to order at 5: 30 by President Sam Valenza

Minutes of October 1, 2018 – Accepted as presented 6-0
Treasurers Report:

Accepted as read, attached by reference.

2018 Projects – Complete

2019 Projects:

Additional concrete work to complete sidewalks on field 1 station 8 to 4 and from stair case sidewalks to semi-circle on all skeet fields
Blacktop area from barn entrance to parking lot.

Notices:
Dues renewal will begin in December 2018 through February 1, 2019
A special membership meeting was held October 27, 2018 at 8:30 AM, just prior to the Bragging Rights shoot, to gain members insight and comments on giving current board members dispensation from paying annual dues.

2018 Events –Completed dates
Annual meeting – Complete
Spring Clean-up – Complete
Hand Gun shoot – Pistol competition – August 11. Pistol events are being coordinated by George Ketter. All 2018 events completed.
Vintage Shoot/other Gun shoot – June 23. Complete
Registered Shoot – July 14 and 15 Complete
Geezer Shoot – August 18 cancelled
Landfill Lunch – September 21. Complete
Braggin Rights Shoot – October 27 – Complete
Turkey’s Shoot – November 10, 2018. Cancelled

Thursday night 5 stand shoots have started. Complete. Season over
New Business:

The Board will set up meeting with NIRPC to discuss status of land deal with S&T. In process/no change.

To improve and provide consistent safety briefings to new and current members, a review of current documentation and development of an implementation plan is being undertaken. Action: Randy Scott.

The board passed 5-1 a motion to provide elected RSC BOD members dispensation from paying annual dues while serving on board. The dispensation includes RSC club dues and pistol range dues.

Meeting adjourned at 6:30.
Next Board meeting is Monday December 3 @ 5:30 PM
Respectfully submitted – Al Perry, Secretary

Special BOD and Member meeting of October 27, 2018

PRESENT: Sam Valenza, Larry Ohda, Al Perry, Harley Shepherd, Randy Scott, Terry VanDenboom,

ABSENT: Todd Hendrey
Meeting called to order at 8:30 by President Sam Valenza

Meeting Agenda
Discuss with ad hoc members and get members opinion on compensating RSC Board members:
Compensation for board members is proposed to be annual dues for general membership and pistol range.
Sam reviewed Board members duties tasks for compensation
VP Larry Ohda
Treasuer Randy Scott
Collections Terry VanDenBoom
Special, monthly, annual tasks
Loading houses
Keeping club house stocked
Board meetings
Club events
Member comments
Club in good order
More work as club grows
Good idea

Meeting adjourned at 8:50 AM.
Next Board meeting is Monday, November 6, 2018 @ 5:00 PM
Respectfully submitted – Al Perry, Secretary

President’s Message

(Oct. 2018)

The Board of Directors is calling a special meeting on Saturday Oct. 27 at 8:30 am at the club. This is a single purpose meeting to get members input on compensating Board members their dues for serving on the Board. A lot of time and energy is involved in being a member of Board. Some of the time consuming tasks are: collecting rounds fees and depositing them on a weekly basis, Treasurer duties such as paying all bills and coordinating with the accountants. Other duties include keeping the club house supplied with beverages, cleaning supplies, water, toiletries, and paper products, maintaining the membership list, working special projects and the list goes on. Your input is valued in helping decide what is best for the club. Please make an effort to attend.

The installation of a sidewalk on skeet field 1 from station 4 to station 8 and walkways from the skeet semi-circle to the high house stairs on all three skeet fields will be installed in the spring of 2019 and not in the fall of this year as previously stated

The BOD is also considering the installation of black top from the barn to the main parking lot. We will get bids and if approved work will be done in the spring.

The annual steak lunch for the landfill folks was held on September 21. It went well and the guys and gals enjoyed themselves and went away stuffed.

Due to scheduling issues the Braggin Rights Shoot has been rescheduled to Saturday Oct. 27. Shooting is between the hours of 9am and 11am following the special meeting. The course will consist of one round of skeet, trap, and 5-stand. Lunch will be served at 11:30. The cost is $5.00 plus the cost of three rounds.

Please break down empty target boxes before placing them into the dumpsters. This will help in preventing over flow of the dumpsters as the garbage is collect weekly.

The organized Thursday night 5-stand shoots have come to an end for the winter and will be started back up in the spring.

If anyone is interested in getting certified for the handgun range, please contact Milt Schwanke at 815-988-2278, George Ketter at 815-456-2871, 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.

2019 Club Projects

• Skeet fields cement walkways – approved

2018 Club Events

• Braggin Rights Shoot – 10/27/18
• Turkey Shoot – cancelled

Best Regards,

Sam Valenza

President, Rockford Skeet Club

Rockford Skeet Club Mission Statement

The Rockford Skeet Club’s objectives are to encourage organized target shooting; to forward the development of 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 members now and in the future.

BOD Meeting of October 1, 2018

PRESENT: Sam Valenza, Larry Ohda, Al Perry, Harley Shepherd, Randy Scott, Terry VanDenboom, Todd Hendrey
ABSENT: None

Meeting called to order at 5: 30 by President Sam Valenza

Minutes of August 6, 2018 – Accepted as presented 6-0

No BoD meeting was held in September so the August minutes were the last to require approval.

Treasurers Report:
Accepted as read, attached by reference.

2018Projects
All projects completed
New project added to complete concrete work on field 1 and add sidewalks on fields from shooting circle to high house stair pad. This project will be moved to 2019. Action Al Perry
Re-seeding of the skeet fields was also completed.
New trap voice calls were purchased for both trap fields.

Notices:
Chuck Jones has volunteered to run the Silver Dollar Registered skeet shoot for 2019. He attended this board meeting and presented his intention to have the event 2nd or 3rd week of July. Chuck will attend an Illinois Skeet Shooting coordination meeting in Peoria and verify these dates.

2018 Events –Completed dates
Annual meeting – Complete
Spring Clean-up – Complete
Hand Gun shoot – Pistol competition – August 11. Pistol events are being coordinated by George Ketter. All 2018 events completed.
Vintage Shoot/other Gun shoot – June 23. Complete
Registered Shoot – July 14 and 15 Complete
Geezer Shoot – August 18 cancelled
Landfill Lunch – September 21. Complete
Braggin Rights Shoot – October 6 – moved to October 27
Turkey’s Shoot – November 10, 2018. Cancelled

Thursday night 5 stand shoots have started. Five stand will be open at 5:00ish for during the week shooting. Weekend shooting is being scheduled
. As summer winds down participation in this event is waning so this event will be cancelled for the remainder of the year.

New Business:
The Board will set up meeting with NIRPC to discuss status of land deal with S&T. In process/no change.

The club will look into putting blacktop, consistent with the current parking area, in front of storage barn. Action Sam Valenza.

A special membership meeting will be held October 27, 2018 at 8:30 AM, just prior to the Bragging Rights shoot, to have members vote on giving current board members dispensation from paying annual dues.

To improve and provide consistent safety briefings to new and current members, a review of current documentation and development of an implementation plan is being undertaken. Action: Randy Scott.

Meeting adjourned at 6:30.
Next Board meeting is Monday November 5 @ 5:30 PM
Respectfully submitted – Al Perry, Secretary

President’s Message

(July 2018)

The club’s annual Silver Dollar Register Skeet Shoot was held on July 14 and 15. Due to the weather, we had some last minute cancellations. The club however made $433. I want to thank Dave and Beth Schroeder and crew for hosting this event and also thanks to Rich Tomasewski for manning the kitchen and preparing the food.

We have a handgun shoot schedule for this Saturday August 11 starting at 10 am. It is a Good Guy/ Bad Guy Shoot. The rules are as follows.

• There will be 6 paper targets and 5 steel targets. 17 shots required. 2 runs, total of 34 shells if you don’t miss.
• There will be good guys, don’t shoot them, 1 second penalty if you do. Paper targets require 2 shots, steel 1. Small steel plate will stop the clock.
• Magazines loaded with 8 rounds plus 1 in the chamber 9 total. Spare mag with 8 rounds. If you don’t miss that will be enough shots to complete the course. Extra 1911 magazines will be available if a shooter needs a 3rd mag.
• Fastest time for 2 runs wins.

The Board of Directors has authorized the purchase of two sets of wireless Canterbury Voice Calls for the trap fields. The old ones are starting to present some problems. The new calls have been ordered and should be received early next week.

The BOD also authorized the installation of a sidewalk on skeet field 3 from station 4 to station 8. Also walkways will be installed from the skeet semi-circle to the high house stairs on all three skeet fields. If anyone has any other ideas regarding walkways, please let me know. Work will be done this fall.

Due to a scheduling conflict and past poor attendance, the Old Geezer Shoot scheduled for August 18 has been cancelled. We may or may not decide to bring it back next year.

We have some new hats for sale at $20.00 each. They are located in the book case on the back wall of the club house. If you buy a hat, please put the money in an envelope that is on the log book desk and put the envelope, duly marked, in the deposit drawer.

If anyone is interested in getting certified for the handgun range, please contact Milt Schwanke at 815-988-2278, George Ketter at 815-456-2871, 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.

2018 Club Projects

• Purchase trap voice call systems – approved and on order
• Skeet fields cement walkways – approved

2018 Club Events

• Handgun shoot – 8/11/18
• Old Geezer Shoot – cancelled
• Landfill Lunch – 9/21/18
• Braggin Rights Shoot – 10/6/18
• Turkey Shoot – cancelled

Best Regards,

Sam Valenza

President, Rockford Skeet Club

Rockford Skeet Club Mission Statement

The Rockford Skeet Club’s objectives are to encourage organized target shooting; to forward the development of 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 members now and in the future.

BOD Meeting of August 6, 2018 PRESENT: Sam Valenza, Larry Ohda, Al Perry, Harley Shepherd, Randy Scott, Terry VanDenboom, Todd Hendrey
ABSENT: None

Meeting called to order at 5: 30 by President Sam Valenza

Minutes of July 2, 2018 – Accepted as presented 6-0

Treasurers Report: Accepted as read, attached by reference.

2018Projects
All projects completed
New project added to complete concrete work on field 1 and add sidewalks on fields from shooting circle to high house stair pad. In process.

Notices:
Decision was made to purge club house of unused kitchen appliances and tableware. Complete
Monthly cleaning service will be provided ongoing. No change

2018 Events –Completed dates
Annual meeting – Complete
Spring Clean-up – Complete
Hand Gun shoot – Pistol competition – August 11. Pistol events are being coordinated by George Ketter.
Vintage Shoot/other Gun shoot – June 23. Complete
Registered Shoot – July 14 and 15 Complete
Geezer Shoot – August 18 cancelled
Landfill Lunch – September 14 – Moved to September 21.
Braggin Rights Shoot – October 6
Turkey’s Shoot – November 10, 2018. Cancelled
Thursday night 5 stand shoots have started. Five stand will be open at 5:00ish for during the week shooting. Weekend shooting is being scheduled. No change

New Business
The Board will set up meeting with NIRPC to discuss status of land deal with S&T. In process
Motion was made and passed to acquire new voice calls for Trap fields.
Meeting adjourned at 6:30.
Next Board meeting is Tuesday September 4th @ 5:30 PM
Respectfully submitted – Al Perry, Secretary

President’s Message

(July 2018)

This year’s Vintage/other gun shoot winners are as follows.

• Vintage guns
  • 1^st Owen Anderson
  • 2^nd Mike Mammoser
  • 3^rd Todd Hendrey
• Other guns
  • 1^st George Ketter
  • 2^nd Brian Wynn and Lance Vidlak tied
  • 3^rd Mike Brost

Congratulation guys and thanks to Todd and crew for coordinating this shoot.

Our next handgun shoot is this Saturday July 7 and the rules are as follows.

• Course of fire ” El Presidente”
  • 3 targets at 11 yards. At whistle shooter will fire 2 shots on each target, reload and shoot two more shots on each target. Shooter will start with 6 rounds in the gun and reload with 6 rounds. You can shoot left to right or right to left either way the last target shot with first 6 rounds will be first target shot after reload. This will be repeated 3 times, 36 round total.
  • 22 rim fire shooters will shoot for free and not compete for prize money.
  • $5 entry fee, money back to shooters minus .50 cent of entry fee per shooter for targets, etc.
  • This is a timed event, fastest time wins. Any shot out of the scoring area will be a one second penalty. Example, after 3 rounds your time is 24 seconds but there were 3 shots out of scoring area the score would be 24 +3 = 27 seconds.
  • Only one shooter at a time but since there is no scoring, x, 10, 9, etc. just replacing center of target it should take less than 5 minutes per shooter.

The club’s annual Silver Dollar Register Skeet Shoot is July 14 and 15. This is a 30 shooter event. The cost is $48.00 a gun with all fees included. For registration, please email silverdollarskeet@gmail.com with your rotation preferences and shooting squad. The skeet fields are reserved for the registered shooters on these two days and will not be available to other shooters during this event. Trap, 5- stand, and the handgun range will remain open to all shooters.

The club has hired a cleaning service that will clean the club house once a month. This does not mean that we do not have to pick up after ourselves, vacuum when needed, and empty the garbage cans when full. In other words, we all need to help keep the place clean.

We have some new hats for sale at $20.00 each. They are located in the book case on the back wall of the club house. If you buy a hat, please put the money in an envelope that is on the log book desk and put the envelope, duly marked, in the deposit drawer.

Please note that trap field 2 is down and will be repaired as soon as possible.

2018 Club Projects

• Skeet Fields Landscaping – completed

2018 Club Events

• Handgun shoot – 7/7/18
• Silver Dollar Registered Skeet Shoot – 7/14 & 7/15
• Old Geezer Shoot – 8/8/18
• Landfill Lunch – 9/14/18
• Braggin Rights Shoot – 10/6/18
• Turkey Shoot – cancelled

Best Regards,

Sam Valenza

President, Rockford Skeet Club

Rockford Skeet Club Mission Statement

The Rockford Skeet Club’s objectives are to encourage organized target shooting; to forward the development of 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 members now and in the future.

President’s Message

(June 2018)

The three skeet fields have been landscaped with additional dirt and seeding. Please avoid as much as possible from walking on the infields. We will attempt to keep it watered to facilitate rapid grass growth.

The Thursday evening 5 stand shoots have begun and will continue into the fall, weather permitting. These are fun shoots and all members and guests are welcome.

This year’s Vintage/other gun shoot is Saturday June 16 at 9:00am. Vintage guns are defined as shotguns made prior to World War II. Other guns are pumps, autos, side by sides, and over and unders made after WW II. Lunch is included. Todd Hendrey and crew will be hosting this event.

Rules for the vintage and modern gun shoot.

• If you start with a vintage gun, you must finish with one
• If you start with a modern gun, you must finish with one
• There will be two different shoots – one vintage and one modern
• The shoot will consist of a round of trap at 16 yds., a round of skeet, and ending with 25 bird at 5 stand
• There will be 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies for both classes
• The entry fee is $5 plus the cost of 3 rounds. Please do not forget to log your three rounds on your log sheet.

We held our second hand gun shoot on June 2. The winners are: 1^st Bill, Shold, 2^nd Dan Retzer, and 3rd Milt Schwanke. Congratulations gentlemen. Another handgun shoot is schedule for Saturday July 7 at 10 am. The rules for this shoot are as follows. By the way these shoots are a lot of fun. Come on out and give it a try.

Course of fire ” El Presidente”

• 3 targets at 11 yards. At whistle shooter will fire 2 shots on each target, reload and shoot two more shots on each target. Shooter will start with 6 rounds in the gun and reload with 6 rounds. You can shoot left to right or right to left either way the last target shot with first 6 rounds will be first target shot after reload. This will be repeated 3 times, 36 round total.
• 22 rim fire shooters will shoot for free and not compete for prize money.
• $5 entry fee, money back to shooters minus .50 cent of entry fee per shooter for targets, etc.
• This is a timed event, fastest time wins. Any shot out of the scoring area will be a one second penalty. Example, after 3 rounds your time is 24 seconds but there were 3 shots out of scoring area the score would be 24 +3 = 27 seconds.
• Only one shooter at a time but since there is no scoring, x, 10, 9, etc. just replacing center of target it should take less than 5 minutes per shooter.

If you have not noticed, we have a new club sign on the side of the storage barn. We replaced the old sign that hung on the fence as it was in very bad shape.

2018 Club Projects

• Skeet Fields Landscaping – completed

2018 Club Events

• Vintage/other gun shoot – 6/16/18
• Handgun shoot – 7/7/18
• Silver Dollar Registered Skeet Shoot – 7/14 & 7/15
• Old Geezer Shoot – 8/8/18
• Landfill Lunch – 9/14/18
• Braggin Rights Shoot – 10/6/18
• Turkey Shoot – 11/10/18

Best Regards,

Sam Valenza

President, Rockford Skeet Club

Rockford Skeet Club Mission Statement

The Rockford Skeet Club’s objectives are to encourage organized target shooting; to forward the development of 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 members now and in the future.

BOD Meeting of June 4, 2018

PRESENT: Sam Valenza, Larry Ohda, Al Perry, Harley Shepherd, Randy Scott, Terry VanDenboom,

ABSENT: Todd Hendrey.

Meeting called to order at 5: 15 by President Sam Valenza

Minutes of May 7, 2018 – Accepted as presented 5-0

Treasurers Report:
Accepted as read, attached by reference.

2018Projects
Skeet field landscaping to complete the concrete work on skeet fields will be about $2,000. Complete. Board voted to buy sprinkler to water fields.
Skeet field pads 1, 7, 8 will be painted on all three fields.

Notices:
Carpet cleaning is scheduled for May 8. Complete.

Club will procure a new outdoor aluminum sign to replace the banner which has been wind damaged. Sign was mounted on garage exterior facing Lindenwood road. Complete.

Decision was made to purge club house of unused kitchen appliances and tableware

2018 Events –Completed dates
Annual meeting – Complete
Spring Clean-up – Complete
Hand Gun shoot – Pistol competition – June 2 event completed
Follow on pistol events are being coordinated by George Ketter
Vintage Shoot/other Gun shoot – June 23
Registered Shoot – July 14 and 15
Geezer Shoot – August 18
Landfill Lunch – September 14
Braggin Rights Shoot – October 6
Turkey’s Shoot – November 10 (Board reviewing event viability)

Thursday night 5 stand shoots have started. Five stand will be open at 5:00ish for during the week shooting. Weekend shooting is being scheduled.

New Business
Skeet and Trap target prices have increased about $1.25 per case. The Board decided not to increase member shooting price of $3.50 per round at this time.

A relook at card reader system occurred. While some of the systems issues had been solved, further review is needed. It is anticipated that a due diligence team will visit other shooting venues to validate viability of system. Northbrook is a likely candidate.
Card reader system is currently on hold and tabled for the time being.

The board discussed the idea of hiring club house cleaning service. The frequency and service requirements will be part of quote process.

Meeting adjourned at 6:10 PM.
Next Board meeting is Monday, July 2, 2018 @ 5:00 PM
Respectfully submitted – Al Perry, Secretary