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