Minutes: Villages Trap, Skeet, and Sporting Clays Club
Meeting Held on: May 20th, 2026
Location: Big Cypress Recreation Center
  
  • The meeting was called to order at 1901 by President Steve Hanus. 49 members in attendance.  A quorum was established.  
  • The membership present recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
  • Gale Lazenby gave the invocation and followed with a moment of silence to honor members of our military, First Responders, and those who are in need.
  • Steve welcomed 5 new member whom introduced themselves with a short Bio.  
  • A motion was made to approve the Minutes of the last membership meeting, as posted to the Club’s website.  The Minutes as posted were approved by voice vote.
     
    Treasurer's Report: Luther Hanna in for Jack Powell
  • Luther presented the Treasurer’s Report for May. 
  • April / May bank balance $8793.94
  • Income $535.00 Expenses $1524.90. Bank balance for May plus $100.00 petty cash for a total of $7904.04
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    Safety Officers Report: Steve Hanus in for Joe Spitaleri
  • Noted, new members need to take Safety Training and Orientation before partaking in any club shoot or tournaments. By-Laws require.
  • Existing members (need to attend Safety Refresher every 2-years). No member can attend a club shoot if they do not have a Safety Refresher. By-Laws require.
  • The Next Safety training will be on Wednesday, June 3rd, at 9:00 a.m. at the Blackjack facilities.
  • Safety is everyone’s responsibility. Trapper, scorer, squad; See something, Say something.
  • No safety incidents to report.

         Match officer: John Garrison
         Tournament Changes/Reminders:
  • June tournaments will be our final shoots until we return to the normal tournament schedule in September.
  • New Super Sporting event will be on May 28th at Blackjacks.  We will be using 6 stations on the Black course and the rest on the Red course.  This will be a watered-down version of NSCA Super Sporting. 
  • The June 11th Sporting Clay Tournament will be a type of scramble.  There will be a 4-man team with varying degrees of expertise (such as an A, B, C and D levels).  It will be a Team total for score and prizes are being decided.  More information will be coming out shortly.  
  • 5-Stand Tournaments will continue to be capped at 35 shooters, meaning that squadding will be completed by the dates of sign-up. Sign-up will be opened immediately after the completion of that month’s event; the same applies to sign-up opening for all monthly events.
  • A special thank you to Luther and Larry for filling in for Larry, Mary and myself during last month’s Robinson Ranch shoot! 
  • Robinson Ranch tournament squadding will continue: The first squads for each event will be pre-squadded (2 trap, 2 skeet, 1 crazy quail). Please only sign up for 2 events.
  
         Blackjack hours of operation changes: Closed Monday & Tuesday
         Wednesday through Friday 8 - 2
         Saturday & Sunday 8 – 3

March awards not presented:
  • Crazy Quail: Ed Neighoff, Chuck Wilkinson
  • Trap: Scott Breeden, Terry Knittle, Tim Colie
 
May awards:
  • Sporting Clays: Bruce Johnsen
  • Crazy Quail: Luther Hanna
  
        Make sure you check out the awards table for any payouts you may have.
 
 
         Old Business
  • Steve reminded new and old members of the swap meet held at every meeting.
  • He reaffirmed the club's support to continue to hold, no need to call, just bring your clay shooting gear, remember, set up is at @ 6:15.
  • Steve stated the webpage is up to date through May & June.
  • IDs can be picked up at the meeting.  If any IDs remain after the June meeting, the club will mail them to the club members' Village house addresses.
  • Any current members who have run out of years at the bottom of ID, or need a replacement, contact Mike Camp at [email protected]

 
         New Business
  • Everyone needs to realize that Volunteers run this club. Volunteering is what keeps this club running; whether it is helping out at events, tournaments, or on the Board.
  • The following positions will be up for nomination at the end of 2026: President, Match Officer, and Secretary.  These are two-year positions.  Multiple board members have been serving for 4 to 8-years.  Kudos on a job well done.
  • John Garrison, the Match Officers' last meeting is June 2026.  He will be resigning his position to attend to family matters.  If anyone wants to step up for the remaining 6-months, please inform the President or any board member.  This is a critical position that ensures the club has multiple tournaments starting back up in September 2026.
                   
Shell raffle held: 
  • Shells were given to the raffle winners from the April meeting if they were in attendance. 
  • Shells were awarded to the raffle winners at the May meeting. 

Special Thanks to Ron Letourneau. He made the raffle happen this month, even though we didn't have raffle tickets. 
 
Meeting adjourned at 1954
Respectfully submitted
Mike Camp, secretary