​
Minutes: Villages Trap, Skeet, and Sporting Clays Club
Meeting Held on: September 16th, 2026
Location: Big Cypress Recreation Center
  
  • The meeting was called to order at 1900 by President Steve Hanus, with 48 members in attendance.  A quorum was established.  
  • The membership present recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
  • Gale Lazenby gave the invocation. 
  • Steve welcomed 5 new members who introduced themselves with a short Bio. Noted; this is a Social Club with Safety being the most important thing. 
  • 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: Jack Powell
  • Jack presented the Treasurer’s Report for September.
  • May / June bank balance $7,560.29 as of June 17th, 2026
  • Income $340.00; Expenses $234.03. Bank balance for June plus $100.00 petty cash for a total of $7,760.26
  •  
    Safety Officer's Report: 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, October 7th, at 9:00 a.m. at the Blackjack facilities.
  • Safety is everyone’s responsibility. Trapper, scorer, squad; See something, say something.
  • We will be sending out a bulk email to all who are past due on safety training.  If for some reason you are not interested in renewing your Safety Refresher, please let us know by replying to the email.  We will then remove you from our list.
  • No safety incidents to report.

         Match officer: Luther Hanna (temporarily standing in)
  • 25 in a row awards were handed out to Larry Perna, Dick Arnold and Mike Murie.
  • A Special thank you to all of the tournament directors, past/present, for keeping the shooting events fun and challenging.  We are still in need of a Tournament Director 
  • 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.
  • Gun Fit Clinic will be held on September 23rd.  There are only two spots left.  Closing Sunday, September 20th.
  • Anyone who did not pick up their prize money from June: that money has been donated to the club.  This will happen at the end of each season of tournaments, which ends in June. If you can not attend to pick up your winnings, email the club, and we will mail them to you. 
  
         Summer Hours @ Blackjack hours of operation changes: Closed Monday & Tuesday
         Wednesday through Friday 8 - 2
         Saturday & Sunday 8 – 3
  
        Make sure you check out the awards table for any payouts you may have.

  
         Old Business
  • All club meeting include a Swap meet at 6:30. Only Clay Shooting-related items will be allowed.
  • The club calendar is up to date through December 31st.
  • Luther Hanna has the ID Cards.  If a new ID Card is needed, contact Mike Camp at [email protected].   

         New Business
  • The President talked about the importance of volunteering.  It is the volunteering that keeps this club going.  As everyone knows, we will be having nominations at the end of 2026 for: President, Match Office and Secretary positions.  A big KUDOS to a job well done by the existing board members and tournament directors.
  • VTSSC By-Laws are being reviewed and updated.  This will be brought to the membership for a vote to update the old By-Laws to the new modified version.
  • VTSSC Financial Picture is being reviewed.  Once the Board reviews this, recommendations will be brought to the membership for a vote.
  • Currently, Florida is waiving sales tax on qualifying hunting, fishing, and camping purchases.  If you need ammo or a weapon, you can save a decent amount of money.
  • Round table discussion (15 minutes in length) will be coming to our meetings in the future.  The President is looking for presenters/volunteers to discuss topics of interest for membership.  The President will work with the presenter on the topics.
                   
         Other Business
  • Offered a last chance to buy raffle tickets for boxes of ammo. Shell raffle held.
  • Special Thanks to Ron Letourneau and Steve DeVita for greeting our members and facilitating the raffle at every meeting.
  • Motion to adjourn was accepted. Meeting ended at 2000hrs.  

Respectfully submitted
Matthew Mitchell in for Mike Camp, VTSSC Secretary