2024 Handbook Final Draft

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Update: The final version can be found at: https://stoughtoncc.com/2024/06/updated-club-rules-procedures-handbook/

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As many of you know, the SCC Rules and Procedures Handbook has been undergoing a revision. We have gone through two comment periods, and the Board of Directors has reviewed, discussed, and decided on the requests for rule changes. The Final Draft is now available for review, along with the disposition of the major requests we’ve received:

SCC Rules Procedures Handbook – Final Draft – 2024-05-13

SCC Rules Procedures Handbook – Final Draft – Disposition of Handbook Revision Requests

Moving forward, this Handbook draft will be ratified at the Board of Directors meeting on May 27, 2024, pending final review. These are NOT the Club rules yet.

Feedback, comments, and other concerns can be addressed to bob@plankers.com, and will be brought before the Board of Directors as appropriate.

Summer Activities and Maintenance

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Maintenance

With nice weather comes maintenance projects and summer leagues at SCC. As always, maintenance takes priority over any other activities at the club. Almost everyone you see doing work at SCC is a volunteer. If someone is working on a range that you’d like to use, consider lending a hand if you can, or talk with them about when they’ll be done with the work they’re doing. Without our volunteers, club activities would grind to a halt! Thank them for the work they do!

We do sometimes hire professional contractors to work on our facilities as well. If contractors are working on something, give them the space the need to get their jobs done.

Planned Maintenance

Here’s a few things we know will be happening:

  • Archery Woods Course Clean-up Day – Saturday, May 25th at 8:00 AM
    • Meet at the pistol building.
    • Bring yard work tools, rakes, shovels, loppers, chainsaws, etc.
  • Lights will be installed in the rifle range.
    • This will take place sometime in June, likely on a Friday.
    • We probably won’t get a lot of advance notice, but the range will be closed while the contractors are working.

Please Keep The Facilities Clean!

If you, your family members, or your guests make a “mess” please clean it up. Our cleaning service has reported finding some absolutely disgusting messes in the bathrooms. Accidents happen, but if they do please clean them up!

This also goes for the kitchen area. If you make a pizza or something in the kitchen, please clean up after yourself. Wash the utensils, throw away trash, etc.

If we can all work together the club will be much cleaner for everyone!

Summer Activities

There are a few leagues and lots of other things happening at SCC over the summer. Check the website, calendar, and our Facebook page for more details about each activity. Here are a few things that are happening:

  • Trap League
    • Each Thursday night, May 2 through August 14
  • Broadhead Archery League
    • Orientation Night: Wednesday, May 29 at 7:00PM
    • League runs each Wednesday night, June 5 through August 28th
    • Contact Bill Hagen if you have any questions.
  • Sporting Clays
    • SCC hosts 4 sporting clays events each year on the 3rd Saturday of each month, May through August.
      • May 18
      • June 15
      • July 20
      • August 17
  • Kids’ Fisheree
    • Saturday, June 22 at the Forton Street Bridge
  •  Trapathlon
    • We are planning a new trap shooting event for club members at SCC to be held likely in August.
    • This will be a one day even where participants will shoot 4 disciplines of trap:
      • Singles Trap (16-yard)
      • Handicap Trap (25-yard)
      • Wobble Trap (16-yard)
      • Doubles Trap (16-yard)
    • Watch for more information!
  • Intro to Trap and Skeet
    • Are you interested in shooting trap and/or skeet, but you’re not sure how to get started?
    • We’re considering hosting a workshop to introduce new shooters to the basics, if there’s enough interest.
    • Please email trapleague@stoughtoncc.com if you are interested.
    • Watch for more information!

 

 

 

Scholarship Applications Due May 1st

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Scholarship Applications are due on May 1st!

There’s still time to get your scholarship applications in. See here for more information:

 

Scholarship Application

 

2024 Summer Trap League Schedule

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Summer Trap Schedule

The 2024 summer Trap League starts on May 2nd!

You can find the full schedule here: 2024 Summer Trap League Schedule

The 2024 rules are here: 2024 Trap League Rules

One first night of league, May 2nd, Viking Lead Slingers will be at the club selling tickets for Bucket Raffles. There are some great prizes! Please help support our youth Trap/Skeet team! Bucket Raffles on Thursday night are open to league and club members only. The public is welcome on Friday night and Saturday.

 

 

 

2024 Summer Trap League

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Update: One Week Until Trap League Starts

We have an opening for one team to join for the 2024 Summer Trap League season. Please contact us at trapleague@stoughtoncc.com ASAP if you’re interested in joining.

2024 Summer Trap League

Summer trap league is right around the corner! The changes that were made to the league last year got overwhelmingly positive feedback, so we’re keeping them. There won’t be any real changes to the league format this year, but the season will start about 2 weeks earlier than last year due to July 4th being on a Thursday.

Important Season Dates:

  • Captains Meeting: March 28 at 5:30 PM
    • New shooters should also attend.
  • All 2023 teams will have a reserved spot if they sign up by April 11. After April 11, any new teams will be signed up and you could lose your spot.
  • Deadline for all signups: April 25
  • Practice Dates
    • April 11
    • April 18
    • April 25
    • All practices will be 6-8 PM, use your own long range card.
  • League dates:
    • Start: May 2
    • No league July 4
    • End: August 8
    • Fun Night: August 15

Costs:

Costs have gone up slightly due to increased target costs.

  • Adult Shooters: $135
  • Youth Shooters: $100

Team captains are responsible for getting all league fees turned in on or before May 2. Captains are encouraged to write one check if possible.

Food

Food will be back for 2024! Dave Everett and team will be making food each week. Thanks Dave!

Contact/Questions/Sign-Up

If you have any questions, contact Kevin Kettner or Dan Ripp.

Email your team registration to: trapleague@stoughtoncc.com

Trap and Skeet Field Maintenance

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Over the next couple of weeks there will be some maintenance projects happening on the trap and skeet fields.
As always, any maintenance work takes priority over shooting. If you show up to shoot, and there’s work being done, feel free to lend a hand if you can.
Here’s a few of the projects to watch out for:
  • The siding is being replaced on the skeet houses
  • Edging around all of the sidewalks
  • Concrete – Each field is having some concrete work done.

Spring Cleaning

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Spring Cleaning

April 12th and 19th

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Our cleaning service will be doing an extra level of cleaning at the main clubhouse and archery range. In order to make this go as efficiently as possible, the clubhouse and indoor archery range will be closed from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM on Friday, April 12th and Friday, April 19th.

Trap and Skeet will be open, but you won’t be able to go inside to load your long range card or use the bathrooms since the building will be closed.

After 5:00 PM the facility will be open as normal.

 

Thanks for understanding!

Long Range Orientation – April 10th

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UPDATE: Rescheduled for April 10th.

We’ll be having an orientation for the Long Range self-service trap and skeet system at Wednesday, April 10th at 5:30 PM.

Please sign up here in advance to save time on the day of the orientation:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0949A4AB28A1F94-48755255-long

 

 

2024 Membership Recognition and Smelt Feed

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STOUGHTON CONSERVATION CLUB ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP BANQUET

Saturday, April 13 2024

– $15 per person
– Doors open at 5:00 pm
– Dinner at 6:00 pm
– Program at 7:00 pm

Smelt feed!

 

Customer Hearing Protection

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Hear4Ever is coming back this year to make custom injected ear plugs for our VLS athletes and SCC club members! They will be here on March 24th from 9:00 to 3:30. This event filled up fast last year, so get signed up right away!

Please sign up here:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0949A4AB28A1F94-47908934-custom#/

These are fantastic ear plugs! They’re very comfortable. They’re easy to put in and take out. They’re very effective! And they last a long time.

It takes about 1 hour or so from start to finish. You’ll spend about 10-15 minutes in the chair to pick your colors and options and for the earplugs to be injected. Then it takes around an hour for your earplugs to cure and get the finishing touches.

We’ll have sign-up slots every 15 minutes, but last year they were able to squeeze in some extras, so if all of the sign-up slots are full you might want to just show up and hang around, they might be able to get you in.

Prices:
Youth: $65
Adults: $75
Lanyard (optional): $5
Filters(optional): $20 (set)

http://hear4everllc.com/

If you have any questions, contact Kevin Kettner.