Coeur d'Alene Skeet & Trap Club Newsletter Vol. 9 September 2024
2024 Summer League prize money is available to be picked up at the club office. If you won first or second place, stop by and get your award.
Winter is Coming!
And So Is Winter League!
Special Price Package Announcement
CDA Skeet and Trap Club is excited to offer a special promotion for early membership purchases and renewals! Being a member is required to participate in Winter League so the Club wants to make purchasing or renewing your membership as easy as possible.
From Thanksgiving 2024 through January 5, 2025, you can save on your annual membership when you buy a shooting card at the same time.
Here’s the Deal:
Individual: Purchase or renew your 2025 individual membership and a shooting card for just $201 (regularly $252 when purchased separately).
Family: Purchase or renew your 2025 family membership and a shooting card for just $251 (regularly $302 when purchased separately).
That’s a Savings of $51!
Even if you don’t plan to shoot Winter league, but especially if you do, don’t miss this opportunity to save big! This special rate is available only when you purchase or renew your membership, together with a shooting card anytime between Thanksgiving and January 5, 2025.
The Board of Directors is very pleased to announce the hiring of our new club manager, Roger Wood.
Roger brings a wealth of diverse experience to our club. His career spans roles in the film and television industry, entrepreneurship, managing a large coworking space, working in digital media with a world renowned futurist, and serving as a firearms instructor and RSO at Florida's largest outdoor gun range.
With a unique blend of customer service, management, and problem-solving skills, Roger approaches every challenge with a hands-on, “own the problem” attitude. He describes himself as “a creative problem solver with the heart of an entrepreneur and a passion for understanding how the world works.”
If you haven’t had the chance to meet Roger yet, make sure to say hello next time you're at the club and experience his dedicated, “at your service” demeanor firsthand.
Call for Contributors
The targets thrown for Club shooters is growing due to increased participation in our winter and summer leagues, meat/fun shoots, corporate events, and our recent ATA registered tournaments. Our previous ATA shoots were successful and we are looking to schedule tournaments for 2025. This is really good news, but this increased use of our bird throwers has taken a toll on our current machines.
What We Need:
Our goal is to have four fully operational trap doubles machines before tournament/event shooting picks up in early April, 2025. We currently have 3 machines with a loaner from Spokane making a total of 4. The loaned machine will be returned upon request by the Spokane Gun Club at any time. Also, two of our machines have thrown over 700,000 targets each and are several years old. The plan is (with your generous help) to buy one new trap doubles machine and rebuild the two older machines. The cost for a new machine is approximately $10,000.
The Club is seeking donations to help subsidize one new machine. Any size donation will be very much appreciated. Should you choose to make such a donation, please bring your donation to Roger at the clubhouse and be sure to “ear mark” your contribution for the new bird thrower.
The club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and your charitable contributions are tax deductible.
Policy Regarding Closing of Fields at CDA Skeet and Trap Club
To avoid any confusion among volunteers, club members and shooters at the Club, the closing policy is stated here:
The “last call” for use of the Trap and Skeet fields will be 30 minutes prior to posted “closing “times (i.e. either 3:30 PM if the posted closing time for that day is 4 PM, or 1:30 PM if the posted closing time for that day is 2 PM).
“Last call” and closing for 5-Stand will be at 1-hour prior to posted closing time (i.e. 3 PM or 1 PM as the case may be). This rule respects the safety of those who will be closing the skeet and trap fields 30 minutes later.
“Last Call” is defined as that time after which no new shooters will be able to take the fields. However, those shooters already on the fields, with the exception of 5-Stand as stated above, will be allowed to finish shooting up to the posted time for closing the club.
Early closing of the fields in cases where there are no shooters and none reasonably expected will be at the discretion of the manager but in most cases, the “last call” and closing rules will always apply.
OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER:
-Anyone willing to help move cases of birds into the skeet and trap houses would be appreciated.
If you're interested in any of these opportunities, or have other ways you'd like to help, contact the Club.
KUDOS TO:
All the volunteers that worked tirelessly to help host the 2024 Governor's Cup. This event was once again proclaimed to be a great success which is only possible because of the crew of volunteers that dedicated their time and energy on some very hot days. Special recognition and thanks to Greg Wrigley for organizing this event. Thank you Greg!
Tom Bosenko for picking up the supplies needed to clean the club rental guns.
Ben Higgs and Roger Wood for accomplishing the never ending task of cleaning the club's inventory of rental guns.
A huge shout out to Donohoe Construction for the amazing new metal siding on the clubhouse. Davy Donohoe not only gave the club a huge price reduction but did the job well, in record time and supplied an amazing crew. Thank you for such an excellent job! The clubhouse looks fantastic!!
Barb and Randy Nelson donated the two new beautiful picnic benches that we have at the Club. Thank you so much! Please tell them thank you next time you see them!
Gale Akers for picking up reloading supplies that the Club has for sale.
All the volunteers that helped staff the 30 person FISA corporate shoot. Thank you for helping with back to back large shoots!!
Gale Akers picked up 21 cases of various types of wads and 53 bags of #9 shot that are available for sale at the Club. We still have a substantial supply of #7.5 and #8 shot as well as primers. We currently do not have powder available.
A meat shoot is tentatively scheduled for November 16, 2024.
We have recently changed our club status to a 501(c)3 non-profit, which means your charitable contribution of goods or services may be a tax deduction (always check with your tax preparer). Monetary contributions may be made as a general donation or designated to a particular item if desired. Get your donations in for your end of year tax deductions!! Here is a "Wish List" of items the club could use. Thank you for your support and contributions.
Monetary donations
A commercial grade rake for use on the club's tractor to clean up wads and broken birds.
Road base or asphalt grindings for parking area
Gun safe, 24 gun or larger
Wood working for plaques and frames
Voice microphones for shooting fields
Card readers for shooting fields. Allows for the use of digital shooting cards.
Scoring house repairs
Paint
Siding for club house
Forklift for moving pallets of birds and other items
Scissor lift for 5-stand
Clubhouse insulation
Clubhouse furnace/AC upgrade/repair
New furnace ductwork and insulation
Replacement of old rental guns in need of retirement.
Forklift or larger tractor with attachments for moving pallets of birds, moving snow, mowing the fields, etc.
For a list of events happening at the club from now through October, please refer to the club website, cdaskeetandtrap.com and click on the "calendar" link.
Hats with the Club's new logo are available for purchase.
Tee shirts with the new club logo are available for sale and for order. Also embroidered logo patches can be ordered. Please see Roger for pricing information.
Detailed financial activity information is posted on the club bulletin board for member viewing.
Board meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 4:00 p.m. Members are encouraged to attend.
