We had a beautiful day to shoot and 62 shooters turned out for the Joe Bachtold Memorial Shoot 50 bird derby on July 1. Steve Carver posted the top score of 49/50 to capture the championship, followed by runner-up Craig Aden with a score of 48/50.
Purse payouts were:
PCSC member Ted Cichecki captured the title of Illinois Handicap Champion at the 141st Illinois State Trapshoot, held June 10 – 18, 2017 at Brittany Shooting Park in Bunker Hill, Illinois. Ted was one of 5 shooters who broke 97/100 targets in the Illinois Handicap Championship. Ted prevailed through two rounds of shootoff to emerge as the 2017 Illinois Handicap Champion.
Congratulations Ted!
The PCHS Trapshooting Team has completed another successful season. Read about it in Coach Dan Masters’ season report
The annual Joe Bachtold Memorial Trapshoot will be held on July 1, 2017 at the PCSC range. Come join us for a 50 bird derby and 10 bird draw partner shoots. There is $400 added prize money. Signup starts at 10:00 AM – Shooting begins at 10:30 AM. Click here for program
Check the What’s Happening page and the club calendar for info on two new trapshooting programs that are underway. New for 2017, PCSC will be hosting ATA registered Big 50 shoots on 5 select Saturdays and Meat Shoots & 50 bird 3-Man Protections on select Sundays. Come out and join the fun!!
Two new faces joined the PCSC Board of Directors at the annual members’ meeting held on February 17. Dan Masters and Darrell Stroh were elected to fill the seats of outgoing directors Jim Emberton and Greg Hish, who did not seek re-election. Current director Ron Schramm was re-elected to another 3 year term. The current directors and their terms are:
Each year the Prairie Central Sportsman’s Club (PCSC) holds the annual meeting of members for the purpose of electing members to the Board of Directors. The 2017 annual meeting will be held on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 1:00 PM. The meeting place is the PCSC clubhouse at the PCSC range, located on Rt-24 at Chatsworth, IL.
PCSC is governed by a nine member board of directors. Directors serve 3 year terms and each year the terms of 3 directors expire. On February 18, members will elect three members to fill those expired terms at the annual meeting.
Any member in good standing is eligible to serve as a director. Any member who would like to stand for election to a director position is invited to submit his/her name to a member of the nomination committee or by email to prairiecentralsc@gmail.com The nomination committee will present the names of candidates to the membership at the annual meeting on February 18 and an official vote will be taken.
The 2017 nomination committee is:
There is a lot going on at PCSC in the next several weeks. Here’s what’s happening:
Stay current with happenings at PCSC by checking the “What’s Happening” tab on the PCSC website.
Members may now enjoy the trap field at their convenience. We completed the installation of the trap token system today. The system operates on tokens which members can purchase at the weekly Wednesday evening trapshoot or club meetings. The cost of tokens is $5.00 each and each token will allow 27 targets to be thrown.
Anyone wishing to use the trap machine on their own must first contact Ron Schramm or Tal Parmenter to arrange a brief instruction on trap machine operation and safety. This can be conveniently done at any Wednesday evening trapshoot or club meeting. To use the trap field, members can open the trap house using the same lock combination as the gate lock. Once the trap house is opened up and the machine turned on, connect the release cord, which is stored in the club house, to the release outlet labelled “Token Release”. Insert tokens into the token slot to allow the desired number of targets you wish to shoot. The machine will then throw a target each time the release button is pressed until your alloted number of targets is exhausted. The system operates on tokens only. It will not accept cash.
For those wishing to shoot alone, the system has a “delay” option switch. Move the switch to the “delay” position and a target will not be thrown until 2 seconds after the release button is pressed so you can press the release button then get set for the release of the target. (Hang the button conveniently on your belt.) When the switch is in the “normal release” position, a target will be thrown immediately at the press of the release button.
The mission of Prairie Central Sportsman’s Club is to provide a high quality, safe shooting facility for members to use at their convenience and we are very excited to offer this service to members. We are not aware of any other range in central Illinois offering this service.
Things to remember:
Don’t throw targets if you aren’t ready to shoot! Each target thrown will be deducted from your number of allotted targets.
If you pause shooting when you still have remaining targets allotted on the machine, they will be deleted after 60 minutes. Your alloted targets remaining is displayed as “Shots” on the display screen.
We will try to ensure that the machine is always loaded with targets, so it should not be necessary for you to load the machine. “Birds” on the display screen indicates the number of targets available in the machine.
In their first season of competition, the Prairie Central High School Trapshooting Team placed second in the Illinois State High School Clay Target League’s State Tournament, held June 4 at Brittany Shooting Park in Bunker Hill, IL. PCHS shooters broke 443/500 targets to finish just behind Edwardsville High School who broke 449/500 and ahead of 3rd place Staunton High School who broke 435/500.
In addition to their outstanding team showing, PCHS shooters also distinguished themselves in the individual High Gun competition. In the Novice Class, William Bolen and Bradley Rhoades posted the 3rd and 6th highest scores respectively. In the Jr Varsity Class, PCHS shooters captured eight of the top ten spots. PCHS JV shooters Dalton Breeden, Eric Edelman, Klint Edelman, Grant Ricketts, Bryce Beyers, Noah Embry and Noland Kupferschmid were led by high gun Skyler Hall, who broke 94/100 targets. In the Varsity Class, Dakota Hall tied for 2nd high gun, breaking 95/100 targets.
