The Florida East Coast Chapter hosted its 4th nnual Sporting Clay Fun Shoot on November 7th at the beautiful Quail Creek Plantation located in Okeechobee, Florida.
With the morning being slightly cooler than normal, our committee members and volunteers welcomed almost 200 shooters and guests. Upon their arrival, participants were welcomed with hot coffee and a continental breakfast, sponsored by Drawdy Construction Co., Inc. and then proceeded through the registration. As they moved along the registration line, they were able to partake in the Green Bird contest, 50/50 raffle, Raffle prizes which included three rifles donated by St. Lucie Battery & Tire, in addition to receiving their gift from the AGC. This year the gift was an FEC AGC shooters shirt, specifically for those avid shooters.
This year we were able to secure three Golf Cart Sponsors, Casey Ciklin Lubitz Martens & O'Connell, Siboney Contracting Company and The Weitz Company which enabled all forty-one teams a smooth ride.
The event was an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start, allowing our competitors the opportunity to exhibit their shooting skills. All participants gathered around the pavilion with Co-Chairman Greg Reilly and Duane Drawdy, along with Quail Creek Manager Fred Fanizzi to review the rules and regulations, but not before receiving the benediction from Skip Glad of RFG General Contractors, Inc.
During the event, Station #7 provided the Green Birds. If a shooter had purchased a play, he had to hit a colored clay target, which would allow the shooter another chance to receive another ticket for an opportunity to win the Springfield Armory XD-M pistol.
The Raffle prizes this year included three new rifles, a Remington Model 770, Remington Model 870 and Savage Model 93R17, not to mention the many gun cases, cleaning kits, vest, 12 gauge shells and electronic hearing protection.
As the event moved along, the wind started to pick up, giving the shooters a challenge at their shoot skills.
After completing 18 shooting stations, the teams congregated for the all-time favorite BBQ Lunch with all the fixins. Participants and guests enjoyed the BBQ chicken, beef brisket, potato salad, corn on the cob, green salad and homemade cake which was provided by Domenick's Corner Grill with beer being donated by Phillip Busch. After lunch, Co-Chair Greg Reilly made the winner announcements as follows:
TEAM AWARDS
1st Place - Palm Beach Aggregates, LLC
2nd Place - St. Lucie Battery & Tire
3rd Place - H&J Contrcting, Inc.
Class A
1st Place - The Murphy Construction Company
2nd Place - Malone Electrical Solutions, LLC Teams #2
Class B
1st Place - Coral Steel & Supply Co.
2nd Place - Simmons & White, Inc.
Class C
1st Place - ECS - Florida, LLC Team #1
2nd Place - Tradesmen Quality Plastering, Inc.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
HOA - Mike Dickson of H&J Contracting, Inc.
Runner-Up - Rollins Brown of St. Lucie Battery & Tire
Lady Winner - Diane Beasley of Ranger Construction Industries, Inc.
Youth Winner - Zach Reilly of Ranger Construction Industries, Inc.
Lowest Shooter - Chris Copeland of Creative Engineering Group, Inc.
Click here for more photos of this great event compliments of Slaton Photography!
LUNCH SPONSOR
RANGER CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES, INC.
AWARDS SPONSORS
LAKE POINT RESTROATION
PHOTOGRAPHY SPONSOR
MOSLEY & SON
CART SPONSORS
CASEY CIKLIN LUBITZ MARTENS & O'CONNELL
PALM BEACH AGGREGATES, LLC
THE WEITZ COMPANY
SHIRT SPONSORS
Heritage '76 Corp.
Simmons & White, Inc.
EVENT SPONSORS
Atlantic Filter Corporation
Banner Supply
Coral Steel & Supply Co.
Gene's Striping
H&J Contracting
Mako Hose & Rubber Company
Maschmeyer Concrete Co. of Florida, Inc.
RFG General Contracting
Siboney Contracting
St. Lucie Battery & Tire
AutoBuilders General Contracting Services, Inc.
Barrier Wall of South Florida, Inc.
Bernard Simpson G.C., Inc.
CEMEX
Drawdy Construction, Inc.
Florida Design Constractors, Inc.
Hardrives, Inc.
Insurance Office of America
Lotspeich Co. of Florida, Inc.
Martin Fence Company
Mouw Associates, Inc.
Serraes Construction
Tradesmen Quality Plastering, Inc.
TEAM SPONSORS
CEMEX
Cler Construction, Inc.
Coral Steel & Supply Co.
Creative Engineering Group, Inc.
Drawdy Construction, Inc.
Dunkelberger Engineering & Testing
ECS - Florida, LLC
Ferreira Construction Co., Inc.
Gene's Striping
H&J Contracting, Inc.
Hedrick Brothers Construction Co., Inc.
Iron Planet
Johnson-Davis, Inc.
Linkhorst & Hockin, P.A.
Lotspeich Co. of Florida, Inc.
Malone Electrical Solutions, LLC
Posner Construction
Siboney Contracting Company
Simmons & White, Inc.
St. Lucie Battery & Tire
Tarmac America LLC
The Murphy Construction Company
Tradesmen Quality Plastering, Inc.
Treasure Coast Irrigation and Landscape, Inc.
Vecellio Group, Inc.
Wantman Group
DONATIONS
Guettler Brothers Construction, LLC
Marion Construction, Inc.
Thank you to Co-Chairman Duane Drawdy and Co-Chairman Greg Reilly and the committee for their dedication to ensure the success of this event.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Co-Chairman, Duane Drawdy, Drawdy Construction, Inc.
Co-Chairman – Greg Reilly of Ranger Construction Industries, Inc.
Dave Aiken of CEMEX
Lee Disbury of Coral Steel & Supply Co.
Mike Ellis of Professional Images
Dawn Miller, Ranger Construction Industries, Inc.
Melissa Thackeray, ECS - Florida, LLC
Mark Tribble of Lotspeich Co. of Florida, Inc.
Yvonne Wamsley of FEC AGC
Thank you also to the volunteers who worked hard on the day of the event!
VOLUNTEERS
Sherrill Disbury of Coral Steel & Supply Co.
Courtney Disbury of Coral Steel & Supply Co.
Sandy Drawdy of Drawdy Construction Co., Inc.
Rosalyn Gladwin of RFG General Contractors, Inc.
Skip Gladwin of RFG General Contractors, Inc.
Bo Mullins of Professional Images
Emily & Zach Reilly of Ranger Construction Industries, Inc.
We appreciate the support of our membership and our industry friends for this annual fundraising event and supporting chapter efforts.
Thank you to Mike Ellis of Professional Images who served on the committee and was this event’s go-to for ordering the give-a-way.
Thank you to Chris Rawe of St. Lucie Battery & Tire, for assisting in the donation of three brand new rifles and much more.
Thank you to Dominick and crew of Domenick’s Corner Grill – Catering, located in Ft. Pierce for preparing and providing the mouth-watering lunch and to Phillip Busch for donating the beer.
NEXT YEAR’S EVENT WILL BE HELD: NOVEMBER 6, 2010
Should you have any questions or comments about this year’s event or suggestions on how to improve for future events, please e-mail Michelle Anaya DePotter at michelle@agcfla.com.
Should you have any questions or comments about this year’s event or how to improve for future ones, please e-mail Michelle Anaya DePotter at michelle@agcfla.com.
