IMPERIAL POLK GUN CLUB INC.
TRAP & SKEET IN SUNNY WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA
Imperial Polk Gun Club, Inc.
We are a fully modern shooting facility with all the comforts of home which include:
♦ 5 Skeet Fields
♦ 7 Trap Fields
♦ 60 RV Hookups
♦ Clubhouse...AC...TV
♦ Bathroom, Shower & Kitchen Facilities
Open to the Public so come shoot with us!
Only $4.50 a round, visitors are issued a day pass for $6.00.
no shot larger than #8 for skeet
no shot larger than #7 1/2 for trap
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Imperial Polk Gun Club has been selected as "Intermediate Club
of the Year" for 2008 by the National Skeet Shooting Association. This is the
second time in three years our club has won this award.
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RESULTS OF THE FRED HASLEY MEMORIAL SKEET SHOOT MAY 16-17 2009
40 shooters attended. It rained on and off all weekend...some of us got wet and some didn't.
Winner of the Fred Hasley Memorial Trophy via shootoff was Bob Reynolds. This is the second time Bob won the trophy and it took one and a half rounds of shooting doubles with 410 to win it!
| 410 Champ | Dan Walker | 95 |
| 28 gauge Champ | Dan Walker | 98 |
| 20 guage Champ | Brian Bierwagen | 100 |
| 12 guage Champ | Tom Lause | 100 |
| Doubles Champ | Chuck Rossetter | 49 |
| HOA | Al Assad | 385 |
Just to prove once again that the 410 is the great equalizer, one of our esteemed referees (who shall remain anonymous) was heard to say that the 410 was the lowest score he had ever shot. FUN- AIN'T IT!!
Our next shoot is the "Fabulous Fifties Open" on July 18-19...SEE YOU THERE!
Frank Ehnle
______________________________________________________________________________________________________ On May 28, 2009 a new young shooter, Jordon Hamlin, hit his first 25 straight at Trap! Needless to say, we blew his very nice hat to pieces. Congrats! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
GOOD SHOOTING!
FLORIDA STATE SKEET CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009 (April 16-19)
Click Here to see Complete Scores (Fl. Skeet Assoc.)
This State Shoot was a rousing success! Enough thanks cannot be given to all the folks who made the Club look its best and the Shoot run so smoothly.
Compliments abounded from many of the participants on what a great event it was.
The tailgate party on Thursday evening was magnificant. The consenses of many people were that "not since River Ranch has there been a party like this!"
To all the ladies who put on this tailgate party a heartfelt thank you once again.
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday our culinary department took over. Our chefs and kitchen crew were superb. 125 pieces of chicken, 32 pork tenderloins, 12 pounds of pasta, 15 pounds of meat sauce, three gallons of clam sauce and a host of homemade desserts were on the menu. All of the food was homemade a freshly prepared which made it the very best compared with other catered events.
The weather was absolutely perfect with four days of sunshine and low humidity. "The targets were great" were comments made by many shooters including a World Champion who travels all over the country. "One of the best State Shoots I have attended," was a compliment made by another participant.
My squad shot all the events over four days on all five fields and we had only one broken target...Thanks to Jim Hunter for a job well done!
Winners of the Randall Knives in the 410 Event were Tom Lause, Barbara Bozard, Joe Solsona and Bob Sarafino.
A new format was used for the Randall Knive Event and it was appreciated by many because all shooters were entered in the event. No pressure was placed on any of the participants and no one was excluded from winning the knives as had been the case prior to this contest.
Frank Ehnle
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Here are a few photos from Jerry Imber. Click here for complete album.
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OUR GOOD FRIEND ROSS ADCOCK VISITS THE CLUB
(Photos sent by Loye Barnhill)
Ross is not only a past member and Skeet Shooter, but a previous Club President.
Friends recently got together May 6, 2009 with a nice cake and party to talk about old times and honor this fine gentlemen.
Mr. Adcock was also a B-17 Tail gunner in World War 11 and has many other life experiences to share.
Hope we see him come out more often!
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RECENT DONATIONS TO THE CLUB
A third Scorer's Chair was purchased for the Club by donations from Toni Ehle, Martin Mattox, Eli Joiner, Philip Beeson and Jim Graham (if I missed someone let me know) .
A PA Sound System was also donated. Jim Graham and Philip Beeson purchased the Amplifyer and Jim gave us a mic. Jim also got a friend to donate the horns and the drivers were purchased whosale by the Club. Lum and Bill said they would install the system and it was up and running for the State Shoot.
Loye Barnhill succeeded in getting our second Scorer's Chair donated to our Club!
(Thanks to everyone)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Some guns have been added to our classifieds, check them out ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Advertise with US! For less than $9.00 a month you can advertise your business on this site! . 
Click to see our Vintage "Trap Ad of the Week" (Pachmyre 1964) Click on the photo to zoom in.
(Displayed with written permission of the Trapshooters Hall of Fame & Museum Vandalia, Ohio)
Send us your Business Card or E-mail a good quality JPEG of it along with a 25 words or less description of what you do gtowle@hotmail.com ..and a check for $99.95 made out to the Club.
We will put your ad on our Home Page for one month and the "Support our Advertisers" page for 12 months. We will also include a link to your website if you have one.
There will always be a "Support our Advertisers" link on our Home Page which will take folks directly to you!
We get thousands of hits on our site each year and our members and others who come to it do purchase from the businesses who support us.
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CHET KNAKIEWICZ MEMORIAL SKEET SHOOT MARCH 28-29 2009
(Photos by Jerry Imber)
| 410 Champ | Mark McCarthy | 97 |
| 28 Champ | Mark McCarthy | 99 |
| 20 Champ | Charles Tucker | 99 |
| 12 Champ | Mark McCarthy | 98 |
| Doubles Champ | Tom Lause | 48 |
Jerry Imber took a fantastic album of photos which is located in our PHOTO SECTION!
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RESULTS OF THE DICK POPE, JR. ANNUAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009
TRAP SKEET Jim Graham won over Dennis Eskola after a shootoff of 95 Brian Bierwagen's 100 was not challenged COMBINED Terry Ball eked out a win with189
Champions names will be engraved on the Dick Pope Jr. plaque which hangs in a place of prominence in the clubhouse. Results of the Lewis Class are always interesting. You never know what a less than stellar score will do.
TRAP CLASS 1 | Jim Graham $20.00 | Dennis Eskola $20.00 | ♦ |
TRAP CLASS 2 | Walt Furbee $18.00 | Martin Maddox $18.00 | Brian Bierwagen $18.00 |
SKEET CLASS 1 | Brian Bierwagen $33.00 | F. Walkup $11.00 | Terry Ball $11.00 |
SKEET CLASS 2 | E. Dobner $17.00 | E. Joiner $17.00 | ♦ |
SKEET CLASS 3 | Mary Gamble $25.00 | H. Kimberly $25.00 | ♦ |
Nineteen shooters shot Trap, 28 shot Skeet and 12 shot both. All enjoyed a fine lunch of kielbasa with peppers and onions, burgers, slaw and beans all washed down with iced tea. Many thanks to Jerry Imber and David Lawless for the preparation.
This is a volunteer event which was made possible by the efforts of folks who are willing to score and pull targets....many thanks!
(Art Scheck)
Click to see an album of Photos by Greg of this event
Greg took some video and slow motion shots. Take a look, the video is only a few minutes long...perhaps you are in it?
If you have High Speed, click on the square for large screen and HQ for High Quality.
Make sure your speakers are on.....These videos have sound and music!
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MEET SCOTT HAMLIN AND ROBIN...BRAND NEW MEMBERS!
I just met this great co
uple shooting trap today. Scott has not been shooting in 12 years and Robin is a beginner. She is determined and is going to bring a hat (for us to shoot) when she hits her first 25....it shouldn't take long!
If you are a new member or know of the many that have just joined lets get them on this page and get to know them. Send photos to Greg or introduce them to him....
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RESULTS OF THE MARCH 14 & 15 2009 REGISTERED TRAP SHOOT
(ARTICLE BY JIM GRAHAM)
| SINGLE WINNERS | - | HANDICAP WINNERS | ||||
| HIGH SCORE | JIM GRAHAM | 98 | - | HIGH SCORE | DICK CURTIS | 94 |
| A CLASS | LARRY FIELDS | 95 | - | 19-21 YARDS | JOHN BAKACH | 88 |
| B CLASS | JAMES STRICKLAND | 97 | - | 22-24 YARDS | JIM GRAHAM | 93 |
| VET | JIM GRAHAM | 98 | - | VET | DICK CURTIS | 94 |
| SR. VET | GENE REGNIER | 96 | - | SR. VET | GENE REGNIER | 91 |
Greg composed a short video including some slow motion clips. If you have high speed you can click on HQ for higher quality. Click on the square to see full screen.
More photos are coming to our Photo Gallery Section Soon.
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FEBRUARY 15, 2009 TRAPSHOOT SCORES
(ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY JIM GRAHAM)
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RESULTS OF OUR DIXIE SHOOT 2009
TO SEE MORE DIXIE SHOOT PHOTOS FROM JERRY IMBER GO TO OUR PHOTO GALLERY
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RESULTS OF THE JAN. 18, 2009 TRAPSHOOT
(ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY JIM GRAHAM)
MANY THANKS TO JIM GRAHAM FOR THE ARTICLE AND PHOTOS. MORE PICS ARE LOCATED IN OUR PHOTO GALLERY PAGE
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RESULTS OF "COLD & SNOWY" SHOOT DEC. 6 & 7 2008
REGISTERED TRAPSHOOTS DECEMBER 20-21 2008
PHILIP IS "IN THE GUN"
ELI DOES HIS MAGIC IF THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY!
Jim Graham and Jim Jr., took some fine photographs above and many more in a new photo album in our Photo Gallery
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PLEASE LET US DISPLAY YOUR VINTAGE PHOTOS OF OUR CLUB!
(1968 Board of Directors)
(left to right) David Lawless, Richard Pope, Jr., Mike Twyford, Glen Wilcox, Ford De Haven, Harry Palo
Charles Lambert (front)
Check out this great pic brought in by Jerry Imber back when the Club was out at the Winter Haven Airport.
Please scan your old photos and send them to Greg....if you cannot scan, Jim Graham will scan them for you. We will start a Vintage Album in our Photo section for now and if we get enough of them perhaps put them on a separate page!
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