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Over the last 4 months the San Antonio Chapter has concluded its 11th Annual Sporting Clays Shoot, 45th Annual Banquet, held a general membership meeting, and we were the lead sponsor for a Cast for Kids event! So, we have been busy, and I would like to say a huge THANK YOU to our guests and chapter members who participated, as well as our sponsorship donors!
Going in order: Our Sporting Clays Shoot is a team event, and we award prizes for the highest scoring team, ladies team and youth team, as well as individual participants. The National Shooting Complex is a great partner for our shoot, and Da Cajun Way Catering cooked us up a great crawfish boil for our 160 guests! The overall winning team was Team BS Unknowns (Brandon Stellges, Stephen Ethridge, Brooks Holzhausen, and Art Rivera). The winning Ladies Team was Rhino Chokes (Krista Fisher, April Gutchess, Karthy Culver and Krysten Gutchess), and the top Youth Team was Smithson Vally (Lane Laubach, Carter Moran, Kyler Pemberton and Jay McMurray). In addition, the overall top shooter was Rudy Bazan. Congratulations to all the top scorers and thanks to all for participating in this annual event!
Our 45th Annual Banquet was another huge success, attended by over 1,600 guests! Thank you to our platinum sponsors including Silver Eagle Beverages, Frost Bank, Scott A. Freund Memorial Foundation, Academy Sports + Outdoors, and Shiner Beers! And thank you to all our other sponsors, guests, and committee volunteers who helped put on this HUGE banquet! A special thanks to Bexar County Community Arenas and Don Strange Catering. Our grand prize winner, Ulises Contreras, won a 22’ Dargel with 150hp Mercury and tandem axel trailer. Our tricked-out Kawasaki Mule on 14’ flat-bed trailer winner was Steve Kulawik. Thank you to Dargel Boats & Marine Max Sail & Ski, as well as Kawasaki of Universal City, Ranch Armor and Blue Star Trailer Supply for the great deals and sponsorships of our major raffles!
On July 17, we had a General Membership Meeting at Alamo Café attended by about 75 guests. Speakers included Captain A.J. Minns, owner of Blackjack Point Oyster Farm in Aransas Bay and Captain Carl Jordan, fishing guide working the Coastal Bend in and around Rockport. We listened and learned about oyster farming from Capt. Minns, and then Capt. Jordan gave us a nice fishing report! Thank you to all guests and our speakers!
For a 4th year, we were the lead sponsor for a Cast for Kids event held this year at Live Oak Pond in San Antonio. Cast for Kids is a 501c3 organization and we work with them both as a financial sponsor and as a volunteer force. This is a morning event with lunch, attended by about 50 underprivileged children. Most of the kids have both physical handicaps and learning challenges; many are severe. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department stock the pond with hungry channel cats and a volunteer adult works with each child & family group to catch ‘em! Our Chapter had over a dozen volunteers assist at this fun event – thank you to all our Chapter volunteers!
(Photos from 2024 Cast for Kids)
Officers
President: Tom Akin
VP Banquet Chair: Brandon Stellges
VP Banquet Co Chair: Rick Neitzel
VP Banquet Co Chair: Brandon Carpenter
VP Sponsorship: Chris Lindsay
Secretary: Liz Hewitt
Treasurer: Tom Akin
Sargent at Arms: Mark Luitjen
Banquet
The 2024 banquet was held on Thursday, May 2nd and it was an OUTSTANDING event! Special thanks to all attendees, volunteers, and sponsors for your support, together we helped raise crucial funds that will help ensure the health and conservation of our marine resources and anglers’ access to them here in Texas. Stay tuned for 2025 banquet details.
Clay Shoot
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Chapter History
The San Antonio Chapter of CCA was founded in 1979 as the Southwest Chapter of GCCA. From the very beginning, the San Antonio Chapter has been at the forefront of fundraising and policy making for CCA. Although located approximately 130 miles from the coast, the San Antonio Chapter consists of approximately 4,000 men, women and children who fish from Port O’Connor to Port Isabel. It is this diverse membership with ties to such a large portion of the Texas coast that has allowed the San Antonio Chapter to lead the way in CCA conservation efforts. Today, the San Antonio Chapter of CCA is one of the top three largest fundraising chapters, grossing over $1 million in our last banquet. The San Antonio Chapter of CCA welcomes participation in its efforts from those interested in making positive impact on our coastal resources.
Sponsors
We are proud to once again recognize our sponsors for 2022. Many of the companies listed below are returning sponsors from last year. To them we say thanks again and to the new ones for this year, welcome and thank you. These companies and individuals provide additional dollars to support CCA efforts in Texas. We are proud to have them with us tonight. Please take a moment to thank them during the course of tonight’s activities.
Platinum Sponsors
Academy Sports + Outdoors
Frost Bank
Scott A Freund Memorial Foundation
Silver Eagle
