board of directors

Tom Raines- President

Tom grew up in Dell Rapids, SD. He is a 1960 graduate of South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD. He worked as a Standard Oil Rep in the 60’s. He then switched to the banking business and was a loan officer in North Dakota, Wyoming, Mitchell, SD and Brookings, SD. He retired as one of the VPs of First Bank and Trust in Brookings in 2006.

Tom started pistol shooting in the SD Air National Guard in the 1960’s and continues to shoot pistol and smallbore, but favors high power service rifle.

He enjoys big game, turkey and upland bird hunting but is still waiting for his Big Horn Sheep. He is a collector of Carbines, Garands, Springfields and Smith and Wessons.

Tom served as the Secretary for SD Shooting Sports from 1978 to 2004.

Bruce Plate- Vice President

Bruce Plate lives with his wife Ruby near Vermillion. They have three adult daughters. Ruby was one of the leaders for the Clay County 4-H Horse Project. She encouraged Bruce to become a 4-H leader so he became one of the first leaders to begin the local 4-H Shooting Sports project. He became a certified 4-H instructor and for several years served on the South Dakota 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor Trainer team. Bruce has been involved in the shooting sports since the time he received a BB-gun at the age of 6.

He attended the University of South Dakota and competed throughout the Midwest with the USD Rifle Team. He went on to complete a 27 year career with the Vermillion Police Department retiring as Chief of Police in 2002. He was hired by the National Rifle Association in 2004 as the NRA Field Rep for North and South Dakota. He recently retired from that position.

In 1996 he helped develop the Vermillion Friends of NRA committee. This was only the third committee at that time and is currently the second longest running event in South Dakota.

Current certifications: NRA Certified Instructor in rifle, muzzleloading and home firearms security. South Dakota Hunt Safe Instructor, Certified 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor, NRA Range Technical Team Advisor Certified Shooting Sports Instructor for Boy Scouts of America.

Memberships in local organizations: Edgemont Trap Club, Clay County Sportsman's Club, Vermillion Pistol Club and the Yankton Sharpshooters.

Statewide and National Memberships: Endowment/Life Member National Rifle Association, Life Member South Dakota Shooting Sports, Life Member Amateur Trapshooting Association, Life Member Dakota Territory Gun Collectors, Member of Lions Club International.

Greg Iverson- Secretary

Greg is a life member of several organizations including: South Dakota Shooting Sports, North America hunting Club, North American Fishing Club, and the Single Action Shooting Society or SASS and the National Rifle Association. He started the Rushmore Shooters out of Rapid City, and has belonged to the Black Hills Shootist, The Seven Downs Regulators, Northern hills Rifle League, Lead Deadwood Rifle League, and of course the Rushmore Shooters. He shot Service Rifle for the Military High Power since 1972 and coached the Army N.G.Long Ranch team from 1982 to retirement in 1990. He enjoys shooting SASS and Black Powder Rifles and Pistols. During the winter he shoots indoor .22 Rifle League.

He is retired from a 20 year military career, and he lives with his family on a ranch just east of Tilford (between Rapid City and Sturgis, SD) where they raise beef cattle. Greg and his wife Janice have raised 7 children (three boys and four girls ages 27 to 40). In 1990 he moved to the ranch fulltime when his dad told him he was going to have to sell the cows or Greg had to retire. Greg retired but didn't want to sell any cows so they run about 160 to 200 head.

contact information

President
Tom Raines
7301 Witkke Place
Sioux Falls, SD 57708
605-274-1767
tom@sdshootingsports.org

Vice President
Bruce Plate
46502 316th Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
605-624-8418
bruce@sdshootingsports.org

Secretary
Greg Iversen
Sturgis, SD 57785
605-347-5445
greg@sdshootingsports.org

Treasurer
Dawn Hahn
605-363-3074
dawn@sdshootingsports.org

Competitions
Bob Hartinger
605-693-4574
bob@sdshootingsports.org

Legislative Affairs
sdssala@sdshootingsports-ila.org

General Communications
Dan Anderson
Dell Rapids, SD 57022
605-428-5488
dan@sdshootingsports.org

Junior Programs
Gary Stadleman
605-227-4286
gary@sdshootingsports.org

Eddie Eagle Program
PO Box 3
Dell Rapids, SD 57022
info@sdshootingsports.org

NRA Field Rep
Clayton M. Pederson
Area 41 NRA Field Rep
North and South Dakota
PO Box 8 Morristown, SD 57645
701-522-9622 office
701-522-9626 fax
605-431-1932 cell
cpederson@nrahq.org