Merry Christmas To All.

Last week end saw us in disarray, with some archers venturing down to Taree for their Christmas Shoot, some having a shot at the range and most must have been getting over some socializing I suspect. Who can blame them; it’s the time of year.
The away shooters, Glenn freeman and Cec Apps, came home from the Manning Bowman with Glenn taking a third and Cec a forth position in the Free style Unlimited class. While at Tamban, only 2 dedicated members took to the Goanna Range for a quick fire round, it only took an hour to shoot the 20 targets; they both shot Personal Best’s. Gary Ward shot a 360 out of 400 and Neil Ussher had a 380 from 400 points. A pity there weren’t more people around to witness both these good scores.
This week was a great ending to a great year for the Macleay Valley Archers. 21 archers turned out for our last shoot for the year, being a two arrow, both score, round on the Goanna Range. The scores were;
Men – Shane Fuit 782, Alastair Smedley 782, Cec Apps 762, Eddie Clebshe 758, Bruce Crumpton 756, Glenn Freeman 752, Brett Hodgeman 742, Matt Gray 706, Darrin Simmonds 676, Neil Ussher 672,
Ladies – No Ladies this week
Juniors Boys – Dion Ussher 778, Martin Ussher 754, Tim Hodgeman 654, Gene Shea 636, Jack Powick 570, Sam Harwood 476, Jacob Fuit DNF (gear failure).
After the round the scores were tabulated and the club champions were announced. By using the average of the best 7 scores over the year to show who was the best, we came up with the Senior Club Champion going to Shane Fuit, second place to Brett Hodgeman, third to Alastair Smedley and forth to Cec Apps. Junior Club Champion stayed in the family by going to Jacob Fuit with Dion Ussher getting second place, third went to Marty Ussher and fourth to Tim Hodgeman. Well done guys!
It was then down to business with a club meeting, were it was resolved to hold the reelection of the new committee until May 2010 to align with our parent body, the ABA. With the meeting out of the way we all enjoyed a hearty BBQ and a few refreshments. There were many a tall tail told that night.
There are few dates to put on your calendar for 2010; January 9th is a working bee to make some more backing butts. Our first Club shoot will be the first Saturday in February 2010 and we will be hosting an ABA 3D shoot on the 20th, 21st February as well. So it will be straight back into the thick of it.