20th March ABA Round

What a perfect afternoon for archery on Saturday. Slight breeze, not to hot, not to cool, just right. With some away for the Hunter Valley Bowmen shoot, we had 14 left to hold the fort at Tamban. The Ant Hill range was the go, with some testing shots and tricky stances.
The scores were;
Men –Bruce Crumpton 384, Glenn Freeman 370, Josh Apps 368, Neil Ussher 348, Gary Ward 332, Steve Harris 332, Lenny Hickson 296 (Bare Bow), Malcolm Bryant
Ladies – Ebony Apps 208.
Juniors Boys –Martin Ussher 378, Sam Harwood 358, Beau Miller 332 (Bare Bow), Justin Farrawell 246, Josh Bryant 182.
And some good news from the away guys, Brett Hodgeman coming home with a first place in Bow Hunter Unlimited Flight 1, Dion Ussher first in Junior Freestyle Unlimited Flight 1 and Tim Hodgeman getting a Fifth in the junior Bow Hunter Unlimited Flight 2.
They came home with great praise for the new coloured targets, very realistic. I don’t know when our set will come, but am looking forward to it.
Back to normal this week, with a full contingent of shooters at Tamban. See you there.

ABA 3 Arrow Round 13th March

It was touch and go on Saturday. We had delayed start due to a heavy shower of rain, heavy enough to stop some from even heading out. Even so, 17 Macleay Archers chanced it, and made it through without a drop falling from the heavens.
The scores were;
Men –Alastair Smedley 386, Bruce Crumpton 384, Brett Hodgeman 382, Josh Apps 382, Matt Gray 376, Gary Ward 360, Neil Ussher 358.
Ladies – No ladies this week.
Juniors Boys – Jacob Fuit 390, Dion Ussher 388, Martin Ussher 386, Tim Hodgeman 374, Gene Shea 366, Jack Powick 348, Sam Harwood 336, Ben Ward 278, Cooper Gray 234.
There will be a few of us away this week, the Hunter Bowmen are having their shoot this week end. Good luck to those traveling away. For those staying home, the shoot groups will be done before 1.30pm with kick off at 2pm. Hopefully the weather will be better this week.

Macleay Valley Invitational 3D Shoot 27th & 28th Feb

Nice group of arrows, downhill, 40+metres through many trees

Tricky shot from about 40 metres.

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The threatening weather couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the 80 archers who joined us out at Tamban for our 1st ABA Branch 3D Title. The camping ground was a sea of tents, tarps and vans and thankfully the after a showery start to Saturday, the weather cleared away to quite a nice day. The forest was alive with rubber targets, fox’s, deer and goat, all sneakily positioned to test the abilities of the hopeful archers. Jacob Fuit was more than a match, scoring two very impressive 398’s out of 400, that is 796/800 for the day!
For a change, we held the raffle draw on Saturday night which proved popular, the overloaded table of prizes attracted ticket buyers like moths to a candle. The winners dashing out to collect their chosen item and then back to their seat hoping to be called out again.
Sunday dawned with the smell of bacon and eggs wafting through the camp from the canteen. It wasn’t long until we had tables full of hungry competitors readying themselves for the morning shoot. An early start meant an early finish with most finishing the round by 11.30am.
With the tallies done, the presentation kicked off with a big thank you to our club from the executive for holding a smooth running and very enjoyable shoot.
On the podium our members faired quite well with these results;
Sam Harwood 2nd Junior Bowhunter Limited 1340 points out of 1600
Tim Hodgeman 3rd Junior Bowhunter Unlimited 1464 points.
Martin Ussher 1st Freestyle Unlimited Flt2 1514pts
Jacob Fuit 1st Freestyle Unlimited Flt1 1554pts
Dion Ussher 2nd Freestyle Unlimited Flt1 1554 pts (on a count back, Jacob scored 3 more “A” shots)
Shane Fuit 1st Bowhunter Unlimited Flt1 1546 pts
Brett Hodgeman 3rd Bowhunter Unlimited Flt1 1506 pts.
Alastair Smedley 2nd Freestyle Unlimited Flt1 1466 pts
Cec Apps 3rd Freestyle Unlimited Flt2
Josh Apps 3rd Bowhunter Unlimited Flt2
I must mention young Danial Ward, who scored not one, but two personal best scores over the week end to lift it up to 334 points. A bit of competition is good for everyone.
So it’s back to normal for a few weeks until we venture down south to the Hunter Bowmen for their tournament shoot in a months time. As always, you’re all welcome at the Macleay Valley Archers out at Tamban.