Cancelled Moonterra shoot

Hi all as the heading implies the ABA 3D shoot at Moonterra on the 14th & 15th of May has been CANCELLED.

cheers 2points

OOPS!

In a most unprofessional manor the post re the Safari in Alice Springs was a little early I now think it is the year after ( post has been altered) It appears next years is at Mildura.

Please accept my most humble & sincere apology

ANZAC DAY 2011

Anzac Day 2011 Thank you for your sacrifice " LEST WE FORGET"

2013 Safari

Year after next the Central Australian Archers are hosting the safari in Alice Springs. Several of us, money permitting would like to go, so how much interest is there?

ABA 3 arrow 23rd April

What a big weekend. 3 major events Easter where we celebrate what was the birth of Christianity, Anzac Day where we remember the sacrifices our forbearers made to make sure we can live the life we enjoy & finally the thrashing of 2points by grandad. 10 archers got leave passes to come out to play. We enjoyed a much better BBQ than last week, due totally to the iron chef being skilled to a much higher level than 2points will ever be, Bliss oh bliss we had white tea, which I must admit 2points really pigged out on. The scores were not as high as usual and are as follows:

Coins Alastair 378, Grandad Cec 370, Feathers Dave 366, Don't mention me Steve 364, BP Glenn 362, Iron Chef Darrin 352, 2points Mike 350, Old dry fire Gloria 274, Beau 232. Rabbits Garry DNF.

Steve filled us all in on the worlds, which had about 500 shooters and the host club were catering to about 1500 people each day WOW that would test any club to the limit.

Next week is the next club meeting it will be held BEFORE the shoot. There is a working Bee next Sunday so please try to make both events as JFK once said " ask not what your club can do for you but instead ask what can I do for the Club." That may not be an exact quote but I'm sure that's what he meant.

Cheers 2points

Easter 2011

For those wondering....yes we will be at the club today-not sure how many will turn up. If you can't get there I hope your Easter is going well.

Cheers 2points

world titles results Final

Sorry these are late but they weren't up this morning. Well done MVA. & Steven Apps from Canberra, But we might as well claim him as ours Family rules & all that.

Brett Hodgman postion 37

Tim Hodgman position 46

Steve Harris position 63

Steve Apps 20

If the results go up for the sarfari & wehave any members shooting I will try to post them as I find them.

Cheers Mike

world titles results day 3

Day three and all our boys are holding up under the strain. The standout for us is still Tim. There are 82 shooters in their section with only a handfull of points seperating the top ten. Top score is 1628

Brett 41 total so far 1504

Tim 43 total so far 1486

Steve 66 total so far 1414

As you can see Steve has continued his steady march up the ladder.

Well done Brett, Tim & Steve

Also thanks for the words of encouragement from Darrin.

cheers Mike

world titles results day 2

Hi I haven't found any more MVA members but did come across a Steven Apps who was doing well. Any relation?

Positions after day 2 Brett 38, Tim 45, Steve 69. Brett must have mixed feelings re Tim. Brett would be bursting with pride at how well Tim is shooting and at the same time looking over his shoulder as Tim is only a few points behind each day. Steve is on the improve as well.

cheers Mike

world titles results

Just a quick post. I'm not sure who went from MVA and there are 28 pages of results so I may have missed anybody if I have I am really sorry so far I have found:-

Brett 34 place after day 1, Tim who shot really well 44 day 1 & Steve 76 on day 1.

cheers Mike

Macleay-Vegas Indoor shoot 16/3/11

Hi All, well for those that don't know the wife & I live on a rural property about 40 minutes west of Kempsey, we have to negotiate 3 creek crossings to come to town & get flooded in or out on a regular basis. About once every 7 weeks to be pedantic. So when Friday comes we check the creek heights and the weather to guess whether we can go to archery or not. After this ritual we go to bed and look forward to our day out on Saturday. Well this week we were awakened at 4:00 am to the sounds of rain playing a timpany on the roof and the creek starting to roar, a combination that usually means we are flooded in for a few days. Not happy Jan! Several unsettled hours later we got dressed and discussed what we would do, after making our decision we rang Grandad to see if the shoot was still on and if it was, could we stay in his van if we couldn't get home, somewhat amused by the question Grandad said yes to both so of we went. 12o'clock, still raining and 4 idiots oops i mean 4 keen archers had turned up so we all had a cup of tea, black as nobody thought to bring milk. We had a BBQ lunch ---still raining. We called a meeting to decide what to shoot & eventually ( still raining) decided to hold the inaugural Macleay-Vegas indoor shoot. A most prestigious event . Nominations were accepted from Grandad Cec, Bp Glenn, Old dryfire Gloria & 2points Mike. Rules were formulated Due to Grandad only having the index and pages 2-48 missing, teams were selected and then we had a cup of BLACK tea Oh! still raining then the shoot was on The Macleay-Vegas indoor certainly brings out the pressure cooker atmosphere as teams and individuals jockeyed for position. As we could only shoot 1 team at a time the other team had ample opportunity to help the opposition with all sorts of hints and advice. The stakes were high as the loosing team had to make a cup of BLACK tea for the winners. I am proud to say that the young guns team of Bp Glenn & 2points held of the antique vets team of old dryfire & Grandad.

Scores for the day were

2 points 232, Bp 230, Please note that margin, Grandad 226 & Old dryfire 206

Teams Young Guns 462

Antique Vets 432

I would like to close by saying Gloria & I had a great day and really enjoyed our time at the club.

Thanks Glenn & Cec for making the day special

ABA 3 arrow 9th April

Just a quick apology first, I have loaded a few pictures from the many that the Ussher family kindly supplied. The photo's were selected at random & sight unseen & were supposed to load in medium size,well 2 or 3 have come in at the size of Victoria, hence we have a nice shot of a tree, half of Martin & most of Brett. I can't change it yet for a couple of reasons 1/I don't know how & 2/ they take so long to load and I don't really have the time.

Hopefully I will get better.

18 hopefulls took to the Goanna range including a brand new husband & wife team who judging by the peels of laughter that came from their group had a great time. Although watching Grandad shoot could reduce anybody to laughter. Yes he beat me again & I am just being bitter.

Scores for the day were generally very good.

Mrs Ussher let us down and again let Martin come out to play and once again he thrashed us, hopefully old age will catch up with him really soon and he returns to the level of a mere mortal. In fact the entire Ussher family did well, Dad Neil appears to be riding a hot wave at the moment and son Dion has mastered the art of forgetting his wallet, not a problem with dad there to provide the necessary help.

Scores for the day are

Real name Martin 390, Grandad Cec 382, Feathers Dave & Strings Bruce 380, Iron Chef Darrin & Don't tie with me Brett 376, Wheels Jacob 374, Security Josh 372, Scribe Neil & 2points Mike 370, Rabbits Garry & Hitchhiker Dion 364, DJ Gene 356, Zac 344, Gary K 316, Old Dryfire Gloria 304, Graham 286, Jacqeline 212

ABA 3 arrow 2nd April

Hi all,

Well today went really well 12 archers turned up and 2 scores that were pretty good Ben Ward shot a PB from the red pegs 336 And Martin really turned up the wick & shot a 394, we wondered if Mrs Ussher could find him a few jobs at home on Saturday, just to give us mere mortals a chance. I called in to the vets on the way home and had Old Dryfire checked out for performance enhancing drugs. How else do you explain 198 last week & 338 this week. Both scores look like causing old fart much consternation as last week I suffered through total misery & this week looks like being total happiness. I have learnt that "Yes Dear" said with just the right amount of feeling seems to work in both cases. In the on going battle between Grandad & old fart it would be easy to look at the scores and say Grandad did it again, but allow me to put forward a differant point of view. point 1 Grandad used all 20 targets where as old fart only used 19 & that means grandad had an average of 17.7 per target hit whilst old fart averaged 18.526315 per target hit, so based on that result I ask you who shot the better, to support that theory Grandad himself stated that 2 points wasn't worth mentioning.

One of the members has requested that old fart be known as 2points from know on, something to do with my friendly supportive nature that allows all & sundry to beat him by 2 points... So hence forth Old Fart is now 2 points. To any body whose name I have spelt wrong I am really sorry.I have found many different ways to spell your names, but it may really be the fault of your Mum & Dad. So sorry to all I do try really I do. And now the scores:-

Real Name Martin 394, Feathers Dave 382, Coins Alastair 376, Don't mention Me Steve 370, BP Glenn 366, Grandad Cec 354, 2points Mike 352, rabbits Garry 352, Old Dryfire 338, Ben 336PB, Lenny 324.

Cheers 2 points