27th August IFAA round

Well wasn't yesterday just pure joy, totally undiluted by the events of the day. 12, no wait, 13 village idiots turned up for a day of fun & frivolity at Tamban Aquatic Park. The rules were simple, use whatever swimming stroke you are comfortable with to navigate from target to target. Then choose whether you wanted to stand in mud or running water to shoot. No warning signs had been erected so the depth of the mud or water was unknown, our group solved this dilemma in a most creative manor. We sent the short members of our group first. Now if they could breath we new it wasn't to deep, however if they sunk out of site, what was left of the group would have something to stand on. As the tallest in the group I thought this was a very cunning plan. The only scores I have are Brett 236 & Dave 234, they are all written on my trusty note pad, but the page has come off & turned in to totally illegible mush, honestly I've had things go through the washing machine that haven't suffered from aquatic immersion to the same extent. One other result that is worthy of note, is Grandad has finally found out what it is like to walk in my shoes. He makes a mean cup of tea & I really enjoyed it. After the shoot he returned my shoes, so next week will be a totally different event.

Next Saturday is our club meeting STARTING AT 12 MIDDAY.

Take care all see you then.

Cheers Teabag

Quick Reminder

Just a reminder for those of you with multi bow families, this week should be our IFAA shoot, so 14 targets 4 arrows per target may not suit those with heavy # bows.

cheers teabag

Fuel saver Part 2 20/8/11

What a surprising day, Dryfire & I checked the forecast, then the creek, organised emergency accommodation for Sat night, just in case, then headed of to the club. On the way we decided not many would show up, boy were we surprised. 16 shooters plus Peter who stayed on the practice butts. All in all we had Peter with his brand new bow, Jay a junior who came with Dad & his 3 siblings & Stuart a very experienced archer who joined the club. Stuart drives a Land Rover straight out of the Mad Max movies. Black with 2 huge spots on the bull bar, winch & 6 yes 6 smaller spots on the roof rack. Mud tyres, high lift jack & shovel all in purpose built racks, 2 GPS systems plus a hand held unit. Sounded like a diesel also had a snorkel and mans best friend "WOOF"So all in all I'm guessing Stuart never goes of the bitumen, well not much any way. He also pulls a 3000# bow. Dave took his PSE out for the day and boy does it perform, when he releases you hear a high energy crack somewhat like a rifle then a split second later the butts rock about and nearly fall over. Really good news for us average archers Karen is going away for about 5 weeks, she has taken long service leave and she & Alastair are going to England to help her Mum & Dad celebrate their 50 wedding anniversary. Have a great time. At least for the next 5 weeks I will move up the pecking order by one, ah! pure joy. Grandad took his new slime green Mardi Gras bow round the course and absolutely blitzed it leaving poor old Teabag at the tea urn once again, boy life can really suck.

Scores are listed below 2 arrow round

Feathers Dave 774, Home brew Garry 762, Coins Alastair 760, Grandad Cec 758, BP Glenn 736, Cola Karen 734, Karate Matt 728, Mad Max Stuart 724, Tea Bag 710, Dan 648, Dryfire Gloria 630PB, Fingers Ray 628, Peawee Josh 608, Ben 570, Jay 298PB..

Cheers Teabag

Gunnedah State 3D titles 13th & 14th August

A bakers dozen set of on the great trek west to compete in the NSW state 3D titles. Now it's supposed to be flat out on the western plains so how come Gunnedah managed to find the only damned hill in the entire state to play on. Huge Basalt rocks littered the area and made really good places to stand the 3D targets on. Over the weekend our group lost, bent or broke 15 arrows. Dryfire & I stayed Sunday night and walked around 3 targets spent about half an hour doing it and came back with 5 lost arrows, not all ours. The carbon footprint must add up to the GDP of a small African nation, at about $10.00 per carbon shaft. Personally I loved the shots but had a difficult time walking around the hill. From our 13 starters we came home with 4 State Champions, Martin & Cec deserve a big pat on the back for their efforts, well done you two. Martin had the top Macleay score for the weekend and Brett top scored in the seniors with a 1484. Overall the courses were challenging but we as a club did real good.

Scores for the weekend 3a 1a 2a total place.

Martin 386, 374, 756, 1516 1st

Gloria 276, 238, 442, 956, 1st

Cec 356, 356, 720, 1432, 1st

Michael 338, 328, 600, 1266, 3rd

Steve 364, 364, 714, 1442, 4th

Garry 366, 356, 714, 1436, 5th

Brett 376, 354, 754, 1484, 4th

Neil 344, 342, 708, 1394, 1st

David 362, 350, 764, 1476, 2nd

Glenn 364, 350, 712, 1426, 4th
Darrin 356, 348, 714, 1418, 5th
Dion 368, 350, 714, 1432, 10th

Ray 340, 208, 574, 1122, 2nd

Fuel saver shoot leg one 6/8/11

Oh boy writers cramp from all the shooters who turned up this week. 20 off you well done. We held our club meeting for the month with the main item being the purchase of a brushcutter with saw blade, a petrol driven blower and a ride on mower. Brings a tear to the eye don't it. Over the next few months Burgers are to be ordered and paid for at the canteen then the order will be passed on to the chef. No burgers are to be ordered by any body other than the canteen lady or her appointed replacement. Cold drinks are to be purchased from the canteen as per usual. Those Pesky range setters were at it again, making things really difficult 766 was the top score for the day so I guess the did a damned good job. Sitting here looking at the results I have put my head on the block and nominated what I think are the top 3 efforts for the day so here goes, No 3 Neil, Finger shooter with sights who shot 736, No 2 Karen 728 1st shoot back in several months, new string, new settings and still beat most of the field, Very annoying. No 1 belongs to Cooper who shot a 616PB Cooper hasn't shot regularly over the last few weeks and has had a difficult time of things. So putting all that aside to shoot a PB is a fantastic effort.

Next week for most of us is Gunnedah. I think a few are coming to the club to shoot and fix a few small problems so if you turn up bring your work ethic along with the bow. Next working bee is Sunday 21 August and now the scores:-Coins Alastair 766, Martin McFly 766, Feathers Dave 760, Scribe Neil 736, Grandad Cec 732, Cola Karen 728, Chef Darrin 720, Teabag 714, Home brew Garry 712, BP Glenn 698, Fletcher Sam 684, Karate Matt 668, Macksville Daniel 646, Pighunter Cooper 616PB, Dryfire Gloria 502, Fingers Ray 472, Traybit Zac 118, Dion, Nic & Jacob all shot a 1 arrow, Jacob had his Bowtech turn into a Blowtech sorry to hear that Jacob.

Well that's about it for know.

cheers Teabag

ABA 3 arrow 30/7/11

Great day, lots to talk about so go grab a cuppa and sit back. firstly next week is the club meeting it will start at 12 noon followed by the first round of the ABA national fuel saver shoot entry fee is $10.00 so it will be a 2 arrow both to score, round 2 will be a fortnight later. The state 3D titles at Gunnedah will be sandwiched between the 2 fuel saver shoots, then on the final weekend we will have our IFAA weekend. we had 14 archers compete this week. I think there must be something in the water around here as we are seeing new bows sprouting like mushrooms, out of the 14, 7 were new or near new bows and another member has a brand new one at home getting set up. We also had more new shooters than flies around the compost heap, the clubs future looks really good, a big welcome to the following David first time at archery. Went home happy despite the large bruise on his arm. Kate shot for the first time and did really well. Richard & Ethan also shot well for new comers. Cec, Darrin & Steve went to Taree on Sunday for some practice on 3D, which brings me to my next point.

For those that have been reading this over the last 9 months ( well done ) you would be aware that Grandad & Teabag stage a weekly battle. Over that period grandad has come out on top far more than Teabag has, however over the last 4-5 weeks Teabag hasn't done a bad job of keeping Grandad honest, now however Teabag feels somewhat guilty as Grandad has had to buy a new bow and travel to Taree for extra practice. The only logical explanation is Grandad's pathological fear of being beaten by Teabag. Narelle please accept my apologies for causing all the extra expense in your family, I do however have a plan, He He! Watch out Grandad.

Alastair deserves special mention for his fantastic score of 392 really hot shooting that. On the down side he has fixed Karen's bow so we can expect her back at the pointy end of the field real soon.. Scores for the day are:-Coins Alastair 392, Feathers David 386PB, Don't tie with me Brett 384, Homebrew Garry 366, Grandad Cec 362, DJ Gene 362, Chef Darrin 360, Teabag 354, Princess Kate 346 PB,Don't mention me Steve 344, Fletcher Sam 332, Peewee Josh318PB, Fingers Ray 318BB, Ethan 282 PB, Dryfire Gloria 296, Bruises Dave 254PB, Richard 154, Traybit Zac 124.

Well that's about it for this week

cheers Teabag