Thursday, November 24, 2011

A picture is worth a 1000 words














To Darrin, Cec, Ray & Dave plus anybody else that had anything to do with the above "THANK YOU"








Tuesday, November 15, 2011

ABA Shoot 12th Nov

A mixture of 22 experienced and new archers made it around the anthill range without getting too wet on a threatening afternoon at Tamban for the Macleay Valley Archers weekly shoot last Saturday afternoon.
Steve Harris shot a tremendous 388 to tie Alistair Smedley for his first overall win at the club. This was a personal best for Steve and reflects his ability, which has really started to show through over the last twelve months and a triumph by some eight points over Dave McManus with whom Steve has developed a friendly rivalry. It was great to have a few of our younger adult shooters such as Tim Hodgman, Jacob Fuit and Dion Ussher come out for a stroll around the range and we even had a visitor (Matt Hodgman) from the Namoi Valley (Gunnedah) club.
Scores for the day:
Steve Harris 388 PB, Alistair Smedley 388, Dave McManus380, Glenn Freeman 378, Ces Apps 376, Karen Smedley 374, Garry Ward 372, Sam Harwood 356, Josh Scott 350, Ray McManus 318, Gloria Potter 316, Peter Scott 308, Beau 292, Peter Brenton 292, Mark Muphy 228, Finn Murphy 204, Stew Benington 196, Brad 186.
A big thanks must go to club stalwarts Brett Hodgman and Darrin Symonds, who both gave up a chance to shoot so they could start preparing the club grounds for the Northern NSW branch Xmas shoot to be held on December 3rd and 4thwhich will see archers from all over the northern region gather on the Macleay for the last branch shoot of the year.
Ces apps and Glenn Freeman also should be congratulated for coming 1st and 3rd respectively in their divisions at the recent branch 3D titles held in Singleton.
There are still a few club shoots left for the year so anybody interested in giving field archery a go is more than welcome to join in the fun and should contact Ces Apps 65627047.

Thanks Garry for keeping me up todate. I think I will just stay away permenantly. Don't mention me Steve, Bp Glenn, Cola Karen & Grandad are all becoming just to hard to beat. All thats improving for me is my tea making ability. Really brings a tear to the eye. Well done everybody.
Cheers Teabag

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Free style archers led the way for the Macleay Valley Archers monthly IFAA shoot on Staturday the 29th of October. Alistair Smedley and Dave McManus both shot top notch scores and were closely followed by Karen Smedley, showing how competitive ladies can be, coming third overall on the day.
Scores for the day:
Alistair Smedley 256, Dave McManus, 252, Karen Smedley 237, Ces Apps 222, Glenn Freeman 216, Garry Ward 209, Brett Hodgman 204, Cooper Gray 204 Matt Gray 200, Ray Mcmanus 184 , Stew Benington 53.
Father and son team Mark and Finn finished on 70 and 97 respectively and the Brenton family, Tracey, Peter, Pat and Tim all shot in the 60s.
It has been fantastic to see lots of new faces around the club over the last couple of weeks and it would be a pleasure to see even more people giving this great outdoor pastime a try. The club has two qualified coaches and equipment available for new archers to try out. For more information contact Ces Apps on 65627047.

A big thanks to Garry for doing my job. Hopefully things will return to normal very soon.

cheers Teabag