Oh joy of joys what fantastic weather, Approx 4.5 million archers turned up to enjoy the day & what a day it was, little to no breeze, blue sky, sunshine, birds all a twitter, flowers turning their heads to the sun, leaves playing a symphony of nature, (yes I know there was no breeze) the beautiful sound of a small crystal clear babbling brook and good friends all combined to make this one special day. The longer I spend in archery the more sure I am that this sport attracts a certain type of person, the type of person that you would be happy to take home to meet mum so to speak. This year hasn't been the best for me both health wise and shooting wise & sometimes it's hard to know if the shooting effects my health or does the health effect my shooting. I haven't actually finished a round since Easter and my shooting was going down hill rapidly. It had got to the point where I looked forward to going to the club to socialise but not to shoot. A few weeks ago Cec had climbed out of his sick bed to come & help he even shot poorly at Avon to encourage me. But Avon was the worst weekend shooting wise I have had in as long as I can remember. My bow was a brute to shoot and it was all to difficult. Hence plan B, I rang Alastair and asked if he could have a look at the bow for me & he happily said yes. I arrived at the appointed time and spent the next 2 hours offering advise to him on how to fix my bow, all of which he, thankfully, ignored. After all the adjustments & muffled threats were finalised my old bow was back.
It somehow had transformed from an ugly duckling into a beautiful Swan. Thank you Alastair, thank you Cec, between you, you have returned my love of archery That folks is why archery is special, Your main rivals will help you when you need it. It was great to see members of the Scott family arrive thank heaven for photo ID or we wouldn't have had any idea who they were. Grandad claims to have lost his rake & shovel. As if. Don't forget membership fees are now due & for most of us so are the ABA fees. More on that later. The AGM is on the Second of June.
Next Saturday 26th of May we will be holding an international round in the morning starting at 10:00am followed by lunch and the normal 3 arrow in the arvo. This is not compulsory but allows those that want to, to shoot more arrows.
And now the scores:- Coins Alastair 392, Grandad Cec 384, Scribe Neil, Martin McFly & Teabag 372, Cola Karen 368, Mad Max Stuart 358, Home Brew Garry 348, CupCake Gloria 332, Swr Brad 320, Pea Wee Josh 314, old Yellow Peg Stewart 300, Finger Ray 280.
Club Member of the week Ray "Fingers" McManus
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