Gee I had a good time. It was a shame more, of the more senior members couldn't make it. I'm a little biased here but I thought the targets were outstanding, all the 3, 4 & 5's were hand painted full colour and the 1 & 2's were computer generated colour targets, not only were they fun to shoot, visually pleasing they were hard to score on. The score zones were clearly visible, (well may be not on the Christmas tree.) But the higher the point score the more chance of getting nothing. Just ask Coins on a series 2 Alastair went for full points as you do missed the 20 by about .5mm and scored nothing, undaunted he tried again, missed in a different spot by about the same amount and again came up empty. This amused him greatly and he showed us the target at tea. I didn't hear one complaint about the targets and one seasoned shooter said "I have shot many novelty targets over the years, but they were by far the best." If you look at the scores you can easily see they were not easy.
The presentations were held and several trophies were handed out. some of the winners were Liam & Donald. The look of surprise on their faces had to be seen to be appreciated.
The trophies for the Christmas shoot were as follows:
Men's sighted, Neil
Ladies sighted,Karen
Veterans sighted, Teabag
Veterans unsighted, Ray
Junior sighted, Liam
Junior unsighted, Donald.
The main awards are the perpetual shields. Juniors was again won by Marin Ussher who has shot well all year despite the fact that he must have grown about 20 feet.
This year ladies was claimed by Karen Smedley who has been able to lift her base performance by a good margin, so much so that she is a major force at each weekly shoot.
To make it a family affair Alastair was able to once again take home the men's shield. Well done Alastair a good consistent performance in all conditions.
Macleay Valley Archers has had a good year tournament wise, we have had archers at all the major shoots and as a club we have punched above our weight. Our club has archers that hold National records, are champions at the following National, State and Branch as well as postal, indoor, ABA and 3D.
Dave posted the magical 400 in an ABA round. Whilst Gloria raised her average scores by the highest Margin, making her the most improved established archer.
Our average attendace was just over 12 with 19 being the best we could do.
Could I also say thank you to Cec for all the un-noticed things you do. THANK YOU.
Scores:- Scribe Neil 372, Cola Karen 370, Don't tie with me Brett 370, BC Liam 356, Martin McFly 352, Teabag 350, Coins Alastair 346, BP Glenn342, Granddad Cec 338, Crusty Chris 336, Sugar Ray Sam 326, Cupcake Gloria 318, Yellow Peg Stewart 292, Nick 224, Jake 160
Bare Bow:- Fingers Ray 340, Leach Bait Bruce 298,Donald where's your trophy 302, Nurse Kathy 268.
I nearly forgot to mention a few things firstly Neil & Ray both shot really well. Martin shot from the red peg. Bruce is getting better & better, but today's hi lite would have to be the Performance By Kathy. Now Kathy is Brett's wife not sure if that's good or bad, although she did seem to be getting rather special coaching. As we all know archery is not the easiest of sports to co-ordinate all things enough to get the desired result. Kathy on the other hand appeared to handle it with ease. We were in the group behind so I had several opportunities to watch her shoot. Her release was really good and I have seen many archers with years of experience not release as well as Kathy was able to.
On the 19th January next year we will be holding the first leg of the IFAA international Mail match.
We are officially starting back on the 26th of Jan.
To all my friends, readers & Granddad, have a safe and very happy Christmas and New year.
I will add things over the break so feel free to check every now & again.
Merry Christmas and a safe new year.
Teabag
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