ABA & IFAA club shoot 25th May

A quiet weekend at the archery club, with some members travelling to Singleton for an away shoot.  In the morning the updated IFAA range was put to the test to check that all the distances were correct (IFAA is a variation of the game where you shoot a known distance).  It was a great shoot and we plan to have club IFAA shoots from next month, held on Saturday mornings.  A big thank you to Alastair Smedley for getting the range up and running again.

 

We had just five members shoot the Anthill range in the afternoon. It would have been six except Alastair forgot to bring his quiver which meant no arrows, or release aid and hense no shooting. Cec Apps managed to get to the first target and then realised he hadn't put his scope on the bow and had to go back to the club house to retrieve it before he could start.  A day of forgetfullness. During the shoot it was all very close with the scores at the half way mark with only a couple of points between everyone.  The second half then proved more challenging and with the light fading fast the last couple of targets were much harder to see and had an impact on the end results.

Scores (max 400): Brett Hodgman 380, Karen Smedley 378, Glenn Freeman 376, Cec Apps 372, Ray McManus 360.

 

As an add to Cupcake & Teabag travelled to Singleton, the weather was fantastic all weekend and didn't have a cloud in the sky from Friday lunch time till Monday morning. Cupcake battled Annette Trethewey all weekend and they both shot the same score on the Sunday. Teabag came second after being thrashed in the 1 arrow round. Great weekend had by all.
Till next time
Cheers Teabag

ABA lots of arrows round 18/5/13

Hi every body,
Well young Robin Hood would have been proud of his band of merry archers at the weekend. Once again the weather was perfect for archery. Teabag & Cupcake had a DNF mainly because Cupcake's gear retired, I just love it when the problem isn't caused by me.
22 of us trotted of into the thick dense almost impenetrable Tam Ban forest. After many years shooting we still are not sure what mysteries lurk deep within our range, why only the other day Fingers disappeared for several hours, before re-appearing in a rather dazed and confused state. A rumour quickly circulated about strange creatures and possible medical examinations. Poor Fingers!!
Scores are below, if you didn't shoot 376 you are just plain odd.
As you can tell by the rubbish above we had to leave early so I don't really know what happened.
Next week is the branch 3D titles at SAS and several members will be attending. The club will still function but not sure about lunch.
Till next time
Cheers Tea Bag

 

Gloria	Potter	DNF
Mike	Potter	DNF
Alastair	Smedley	386
Brett	Hodgman	386
Chris	Garrett	378
Dave	McMannus	376
Glenn	Freeman	376
Karen	Smedley	376
Liam	Crawford	376
Garry	Ward	368
Cec	Apps	366
Ray	McMannus	356
Jack	Colquhoun	350
Jesse	Fordyke	336
Peter	Scott	326
Josh	Scott	320
Kath	Hodgeman	314
Nic	Garrett	300
Rob	Fordyke	294
Stewart	Bennington	278
Liam	King	210
Sam	Davies	170

11/5/13 ABA 3 Arrow & working Bee

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to ALL MUMS XO

Well here I am again sitting in front of the computer, thinking about what to write. I understand that statement might come as a shock to most of the readers, but yes I do actually think about the rubbish I write.
Well as I was going through this thought process I noticed that thinking about yesterday made me very happy and brought a smile to my face......but why.
Sport is many things to many people. To me archery is very special, not because I'm a great shot because I'm not, it really is the people and the nature of archery that's special. Our branch has over 1,000 members ranging from about 6 years to over 80, our club ranges from about 12 to over 70 we have singles, couples, families and obviously male & female shooters. We all play together, the shoot group can be male, female, young and old, all in together shooting arrows at the same target and all learning from each other. There are not many sports that can claim that. We are relatively accident free. All in all just a great family sport. As the archers came back from the range another thing struck me. 99% of them were really happy with their personal performance. there can only be 1 first place so how come everybody came in happy. Marty was happy he came first with a good score of 392, Ray was ecstatic with a 350, was it his best round, well no it wasn't but it was the first time he had gone round with no misses. Cec was happy, heck all that takes is beating me. Chris shot a 384 this was a PB by 16 points. no wonder he had a smile from ear to ear. Cupcake had a 352 about average for her but used 4 second arrows. she was so close to a PB. Karen had a good recovery from target 1 and got to talk girl talk with cupcake all arvo. They both had a great time. Neil had an average round but spent time with his son, how good is that. Glenn only scored 380 but he still got ribbed about his 394 last week, so he was happy. Al was so close to the magic 390, he couldn't be upset. Rob enjoyed the day. Teabag had a ball his arrows went more or less where he aimed and it just felt right.

As you know we had a working bee which once again was very well attended. Thanks everybody, without you we wouldn't have a club. Normally I wouldn't single people out for special mention as you usually upset somebody you didn't mention. This week I'm going to make an exception by mentioning 2 people. Young Josh Scott is about 13 and as boys do, he managed to break his arm/wrist. good excuse not to do anything but no, Josh came and found things to do. Thanks Josh. The other person is Garry Ward. Why Garry you ask, well Garry came just for the working bee then went home. He told me he was almost wetting himself with excitement. Thanks Garry great effort.

 As some of you may know the club is thinking of getting a few 3D targets so we may be able to shoot 3D soon.
Scores for the day:
Martin Mcfly 392, Coins Alastair 388, Crusty Chris 384PB, BP Glenn 380, Granddad Cec 376, Cola Karen 372, Rob 366, All those Neil 358, Cupcake 352, Finger Ray 350 BB. Tea bag 124 DNF

For anybody wondering Martin is still a junior but shoots from the red peg so 392 really is a great score.
Don't forget the up-coming branch 3D titles at Singleton on the 25th & 26th of May. Nomination form is at the club house.
Till next time Take care & shoot straight.
Teabag

Ps I was just looking at our stats and would you believe we have had somebody from Alaska having a look. Not sure what they will make of Aussie humour with a British twist.

Membership fees

ABA Membership Renewals

Is your membership due for renewal? ABA will send you a renewal form, or get a copy from Karen at the Club, or apply on line.

We will be doing a bulk submission, so if you want to pay cash or by cheque please see Karen. Closing date for completed forms and payment is 25th May to allow the forms to reach the ABA by end of May.

Please note that if your membership expires you have just one month to renew as an existing member. Once you are past one month over due you will be deemed un-financial. This means that when you re-apply for membership you be considered a "past member" and will have to re-pay the ABA joining fee.

So to keep the costs down, always renew on time.  It is the responsibility of each member to maintain the membership with both the MVA and ABA.

Please remember that MVA renewals are due by 31 May 2013.

Thanks

ABA i arrow 4/5/13

Beautiful day, beautiful people. 17 shooters made the effort to compete and a couple of new faces came to check us out. Glenn showed the field a clean pair of heels scoring a massive 394 out of 400. Absolutely brilliant effort, just shows what can be achieved after growing a beard. Sorry Karen & Gloria, I can't help you. Neil is now known as "all those" and Stewart has become the kiss of death, he started with Cupcake & I, when we left he joined the next group only to have Garry leave shortly afterwards.
Scores for the day:
BP Glenn 394 PB, Coins Alastair 386, Back to the future Martin 378, Granddad Cec 370, Cola Karen 352, Rabbits Nic 350, BC Liam 348, All Those Neil 336, Rob 316, Fingers Ray 308 BB, Kiss of Death Stewart 264, Jack 304, Leach Bait Bruce 182 BB,  Ethan 172, Tate 158, Homebrew Garry 284 DNF, Cupcake Gloria 186  DNF, Teabag 148 DNF.

Finally there will be a working Bee next Saturday morning, followed by the shoot. We are going to try starting the shoots at 1:30. If you want to come and shoot and can't make it at this time please ring Cec or Alastair or Mike.
Till next time.
Cheers every body Teabag