Macleay Valley the club of excitement 2011

Hi all sorry to be a day late but as they say better late than never. I have to say I have never been prouder of a club I've been a member of than this weekend. Stand up & take a bow Macleay Archers. The buzz & excitement was thick in the air and several members felt it. Huge amounts of work had to be undertaken and about 1/2 the club turned out to help, some who couldn't come Sunday came on Saturday to do their bit. Everybody did their bit & more complete with smiles & happy banter. It really was a fun place to be. The club looked like the parking lot for Ride-on -mower racing we had trailers, mowers, brush-cutters, Back-pack sprayers, big cutter things. the list goes on & on. Some members came Friday, Saturday & Sunday.The practise range & camping area were all mowed, Ride on mowers disappeared out on to the ranges followed by members with chain saws, pruning tools & rakes. The canteen kept the members watered & fed. It was just an exciting place to be. Thank you all so much it was just fantastic.

And now for the bit you have all been waiting for the scores.Top score this weekend was Strings Bruce with a jaw dropping 390, thats so good it almost brings a tear to the eye. On a more low key note grandad Cec again ground his heel on my toe and beat me into submission, at this point a collective sigh & utterance of poor Old Fart should have escaped from your lips. The score for the 3 arrow round are as follows:-

Strings Bruce 390, Don't tie with me Brett & Hitch-hiker Dion 386, Feathers Dave 378, Coins Alastair 376, Grandad Cec & DJ Gene 374, Old Fart Mike 370, Marty 366, Bowless Aaron 364, Executive Chef Darrin 352, Don't mention me Steve 346, Old Dryfire Gloria 304

5/2/11 ABA 1 arrow hot hot hot

Yuk, Awful, Very Hot, Blimey, Hell on Earth, Oven Like, well that's my take on Saturdays weather. Man was it hot, it was far to much for whimpy me but 11 others performed very well. Feathers set the range on fire with a blistering 386 well done Dave. Coins Alistair spent 2 days completely rebuilt his bow with all tolerances set exactly. Such dedication was rewarded with, wait for it, Exactly the the same score as last week. Dispite the heat everybody seemed to enjoy the day. Scores were:-Feathers Dave 386, Don't tie with me Brett 384, Coins Alastair 380, Sponge Tim 368, Martin 368, Neil 364, Gary 362, Don't mention me Steve 362, Grandad Cec 354, Ben 308, Old Dryfire Gloria 258, Old Fart Mike Simply melted away.

A big thank you to the members who made the effort to turn up for the meeting, well done.

A few things that were voted on & passed:-

1. The club will start work on 4 yes 4 flush toilets.
2. We will be having a club champion this year, believe it or not this takes a lot of work on somebodies part, so show some interest. Mens, Ladies, Juniors & Cubs will be recognised. I think that was the plan. If I have this wrong it's grandads fault as he stated we would have Adults, Ladies, juniors & Cubs. found that really funny. & I did make sure the girls heard it.
3. We will be awarding a club person of the year the format for points will be explained as soon as it is finalised.
4. Trip to archery expo cancelled.
5. Indoor to go ahead. There are some reservations, so if you have an interest please support this club venture. A teams format will be combined with a postal challenge against Taree. Please look for a venue near town at little to no cost.
6. The Canteen will be womaned each week, (that's the female version of manned) So to get drinks etc you pay at the canteen.
7. Please put your thinking cap on as we are required to formulate a 5 year plan re the club, so put your ideas forward.
8. The club is to install an honour board to honour past achievements of our members.
9. Thought given to increasing the number of arrows shot on a Saturday.

That's about all I can remember so as you can see a lot happened, the next meeting is the first Saturday shoot in March after the shoot.

Next Sunday is a working Bee. There is a list of jobs on the chalk board. The Goanna range is at the moment, unshootable so we need your help.

cheers Mike

Gossip from the sticks

Hi all I just received an email from "don't mention me Steve" Now most people would be just so excited at having tied with old fart but not DMMS, he felt he needed more practice. So in a fit of enthusiasm he headed of to Pipers Creek to let his arrows fly from 80 yards, Sounds like IFAA practice to me, well he achieved another Personnal Best. He Robin hooded a shaft from 80 yards funny part, well it was funny if you weren't paying for the arrows, the shaft wasn't in the target face but slightly of to the side. Still on the bale but not the face.

Sad part from my point of view was that he hadn't had time to install his new wraps

Thanks for the email Steve

ABA 3 arrow round 29/1/11

Gee I enjoyed today, great weather & great company just how can it get any better. Our club coach still has a few secrets left, hence he beat me yet again. Hope my turn comes soon.

The scores indicate that everybody enjoyed the day and close results followed. I would like to say how well Karen shot. We don't get the pleasure of her company as often as we would like & I think her score was top drawer. Well done Karen.

Scores Feathers Dave & Coins Alastair 380, Grandad Cec 378, Don't mention me Steve & Old Fart Mike 374, Executive Chef Darrin 372, Karen 368, Gary 366, Scribe Neil 340, Old dryfire Gloria 314, Samual 240:

Next week:-

AFTER the shoot will be a club meeting. There will be a working bee Sunday Feb 13th in the AM.

On the 6th March we will be holding a Bowhunting Proficency Certificate Course. Go to the hunting page for further details.

Feathers has done a fantastic job on the Axe & Knife blocks. Nobody but him is allowed to hit them.....Only kidding

cheers For now.
see you all soon

mike

Thanks to the club coach

I just wanted to say thank you to our club coach who spent a few hours with me yesterday in an effort to correct a few problems I had developed. What makes this so special is I have made no secret of how excited I get when I get close to & on one occasion actually beat Grandad. For those that don't know Grandad & the club coach are the same person. How's that for dedication to the club & the sport of archery. Cec I had a great time enjoyed your company immensely. THANKS

Mike

General Meeting

Please don't forget that our meeting is set down for the first weekend in Feb 2011 at the club before the shoot. Now if you are going to the 30/30 at Maitland we have 2 choices put our meeting back a week or you can table anything you want discussed with Grandad Cec or myself and we will make sure it is discussed.I only list myself as a contact because my email address is on the contacts list. If a large number of members are travelling to Maitland let us know via the comments button and we can try to move the meeting date. Our first shoot back is on the last weekend in January.

cheers Old fart

Would you like this

I just read a post on the ABA website by Gary. The general thrust I think was that members would like to learn more about bow tuning & maintenance. My question is are there any members who would like this type of information & are there any members who would like to pass this type of information along, in a relaxed atmosphere. Perhaps an informal teaching situation followed by a BBQ. If we get few or no comments rethis we can assume nobody is interested.Except maybe Gary & I.

cheers Mike