ABA 3A 14/7

Well in a state of euphoria I wrote down all the names & scores then put them somewhere safe. Then lost them, more or less in that order. From memory Brett shot 386, Alastair 380, Tea bag 372, Granddad 364,
Cupcake 356, sorry but that's all I can remember, if the missing link turns up I will update the scores. Finally I scored more than Cupcake. Granddad and I went head to head all arvo until about target 11 where I had a brain fade, missed with my first, hit exactly what I aimed at with the second, problem was I hadn't aimed on the target, but the bale slightly to the side. Lovely shot it was as well.Finally my third hit the a zone and Granddad moved 12 points ahead, with a lovely 20. By the time we reached the last target the gap had narrowed to only 6 points. Our last target was a group 1 rabbit. How on earth can you pick up 6 points on a group 1? All afternoon the light had been dull and on some targets it was like starring into a mine shaft, so it was on the last target. I peeped through my new 6 power lens, but no matter how long or how hard I looked   the rabbit was nowhere to be seen. Fortunately the print was mounted on red corflute and I could make out a faint red line around the edges. In a stroke of brilliance I figured the rabbit had to be in the middle so I aimed at the middle......Bingo 18. Now granddad thought this quite funny and proceeded to explain how he could see the target. Cupcake went next and scored but said how hard it was to see. Then came granddad glasses off, glasses on, glasses off followed by strange noises mumbling about not been able to see. Arrow released followed by questions about its' location, which non of us could answer. Granddad stayed at the peg whilst the rest walked forward to find his arrow. That took a while, then we announced that he had missed. We all got out of the way and allowed him to miss again, by now I couldn't keep a straight face and my sides were getting sore from laughing. His third shot just managed a lowly 4. oh! heaven. I really would have had more sympathy if only he hadn't said he could see the target.
I should point out Granddad had the flu and by the last target had run out of steam. I should, but I'm not going to. Heck I beat him fair & square him & Cupcake.
Cheers all don't forget next week is the Branch titles here at Macleay.
Tea Bag

ABA 3 arrow and working bee

Great working bee about 10 members arrived to contribute their time & energy. The practice range was mowed, new butts installed signage added. looked almost to good to use. The camping area was increased by about 43.5%, toilets cleaned admittedly it was a man clean but hey! canteen cleaned and the ranges started. All in all a very good effort. Thanks everybody.
As we wonder along life's journey it surprises me just where the roads lead. As you know distance and my driving speed means the trip home takes about an hour. Now this trip used to be quite pleasant, I would offer sage like advice on how my good wife could enhance her scores and we would pat me on the back about how well I shot, even if Cec & Karen had beaten me. All in all a pleasant journey home.Oh how the trip home has turned into a nightmare. Now all we talk about is PB's (hers), what I can do to catch her. Why my PB's only go up by a couple of points every 12 months. Why if only I could have hit target 12 with my first arrow and changed those two 16's into 20's I would have got close to she who must be obeyed and then we start on how much Cec and or Karen beat me bye. All in all a horrible trip home.
Scores for the day:- Feathers Dave 388, Steve 386, Coins Alastair 386, Home brew Garry 380, Cupcake Gloria & Grandad Cec 374, Jacob 372, Tea Bag 368, Scribe Neil 366, BP Glenn 360, Yellow Peg Stuart 328, SWR Brad 304, Finger Ray 300, Leach Bait Bruce 284. 
Steve & Jacob are visitors from Goulburn, thanks for your company.
cheers Teabag  

ABA 1 arrow 30 June

Hi all. As you now Cupcake & I went to Sale for the national IFAA titles, we then went to Geelong to see Sons, daughter in laws, Grand children and great grandchildren plus an old school mate from primary days ( about 55 years ago) & a brother and his wife. We survived torrential rain, floods, earthquakes and days with a maximum temp of 8 degrees. Spent a day Gold prospecting and found a gate, some metal pipe, nails, soft drink cans, several pie dishes but no gold.We shot 5 days of IFAA, spent a Saturday afternoon at an Archery Australia club shooting target, did the Tuggerah shoot and finished up at the club. All in all we traveled just over 3000 klms and shot between 700 & 800 arrows. We had a fantastic time and really enjoyed ourselves. But just like slipping into a pair of favorite slippers we felt most comfortable at our home club with special friends. It was a pure joy to be bitten by ticks and leaches, even took one home and let it wonder across the lounge room floor. Fat little bugger he was as well. We shot with Alastair & Cec. It took a little while but I finally lowered them to my standard. Unfortunately, in the process I dropped my own scores. Cupcake again beat me as did granddad. Fortunately my other nemesis left the country when she heard I was returning. Well that's my story.
At next years AGM could I suggest that we have any nominations for range captain be subjected to some form of psychological testing. The one we have now is causing total havoc. Who in their right mind sets the first ten targets at minimum distance and the last ten at any distance. Feathers & Fingers are just plain evil.
Scores for the day:-
Feathers Dave 386, Home Brew Garry 376, Coins Alastair and Granddad Cec 362, Cupcake Gloria 328, Teabag 320, Chris 272, BC Liam 228, Leach bait Bruce 214, Finger Ray 180, Nick 152.
Cheers Teabag














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Macleay Valley Archers - Shoot Results 23 June 2012

Macleay Valley Archers - Shoot Results 23 June 2012

A full days archery for some of our members, shooting two styles of archery. Brett challenged himself by going barebow compound, which means no assistance from high-tech gadgets such as scopes and sights. He returned a very sound score for his first ABA barebow attempt in the afternoon, having used the morning IFAA round to work out where he should aim at the targets.

It was lovely to have two visitors from the Monterra Club shoot with us (Brian and AnnetteTreheway, 346 and 264 respectively), as well as first time vistor Elijah who shot an excellent 244 from the cub peg.


IFAA Scores (max 150): Alastair Smedley (135); Garry Ward (129); Joshn Scott (120); Karen Smedley (117); Brett Hodgman (47)

ABA Scores (max 400): Dave McManus (392); Alastair Smedley (384); Cec Apps (378); Sean Irvine (342); Stewart Bennington (334); Ray McManus (324); Dean Irvine (314); Brett Hodgman (308); Liam Crawford (274); Chris Garrett (258); Bruce Crawford (224); Nic Garrett (198)


Next week (Sat 30 June): regular ABA round starting around 1.30pm followed by our club meeting
Thanks Karen for helping to keep the blog up todate.
Cheers Teabag

Hello

Shot the Goanna range after changes were made to it at last weeks working bee. Targets moved, and pegs adjusted which made for an interesting round. Two new benches installed on the range, which will be welcome rest spots after the up hill stages.

Scores: Brett 380, Alastair 372, Cec 370, Karen 370, Garry 368, Glenn 364, Neil 356, Dion 356, Zac 316, Gary K 308, Ray 286, Liam 284, Stewert 266.

Two new shooters were welcomed, Warren and Ethan, who spent time with Brett on the practice butts before shooting a couple of targets on the Goanna range.

Next week, International IFAA round in the morning (10am for 10.30am start), followed by a regular ABA round starting around 1.30pm.

Best wishes
Karen
Thanks Karen for keeping me in touch. We will loose internet today and probably wont get it back till we get home.
Cheers Teabag

girls girls girls, won't they ever learn. first gloria beats me by a fairly large margin, then karen beats all comers at the club. simply not cricket.

well done girls.

The scores from last Saturday are:

Alastair	Smedley	378
Brad	Farley	314
Bruce	Crawford	216
Cec	Apps	362
Dave	McMannus	380
Dean	Irvine	340
Garry	Ward	362
Neil	Ussher	316
Ray	McMannus	310
Stewart	Bennington	318
Karen	Smedley	382
Liam	Crawford	290
Sean	Irvine	312

As you can see Friar Tuck found this & thought it might be useful to new members

Thought you might be interested.
Friar Tuck

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