400 score day unbelievable 4/8/12

Hi all, sorry this is late we had family commitments yesterday and when we got home the bushfire behind us was really close, the valley was full of smoke and we could see the flames roaring away. I guestimate about 500-700meters away. We could hear the crackle and hear trees falling plus the hills were a lovely orange glow. We readied the car and caravan, worked out who would drive what and to where, Got a few clothes ready and made a mental note about the computers plus photo albums brought the dog inside, Plus slept in our clothes just in case. Nothing like a real situation to make you focus on what's important to you. This morning we can still see smoke, but a heavy dew plus cold night have helped. Hopefully we wont have any wind.
Saturday was shot in true Olympic spirit we had 22 shooters turn up and everybody seemed to have a good time. Flight 1 is the highest grade you can get in our sport if you use sights, whilst we all strive for that goal only a few make it. I think our club has 3 senior and 1 junior flight 1 shooters. You need to get over 380 several times to obtain this grade.
Now Cola Karen has been knocking at the door and this week returned a PB of 388. Her excitement was palpable  as not only was it a solid flight 1 but is usually enough to win the day. Karens eyes darted to the board every time a top archer returned. Her husband Alastair was first with a 386, Brett was next with a 384 , things were looking good Dion had a bad shoot, so that left only Feathers Dave, who has been running hot over the last few weeks. Dave's  was the last score posted, followed by stunned silence, then a ripple of excitement and loud long applause.
I looked at the board blinked, clapped and stood stunned. Feathers Dave had just returned a perfect score 400 out of 400. It was also a PB. As far as I know this is only the second time this has been done at our club in many many years and the first one on the Goanna range. Alastair has achieved this feat on the anthill range.
There are so many variables in archery that 400 is really a very hot score and everything has to go right on the day.
Dave congratulations from us all, really well done.
Scores:- Feathers Dave 400 PB, Cola Karen 388 PB, Coins Alastair 386, Don't tie with me Brett 384, Grandad Cec 382, Don't mention me Steve 370, Martin Mcfly 366, Cupcake Gloria 362, BP Glenn 354, Hitchhiker Dion 334, Chris 312, Old yellow peg Stewart 282, Butcher Pete 270, Fingers Ray 242, BC Liam 244 PB, Jake 222, Baily 208, Leach Bait Bruce 182, Hoppy Josh 180, Jacob & Nic 116, Shannon 106,
Cheers all Tea bag

Club Meeting after shoot 4th August

1) Club Meeting
The next club meeting will be held this Saturday (4th August) after a one arrow round. All members are welcome to attend.

Fuel Saver Eco Shoot

 Fuel Saver Eco Shoot
MVA will be hosting two shoots in August as part of the Fuel Saver Eco Shoot. The competition is two rounds of 2 arrows with both to score, on standard ABA targets and at standard ABA distances, scoring 20/18/16/0. Dates for this years shoot at MVA are 18th and 25th August 2012. Nominations to Karen by 18th August. Entry fee is $10 which will be collected on 25th August for those that have completed both rounds.

Club ABA 3 A 28/7/12

Well I am having a bit of trouble working out if I'm just easy to please or is the club just a super club to belong to. Saturday came around as it usually does, so off toTamban was the order of the day. The dog was in her kennel, bows were loaded, gear checked and off we went. About an hour later we arrived at the destination of our choice. We sat around for about an hour just chin wagging then started the BBQ where I incinerated a few hapless sausages, which most chomped through with a little effort, heck I had 3 so they couldn't be that bad. The vegetarians in the group applaud their choice every time they see me at the BBQ. There is nothing quite like the aroma of burning sausages and tortured onions to tempt the taste buds. Then shoot groups were drawn up and Cup cake, Coins Alastair & Cola Karen were the lucky winners of more time with me. Finally all was ready and of we trotted to the Goanna Range to see what surprises Fingers had in store for us today. 5 targets later I decided it was time for beddy-bies, but not before motivating my group to outstanding results. All in all I just have the best time. The good natured banter, willing help and genuine friendship all make Saturday at MVA a fantastic experience. Shooting arrows just adds to the enjoyment.
Scores:- Coins Alastair a whopping 394, Martin Mcfly 388, BP Glenn 378, Cola Karen & Grandad Cec 376, Cup cake Gloria 366, Scribe Neil 362, Mad Max Stuart 348, Chris 340, Home Brew Garry 338,  Finger Ray 328, Old Yellow Peg & BC Liam PB 310, Leach bait Bruce 290, Tea bag DNF
Really well done Alastair that really is a mind blowing score.
cheers all Tea bag

Well done MVA

G’day Mike.

My son and I recently had a look at your Club.

We were made very welcome by Brett, Cec and lots of other members.

We are hoping to come more often, we are also on the hunt for bows for sale, My son is 12 and is looking for a bow (not sure what yet) to suite him.

I am looking for a Recurve Bow to have a crack at.

Hope your recent tournament went well.

catch up soon.

Mick,Tom and Nick. 

warning if easily offended please don't read

Hi all I thought i'd post this as a community warning so to speak. Let me start by saying despite not shooting Sunday I had a fantastic weekend. By Tuesday my man bits were sore and causing me some discomfort . A quick check of the area told me they were hot and felt swollen. I tried really hard to have a look but a complete lack of flexibility and middle age spread made that impossible.As far as flexible goes genetics and sporting injuries mean that I can't even touch my toes, actually I get excited when I can reach my knees. I have worked out that middle aged spread is natures way of lowering my center of gravity which in turn helps me to stay up-right as I waddle around on 2 unstable legs.It also means that anything south of the navel is simply below the horizon. Now as I lent forward to try and see the problem, the problem area moved backwards allowing it to still stay below the horizon. Not to be out done by this small problem I marched into the bathroom for a look in the mirror. Now the mirror is over the sink, my eyesight is crap so I still can't see properly all though the said equipment does look about as red as my cars taillights. There is now nothing else I can do except find the good wife and ask for help, so of  I go, pants around the knees shirt held up and offending area out there, I spy her ladyship at the computer and call out she turns and makes a rather funny sound, and muttered something that sounded like "not now I'm to busy" Not knowing what she was mumbling about, I marched up put the offending area as close as I dare and asked for an opinion re the swelling She then asked how she was supposed to know, I was expecting a bit much as it was over 40 years since she had last looked that closely. After much begging I finally heard a satisfied hum! and she pronounced yep there are 2 ticks in residence, stand still. Next thing I know my scrotum is being bathed in a liberal amount of fluid, for half a second this brought back happy memories of 40 years ago, then the slow but intense burn started. What the heck was that I inquired. Stop complaining I was told. Through tear filled eyes, I caught a glimpse of flashing stainless steel. The longest sharpest and biggest pair of tweezers I have ever seen rapidly disappeared below the horizon, followed by 2 tugs. I stood there somewhat shaken by all this, my pants had dropped to my ankles, the burning told me that my man bits and I were still attached to each other and the tears were slowly drying up. At this point she who must be obeyed, told me to move off as I was interfering with here game of scrabble and she was only 100 points ahead. Moral of this rant check carefully for ticks.
cheers Tea Bag

NNSW Branch Titles 21st-22nd July

WOW!, WOW!, WOW!, What a weekend, half our members turned up to play and play they did. Martin's new bow works 1548, hoppy Josh 1510, Gloria first time over 1400, Cec 1550, Garry 1496, Brett 1530, Karen 1500, Dave 1582, Alastair 1568, Kate 1st, Zac 3rd, Peter 3rd, Glenn 4th, Ray moved into A grade and still pulled a 3rd. Kate shot really well and I hope we see her more often. Stewart, Brad, Bruce, Liam & Teabag only shot day one. I must admit the weekend is a bit of a blur, It was sort off like watching your kids get married, you are not the main act but you can't help but feel pride. This club has one fantastic vibe. Thank you to who ever placed all the seats out on the range they really helped me stay upright and I for one really really appreciate it. The members of our shoot group even commented about how good they were. I guess the thought of mouth to mouth didn't thrill them. One family from Hunter came over and said what a great shoot it was. Granddad, Cup cake, Cola Karen and Feathers all came over to thank me for motivating them to the dizzy heights they all reached on the weekend. Well I'm sure that's what they meant to do, how else can their scores be explained. Scores 3a, 1a,2a total position
Stewart  282, 294, DNS 576, xxx
Karen     372, 356, 772, 1500 1st
David     394, 396, 792, 1582 1st
Glenn     368, 290, 652,  1310 4th
Alastair  384, 394, 790,  1568 1st
Bruce     278, 172, DNS, 450 xxxxx
Ray       290,  314, 536,   1140 3rd
Brad      308, 298, DNS  606 xxx
Josh       370, 370, 770   1515 2nd
Kate      262, 234, 424    920 1st
Zac        376, 318, 528   1222 3rd
Martin    380, 388, 780  1548  1st
Liam       282, 118, DNS 400 xxx
Gloria     350,  354, 728,  1432  1st
Garry      366, 370, 760,   1496 1st
Peter       290, 262, 468,  1020 3rd
Brett       390, 388, 752,  1530  1st
Cec        386, 390, 774, 1550   1st
Tea Bag  372, 344, DNS  716 xxxx
Top score Dave 1582 also top score of the weekend
Cec thanks for the fun you made me really proud, you too Karen. I really enjoy archery but trying to beat you two plus Gloria makes it twice as much fun.
Thanks everybody.
Tea Bag.