Great Weekend At Manning District Bowhunters Branch E ABA Shoot.13th & 14th September

Last weekend 11 Macleay Valley Archers travelled to Taree for their Branch E ABA Shoot.They had  a total of 87 shooters turn up for the weekend. Every body seemed to shoot a little hot & cold as we shot all 3 of their ABA ranges over 2 days. Taree put on their usual friendly hospitality along with great facilities to make for a enjoyable weekend. Standout for the weekend was Kathy with an excellent 756 2 arrow round on Sunday about 100 points over her personal best. Scores were,

Junior Boys Bowhunter UnLimited C
1st place Jayden Moore 308   230   594   1132

Veteran Ladies Sighted
1st placeGloria Potter  350 318 658 1326

Veteran Mens Sighted
2nd place Cecil Apps  370 366 678 1414

Ladies Bowhunter UnLimited C
2nd place Kathryn Hodgman  336 338 756 1430

Ladies Bowhunter UnLimited B
Vera Nichols Macleay 342 370 DNS 712 (only shot Saturday)

Mens Bowhunter UnLimited B
4th place Garry Ward Macleay 384 350  734 1494

Mens Bowhunter UnLimited A
2nd Place Brett Hodgman Macleay 378 380  758 1516

Mens Freestyle Limited Compound A
2nd place Glenn Freeman Macleay 328 234  562 1164

Mens Freestyle UnLimited B
2nd place Daniel McKibbin Macleay 388 370 772 0 758 1530
Gary Nichols Macleay 374 378 DNS 752 (only shot Saturday)

    




 


 






   

Visit From Bellingen Archers

        We had the pleasure of hosting a visit from Bellingen Archers on the weekend. Bellingen is a target based club and they took the opportunity to try out some IFAA and ABA field archery. Everyone appeared to have a great day with a lot of fun had by all. It was a social shoot with the emphasis on trying out the new format and having the chance to mix with other archers.
        On Saturday morning we shot an International Round on the IFAA range. That involves 10 targets with 3 arrows per target out of 150 total. Scores were quite good with many positive comments about our new IFAA range.

Score for the morning were

    MVA                                 Bello'
Bruce     138                Grahame        84
Brett       115                 Mark          100
Dan         137                Riley          111
Al           126                Darren        120
Garry      119                Karl              30
                                      Mell           108
                                     Fernando      18

     After a lovely lunch of steak sandwich we had the choice of shooting a round of ABA (out of 400) on the Goanna Range or a full 14 target round of IFAA Field, (out of 280), on the Yowie range.
Our visitors seemed to love the challenge of field archery and went away at the end of the day discussing what they could do at their club to provide a field range.

Scores for the afternoon were,

     ABA

      MVA                   Bello'
Cec          368          Mark       284
Jarrah       196         Darren     334
Chris        346         Grahame  318
Tim         DNF        Riley        322
Harry       164          Karl         168
Gloria       290

        14 Target IFAA Field

Bruce    254
Al          261
Glen      202
Garry    249
Brett     228
Kathy   192
DAN    248


      Next week we have 11 Archer travelling to the Manning for a Branch E ABA shoot. So there will only be limited numbers at the club next weekend, so any beginners may wish to put it off to the following weekend.

Working Bee & ABA Shoot Saturday 30th

Last Saturday we had our monthly meeting. It was too wet again to shoot. We are hoping it will clear up this weekend as we will be having a working bee on Saturday from 9:00. We will still be shooting in the afternoon as long as it stops raining.

Club Meeting and BBQ on 23rd August

            Well ... not much to report from last week due to the wet miserable weather. Those who turned up did not go far from the fire and shot a few indoor arrows. Except for a 3 crazy souls who ventured out but it too wet to score. They must have been long bowers.
           Next Saturday 23rd August we will be having a club meeting after the regular shoot at around 4:30. All members are encouraged to attend and have a say. There will also be a BBQ and salad available after the meeting for anyone interested. A good chance to socialise after the meeting.
        

ABA Shoot 09/08/14 New Fireplace and Long Bows Galore

        Well Saturday saw a beautiful sunny hot day. Just perfect to make use of our new fireplace in our covered area. Thank you Dave & Felicity for the donation.
In honour of the wood we will burn in the new fire place every where you look there were long bows.
5 in all. It's great to see everyone enjoying the skill of the longbow. I might have to invest in one myself.
       On one short group 2 target at about 14 metres both long bowers I shot with got an A to my B. So much for technology. Well done Tim & Gordon. Even Dan shot his longbow in practice and has committed to shooting it on the range after the next shoot at Taree.

Glenn moved a few targets around this week and we shot a 3 arrow round on the Anthill. Notable scores were Dan 388 (again) Tim 274 longbow off the green peg. Great shooting. But he still wasn't happy. Justin shot a PB 324. Just wait till we sort his draw length out. Leah shot 230 and Robyn shot 240. Both off the yellow peg. I can see there might be a bit healthy of rivalry developing here.

     Don't forget we will be having a club meeting on 23/08/14 after the shoot and the rumour is there will be food....Stay Tuned.

Scores were

Compound Sighted
Brett 382
Dan388
Al 372
Glenn 358
Kathy 328
Chris 358
Justin 324
Gary 728 (2arrow out of 800)
Cec 368
Vince 320

Longow
Tim 274
Gordan 136
Leah 230
Robyn 240

ABA shoot 02/08/14 & 3D shoot at Singleton

       Cec, Glenn, Gloria & Mike all travelled down the SAS (Singleton Archery Society) Branch 3D shoot and all had a great time. The 3D shoots use life size "rubber" targets at distances from 20 metres out to 48 metres. The scoring zones on these targets are smaller than on our usual paper targets and are a very different challenge.
      Those that turned up at Tamban shot a 3 arrow ABA round on the Anthill range. Dan again shot well with a 388 and
The scores were

Compound sighted
Kathy  336
Al        372
Vince   326
Dan      388
Chris    350
Jake     268
Brett    380
Gary   376
Justin  302

It Blew A Dog Off It's Chain.

Well..things were a bit windy at the range on Saturday. Plenty of archers turned up to huddle behind any shelter that could be found. It was too windy to light a fire, so everyone had to stay rugged up. This may be solved shortly with the installation of a slow combustion wood heater and some removable panelling around our shelter. Stay tuned. 
Well some fool forgot to take down all the scores of the board so I will wing it. We decided to shoot a one arrow round so we could all get back quickly to thaw out. I do know that Dan again smashed it with a 392. A very good score in windy conditions. it was great to see another new archer as Hayden had  very respectable first round. Kathy had 6 layers of clothes on and looked like the Michelin man and apparently did not cope well with the wind. Sarah has her heart set on a new longbow and is improving with her recurve. Jarrah has a new bow and seems impressed with it. I'm sure he will shoot some good scores once he has it fully set up.  Everyone else seemed to enjoy the day and Gloria's biscuits.

Next week we will be shooting 14 targets of IFAA on Saturday afternoon on the new range. For the uninitiated there are 14 targets from 7 Yards out to 80 yards and 4 arrows shot at each target. At least you know the distances but 4 shots at each target really shows any weaknesses in your form.

A big thank you to Alistair and Gary for all their hard work. We have had some IFAA targets in the past but hopefully this new 14 target range will see a heightened interest in IFAA and we can look to installing another 14.