What's Been Happening.

Well we have returned after the Christmas break and through January and February the International Indoor Mail Match has been run on our Indoor/Outdoor range at Tamban. The shooting line is under cover and the targets are under cover so it qualifies as an indoor range. Our shooters have to deal with cross wind which don't usually happen indoors. Alistair has been the standout with several perfect 300 scores. This comp is a world wide competition where clubs run the shoots and the scores are sent in from all over the world. Best of luck to our competitors.
          The shoot calendar (Below to the right) has been updated. Our next branch shoot is on 1st of March in Maitland. It was meant to be at Gunnedah but their ranges were destroyed by a bushfire. I am sure it won't take them long to get back up and going with offers of help from other clubs including MVA.
         We have a lot of new archers over the last few weeks and they all seem to be  enjoying themselves and shooting very well.

We're Baaaaack!

After some technical hiccups and issues we have realigned the planets and the blog is back.

Well the previous weeks archery was washed out by a huge thunder storm, and this weeks shooting was also hampered by the weather.  Although eight shooter went out, only five completed, returning to the club house completely soaked but still in high spirits.

 

We extend a warm welcome to Vince Schubert as our latest new member.  Vince spent time Saturday morning with coach Gary Nichols before braving the rain to shoot in the one-arrow round, producing a very respectable score.

 

This coming weekend is the Branch Christmas Shoot near Taree, so we wish all the travellers every success.

 

Results (max 400):

Martin Ussher 380, Alastair Smedley 376; Gary Nichols 376; Vera Nichols 336, Vince Schubert 250

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Teams for the practise butt challenge

Our teams for the challenge are:

Old farts team plus one
Glenn , Gloria , Cec , Tea bag .

Unknowns
Brett, Kathy, Stewart, Mike

Team numero uno
Garry, Alastair, Brett, Cec,

The Ushers tribe
Neil, Dion, Martin, Garry

Just kidding
Tim, Garry, Gloria, Stewart.

The west of Kempsey mob
Alastair, Karen, Gloria, Mike.

3 arrow for some 1 arrow for some 28/9/13

394, 394, 394, and so it goes.
What can I say Brett shot a 394 on a day when most struggled to get their average. Really, really well done. Once again we had lots of new faces and I think I saw several membership forms being handed out. The working bee was in full swing when I arrived, Thanks to all who helped. Screens were built, leaves and dust moved about, several bales were packed. All in all a good result. A few new shots have been added to the Goanna range, the talk would indicate that one off them is a great challenge to the skill set. Personally I didn't get that far, so can't talk from experience. Nice to see our ladies group getting larger in number.
Scores for the day.
Don't tie with me BRETT 394, Coins Alastair 388, Cola Karen 372, BP Glenn 370, Home brew Garry 368, Martin Mc Fly 364, Grand dad Cec 362, Cupcake Gloria 356, Scribe Neil 346,  Sneezy Kathy 312, Kiss of Death Stewart 282,  Alex 274,  LB Tim 220 BB Pb, Lady ma Donna 192, Aiden 152, Teabag DNF
Take care all see you at the end of the month
Cheers Tea bag

3 arrow round 21/9/13

Busy weekend this was. For some reason archery all around Australia is experiencing a massive up surge in interest and we at MVA are no exception. This week we had 20 starters and I only new about 6 of them. PB's were the order of the day and Peels of laughter rang around the ranges. I have no idea what was going on.
The new toilets are starting to look finished, the internal walls are in and painted/ The urinal is working and all in all things are looking good. A Big thank you to all involved. Cec, Peter, Garry Alastair and Gloria have all done their bit and I have probably missed a couple. No offence intended.

There is a working Bee next Sat am. so don't be shy.
If you are interested in entering the teams challenge please get your teams together, At a rough count we should manage 4-5 teams.
Gloria & I will be away most of October on branch business. So the blog will be devoid of information. If somebody else wants the job now would be a good time to put your hand up.
Scores for the weekend.
Brett 384, Martin 382, Garry 374, Neil  & Cec 364, Gloria & Glenn 362, Dion 358, Stewart 344PB, Jonty 336 PB, David 280 PB, Alex 274 PB, Robyn 236 PB, Tim 212 L/B, Leah 188,  Donna 148 PB, Keith 132 PB DNF, Jo 124 PB DNF, Luke & Peter DNF
Till next time Cheers Teabag

31 August IFAA and ABA

Hi all,
Big day today we had the choice, Shoot the international IFAA round in the Am, Shoot the ABA 3 arrow in the PM or shoot both. I elected for 1 1/2 rounds. Glenn shot a magnificent 390 for the ABA round. Top shooting Glenn. Seems all my advise has paid of. Actually the advice was simple "hit the 20" good coaching that.
Yet again the regulars were swamped by newbies. Not sure where all the interest is coming from but all clubs are reporting big increases.
Scores for the day IFAA:
Alastair 132, Gloria 116, Teabag 115.
ABA:
BP Glenn 390, Coins Alastair and Don't tie with me Brett 384, Granddad Cec 378, Cupcake Gloria 348, BC Liam 346, Blake 308PB, Jonty 292PB, Sneezy Kath 282, David 270, Clayton 258PB, Alex 244, Aiden 190, Teabag DNF..
Cheers All, Stay happy
Teabag