The morning rain on Saturday had cleared by lunchtime, providing a pleasant afternoon's shooting on the Anthill range. Fourteen archers were tested by the target settings. Each distance has to be estimated before taking the shot and a closer target than usual can be as testing as a long one.
Saturdays scores were;
Men: Cec Apps 382, Brett Hodgman 382, Micheal Buckland 378, Michael Bonanno 370, Darrin Simonds 372, Glenn Freeman 368, Garry Ward 366, Alastair Smedley 362, Bruce Crumpton 344.
Ladies: Karen Smedley 350, Reannan Beattie 136 (first shoot).
Juniors: Tim Hodgman 368, Gene Shea (358), Dylan Sandilands 232
Reannan tried field archery for the first and we welcomed back Karen and Michael Bonanno who have not shot for a few weeks.
Macleay Valley Archers shoot most Saturdays starting at about 1.00pm. If you like to join us just call Cec Apps 65627047 or Neil Ussher 65631148 for more details.
Notice to members - the Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 26 June after the shoot.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
2010 Annual General Meeting
The Macleay Valley Archers 2010 AGM will be held after the normal afternoon shoot at approximately 5:00pm on Saturday 26th June 2010 at the Tamban Forest Range Brentons Rd. All financial members are encouraged to attend. For any enquiries or nominations please contact Ces or Neil on the contact numbers on the right.
NSW State IFAA at Avon Valley
Plenty of Competitors. 96 in total.
Nice Hat Tim!A contingent of 8 archer from Macleay Valley made the trip to the Stroud range for the NSW IFAA Shoot. I had the pleasure of sharing the car with 4 juniors and survived the weekend. All shooters went well with Gary and Zac shooting their first IFAA. Gary was heard to mutter, "80 yards...are you kidding!!' The ranges were good and the weather was changeable as it always is at Avon.
We came away with some good results. Jacob won Jnr F/U (B grade) & Dion was a close 2nd in A Grade. Marty ran 3rd in B grade. Tim won Jnr B/U B grade. Zac won Jnr B/U C Grade. Gary won F/U C grade. Alistair shot well to run 3rd in F/U A grade. Brett burgled a win in B/U B grade.
They have some great new facilities and ranges being built at Avon for the Asia Pacific IFAA Championships being shot there in 2011. They expect to have 2 x 28 target ranges available for the IFAA shoot at Avon in September. This will be a great oppurtunity for local archers to compete in an international event so we need to get our IFAA range built so we can get some practice in.
All the results are at http://www.avonvalleyfieldarchers.com/page13/files/page13_3.pdf
We came away with some good results. Jacob won Jnr F/U (B grade) & Dion was a close 2nd in A Grade. Marty ran 3rd in B grade. Tim won Jnr B/U B grade. Zac won Jnr B/U C Grade. Gary won F/U C grade. Alistair shot well to run 3rd in F/U A grade. Brett burgled a win in B/U B grade.
They have some great new facilities and ranges being built at Avon for the Asia Pacific IFAA Championships being shot there in 2011. They expect to have 2 x 28 target ranges available for the IFAA shoot at Avon in September. This will be a great oppurtunity for local archers to compete in an international event so we need to get our IFAA range built so we can get some practice in.
All the results are at http://www.avonvalleyfieldarchers.com/page13/files/page13_3.pdf
Monday, March 22, 2010
20th March ABA Round
What a perfect afternoon for archery on Saturday. Slight breeze, not to hot, not to cool, just right. With some away for the Hunter Valley Bowmen shoot, we had 14 left to hold the fort at Tamban. The Ant Hill range was the go, with some testing shots and tricky stances.
The scores were;
Men –Bruce Crumpton 384, Glenn Freeman 370, Josh Apps 368, Neil Ussher 348, Gary Ward 332, Steve Harris 332, Lenny Hickson 296 (Bare Bow), Malcolm Bryant
Ladies – Ebony Apps 208.
Juniors Boys –Martin Ussher 378, Sam Harwood 358, Beau Miller 332 (Bare Bow), Justin Farrawell 246, Josh Bryant 182.
And some good news from the away guys, Brett Hodgeman coming home with a first place in Bow Hunter Unlimited Flight 1, Dion Ussher first in Junior Freestyle Unlimited Flight 1 and Tim Hodgeman getting a Fifth in the junior Bow Hunter Unlimited Flight 2.
They came home with great praise for the new coloured targets, very realistic. I don’t know when our set will come, but am looking forward to it.
Back to normal this week, with a full contingent of shooters at Tamban. See you there.
The scores were;
Men –Bruce Crumpton 384, Glenn Freeman 370, Josh Apps 368, Neil Ussher 348, Gary Ward 332, Steve Harris 332, Lenny Hickson 296 (Bare Bow), Malcolm Bryant
Ladies – Ebony Apps 208.
Juniors Boys –Martin Ussher 378, Sam Harwood 358, Beau Miller 332 (Bare Bow), Justin Farrawell 246, Josh Bryant 182.
And some good news from the away guys, Brett Hodgeman coming home with a first place in Bow Hunter Unlimited Flight 1, Dion Ussher first in Junior Freestyle Unlimited Flight 1 and Tim Hodgeman getting a Fifth in the junior Bow Hunter Unlimited Flight 2.
They came home with great praise for the new coloured targets, very realistic. I don’t know when our set will come, but am looking forward to it.
Back to normal this week, with a full contingent of shooters at Tamban. See you there.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
ABA 3 Arrow Round 13th March
It was touch and go on Saturday. We had delayed start due to a heavy shower of rain, heavy enough to stop some from even heading out. Even so, 17 Macleay Archers chanced it, and made it through without a drop falling from the heavens.
The scores were;
Men –Alastair Smedley 386, Bruce Crumpton 384, Brett Hodgeman 382, Josh Apps 382, Matt Gray 376, Gary Ward 360, Neil Ussher 358.
Ladies – No ladies this week.
Juniors Boys – Jacob Fuit 390, Dion Ussher 388, Martin Ussher 386, Tim Hodgeman 374, Gene Shea 366, Jack Powick 348, Sam Harwood 336, Ben Ward 278, Cooper Gray 234.
There will be a few of us away this week, the Hunter Bowmen are having their shoot this week end. Good luck to those traveling away. For those staying home, the shoot groups will be done before 1.30pm with kick off at 2pm. Hopefully the weather will be better this week.
The scores were;
Men –Alastair Smedley 386, Bruce Crumpton 384, Brett Hodgeman 382, Josh Apps 382, Matt Gray 376, Gary Ward 360, Neil Ussher 358.
Ladies – No ladies this week.
Juniors Boys – Jacob Fuit 390, Dion Ussher 388, Martin Ussher 386, Tim Hodgeman 374, Gene Shea 366, Jack Powick 348, Sam Harwood 336, Ben Ward 278, Cooper Gray 234.
There will be a few of us away this week, the Hunter Bowmen are having their shoot this week end. Good luck to those traveling away. For those staying home, the shoot groups will be done before 1.30pm with kick off at 2pm. Hopefully the weather will be better this week.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Macleay Valley Invitational 3D Shoot 27th & 28th Feb
Nice group of arrows, downhill, 40+metres through many trees
Tricky shot from about 40 metres.
??????The threatening weather couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the 80 archers who joined us out at Tamban for our 1st ABA Branch 3D Title. The camping ground was a sea of tents, tarps and vans and thankfully the after a showery start to Saturday, the weather cleared away to quite a nice day. The forest was alive with rubber targets, fox’s, deer and goat, all sneakily positioned to test the abilities of the hopeful archers. Jacob Fuit was more than a match, scoring two very impressive 398’s out of 400, that is 796/800 for the day!
For a change, we held the raffle draw on Saturday night which proved popular, the overloaded table of prizes attracted ticket buyers like moths to a candle. The winners dashing out to collect their chosen item and then back to their seat hoping to be called out again.
Sunday dawned with the smell of bacon and eggs wafting through the camp from the canteen. It wasn’t long until we had tables full of hungry competitors readying themselves for the morning shoot. An early start meant an early finish with most finishing the round by 11.30am.
With the tallies done, the presentation kicked off with a big thank you to our club from the executive for holding a smooth running and very enjoyable shoot.
On the podium our members faired quite well with these results;
Sam Harwood 2nd Junior Bowhunter Limited 1340 points out of 1600
Tim Hodgeman 3rd Junior Bowhunter Unlimited 1464 points.
Martin Ussher 1st Freestyle Unlimited Flt2 1514pts
Jacob Fuit 1st Freestyle Unlimited Flt1 1554pts
Dion Ussher 2nd Freestyle Unlimited Flt1 1554 pts (on a count back, Jacob scored 3 more “A” shots)
Shane Fuit 1st Bowhunter Unlimited Flt1 1546 pts
Brett Hodgeman 3rd Bowhunter Unlimited Flt1 1506 pts.
Alastair Smedley 2nd Freestyle Unlimited Flt1 1466 pts
Cec Apps 3rd Freestyle Unlimited Flt2
Josh Apps 3rd Bowhunter Unlimited Flt2
I must mention young Danial Ward, who scored not one, but two personal best scores over the week end to lift it up to 334 points. A bit of competition is good for everyone.
So it’s back to normal for a few weeks until we venture down south to the Hunter Bowmen for their tournament shoot in a months time. As always, you’re all welcome at the Macleay Valley Archers out at Tamban.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Hot Saturday Shoot
What a great afternoon for a stroll through the bush. 19 Macleay Valley Archers did just that. Scores for the afternoon were high with 6 personal bests being recorded. It all looks good for our 3-D challenge in a couple of week’s time.
The scores were;
Men – Shane Fuit 394, Alastair Smedley 386, Bret Hodgeman 384, Bruce Crumpton 380, Neil Ussher 374, Gary Kitchen 372 (PB), Glenn Freeman 372, Darrin Simmonds 370, Gary Ward 368 (PB), Josh Apps 368, Cec Apps 362, Ken Townsend 174 (Bare bow)
Ladies – Ami Brenton 198 (PB).
Juniors Boys – Jacob Fuit 388, Gene Shea 370 (PB), Sam Harwood 322, Danial Ward 312 (PB), Zac Kitchin 268, Zac Ward 132 (PB).
There is still some work to do on the course, so if you can give a hand, please do. We are doing a monster raffle at the 3-D challenge so if you have anything that would be worthy, bring it next week, so we know what we have.
Two of our members are attending Coach Training sessions next weekend. I’m sure they will be a wealth of information after that. They will be able to advise on how to get rid of all those bad habits (only the archery related ones) that we have let creep into our shooting and also be confident to introduce new archers into the sport. As always, if you want a go, come out and have a try, first time is free.
The scores were;
Men – Shane Fuit 394, Alastair Smedley 386, Bret Hodgeman 384, Bruce Crumpton 380, Neil Ussher 374, Gary Kitchen 372 (PB), Glenn Freeman 372, Darrin Simmonds 370, Gary Ward 368 (PB), Josh Apps 368, Cec Apps 362, Ken Townsend 174 (Bare bow)
Ladies – Ami Brenton 198 (PB).
Juniors Boys – Jacob Fuit 388, Gene Shea 370 (PB), Sam Harwood 322, Danial Ward 312 (PB), Zac Kitchin 268, Zac Ward 132 (PB).
There is still some work to do on the course, so if you can give a hand, please do. We are doing a monster raffle at the 3-D challenge so if you have anything that would be worthy, bring it next week, so we know what we have.
Two of our members are attending Coach Training sessions next weekend. I’m sure they will be a wealth of information after that. They will be able to advise on how to get rid of all those bad habits (only the archery related ones) that we have let creep into our shooting and also be confident to introduce new archers into the sport. As always, if you want a go, come out and have a try, first time is free.
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