Come & Try Day club members as well

Macleay Valley Archers  

will be hosting a

“Come & Try Archery Weekend”

on Saturday 6^th October 10:00am onwards

& Sunday 7^th October 10:00am to 2:00pm

 

  We will be catering for beginners through to experienced archers with a weekend at our range at Brentons Rd, Tamban Forest

(sign-posted from Great Nth Rd Frederickton on the weekend).

Our qualified coaches and experienced archers will be available all weekend to assist you. All equipment will be provided FREE OF CHARGE. Bring the whole family for a fun day out. Come for an hour or two or stay all weekend. Camping is available on Saturday night. We will be running beginner tuition, video analysis for the more experienced, instruction on bow setup, equipment selection and arrow construction.

For more information see our website

http://macleayvalleyarchers.blogspot.com

or ring

Cec on 0265627047

or

                                      Brett on 0408480131

Sat 22nd Sept 3 arrow Anthill Range

Hi all Sorry about last week but as you know we were away at Tuggerah for the Branch IFAA titles 6 of our members made the trip and we came back with 2 branch champions, well done Karen & Gloria.
Karen shot 2 PB's including a 500 on the second day and Cupcake had a PB in terms of arrows broken......4 in one go whilst falling over, must curtail her drinking next time. Ooh! ouch! sorry I was only joking.
This week most of the Macleay Valley turned up to have a go & 23 archers wondered around the range. I think we even had a couple or three people join the best club in the land. Alastair shot a sizzeling 392, closely followed by Gary on 388 and Brett on 386. This is just an observation but the 5 archers who shot the IFAA last week all returned really good scores this week. Dave took out the prized Long bow section with a pretty smart 206, whilst Marty shot from the red peg and still shot 378. Cec & I went round with a new family who shot really well not quite up to my standard but very, very, close.
Scores for the Day: Coins Alastair 392, Home Brew Gary 388, Don't tie with me Brett 386, Cola Karen 380, Martin McFly 378, Scribe Neil 370, Nick 370,  Grandad 368, Mad Max Stuart 366, CupCake Gloria 362, Hitchhiker Dion 358, Fingers Ray 334, Yellow Peg Stewart 312, Teabag 304, Sam 292,  Tom 284, Mick 266, Leach Bait Bruce 250, BC Liam 232, Feathers Dave 206, Gordon 164 PB, Matt 157, Nic 102,
I should also mention that Fingers Ray shoots bare bow which means no fancy stuff on his bow, Ray isn't the only one in the club shooting this way but 334 is a very good score.
Til next time cheers and stay safe.
Teabag

3 arrow 8th Sept 2012

Hi all I am proud to announce the winner of this weeks shoot is.........Cola Karen. 

This is a well deserved result and shows what a level playing field archery is.
 Well that would be the headline if only her hubby had played the game. Alastair you are a real spoil sport.

 Despite not shooting I must have done something right as both Granddad & Karen made me a cup of tea, Pure Bliss

 In a move that had us all pinching ourselves in disbelief Bruce and his Fair maiden arrived for the day, I think that is a first for 2012. Now all we need is the iron chef to lob up. I took my swag and pillow laid it out in the club house whilst the active people went round the range.

 I was awakened by the start of world war three. The tanks were attacking and severe injury  seemed only seconds away. Turns out I had panicked for nothing, it was only the neighbor taking his very large D something bulldozer for a stroll. Did give me a start though. Poor Granddad couldn't see the last target again. It's a bit like watching a train wreck in slow motion, never mind Daylight saving will fix it for you.
Chris shot a well deserved PB, Fingers had a great barebow score. Young Nic tried a few shots from the red peg, Nic if you are reading this concentrate on the green peg until you can consistently score in the high 360. It is really hard for you to judge your improvement if you keep chopping and changing.

Scores:  Coins Alastair 386, Cola Karen 384, Bruce 376, Granddad Cec 366, Cupcake Gloria354, Chris 348 PB, Fingers Ray 338, Nambucca Gary 330, SWR Brad 296, Sixpenny Zac 290, Yellow Peg Stewart 288, Nic 204.  

1 arrow Sept 1 followed by meeting

G’day Mike,

Myself and my two sons, as well as one of my sons friends attended a shoot on the 1st of September.

We found the friendship and guidance brilliant under the hand of Brett and the friendship of all of the members very welcoming.

This is a new sport for us and we will have no hesitation in joining you all again for a great challenge.

Thank you.

Mick.Tom.Nick Burke. 

Well that about says it all doesn't it. It confirms what I have been saying about this club for a long time now.  Well done Brett and all the members who made this family feel welcome.

We also had a lovely polite young lady get her Dad to bring her out to the club as she wanted to try archery after trying it at camp. I hope she takes the sport up as we need more ladies and this girl looks like she will make a very good archer. With the exception of Granddad most scores were a little of the boil this week, may have been the wind or it could have been general disappointment that Teabag had a painful day.

Scores:- Granddad Cec 384, Don't tie with me Brett 374, Rabbits Nic & Coins Alastair 372, Cola Karen 358, Cup Cake Gloria 342, Chris 328, Sam 326, Jake 280, SWR Brad 274, Leach Bait Bruce 252, BP Glenn 248, Finger Ray 246,  Long bow Baily 230, Yellow Peg Stewart 206, Young Nic 140, Teabag 16. Any body have a fix for really sore shoulders?

 For those that didn't know, Bruce is a trained ship-rite I think that's the right word. He did an apprenticeship in timber boat building. Well after seeing a few long bows he has started making one for himself and he showed us at the club at the weekend. I'm in love, the workmanship was simply stunning. I believe an oldish club member has already ordered one for him or her self. I am being vague here to protect Cec's identity. If any of you have a slight interest in trying the mystical art of Longbow shooting Bruce's bows would be a good place to start.

To all the Dad's Have a happy Fathers Day.

See you all soon.

Cheers Teabag

Long bow theme song

Well after much ado I still can't work out how to attach the theme song, so drop me an Email and I will send it to you.
Cheers Teabag

2nd leg of the eco shoot 25/8/12 2 arrow round

Oh what a lovely club this is. This week they have handed their blog over to the Macleay Valley Longbow Association. I must say both of our members would like to thank MVA for this kind offer.
Just a couple of observations up front. 1.It took 15 seconds to get ready. 2. Glued on points tend to come loose after 26 years.3.  Four arrows is not quite enough. 4. I can have all my arrows on the way to anything longer than a series three before the first one lands. 5. Do not, I repeat do not get to target 17 and announce proudly that you haven't lost any arrows, as no matter how far target 17 is you will loose an arrow. 6. You can shoot long wooden sticks, shorter carbon shafts or medium length alloys all with different spines, out of the same longbow and get the same result. 7. Hitting the butt is reason for wild celebration. 8. getting 40 on a long series 4 target almost causes one to wet his pants with excitement and smug satisfaction. 9. At target seven I scored 34 and more than doubled my score for the round so far, try that with your fancy compounds.10. longbows make a practical way of providing shade to scope users without putting yourself in any danger.simply hang hat on longbow and then lean across to needed area. 11. We have our own theme song. Which I will try to post on here some where. 12. Nobody expects you to hit anything.
and finally coming last is like a badge of honor. Moving on to less important matters. Granddad had a Robin hood last week. Coins Broke 2 arrows this week and the asked Cola Karen if he could have more. Then in an act of bravado or stupidity beat her by two. Due to the fact I was wondering around in a world of my own I don't really know what else happened. Nearly for got SWR Brad nearly chopped his arm in half. simply amazing what a small piece of string can do to bare flesh, he liked it so much he did it twice.
Scores. Teabag Pb 238, Martin Mcfly 784, Teabag Pb 238, Coins Alastair 780, Teabag Pb 238, Cola Karen 778, Teabag Pb 238, Don't tie with me 768, Teabag Pb 238, Rabbits Nic 744, Teabag Pb 238, Scribe Neil 738, Teabag Pb 238, Granddad Cec 734, Teabag Pb 238, Cupcake Gloria 686, Teabag Pb 238, Frosty Chris 680, Teabag Pb 238, Nambucca Gary 678, Teabag Pb 238, Sam 626, Teabag Pb 238, Fingers Ray 570,  Teabag Pb 238, Sixpenny Zac 548, Teabag Pb 238, Yellow Peg Stewart 496, Teabag Pb 238, Jake 480, Nic 420, Teabag Pb 238, SWR Brad DNF 318, Teabag Pb 238, Bailey 220.Teabag Pb 238,
Cheers teabag

ABA Eco- shoot 18/8/12

Well is this late or what. As you know we had visitors over the weekend so the time I set aside to do the blog came but not in the usual way. Monday was a blur of ABA stuff, bed and eating. Tuesday our son & I went to Sydney and back. Gee I simply am not as young as I used to be, so once again it was tea then bed.The club shot a 2 arrow both score round as part of the ABA national Eco shoot. Martin Mcfly returned a very impressive 780 and Cola Karen was in hot pursuit with a 772. Granddad was having trouble beating Cupcake and in a moment of triumph broke her arrow rest when she wasn't looking, so that got rid of her.( only joking) From the evidence before me it would seem that the more senior members of the club really missed Teabag, how else do you explain Coins at 754, Granddad670 and  BP 612. Dean & Sean Irvine had a great family tussel with the senior member of the family triumphant in the end. Liam who has trouble shooting with dad balanced the father son win loss ratio when he crept past Bruce Chris & Nic both shot impressive rounds. Stewart shot a solid 470. well done to all.
Scores:
Martin Mcfly 780, Cola Karen 772, Coins Alastair 754, Frosty Chris 688, Nick 680, Granddad 670, BP Glenn 612, Diamond Dean 566, Opal Sean 540, BC Liam 514, yellow peg Stewart 470, Leach Bait Bruce 488, Cupcake DNF
Cheers everybody.
Teabag