State IFAA shoot at Wagga

About 37 shooters fronted the starter on the Saturday morning and I do mean morning. Whilst the turn up wasn't high the quality was there. F troop were surprised at how many shooters actually came, a big increase from a couple of years ago. Our branch supplied 12  ( Tuggerah 2, Namoi 3, Manning 3, Macleay 4,) and branch C ( central Queensland 2,) The ranges were very very dry and the sun came out to play Boy was it hot. 11 branch E members came home with medals, no prizes for guessing who missed out. From our club Karen, Gloria & Alastair all had a first place.
Cheers all Teabag

9 Feb results

A busy day of archery at the club on 9th February, with another International Mail Match shoot in the morning, followed by a regular ABA round in the afternoon. Liam Crawford continues to make huge improvements with his shooting having moved from bare bow to the bowhunter division. His afternoon ABA round was a personal best, with many of the shots taken from the adult pegs rather than the junior ones, which meant longer shots.

We had several first time shooters at the club with some making use of the practice butts, and Ethan Delander and Alex Robinson shooting on the range in the afternoon.

Two Macleay members travelled to the Hunter for an ABA invitational shoot on 2 February, with Cec Apps winning the veterans sighted division, and Brett Hodgman coming second in the mens bowhunter unlimited flight 1 division.

Indoor Scores (Max 300): Alastair Smedley 292, Martin Ussher 285, Karen Smedley 282, Garry Ward 281, Liam Crawford 263, Ray McManus 193, Bruce Crawford 172, Donald Osborne 129.

ABA Scores (Max 400): Brett Hodgman 388, Alastair Smedley 382, Cec Apps 378, Liam Crawford 374 (PB), Glenn Freeman 368, Chris Garrett 354, Ray McManus 334, Stuart Bennington 326, Donald Osborne 308 (PB), Jake McElwaine 304 (PB), Ethan Delander 258 (PB), Bruce Crawford 248, Alex Robinson 244 (PB) Bailey McElwaine, 238, Kath Hodgman 218 (PB), Nic Garrett 212, Jake Garrett 110,

IFAA indoor 2/2/13

Hi Mike,

Well it took two  attemps to get there because Tamban Road was flooded and first time I wasn't brave enough to drive through 4" of water.

Anyway five people had another go at the IMM in even more wind than last time!

When I got there Dave was still adjusting the position of his arrow rest but managed a very creditable score given his recent lack of shooting and the weather. Garry to improved his score from the first shoot by one point.

Next week will be the first shoot of round 2. It will start at 10.30am with proity given to those who are competing in the IMM.

I hope you are unflooding.

Alastair

			2-Feb-16
Name	Division	Score 1	Xs	Score 2	Xs	Totals
Donald Osbourne	JMBB	50		49		99	0
Dave McMannus	AMFU	148	9	147	15	295	24
Ray McMannus	AMBH	90		108	1	198	1
Alastair Smedley	AMFU	148	16	149	17	297	33
Garry Ward	AMBH	142	9	144	8	286	17

Indoor shoot.

Alastair did tell me and I may have forgotten a little bit. There will be an indoor shoot this Saturday morning, starting 10:30am all welcome but priority will be given to those shooting in the world mail match. If you need more info give Alastair a ring .
cheers Tea bag

what happened.... who knows.

Sorry everybody, I have no idea what happened shooting wise at the club this week. Cupcake & I were borderline flooded so jumped in the diesel and went to the club for lunch, we had no intentions of shooting, we just went for lunch and had agreed we would hightail it home if the rain became heavy. Granddad, Fingers, Home Brew Garry, Coins Alastair, Leachbait Bruce, BC Liam, Cupcake & Teabag all turned up.You really have to wonder about the mental state of our membership. We had lunch a few cups of tea a big chin wag & then the heavens opened, getting wet was the order of the day, so it was good bye from me & goodbye from her. We bolted to the truck and went home.
There that's it.
Cheers Teabag

World IFAA indoor match 19/1/13

Well,well,well. That was interesting. In my wildest dreams I never thought we would get 10 shooters turn up to give the indoor a go. The range had been set up and all that needed to be added was a 6mtr. marque over the butts and the shooting line carefully measured and marked out. Unfortunatelly somebody left the side windows open and the cross gale was blowing its socks off. Still it did drop the temp to a very pleasant level. I think all who shot enjoyed the event. It was funny cramming 3 weeks normal shooting into the first day back. Bow fitness or lack of it took its toll on several shooter, Grandads good end of year form carried through to this round  whilst brothers Dion & Martin went at it hammer and tongue. (see the scores.) Husband and wife team Karen & Alastair finished 9 points apart with all round honours to Alastair. Garry jammed himself between them and was the dark horse of the day. The bare bow section was a bit light on with only Donald & Ray. Ray was interesting to watch every alternate  end had really tight groups interspaced with oh! damn type groups. Granddad had one arrow that was occompanied by loud noices of air escaping from his aged body. Poor granddad. Cup cake went better in the second half than the first, she was shooting nice groups but only around the edge of the 5. I actually expected the 5 to drop out.
Scores for the day:- Coins Alastair 290, Home brew Garry 285, Cola Karen 281, Martin McFly 275, Hitchhiker Dion 274, Cupcake Gloria 250, Fingers Ray BB  239, Scribe Neil 239, Granddad Cec 223. Donald where's your trophy BB 108.
Next week is the official start of the club year, till then
Cheers Tea bag

Update to this weekend IFAA indoor

013 World Indoor Mail Match

 

Round one to be held on 19th January

Muster: 1.30pm for a 2pm start

Cost: $15 entry fee (covers three rounds) plus $1 per round

Program: two rounds of 30 arrows, each round 6 ends of 5 arrows

Distance: 20 yards (adults and juniors), 10 yards (cubs)

Targets: choice of single or five spot

Round 2 & 3: dates to be advised

Cheers Teabag