Come and Try Day 15/10/1916

We will be holding a free come and try day on 15/10/16 from 10:00am. This is a free event and you can come out at any time between 10:00am & 3:00pm. All equipment supplied. Qualified coaches and experienced archers both men and women assisting. Archery is a great sport for the whole family. We have men and women and boys and girls from 8 to 70 +???. We are a sociable club and welcome anyone to come out and check out our facilities and ranges.
Directions are on a Google Map link if you scroll down on the right hand side of this page. We are 400 metres from the eastern end of Brentons Rd in Tamban Forest, Collombatti.there will be signs out for directions from Frederickton. Make sure you follow Tamban Rd and then turn left into Brentons Rd.

New Cub Calendar Posted

Go to the club calendar page to view the 2016 Calendar,

MVA Hosting NSW State ABA Titles on 3rd & 4th October

            On the October Long weekend 3rd & 4th October we will be hosting the NSW ABA Titles. Camping will be available with plenty of room for caravans. We have great facilities with showers and flushing toilets. Catering will be available from Friday night through to Monday breakfast. Refer to the link on the right of this page for directions. Please pre nominate with Branch E Score Recorder at bta54753@bigpond.net.au

Welcome To 2015

       I hope everyone had a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Our first club shoot for the year will on 31st January. Please check out the 2015 calendar page which shows what sort of shoot will be on each weekend. The big news is we have ordered 3d Targets and are on track for our first 3D Club shoot on 21st Feb.
        Any beginners or new members are more than welcome. Any beginners please try to arrive around 12:00 so that one of our coaches can spend time with you on the practice range before our shoot starts at 1:30.
        Please note there have been some changes to the Branch Shoots with Uralla and Tuggerah unable to host shoots. The Uralla shoot has moved to Hunter and the Tuggerah shoot is yet to be confirmed.
       We will be having a working bee on the morning of the 31st Jan before our first shoot to repair targets and get them back out on the range.

      We had 5 starters for the World Indoor Mail Match on 17th Jan. We will be shooting this event over the next few months. There is still time to nominate and register by the cut of date of 10/02/15.
If you are interested let Gary or Brett know. Refer to the IFAA site for details.
http://www.ifaa-archery.org/index.php/wiamm15

       Gary, Dan and Rob all shot PBs. Dan shot an exceptional score for bare bow recurve shooting off the shelf.

Rob -   Bowhunter Unlimited - 279
Brett -  Bowhunter Unlimited - 286
Kathy - Bowhunter Unlimited - 247
Gary -   Bowhunter Unlimited -296
Dan -     Bowhunter Recurve - 252

Working Bee Saturday 22/11/14 and Xmas Shoot 29 & 30/11/14

           Just a reminder of the club working bee on 22/11/14 from 9:00am. Come along and lend a hand with tidying up the ranges, camping area and amenities. Many hands make light work so make sure you get along.
         Also make sure you fill out the pre nomination form on the wall of you are attending our Branch Xmas Shoot the following week 29 & 30/11/14.
      

Working Bee, Meeting & IFAA 25/10/14

               We got a few jobs done on Saturday morning in preparation for our shoot on the 29th of November. Before the shoot we had a quick meeting to discuss arrangement for hosting the Branch E Christmas Shoot. Everything is in hand and we have our next club meeting on the 15/11/14 followed the next week with a working bee on 22/11/14. We only had a small field of starts to shoot 14 targets of IFAA field . Scores are out of 280 and at marked distances out to 80 yards shooting 56 arrows. Dan 2 has joined the longbow crew with a newly purchased longbow and spent the afternoon building character. The weather was pretty hot and it was a baptism of fire for those who hadn't shot a round of IFAA before.

Scores were

Steve            Freestyle Unlimited       109
Jayden          Bowhunter Unlimited    161
Dan              Longbow                          42
Vera             Bowhunter Unlimited     165
Stew             Freestyle Limited           106
Alex             Recurve Barebow             55
Kathy           Bowhunter Unlimited     218
Brett             Bowhunter Unlimited     245
Vince            Bowhunter Unlimited     162 

Next week we will be shooting ABA again and  a few members are travelling to Inverell for the Branch E Indoor titles.

ABA 3 Arrow 18/10/14

           A great day was had by all as we shot the Goanna Range in perfect conditions. Of the 18 archers we had 3 recurves and 2 long bows. Some impressive scores were shot with Stuart shooting a very respectable 232 with Dan's longbow. Dan managed to tie with Alex on 286, both with recurves. Dan has bought another bow. Bets are on to see what he turns up with next week.
          Gary gave everyone a lesson with an impressive 392 Freestyle Unlimited. Great shooting.
But...undoubtedly the happiest archer of the day was Kathy with a massive PB of 384 a huge effort. Apparently her husband shoots too and to her great excitement he only scored 382.

            Next weekend we are having a working bee Saturday morning from 9:00 for those that can make it to sort out the new container and do a little cleaning up before our branch shoot at 29th & 30th November. We will also have a short meeting to discuss details for that weekend. We will be shooting 14 Targets of IFAA in the afternoon.

Scores for 18/10/14

Gary    392 Freestyle Unlimited
Cec      360 Freestyle Unlimited
Steve   224 Freeestyle Unlimited
Stuart   232 Longbow
Calvin 162 Longbow
Dan     286 Recurve
Alex    286 Recurve
Donna 228 Recurve
Danial 338 Bowhunter Unlimited
Bruce  382 Bowhunter Unlimited
Vera    368 Bowhunter Unlimited
Brett    382 Bowhunter Unlimited
Jayden 336 Bowhunter Unlimited
Rob     358 Bowhunter Unlimited
Vince  326 Bowhunter Unlimited
Harry  180 Bowhunter Unlimited
Jarrah  278 Bowhunter Unlimited
Kathy  384 Bowhunter Unlimited