Next Meeting Friday February 21,2014 - Club meetings are open and decisions made by those present. PO Box 133 Walkerville South Australia 5081 Phone 8239 0101 Email: [email protected]2014 Issue No 1 www.adelaidearchery.org.au Editor: Jill Vardon [email protected]ON TARGET January, 2014 Welcome Back ! Programmed Shooting Commenced 9th January. No club meeting on 17th January (held on 10th) Excerpt from Archery Australia’s Archery Insights December 2013 The requirement is that in drawing the bow the arrow must at no time during the draw be aimed higher than it would be when the archer is at full draw aimed at the target. Also in drawing and shooting the bow the archer’s equipment (including any telescope) must at no time be outside the allocated width of the archer’s space on the shooting line (and note that is permitted to be a minimum of 800 mm wide). GOOD LUCK! TO ARCHERS ATTENDING THE BLUE LAKE TOURNAMENT FROM THE SOCIAL COORDINATOR PAM PETTMAN The 2013 Christmas Shoot was a very successful day - we had close to 200 attend. A big thank you to Dean, Gerry & Sue for cooking the barbeque and also thanks to the families for providing a wonderful selection of salads and sweets. ARCHERY SA AUSTRALIA DAY FIELD SHOOT SUNDAY JANUARY 26, 2014 at 10.00 am AT EDEN FIELD ARCHERS Enter Here
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Next Meeting Friday February 21,2014 - Club meetings are open and decisions made by those present.
PO Box 133 Walkerville South Australia 5081 Phone 8239 0101 Email: [email protected]
Programmed Shooting Commenced 9th January. No club meeting on 17th January (held on 10th)
Excerpt from Archery Australia’s Archery Insights December 2013 The requirement is that in drawing the bow the arrow must at no time during the draw be aimed higher than it would be when the archer is at full draw aimed at the target. Also in drawing and shooting the bow the archer’s equipment (including any telescope) must at no time be outside the allocated width of the archer’s space on the shooting line (and note that is permitted to be a minimum of 800 mm wide).
GOOD LUCK!
TO ARCHERS ATTENDING THE BLUE LAKE TOURNAMENT
FROM THE SOCIAL COORDINATOR PAM PETTMAN
The 2013 Christmas Shoot was a very successful day - we had close to 200 attend. A big thank you to Dean, Gerry & Sue for cooking the barbeque and also thanks to the families for providing a wonderful selection of salads and sweets.
ARCHERY SA
AUSTRALIA DAY FIELD SHOOT SUNDAY JANUARY 26, 2014 at 10.00 am
Next Meeting Friday February 21,2014 - Club meetings are open and decisions made by those present.
BUTT 9 by Norm Smith
You will have noticed that Butt 9 has changed from circular to square. This is to accommodate the new Danage butt which we are testing as a possible alternative to the current ones.
The reasons for changing are simple: • thin arrows shot from higher powered bows are penetrating the current butts (piles and shafts being
damaged if they hit the concrete behind the butt) • when centres of the current butts start to break down, a lot of plastic rubbish ends up on the ground (the
old Stramit straw used to break down, plastic doesn’t) • arrows are easier to pull out than with the current butts. The butt is made of waterproof foam segments and there are practical reasons to impose the following limitations on how it is used: • Only paper faces can be used (not mounted on cardboard); different makes/types of faces are being
evaluated by Dean Pettman. • No arrow lubricant is to be used (no Armorall, soap or Scorpion product). • Arrow pulling must be done using the push/pull method (pushing the face around the point of entry
with one had while pulling the arrow with the other - an arrow puller may help). Note that this method applies to all butts - it protects the butt and helps the face to last longer; it also reduces the chance of bending the arrow.
• The face can be moved marginally off centre (to spread wear on the centre section of the butt). There is an additional power-stop bag which has to be hung behind the centre section of the butt - this stops the arrows when the centre starts to become softer. Unfortunately, it is rather heavy and has to be carried to and from the butt. We are about to investigate other options which are lighter. While the butt is under test, it will be available during programmed shoots for anyone to shoot at. This is a prototype butt for evaluation purposes - constructive comment/criticism is welcomed. And while it is being evaluated, we need to keep a record of usage (there is a record sheet in the back of the frame).
POLICE CLEARANCE
Any member coaching at sessions where children are present will require police checks. ARCHERY SA (via Sue Martin) has a VOAN number for the application. There will be no cost to individual archers. More to follow.
Next Meeting Friday February 21,2014 - Club meetings are open and decisions made by those present.
New Members The following were passed for membership in December/January - Andrew MacKenzie, Susan MacKenzie, Timothy Hawke, Cate Cherney, Bill Sloan, Patrick Ward, Amana Hanifi, Amina Hanifi, Walee Hanifi (December) and Jay Lord, Daniel Lord and Peter Lord (January).
Welcome to the Club
Thought for the day... The Pope, being Argentinean and a supporter of the return of the Falklands has sacked two English cooks named Tina and Marge from the Vatican kitchens. He was asked by the cooks “if he would like the full English breakfast” and he replied
“Don’t fry for me Marge and Tina”.
Photographer: Norm Smith
CALENDAR ERRATA The State Ranking Shoot date of March 9th at Adelaide Archery Club has been moved to March 16, 2014 as this date clashes with Camp Quality. AJAD programme in Calendar for April is incorrect.. Check with coordinator.
CAMP QUALITYCAMP QUALITYCAMP QUALITY FUN DAYFUN DAYFUN DAY
SUNDAYSUNDAYSUNDAY
9TH MARCH, 20149TH MARCH, 20149TH MARCH, 2014
Please mark this date in your calendar to come and join in the fun when the club hosts Camp Quality families for a fun day of archery, with lunch and afternoon tea provided by the club. Many volunteers are needed to ensure the day runs smoothly. More information in next month’s
newsletter.
My wife sat down next to me as I was flipping channels. She asked “What’s on the TV?”. I replied “Dust”. That's when the fight started...
Next Meeting Friday February 21,2014 - Club meetings are open and decisions made by those present.
