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[updated 11/05/08]
MAY
Club shooting
The weather was a
surefire way to get large numbers of the club out shooting. Earlybirds
were setting the first targets out at 10am and the last target was
struck down at 5pm. The team werein evidence making sure tat their
sight marks were correct for Selby next weekend.
Chantry Longbow
Western 10th May
Three BoA longbowmen took
part in the two-way Western round at Chantry, Rotherham. It was a
glorious day which caught most of the archers out and there were some
very red faces. But not from embarassment, as there was some fine
scoring. The highlight of the competition being the shoot-out for best
gold won by a near perfect gold.
David Aikin and DOC both
won £1 in the inner gold sweep. Lis won most golds in the ladies
competition and Lis & DOC won the Jack & Jill for highest
scoring couple. So three medals to add to the clubs tally for our 60th
anniversay year.
Postal 7th May
The dry run of shooting a
postal for the Sundial trophy certainly paid off with more than enough
archers taking part to fill all the team places. There was no problem
in reaching the division target scores- somthing which we did not
achieve in the indoor postals.
The competition proved
too much of an attraction for Chairman Alastair who hadn't picked up a
bow for many months with little effect on his scoring ability. Even
Pete turned up and spent most of the time adjusting his sight marks.
Keep up the good shooting!
Have-a-Go 5th May
Although the day didn't
promise a very fine day the weather seemed to improve throughout the
morning and members who had turned up to help in numbers were quickly
stripping off the extra layers of clothing that they had prudently put
on.
And what an excellent
turn out of people wanting to have a go at archery. Some had obviously
tried it out before on holiday and were quickly piercing the gold. In a
couple sessions we ran out of take-down bows and had to resort to the
green stick bows. This didn't seem to put off any of the punters who
all seemed to have a temendous time. And the Treasurer was pleased by
the bag of cash whcih the President took riound to his house after the
event.
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APRIL
Icicle and Sundial
There was some confusion about the starting time which was allegedly
2pm, 2.30pm or 2.45pm. Not that this was of any concern to the
footballers who continued to play until 3pm. So we set up the field on
the corner of the cricket field and proceeded to shoot a BoA metric.
50metres at a large face and 30metres at an 80cm face..
Most of the morning's
rain had spent itself and we were treated with some sunshine just when
we were having tea an Christmas cake (did anyone check the sell by
date?).
The Sundial was won by
Chip and the Icicle by him as well. The full results were:
Sundial
Icicle
Ist Chip 72-12-590
Chip 36-6-291
2nd John 71- 6-555
John 35-3-283
3rd Guy 72- 6-550
Guy 36-4-271
4th Paul 72-4-516
DOC
35-3-259
5th DOC 71-7-512
Paul 36-3-250
Many thanks to Amy who
acted as field captain and Lady Paramount.
Adel team members
shoot it out - 25th April
The team celebrated the
last day of indoor training by holding an impromtu competition at The
Forum. They first shot a dozen at Portsmouth traffic light faces; then
a dozen at Vegas faces; ten at a black and white Worcester face; and
finally "round-the-clock" on a darts face with one final arrow to get a
bulls eye.
Chip & DOC were
neck-and-neck after the first round. After the Vegas, DOC showed his
better nerve and experience and inched five points ahead. But slowly
and surely his foe chipped his way back into contention so that at the
darts DOC's lead was only two points. This was quickly smashed by Chip
gaining 11 points to DOC's 7.
DOC's only chance was on
the last arrow- wouild he hold his nerve.There were fifty points at
stake. Chip shot first and his arrow refused to enter the centre. 50
points for a Bullseye, or 25 points riding on one arrow- victory was
within DOC's grasp.
to be continued.
Results in the Age v. Beauty contest. Age
won 639 to 613.
St.George Longbow
Tournament and YAA Clout - 20th April
Despite the awful
weather intrepid Adel archers were out shooting in Morley and
Harrogate.The three Davids made up the
Bowmen of Adel team at Morley
but were pushed into second place by some Lancastrians. Meanwhile,
longstanding barebow archer Nick was squeezed into second place at the
county clout championships. Bob (supported by Sara
and Lis) kept the
scores despite some atrocious addition on the score cards.
Many thanks to all those who turned out to
help set up the longbow field and the Have-a-Go (the latter taking
£90). Amy did a stirling job of selling raffle tickets (with
Thomas from Aire Valley- together they collected £90 - which is a
lot of tickets). Only Cedric, David A. Lis and DOC were left standing
at 5.30 and had to clear the field, load the two vans and then put all
the equipment away. More help needed- don't wait to be asked!
Work
party - 12th
April
Many thanks to those who turned
up for the working party- Cedric, David, DOC, Guy, Paul & Som got
to grips with making five new stands, refurbishing and desplintering
the rest, putting up the red noticeboard for training notices and
having a general tidy up and cup of tea.
Still to do- fixing the
lighting to make it safe (and working in the store). Taking the traffic
lights to the tip. Unsticking the door to the Pavilion, marking out the
field.
First Sunday
Shoot - 6th April
The best of the day was
in the morning when John was out coaching. By the afternoon the weather
was drawing in and by the time targets were set out again it was
starting to snow. Still, three rounds were shot and several other
enjoyed a wintery shoot, the targets being lost in flurries of snow at
times. With temperatures dropping to 3 degrees it was back into the
pavilion for a cup of hot coffee and Jaffa cakes.
Outdoor season
begins
The 2008 outdoor season
has got off to an early start with Chip & Pin appearing nightly on
the cricket field. Apparently, Mrs Pin thinks he is upstairs doing the
decorating. They were joined by Lis and DOC on Thursday evening
shooting on the top field within the football railings towards the
mound. Just as well as there were early sightings of cricketers playing
in the nets. Lis & DOC claim to have shot the first outdoor rounds
of the season - a Warwick. The scores were undisclosed.
Meanwhile the squad
continues to meet on Friday evenings at HASSRA Leeds AC at The Forum in
Quarry House. DOC has now dusted down his recurve and Jean is busily
telling him all the bad habits he has acquired from having shot mostly
longbow for five years. DOC says he means to gain a place in the team
at Selby.
Anyone interest in
shooting at Selby on 18th May should contact Som who is putting in a
club entry.
MARCH
YAA
Field Champs - 30th March
2008
The 2008 championships
returned to Dearne Valley after being held more locally at Rigwelter in
2006. Lis and David O'Carroll were only BoA archers to take part and
thoroughly enjoyed their return to field archery. Unfortunately, this
was not translated into medals. Full results on YAA website.
Pandamonium
- 30th March
2008
The Pandamonium
tournament went ahead on Sunday at Adel, without a hitch despite the
last minute transfer to Bedquilts. Cedric and David had marked out the
Bedquilts shooting area on Friday afternoon having been told by DOC of
the change of venue 5 minutes after they had arrived to start work. On
Sunday morning the main task was simply setting out the range.
Nick arrived at 9am to
find Stephen Richmond (football secretary) and his young daughter,
preparing food. It turned out that the football matches that had been
rescheduled to that day had been two cup semi-finals rather than
ordinary league matches, and had to be played before the finals; the
food was to make it a special occasion for footballers. Pandas soon
arrived, along with David Aikin, and many hands made light work of
setting up. Fencing off the area was a right pain, as there had been
heavy rain in the night and most of the perimeter was in huge puddles..
All was set up well in advance, along with a gazebo to shelter the
sherry.
As the archers arrived,
they smelt the bacon and sausages being cooked for the footballers, and
managed to consume all the supplies that Stephen had laid on. Shame!
Shooting started slightly late, as the Judge had not arrived. A panda
took over as Field Captain – at assembly, the only instruction given
out was “The next sherry is after 2 dozen”. Longbowmen! Conditions were
bright but with a strong breeze.
I left them to it, and
returned at 4 to find they had finished shooting. Again, entrants and
pandas meant that take down and storage were carried out quickly. There
had been no problems during the day, and all finished happily. There
was no interference from footballers, who were all well behaved as
guests of Adel.
Panda were extremely
grateful, and felt a grand day had been had by all. All in all, it
could have been a lot worse.
Nick
Frostbite - 22nd
March 2008
The Easter
weather forecast was spot on as we woke up to a layer of crunchy snow
on the ground. By eleven o'clock the roads were clear but the snow
persisted on the cricket field at Adel and a blustery wind was blowing
from the West. Nevertheless the turn-out was good with a cross section
of old die hards and keen newbies taking to the field.
The sun
blessed us with some warmth with Pin doing his hard man act by shooting
in shirt sleeves (with his padded jacket
hidden on the pavilion balcony). The scores were down on last month
totalling 1355 - not too surprising
given the weather conditions. Places in the team were hotly contested
with 4th and 5th place being decided on
hits. The team was: BB 304; Chip 299; JA 260; Big Al 246; and DOC 246.
BB took the Icicle and Jonathon the Iciclette with 206. Paul was just
pipped for a place in the team by three points with Guy at 232
supported by Cedric.
Chip congratulates
DOC on winning smartest tea cosie contest.
Club indoor
championships - 16th
March 2008
19
members took part in the end of season club championships and we had a
club record for a new archer shooting in compound. No the record wasn't
that we had a new compound archer shooting in the indoor
competition but that he successfully made the transformation from
shooting at playing cards to scoring 559 on a 3-spot face. In recurve
Phyl Abbott won the ladies with 474 and Bob Key won the Gents with 574.
In
longbow Lis O'Carroll scored 329 and David Hood 401. In junior
recurve we had four entries. Helena Beeson won the ladies and Jonathan
Hill the gents.
The
President handed out the trophies to the correct members as well as
handing out achievement badges. Full winners results on the results
page.
Everyone
took away something- including happy memories of an enjoyable
afternoon, the speediest striking down of the range and a tea that
broke all Government healthy eating guidelines. HAPPY EASTER!
FEBRUARY
First
squad
session - 29th
February 2008
Six
members made it to the first squad training session. Jean Clarkson has
agreed to take our aspiring team squad in her hands with the aim of
getting us prepared for the summer season. There are still places on
the squad - just talk to Som.
Fereezing
February
Frostbite -
16th February 2008
What
a
beautiful morning greeted the six members who trod through the light
frost that clung to the patch of grass still in the shadow of the
pavillion. Bob
managed to bring all his arrows and various strings which he then
proceeded to disentangle. The rest of us just put up our bows with
whatever was in our box. Bob pronounced
that Spring was upon us and sallied forth
into the sun before it nipped behind the clouds - not that there were
any clouds to talk about.
The
team manged to accumulate 1387 points (15 poinits above the threshold
for division 19) despite not having any sunglasses.
Scores
were: Big Bob 306; Chip 301; Doc 282; Paul 263 and Furface 235. David
A broke at least four nocks as he released muttering that they were
relatively new- we estimate they were used in the ark and had gotten
brittle.
JANUARY
January postal
At last we are back
in the hall and a big thankyou for all who turned up to put the big
jigsaw in place in record time. We were greeted to NHS hospital ward
green walls but GNAS green woodwork. Places in the two teams are
getting tight and soon scores of 500 will be needed to secure a place
in the B team. Results as always on the results page. OK- so I'm a big
softy- here's a direct link to January results
(thanks to Nick and his pdf wizardry).
Friendly match v.
Spen -
25thJanuary 2008
At short notice, Spen
Valley Archers agreed to send six members to The Forum for a friendly
match. After a delayed start because of road traffic hold ups the
twelve archers shot at some speed to complete their Portsmouth rounds
in record breaking time. If only the same could be said of the scores.
On a head to head (top scorer Spen versus top scorer Adel) it was a 3-3
draw but on adding up all the scores Adel won by 3039 to 2998.
Airedale Longbow
League -
12thJanuary 2008
All 22 longbow
archers had a thoroughly good time at Keighley despite a freezing cold
sports hall. BoA was represented By Lis, Bruce and two Davids. Airedale Longbow League.
First
Frostbite of 2008 -
12thJanuary 2008
Bob
managed to bring the Icicle back and this was duly awarded to Som who
had won the December Icicle. It was then taken away from him and put
back on the counter. President David had arrived without bow or arrows
to wish everyone well. He had a note from from his Mum to say he
couldn't shoot outside and in any case he was off to Keighley for the
Airedale shoot. Neither excuses were accepted.
Bob
got the plonker award for forgetting to bring his arrows. Everyone else
had managed to bring all their equipment and assemble it correctly.
With darkening skies the shooting commenced. The final outcome was a
load of cold but satisfied archers and a winner in Bob with 320.Other
scores were: John 271;Som 245;Phyl 221; Paul 214; Jonathan C 191; David
A 185 and Cedric 140.
A
good turnout.
BoA/HASSRA Indoor
tournament - Sunday 6th
January 2008
Tournaments don't
just organise themselves and it was gratifying to see the numbers of
club members willingly giving up their time to help with his event. Its
a popular tournament with local archers as it gets back into shooting
ways ahead of the first record status shoot at Wakefield the following
week. The turnout was as good as ever, with only a few spaces left in
the morning session. Bob Key officiated as judge with David and Cedric
as field captains. The new H-frame stands hand-built by Cedric worked
well. Our thanks also go to Keith at the Forum for getting the lights
working and for providing refreshments. |