Centenary Archery Info to 22-Feb-2026
Centenary Archers Club Newsletter
Hi Centenary Archers Club members,
Club Rule Reminder: Be mindful of your language around others; Especially Kids.
This Week
Monday, 16 February - 08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (AM: David; PM: Bernd)
Wednesday, 18 February - 09:00-12:00 General Archery. (AM: Jim)
Thursday, 19 February - 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (PM: Bernd)
Saturday, 21 February
08:30-17:00 General Archery. (Close: TBA)
08:30-12:00 Morning OzBow & 720 Club Shoot (ChrisK)
08:30-13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: Hayden, Bec, Bryden, Heming)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Robert)
09:00-1600 SQAS L1 Coaching course at SVTA (Alisha, Brian, Don, Ellen, Kristy, Liezel, & Darren)
Sunday, 22 February - Free SQAS Youth Development Day at CAC
09:00-15:00 General Archery. (Open & Close: Rob)
09:00-15:00 SQAS Youth Development Day (Free inc. lunch) (Register by 8pm Feb 18th) 👧🧒👦
09:00+ Free “Learn to shoot Clout” session at Mount Petrie Bowman (MPB) (David: Clout is FUN!)
Club News
• Mark Bradley out-longbow’ed (Bow, arrows & uniform) the others at the Longbow Gala 🙇🌳🏹
• Please welcome our newest, fully approved club members: 👏👏👏👏👏👏
(Open) Matthew Burgess, Webster Rice, Yagiz Tanis (50+) Robert Baker, Neil & Kerri Feeney
Etiquette
The Come & Try (CnT) classes at the club take priority over the archery field. This is to enable them to shoot as needed & safely, and to suit the instructors & course presentation. We open the field on those mornings to our members with those pre-conditions in mind. e.g. Youth Squad & Coaching etc. General archery is typically permitted after 11am when a CnT is on, as by then we have typically got the students up to the point of shooting normal length ends by then.
What this means practically to our members is, when you see the CnT’s shooting line thinning out or finishing, please stop shooting. The CnT DoS may signal you to stop shooting when the CnT class has finished shooting. Please also limit the time looking for lost arrows during the class, so we can resume shooting for the class faster.
“Alternative” Archery Facts
Forecast for Autumn: The Archery Gods™ will favour gear with the following colours: Luminous Black, Octarine, and any superintelligent shades of the colour blue. Your favourite archery store will only be out of stock of 64.7% of the items you need. A million YouTube monkeys will comment on archery videos this season, but only one comment will be relevant, helpful, insightful, & fix 90% of your problems. Good luck finding it.
Tip of the Week.
🧠 Don’t dwell on your last arrow 🧠
After you have shot it, good or bad, it’s gone; It’s in the past. There is nothing an archer can do about it anymore. Focus only on your current/next arrow. Thinking too much about how good or bad an arrow was will affect your next shot.
Safety Tip
🎯 Target Butt & Field Layout 👀
Generally, the Director of Shooting (DOS) is located at the very side of an archery field, so that they can see the entire shooting line, & all of the targets (and kangaroos) at once. In order for them to have an unobstructed view, the targets need to be strictly laid out such that the archers furthest from the DOS have their target butts closest to the shooting line. The closer to the DOS, the further out the target butt can be. This allows for the DOS’s view of every target butt (and the archers at it) to not be obstructed in any way & at any time. Imagine a diagonal line of targets.
If you are moving a target butt, you need to ensure that all targets on one side of your target are of less than or equal distance from the shooting line, and that the other side has targets equal to or greater distance from the shooting line. If you feel you need to break this guideline, you should obtain permission from the DOS first.
Our club typically locates the DOS at the very right hand side of the field. Our field also has the lane numbers increase from left (eg. 1) to right (eg. 35). The DOS would typically be at lane 35+. To demonstrate by example, assume you wanted to take a target out to 30m:
• If there was a target at 20m in lane 20, the first available lane you should use would be 21;
• If there was another target at 40m in lane 27, the last available lane would be 26.
• If there was already a target at 30m on lane 24, then lanes 21 to 26 would be fine.
The TL;DR:
Please don’t stagger targets on the field such that there is one at 20m, then 30m, then 20m, then 40m, then 10m, then 50m for example. It should be: 10m, 20m, 20m, 30m, & 50m. Doing otherwise hinders the DOS’s view of the field & archers. Unordered targets significantly reduce archer safety; Most likely yours.
The Month ahead
Monday, 23 February - 08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (AM: David; PM: Bernd)
Wednesday, 25 February - 09:00-12:00 General Archery. (AM: Jim)
Thursday, 26 February - 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (PM: Bernd)
Saturday, 28 February
08:30-17:00 General Archery. (Close: Bernd)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Salomon)
14:00-16:00 OzBow & Monthly Medal Event (720) (ChrisK)
March
Sunday, 1 March - (No scheduled sessions)
Monday, 2 March - 08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (AM: David; PM: Bernd)
Wednesday, 4 March - 09:00-12:00 General Archery. (AM: Jim)
Thursday, 5 March - 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (PM: Bernd)
Saturday, 7 March
08:30-17:00 General Archery. (Close: Chris)
08:30-12:00 Morning OzBow & 720 Club Shoot (ChrisK)
10:00-13:00 Beginners Course - Week 1 (Instructors: Mark, Joslyn, Dale, Bryden) (Register)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Sandy)
Sunday, 8 March - (No scheduled sessions)
Monday, 9 March - 08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (AM: David; PM: Bernd)
Wednesday, 11 March - 09:00-12:00 General Archery. (AM: Jim)
Thursday, 12 March - 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (PM: Bernd)
Saturday, 14 March
08:30-17:00 General Archery. (Close: Kristy)
10:00-13:00 Beginners Course - Week 2 (Instructors: MichaelB, Victor, Dale) (Register)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Alex)
14:00-16:00 Feb Mid Month 900 & OzBow shoot (ChrisK)
Sunday, 15 March - 🐝Working Bee🐝 New surface underneath the shade.
Need people with garden rakes & general labour to help out.
Monday, 16 March - 08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (AM: David; PM: Bernd)
Wednesday, 18 March - 09:00-12:00 General Archery. (AM: Jim)
Thursday, 19 March - 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (PM: Bernd)
Saturday, 21 March
08:30-17:00 General Archery. (Close: Lionel)
08:30-12:00 Morning OzBow & 720 Club Shoot (ChrisK)
08:30-13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: Michael, Heming, Alex, Kate, Joslyn)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Bronwyn)
Monday, 23 March - 08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (AM: David; PM: Bernd)
Wednesday, 25 March - 09:00-12:00 General Archery. (AM: Jim)
Thursday, 26 March - 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (PM: Bernd)
Saturday, 28 March
08:30-17:00 General Archery. (Close: Sarah)
08:30-13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: Robert, Joslyn, Alex, Victor, Kate)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (David)
14:00-16:00 OzBow & Monthly Medal Event (720) (ChrisK)
Monday, 30 March - 08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (AM: David; PM: Bernd)