Centenary Archery Info to 16-Jun-2024

[Centenary Archers Club Newsletter]

Hi Centenary Archers Club members,

Club Rule Reminder

You must have proof of current Archery Australia membership on your person when shooting.

This Week

Monday, 10th of June

08:30 to 12:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: David)

16:00 to 17:30 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)

Thursday, 13th of June

16:00 to 17:30 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)

Saturday, 15th of June

10:00 to 13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: Alex, Hayden, Kate, Scott, Bec)

10:00 to 12:00 Coaching lane (Michael)

09:30 to 17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: Shane)

SQAS Target Championships & WA Star 1440 at SVTA

Sunday, 16th of June - Club Closed

SQAS Target Championships (900) at SVTA

Club News

• We now have an electronic arrow (grain) scale, & an electronic bow scale for use.

• We wish all the best to our archers competing at this coming weekend's SQAS (state) Target Championships at Samford.

• Minutes from the previous committee meeting are available.

• Congratulations to our members that completed our recent Beginners Course: 🎓🎓🎓👏👏👏

Alex Hill, Tracey Johnson, Emma Leitch, Victoria Nguyen, Georgia Smith, Lionel Smith,
Izach Parr, Shelley Peters, Henry Sungkana, Ben Tarsnane, Georgia Winstanley-Bowring

Records

Congrats to our new club and state (potential) record holders from our 1440 comp (photos) in practice for the SQAS Target championships on the 15th & 16th.

◦ Ruth Chamberlain - U14 -> Open Female Compound - AA 40/1440 - 1239 -> 1333 👏😲

◦ Ciara Doyle - U16 -> Open Female Compound - AA 50/1440 - 1233 -> 1334 👏😲🤯

◦ Ellen Martini - U16 -> Open Female Recurve - AA 50/1440 - 1311 (state) -> 1327 👏😲🎉

◦ Sarah Denman - Open Female Longbow - AA 50/1440 -> 614 👏

◦ Pierre Roux - Open Male Compound - WA 70/1440 - 1198 -> 1333 👏😲🤯

◦ David Conran - Open & 50+ Male Longbow - WA 50/1440 - 657 -> 827 👏😲🤯

Honourable Mention: Chris Kerslake would’ve had the record with 1309, except he got Pierre’d! 🤦

Plus new club records from our June Mid-Month comp: 🌬

◦ Ruth Chamberlain - U14 -> Open Female Compound - AA 40/720 - 643 -> 654 👏😲🌬

◦ Ellen Martini - U16 -> Open Female Recurve - AA 60/720 -> 628 👏🌬

◦ Alaistair Dick - Open Male Recurve - WA 60/720 - 540 -> 578 👏😲🌬

◦ Kate Hall - Open & 50+ Female Barebow - AA 40/720 -> 320 👏🌬 (7 records from 7 shoots!) 🤯

◦ David Conran - Open & 50+ Male Longbow - WABB 50/720 - 409 -> 432👏😲🌬

Etiquette

If no-one shows up within one (1) hour of opening time, then the person who’s meant to open up the club can close up and go home. I.e. Archery is done for the day.

For example: It’s raining heavily & the club opens for “General Archery” at 10am, if no-one arrives by 11am, the person opening the club up for archery may optionally close.

“Alternative” Archery Facts

Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.

Archery: Trying to do the same thing over and over expecting a consistent result.

Tip of the Week

🦶 Footwear 🦶

As target archers, we want a repeatable stable stance when on the shooting line. We want our weight spread evenly on our feet, with just a slight bias to the balls of our feet. Hence, comfortable flat soled shoes are the way to go; The flatter, the better. Beware that a lot of running/training/sport-style shoes have a more rounded sole. They will give you a less solid grounding and reduced repeatability & stability. Per safety rules, they must also fully enclose the foot.

Another type of footwear to consider are some waterproof boots. Archery fields can get very soggy & wet. Shooting with wet shoes, socks, & feet is no fun.

Safety Tip

🧔💇 Repunzel was probably not an Archer 💇🧔

Long hair & long beards don’t mix well with Archery. Well, actually the problem is they can mix very well with the bow string & the arrow fletches. The last thing you want is a chunk of your hair being yanked out with the poundage of your bow, or caught in the cams & cables of a compound bow. Apart from ruining your day, it can ruin your shot. (Some might argue this is worse.) So, restrain that glorious mane you have. Make sure it can’t be caught by or interfere with the bow string.

The Month ahead

June

Monday, 17th of June

08:30 to 12:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: David)

16:00 to 17:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)

Thursday, 20th of June

16:00 to 17:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)

Saturday, 22nd of June

10:00 to 13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: Patrick, Renn, Victor, Peter)

10:00 to 12:00 Coaching lane (Rob)

09:30 to 17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: ChrisB)

L1 Coaching course at MPB (Kate & Sam)

Sunday, 23rd of June - Club Closed

SQAS Youth Development Day at TBD (Lindsay)

Monday, 24th of June

08:30 to 12:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: David)

16:00 to 17:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)

Thursday, 27th of June

16:00 to 17:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)

Saturday, 29th of June

09:00 to 12:00 Youth Squad (Open: Lindsay)

09:30 to 17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: TBD)

10:00 to 12:00 Coaching lane (Sandy)

13:00 to 17:00 OzBow & Monthly Medal competition (900). (Scoring at 13:30) (ChrisK)

Sunday, 30th of June

09:00 to 11:30 Private Group Coaching (Open: Amanda)

09:00 to 16:30 Club open for general archery. (Close: ChrisK)

10:00 to 12:30 The Great Indoor Outdoor Shoot 3.0 (Indoor Champs Rehearsal) Scoring at 10:30

13:30 to 16:30 The Great Indoor Outdoor Shoot 3.0 (Indoor Champs Rehearsal) Scoring at 14:30

July

Monday, 1 July

08:30 to 12:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: David)

16:00 to 17:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)

19:00 to 20:20 CAC Management Committee Meeting (Submit agenda items)

Thursday, 4 July

16:00 to 17:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)

Saturday, 6 July

10:00 to 13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: Scott, Hayden, Sam, Shane)

10:00 to 12:00 Coaching lane (Michael)

09:30 to 17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: Renn)

SQAS/National Indoor Championships at MPB

Sunday, 7 July - Club Closed

SQAS/National Indoor Championships at MPB

Monday, 8 July

08:30 to 12:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: David)

16:00 to 17:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)

Thursday, 11 July

16:00 to 17:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)

Saturday, 13 July

09:30 to 17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: Lindsay)

10:00 to 13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: Alex, Kate, Patrick, Victor)

10:00 to 12:00 Coaching lane (Bronwyn)

13:00 to 17:00 Mid Month (720) Competition & OzBow (Scoring starts at 13:30) (ChrisK)

Sunday, 14 July

09:00 to 11:30 Private Group Coaching (Open: Amanda)

09:00 to 13:30 Club open for general archery. (Close: Stacy)