Centenary Archery Info to 15-Feb-2026
Centenary Archers Club Newsletter
Hi Centenary Archers Club members,
Club Rule Reminder: Safety ALWAYS comes first.
This Week
Monday, 9 February - 09:00-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (AM: MarkK; PM: Bernd)
Wednesday, 11 February - 9:00-12:00 General Archery (Jim)
Thursday, 12 February - 16:00-18:00+ General Archery (Bernd)
Saturday, 14 February - 💘💕🍫🕯 St. Cupid’s Day 💋💝💑🍬
08:30-17:00 General Archery. (Close: Sarah)
10:00-13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: Bronwyn, Dale, Darren, Liezel)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (MichaelS)
13:30-16:00 Longbow & Traditional Spectacular Gala with prizes! 🎁 (Scoring at 14:00) (Brian)
14:00-16:00 Feb Mid Month 900 & OzBow shoot (ChrisK)
Sunday, 15 February - closed
Club News
• The Longbow Spectacular has been moved to this week. 🤦
• For Sale: The club has made another personal portable target butt (pics) which is available now. It’s located near the entry door of the Titan Shed. Purchasable here ($200). 🎯
• Mount Petrie Bowman (MPB) is offering a free How to shoot Clout archery lesson on the 22nd. If you’ve never tried it before, this is your chance for some great fun & free archery too! 🏹 ➴➴
• FYI: There will be some electrical testing work being done at the club on Monday morning. 🔌
• Please welcome our newest, fully approved club members: 👏👏
(Open) Michael Fothergill & Yifan Tang
Etiquette
Please don’t hold up the entire shooting line looking for a lost arrow. It’s easy to get absorbed in the search and lose track of time. You should only search for a maximum of a couple of minutes each end. In short, you can keep searching until the last archer has finished scoring, and has pulled their arrows from the target. That’s when you need to stop searching, and try again at the next end.
“Alternative” Archery Facts
Have you ever noticed that Cupid is a traditional barebow archer?
It goes a long way to explain some romantic matches.
Tip of the Week.
👶 Newbies & Archery Gear 🏹
Finished a Come & Try or Beginners Course, and joined the club? Want to get your own gear? Unfortunately, there is no simple single recipe to follow. However, we have a guide for beginners on gear purchases & choices. It’s too long to list here.
For most beginners, we recommend using hire gear for a few months. See the guide for why. For new archers that just know that this is the sport for them, then by all means buy your own good gear from the start. Just know that you will outgrow & replace some of it really quickly. Again, that’s all listed in the guide.
Safety Tip
☠ The Dead Arrow Line ☠
As regular archers, we are all familiar with the horizontal Shooting & Waiting Lines, but there is a third horizontal line you should know about, The 3 Metre (Dead Arrow) Line is just in front of the shooting line. Often we only draw it on our field during competitions, however it exists even if not drawn.
The World Archery rules (12.5.1) state:
An arrow may be considered not to have been shot if:
The arrow falls from the bow or is mis-shot and a part of the arrow shaft lies within the zone between the shooting line and the 3m line, and provided the arrow has not rebounded;
The safety part of this tip is:
If you ever feel you can’t safely let down from a full or partial draw, you can tilt forward & shoot the arrow directly into the ground in front of you and incur no penalty & no archer, arrow, or bow damage. Huzzah!
If for whatever reason your arrow comes off your bow and falls in that space, Do not retrieve the arrow unless you can do so safely, without moving your feet and potentially impeding a fellow archer. E.g. You can not cross forward of the shooting line to get it during an end.
If you’ve got spare arrows in your quiver, don’t even think of picking up the fallen arrow. It’s just not worth it. This is why you have spares.
During a competition, let a judge know. Otherwise, wait for the 3-whistle signal before moving forward to retrieving it.
The Month ahead
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 (Jim)
Thursday, 19 February - 16:00-18:00+ General Archery (Bernd)
Saturday, 21 February
08:30-17:00 General Archery. (Close: TBD)
08:30-12:00 Morning OzBow & 720 Club Shoot (ChrisK)
10:00-13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: Hayden, Heming, Bryden, Bec)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Rob)
09:00-1600 SQAS L1 Coaching course at SVTA (Alisha, Brian, Don, Ellen, Kristy, Liezel, & Darren)
Sunday, 22 February - 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!)
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 (Jim)
Thursday, 26 February - 16:00-18:00+ General Archery (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 - closed
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 (Jim)
Thursday, 5 March - 16:00-18:00+ General Archery (Bernd)
Saturday, 7 March
08:30-17:00 General Archery. (Close: Kristy)
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 - closed
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 (Jim)
Thursday, 12 March - 16:00-18:00+ General Archery (Bernd)
Saturday, 14 March
08:30-17:00 General Archery. (Close: Brian)
10:00-13:00 Beginners Course - Week 2 (Instructors: MichaelB, Victor, Dale) (Register)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (MichaelS)
14:00-16:00 Feb Mid Month 900 & OzBow shoot (ChrisK)
Sunday, 15 March - closed
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 (Jim)
Thursday, 19 March - 16:00-18:00+ General Archery (Bernd)
Saturday, 21 March
08:30-17:00 General Archery. (Close: Lionel)
08:30-12:00 Morning OzBow & 720 Club Shoot (ChrisK)
10:00-13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: MichaelS, AlexF, Kate, Joslyn)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Bronwyn)
Sunday, 22 March - closed