Centenary Archery Info to 14-Dec-2025
Centenary Archers Club Newsletter
Hi Centenary Archers Club members,
Club Rule Reminder:
If you’re bringing your child to the club, remember our Kids at the Club policy.
This Week
Monday, 8 December - 08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (AM: David; PM: Bernd)
18:00-19:30 Cr Sarah Hutton Community Christmas Party (David, Kristy, & Ruth)
Wednesday, 10 December - 07:00-12:00 General Archery (Jim/David)
Thursday, 11 December - 16:00-18:00+ General Archery (Bernd)
Saturday, 13 December
08:30-17:00 General Archery. (TBA)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Pierre)
10:00-13:00 Members-only Beginners Course - Week 1 of 2 (TBA) - Register.
Sunday, 14 December - 09:00-12:30 General Archery. (Sarah)
Club News
• The News you’ve been waiting all year for is finally here:
◦ Iron Bow Champion - Lindsay Roux! 🏹 (results)
◦ Xmas Clout - Kiah Lowe ➴🎄➴
◦ Elimination Challenge - David ‘X’ Conran
◦ Speed Shooting - Andre Buhot ⇶⇶ (results)
◦ Water Fight - Rob Connell (Most Wet) 🌊
◦ Most Improved Archer: (youth) Ruth Chamberlain & (adult) Sarah Denman 📈
◦ Ross Larsen medal: (youth) Izach Parr & (adult) David Conran 🎯🚧
◦ Club Champion: Jack Catchpoole 🏆
◦ MMMMMM Barry Trophy: S. Brown 🫢
• We hope you enjoyed the Xmas Party on Saturday. If you have any suggestions or improvements, please let us know. Thanks to all the countless volunteers who helped directly & indirectly to make it happen. 🎉💕🥰😍💝
• Help us throw some shade! Please consider filling this survey out so we can win a custom marquee from our State MP (Jess Pugh) - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/marquee-on-me 🎪
• It’s rostering time again. If you can or can’t help out, please let mar...@centenaryarchers.org.au know so he can populate the roster. More hands means less work! ✋=🫶
• Please welcome our newest, fully approved club member: (Open) Noah Green 👏
Etiquette
If someone tells you “You shoot like a girl!” or “You shoot like a little old lady!”; Thank them! In our club, there is no higher compliment. (If you need proof, just look above! - David)
“Alternative” Archery Facts
The Archery Gods™ giveth & they taketh away. They hear & see all, plus they have a wicked sense of humour. Don’t believe it? David joked that you need to be descended from Robin Hood to use a longbow, & the very next arrow… Bam! One arrow for the price of Two!
Tip of the Week.
🎼🪢 Come on let's twist again (exactly) like we did last summer 🪢🎵
Target archery is largely about consistency. One of the things to keep consistent is the number of twists in our bow strings. Compound archers can tune out now for this tip. Most of us know, adding or removing a twist in our bowstring affects our brace height, but each time we remove the string from the bow we risk untwisting, thus not being the same for our next session. You can use a number of different devices to clamp the end loops together (e.g. a Paper clip, Bull clip, Peg, Carabiner, Safety pin, etc) or there is a simple trick that doesn't require anything extra. So quick & easy, you won’t use anything else after doing it. It’s so simple, it’s very hard to explain in text, but here goes:
• “Put one loop through the other, then pull the first loop through the second one.”; or
• “Loop an end through the other end loop itself so it looks like a reef knot.”; or
• “You take the small loop, put it through the large loop, then pull the large loop through the small one.”; or
• “Put one loop through the other so that the outer one is half way down the inner one, then grab the outer one and pull it through the inner one, it locks the two together.”
See! Clear as mud, right?! Watch the video instead, then you’ll get it:
How To Keep Bowstring From Untwisting
Safety Tip
🏃💨 No running 🏃💨
As a child, you were told & learnt to never run with scissors; Arrows are just as bad. So don’t. Unlike scissors, arrows also like to embed themselves in targets at face height, and love pointing out of the ground at optimal angles for injury. That’s all before we get to tripping hazards etc. The sport of Target Archery is not a race, there is no need to run, jog, or even power walk. The DOS will always wait for you to get behind the line safely.
To quote a very experienced SQAS archer: “Take your time; Be quick about it!”.
The Month ahead
Monday, 15 December - 08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (AM: David; PM: Bernd)
Wednesday, 17 December - 08:30-12:00 General Archery (David)
18:00-20:00 Milton Dick MP & Jess Pugh MP Community Christmas Party (Bernd, Don, & Ellen)
Thursday, 18 December - 16:00-18:00+ General Archery (Bernd)
Saturday, 20 December
08:30-17:00 General Archery. (Close: Brian)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Rob)
10:00-13:00 Members-only Beginners Course - Week 2 of 2 (TBA)
Sunday, 21 December - Club Closed
Monday, 22 December - Summer Solstice (🌞 >>🌛)
08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (AM: David; PM: Bernd)
Wednesday, 24 December - Last Minute Shopping Day
08:30-12:00 General Archery (David) (Tentative)
Thursday, 25 December - 🎄Merry St. Presents Day🎄 - CLUB CLOSED
Saturday, 27 December
08:30-17:00 General Archery. (Close: Sarah)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Salomon)
Sunday, 28 December - closed
Monday, 29 December
08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (AM: David; PM: Bernd)
Wednesday, 31 December - 08:30-12:00 General Archery (David) (Tentative)
2026 (Yes, already! I know! Where did 2025 go!?) 🎆🎇🧨🎉🥳
Thursday, 1 January - 16:00-18:00+ General Archery (Bernd)
Saturday, 3 January
08:30-17:00 General Archery. (Close: TBA)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (TBA)
Sunday, 4 January - Club Closed
Monday, 5 January - 08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ General Archery. (AM: David; PM: Bernd)
Wednesday, 7 January - 07:00-12:00 General Archery (Jim & David)
Thursday, 8 January - 16:00-18:00+ General Archery (Bernd)
Saturday, 10 January
08:30-17:00 General Archery. (Close: TBA)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (TBA)
Sunday, 11 January - closed