Centenary Archery Info to 11-May-2025
Centenary Archers Club Newsletter
Hi Centenary Archers Club members,
Club Rule Reminder
Always show your fellow members & archers respect!
This Week
Monday, 5 May - 👷🛠🚧 Labour Day ⚒☭👷
09:30-16:00+ Club open for general archery. (Open: David; Afternoon: TBD)
TBD-TBD Learn how to redo the serve on bow strings (David/Peter/Joslyn/Alex)
19:00-20:30 CAC Management Committee Meeting
Wednesday, 7 May
09:00-12:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Jim) 🙌📣
Thursday, 8 May
16:00-17:30+ Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)
Saturday, 10 May
09:30-17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: ChrisK)
10:00-13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: Peter, TBD, MichaelB, Hayden)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Sandy)
13:00-16:00 Mid Month Comp (900) & OzBow (Scoring at 13:30) (ChrisK, Judge: TBD)
Sunday, 11 May - World’s Best Mum Competition Finals 👶💝 (Call her at least!)
09:00-13:30 Club open for general archery. (Open: Sarah & Close: TBD)
Club News
• Jim Dobbin is looking to open the club regularly on Wednesday mornings. If you are interested, please send him a text on 0415 824 106. 🔓🏹
• The club now has 20 new stackable chairs in the clubhouse. Thanks to Darren for the delivery. 🪑
• We have ordered 10 new target cores for our compound archery butts. ETA Friday. 🎯
• Ellen, Georgia, Jim, & Lionel took up our call to do First Aid Training. Well Done! 🤕🩹
• Please consider signing the petition to make Rob Connell a Life Member of the club. 🏋
• Mount Petrie Bowman have invited all archers interested in Field Archery to their club championships which is on this Saturday. See Facebook for details. 🌳🌳🏹🌳🌳🌳🎯🌳
• We need many volunteers for manning the inflatable archery range at the Darra Festival (Sun 25th), please let us know if you can donate an hour or two of your time. 🙏🙏
• Reminder: It gets dark much earlier. The club comps start earlier this time of year. e.g. 1pm 🕐
• Video of the Week: Do you NEED coaching? 🏫🎓
• 🎽CLUB SHIRTS👕 - The order window is now open for two (2) weeks only. Get your orders in!
• Please welcome our newest, fully approved club member: (Open) Jacob Hockley 👏
Championship Tournaments
Entries for the SQAS Field Championships 17 & 18 May 2025 to be held at Lismore close on 7 May.
SQAS Target Championships 14 & 15 June 2025 to be held at Samford. Entries close on 4 June.
Etiquette
If you’ve hired or used a club bow, please ensure you unstring the bow before putting it in the shed. Recurve limbs, under tension, in an unventilated shed equals a Sad Panda.
“Alternative” Archery Facts - Not all who wander are lost. Some are looking for arrows.
Tip of the Week.
Check that your brace height is still the same as when you recorded it last. (You have documented it, right?) Recurve & Longbow strings have a nasty habit of changing their number of twists when you string & unstring your bow. Just a few twists can significantly change your bow’s characteristics and change where your arrows land.
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, 12 May
08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ Club open for general archery. (Morning: David; Afternoon: Bernd)
Thursday, 15 May
16:00-17:30+ Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)
Saturday, 17 May
09:30-17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: Kristy)
10:00-13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: AlexR, Heming, TBD, Bec)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Lindsay)
SQAS Field Championships at Lismore City Archers (Register by 7th May)
Sunday, 18 May - Club Closed
Monday, 19 May
08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ Club open for general archery. (Morning: David; Afternoon: Bernd)
Thursday, 22 May
16:00-17:30+ Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)
Saturday, 24 May
09:30-17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: Brian)
10:00-13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: Sandy, Scott, Victor, Joslyn)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Michael)
13:00-15:00 Speed shooting competition - Experiment (David)
Sunday, 25 May
09:00-13:30 Club open for general archery. (Open: Chris B & Close: Chris K)
11:00-16:00 CAC stall at the Darra Festival (Volunteers needed!! 🙏)
Monday, 26 May
08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ Club open for general archery. (Morning: David; Afternoon: Bernd)
Thursday, 29 May
16:00-17:30+ Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)
Saturday, 31 May
09:00-12:00 Youth Squad (Open: Lindsay)
09:30-17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: ChrisB)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Pierre)
13:00-17:00 Monthly Medal Event (720) & OzBow (Scoring at 13:30) (ChrisK, Judge: TBD)
Sunday, 1 June - Club Closed
Monday, 2 June
08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ Club open for general archery. (Morning: David; Afternoon: Bernd)
19:00-20:30 Management Committee Meeting
Thursday, 5 June
16:00-17:30+ Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)
Saturday, 7 June
09:30-18:00 Club open for general archery. (Open: Rob, Close: ChrisK)
10:00-13:00 Beginners Course
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Rob)
Sunday, 8 June
09:00-13:30 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: BrianD)