Centenary Archery Info to 10-Aug-2025
Centenary Archers Club Newsletter
Hi Centenary Archers Club members,
Club Rule Reminder - Safety ALWAYS comes first.
This Week
Monday, 4 August
08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ Club open for general archery. (Morning: David; Afternoon: Bernd)
Wednesday, 6 August
09:00-12:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Jim)
09:00-12:00 Private Come & Try class (David)
Thursday, 7 August - 16:00-17:30+ Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)
Saturday, 9 August
09:30-17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: Brian)
10:00-13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: Hayden, AlexF, Joslyn, MichaelB)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Lindsay)
12:30-13:00 Send-off party for the World Archery Youth Championships. 🎂🛫 (Ellen & Liezel)
13:00-16:00 August Mid Month 900 and Oz Bow shoot (Scoring at 13:30) (ChrisK, Judge: TBA)
Sunday, 10 August
09:00-13:30 Club open for general archery. (Open: Sarah, Close: Lionel)
09:30-13:30 Compound Training Group - All Welcome - See WhatsApp group for details
Club News
• MISSING: One (1) of our 3 red DOS whistles has been misplaced. Please check if you have accidentally taken it. 🔎📯
• AGM - The Notice and Call for Nominations has gone out. AGM will be on 27th of September.🙋
• Volunteer of the Week: Ellen Martini has been slogging away re-fletching club arrows for several weeks now. This helped the club out a lot. Way to go, Ellen! ➽
• Raffle tickets supporting our kids (Ellen, Liezel, & Ruth), who are traveling internationally, are on sale. Prizes are three (3) goodies hampers. Tickets are $5ea, or 3 for $10. 🎁🎫
• July Monthly Medal results - Congratulations to Sandy🥇, Kiah🥈, Peter🥉, & Ruth🕷
• Working-Bee - Heads up, we will have a major working bee on August 30th. Save the date. 👷🚧
• Nest Alert - Beware we have a plover nest near the 60m mark on lanes 34 & 35.🚨🥚🥚🥚🚨
• Please welcome our newest, fully approved club members: 👏👏
(U14) Zoe Jackson, (Open) Cadan Glattback
Club Records
Congrats to our new club record holders, from 🥶July’s End of Month competition💨:
◦ Ellen Martini - U16->Open Female Recurve - WA70/720 - 516 -> 605 👏😲💣🤯📈
◦ Izah Parr - U16->U21 - Male Barebow - WA50/720 - 96 👏
◦ Kiah Lowe - U18 & U21 - Female Barebow - AA20/720 - 491 -> 504 👏😲🥈
◦ Jack Catchpoole - U18 & U21 - Male Recurve - AA20/720 - 563 👏
◦ Bart Parr - Open - Male Barebow - WA50/720 - 179 👏
◦ Peter Gold - 50+ Male Barebow - WABB50/720 - 524-> 542 👏😲🥉
◦ Michael Barry - 60+ Male Recurve - AA50/720 - 505 -> 554 👏😲
◦ Sandy Dunstan - Open->70+ Female Longbow - AA20/720 - 533 -> 556 👏😲🥇
Etiquette
Please keep your gear & possessions within your shooting lane allotment. Move it with you if & when you change lanes/targets. We commonly think that space is a limited resource only on the shooting line. It’s an issue behind the waiting line as well. If you have lots of stuff, consider putting some of it up against the containers, or against the wall under the covered area. When a lane overflows it can have a knock-on effect impacting a lot of your fellow archers.
If there is someone else’s gear in your lane, politely ask whose it is, and if they can move it. I haven’t yet met an archer who wouldn’t eagerly comply with that request.
“Alternative” Archery Facts
The “Advanced Barebow” archery class has a chapter on “How to repair target butt frames”.
Tip of the Week.
💎🎯 It’s hip to bow square 🏃💪
Every archer should have a bow square, they are cheap enough. If you don’t, the club has some you can borrow. Among the top uses of a bow square are:
Checking your brace height.
Measuring & setting your nocking point.
Checking your bow’s tiller values.
An emergency arrow nock insertion & turning device.
Safety Tip
🐦 Be a Plover, not a Fighter 🥚
Animals on our archery field have the right of way. While we normally chase off kangaroos and birds to clear the field & make it safe for archery, if plovers have made a nest in the middle of our field, we can’t really do much about it except avoid it. Plovers like to nest in the open on grassy fields, and they will aggressively defend their nest, attacking whatever they think threatens it. If you encounter a nest, please put up some traffic cones to mark the area so no one approaches it, and avoid those shooting lanes. Don’t try to shoo it away.
The Month ahead
Monday, 11 August
08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ Club open for general archery. (Morning: David; Afternoon: Bernd)
Wednesday, 13 August
09:30-17:00 Ekka Public Holiday 1200, 900 and OzBow Rounds (ChrisK, Judge: TBA)
Thursday, 14 August - 16:00-17:30+ Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)
Saturday, 16 August
09:30-17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: Bron)
10:00-13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: Sandy, Peter, Dale, Victor)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Mark)
10:00-13:00 Morning OzBow and 720 Club Shoot (Scoring at 10:30) (ChrisK, Judge: TBA)
World Archery Youth Championships (Ellen & Liezel)
Sunday, 17 August
09:00-13:30 Club open for general archery. (Open: Brydon, Close: Bron)
09:30-13:30 Compound Training Group - All Welcome - See WhatsApp group for details
World Archery Youth Championships (Ellen & Liezel)
Monday, 18 August
08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ Club open for general archery. (Morning: David; Afternoon: Bernd)
World Archery Youth Championships (Ellen & Liezel)
Wednesday, 20 August - 09:00-12:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Jim)
World Archery Youth Championships (Ellen & Liezel)
Thursday, 21 August - 16:00-17:30+ Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)
World Archery Youth Championships (Ellen & Liezel)
Saturday, 23 August
09:30-17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: Brian)
10:00-13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: Victor, Sandy, AlexH, AlexR)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Michael)
World Archery Youth Championships in Winnipeg, Canada (Ellen & Liezel)
Sunday, 24 August - club closed World Archery Youth Championships (Ellen & Liezel)
Monday, 25 August
08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ Club open for general archery. (Morning: David; Afternoon: Bernd)
Wednesday, 27 August- 09:00-12:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Jim)
Thursday, 28 August - 16:00-17:30+ Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)
Saturday, 30 August
08:00-12:30 Working-Bee (Open: David)
12:30-13:00 Free lunch for workers.
13:00-17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: Brian)
13:00-17:00 Monthly Medal Event (720) & OzBow (Scoring at 13:30) (ChrisK, Judge: TBD)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Pierre)
Sunday, 31 August
09:00-13:30 Club open for general archery. (Open: Pierre, Close: ChrisB)
09:30-13:30 Compound Training Group - All Welcome - See WhatsApp group for details
Monday, 1 September
08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ Club open for general archery. (Morning: David; Afternoon: Bernd)
Wednesday, 3 September - 09:00-12:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Jim)
Thursday, 4 September - 16:00-17:30+ Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)
Saturday, 6 September
09:30-17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: Brian)
10:00-13:00 Morning OzBow and 720 Club Shoot (Scoring at 10:30) (ChrisK, Judge: TBA)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Rob)
Sunday, 7 September - club closed