Centenary Archery Info to 6-Apr-2025
Centenary Archers Club Newsletter
Hi Centenary Archers Club members,
Club Rule Reminder
You are not allowed to shoot at anything even vaguely resembling a person.
This Week
Monday, 31 March
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, 3 April
16:00-17:30+ Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)
Saturday, 5 April
09:30-17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: Kristy)
10:00-13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: Bec, Robert, Peter, Hayden)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Lindsay)
Sunday, 6 April - Club Closed
Club News
• [Help] We are looking for volunteers to help out with several administrative tasks & positions as the club grows & has gotten much bigger. Eg. Equipment officer, Membership officer, Project Management, Whipper-snipper, you name it … Keen? Let us know! 👷
• March Monthly medal winners: 🏅Kate Hall; 🥈 Brian Dymock, 🥉Jim Dobbin; 🕷Chris Kerslake
• Please welcome our newest, fully approved club members: 👏👏
(Open) Jungang Hu & (70+) Kevin Herring
Club Records
Congrats to our new club record holders, from March’s End of Month competition:
◦ Izach Parr - U16->Open Male Barebow - AA 20/720 - 604 -> 612 👏😲
◦ Jim Dobbin - 50+ Male Recurve - WA 70/720 - 544 -> 561 👏😲
◦ Kate Hall - Open->60+ Female Barebow - AA 20/720 - 564 -> 576 👏😲🏅 (7 records in a row!)
Etiquette
A little appreciation goes a long way
Most weekends, several club members donate about 4 hours of their archery day to help generate most of the club’s income & membership. Their efforts significantly help us keep your membership & shooting fees down to reasonable levels.
They are our club’s instructors:
Rob, Sandy, MarkK, Lindsay, Pierre, Michael, Alex R, Bron, David, Scott, Sal, Bec, AlexF, AlexH, Joslyn, Kate, Ren & Renn, Shane, Victor, Patrick, Peter, & Hayden.
Chances are one of them taught you archery! Please give them a big “Thanks!” when you see them. If you have been flinging arrows for over 12 months, and would like to help out & join their ranks, let someone on the committee know.
“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.
Shooting regularly is key to maintaining & improving your archery skills. Make shooting on the weekend a regular habit.
One of the fastest ways to improve your archery is to shoot more frequently. Consider attending the Sunday shoots.
Whilst shooting lots of arrows in a session can help build muscles & stamina etc., doing “quality” arrows (where you focus 100% etc) is often better than many more “poor” arrows (where you don’t really focus too much).
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, 31 March
08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ Club open for general archery. (Morning: David; Afternoon: Bernd)
Thursday, 3 April
16:00-17:30+ Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)
Saturday, 5 April
09:30-17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: Kristy)
10:00-13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: Bec, Robert, Peter, Hayden)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Lindsay)
Sunday, 6 April - Club Closed
Monday, 7 April
08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ Club open for general archery. (Morning: David; Afternoon: Bernd)
Thursday, 10 April
16:00-17:30+ Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)
Saturday, 12 April
09:30-17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: Brian)
10:00-13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: Peter, Sandy, Alex F, Kate)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (MichaelB)
13:30-17:00 Mid Month Comp (900) & OzBow (Scoring at 14:00) (ChrisK, Judge: TBD)
Sunday, 13 April
09:00-15:00 Club open for general archery. (Open: ChrisB Close: ChrisK)
Monday, 14 April
08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ Club open for general archery. (Morning: David; Afternoon: Bernd)
Thursday, 17 April
16:00-17:30+ Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: TBD)
Saturday, 19 April
09:30-17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: Sarah)
10:00-13:00 Come & Try class. (Instructors: Patrick, Alex H, Shane, Victor)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Pierre)
Sunday, 20 April - Club Closed (Easter Sunday)
Monday, 21 April - Easter Monday Public Holiday
09:30-16:00 Club open for general archery. (Open: David; Close: Chris)
10:00-15:30 Easter Monday 1440 round & Oxbow (Chris)
Thursday, 24 April
16:00-17:30+ Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)
Saturday, 26 April
09:00-12:00 Youth Squad (Open: Lindsay)
09:30-18:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: Amanda)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Robert)
13:30-17:00 Monthly Medal Event (720) & OzBow (Scoring at 14:00) (ChrisK, Judge: TBD)
Sunday, 27 April
09:00-15:00 Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Kristy)
Monday, 28 April
08:30-12:00 & 16:00-18:00+ Club open for general archery. (Morning: David; Afternoon: Bernd)
Thursday, 1 May
16:00-17:30+ Club open for general archery. (Open & Close: Bernd)
Saturday, 3 May
Sunday , 4 May
09:30-17:00 Club open for general archery. (Close: TBD)
10:00-12:00 Coaching lane (Salomon)