August - Exeter Company of Archers

Exeter Company of Archers
News Letter August 2014
Welcome to the 4th edition of 2014
If you are able to help on the following days please put your name on the list
provided on the notice boards
No shooting 31st August
No normal club meetings on the following Sundays
Intercounties (Tournament) - Sat 20/9/14 pm (time TBA) and Sun 21/9/14
all day (from 8am)
Killerton (Have a Go) - Sat 18/10/14 and Sun 19/10/14 from 10am
(provisional - to be confirmed)
Report on previous Have -a –goes by Karen Grassie
The Have-a-go Powderham – Sun 15th June 2014 (Fathers' Day & WW1
Commemorative Day) went very well, with lots of participants on a lovely sunny day.
We had quite an international time - with Australian, German and Japanese visitors
all having a go along with the locals and other holidaymakers.
We took £100 throughout the day, which is approximately double last year's figure,
and we will be donating a sum to Powderham's charity - Hospiscare - as usual.
The Killerton Apple Weekend Have-a-Go 18-19th October has now been confirmed.
Although a bit of a damp weekend in 2013, it was great fun, very busy and a lovely
location in amongst the apple trees of the Killerton orchards. There is a sign-up
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sheet in the Mug Hut for any additional volunteers for this event to put their names
down.
As this is a two-day event, we need as many helpers as we can get to spread the
load. If you can commit a half-day - morning or afternoon - on the
Saturday/Sunday please sign up!
Club AGM and Outdoor Champs - Sunday 28th September. This will be our final
outdoor session this season. A 1.30, for 2pm start for the Club Outdoor
Championships (see Scott’s poster for details) this will be followed by the AGM and
then the Awards in the cricket pavilion.
Intercounties 21st Sept - call out for more helpers for setting up on Sat 20th and on
the day - see signup sheet in the mug hut.
Spectators at club meetings
As a general rule, spectators (friends / family of members and general public) are
welcome at club meetings. However, as archery is a ‘projectile sport’ there are
certain conditions which must be complied with for safety and also security
reasons.
1. At all times, spectators must remain well behind the waiting line and keep
clear of members’ and club equipment. Preferably, spectators should remain
in the pavilion area for outdoor meetings, and on the viewing balcony for
indoor meetings. Any exceptions must be agreed by the Field Captain.
2. Spectators must not distract archers whilst shooting, or at any other time.
3. Spectators must not enter the club huts, other than with the express
permission of the Field Captain or a committee member, and must be
supervised by an adult member at all times. Notices to this effect are to be
displayed in the huts.
4. Food items / drinks supplied by the club are primarily for club members.
They may be available to spectators with permission, as above or from the
‘Catering Team’. All items must be paid for.
5. Any non-club sports or other equipment / machinery etc, which may be
present in the area is out of bounds to all present.
6. It is never possible for spectators to ‘Have a Go’. All such requests must pass
through the official channels.
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7. Spectators must comply with the standing rules of ‘No Smoking’ and ‘No
Dogs’ (except guide dogs) on Exeter School premises.
8. Exeter School is Private Property. The public (including all non-club
members) have no right of access, other than with the club’s express
agreement (as an official user of the facilities).
9. It is the responsibility of club members to inform family / friends of these
conditions.
There may be specific exemptions to conditions 1, 3, and 4 for adult family
members of junior / disabled members etc.
There can be no exceptions to conditions 2 and 5 - 9 under any circumstances.
At all times all present, including spectators, are under the control of the Field
Captain.
It’s time to think about volunteering!
At Club, County and Regional level, Archery is run by volunteers who agree to be
nominated onto committees and undertake the jobs that are essential to run the
sport and thereby enable us to participate in Archery. It is vital that people are
willing to come forward every year, because unless the core constitutional roles are
filled, these committees would have to fold. At each level the core constitutional
roles are the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer.
Every year at the Exeter Company of Archers Club AGM we elect the committee who
are responsible for the running of our club in line with our constitution. This year I
wanted to make sure you all know what the different roles on the committee involve
in good time before the AGM which will take place in September (exact date yet to
be confirmed) when the current committee all stand down. While some committee
members might be willing to be nominated again it is important that members don’t
always leave these jobs up to the same people. Committee members are elected
from the membership; anyone can be nominated and in some cases in the past nonmembers who are associated with the club through a relative have helped the
committee with particular jobs.
This year I would like to ensure there are as many nominations as possible, if we
have more than one nomination for a role, there can be an election or roles could be
shared and as you’ll see below there are plenty of jobs to be done. Having been on
the committee for a number of years, I would like to stand down this time myself. I
have been very proud to be a member of the committee since 2007; I’ve been on the
Club Committee nearly as long as I have been a member of the club in various roles!
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I was elected to be treasurer 3 months after joining, and since then I have been
Coaching Officer, Chairman and I’m currently also managing the membership
secretary role in the absence of a nomination for this last year.
So if you are interested becoming more involved, or just want to know a bit more
about how the committee works, please speak to me or another member of the
committee.
Karen - Chairman
Responsibilities of Committee Members
Chairman
Responsible for chairing committee meetings and the club's AGM.
Maintaining and encouraging continuity of activity within the club.
Has casting vote in any decisions made.
Keeps in contact with all other committee members throughout the year and
ensures they are fulfilling their roles.
Enables committee members to weigh up options that will resolve any problems
met.
Secretary
Responsible for all club correspondence, arrange and keep records of all committee
meetings.
Be the main contact for the club and its activities.
Communicate and liaise with the school about the use of the school facilities
throughout the year.
Maintain a supply of information to club members on such items as local
competitions, training courses, hosted shoots etc
Responsible for all club correspondence with G.N.A.S and the County & Regional
Archery Societies regarding club membership details etc. (This has been done by a
separate membership secretary recently)
Treasurer
Responsible for the entire club finances.
Maintaining a record of up to date club accounts and producing a balance sheet at
the end of the club year.
Produce a summary of accounts to date at all committee meetings.
Collect members shooting fees.
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Dunster Week June
Hundreds of archers converge on Dunster for a full week of
Archery
ECOA Archers enjoy the week at Dunster
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Here are just a few of the results
Field Round 17th June photos from Christine Oakes
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Val Scull
Hits25
Score 294
Kills 4
4th
Andy Oakes
Hits28
Score 390
Kills 8
2nd
Longbow 2 Way Western (178 Archers) 18th June
Chris Quinn
Hits 92
Score 456
Golds 5
7th
Andy Oakes
Hits 89
Score 481
Golds 15
11th
Scott Williams
Hits 85
Score 507
Golds11
18th
DOUBLE YORK/HEREFORD National Record Status & Rose Award.
Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd June 2014
Longbow Double York
Scott Williams
Hits 177
Score 755
Golds 15
4th
Myra Hingston
Hits 61
Score 231
Golds 3
1st
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National County Team Tournament
Report by Keith Hingston
Both Myra and I were delighted to find that we had both been selected for the
Devon and Cornwall longbow teams to shoot at this event. The national county
team tournament is held at Lillishall National Sports and Conferencing Centre. This
is a team event shot over two days with teams of three shooting world record status
archery 50m and 70m round followed by a team head to head on Saturday. Then we
shot a Gents and Ladies world archery 1440 (FITA) star on Sunday.
We left Exeter early on Friday morning for the long trip to Lillishall, the GPS said the
journey would take three and a half hours; we took four hours. We were glad we left
early as people who left later took over six. After booking in to our hotel we went to
the field as the target list was to be issued at four o’clock to put up our tent. Several
members of the team were already there including Seth Neil Sarah Conisbee and
Jane Forrow who were camping at the field. Chris Quinn arrived a little later.
On the Saturday morning we arrived at the field at seven o’clock to set ourselves up
and join up with the other members of our teams and change into our team shirts
before we had to register and have our equipment checked.
The Gents longbow team shot well at the WA720 (FITA 70) and ended in second
place. This meant we had a bye in the first round of the head to head. Unfortunately
we didn’t progress much further and lost the bronze final to Dorset and Wiltshire on
the last arrow. We managed third place in the WA1440 (gents FITA) on Sunday this
meant that we finished with an overall position of third.
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The Devon and Cornwall team as a whole, Ladies Compound (Jess Luck, Wendy
Broome, Kerry Bennett), Ladies Recurve (Paulette Mills, Estelle Edwick, Zena Barker),
Ladies Longbow (Sarah Conisbee, Myra Hingston, Jane Forrow), Gents Compound
(Daniel Tompkins, Neil Bennett, Mark Cardy), Gents Recurve (Mark O’Halloran,
Andrew Hoyle, Jimmy Sandoe) and Gents Longbow (Seth Neill, Keith Hingston, Chris
Quinn) finished in second place.
Members achievements in Tournaments
Lizard Peninsula Bowmen Open Tournament 8 June 2014
Bristol 1 Barebow
Philip Rees
Hits 104
Score 542
Golds 13
Gold Award
Coastal Archers Longbow Shoot 26th June
Gentlemen
Andy Oakes
Hits 95
Score 517
Golds 10
First -Most Hits
Hits 78
Score 376
Golds 11
2nd Highest Score
Ladies
Val Scull
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Redruth Archers 29th June Double American
Ladies Recurve
Gina Elsworthy
Hits 180
Golds 48
Total 1210 Medal
Bowmen of Wadebridge Open Tournament – 6th July
Gents Longbow
Keith Hingston
Hits 98
Score 418
Golds 9
1st
Hits 55
Score 187
Golds 3
3rd
Ladies Longbow
Myra Hingston
Exmouth Archers UK Record Status and Rose Award Open
13th July
Hereford
Ladies Recurve
Gina Elsworthy
Hits 128
Score 710
Golds 29
Bronze Medal
Bristol V
Junior Ladies Barebow - Amethyst receives her 1st Plaque
Amethyst Chopping
Jack & Jill Award –
Keith and Myra Hingston
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Hits 133
Score 691
Golds 17
Plaque
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Newquay Bowmen 20th July
Hereford
Gent
Barebow
Philip Rees
Hits106
Score 500
Golds 9
Medal
Amethyst Chopping Hits 81
Score 393
Golds 10
Medal
Bristol 4
Under 12 Junior
Kenwith Co of Archers 27th July
York Round
Gents Longbow
Keith Hingston
Hits 64
Score 270
Golds 3
2nd Medal
Hits 33
S core 103
Golds 1
1st Trophy and medal
Ladies Longbow
Myra Hingston
Coaching Availability
Tuesday is considered to be the Coaching day for outdoors and for indoors Sunday.
Other times by request
Please be aware that our coaches also like to shoot and practice for tournaments
and County shoots.
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News Letter August 2014
By Scott Williams
Here are this year’s club outdoor record breakers; I still have Dunster Field Records,
and some of the competitions away from the club to sort. But if you fancy grabbing
yourself a record, there’s a chance to including the Club Championship distances,
details of all the records are on the Club’s new look website. If you think you’ve got a
record that I’ve not included please let me know. Good shooting - Scott.
Club Records
Barebow
Gentlemen
Score
Phillip Rees
08/06/2014
Hereford
542
Phillip Rees
08/06/2014
Bristol I
542
Phillip Rees
01/06/2014
Long Metric I
233
Phillip Rees
01/06/2014
Long Metric
233
Ladies
Gents
Score
Karen Grassie
13/07/2014
National
332
Karen Grassie
04/07/2014
Short Metric
313
Karen Grassie
27/07/2014
Long National
265
Karen Grassie
20/05/2014
Warwick
248
Karen Grassie
11/07/2014
Long Warwick
131
Ladies U12
Score
Amethyst
Chopping
Amethyst
Chopping
Amethyst
30/05/2014
Short Junior
332
28/04/2014
National
Short Junior
287
248
11/05/2014
Warwick
Short Junior
Chopping
Amethyst
08/04/2014
Western
Junior Warwick
164
Chopping
Amethyst
15/07/2014
Junior National
158
Amethyst
Chopping
17/06/2014
Short National
40
Chopping
Ladies U18
Score
Sophie Gratton
20/06/2014
Short Junior
National
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Sophie Gratton
13/06/2014
Short National
165
Sophie Gratton
16/05/2014
New National
Mollie Wix
01/06/2014
Double FITA
2344
Mollie Wix
10/06/2014
FITA Ladies
1206
Scott Williams
24/05/2014
BLBS Windsor
598
Chris Chopping
17/06/2014
Short National
360
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Compound
Ladies
Longbow
Gentlemen
Ladies
Score
Val Scull
24/05/2014
BLBS Windsor
456
Val Scull
28/06/2014
BLBS Western
376
Myra Hingston
01/06/2014
Double FITA
169
Recurve
Gentlemen
Score
Barry Gratton
13/06/2014
Short National
598
Ladies
Score
Karen Williams
01/06/2014
Double FITA
1805
Ladies U18
Score
Sophie Gratton
27/05/2014
New National
42
Indoor Shooting Times Start 30th September – Please check notice
board & website for any late changes
Sunday
2 p.m. until 4 p.m.
Tuesday
8 p.m. until 10 p.m.
Friday
7 p.m. until 9:30 p.m.
If you are the last person on the target, you need to put
the target and stand away
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New Archers
Now you are a member of the club we have a system to record your improvement
and create a classification for you.
White score sheets are available at reception or if you prefer you can use your own
sheets. You can either put your score in the envelope on reception or give them
directly to Scott.
Scott Williams our record office will collate each of your score sheets.
Once you have 3 scores in you will be given a handicap. Each subsequent score
sheet will be used to track your progress and will be charted on the notice Board.
If you need any help just ask Scott or any of the more experienced Archers who will
be happy to help
Please can we remind everyone that the Pink score sheets are intended to be
used for League scores only, so please use white ones when you’re
submitting non league scores.
Repair Book
Need repairs to fletch sight or string? Please enter into the repair book at reception
and advise Andrew or Peter
Accident Book
Please enter any accidents into the book and report to any committee member
Forthcoming Tournaments
See www.dcas.org.uk or www.gwas.co.uk to download entry forms, or look in the
folder at reception
Please send me anything you would like to see in the next issue (October 2014)
with photographs if possible.
It can be anything from how you enjoyed a tournament to people who may have
helped you or when you have achieved your PB.
Jpeg or word documents work best for me
Happy Shooting
[email protected] or [email protected]
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