Dear Members,
I can’t think of a witty opening this month so
lets go straight to the news.
CLUB NEWS
An Apology
Two of our
compound members who shot the double Worcester
round in March are due an apology. I n my report
for the tournament David R, who puts together my
ramblings left off the personal bests achieved
by James B and Russell. So here are their scores
again with their personal bests added:-
8th
James B (281)npb (280) npb
13th
Russell (250)npb (233)
KEYS
!
The reception at
the Sports Centre have been issued with the
correct key for the green indoor storage
cabinet, so if a key-holder is not present then
ask for the key and remember to hand it back
before you leave the Centre.
OUTDOOR SESSIONS FOR 2008
Remember from
Wednesday the 7th May we will be
shooting outdoors between 6.45 and 9 pm.
The more people
who turn up early the quicker we can start
shooting, as we have to put up the range
ourselves. I am aware that there may be times
where you cannot always arrive on time although
in some cases it is the usual case of laziness
on the part of some members. So if you cannot
arrive on time then at least have the decency to
help take down the range and get the equipment
back into the store at the end of the session.
If only a few members turn up then set up will
be delayed until we have enough bodies.
Other points to
remember:-
(1)
In the event of poor
weather conditions we can always go into the
Centre to work on our equipment but not to
shoot.
(2)
Remember what
the word “FAST”
means. Don’t assume someone else will
see a potential danger. If in doubt call “FAST”.
(3) Most Juniors will shoot
30metres/yards and there will be no split range.
(4)
Juniors, if you
shoot six arrows make sure you return with six
arrows. If any are lost you must tell us at once
so we can look for them.
This field is used
for other sporting events so any arrows lost
must be reported to the sports centre.
Juniors must also
be aware that we shoot on the playing fields of
the High School not the fields of Agincourt, so
any deliberate over-shooting will not be
tolerated.
INDOOR SESSIONS AT PENICUIK
A reminder to any
of you who shot at PenicuikAC during March (due
to Lasswade losing 3 Saturday nights) is that
the arrangement that you could shoot at our
expense is now ended as we should now have a
straight run through until the end of the indoor
season.
CLUB FEES
By the time you
read this issue all club fees should have been
paid especially if you decided to make a one-off
annual payment. I will be checking with our new
treasurer (Joan) that this has been done. If any
member is overdue then under Article 20.4 of the
Constitution their membership will be suspended.
The same penalty will be applied to any member
who defaults on agreed instalments.
CLUB CONSTITUTION
As mentioned
recently a revised Club Constitution was
discussed and agreed at last years AGM.
All members will
have by now received a copy of the revised
Constitution. The new edition of this document
is headed ”as amended at the Annual General
Meeting on 28th November 2007.”
This means that
your current edition (I am sure you all still
have!) which is headed “as amended on 29th
November 2006” should be destroyed.
FAREWELL FOR NOW!!!
Sorry to
disappoint some of you but the above heading
does not mean I am leaving the Club.
It is merely my way of saying farewell to those
of you about to enter your “summer hibernation”
or in other words disappearing for the outdoor
season. If that is the case then I look forward
to seeing you in September when we go back
indoors!
TOURNAMENT REPORT
INDOOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS (600)
15TH
MARCH 2008
21 Members took
part this year shooting the usual Portsmouth
round. There were some decent scores especially
from some of our novice members.
In the Ladies
section Joan won by a comfortable margin to take
the Trophy for the fifth year running.
David R shot the
top score among the Gents to retain the Trophy
for the sixth year in a row.
It was a case of
as-you –were with John retaining the Junior
Trophy.
The compound
Trophy was closely contested this year and James
B won by 7 points to end Billy’s 5 year run on
the Trophy (9 times in total). Billy was
understandably heart-broken but after a couple
of stiff lucozades (on the rocks) he was his
cheery old self.
As mentioned there
were some good scores from our novice gents.
Andrew was just 8 short of the 500 barrier and
even “Auld Eddie” surprised me and took the
novice award.
The results were
as follows:-
LADIES RECURVE.
1ST
Joan (554)
2nd
Adelle (nov) (488)
3rd
Ruth (408)
GENTS RECURVE
1ST
David R (565)
2nd
Derek (514)
3rd
Andrew (nov) (492) 1st
Gent Novice
4th
Eddie (nov) (424)
5th
Leon (nov) (368)
GIRLS RECURVE
1ST
Ashley (un16)(nov) (252)
2nd
Katryn (un16)(nov) (225)
BOYS RECURVE
1ST
John (un18) (490)
Overall Junior
2ND
Ambar (un18) (488) npb
3rd
Jakub (un18) (432) npb
4th =
Gareth (un14) (371)
4th =
Paul (un14) (371)
5th
Ryan (un18) (355) npb
6th
Charles (un12) (341)
7th
Jack (un16) (268)
GENTS COMPOUND
1ST
James B (567)
2nd
Billy (560)
3rd
Russell (497)
I would like to
close this report by thanking Joan, Adelle and
Ruth for providing the refreshments and Ruth who
also ran the raffle. To James B who put up most
of the target faces, also James’s other half
Alison who acted as Lady Paramount and Billy who
assisted me with the results once his hankie was
wrung out!
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
All events are at
Lasswade unless stated otherwise.
APRIL
Wednesday 30th
Last indoor session for 2008
MAY
Wednesday 7th
First outdoor session for 2008
(Wednesday only)
JUNE
Sunday 1st
Lasswade Outdoor Open / Albion and Windsors
And FINALLY
Two Red Indians
and an Irishman were walking through the woods.
All of a sudden one of the Red Indians ran up
the hill to the mouth of a small cave.
“Woooooo! Woooooo!
Woooooo!”he called into the cave and listened
closely until he heard an answering , “Woooooo!
Woooooo! Woooooo!”He then tore of his clothes
and ran into the cave.
The Irishman was
puzzled and asked the remaining Indian what it
was all about? ”Was the other Indian crazy or
what?” The Indian replied “No, it is our custom
duringmating season when Indian men see cave
they holler “Woooooo! Woooooo! Woooooo!” into
the opening. If they get an answer back, it
means there is a beautiful squaw waiting for us.
Just then they
came upon another cave. The second Indian ran up
to the cave, stopped, and hollered, “Woooooo!
Woooooo! Woooooo!” Immediately there was the
answer.”Woooooo! Woooooo! Woooooo!” from deep
inside. He tore off his clothes and ran into the
opening.
The Irishman
wandered around in the woods alone for a while,
and then he spied a third large cave. As he
looked in amazement at the size of the huge
opening, he was thinking, “Hoo, man! Look at the
size of this cave! It’s bigger than those the
Indians found. There must be some really big,
fine woman in this cave!”
He stood in front
of the opening and hollered with all his
might”WOOOOOO! WOOOOOO!
WOOOOOO!”With a
gleam in his eye and a smile on his face, he
raced into the cave, Tearing off his clothes as
he ran. The following day, the headline of the
local newspaper read……………..
You’ll like
this!
NAKED IRISHMAN RUN
OVER BY TRAIN
Thus ends chapter
148.
Donald