Our latest beginners’ class finished at the end of October and out of a class of 11 five have signed up and joined us, some of them will already be known to you. Our 4 new gents are as follows. Jim Bradford (Robbie’s daddy), Ian Hunter, Scott Newton and David Newton (Scott’s daddy). In addition we also have a new junior girl, Alexis Wightman (the baby sister of Vanessa). Around about the same time we were also joined by Phil Williamson who came back to the sport after an 18year break. Phil had a brief time using Club equipment and before moving on to his own gear he achieved his first Robin Hood shot. It’s just a pity he destroyed 2 new club arrows in the process! He now has his own equipment and has moved over to the "Dark Side" where he is receiving guidance from Billy Vader! On behalf of the Club a toasty welcome to them all. Well it makes a change from a warm welcome!

With the new intake we now have 2 Davids and 2 Ians so to avoid any confusion if they are mentioned in the newsletter I will use their first name and the capital letter of their surnames. Thankfully we only have one Phil, as any more could be expensive!

The Club fees for 2009/10 will remain at the current levels.

As you will be aware red and black have been chosen so our tops will have a red body with black collars and sleeves. Trousers and lower garments will be black as already reported.

We may also look into the option of having the club name on the back and possibly the club badge on the front although as was suggested the current green badge may not look too good against the red so we may keep the current design but change the colours.

It is now a matter of contacting the suppliers to see about the potential cost and how many items would need to be purchased.

This year the trophy was awarded to Billy Stewart in recognition of his long service to the Club and the " missionary work " he has done for compound archery and the promotion of relations between Field and Target archery.

I think that covers most of the topics discussed.

I am sure most of you will be able to read the AGM report on the SAA Website.

The most obvious question you will want to know is will the SAA fees be increased?

The answer is no! Due to the current financial state of things it was decided to leave the fees at the current levels.

Our annual Portsmouth round was shot by 8members this year, which is something of a record for the Club in recent years. In addition 4 of them shot new personal bests for this round and the results were as follows: -

7^th Adelle ( 498 )

30^th Geoff ( 482 ) New PB

Geoff 482

TOTAL 1515

I am pleased to report that in addition to shooting most of our members helped to get things set up the night before and put things away after the shoot. I hope this is not a

"Flash – in – the – pan". Thanks again to Tina who organised the shoot.

Adelle was the organiser this year for this U k wide 3dozen arrow round shot at a 60cm Portsmouth face.

All the scores shot are sent to the GNAS Junior Committee who group all the junior archers by sex, age and bow – type with the full results appearing in the New Year.

This year 10 of our juniors entered and to make it a bit more interesting Club medals were awarded as we made it a tournament within a tournament. The following scores were shot and as a comparison I have included the scores for last year where appropriate for those juniors who took part in the 2008 round.

1^st – Gareth ( 350 ) ( 249 )