ISSUE NOS. 161 / 162                                                                              MAY  / JUNE 2009

 

Dear Members,

Welcome to the latest edition of our newsletter.

 

CLUB NEWS

 

OUTDOOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS – SUNDAY , 30^TH AUGUST 2009

 

After a break of three years we will be holding our Outdoor Championships again.

The rounds chosen will be two of the Western rounds and they are as follows: -

 

WESTERN

 

This round consists of 4-dozen arrows (each) at 60 yards and 50 yards.

This will be the round shot by the senior members.

 

SHORT JUNIOR WESTERN

 

This round consists of the same number of arrows as for the Western round but in this case the 2 distances will be 30 yards and 20 yards.

This will be the round shot by the junior members.

 

At all distances the full size 122cm target face is used and the score for a perfect round is 864.

As this is an Imperial GNAS round 5-zone scoring is used. In case any new members have not read their information packs or established members have forgotten what 5-zone scoring is here is a simple explanation.

You will all be familiar with 10 zone scoring which is inner GOLD (10 ) outer GOLD ( 9 ) down to outer WHITE ( 1 ). However, when you shoot an Imperial round then the entire GOLD area scores 9, RED 7, BLUE 5, BLACK 3 and WHITE 1.

Six arrow ends are shot, and at the start of the round 6 non – scoring sighter arrows are shot but this is ONLY for the longer of the 2 distances, 60 yards for the seniors and 30 yards for the juniors.     

On this subject by the time of the shoot most of you should have a sight mark for the appropriate distances, especially newer members. In other words if you shoot outdoors then once your arrows are grouping reasonably well at a specific distance then make a note of your sight’s position for that distance and for all other distances you will shoot.

This means that when you shoot outdoors next year you will have a list of marks for each distance. However, it is possible that things can change between outdoor seasons if you perhaps get a new bow or arrows for example but if you have a set of sight marks from the 2009 season you will have a basis to work from for the 2010 season.

I will give you more details of the start time for the shoot later in the summer.

 

 

 

AFFILIATION FEES FOR 2009/10

 

I have just received the new list of fees for 2009/10. The GNAS fee has been increased by

£ 2.00p and the SAA fee by £ 1.00p. Therefore the new fees will be as follows: -

 

SENIOR                               £ 63.OO

 

STUDENT                           £ 53.OO

 

OAP (OVER 60)               £ 57.OO

 

JUNIOR                              All juniors will pay £ 10.00 towards the Junior Club block fee.

 

DIS ABLED                      All disabled members will pay £ TBC. Until I know how many will  re                                               affiliate I cannot be sure until nearer the time what they will

pay as their share of Disabled  Club block fee.                            

 

 

THE 2009 OUTDOOR SEASON

 

Our first session was washed out due to rain and this meant that we were unable to get the field marked out. However this was done the night before our May 13^th session and I was pleased to see about 15 members attending including 6 new members from our previous 2 classes. The weather was dry and bright but a bit on the windy side.

When you consider that an average of only 6 members shot outdoors last season this is a major improvement. Keep up the good work!     

 

 

LASSWADE   V  ASHERTON

 

Dear Members,

 

You may remember last summer I asked if anyone would be interested in travelling to Asherton to take part in the Flodden Shoot?

We would travel down on Saturday and stay overnight with Asherton members or you can of course travel down on the Sunday and home again on the Sunday.

If enough members are interested a bus could be hired.

Asherton is only minutes from the centre of Manchester and the club and the date would be Sunday the 13^th of September 2009.

The round to be shot is a mystery except to the shoot organiser but the aim is fun and enjoyment of our sport, not a Fita Star or York round.

Next year we would be host to Asherton members providing them with accommodation and organising the shoot.

This would be a practice run for the 500^th centenary of the Battle of Flodden, which is going to be a big event with TV coverage and lots of items in the news.

If you are interested then please let me know.  Joan

E. mail :  jbain@talktalk.net or phone 0131 440 4386 .

 

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY – 2009

 

JUNE             A quiet month !

 

JULY              “      “         “       !

 

 

So ends the latest issue.

As established members will know due to the fact that it is usually quiet during the summer, there will not be another newsletter for the next month or so but should there be any urgent news I will of course keep you up – to – date.

 

Donald

 

Contributor for this issue: Joan Smith.