Category: General Club News

A member of the NAC; Susan Corless will be travelling to Slovenia in a day or two to to represent Great Britain.Just how many local clubs can boast something like that!!

Not all members will know Susan Corless especially as we have had so many “new starts”over the recent months. Nevertheless Susan started her archery career with the NAC around 3 years ago when she attended a beginners course at our Sywell venue.

Susan showed promise very soon after she held a recurve bow and before too long was soon hitting high numbers at club sessions and breaking club records and taking gold medals within our NAC competitions and doing the same when attending other clubs in the area.

Before long records were being broken regularly and her enthusiasm and training routine was such that would put many to shame. All of this was being achieved even though Susan had in her early years suffered a serious injury to her back for which she has suffered pain constantly ever since. It was because of the injury that Susan found it difficult to pull higher poundage bows to compete at greater distances in outdoor events.

Eventually Susan put down her recurve bow and only recently picked up a Compound Bow, yes she had gone to the dark side!!…………….Being a perfectionist she was coached very quickly to a point where she once again was breaking club records and eventually county records.

Recently,only a few weeks ago, it has been confirmed that she has been chosen to represent Great Britain when they shoot in the European Indoor Archery Championships in Slovenia. The event begins on 24th February with the finals on 28th February. The event website is here http://www.eaickoper2015.si/. (link may not work so you will need to copy and paste into your browser)
There are 6 archers from GB in the team and this will be her first international event of her short archery career to date.
Susan is very competitive and is very serious about her archery. She trains regularly along with some of our other good archers and she deserved this opportunity as she has worked hard for it. I hope you can join me in wishing Susan all the luck in the world and hope she comes back with a good story to tell us all. Susan, all the best. IanP NAC Secretary.

Some weeks ago now seven of our NAC Juniors were lucky enough to gain places on the County Coaching program being Run by Tim Bull and others.

The coaching will take place over a specific time period and the NAC committee who are supporting this have agreed to help finance our juniors so long as they complete all sessions of the course.

Pam Joseph and David Quemby volunteered their services to “manage” our juniors personally throughout the course should they require any help or assistance. We thank Pam and David for their kind offer and the fact they are willing to use their own time to help and support our juniors for the long term benefit of the NAC.

As the course progresses any feedback we get from Pam and David we will share.

Yes it was cold and frosty but the brave few once again attended at Sywell for our Boxing Day ritual.

This year we moved away from the traditional “ping” to something like a Pope Young with a difference.

Mick Lovell was the main man for the shoot as he developed it, but I have to say, we all enjoyed it.

Tea Coffee and Soup (mince pies) was the dish of the day.

Maybe you can see from the artistic work on the targets that it was something unusual.

We have to thank Mick for organizing the shoot., Lizzie Lovell and Niamh Young for their artistic creations, Ian Hyde for moving targets from Carlsberg for the day and back again, Sue Bond for providing the mince pies and for cleaning all the mud from the canteen floor and all the brave people for turning up and just being there to have a good time. I hope I haven’t forgotten anyone (apologies if I have),

Oh did I forget to mention the winner!!!  Well there was a battle for first place between Mick Lovell and Peter Bond, There was only one point separating them, and Pete Bond was the best archer on the day.Well done Pete and thanks for taking part.

Picture now in the Gallery section.

NAC Sec

IanP

On Saturday, Sarah passed on the news to the Club that Chris Mason had passed away on the 10th of this month. Chris has been a huge part of archery within the county for many years, working tirelessly not least as County Chairman but in everything from running shoots to simply helping others whenever they needed it. He was always there to offer advice to individual archers and clubs as a whole – and very much to NAC.  This gentleman of archery will be sadly missed and our thoughts are with his family at this very sad time. Members wishing to share condolences can do so on the NCAS web-site here.

Congratulations to our members who are out on the competition circuit around the county keeping me busy with new club  records.Dave Quemby (compound/longbow),Pamela Joseph(compound),Heather Major(recurve bare),Susan Corless(compound) and myself as it goes(flatbow).

To all members feel free to check the records section of our website after competing in our own internal competitions,you can download and print off the claim form and hand to me with a copy of the results.Alternatively submit your claim online. Give yourself and others a score to beat in the future.

Also well done to those participating in the 252 Badge award scheme and achieving success.Dave Fleming(30yds),David Taylor(50yds),George Bond(50yds),Nevile De Sousa(50yds) ,Heather Major(60yds) oh and lil ole me (80yds).

For newcomers to the club,all info can be found on our website regarding our indoor and outdoor award schemes,and they are a great way to plot your progress in archery.

Ian Hyde(records officer)