Category: General Club News

Congratulations to Paul Hyde for setting two new Flight Archery records, one for Gents Longbow Class D 35 lbs scoring 173 yards 1ft, 2ins and the other for Gents Recurve Class A 35 lbs scoring 277 yards 0ft, 9ins both at Kettering Archers.

 

The NAC Portsmouth competitions have been taking place over the past three months and have proved very popular with all being been fully booked.  New records have been set at all three competitions which is fantastic news and a round-up of all three events is written below.  It is great to see so many juniors getting involved in the sport and breaking new records – well done to everyone who has set new records!  A big Thank you also, to Dave Quemby for all his hard work in organising these great competitions.

NAC 1st Round Portsmouth Competition

The first round of the Portsmouth round was shot on the 16^th November 2013 with new records set by Ian Hyde for Gents Flatbow scoring 454, Lizzie Cantopher set a new club and county record for Ladies Recurve scoring 574, Bailey Bridgewater set a new club and county record for Recurve-bare Junior Gents under 12  in his first ever competition scoring 195, Callum Howes set a new record for Junior Gents under 12 Recurve scoring 346, Alex Howes set a new Junior under 16 Gents Flatbow record scoring 36 and Lizzie Lovell set a new Junior Ladies under 16 Recurve record scoring 383.

NAC 2^nd Round Portsmouth Competition

The second round of the Portsmouth series was shot on 7^th December 2013 with more new records set. Ian Hyde broke his previous Gents Flatbow record by scoring 476, Paul Hyde set a new Gents Longbow club record scoring 388, Heather Major set a new record for the Ladies Recurve-bare scoring 333, Reece Fowler-Jardine set a new Junior Gents Compound Under 16 record scoring 426, Alex Howes beat his previous score in the Junior Gents Flatbow scoring 67, Callum Howes beat his previous score in the Junior under 12 Recurve scoring 388, Joshua Allen set a new Junior Gents under 16 Recurve-bare scoring 320, Liam Rooney set a new Junior Gents under 18 Recurve-bare scoring 218, Lizzie Lovell broke her Junior Ladies Recurve under 16 club record scoring 399 and Chloe Fowler-Jardine set a new club and county Junior under 12 Recurve-barebow scoring 191.  

NAC 3^rd Round Portsmouth Competition

The third round of the Portsmouth series was shot on 11^th January 2014.  Sarah Fowler-Jardine set a new Ladies Compound scoring 544 beating her previous score, George Bond set a new Junior Gents under 18 Recurve-bare record scoring 306, Joshua Allen broke his previous record scoring 334 in the Junior Gents under 16 Recurve-bare, Lizzie Lovell broke her previous Junior Ladies under 16 Recurve record scoring 456, Chloe Fowler-Jardine broke her previous club and county record Junior under 12 Recurve-barebow scoring 271 and Niamh Young set a new club and county Ladies Junior under 16 Recurve-barebow scoring 172.

With the lead up to Christmas being so wet and wild it was touch and go as to whether the Boxing day “ping” would take place. With Christmas day being so fine and Boxing day early morning being so gloomy some crazy archers managed to crawl out of there warm beds and venture out to Sywell instead of shopping for bargains in Harrods.

The picture above shows the hardened few that managed the challenge and who was rewarded with a little sunshine, tomato and chicken soups, bread rolls  and of course the cake that wasn’t cut at the Christmas party.

Although it was very wet underfoot, conditions actually improved as the shoot went on. So a big thanks go to      Steve (T)  for showing us his cooking skills, Dave (T) for showing us how precise  he is when using a carving knife (you should have left your bow at home Dave)and everyone else for just turning up and enjoying the occasion. Oh and the winners (almost forgot) Juniors, Bailey (Bridgewater) …………..and Seniors, Mick (Lovell).. Pictures of the event are now in our Gallery section………………………….IanP.

Pam has asked me to forward this response;

Saturday evening we celebrated our 65th anniversary of the N.A.C. at Moulton College where our members gathered to share the evening with both “old”  (ex members) and “new” (present)  members of our club. Amongst the gathering were very disquingished guests from our “past” People like- Mrs Cato and her family, Mr and Mrs Knight, Mr and Mrs Bull. and Pete Kenny’s family,  along with others who are just as important to the club; some of whom had been founder members of the club, which started way back in 1948. Some of our old members could not be there in person but I’m sure they were there in “spirit” to share the accasion with us. It goes without saying how good it was for founder members, old and new members, along with their family and friends to share the evening with us as it was a momentus occasion in the history of the club.

I thank you all so much for attending and hope we will see all of you again at sometime in the future.

Just a few more thanks for making the night so special go to… Dave and Heather Major who arranged the DVD slide show that was shown throughout the night showing some fabulous old photographs of the early members and locations of the club from 1948 to 2013.  It was interesting to see how the fashion has changed over the years, and I know Dave and Heather will be adding more to it, which will be published on our web pages, I know I’ll be looking forward to seeing that!!

Also to Sue Bond who made up the loverly “members” book for us to sign on the night. If you haven’t seen it make an effort to too as it if wonderful.  Over the next few weeks we will take the book to our shooting sessions so that members can add to it and maybe place photos within it of the occasion. 

Another thank you to our club photographer Ian Pateman who has placed a set of pictures of the event within our Gallery section of the website.

Some words from one of our members… “a massive shout out to our juniors for their dancing lessons”………and the way they showed us all how to have a good time. Did any of you notice the balloons? Yes? They were our “Club” colours, that took some doing……….hmmmmm and the cake, well it didn’t get cut so we will take it along to the Boxing day shoot at Sywell.

So far the feed back has been very good, it appears that all members enjoyed themselves. The food was arranged by the staff at Moulton College and I have already sent a big thank you to them all on our behalf. 

Just one more thing I would like to say is, what on earth is going to happen during the next 65 years as a club??  We are still growing and going from strength to strength. We are planning more “starter courses” during 2014 and we are increasing our “coaches” as we know we are a little lacking in that area with the speed in which the club has grown. I am proud to be the Chair-person of the club and would like to thank all the members who have assisted in our success.

A big thanks to the committee members who have shown me so much support. All in all we are a club trying to please all members which is an impossible task but we strive to achieve.

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year.

Pam, N.A.C. Chair.

 

Having just inspected the field at the Sywell shooting range and considering there is now an end to the heavy rainfall we have seen recently, I can assume that all will be ok to gather at Sywell as planned for the Boxing day shoot.

The field does have surface water in a few places (large puddles,the deepest close to the containers)..but overall the rest of the field is very wet underfoot but so long as we take care with our footing I see no reason to cancel.

Please wear waterproof footwear otherwise it will be very uncomfortable.

See you all there……………..hopefully……..

Regards……………. IanP…..Equip Officer NAC.

 

Calling ALL N.A.C. members, new or old,.…………………… anyone who has ever been part of the Northampton Archery Club since our conception during 1948 until the present day. We would like all of you to come to our Christmas party this Saturday evening at our Moulton College venue to help us celebrate 65 years of being a club.

We have invited all old members and new members that we can recall but we may have  missed someone. So if you know anyone who has ever been a member over the years please invite them on our behalf. We are partying at John Ashby Hall, Moulton College (gate 2) .on Saturday evening.  There will be food available as well as a bar,  from 19.30 till Midnight. So put this in your diary, you can even bring a friend if you wish.

If you require further details then Ring Pam (chairlady) on 07757290717 or a committee member who’s numbers appear within these pages.

IanP