Northampton Archery Club

The Northamptonshire County Team normally competes in a number of matches against other counties across the calendar year. During 2020, it has not been possible to host these because of Covid-19, however there was a natural williness to find a solution to this. Our County Captain Martin Ross discussed this with the Bedfordshire County Captain and from this was born the Northants vs. Beds Covid Postal Match.

Much as the title suggests this is not a normal match where a team of archers would be selected from Northamptonshire clubs to meet on a given date & time, at a pre arranged location and a round would be shot – at the end of that day, the winner would be the county with the highest score. Instead, Northamptonshire have opened this up to every archer from the county clubs, where they can shoot the selected round at their club and submit their scores.

The winning team is then selected from the top scores – a fantastic oppourtunity to get involved with the County Team. You have until 2nd November to shoot & submit your score.

Read more on the county website here.

The information pack containing the agenda, reports and proposals for the AGM is now available on this page in our members section – the usual members section password is required.

Any questions related to the AGM should be sent to secretary@northamptonarchery.co.uk.

We are delighted to have been offered and to have accepted a small grant from Sport England to help Northampton Archery Club cover its costs in the period 1st March to 31st July 2020 when the club was unable to open due to Covid-19.

This grant is from a £195 million fund made available by Sport England to help the sport and physical activity sector through the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. You can read more about the fund here.

The time has now come that we can not delay holding our Annual General Meeting any longer because the fees need to be set for the next membership year and a new committee elected.

The committee decided that we would notify the date and we currently HOPE that we are able to do this at one of our shooting venues, BUT unless the government rules are relaxed further allowing more people to gather we will have no choice to hold this virtually. This will most likely me via Microsoft Teams where web or telephone access will be possible. 

The committee also discussed ensuring that we make the AGM accessible to everyone regardless of their ability to access either in person, because they may be shielding, or because they’re unable to access the internet that for this years AGM we will allow proxy voting – This means that should you be unable to attend for these reasons, you will be able to send your vote in advance of the meeting to the secretary. More details are to follow on this with the complete AGM pack, 2 weeks ahead of the meeting.

Notice is therefore given of the Annual General Meeting of Northampton Archery Club, which will be held at 2.30pm Saturday 22nd August 2020 at 

BBOB Range, BBOB RFC, St.Andrews Road, Northampton, NN1 2PQ

OR

Sywell Range, Kettering Road, Sywell, Northampton NN6 9TE

OR

Virtually via Online & Telephone Access

The location will be confirmed 2 weeks before the date of the AGM.

Here are the blank proposal, officer and president nomination forms for you to complete, these must be with the club secretary – secretary@northamptonarchery.co.uk no later than 12pm on 8th August 2020.

1. Proposal
2. Officer Nomination 
3. President Nomination

If you would like to know more about any role, please ask the existing officer (see the contacts page) or get in touch with any of us, we’d be happy to explain. Also, if you think there is someone in the club who would do a good job in a specific role – please speak to them! 

On Monday 18th May, Northampton Archery Club were able to open the range at BBOB RFC. The range has been opened to members only, and under strict new rules to ensure that social distancing is followed.

A strict booking system is in place, members can access the page here.

Over the course of the first week it has been delighful to see members enjoying archery again.

Earlier this year, ArcheryGB launched a partnership with easyfundraising, which gives clubs an easy way to raise funds.

Easyfundraising is in effect as cashback site, so when you shop online using the easyfundraising site, the retailer will donate money to our club. We will then use this money for the equipment and materials we need to run the club. We are hoping this will be a good way for us to raise funds to support the club.

We will be promoting this widely once we are able to get back to our venues with posters and adding more details to our bulletin.

All you need to do is:

1. Go to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/northamptonarcheryclub and join for free.

2. Every time you shop online, go to easyfundraising first to find the site you want and start shopping. There is also a browser plugin you can download that will alert you if you can raise funds through a website you’re browsing.

3. After you’ve checked out, the retailer will make a donation to Northampton Archery Club at no extra cost to you whatsoever!

4. This isn’t just restricted to NAC members – anyone can register & raise money for the club, so tell your family too.

There are no catches or hidden charges and Northampton Archery Club will be really grateful for your donations.

Any questions please contact Susan – vchair@northamptonarchery.co.uk