Our annual Pope Young Fun Shoot was held on 31st May at Sywell Range, and all entrants seemed to have had a great time. The distances this year were shorter than last year, and probably more realistic for most archers. The winners were – Neville de Sousa (Gents Senior), BerylTabberner (Lady Senior), George Bond (Junior Gent) and Hazel Dalley (Junior Lady). Our Fun Shoot for the end of the Season will be on 3rd October. The type of shoot has yet to be decided, but we welcome any suggestions (within reason!).
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Notice of Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Northampton Archery Club, will be held at 7.30pm on Monday 25th May 2015 at Carlsberg Sports and Social Club, Old Towcester Road, Northampton.
Please note that the AGM has been rescheduled to Monday 1st June 2015 at 7.30pm at Carlsberg Sports and Social Club. This amendment was posted on the web-site on Monday 20th April 2015.
Junior triumphs.
Well here he is again, our young Harley, this time sensibly dressed and collecting a trophy after a county shoot. Several of our juniors are doing extremely well in competitions and there are more of them who hold records of some type. If you have any photo’s similar to this one I will be very happy the place it on our webpages for the rest of us to see.
On the left is the new county chairman, Glen Taylor who is also a coach, and of course Tim Bull who is also a coach and has just completed the county coaching course where 7 of our junior member attended and the reports were they did extremely well and the course was a great success. So a big thank you to Tim and his team.
When I asked for permission to show this picture on our website both Glen and Tim tried to bride me by as they wanted me to Photoshop in some good six packs. Sorry fellas, thanks for the cash but you can’t buy a miracle!!
The NAC’s Silly Boys
Those who took part in the end of season shoot at JAshby, may have spotted this endangered species.
This is how to enter the spirit of things and give everyone a good laugh in the process.
Well done both of you and thanks for brightening up the day for us all.Not a bad archer either!!
We’re Outdoors Again – and a great indoor season we had too.
The indoor season shooting at Moulton College is now over, and it seems to have flown so quickly. 2014-15 was probably one of the most successful winter season’s NAC has ever had, with the John Ashby Sports Hall regularly near to it’s full capacity of archers. All of our competitions have been well attended, and the Robin and Marian end-of-season fun shoot held on 28th March, a Portsmouth round with a twist, resulted in a team of three of our juniors and just one senior (Alan a Dale’s Dudes), beating our most experienced and veteran (if we dare use the term) shooters. Well done – Bailey, Lizzie, Hazel and Heather – don’t eat your Easter Egg trophies too quickly. The outdoor season starts at noon on Saturday 4th April at Sywell Range, Kettering Road. However shooting on Tuesdays will continue at Carlsberg Sports and Social Club until the lighter evenings arrive. The first outdoor Tuesday session will be on 5th May 2015.
Indoor Open Competition at JAshby.
Sunday the 22nd March 2015 was the date of our Indoor Open Archery Competition held at John Ashby in Moulton College.
The competition was well attended by other clubs but because the County Coaches were running Junior Coaching sessions on the same day it meant that our Juniors were denied the opportunity to attend this year.
Pictures of this event can be found and viewed within our “members” pages of the website and is password protected I will send out the link as soon as I can.
The day went off without any issues which is testament to the planing and execution from out Events Team whom we all know, David Major, Paul Hyde and Neville de Sousa. Of course there were also many helper especially those who turned up late on Saturday afternoon to ensure that the court was set out and looking professional and of course those who attended on the day in the many roles to ensure the day ran smoothly. Let us not forget our own David Stephens who although was suffering a chest infection was still able to Judge the event with a little help from our Susan Corless.
Finally a big thank you to our hosts from Moulton College.