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Club Social and Shooting events taking place in the near future.
Club Annual Awards Evening and Beetle DriveFriday 16th December 2011 at Hatherley & Reddings Cricket
Club Reserve the date and register for tickets asap as places will be limitted, it is sure to be a great
evening. Members and family welcome, all food and soft drinks are free! (the bar will be open but not free) and
lots of awards and entertainment! Starts 7pm and finished by 9:30pm. Our Guest of Honour is Mr. Graham Williams.
Ten Pin Bowling Evening Report
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teams of 6 had a great evening, Dan took the individual title with Andy and Lee just behind. Top lady was Christine by
some distance, she had the most strikes (7) and finished second to Dan in hitting down the most pins on the evening! The highest
scoring team on the evening was that of, Christine, Dan, Jenny, Andy, Charlotte and Roger! Top 3 ladies scores were recorded
by Christine, Vanessa and Julie. Highest single individual score was that of Alex.
Club
Bring & Buy Sale—22nd November
Following the success of the event last year, we will be repeating the sale, this time at Birdlip Village Hall.
There will be coaches available to help members looking for bows, arrows etc. There were many bargains last
year.
It would be helpful if members could give me an idea of what they may be bringing along, so I can use
this info closer to the date, to promote it.
27th October
- Halloween Shoot & BBQ November - Date to be confirmed – Annual
Club Firework Night & BBQ 22nd November - Bring
& Buy Sale at Birdlip Village Hall 25th November – Club Bowling Evening 28th November – Committee Meeting
16th December
– Club Annual Awards & Beetle Drive Evening
18th December
– Club Christmas Fun Shoot at Balcarras 23rd December – Club Junior Disco!!
Greyhound Tickets
A reminder to get your tickets for what is going to be a great social evening from Lynn or Steph.
Attrition
DayA great success, full details will be on website in next
few days. Thank you to all that supported the event, we are planning an Autumn/Winter event which will be similar in format.
Firework Night and Halloween ShootsDetails in next newsletter.
Club Attrition Day –
Sunday 21st August
Another great Attrition Day, good weather, good food and good competition.
The day comprised of 4 competitions,
3D Field, Clout, Skills (using club bows) and a set target round. 4 ‘Championship’ classes, Recurve, BB, LB and
Compound.
Top 3 in each category were;
Recurve – 1st Vanessa, 2nd= Kate & Lisa
Compound – 1st Beckie,
2nd Dan, 3rd Lucy
Longbow – 1st = Martin H & Ian, 3rd Martin M.
Barebow – 1st Joe,
2nd Katherine, 3rd Kevin
A big thank you to all those that helped with BBQ and Cream Tea, Range Layout
etc.
Club Target Days
Each
month we are running Target days/evenings when we organise National/Warwick Rounds etc as well as nominated Progress
Award Sessions. Often BBQ etc organised to coincide with these shoots. As from June 1st we are also organising evening field
course competitions using the 3D's.
Social Green Dragon support – after the Tuesday 17th May
session we would ask members to consider calling in to the Green Dragon for a quick drink. We will stop shooting at 8:30 to
encourage this. They let us use their car park so we would like to demonstrate some gratitude!
Easter egg hunt/shoot & BBQ –
Friday 22nd April @ Bubbs Hill. Our annual Easter event will again take place on the Good Friday. Fun Shoot starts from 2:30pm, Cream teas, Egg hunt
etc, whole family welcome.
Club Quiz and AGM - Tuesady 19th April
This will take place at Shurdington Village Hall. 6:30 for 7pm start. Quiz suitable for all age groups, teams of 4
picked on the night. Refreshments.
The Swimarthon Sponsorship forms are out,
please support our swimmers!
Swimarthon (Cleeve Hill Round table).
We have entered 2 teams in this fundraising event. It will take place on the
26th March, teams of 10 will form a relay and swim for 45 mins (the team, not the individual).
We have entered
a junior (14 and Under) and senior team.
20% of proceeds will go to charity, the remainder to buy some important
club equipment.
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS WHO CAN SWIM. NAMES TO STEPH PLEASE. sjcrang@aol.com
Last time we did it we had great fun, please
consider it.
Visit to Bristol City Championship home match
We
have been invited to take advantage of the 'quid a kid' offer at a Bristol City Match in February. Details will be
circulated in the club Newsletter.
Annual Easter Egg Hunt and Bubbs Hill Competition
Easter
is late this year, full details to be circulated asap.
Bring and Buy
Now Tuesday
14th December at Shurdington! From 6:30pm. Lots of equipment for sale including bows! Would
members please search out all those items they no longer use etc. These
may include such items as armguards, tabs, bow stands, arrows, limbs, risers, tents, old club clothes, bows, quivers, scopes,
sights, pressure buttons, bow bags, fletching jigs, arrow rests, launchers, old bosses, target faces etc.Please look out items that could be of use to someone else and either bring them
along or ask someone else to.
Free mince pies, drinks etc.
Fun competition in main hall (so
bring your bows), prizes and some surprises!
Forthcoming Events
Club Fireworks
Night & BBQ – Thursday 6th January 2011.
Club Beetle Drive and Annual Awards – 18th
January 2011 – at the Green Dragon Pub, buffet provided. Fully booked!
County
Indoor Championships – Sunday 16th January Places
now limited, please, please get your entries in asap. We want to make this a special day.
Club Committee Meeting - Friday 12th November
At
Deer Park.
Halloween Shoot
Saturday evening saw an excellent turn out of nearly 40 members at our Club Halloween Shoot. Thanks to everyone
that helped organize an excellent evening, the food was excellent and the targets great. Despite it starting to rain, almost
at the moment we started to shoot a few showers were not enough to stop an excellent time.
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Club Firework Night - Thursday 4th November
Postponed Due to High Winds.
At Deer Park from 6:30, BBQ. Bonfire, Fireworks. A whole
family event!
Lets hope the weather is kinder to us than last year!
Halloween Shoot - Saturday 30th October
Bubbs Hill from 6:30, BBQ, prizes, bring carved pumpkin.
More information in club newsletter,
Get your entries in for the County Junior Championships!
Adults as well.
This competition is organized by ourselves and will take place at Cheltenham
Archers Ground (Race Course) on Saturday 11th September. ALL our juniors should enter. Get forms from the Gloucestershire Archery Society
Website or at any of our practice sessions. Talk to a coach for advice on which round etc. They are short distances and only
72 arrows so please give it a go.
Parents/Adults can do a Record Status National round in
the afternoon so please support this event.
Club Championships - Sunday 11th July
Entries are going well, all members (including those that
loan equipment) can enter any/all of the competitions detailed
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Field Course – 14 targets, 2 D Animal Round. Starts from 10:30 am
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Skills Shoot – 2 ½ dozen arrows at 20yds using club equipment. Starts from 10:30am.
· Warwick Round –
4 dozen arrows at appropriate distances for age/experience. Starts from 2pm.
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Clout – 3 dozen arrows at appropriate distance.
Starts from 2pm.To enter email Roger or see him on a club evening. Entry fee,
£1 per competition or £3 for all 4. Soup and rolls for lunch. Cream tea for afternoon.
Included in the entry fee!
Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf at Cabots
Circus, Bristol
Club social
on Friday 25th June. 7pm at the Venue.The cost if
there was over 8 of us would be £6, if we could get over 20 the cost would be £5 per head per 18 hole round. Lots of places to eat as well, so maybe book a table at Frankie and Bennies for
after?Would all those interested let Steph/me
know by FRIDAY 18th June, so we can book.
Club Committee Meeting
28th June at 8pm in the Deer House.
2010 Club Championships (Members Only)
Sunday 11th
JulyCompetition
All members (including those
that loan equipment) are invited to enter any/all of the competitions detailed:
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Field Course – 14 targets, 2 D Animal Round. Starts from 10:30 am
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Skills Shoot – 2 ½ dozen arrows at 20yds using club equipment. Starts from 10:30am.
· Warwick Round –
4 dozen arrows at appropriate distances for age/experience. Starts from 2pm.
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Clout – 3 dozen arrows at appropriate distance. Starts from 2pm.
Awards According to entries. For bow type and Snr/Jnrs for each competition,
plus overall awards for those that enter all 4 competitions.
Entry Please
complete a form (attached) and return to Roger. Entry fee, £1 per competition or £3 for all 4.
Refreshments Soup and rolls for lunch. Cream tea for afternoon. Free!
Sunday 14th March
CLUB FIELD COURSE SHOOT
at Bubbs Hill 9:45 for 10am start.
Open to all club members.
Extended course – fun scoring round.
Guests Welcome (Sorry no adult compounds)
Social Event Survey - Feb 2010
Thank you to all those that responded.
The top 5 choices were;
· Ten Pin Bowling
· Laser Quest
· Go Ape
· Greyhound Racing and Club Quiz Night.
We will go ahead and organize these, details to follow.
Social Events - Club Survey
A number
of social events have been suggested including; Greyhound Racing, Go-Karts, Laserquest, Social meal, 10 Pin Bowling, Speedway
and Skittles. A survey will be issued in the New Year.
Club Christmas Firework Night and BBQ
The
firework night was due to take place on Monday 21st December. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EVENT IS
POSTPONED UNTIL THE NEW YEAR.
Guiness World Record Tree Planting Attempt at Deer Park
On December 5th between 11 and 12noon the club will be suppoorting the Guide
Centre to plant 2000 trees in just one hour in an event sponsored by the BBC. Adam Henson and the Countryfile team will be
filming at Deer Park and we hope that as many members will turn out to help. This is part of an event to plant a million trees
in just 1 hour!
Swindon Greyhound Racing
We will be organising an evening at the dogs in the new year, entry will be free etc. Watch this space for details.
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