May is always a busy month for us. Right at the start of the month there was the Have a go weekend, the following weekend it was the first leg of the Notts League, a relaxed and informal shoot, where we had 20 members shooting. We weren’t quite the largest club, but we made our presence known with some good scores and a couple of six gold ends. This puts us in a good position for the second leg at Sherwood Archers on 11th June.

Last weekend we held the first of the postal summer league shoots in wonderful weather with 28 archers shooting accompanied by the customary fuddle.

This weekend we are hosting our annual World Record Status competition at Nottingham Hockey Club at Highfields, which will mean an early start for the work party and a long day for those competing as well. Its a key event in the local calendar, as well as being one of the selection shoots for the County Team. We normally run a very good shoot and this year should be no exception. At the moment the weather forecast looks to be favourable. Lets hope it stays that way.

And then to round off the month, there’s a Have a Go on Saturday 27th and another selection shoot and match against Leics on 28th, which a good number of members will be participating in.

I would like to say a big thank you to all the volunteers that turned out to help with the HAG this weekend.

We had a fun time showing the visitors of Wollaton Park the joys of a archery and we have had several enquiries for potential new club members.

There has been some learning from the event which we hope to implement on future HAGs. Here’s looking forward to the next one…

thanks again.

Gary

The red shirts were out in force today, at the Bingham Western. We had eight archers shooting, for three of them it was their first competition.

The weather was kind, sunny all day with a tricky breeze. We were well placed in the results Will was first junior (and a potential county record) and Peter was third. Great results for their first tournament. Steve was first gent recurve, Mike T was second gent compound and Sharon was 3rd recurve lady. Ben shot a much improved score. It’s great that the winter training is paying off.

On top of that we did well in the raffle too, with Mike T, Sharon, Peter and Steve all winning prizes.

Yeeehaaa!

21 archers looking to improve were at this morning’s training session. Sunny, warm and calm. Great conditions for shooting.

The weather even stayed fine for the beginners course in the afternoon.

On Saturday Mike and Steve shot the double 720 at Belvoir Archers, which was one of the first major outdoor competitions this year. The shoot was very well organised and ran smoothly, with the results being produced efficiently. The conditions were challenging with a strong, blustery cross wind all day and it only warmed up a bit in the afternoon when the sun came out. We were both reasonably well placed in the results.

On Saturday there was the usual Saturday morning training session followed by the first session of our latest beginners course. The coaches were a little tired by the end after being out in the glorious weather.

And then on Sunday there were 20 people enjoying the wonderful weather and shooting at the Walled Garden as well as Henry and Toby doing rather well at the EMAS head to head shoot and Mike T, Ben and Steve shooting at Bassetlaw’s Pie and Beans shoot, where Mike was third.

15 archers and 5 coaches at Saturday’s coaching session in the drizzle and 23 archers of all ages shooting rounds in the warm sunny weather on Sunday. 

And thanks to Andy for transporting the old bosses for recycling.

A big thank you to the 29 club members, young and not so young, that turned out for the Birthday Shoot.

This gave new club members a taste of a formal competition.

We had a great shoot and some scrumptious food.

Alan was busy this morning spreading grass seed over the bare areas behind the shooting line. He also spent some time aerating as well. The aerating tool is still in the container, so if members fancy doing so more then feel free. Surprisingly, the ground isn’t as soft as might be expected.

There was a really good turn out for yesterday’s training session at the Walled Garden, with 19 archers taking part. Very impressive so early in the year. Bodes well for the rest of the year.