Author: Mackenzie Geyton

NAC’s AGM was held last night (27th May 2014) at Carlsberg Social Club, Northampton. There was a good turnout by members and the meeting proceeded at a fair pace. Reports were received from the committee and elections of officers then held. Our thanks sincerely go to those who both were re-elected and those that stood down; and in particular Pam Joseph, our chairperson who retired last night. Pam was at the helm for the last two years and her enthusiasm has been an example to us all. Sarah Fowler-Jardine now takes over. The work put in by committee members we know can be both very time consuming and at times quite stressful, but all this work is done out of passion for NAC. It was indeed unfortunate that due to commitments elsewhere  the committee lost some members, but the new team will forge on with taking the Club forwards. The list of the new committee members can be found on our Committee and Contacts page.

To all members,

Recently you should have received an e-mail explaining that Dave Quemby has passed the baton to David Major, Paul Hyde and Neville de Sousa.

These three members volunteered to look after our shooting events with the full  blessing of the present committee.

They report to the committee as and when there is a need, but they are trusted to take the pressure away from committee members and to work along with the Sywell committee directly when organizing outdoor events at our Sywell venue.

They have already informed the membership of the date for the Pope Young competition and for those who wish to shoot there normal distances they are perfectly entitled to do so.

Anyone wishing to take part in the Pope Young Competition just has to let it be known on the day to the organizers. Believe me this is an even that is fun and anyone can take part.The Pope Young will be placed on our calender page along with other events as and when they are confirmed. So please check regularly for any additions, (you will be notified by e-mail as well)

Please give your support to our three volunteers who will do everything they can to give us an eventful outdoor season. These three require our support and not criticism, just like any responsible position they too have to go through a learning curve plus they may wish to put a “twist” to some of our events.

We as a committee take this opportunity to thank Dave Quemby for all the time and effort he has put into making our events so enjoyable. Dave (as some may not know) holds many titles within the club competitions, just look at the website to see just how good he is. He is passing over the responsibility of arranging our events so that he can once again give full concentration to his shooting as I’m sure he will continue to proudly represent the NAC at future competitions around the county.  I’m sure I can speak for all of our members, thank you Dave for what you have done, and what you may achieve in the future for yourself and the NAC.

Many thanks

IanP for NAC Committee.

NAC County Records

NAC archers have had an excellent month for county records. Please check out the NCAS County website for the County records update.

Congratulations to Ian Hyde, Heather Major and Emma Clarke

For details Click ->> Here

After a very successful indoor season, all the results are now in the competitions section of the website.

This can be found ->>> here

The last few weeks has been pretty hectic for the NAC archers. The final competition of the Portsmouth series took place mid March and the end of season Worcester shoot took place on the 29th March. Afterwards all retired to the JAshby canteen where the trophy’s and medals were handed out to those who had won them over the course of the indoor season. The attached picture shows some of the recipients and just look at the smile on there faces.

The picture, along with others shown within the photo gallery were very kindly taken by Neville De Sausa in my absence.Thank you Nev and I hope the new wide angle lens performed well on the day.  IanP.. 

The NAC Membership met last night to consider options of the newly acquired BBOB shooting venue.With a high membership turn out at the EGM the membership was asked whether they wanted this venue as a permanent venue. With a Unanimous vote the members gave us their answer……….Yes.

This is another momentous milestone in the history of the Northampton Archery Club as it goes from strength to strength.

The NAC can now offer even more shooting “opportunities”.that everyone can afford. The committee would like to thank the membership for their continued support and we members should thank Pam (our chair) for her enthusiasm in the acquisition of this site which if it wasn’t for her we would never have had. Well done Pam.

Thanks to all.

IanP