Mackenzie Geyton, Author at Northampton Archery Club

NAC Western Club Shoot – New Records Set

A total of 13 club records were set/broken at the First Western shoot on 1^st June 2013 at Sywell.

Steve Gibson set a new Gents Recurve at 808, Keith Jardine a new Compound at 828 and a New County Record, Simon Markus a new Gents Longbow at 129, Mark Dalley a new Gents Recurve Barebow at 367, Pam Joseph a new Ladies Compound at 741 and setting a New County Record, Christine Gibson a Ladies Recurve at 745, Robyn Stevens a new Ladies Barebow at 205, Guy Bess a Gents Junior Compound at 822 and setting a new County Record, Jacob Lovell a new Gents Junior Recurve at 513, Lizzie Lovell a new Ladies Junior Recurve at 562, Niamh Young a new Lady Junior Recurve Bare at 384 and setting a New County Record, Ewan Fowler-Jardine a new V. Short Junior Gents Cadet U12 scoring 318, and last but not least Grace Windram setting a new V. Short Junior Ladies Cadet U12 at 455.

Well done to all!

NAC,Target Day at Sywell Shooting Range

The latest event in the NAC Target Day Shoot Competition took place on Saturday 20th July. This time the competition was a “Windsor” round consisting of three (3) distances of three (3) Dozen arrows at each distance.

9 dozen arrows were shot by each member and we were lucky that the burning sun of late was covered by a nice layer of cloud giving some respite from the heat.

I did take several pictures during the shoot but not enough to put an album together this time as I felt I needed to concentrate on the shooting of arrows and not “subjects”……………….. however I will add a couple here.

2013 Hollowell Have A Go weekend.

This years Hollowell Steam Rally got off to a good start on the Friday when volunteers met at Sywell to load up and take the equipment and errect it at Hollowell. The NAC’s new gazebo can be seen in the picture attached and the weather could not have been better. We were cooking on all sides as we put the equipment together and gallons of sun tan oil was needed. Furthermore the Saturday and Sunday was extremely busy with Have A Go-ers and the volunteers were kept busy on both days. This event is probable our main even and it is local to Northampton. We have raised money for the NAC which will benifit all members as the more income we get the greater the chance is of holding fees at current levels. We are gratefull to all those members who attended and shared the workload as in the heat of the day it was very hard at times.

Pictures are now posted on are webpage within the Gallery section. An e-mail will be circulated by the Chairperson expressing thanks to all who helped at anytime during the 3 day event.

IanP

NAC Juniors Presentation at Sywell Shooting Range

Three of our junior archers left the Sywell shooting range last Saturday with very big smiles on their faces. Namely Grace Windram, Ewan Fowler-Jardine and Lizzie Lovell were extremely happy after receiving well earned Archery Awards.

Both Grace and Ewan had completed and passed their Archery Beginners Course and to top that Lizzie had completed and passed her FITA Black Arrow Award.

The presentations were made during the normal Saturday shooting session at Sywell. I’m sure you will all join me in congratulating all three of our juniors who had worked hard to complete their courses. Pictures of the three are shown here,

Replacement Gazebo

Many of you will remember that at the Hollowell Steam Rally last year we were hit by a freak storm which damaged our Gazebo beyond repair resulting in the weekend being totally lost. As such we were then relying of the generosity of members who lent us equipment so that we could fulfill our commitments for the rest of the outdoor season in particular the Have A Go sessions which result in a lot of interest and new members.

We are pleased to announce that we now have a replacement gazebo which is 8 x 3 mts, which can also be reduced in size to a 4 x 3 for smaller events. As such the gazebo could be used for other functions and parties which could earn us a small income at other times of the year.

Today 3 members arrived at Sywell for a test “erection” so we could familiarise ourselves with the set up procedure in readiness for this years Hollowell Steam Rally. When the time comes we shall of course contact members as we need volunteers for the Hollowell weekends activities. In the meantime I would like to thank Roger Johnson and Steve Gibson for there assistance today.

IanP

It’s arrived at last!

Anyone who has used the Sywell shooting range over the last season and this one understands how difficult it has been to access and store all the equipment we require for general shooting. The previous committee were well aware of the need to find additional storage and plans have been in place for a long time to place another container alongside the old one. The summer last year being so wet and the autumm was no better followed by a long cold winter had severely hampered all attempts to site the planned new container. The groundwork was completed during the late Autumn months in preparation but with the ground being so soft delivery was impossible. Fortunately over the last month or so the ground has dried out sufficiently to enable a “H’ G’ Vehicle” to deliver the new container and this Saturday several of us were on site “early” to witness the delivery of the container.

With the additional storage space we plan to store bosses and stands and general shooting equipment in one container and then we can store all the necessary equipment required for “Have a Goes” “B,B Q’s” and Special Events equipment in the second container. Special thanks go out to Dave Quemby who was charged with sourcing the container and to IanP (me) for organizing the groundwork and of course to all who assisted today. This is yet another chapter in our history which should allow us to grow even more.