“A Walk in the Park” at Wootton

Rockingham’s Steam Transport and Family Show was cancelled due to ground conditions after this year’s persistent inclement weather.  NAC had hoped to be there to put on our Have-a-Go. However the club had also been approached by our county’s Archery GB rep. to provide a similar input at Wootton’s “Walk in the Park” on the same day, Saturday 30th June. The cancellation at Rockingham,  several phone calls and some swift re-arranging by our now flexible club, meant that it would could oblige the request for Wootton. A miserable wet start to Saturday morning greeted our volunteers arriving at 8am to prepare our range. The rain thankfully  was short lived and apart from a further downpour towards the end of the day, the event went very well with crowds of potential archers having-a-go.  A remarkable number of our club members  came along to help –  and a splendid time was had by all. Thanks to all who supported us and also to Ronnie for the photo.

 

 

Club Records Update and Presentations.

Our club records have been updated today, with David Quemby and Susan Corless continuing to be our record setters in tournaments across the county. David has beaten his old York record by scoring 1106 at Wicken, whilst Susan has set new records for National, Short Metric and Windsor rounds, with scores of 364, 483 and 752 respectively.

Susan also has had the honour of being presented with our outgoing Chairman’s Trophy for her achievements last year. At the same presentation  Susan was also awarded her 2nd Class GNAS Classification Badge.

NAC Club Competition abandoned due to high winds

Our club competition on Saturday 16th June started off  in well and truly windy conditions, but at least the rain was holding off. With over 30 archers turning up the event looked like being a long awaited success after a previous wash out in April. Upon completing the first 8 ends and less than brilliant scoring, we all prepared for the shorter distances. The winds then really picked up and our targets succumbed to the  British weather, collapsing backwards and uprooting our ground pegs. Unfortunately it was felt that conditions were no longer safe for either arrows or archers and the event was abandoned at that point. Maybe at some stage this year the weather will be kind to NAC. We did however all enjoy the hot dogs and tea organized for us by Pam and the crew.