Category: Events

although club shoots do fit this category its mainly for fete’s, parties and social events.

There’s a Robin Hood Panto

Oh no there’s not – oh yes there is

Well there is. Group Eight Theatre Company at Hackleton are holding their annual Panto at the Dudley Winterbottom Memorial Hall this year on Thursday 6th, 7th and 8th December (curtain up at 7.45pm). And it’s Robin Hood. Tickets are £6 for adults and £4 for concessions. If we go as a reasonable sized group we may  be able to negotiate a reduced price and Mick from the Group suggests we go dressed up in Robin Hood garb. David and Heather have watched the group’s performances before and have to say they are good and funny. Just the job for silly archers.

There is a bar at the venue and a splendid time is guaranteed for all. The theatre is on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.co/groupeighttheatrecompany

If you wish to go could you let David and Heather know as soon as possible so they can reserve tickets. We will need the money closer the time, but at least a week before the performance. We intend to go for the Friday performance.

NAC Open 12 August 2012 – and at last the sun shone


A happy end to a perfect day. Sylvia (our judge), Pam (chair lady) and Robyn (Lady Paramount).

Despite several abandoned attempts at holding an outdoor competition this year because of bad weather, Sunday 12th August proved to be a fantastic day for NAC’s 2nd Annual Open Nationals Tournament at Sywell Range. Over 40 archers took part on a beautifully sunny day and a splendid time was had by all; with several club and county records being broken or set. Along with all the hard work by many NAC members, our thanks go to Sylvia Underlin, our judge for the day, and Chris Mason of NCAS and WOAC for his advisory role in setting up the range. Not least of all we thank the archers from far and wide who attended and took part on this memorable day.

The Results from our Open on 12th August can be found here.

“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.