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Disaster Strikes at Hollowell

What’s Left of the Gazebo

 

Our have-a-go at Hollowell was abandoned at the last minute after disaster struck on Friday 6th July.  We had the volunteers, all the Club’s equipment had been checked, arrows were fletched and gazebo marked up for easy erection. The crew arrived and everything went together, but you can’t account for the British weather. There had there been torrential rain, and even so it should still have happened. But – after all the hard work wind struck (again), destroying the whole set-up. Thanks to all who helped – NAC soldiers on. (Further write-up later from Leigh).

 

 


The aftermath – and still there are smiling faces

“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.

 

 

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.

 

252 New Rules and Badges

The committee has considered the rules for the 252 scheme and agreed that it will only be necessary to score 252 on two occasions  for each distance from now on, to qualify for a badge. In addition the 15 yard  badge will no longer be included in the scheme and ribbons will not be used. We have purchased a sample of the badges from Reading Archers which we will be using. The club offer a very quick turn around on orders with no minimum quantities – just a small postage charge. Some of the colours on the badges are different from those chosen for our original scheme which will be amended in due course. They can be seen online at the Reading Archers web site.Go to this page to read about the 252 scheme and how to record your scores and get your badge.