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Notice is given of the Annual General meeting of Northampton Archery Club to be held at 7.30pm on Thursday 24th May 2012 at Carlsberg Sports and Social Club, Old Towcester Road, Northampton.
The following documents can be found on the Members Page of the web site:
Agenda
Nomination of Posts Form
Brief Details of Agenda Items.
Correspondence, completed Nomination Forms and additional items for the agenda should be submitted to Leigh Masters to arrive no later than 10th May 2012.
The NAC outdoor season started on Easter Saturday at Sywell with an overcast sky and light showers. Nevertheless many members braved the weather and enjoyed the afternoon as well as taking part in the Easter “Ping”.
The results of the Ping are shown below;
Juniors
Lizzie 8, Chloe 9, Reece 17, Robyn 20, Liam 25, Lizzie 26, Niamn 32, Ewan 41.
Adults
Lynne 9, Paul H 21, Steve 34, Ian 50, Tina 50, Leigh 53, Bez 54, Ronnie 66, Mick 72, Vaughan 75.
. I have also included two photos to show just how well attended the first outdoor shoot was.
Members of NAC smashed their target of shooting 10,000 arrows in 24 hours at Carlsberg Sports and Social Club on 23rd/24th March. The shoot started off at 10pm on the Friday and at 4.07 pm on the Saturday the magic arrow was shot, leaving another 6 hours of aiming. At the close of play at 10pm a total of 12,617 arrows had been slammed into the targets. Early indications are that sponsorship money raised could be in excess of £1,500 to £2,000 for Sport Relief. A great effort and lots of hard work and organising by many members of the Club. Our thanks also to the many kind-hearted folk and groups who have donated to or sponsored the event.
Deaglan, our young junior, is a new name added to our record holders at NAC. Deaglan scored 171 shooting flatbow last Saturday at JASH in the last of our Portsmouth Series. Jacob also shot a new junior record for the recurve with a score of 484. Leigh Masters beat his previous senior record shooting flatbow with a score of 361 and Sarah Fowler-Jardine shooting compound beat her previous record with a new high of 541. Susan Corless beat her old record scoring 525, but this lasted just 24 hours -she scored 531 the following day. Great news and well done. The final positions for the whole series will be published in due course.
A wise man said that this was David Taylor waving a magic wand and hoping for a good result in the final shoot of the NAC Portsmouth Series which has been ongoing over the winter indoor season. It is actually our very own chairman David Taylor who was addressing the NAC archers prior to the last event of three taking place on Saturday 10th March 2012. As the club continues to grow at a healthy rate David was explaining in detail as to how the event will run to our many newcomer who were in attendance for their very first competition. The results have been displayed on the appropriate pages (I think the wand worked fairly well) subject to final scrutiny and many new club records had been achieved during these three events.
Please find a pictorial of the event within our gallery section of this website.
Ian P
NAC performed very well in the County Indoor Championships on Sunday 11th March at Rothwell. David Quemby received a silver in the Gents Compound with a score of 575, just two points behind Martin Ross who took gold. David went on to get a gold however in the double round with a score of 1136. Susan Corless won a gold for the ladies double recurve with a score of 1052, and Paul Hyde took a bronze in the gents recurve with a score of 1120. Mick Lovell also shot but despite scoring well, missed out on the metal. New club records were set and these will be included in the next records update later this month. Well done and thanks for representing NAC so well.