Four NAC Archers entered the FITA Clout shoot at Kettering on Sunday 4th March. Even though it rained heavily on the day, our team had a great time and all won medals. Beryl Tabberner, Sarah Stanley and Nat all came away with Golds, whilst Steve Tabberner won a silver. Well done.
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NAC on Radio Northampton
David Taylor, club chairman, was interviewed today (Friday 2nd March 2012) on BBC Radio Northampton.
The interview with John Griff covers a bit about the clubs history, shooting and the forthcoming shootathon on 23rd-24th March for Sports Relief.
The following is no longer available to listen to be it retained for interest
Listen to the interview from the link below (approx 10 minutes). Tip – fast forward to 1hr 42mins
Bronze Medal for NAC Team in Targetcraft FITA 18 Competition
In the Targetcraft 4th Annual Record Status FITA 18 Competition on 26th February the NAC team – Paul Hyde, David Quemby, Mick Lovell and Susan Corless – came third and took a bronze medal.The team just missed a silver with a score of 2071, being beaten by Melton Mowbray (2089 points), and Targetcraft who took the Trophy with 2105 points. Individually Paul took a bronze in the Gents Recurve Double round with 1068 points, whilst Susan took a bronze in the ladies recurve (single round – 492 points) and a silver in the double round (967 points). Ian Pateman, shooting recurve, also shot for NAC and achieved respectable scores totalling 897. Well done.
GNAS January Challenge results are published
Nick Beeson has sent us the results of the nationwide GNAS January Challenge. The challenge, with no prizes or awards was for archers to submit their best Portsmouth scores for that month. The results can be found here . We would like to congratulate the four members of our club that took part, Paul Hyde, Susan Corless, David Quemby and Pam Joseph. All did us proud.
Nick has asked participants to check their scores, and forward any corrections to him.
Sport Relief Shootathon – Full Steam Ahead
NAC is shooting a 24 hour sponsored Shootathon at Carlsberg Social Club, Old Towcester Road, Northampton from 10pm on Friday 23rd March to raise money for Sport Relief – a great cause. We aim to shoot 10,000 arrows in this time. We’re sure that the whole event will be great fun, and GNAS members from around the county are being invited to join in. Further details of the event can be found on this page and at the Sport relief web site. If you would like to make further inquiries please contact Dave Taylor at chair@northamptonarchery.co.uk.
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An astounding month for new club records and awards
Our February Records Update has now been completed, and we have to say it has been an outstanding month for new club records with no less than 21 new or improved records, by the now usual suspects – David Quemby, Susan Corless and Paul Hyde.
For Paul there are new records for the Portsmouth Triple and Quad, the FITA 18 and FITA 18 Triple and the FITA 25 Triple.
For Susan there are seven new records for the Worcester, Portsmouth, Portsmouth Double, FITA 18, FITA 18 Double, FITA 25 and FITA combined rounds. The combined FITA score of 991 also set a new county record, beating the previous record of 976.
David Quemby has set no less than 9 new records for the Bray 1, Bray 1 Double, FITA 18, FITA 18 Double, Triple and Quadruple, FITA 25, Vegas and Worcester rounds.
David Quemby and David Taylor have now (at last) also been presented with there 1st Class Badges from the outdoor performances from 2011. The classification scheme is something the whole club can partake in once we move outdoors again.. The scheme is briefly explained on our site by clicking here.
Amazing stuff from our club and well done to you all.