Centenary Archers Newsletter, May 2013

Volume 4 2013

Newsletter of the Centenary Archers Club Wacol Station Road Park, Sumner

Dedicated to practising and promoting the sport of target archery in the western suburbs of Brisbane.

Coming up at Centenary Archers 

QREs and tournaments—June 23 (QRE), July 28 (QRE), & Aug 25 (State short range championships).

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Working bees—field work prior to tournaments, target face preparation for SQAS indoor championships, general ground work. Look out for notices!

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Club fees for the 2013/2014 year are due July 1st.

Club News and Notices Archery World Cup

State Championships

The biggest news at Centenary Archers is that one of our members, Scott Brice, has been chosen to represent Australia at the 2nd stage of the Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkey, in June! Only the very best archers who are currently at the top of their form are chosen to go. To find out more about Archery World Cups check out the article on page 8.

The SQAS State Championships were held on the last weekend in April at Mount Petrie Bowmen’s field in Belmont. We had five archers competing and four got medals: Phil Buhot and Sandy Dunstan received gold medals, Scott Brice and Naomi Etheridge received bronze medals. Well done all!

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Website update It’s finished: our website has a new look and a new address:

centenaryarchers.org.au All the same information is there, along with some new content. Our calendar has all the upcoming events at CAC and around SE-Qld. There is an online booking and payment system for Come & Try days, Beginners Courses, QREs, and tournaments (and soon for club fees). ‘Newbies’ have their own section, and there is a detailed section on how to get classification medals and other awards. There is also a gallery, soon to have lots of old and new photos!

Club News and Notices

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Helping Out We have a few events coming up in the next few months so please step forward when you get the call for help! There are QREs in June and July at the club and we will need to spruce up the ground the Saturday before each. Our club is hosting the SQAS Short Range Championships in August; this is a big event, so our grounds will need to be in top shape. We’ll need all hands on deck for that one.

Online payments Our refreshed website is up and running with some new features such as an online payment system. You can book and pay (PayPal or credit card) for QREs, tournaments, Come & Try days and Beginners Courses. New and old members can also pay their club fees online.

Also, our club is preparing the target faces for the National Indoor Championships. “The Big Glue” will happen over a few Saturdays where 500 target faces need to be stuck to cardboard. Watch out for notices on the container doors for dates when you can help with

Equipment tuning: interested?

Getting the Right Advice As we mentioned in the last newsletter, André has offered to help any club members with decisions about buying equipment. Whether you don’t know which clicker to buy, or you want a whole new set-up, André has the experience and knowledge to help. Ask him!

Equipment Tuning When you get a new bow you will need to do the basic setup so that you can shoot it.

Mostly the store where you bought the bow will do this. There is also a link on our website for basic setup which will show you what to

do. Once you’ve got a few ends under your belt and you are shooting confidently then it’s time to tune your bow to you and your arrows.

Also, every time you get a new piece of equipment you’ll need to tune your bow again. So it’s a good idea to figure out how to do a basic tune.

There are many methods available, so which one is best? André has offered his time to show us his preferred method and help us do it one Saturday afternoon.

If you’re interested please email me and tell me your preferred Saturday so that I can organize it. (Naomi: archernomes@gmail.com)

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QRE, Centenary Archers, April 2013

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2013 National Championships

All photos by Andy (www.archeryphotography.com)

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INVITATION SQAS Target Award Tournament National Qualification & Ranking Event (QRE)

Sunday, 23rd June, 2013 Centenary Archers Club

Wacol Station Road Park, 427 Wacol Station Road, Sumner ROUNDS:

FITA 1440 at distances appropriate to division Single or Double FITA 720 Rounds at 70 m or 60 m or 50 m Single or Double AA 720 Rounds at 60 m, 50 m, or 45m, or 35 m

For round and division information see: centenaryarchers.org.au/competitive-archery/rounds-divisions/ FEES: 19 or over—Jnr, Open, Master, Veteran, 70+: $10 per 72 arrow shoot; $15 per 144 arrow shoot 18 or under—Cub, Intermediate, Cadet: $8 per 72 arrow shoot; $10 per 144 arrow shoot

All fees to be paid online prior to the event Registration on the day will incur a 50% late fee TIMES: Bow Inspection at 8:30 a.m. followed by a minimum of 20 minutes practice then scoring will commence. Bow Inspection for second round will be at 12:30 p.m.

Lunch will be available at the Club for $5 Note: If insufficient archers of Cadet age or older remain to shoot the second round, only the scores from the first round will be submitted for ranking purposes.

ENTRIES CLOSE: Friday, June 21, 2013 For further details email Andre Buhot andrebuhot@gmail.com, Telephone 0428 694 504

Online Registration (prepayment required) (centenaryarchers.org.au/events/cac-qre-20130623)

For the novice archer...

Don’t be afraid of QREs. Just come and give Come for the experience and to have fun! it a go to experience what it’s like. You can If you’d like to know more about classificashoot any round available on the day; you don’t tions, QREs, tournaments and awards check out have to stick to your division’s round!! Think of the page on our website: is as just a more organized form of archery. http://centenaryarchers.org.au/competitive-archery/awardsmedals/

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2013 Short Range Target Championships Sunday, 25th August, 2013 Centenary Archers Club Wacol Station Road Park, 427 Wacol Station Road, Sumner ROUNDS:

All rounds are 90 arrows on a 122 cm face

Grange (60 m):

Compound & Recurve—open, master, junior

Melbourne (50 m): Compound & Recurve—veteran, cadet Darwin (40 m):

Compound & Recurve—intermediate Longbow & Barebow—open, master, veteran, junior, cadet

Geelong (30 m):

Longbow & Barebow—intermediate All bow types—cub

Newcastle (20 m): All bow types—social novice archers FEES to be advised closer to the event. Please see the link below (online registration) for details.

All fees to be paid online prior to the event. Acceptance of late entries is dependent on participant numbers. If accepted, registration on the day will incur a 50% late fee.

TIMES:

Bow Inspection at 9.00 a.m. followed by a minimum of 20 minutes practice.

Scoring will commence at 10.00 a.m.

Lunch will be available at the Club

ENTRIES will open by July 21, and will close August 19.

Online Registration (www.centenaryarchers.org.au/calendar/2013-short-range)

Social archers welcome.

Medal ceremony will take place after lunch and completion of score validation, approximately 2.00 p.m.

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Come’n’Try day & other club members—March 16 th, 2013

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World Cups – not just for cricket or football

Just like cricket and football, archery has an international governing body: World Archery.

It used to be known as FITA, which is an acronym of the French “Federation International Tir a l’Arc”, which itself translates as “International Federation of Archery”.

World Archery organizes several archery competitions in which all countries can compete. The top-level archers who go to these events compete not only for medals (gold, silver, bronze), but for standings on the international ranking lists. The major events are the World Cups, and the World Championships.

There is only one Championship, but there are 4 World Cup events per year in which archers win ‘points’ for entry into the World Cup final.

The events in the target competitions are match-play based: just like the Olympics. All archers shoot in the first ‘ranking’ round. This is the same round that an open-division archer would shoot at one of our QREs: 72 arrows at

70 m for recurves or 50 m for compounds.

Each archer’s score in that round is used to rank them. The archer’s position in the ranking then determines the pairings for the elimination round: the match-play events.

Matches are shot at the same distance as the ranking round, but there are only two archers and each end is 3 arrows per archer.

The archer with the highest score wins that end and gets 2 set points. If the score is a tie they get 1 point each. The match continues until either one archer gets 6 or over, or they have completed 5 ends (and the scores are therefore tied). The tie-breaker is a one arrow shoot-off; closest to the centre wins. The winning archer then gets to compete in the next match-play round. This continues until the final four archers reach the semi-final matches.

The winners of each semi-final goes to the gold/silver medal match. The other two archers compete in the bronze metal match.

Australian open The up-coming Australian Open is also a match-play event. From Friday, August 2nd to Sunday August 4th, the Open will be taking place at the Armidale Showgrounds, hosted by Armidale Archers.

The ranking round for this competition will be a FITA 1440—that’s 36 arrows at four distances (the first 2 on a 122 cm face; the next 2 on an 80 cm face): 90, 70, 50, 30 for men; 70, 60, 50, 30 m for women.

The Open will split the ranking round over

two days; the first two distance will be shot on the first afternoon, the last two distances will be shot on the morning of the second day. The afternoon of the second day will have the team events.

If you’re interested in participating then visit the Australian Open website: www.armidalearchers.com.au/2013Open.

Entries close on May 31st.

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SQAS 2013 State Championships

The Centenary Archers contingent at the SQAS State Championships over the weekend of April 27 and 28 had a great time at Mount Petrie Bowmen’s field in Belmont. The days were bright and sunny, with just a little wind to make things interesting.

Our archers came away with a good selection of medals. Sandy Dunstan and Phil Buhot earned a gold medal for longbow in their division. Scott Brice and Naomi Etheridge won themselves bronze medals for compound and recurve respectively.

For those observant souls who have noticed that the field has not been so windy in the last few months, be not despondent...part of this has been due to the particularly clement weather we have had, and partly due to the absence of Brian Parsons from the shooting line.

Brian has been a tad indisposed due to a painful back problem, but he reports he has “had the operation” and hopes to be back, stirring up the zephyrs, at some point. Hope it’s soon Brian. All the best from all at CAC.

By Ross Larsen

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Awards

There were so many Awards that Strafford moved so fast I just couldn’t capture just one of him on camera‌

The award recipients were, clockwise from top left: Conor, Scott, Phil, and Dale.

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Awards Naomi and Wolverine also got awards that day!

As the light shone down on an auspicious afternoon in April, the great Xmas trophy was handed over from Byron Dixon to Scott Brice.

Doesn’t it seem a little strange that Byron looks so happy at giving it up, and Scott doesn’t look too impressed at having to take it home...

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Archery Idioms

You’ve probably used at least some of the following sayings in your day to day conversations; but did you know that they all come from old archery sayings? Sometimes there are several suggested origins of the sayings, and it’s hard to pin down the correct one. Recognise any of these?

Add another string to your bow: This originally comes from the saying “to have more than one string for one’s bow”. Of course archers should always have at lease one spare, worn-in string for their bow as a sensible precaution in case of failures.

This saying focuses on that precautionary outlook in reference to people’s lives, particularly the fact that training and knowledge in several fields of work is a sensible precaution, just in case something unforseen happens.

Straight as an arrow: The archery derivation is quite clear— our arrows need to be as straight as possible. So this saying is often used to describe something that is very straight. This saying has evolved into an additional colloquial usage to mean various things about a person’s character. Someone referred to as “straight as an arrow” or “a

straight arrow” implies an honest and forthright character; alternatively, it can describe someone careful to behave in a social acceptable manner.

Keep an eye on the target: As archers, we all know what this means; we can’t let anyone distract us from keeping our focus on those coloured rings we call the target to make sure our arrows reach their goal. But for everyone else, it means to keep the main goal, their target, in their

mind’s eye to make sure that they don’t get distracted from reaching it.

Hit the mark or On target: In archery, this is what we all strive for—to put our arrows on the target precisely where we want them to go. The general population has adopted this saying and the general meaning, but associating it with events in their lives: if they “hit the mark” or are “on target” then they have precisely achieved their objective.

Hit the bullseye or Bullseye!: While we don’t use the term Bullseye in modern archery, it probably has an archery origin. It has been suggested that the term comes from the time when English longbow yeomen would gather for practice, usually after church. Their target was often a white skull of a bull. To illustrate the greatest skill, the archers aimed to hit the bull’s eye.

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Archery Idioms

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So it is related to ‘on target’, but this saying has taken on a more emphatic meaning that simply achieving a goal. This isn’t surprising since hitting that x in the middle of the target, the historical “bullseye”, is precisely what archers are trying to do, all the time, but is quite rare and is usually unexpected. Because of this many an archer has yelled an emphatic “Bullseye!” when they’ve done it. Similarly, in life, when someone performs a task exactly as they wanted, or does or says something precisely correct, they say that they’ve ‘hit the bullseye’.

Point Blank: Blank is an English derivation of the French blanc, which means white. I’ve found two possible origins. The first relates to the etymology of ‘bullseye’ above, and the whiteness of the skull. You probably realise that when you are far from the target you have to point your arrow quite high to have it hit the target—if that target was a bull’s skull then you would be aiming above it to be able to hit it; but when you are close, you can point your arrow directly at the whiteness of the skull—pointing at the white—to be able to hit it, hence ‘point blanc’.

I’ve also seen the explanation for ‘point blank’ related to the spot in the centre of the archery target, which used to be white. This used to be called a ‘blanc’, for the French term for white, and to aim point-blanc or point-blank was to point the bow directly at the blank.

There are two modern meanings that both stem from this idea—the literal meaning is to be at such a close range as to be sure of hitting the target; the figurative meaning is to be direct, blunt, and sure.

Wide of the mark: This is the opposite saying to hitting the target or the bullseye. Since archers are always aiming for the target, if they miss the target or gold, they feel they haven’t achieved their objective. They’ve shot “wide of the mark” - literally! So when someone also fails to achieve their intended goal, especially by a long way, they borrow our saying and feel like they

went “wide of the mark” too.

Cock up: One of the feathers or vanes on your arrows is usually a different colour than the others—this is referred to as the cock feather (or the index). The feathers or vanes are situated on the arrow so that when nocked, if one feather, the cock feather, is parallel to the ground the arrow will fly true and none of the feathers will hit the bow. If the arrow is nocked so that the cock feather is placed in the wrong position—such as if it is pointing upwards—the arrow will go off course because the vanes will hit the bow and disturb its flight. Hence, a “cock up” indicates a situation in which something accidentally goes wrong.

Can you think of some more? Tell me! archernomes@gmail.com

Working Bees

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There are several big events coming up at Centenary Archers Club over the next few months, and we’ll need all your help to make sure that we’re ready.

There are QREs at the end of June and July, and then the big one—the Queensland Short Range Championships at the end of August.

Archers from all over south-east Queensland will be visiting us for that event, so we have to put on our best face.

For all tournaments there are few things we need to do prior to the event: 

Mark up the field with distance lines, target placements, shooting line, equipment line, and 3 m line

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Put new target faces on the butts

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Tidy the grounds— mowing, wipper-snipping, etc; just making sure that the grounds look good

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Maintenance as needed on shades, flags, and butts/stands

Additional jobs are required as needed throughout the year. Sometimes we do these on a rainy Saturday afternoon, or we might schedule them for an official working bee. 

Gutter cleaning

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Club-house painting

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Fletching & string making; you can learn how to do it from the experts!

So you see, they’re not too taxing! Lunch is provided by the club for all workers. Any and all help is appreciated!

Newbies corner We have quite a few new archers at the club now and we want you to keep having fun and improving. So there is a section on the website just for you: centenaryarchers.org.au/newbies-only/ This is your page so let me know what you want to see—articles, links, anything! At the moment there are: Links

to other parts of the Centenary

Archers website about buying equipment A

link to our coach’s article called “What to do after the Beginners Course” A

link to “The Archers Reference” guide

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link to information about how the classification and awards systems work Lots more to come, just let me know what you need: admin@centenaryarchers.org.au (Naomi).

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Fun stuff

The puzzle on the left is called a Unolingo. There are 12 archery-related words linked together, but one instance of each letter of the alphabet has been removed.

It’s your task, should you choose to accept it, to put those letters back in their rightful place to complete all the words.

Good luck!

Pete’s funnies D ISCLAIMER: CENTENARY

ARCHERS TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FOLLOWING JOKES. BLAME PETE!

What did the lustful maiden say to the handsome archer? …”You make me quiver!”

What did the archer get when he hit a bullseye? ...A very angry bull.

It’s very uncommon for two archers to have the same score. Everyone knows that bowties went out of style years ago.

Old archers never die, they just bow and quiver...

Calendar (see centenaryarchers.org.au/calendar for more details)

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Date

Where

What

25-26 May

MPB-Field

SQAS Field Championships

CA

Come & Try Archery Day

CA

EOMS: Newcastle, Geelong, Drake, FITA 70/720, FITA 50/720

1-2 June

SVTA

SQAS Archery Instructor Course

8 June

CA

Beginners course starts every Saturday for 4 weeks

23 June

CA

QRE

29 June

CA

EOMS: Newcastle, Darwin, Samford, FITA 70/720 or FITA 50/720

30 June to 6 July

MPB/SVTA

Australian 2013 National Youth Championships

6 July

MPB

World Archery Championship Selection Event

Every Sat

CA

Come & Try Archery Day

20 & 21 July

MPB

SQAS & National Indoor Championships

27 July

CA

EOMS: Newcastle, Melbourne, Holt, FITA 70/720 or FITA 50/720

28 July

CA

QRE

2-4 August

Armidale

Archery Australian Open

10 August

CA

Beginners course starts every Saturday for 4 weeks

11 August

MPB

SQAS Arrowhead FITA Field event

25 August

CA

Queensland Short Range Championships

CA: us!; SVTA: Samford Valley Target Archers; GCAC: Gold Coast Archery Club; MPB: Mt. Petrie Bowmen

Coaching Coaching for club members is free—individual and/or group sessions. 2 to 3 hour session: shooting technique coaching, HD video recording and equipment tuning—with follow up sessions to check progress. Dates and times to suit by arrangement with Club Coach.

Enquiries to Graeme Jeffrey—any Sat. at the club, ph: 0411 647 035, or email archer@gil.com.au

EOMS Rounds The last Saturday of each month is the End of Month Shoot (EOMS). The official rounds are listed above and in the clubhouse.

Newcastle: 20 m, 122 cm face; 90 arrows Drake: 30 m, 80 cm face; 90 arrows Geelong: 30 m, 122 cm face; 90 arrows

Samford: 40 m, 80 cm face; 90 arrows Darwin: 40 m, 122 cm face; 90 arrows Melbourne: 50 m, 122 cm face; 90 arrows Holt: 50 m, 80 cm face; 90 arrows FITA 70/720: 70 m, 122 cm face; 72 arrows FITA 50/720: 50 m, 80 cm face; 72 arrows

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Wacol Station Rd Sumner Queensland Australia

About CAC The Club is located in Wacol Station Road Park, Wacol Station Road, in the suburb of Sumner, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Our Club signboard will be out beside the entry gate on shooting days. Parking is available on the South side of the hut. Please keep marked access ways clear to the ranges.

Facilities: The cream coloured weatherboard hut is our Club's Office and meeting room, where we have our noticeboards and attendance register. It is also the classroom for our Beginners Courses. The southern archery range is for the Club's scheduled competitions and storage facilities.

Meeting Hours: The Club currently meets every Saturday afternoon, and some Sunday afternoons, from 1.00pm to 5.00pm, throughout most of the year, with a short break over the Christmas holidays. Shooting on the ranges starts at 1.30pm for scheduled Club competitions.

Membership Fees: The Club Membership Fees for 12 months are: $60.00 for Adults and $40.00 for Under 18 years. The Club's Membership Fees are renewable each year at 1st July. Membership Fees are pro-rata during the year and Family Rates are available for 3 or more family members. Membership Application Form and the Club’s Constitution is available on our website.

State and National Association Membership Fees also have to be paid when joining the Club. The State Association (South Queensland Archery Society) and National Association (Archery Australia) Annual Membership Fees (combined) are: $115.00 for Adults & $80.00 for Under 18 years. AA membership is essential as it provides you with insurance while shooting at any AA affiliated club.

Club Committee: President: Strafford Stark Vice president: André Buhôt Secretary: Peter McCullough Treasurer: Deborah Cooke Committee Member: Michael Mason Club Positions: Recorder: Phil Buhôt Protection Officers: Sandy Dunstan, Scott Brice First Aid Officer: Peter McCullough Club Coach: Graeme Jeffery SQAS and AA affiliated Instructors: Sandy Dunstan, André Buhôt Tournament Director: André Buhôt Newsletter Editor: Naomi Etheridge Enquires: Coach (07) 3288-9506 at anytime (leave a message with contact details) or mobile/SMS 0411-647-035; mail to: Centenary Archers Club, PO Box 160, Sumner, Queensland, Australia, 4074; email: newsletter@centenaryarchers.org.au http://www.centenaryarchers..org.au