Monday, March 21, 2005

ABA Round Yields Good Competition

The weather was perfect for a day of archery on Sunday so a full ABA round was put on to take advantage of the best autumn had to offer. Some sneaky adjustments were done to the range as the targets were placed out to ensure all of those who are off to the Nationals this weekend had a decent challenge. The boundry range although the flatest of the ranges has some deceptive targets and with John moving the odd peg around they were all the more difficult for those relying on their memory.
Cassie Nuendorf shot a personal best and in doing so set a new benchmark in the clubs women open division taking out a long held record. Wade Hudson also blitzed the competition in the Juniors Boys compound crushing the old club record on the way.
The National Titles in Charleville this weekend has attracted a number of archers from the Namoi Valley club, good luck to you all and here's hoping to a bag full of medals.

Ben Ireland Mens Open 780
Steve Jaeger Mens Open 776
John Clark Mens Open 774
David Buckingham Mens Open 738
Bryen Bates Mens Open 738
Trent Rowe Mens Open 334

Stuart Dolbel Mens Bowhunter Limited 730
Greg Donovan Mens Bowhunter Limited 662
Matt Krug Mens Bowhunter Limited 598
Shane Donovan Mens Bowhunter Limited 572
Scott Porter Mens Bowhunter Limited 350
Rob Porter Mens Bowhunter Limited 314

Philip Porter Mens Compound 670
Ken Thompson Mens Compound 638

Darryl Hudson Mens Traditional 496
Michael Patrick Mens Traditional 434
Lloyd Jauja Mens Traditional 28

Cassie Neuendorf Womens Open 610
Jodi Dolbel Womens Open 596

Karen Hudson Womens Compound 402

Norma Culley Women Bowhunter Limited 476

Janice Jaeger Womens Traditional 320

Sam Bates Boy Junior Open 776
Josh Dolbel Boy Junior Open 648
Robbie Porter Boy Junior Open 620

Wade Hudson Boy Junior Compound 702
Keegan Patrick Boy Junior Compound 382
Cameron Hill Boy Junior Compound 356

Cade Rowland Boy Junior Traditional 566

Jay Buckingham Girl Junior Compound 238
Jodi Buckingham Girl Junior Compound 192

Sebastian Donovan Cub Boy Open 608
Mathew Jauja Cub Boy Open 256

Christopher Patrick Cub Boy Traditional 344

Emelia Dolbel Cub Girl Compound 142

Jackelyn Patrick Cub Girl Traditional 328

Saturday, March 12, 2005

Happy Hunters

Greg has been hunting with the bow for only a short time and has already killed a pig bigger than most of us will ever see. His first kill was a goat in January this year but obviously that didn't get the adrenaline pumping enough so he went on to bigger meaner things very quickly.

This is Gregs first kill, and like most of us it was fun but not that trophy class Billy that was just at the head of the heard.


This monster pig was shot at 25mtrs with a 55lb Martin Jaguar using 125g Terminators on the end of some goldtip hunters. This pig weighed 100kgs. The first arrow was a nice lung shot but the pig still managed to run 100yrds before falling. As you would expect a another arrow was used to make sure the pig was dead before approaching within 10yrds.
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This is a couple of goats taken a few weeks ago by Lloyd and Greg, part of Lloyd neccessary physio exercises to help in his recoperation. After talking to Lloyd and the way he pulled up after a few hours hunting is may well be the last attempt for a while too. Back to the couch with a handfull of pain killers to get himself ready for the winter hunts at Blackville.


Please email me any pics you would like posted, I can cut them down to 50kb or you can but please dont send me 2MB pictures to download, unless they are worth it 8-).

Sunday, March 06, 2005

3D Round 6th March 2005

Thirty seven archery took to the Wondobah Road Archery range this weekend to compete in a 3D round. After a wet Saturday the weather could not have been better, soft under foot and cool. A two arrow round was shot with the archery scoring both arrows, the second round proved tough as it was a single arrow round.

Scores
Wade Hudson Boy Junior Compound 528
Jordan Carter Boy Junior Compound 476
Cade Rowland Boy Junior Compound 470
Shaun Andrews Boy Junior Compound 388

Sam Bates Boy Junior Open 748
Josh Dolbel Boy Junior Open 686
Robbie Porter Boy Junior Open 536

Damian Woodward Cub Boy Compound 256

Sebastian Donovan Cub Boy Open 290
Hayden Riordan Cub Boy Open 190
Beau Gardner Cub Boy Open 174

Christopher Patrick Cub Boy Traditional 98

Georgia Buckingham Cub Girl Compound 54

Jackelyn Patrick Cub Girl Traditional 286
Meg Jaeger Cub Girl Traditional 168

Jodi Buckingham Girl Junior Compound 304
Stacey Woodward Girl Junior Compound 300

Stuart Dolbel Mens Bowhunter Limited 698
Greg Donovan Mens Bowhunter Limited 684
Scott Porter Mens Bowhunter Limited 580
Rob Porter Mens Bowhunter Limited 370

Ken Thompson Mens Compound 644
Philip Porter Mens Compound 636
Steve Woodward Mens Compound 430

Ben Ireland Mens Open 818
David Buckingham Mens Open 804
John Clark Mens Open 804
Steve Jaeger Mens Open 772
Bryen Bates Mens Open 746

Darryl Hudson Mens Traditional 480
Michael Patrick Mens Traditional 352

Norma Culley Women Bowhunter Limited 414

Lisa Buckingham Womens Compound 310
Karen Hudson Womens Compound 216

Jodi Dolbel Womens Open 598
Cassie Neuendorf Womens Open 528
Jay Buckingham 98

The next club shoot will be March 20th, the last chance to get a round in before the Nationals at easter.