Final Shoot For 2006

Retiring Range Captain, Steve Jaeger, combined with the always sadistic Ben Ireland to hang out what was one mean range on Sunday.
A combination of groug 1,2 & 3 only, ABA tagets were used, this meant the occasional 35mtr rabbit, 48mtr group 3 (or 2) deer, a few 20mtr rabbits, you get the picture, all laid out on the Outback Range just to make it a little more difficult. There were no record scores but everyone had a "great" time.

Later that night the club held it's annual AGM and presentation night, but that's another story (pictorial).

Shoot Scores.
Keegan Patrick 450 Boy Junior Compound

Josh Dolbel 740 Boy Junior Open
Cameron Hill 410 Boy Junior Open
Mathew Whitman 260 Boy Junior Open

Christopher Patrick 470 Cub Boy Compound

Mathew Jauja 605 Cub Boy Open
Jackson Howes 510 Cub Boy Open

Brody Waterford 400 Cub Boy Traditional

Meg Jaeger 460 Cub Girl Open

Sammy Patrick 150 Cub Girl Traditional
Jackelyn Patrick 130 Cub Girl Traditional
Krystal Jauja 120 Cub Girl Traditional

Matt Sinclair 495 Mens Bowhunter Limited

Wade Hudson 635 Mens Compound
Philip Porter 620 Mens Compound
Col Hall 485 Mens Compound
Ken Hill 400 Mens Compound

Ben Ireland 1055 Mens Open
Stuart Dolbel 900 Mens Open
Steve Jaeger 815 Mens Open
Lloyd Jauja 240 Mens Open

Darrell Hudson 515 Mens Traditional
Michael Patrick 350 Mens Traditional
Richard Henry 315 Mens Traditional

Karen Hudson 415 Womens Compound

Cassie Ireland 585 Womens Open

Branch E Shoot Callendar

North NSW Branch Shoot Calander 2007
MONTH DATE EVENT VENUE NOTES
SCORES TO BRANCH
Feb 1st/28th ABA GRADING ALL CLUBS SCORE RECORDER
BY END OF MONTH
Mar 10th/11th OFFICIAL ABA NAMOI VALLEY GUNNEDAH

April 6th/9th National Safari & 3D WAGGA WAGGA EASTER WEEKEND

May 5th/6th OFFICIAL ABA TUGGERAH LAKES YARRAMALONG

June 8th/11th NATIONAL. IFAA SALE VICTORIA

16th/17TH BRANCH INDOOR TAMWORTH INDOOR CENTRE

July 7TH/8TH BRANCH ABA MANNING B/HUNTERS TAREE

Aug 11TH/12TH OFFICAL ABA Namoi Valley Archers GUNNEDAH

Sep 8TH/9TH Branch IFAA Avon Valley F A GLOUCESTER

Oct 6TH/8TH State ABA & 3D C.C. MOONTERRA CENTRAL COAST

Nov 3RD/4TH OFFICAL ABA Tamworth F A TAMWORTH

Dec 1ST/2ND ABA Xmas Shoot HOST CLUB REQUIRED

Please per-nominate for all shoots with Branch Score Recorder
All NNSW Branch shoots: Enteries and registeration close 8.30 am Saturday, Muster 9.30.am
3 arrow round commences 9.50am approx.
1 arrow round comences straight after lunch.
Sunday round commences 8.30am.
Presentations after lunch Sunday. Both days scores count for final result.
All branch shoot fees, Senior $20, Junior $15, Family $45
Shoot calendar subject to change when necessary.

3 Arrow Round

Thirty brave archers hit the boundry range for a three arrow all count round this Sunday, seering temperatures fixed any ambition to beat club or personal records with a number of archers failing to complete the round altogether. Temperatures hit 38 in the shade by the end of the shoot. Wade Hudson was the standout on the day shooting a barebow score most sighted shooters are happy shooting.

Scores:

Name Score Grade
Josh Dolbel 1060 Boy Junior Open
Cameron Hill 630 Boy Junior Open

Christopher Patrick 505 Cub Boy Compound
Jarrod Stubbs 340 Cub Boy Compound

Sebastian Donovan 880 Cub Boy Open
Jackson Howes 750 Cub Boy Open
Mathew Jauja 545 Cub Boy Open

Ross Scott 580 Cub Boy Traditional
Brody Waterford 490 Cub Boy Traditional
Curtis Riordan 220 Cub Boy Traditional
Hayden Riordan 175 Cub Boy Traditional

Meg Jaeger 465 Cub Girl Open

Sammy Patrick 220 Cub Girl Traditional
Jackelyn Patrick 145 Cub Girl Traditional

Greg Donovan 1010 Mens Bowhunter Limited
Matt Sinclair 505 Mens Bowhunter Limited

Wade Hudson 1040 Mens Compound
Ken Thompson 900 Mens Compound
Ken Hill 675 Mens Compound
Ben Stubbs 235 Mens Compound

John Clark 1130 Mens Open
Ben Ireland 1125 Mens Open
Stuart Dolbel 1075 Mens Open
Steve Jaeger 1030 Mens Open
Jason Smith 835 Mens Open
Lloyd Jauja 285 Mens Open

Darrell Hudson 615 Mens Traditional

Karen Hudson 610 Womens Compound

Jodi Dolbel 930 Womens Open
Cassie Ireland 820 Womens Open

Next club shoot is on the 10th followed by the AGM and presentation party at Lloyds house. Manning Archers Christmas shoot is on this weekend, contact Jeff Jennings for more details.

3 Arrow Round Sunday 12th Nov 2006

Twenty six keen archers took to the range to test their skills against the flies, heat and wind as much as the targets on Sunday. Ben Ireland, dispite rumours he had "strained a muscle" on his honey moon last week shot well closing in on the club record in the last few targets before a dissapointing shot put the record out of reach.
Shane Thompson elected to shoot cub open for a change, putting his Olympic Recurve down for a day, Shane was in blistering form smashing the old club record, set on IFAA targets, by more than just a few measly points.
NVA would also like to welcome the few newcomers to the club and hope they continue to make the treck to club shoots in the future.

The round was a simple three arrow all count, 20 - 15 - 10 (Kill, Wound, Hit) and ABA tagets.

Scores


Keegan Patrick 625 Boy Junior Compound

Josh Dolbel 980 Boy Junior Open
Cameron Hill 645 Boy Junior Open
Cody Bennett 410 Boy Junior Open
Luke Guihot 225 Boy Junior Open

Christopher Patrick 450 Cub Boy Compound

Shane Thompson 1105 Cub Boy Open

Sammy Patrick 260 Cub Girl Traditional
Emily Jaeger 155 Cub Girl Traditional
Jackelyn Patrick 85 Cub Girl Traditional

Greg Donovan 965 Mens Bowhunter Limited

Wade Hudson 965 Mens Compound
Ken Hill 630 Mens Compound
Peter Welton 390 Mens Compound
Philip Porter 345 Mens Compound

Ben Ireland 1160 Mens Open
John Clark 1120 Mens Open
Steve Jaeger 1115 Mens Open
Stuart Dolbel 1090 Mens Open

Darrell Hudson 660 Mens Traditional
Michael Patrick 400 Mens Traditional

Janice Jaeger 500 Women Bowhunter Limited

Sue Bennett 825 Womens Compound
Karen Hudson 640 Womens Compound

Jodi Dolbel 1025 Womens Open
Cassie Ireland 795 Womens Open

For Sale: Apex 7

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50lb
30" Draw.
This bow is in immaculate condition and is currently shooting around 290fps.
Sam is off to Ag College and needs the money for gro....books.
The only mark on this bow is a small screw mark from the arrow rest lock screw. Red to black, one of the best looking and most accurate bows on the market.




Contact Bryan Bates on 0428 421689.

3 Arrow All Count On IFAA Hunter Faces

Steve Jaeger kept the field guessing when he layed out IFAA Hunter target faces on the ABA Boundry Range this weekend. The target configuration is being accepted by the local archery as a way of encouraging all shooters to compete in unmarked distance shooting. The Hunter faces have a much larger "C" zone than a traditional ABA aninmal face thus archers new to the sport have a larger opportunity to score whilst the actual "A" zone on a IFAA Hunter target is somewhat smaller than and ABA Animal target making it just that little bit more challenging for the more experienced archer. Scoring was kept simple with the 20 - 15 - 10 rule applying for an "A", "B" and "C" respectively.

Some good scores were handed in with the following member beating the club records set in their division.
Sebastian Donovan, Shane Thompson, Meg Jaeger, Katie Patrick, Emily Jaeger, Karen Hudson, and Jodi Dolbel.

Ben Ireland shot consitently to take out the Mens Open.
The club would like wish Ben and Cassie all the best for their wedding next weekend.






Photos courtesy of the Port Macquarie papratzi.







The rostered shoot for next weekend is cancelled.

Scores:
Keegan Patrick 780 Boy Junior Compound
Aydan Wharton 575 Boy Junior Compound

Josh Dolbel 1060 Boy Junior Open
Cameron Hill 800 Boy Junior Open
Mathew Whitman 425 Boy Junior Open

Sebastian Donovan 1055 Cub Boy Open
Jackson Howes 910 Cub Boy Open
Mathew Jauja 820 Cub Boy Open

Shane Thompson 900 Cub Boy Olympic Recurve

Brody Waterford 740 Cub Boy Traditional
Jake Upfield 380 Cub Boy Traditional

Meg Jaeger 770 Cub Girl Open

Katie Patrick 510 Cub Girl Traditional
Emily Jaeger 465 Cub Girl Traditional
Imogen Carlin 375 Cub Girl Traditional
Jackelyn Patrick 165 Cub Girl Traditional
Sammy Patrick 155 Cub Girl Traditional

Greg Donovan 990 Mens Bowhunter Limited

Ken Thompson 1025 Mens Compound
Wade Hudson 965 Mens Compound
Philip Porter 955 Mens Compound
Ken Hill 780 Mens Compound
Ben Stubbs 705 Mens Compound
Jack Carlin 670 Mens Compound

Ben Ireland 1135 Mens Open
Stuart Dolbel 1120 Mens Open
John Clark 1095 Mens Open
Steve Jaeger 1040 Mens Open
Lloyd Jauja 320 Mens Open

Michael Patrick 745 Mens Traditional
Darrell Hudson 690 Mens Traditional
Peter Stubbs 625 Mens Traditional

Janice Jaeger 645 Women Bowhunter Limited

Karen Hudson 750 Womens Compound
Shelly Abra 445 Womens Compound

Jodi Dolbel 1070 Womens Open
Cassie Neuendorf 940 Womens Open

Steve Jaeger On Top Of The World

Gunnedah Archer, Steve Jaeger has just returned from Hungary with a coveted World Title after competing in the International Field Archery Association 3D World Championships. The 3D World Championships which attracted a field of over five hundred archers were held in Sopron, Hungary. Jaeger, competing in the Freestyle Limited division won his first ever World Championship after four days of competition with Hungarian, Armand Herczog in second place and Ian Dean from England in third. Jaeger set up his win with a strong showing on the very first and second days. The Hungarian competitor and Jaeger returned the same score for the third round but with a good lead Jaeger was still in control. The fourth round turned into a tense affair with Jaeger not shooting as well as he struggled with equipment problems but showing plenty of mental toughness Jaeger covered his opponent all the way to claim the gold medal in a magnificent performance.
The quality of this win can not be underestimated with Jaeger on a limited travel schedule arriving in Venice, then travelling to Budapest with only two full days to overcome jet lag and acclimatise to the conditions before the tournament. The 300km trip from Budapest to Sopron was a memorable one with Jaeger travelling with his hosts in a Lamborghini sports car. The venue for the event was a Horse Sports complex with the range designers making excellent use of the surrounding Birch and Pine forest with a combination of steep uphill shots, targets placed in very dark areas of the forest and shots placed out in lush open meadows making shooting very difficult. To add to the challenge Jaeger had to quickly adapt to 3D targets he had never shot before and reacquaint himself with the IFAA rules of shoot which are different to those used in Australia. The language barrier was another challenge with Jaeger the only Australian at the event, fortunately all announcements for the tournament were delivered in three languages, Hungarian, German and English making things a little easier. The event was blessed with great weather over the four days with maximum temperatures of 24 degrees, the only blemish was an early morning fog on the last day of competition.
Hosts, Csaba Szamosvolgyi and Ference Csaszar showed plenty of local hospitality to Jaeger renewing a friendship which was established when they competed at the 2004 Australian Championships in Charleville. ‘Aussie Steve’ made a lasting impression in Sopron both on the ranges and the after shoot social activities. Winning the World 3D title has capped off an extraordinary year for Jaeger in which he won three Australian titles. Jaeger was also selected in the seven man Australian team to contest the World Field Archery Championships held in Hervey Bay in June in which he finished fourth in the individual event and won a silver medal in the teams event.



Getting to and from the event in Steve's hosts meager transport was no problem.


The practice butts, competitors had their choice of 3D target, butts or 3D pop up's.


There is always one at a shoot that needs a second look.


Steve taking aim on a beaver.


Yes Steve, we know you shoot with a feminine pink fletch.


Regardless of the colour of his flights Steve cleaned up the Freestyle Limited division by a considerable margin to take the honors and a world title.


As the only Aussie competitor and divisional winner things could only digress quickly.


Steve's host and overall winner.

3 Arrow Shoot Closes The Competition Year

The 2005 - 06 scoring year closed out on the 24th of September under a perfect day, until the wind started. Although the sheltered range offered some protection if you really had to you could blame the breeze occasionally.
The Boundary Range hosted a three arrow all count on ABA targets, scoring was 20 - 15 - 10 for a Kill, Wound, Hit respectively.

Ben Ireland shot and outstanding round dropping only 40 points for the day over 60 arrows, Sebastian Donovan also shot well to set another cub open record.
Wade Hudson continues to harass the Adult Compound ranks with his recent arrival, shooting a convincing win for the barebow division.

Scores
Ben Morris 700 Boy Junior Compound
Keegan Patrick 670 Boy Junior Compound
Ben Stubbs 530 Boy Junior Compound

Josh Dolbel 1030 Boy Junior Open

Dan Morris 855 Cub Boy Compound
Jarrod Stubbs 705 Cub Boy Compound
Christopher Lawler 440 Cub Boy Compound
Christopher Patrick 415 Cub Boy Compound

Sebastian Donovan 1040 Cub Boy Open
Shane Thompson 920 Cub Boy Open
Jackson Howes 835 Cub Boy Open

Brody Waterford 370 Cub Boy Traditional
Zac Readett 210 Cub Boy Traditional

Janika Readett 40 Cub Girl Compound
Rose Readett 20 Cub Girl Compound

Imogen Carlin 190 Cub Girl Traditional
Jackelyn Patrick 160 Cub Girl Traditional
Sammy Patrick 85 Cub Girl Traditional

Amy Stubbs 300 Girl Junior Compound

Greg Donovan 760 Mens Bowhunter Limited

Wade Hudson 970 Mens Compound
Ken Thompson 835 Mens Compound
Philip Porter 815 Mens Compound
Neal Morris 660 Mens Compound
Glen Readett 600 Mens Compound
Jack Carlin 490 Mens Compound

Ben Ireland 1160 Mens Open
John Clark 1140 Mens Open
Stuart Dolbel 1040 Mens Open
Peter Tailby 500 Mens Open
Lloyd Jauja 300 Mens Open

Darrell Hudson 550 Mens Traditional
Michael Patrick 385 Mens Traditional
Peter Stubbs 350 Mens Traditional

Karen Hudson 535 Womens Compound
Shelly Abra 345 Womens Compound

Cassie Neuendorf 400 Womens Open

Unmarked IFAA Hunter at ABA distances

The club round was a new challenge for all this weekend with the rangemaster electing for a change to the normal, a combination of IFAA Hunter targets on the Outback ABA range.

Even with a smaller kill zone than the applicable ABA targets some impressive scores were handed in with eight new club records being set on the day.

The most outstanding of these records was that of Wade Hudson, up until the shoot Wade had been competing from the green pegs as a junior but decided to step up to the senior peg today to see what it was like. Grouped with Ken Thompson, no slouch in the barebow ranks, Wade embarked on giving Ken a touch up on the way to setting a new club record in senior compound barebow. Not to be outdone by their son Karen and Darryl Hudson also shot impecably to set club records in their respective grades.

Meg Jaeger came out with all cylinders firing, smashing her previous PB and setting a new record for her division also.

Jodi Dolbel also continued her recent good form to post a new record in women freestyle.

It was good to see some of the Tamworth club make it over, young gun Michael Sherwood enjoyed the day and smashed a NVA club record in Cub Recurve by 260 points.

Scoring was simply 20 - 15 - 10.

Scores:

Name Score Grade

Keegan Patrick 730 Boy Junior Compound
Ben Stubbs 725 Boy Junior Compound
Aydan Wharton 630 Boy Junior Compound

Josh Dolbel 1050 Boy Junior Open
Nicholas Bacon 805 Boy Junior Open
Jamie Thompson 735 Boy Junior Open

Dan Morris 940 Cub Boy Compound
Christopher Lawler 690 Cub Boy Compound
Christopher Patrick 670 Cub Boy Compound

Sebastian Donovan 1020 Cub Boy Open
Mathew Jauja 880 Cub Boy Open
Jackson Howes 860 Cub Boy Open

Michael Sherwood 960 Cub Boy Traditional
Brody Waterford 650 Cub Boy Traditional

Janika Readett 525 Cub Girl Compound
Sophie Donovan 420 Cub Girl Compound

Meg Jaeger 765 Cub Girl Open
Emelia Dolbel 660 Cub Girl Open

Sammy Patrick 440 Cub Girl Traditional
Jackelyn Patrick 275 Cub Girl Traditional
Rose Squire 270 Cub Girl Traditional
Emily Jaeger 80 Cub Girl Traditional

Amy Stubbs 435 Girl Junior Compound

Jessica Pevinski 235 Girl Junior Traditional

Greg Donovan 1015 Mens Bowhunter Limited

Wade Hudson 1040 Mens Compound
Ken Thompson 980 Mens Compound
Glen Readett 725 Mens Compound

Ben Ireland 1135 Mens Open
Steve Jaeger 1120 Mens Open
Stuart Dolbel 1100 Mens Open
Jason Smith 1045 Mens Open
Lloyd Jauja 325 Mens Open

Darrell Hudson 770 Mens Traditional
Bruce Sherwood 675 Mens Traditional
Michael Patrick 550 Mens Traditional
Peter Stubbs 480 Mens Traditional

Janice Jaeger 635 Women Bowhunter Limited

Karen Hudson 720 Womens Compound

Jodi Dolbel 1060 Womens Open
Cassie Neuendorf 910 Womens Open

NNSW Branch ABA Championships Results

Namoi Valley Archers hosted the Branch E ABA championships results as follows.


CUB GIRLS FREESTYLE LTD COMPOUND FLT 2
1 Jaeger Meg 282 192 216 154 844
2 Donavan Sophie 216 146 216 154 732
CUB GIRLS RECURVE D GRADE
1 Patrick Katie 150 114 184 140 588
2 Morrissey Tiarne 158 88 142 108 496
3 Patrick Samantha 28 40 68 112 248
4 Patrick Jackelyn 52 16 94 18 180
CUB GIRLS COMPOUND D GRADE
1 Salter Laura 244 286 268 186 984
2 Readett Janika 116 50 170 50 386
CUB GIRLS COMPOUND A GRADE
1 Stiles Jodie 340 288 332 242 1202
CUB BOYS FREESTYLE LTD RECURVE FLT 2
1 Thompson Shane 306 212 342 334 1194
CUB BOYS FREESTYLE LTD COMPOUND FLT 2
1 Donavan Sebastian 374 359 358 384 1475
CUB BOYS FREESTYLE LTD COMPOUND FLT 1
1 Anderson Chris 368 352 358 316 1394
2 Morris Daniel 316 328 348 374 1366
3 Howes Jackson 330 326 332 298 1286
4 Jauja Matthew 276 298 352 344 1270
CUB BOYS RECURVE D GRADE
1 Phanoraj Peter 210 140 184 102 636
2 Phanoraj Indy 148 68 148 68 432
CUB BOYS COMPOUND D GRADE
1 Young Shaun 226 204 282 216 928
2 Taylor Brenden 264 180 276 200 920
3 Wells Tim 252 206 260 196 914
4 Patrick Christopher 252 164 302 182 900
CUB BOYS COMPOUND B GRADE
1 Salter Brendon 314 352 296 260 1222
2 Morrissey Jarrod 272 244 296 260 1072
3 Wells Matthew 198 0 0 0 198

JNR GIRLS FREESTYLE UNLTD FLT 1
1 Elliott Jessica 384 372 384 388 1528
JNR GIRLS RECURVE D GRADE
1 Dein Shannon 180 164 292 270 906
2 Maile Lorrin 126 90 172 104 492
JNR BOYS BOWHUNTER LIMITED FLT 2
1 Hill Cameron 264 286 294 284 1128
JNR BOYS BOWHUNTER LIMITED FLT 1
1 Morris Ben 276 194 318 252 1040
JNR BOYS FREESTYLE LIMITED RECURVE FLT 1
1 Vigenser Tim 200 236 270 188 894
JNR BOYS FREESTYLE LIMITED COMPOUND FLT 2
1 Baker Jake 356 326 374 346 1402
2 Fulton Alex 348 330 378 324 1380
JNR BOYS BOWHUNTER UNLIMITED FLT 2
1 Young Jesse 328 334 368 338 1368
JNR BOYS FREESTYLE UNLIMITED FLT 2
1 Smith Karl 380 386 386 392 1544
2 Dolbel Josh 388 388 382 382 1540
3 Cummins Daniel 374 370 386 382 1512
JNR BOYS FREESTYLE UNLIMITED FLT 1
1 Howarth Josh 265 242 250 192 949
2 McGuiness Christian 326 334 184 102 946
JNR BOYS RECURVE D GRADE
1 Readett Chris 148 104 182 146 580
JNR BOYS COMPOUND D GRADE
1 Patrick Kegan 288 254 294 232 1068
2 Thompson Jamie 212 88 278 188 766
JNR BOYS COMPOUND B GRADE
1 Martin Andrew 314 270 290 270 1144
JNR BOYS COMPOUND A GRADE
1 Scarlett Ben 370 336 372 362 1440
2 Salter Timothy 286 196 324 260 1066
3 Wharton Aydan 258 192 284 276 1010
JNR BOYS COMPOUND ADVANCED GRADE
1 Hudson Wade 378 388 378 358 1502

LADIES BOWHUNTER LIMITED FLT 2
1 Coote Vera 330 306 334 310 1280
2 Miller Kate 332 264 320 258 1174
LADIES BOWHUNTER UNLIMITED FLT 2
1 Neuendorf Cassie 360 346 358 306 1370
LADIES FREESTYLE UNLIMITED FLT 2
1 Dolbel Jodi 370 368 378 322 1438
LADIES FREESTYLE UNLIMITED FLT 1
1 Smedley Karen 332 260 322 306 1220
LADIES LONGBOW A GRADE
1 Fairhall Lynne 120 72 134 64 390
LADIES RECURVE D GRADE
1 Sander Louise 156 0 136 72 364
LADIES COMPOUND D GRADE
1 Hudson Karen 268 90 286 178 822
2 Bailey Narelle 188 104 100 134 526
3 Taylor Nicole 192 64 108 104 468
LADIES COMPOUND C GRADE
1 Salter Noeline 256 196 254 124 830
LADIES COMPOUND A GRADE
1 Readett Mega 164 66 84 92 406
MENS BOWHUNTER LIMITED FLT 2
1 Donavan Greg 364 334 366 336 1400
2 Porter Rob 350 338 346 345 1379
3 Dein Daniel 194 298 242 230 964
MENS BOWHUNTER LIMITED FLT 1
1 Miller Barney 382 378 382 384 1526
2 Porter Scott 336 326 370 316 1348
MENS FREESTYLE LIMITED COMPOUND FLT 2
1 Morris Neal 238 136 158 194 726
MENS FREESTYLE LIMITED COMPOUND FLT 1
1 Jaeger Steve 380 352 386 386 1504
MENS BOWHUNTER UNLIMITED FLT 2
1 Bonanno Michael 342 346 366 336 1390

MENS BOWHUNTER UNLIMITED FLT 1
1 Howard Charlie 390 378 396 388 1552
2 Dolbel Stuart 386 368 384 382 1520
3 JenningsJeff 380 362 382 384 1508
4 Buckingham David 344 342 364 376 1426
5 Fairhall Peter 350 358 344 362 1414
6 Krug Matt 342 316 350 332 1340
7 Bell Shane 318 314 344 296 1272
8 Anderson Steve 246 182 264 152 844
9 Donavan Shane 258 314 0 0 572
MENS FREESTYLE UNLIMITED FLT 2
1 Wells Fenn 366 366 382 382 1496
2 Nichols Gary 376 360 384 374 1494
3 Richer Des 360 364 382 382 1488
4 Scarlett Murray 352 362 382 364 1460
MENS FREESTYLE UNLIMITED FLT 1
1 Ireland Ben 394 394 398 394 1580
2 Clebsch Eddie 392 394 396 392 1574
3 Bates Sam 392 390 390 398 1570
4 Tilbrook Adam 378 392 382 390 1542
5 Clark John 386 368 382 388 1524
6 Sweeney Ray 346 344 382 380 1452
7 Smedley Alastair 370 358 364 346 1438
8 Moffat Reade 268 182 256 266 972
MENS RECURVE C GRADE
1 Hudson Darrell 308 234 292 266 1100
2 Patrick Michael 226 140 266 134 766
MENS RECURVE B GRADE
1 Wheeler Mark 324 240 286 238 1088
MENS COMPOUND D GRADE
1 Young Tony 234 136 288 182 840
2 Morrissey David 230 122 200 146 698
MENS COMPOUND C GRADE
1 Woodward Stephen 262 272 238 276 1048
2 Schipp Kevin 262 160 236 282 940
MENS COMPOUND B GRADE
1 Watt Peter 302 270 296 246 1114
2 Hill Ken 306 238 306 214 1064
3 Stiles John 222 144 202 156 724

MENS COMPOUND A GRADE
1 Thompson Ken 342 328 356 324 1350
2 Scott Ron 366 326 346 286 1324
3 Porter Phillip 354 300 360 278 1292
4 Salter Robert 326 262 354 350 1292
5 Reynolds Bob 328 252 354 254 1188
6 Mitchell Grahame 316 198 314 240 1068
7 Readett Glenn 328 148 268 234 978
8 Lynch Scott 218 190 166 52 626

Branch Championships

Namoi Valley Archers hosted a very successful Boral Country-Northern NSW Branch ABA Championships on the weekend with over 100 archers from Port Macquarie, Maitland, Taree, Gloucester, Kempsey, the Central Coast, Glen Innes and Tamworth taking to the ranges for the two day tournament. Branch Controller, Jeff Jennings, was ecstatic with the attendance and praised the local club for their ability to run top class events. Jennings rated the courses used over the weekend as among the best he has competed on and also welcomed the long term support of field archery by the club’s major sponsor Boral Country-Concrete and Quarries.
The ABA National event involves archers shooting four rounds of twenty animal targets set in natural bush settings at unknown distances. Each day of competition involved two rounds, the three arrow round with the archer’s first scoring arrow counting and the high pressure one arrow round with archers having just one shot per target.
Namoi Valley Archer’s Ben Ireland, a two time Australian Freestyle Unlimited Champion, won a very high quality contest in the Freestyle Unlimited division winning the title by just six points from Port Macquarie’s Eddie Clebsch with another local, Sam Bates finishing just behind Clebsch to take third place. Clebsch threw everything at Ireland over the closing stages but couldn’t bridge the gap in a contest where the difference between winning and losing came down to just a few millimetres.

Jodi Dolbel continued her stellar 2006 winning the Womens Freestyle Unlimited crown with a very dominant performance underling her outstanding potential.


In the barebow Compound ranks Ken Thompson stormed home over the last two rounds to win the A grade title with an outstanding performance. The hard working Thompson has been building to this performance all year and was ecstatic with the win. Karen Hudson shot particularly well to take home the Womens D grade Compound title and based on this performance will be moving up the grades in the very near future. The Bowhunter Unlimited division also provided plenty of action with Dubbo’s Charlie Howard holding off a very determined challenge from local, Stuart Dolbel with Gloucester based, Jeff Jennings in third place. This was Dolbel’s first competitive outing in this division and on this performance he looks set to be a major force in future competitions.
The club’s outstanding junior contingent dominated the tournament winning a swag of medals with Wade Hudson turning in another brilliant performance to win the Branch Junior Compound Advanced title showing the class that took him the 2006 Australian title. The strength of the local club was underlined with club members taking home 6 out of 12 overall trophies with Ben Ireland and Jodi Dolbel (Adult Sighted), Ken Thompson (Adult Barebow), Wade Hudson (Junior Barebow) and Sebastian Donovan and Meg Jaeger (Cub Sighted) all finishing as overall champions.

Local Results.
Mens Freestyle Unlimited – Ben Ireland 1, Sam Bates 3.
Womens Freestyle Unlimited – Jodi Dolbel 1.
Mens Bowhunter Unlimited – Stuart Dolbel 2.
Womens Bowhunter Unlimited – Cassie Neuendorf 1.
Mens Freestyle Limited – Steve jaeger 1.
Mens Bowhunter Limited – Fl 1, Scott Porter 2, Neal Morris 2, Fl 2 Greg Donovan 1, Rob Porter 2.
Mens Compound – A grade, Ken Thompson 1, B grade, Ken Hill 2, C grade, Steve Woodward 1.
Womens Compound – D grade, Karen Hudson 1.
Mens Recurve – C grade, Darrell Hudson 1, Michael Patrick 2.

Junior Compound – Advanced, Wade Hudson 1, B grade, Ayden Wharton 2, D grade Keegan 1, Jamie Thomspon 2.
Junior Bowhunter Limited – Cameron Hill 1, Ben Morris 2.
Junior Freestyle Unlimited – Josh Dolbel 2.
Cub Boy Recurve – D grade, Chris Readett 1.
Cub Girl Recurve – D grade, Katie Patrick 1, Jackelyn Patrick 3.
Cub Boy Freestyle – Fl 1, Dan Morris 1, Jackson Howes 3, Fl 2, Sebastian Donovan 1.
Cub Girl Freestyle – Fl 2, Meg Jaeger 1, Sophie Donovan 2.
Cub Freestyle Recurve – Shane Thompson 1.
Cub Girl Compound- D grade, Janika Readett 2.

3 Arrow All Count

It was a perfect winters day at the Wondobah range last Sunday, all up forty one archers took to the range, the last chance for many to practice before the club hosts the two day Branch ABA Championships on the 12th and 13th, next weekend.

ABA tagets were placed on the always difficult Outback range and with a few minnor changes to peg placement, it kept everyone on their toes.

Katie Patrick was the only archer to complete the twenty targets with the rights to boast a new club record for her divison.

Cassie Taylor and Shelly Abra also shot well narrowly missing the record scores in their grades by 15 and 10 points respectively.

Anyone who can help with the canteen or setting up of the range during the week should contact John Clark to help.
Canteen facilities will be available from Friday night through until Sunday lunch for those camping at the range. Hot showers (bag) will be available from Friday night also.

Scores for the 3 Arrow All Count (20-15-10)
6th August 2006
Wade Hudson 1015 Boy Junior Compound
Keegan Patrick 640 Boy Junior Compound

Josh Dolbel 1060 Boy Junior Open

Hayden Baker 290 Boy Little Archer

Jarrod Stubbs 710 Cub Boy Compound
Christopher Patrick 505 Cub Boy Compound
Christopher Lawler 180 Cub Boy Compound

Sebastian Donovan 900 Cub Boy Open
Jackson Howes 780 Cub Boy Open
Shane Thompson 630 Cub Boy Open

Brody Waterford 440 Cub Boy Traditional

Sophie Donovan 350 Cub Girl Compound
Janika Readett 255 Cub Girl Compound

Emelia Dolbel 575 Cub Girl Open
Meg Jaeger 535 Cub Girl Open

Katie Patrick 240 Cub Girl Traditional
Cassie Taylor 225 Cub Girl Traditional
Sammy Patrick 125 Cub Girl Traditional
Emily Jaeger 80 Cub Girl Traditional
Jackelyn Patrick 50 Cub Girl Traditional

Natalie Bacon 135 Junior Girl Open

Scott Porter 920 Mens Bowhunter Limited
Rob Porter 900 Mens Bowhunter Limited
Greg Donovan 870 Mens Bowhunter Limited

Ken Thompson 870 Mens Compound
Philip Porter 840 Mens Compound
Jack Carlin 740 Mens Compound
Steve Woodward 345 Mens Compound
Glen Readett 300 Mens Compound

Ben Ireland 1115 Mens Open
John Clark 1100 Mens Open
Stuart Dolbel 1085 Mens Open
Steve Jaeger 990 Mens Open
Simon Marquett 775 Mens Open

Darrell Hudson 645 Mens Traditional
Michael Patrick 390 Mens Traditional

Shelly Abra 575 Womens Compound
Karen Hudson 460 Womens Compound
Mega Readett 230 Womens Compound

Jodi Dolbel 890 Womens Open
Cassie Neuendorf 800 Womens Open

Perfect Day For An ABA

Forty local archers took to the boundry range for a bit of ABA practice leading up to the club two day branch championships shoot to be held on the 12th and 13th August. ABA teaches the archer to estimate distances closely as the life size targets are placed at unknown distances around a 20 target bush range. Scoring is by order of numbered arrow, 1,2,3, the first arrow to hit a score zone is scored. A one arrow kill being the highest scoring arrow at 20 points making the round out of a possible 400. Each of the three score zones is worth two points less per zone as is each additional arrow need to score.

Zone / Arrow 1 2 3
Kill 20 18 16
Wound 14 12 10
Hit 8 6 4

Two club records were broken in the days rounds, Jodi Dolbel continued her recent good form to break womens open and Meg Jeager shot an outstanding round to smash the cub record in her division.

Scores:
Wade Hudson 718 Boy Junior Compound
Ben Stubbs 566 Boy Junior Compound
Keegan Patrick 524 Boy Junior Compound
Aydan Wharton 246 Boy Junior Compound

Josh Dolbel 772 Boy Junior Open
Shaun Andrews 708 Boy Junior Open
Mathew Whitman 566 Boy Junior Open
Cameron Hill 538 Boy Junior Open
Jamie Thompson 420 Boy Junior Open

Jarrod Stubbs 564 Cub Boy Compound
Christopher Patrick 434 Cub Boy Compound

Shane Thompson 712 Cub Boy Open
Sebastian Donovan 624 Cub Boy Open
Jackson Howes 602 Cub Boy Open
Mathew Jauja 454 Cub Boy Open

Hayden Riordan 170 Cub Boy Traditional
Curtis Riordan 110 Cub Boy Traditional

Meg Jaeger 548 Cub Girl Compound

Sammy Patrick 292 Cub Girl Traditional
Katie Patrick 120 Cub Girl Traditional
Jackelyn Patrick 50 Cub Girl Traditional

Amy Stubbs 310 Girl Junior Compound

Greg Donovan 680 Mens Bowhunter Limited

Ken Thompson 662 Mens Compound
Ken Hill 418 Mens Compound

John Clark 774 Mens Open
Bryen Bates 772 Mens Open
Sam Bates 770 Mens Open
Stuart Dolbel 760 Mens Open
Steve Jaeger 758 Mens Open
Simon Marquett 612 Mens Open
Lloyd Jauja 262 Mens Open

Darrell Hudson 522 Mens Traditional
Peter Stubbs 408 Mens Traditional
Michael Patrick 384 Mens Traditional

Ty Shephard 398 Ungraded
Steve Taylor 130 Ungraded
Cassie Taylor 114 Ungraded

Karen Hudson 464 Womens Compound

Jodi Dolbel 750 Womens Open

3 Arrow All Count

A small field of 29 archers took to the "Outback" range to test their distance judging skills. The frost hadn't long thawed before the shoot but it wouldn't of stood a chance with Josh Dolbel scorching through the round smashing his previous personal best score by 45 points and breaking the ellusive 1100 barrier for the first time. The 3 arrow club round consist of 20 ABA targets set at unmarked distances between 7 and 48 metres. Three arrows are shot and all are scored depending on where they hit, 20 = kill zone, 15 = wound zone and ten points for a hit zone. Sebastian Donovan was another of the younger archers on fire, beating his previous best and setting a new club record for the Cub Boy Bowhunter Ltd division.

The branch 3D championships are on at Moonterra this coming weekend, pre nominate to Vera Coote on scorennswaba@hotmail.com

Next club shoot will be on the 23rd of July.

Results for 9-7-06 3 Arrow All Count.

Jodi Dolbel 955 Womens Open
Cassie Neuendorf 780 Womens Open

Karen Hudson 395 Womens Compound

Darrell Hudson 540 Mens Traditional
Michael Patrick 385 Mens Traditional
Peter Stubbs 350 Mens Traditional

Ben Ireland 1130 Mens Open
Steve Jaeger 1075 Mens Open
Stuart Dolbel 1070 Mens Open
John Clark 1070 Mens Open
Lloyd Jauja 420 Mens Open

Ken Thompson 835 Mens Compound
Philip Porter 800 Mens Compound
Ken Hill 485 Mens Compound

Greg Donovan 740 Mens Bowhunter Limited

Amy Stubbs 325 Girl Junior Compound

Sammy Patrick 165 Cub Girl Traditional

Emelia Dolbel 475 Cub Girl Open

Sophie Donovan 405 Cub Girl Compound

Jackson Howes 675 Cub Boy Traditional
Brody Waterford 590 Cub Boy Traditional
Hayden Riordan 295 Cub Boy Traditional
Curtis Riordan 140 Cub Boy Traditional

Sebastian Donovan 960 Cub Boy Open
Shane Thompson 840 Cub Boy Open

Jarrod Stubbs 765 Cub Boy Compound

Josh Dolbel 1125 Boy Junior Open
Cameron Hill 575 Boy Junior Open

Wade Hudson 1035 Boy Junior Compound
Ben Stubbs 565 Boy Junior Compound

3D Shoot

Namoi Valley Archers had a great day of 3D last Sunday, 34 archers took to the 14 target 3D range to shoot a modified round. The first round was a two arrow round scoring 20 for a kill, 15 for a wound and 10 points for a hit. The second round was a one arrow round with the same scoring. It was a bit of a challenge for those archers in the club who have been concentrating on IFAA lately as 3D is not marked distance but it was still great fun. No records were broken on the day but good scores were posted in every division, the range is quiet challenging as the layout does offer a lot of deceptive shots through dead ground.

Scores.
Jodi Dolbel 725 Womens Open
Cassie Neuendorf 600 Womens Open

Karen Hudson 320 Womens Compound

Cassie Taylor 125 Ungraded

Peter Stubbs 370 Mens Traditional
Darrell Hudson 360 Mens Traditional

Ben Ireland 770 Mens Open
Steve Jaeger 700 Mens Open
Simon Marquett 610 Mens Open
Lloyd Jauja 355 Mens Open

Philip Porter 600 Mens Compound
Ken Thompson 580 Mens Compound
Col Hall 560 Mens Compound

Stuart Dolbel 745 Mens Bowhunter Limited
Greg Donovan 640 Mens Bowhunter Limited
Scott Porter 550 Mens Bowhunter Limited
Amy Stubbs 340 Girl Junior Compound

Katie Patrick 230 Cub Girl Traditional
Sammy Patrick 160 Cub Girl Traditional

Emelia Dolbel 215 Cub Girl Open

Meg Jaeger 475 Cub Girl Compound

Jackson Howes 550 Cub Boy Traditional
Brody Waterford 385 Cub Boy Traditional

Sebastian Donovan 665 Cub Boy Open
Shane Thompson 620 Cub Boy Open
Hayden Riordan 355 Cub Boy Open

Shaun Boyd-McCaw 575 Cub Boy Compound
Jarrod Stubbs 575 Cub Boy Compound

Josh Dolbel 770 Boy Junior Open
Nicholas Bacon 630 Boy Junior Open
Mathew Whitman 535 Boy Junior Open

Wade Hudson 750 Boy Junior Compound
Ben Stubbs 535 Boy Junior Compound
Aydan Wharton 315 Boy Junior Compound

Next shoot is on the 9th of July with the Branch 3D at Moonterra on the following weekend.

WFAC Pics

Wide Bay Archers done an exceptional job to organise such a large event, canteen, ranges, practice butts and bar was all without fault for the entire week, well done Wide Bay Archers.


The practice butts were packed in the mornings, at first light there was always at least 50 archers ready to go, within an hour of shooting the practice range would often have up to 500 archers warming up, even when it rained.


Teams from 15 different nations competed at an individual and a national team level, the uniforms were something to see.





The next WFAC in 2008 will have Namibia as the host. Promises of exceptional hunting trips to coincide with the shoot where easily negotiated.




In Estonia they rarely shoot outdoors due to the cold, we were told that the target are located in a wagon wheel fashion around a club house which they stand in to shoot out into the cold and then quickly run out and score and pull their arrows before running back to the warmth.


As usual there were some craftsman around, mostly in the lowbow division.


Cub Girls had a great time and always finished three hours before the seniors and junior ranks, more time for more important things, like chasing boys no doubt.


The freindship shown between archers of all nationalities was exceptional and many will keep in contact with members of their shoot groups for years to come.


Here is Jodi Dolbel on her way to a gold medal in FSU B grade, Jodi shot exceptionally posting PB's on almost a daily basis.


There are always a few characters to watch out for on the range, these two have a bloke in a fox hat bailed up.


Sam Bates and Ben Ireland were in the thick of it in the most competitve division of FSU, both were happy with their overall performance but saw a side of archery that only a global event can demonstrate.


Wade Hudson was on fire for the WFAC, blazing the field daily on his way to a gold medal and cementing himself as the best barebow archer of his age in the world.


There were many familiar faces on the ranges, some of the badges were old but showed what and where archery has come from in Australia.




The Australian team came second to the US in the Team Of Nations event, local club member Steve Jaeger shot well for the week to finish forth and will find his time on the Australian team an invaluable learning experience.


Shane Thompson was exstatic to win the cub FSR division, a WFAC gold medal in front of a big home country audience, it doesn't get much better than that.


Wade accepting his gold medal from the international delegates.


Jodi Dolbel has improved at a rate many archers envy to pick up a gold in FSU B grade, imagine what she'll be like when she actually practices occasionally.


Josh Dolbel also rose to the occasion to shoot well and grab a silver in Junior FSU B grade.


Stuart Dolbel, finished the week a lot stronger than he started, grabbing a bronze in BHL A grade by one point on the last day.


The US team won the Team Of Nations event..........again.


Sniff !!!, Wednesday night..........I'd rather forget it thanks.


Australian Team.

WFAC 2006

Five Gold At World Field Archery Championships

Hervey Bay was the location for the IFAA World Field Archery Championships hosted by the Wide Bay Archers club between the 12th and 16th of June. Terrential rain on the days leading up to the event made for wet conditions, turning the usually flat terrain into what can only be termed a swamp in some places. After five day’s shooting for up to seven hours per day and over six hundred competitors, from 15 different nations, shooting in these conditions the ranges held up remarkably well.

Namoi Valley Archers sent a fifteen member team to what was and will probably be the largest event these archers may ever get the opportunity to compete in. The WFAC is the pinnacle event in field archery and is the closest thing this style of archery has to an Olympic comparison. After many months of training and at great individual expense the event had arrived and the representatives done Namoi Valley Archers club proud.

Wade Hudson smashed the competition and set a new world record to take out the gold in Junior Boys Bowhunter Compound Class A, Wade stamped his superiority in this division from the first day and never looked like being threatened winning by 45 points after the five days, Wades first World gold medal will hang proudly next to his Australian title claimed in April this year.


Jodi Dolbel shot superbly to take out the gold in Womens Freestyle Unlimited Class B, Jodi has only been shooting competitively for just over a year now and has improved at a rate many archers envy, Jodi shot personal best scores on almost every day and blitzed the field with a huge personal best on the last day to cement the win and undoubtedly put herself in place for a well deserved move into the A Class ranks in future shoots.

Jamie Thompson shot well to take out gold in the Junior Boys Bowhunter Limited Class C group narrowly beating fellow Australian Ben Hanrahan by two points in a tough competition.

Not to be outdone by the Junior and Senior shooters the cubs also performed well in this global event, Shane Thompson shot outstandingly shooting a new world record to take out gold in Cub Boys Freestyle Limited Recurve. Emelia Dolbel also shot well to take out gold in Cub Girl Freestyle Limited Compound. The experience will make these two archers a force to be reckoned with as they progress into the Junior ranks in the near future.

Joshua Dolbel shot above his grade to take silver in Junior Boys Freestyle Unlimited Class B, Josh found his feet in the muddy conditions to shoot a number of personal best scores but just fell short of securing the gold, Josh is another archer that will find himself moved into class A after this sterling performance.

In Bowhunter Limited Class A Stuart Dolbel finished well with a bronze, after being ranked sixth on the third day Stuart strung two strong days together and on the last day beat the current Australian champion in the division by one point to take the third place on the world podium, a sweet victory after a narrow loss to the fourth place archer at the National titles earlier this year.

Steve Jaeger shot well but was against the best Freestyle Limited shooters in the world and after shooting a number of PB’s came in at number four, a huge effort in such a quality field. Cassie Neuendorf, Darryl Hudson & Rob Porter all competed well to take out fourth place in their respective divisions an effort well worth a mention. Other rankings included Ken Thompson eleventh, Sam Bates thirty second, Ben Ireland thirty fifth and Dave Buckingham forty fifth.

A full list of the results can be seen on the Australian Bowhunter Association IFAA WFAC website at http://www.bowhunters.org.au/wfac/results.htm

Last Practice Before World Titles

Thirty six archery enjoyed a perfect mornings practice of IFAA Animal this Sunday. A spectacular winters day saw some good scores handed in with both Sam Bates and Steve Jaeger unlucky to miss out on perfects by two points.
Ben Ireland also shot well with his new Trycon but was robbed of a perfect as a result of a less than forgiving cam.
Jodi Dolbel and Karen Hudson both lifted the benchmark for the ladies, shooting new club records in their respective divisions.
Phillip Porter was also on fire smashing the old club record in the process of winning convincingly in the barebow ranks.

Next weekend see's a large number of the club members making the treck to Hervey Bay to compete in the World Field Archery Championships for IFAA, the pinicle event of field archery, this is as good as it gets. The club is hopefull of bringing home a few medals but the competition at this level will test all competitors and to finish in the top 5 at this level of competition is something to be proud of, keep an eye out for updates on this website as the event unfolds between the 12th and 16th of June.

Scores:
Jodi Dolbel Womens Open 556
Cassie Neuendorf Womens Open 502

Karen Hudson Womens Compound 408

Janice Jaeger Ungraded 440

Darrell Hudson Mens Traditional 488
Michael Patrick Mens Traditional 422
Peter Stubbs Mens Traditional 408

Steve Jaeger Mens Open 558
Sam Bates Mens Open 558
Ben Ireland Mens Open 556
Bryen Bates Mens Open 554
John Clark Mens Open 530
Lloyd Jauja Mens Open 518

Philip Porter Mens Compound 536
Ken Thompson Mens Compound 524

Stuart Dolbel Mens Bowhunter Limited 550
Greg Donovan Mens Bowhunter Limited 544

Katie Patrick Cub Girl Traditional 258
Sammy Patrick Cub Girl Traditional 198
Jackelyn Patrick Cub Girl Traditional 48

Emelia Dolbel Cub Girl Open 194

Sophie Donovan Cub Girl Compound 294
Meg Jaeger Cub Girl Compound 220

Jarrod Stubbs Cub Boy Traditional 450
Brody Waterford Cub Boy Traditional 414
Jackson Howes Cub Boy Traditional 348

Sebastian Donovan Cub Boy Open 540
Hayden Riordan Cub Boy Open 300

Shane Thompson Cub Boy Olympic 172

Christopher Patrick Cub Boy Compound 320

Josh Dolbel Boy Junior Open 554
Mathew Whitman Boy Junior Open 434

Wade Hudson Boy Junior Compound 496
Keegan Patrick Boy Junior Compound 428
Dean Pickett Boy Junior Compound 398
Ben Stubbs Boy Junior Compound 396

IFAA State Titles

NSW State 2006 IFAA Namoi Valley Archers

Namoi Valley Archers hosted the State IFAA Titles last weekend at the Wondobah Range. Eighty four archers competed, posting both good and bad scores.

Jodi Dolbel was the standout archer of the weekend posting two personal best scores in a row to take out the Women Freestyle division, Jodi now carries National and State titles for this style of archery and if she carrries her recent form to the world titles in a couple of weeks it should place her in a good position for global recognition.

Sam Bates shot well and narrowly missed first place in the Mens Freestyle division proving the Apex7 as a dominant bow for target archery. Greg Donovan also shot well to win his division, Greg has improved greatly over the last few months and should make for some stiff competition in the future.

Australian IFAA Team member Steve Jaeger also shot well showing national sellectors they have made the right decision in sellecting him over long time Australian team member Randall Wellings for the up and comming world titles next month.

Wade Hudson shot well to take out the Junior Bowhunter division and must be a favorite for this division at the worlds.

Nominations for the World Titles have been estimated at 560+ competitors with entries from Canada, USA, New Zealand and Europe, ensuring that the best of the best will be there to compete in this prestigious event.


Results:
CUB GIRLS BAREBOW RECURVE
1 Hartcher Ella 269 275 172 0 716

CUB GIRLS BAREBOW COMPOUND
1 Stiles Jodie 385 372 234 0 991
2 Readett Janika 0 0 0 0 0

CUB GIRLS FREESTYLE LIMITED COMPOUND
1 Dolbel Emelia 234 362 224 0 820
2 Jaeger Meg 290 299 206 0 795
3 Donavan Sophie 212 228 124 0 564

CUB BOYS BAREBOW RECURVE
1 Sherwood Michael 402 363 230 0 995

CUB BOYS BAREBOW COMPOUND
1 Stubbs Jarrod 365 400 236 0 1001

CUB BOYS FREESTYLE LIMITED RECURVE
1 Thompson Shane 432 413 260 0 1105

CUB BOYS FREESTYLE LIMITED COMPOUND
1 Donavan Sebastian 458 464 264 0 1186

JNR GIRLS BOWHUNTER RECURVE CLASS C
1 Lord Jessica 282 257 216 0 755

JNR GIRLS BOWHUNTER COMPOUND CLASS A
1 Hayes Felicity 365 405 240 0 1010
2 Gunn Reachel F 391 361 234 0 986

JNR GIRLS FREESTYLE UNLIMITED CLASS B
1 Elliott Jessica 470 455 272 0 1197

JNR BOYS BOWHUNTER RECURVE CLASS A
1 Lawler Chris 173 114 162 0 449

JNR BOYS BOWHUNTER COMPOUND CLASS C
1 Patrick Keegan 177 233 168 0 578

JNR BOYS BOWHUNTER COMPOUND CLASS B
1 Martin Andrew 315 315 206 0 836
2 Roberts Timothy 264 320 232 0 816

JNR BOYS BOWHUNTER COMPOUND CLASS A
1 Hudson Wade 444 440 260 0 1144
2 Roberts Daniel 429 397 248 0 1074
3 Scarlett Ben 392 358 262 0 1012

JNR BOYS BOWHUNTER LIMITED CLASS C
1 Thompson Jamie 306 287 238 0 831
2 Hanrahan Ben 252 295 244 0 791
3 Hill Cameron 210 156 198 0 564

JNR BOYS FREESTYLE LIMITED RECURVE CLASS C
1 Vigenser Tim 173 174 170 0 517

JNR BOYS FREESTYLE LIMITED COMPOUND CLASS B
1 Fulton Alex 358 358 264 0 980

JNR BOYS BOWHUNTER UNLIMITED CLASS B
1 Neale Christopher 455 424 272 0 1151

JNR BOYS FREESTYLE UNLIMITED CLASS B
1 Smith Karl 508 488 272 0 1268
2 Munns Tom 499 491 274 0 1264
3 Thomas Dominic 493 481 278 0 1252
4 Dolbel Josh 493 475 270 0 1238
5 Cummins Daniel 453 453 260 0 1166
6 Baker Jake 437 432 268 0 1137

VETERAN MENS FREESTYLE UNLIMITED
1 Swan Milton 464 444 264 0 1172

LADIES BOWHUNTER COMPOUND CLASS C
1 Hudson Karen 261 261 216 0 738

LADIES BOWHUNTER COMPOUND CLASS A
1 Thompson Fenny 222 201 207 0 631
2 Readett Mega 178 190 0 0 368

LADIES BOWHUNTER LIMITED CLASS B
1 Coote Vera 417 439 262 0 1118
2 Derrick Reyna 441 418 246 0 1105

LADIES BOWHUNTER LIMITED CLASS A
1 Hayes Penny 428 429 278 0 1135

LADIES FREESTYLE LIMITED COMPOUND CLASS C
1 Armstrong Lyn 353 318 216 0 887

LADIES BOWHUNTER UNLIMITED CLASS B
1 Neuendorf Cassie 414 441 264 0 1119

LADIES FREESTYLE UNLIMITED CLASS B
1 Dolbel Jodi 505 494 276 0 1275
2 Wagner Linda 449 434 266 0 1149
3 Fairhall Lynne 420 466 262 0 1148

MENS BAREBOW COMPOUND CLASS B
1 Hall Colin 371 371 252 0 994

MENS BOWHUNTER RECURVE CLASS C
1 Moffat Reade 203 243 202 0 648

MENS BOWHUNTER RECURVE CLASS B
1 Hudson Darrell 284 318 220 0 822
2 Sherwood Bruce 238 263 196 0 697

MENS BOWHUNTER RECURVE CLASS A
1 Stubbs Peter 219 211 210 0 640
2 Patrick Michael 207 216 212 0 635
3 Neale Patrick 107 77 154 0 338

MENS BOWHUNTER COMPOUND CLASS C
1 Hill Ken 289 266 242 0 797
2 Stiles John 209 250 140 0 599

MENS BOWHUNTER COMPOUND CLASS B
1 Porter Phillip 389 431 264 0 1084
2 Mitchell Grahame 410 381 244 0 1035
3 Woodward Stephen 205 217 162 0 584

MENS BOWHUNTER COMPOUND CLASS A
1 Hayes Ed 487 481 268 0 1236
2 Thompson Ken 404 407 268 0 1079
3 Roberts Kevin F 399 409 264 0 1072
4 Huckett Robin 390 406 248 0 1044
5 Roberts Kevin 0 0 0 0 0

MENS BOWHUNTER LIMITED CLASS B
1 Donavan Greg 443 473 270 0 1186
2 Porter Rob 422 444 276 0 1142

MENS BOWHUNTER LIMITED CLASS A
1 Dolbel Stuart 477 481 278 0 1236

MENS FREESTYLE LIMITED COMPOUND CLASS A
1 Jaeger Steve 502 516 278 0 1296
2 Sweeney Ray 505 498 272 0 1275

MENS BOWHUNTER UNLIMITED CLASS B
1 Elliott Ian 481 493 270 0 1244
2 Derrick Keith 478 477 278 0 1233

MENS BOWHUNTER UNLIMITED CLASS A
1 O'neil Mike 514 515 280 0 1309
2 Hartcher Tony 509 506 280 0 1295
3 JenningsJeff 505 489 272 0 1266

MENS FREESTYLE UNLIMITED CLASS B
1 Nichols Gary 500 498 278 0 1276
2 Clark John 499 496 278 0 1273
3 Fenby Bill 484 434 274 0 1192

MENS FREESTYLE UNLIMITED CLASS A
1 Clebsch Eddie 519 518 280 0 1317
2 Bates Sam 517 517 274 0 1308
3 Fairhall Tynan 511 512 280 0 1303
4 Ireland Ben 503 511 280 0 1294
5 Tilbrook Adam 505 509 272 0 1286
6 Dawson Gary 487 494 274 0 1255
7 Thompson Jock 455 480 278 0 1213
8 Marquett Simon 442 462 264 0 1168

119 Point Billy

Here is Rob Porters massive 119 point Billy, the fact he got out of the car and walked 100 yards to take it just makes it that much more enjoyable........ for Rob.

IFAA Field Round Practice

A small field of thirty two archers completed a 14 target IFAA Field round this weekend in practise for the State IFAA competition to be held at the Namoi Valley range next weekend. Scores were generally down a fraction on what everyone was hoping for but the day was used to fine tune gear for the two major shoots coming up.

Scores will not go towards the annual club total scores.



Cassie Neuendorf 203 Womens Open

Karen Hudson 92 Womens Compound

Janice Jaeger 198 Ungraded

Darrell Hudson 130 Mens Traditional
Peter Stubbs 111 Mens Traditional

John Clark 255 Mens Open
Steve Jaeger 250 Mens Open
Ben Ireland 249 Mens Open
Sam Bates 243 Mens Open
Simon Marquett 211 Mens Open

Ken Thompson 197 Mens Compound
Col Hall 164 Mens Compound

Stuart Dolbel 251 Mens Bowhunter Limited
Greg Donovan 215 Mens Bowhunter Limited
Rob Porter 192 Mens Bowhunter Limited

Amy Stubbs 42 Girl Junior Compound

Meg Jaeger 138 Cub Girl Compound
Sophie Donovan 128 Cub Girl Compound
Jemma Boyd-McCaw 85 Cub Girl Compound
Janika Readett 35 Cub Girl Compound
Jarrod Stubbs 179 Cub Boy Traditional

Jackson Howes 121 Cub Boy Traditional
Brody Waterford 82 Cub Boy Traditional

Sebastian Donovan 231 Cub Boy Open

Shane Thompson 198 Cub Boy Olympic

Shaun Boyd-McCaw 172 Cub Boy Compound
Christopher Lawler 41 Cub Boy Compound

Josh Dolbel 238 Boy Junior Open
Cameron Hill 92 Boy Junior Open

Wade Hudson 216 Boy Junior Compound
Ben Stubbs 101 Boy Junior Compound
Dean Pickett 47 Boy Junior Compound

3 Arrow Round

Forty eight archery took to the range for a 3 arrow all count club round last weekend, a good role up of juniors and cubs saw 29 kids on the range further testement to the enjoyment kids and adults alike get from this growing sport. The three arrow round is a twenty ABA target round with each arrow scoring, 20 - Kill, 15 - wound and 10 points for a hit, making the round worth up to 1200 points. Ben Ireland was in blistering form after he recent success at the Nationals, Ben had only scored three wounds up until target 13 all his other arrows had been perfectly placed in the kill zone, by the end of the round Ben had set a new club record and only placed 6 arrows in the wound out of 60. Cassie Neuendorf, Ben's soon to be wife, was also on fire, must be that Moonbi water, after some tinkering with her setup through the week Cassie smashed the old club record and the competition posting a new personal best in the process.

Scores:

Anne Woolaston Womens Traditional 190

Cassie Neuendorf Womens Open 960
Jodi Dolbel Womens Open 945

Karen Hudson Womens Compound 530
Mega Readett Womens Compound 295

Darryl Hudson Mens Traditional 590
Michael Patrick Mens Traditional 515
Peter Stubbs Mens Traditional 335

Ben Ireland Mens Open 1170
Sam Bates Mens Open 1105
Steve Jaeger Mens Open 1100
Shane Donovan Mens Open 685
Lloyd Jauja Mens Open 385

Philip Porter Mens Compound 945
Ken Thompson Mens Compound 895
Col Hall Mens Compound 615
Glen Readett Mens Compound 470
Peter Hampton Mens Compound 465

Stuart Dolbel Mens Bowhunter Limited 1055
Greg Donovan Mens Bowhunter Limited 965
Rob Porter Mens Bowhunter Limited 820

Amy Stubbs Girl Junior Compound 395

Krystal Jauja Cub Girl Traditional 295
Katie Patrick Cub Girl Traditional 240
Jackelyn Patrick Cub Girl Traditional 150
Sammy Patrick Cub Girl Traditional 115
Samantha Riley Cub Girl Traditional 50

Emelia Dolbel Cub Girl Open 720

Sophie Donovan Cub Girl Compound 655
Meg Jaeger Cub Girl Compound 450
Janika Readett Cub Girl Compound 320
Jemma Boyd-McCaw Cub Girl Compound 120

Jackson Howes Cub Boy Traditional 465
Brody Waterford Cub Boy Traditional 235

Sebastian Donovan Cub Boy Open 915
Hayden Riordan Cub Boy Open 310

Shane Thompson Cub Boy Olympic 725

Jordan Hampton Cub Boy Compound 685
Shaun Boyd-McCaw Cub Boy Compound 480
Christopher Lawler Cub Boy Compound 330

Hayden Baker Boy Little Archer 370

Josh Dolbel Boy Junior Open 1000
Jamie Thompson Boy Junior Open 755
Cameron Hill Boy Junior Open 525

Wade Hudson Boy Junior Compound 995
Blake Hampton Boy Junior Compound 625
Keegan Patrick Boy Junior Compound 235
Dean Pickett Boy Junior Compound 235

The next shoot will be on the 14th of May, and will be an IFAA shoot as the club in hosting the State IFAA titles the following weekend.

Gunnedah Successful at National Titles

The 2006 Australian Field Archery Championships, held in Orange, have been dominated by the twenty three member team from Namoi Valley Archers. The Gunnedah club sent the largest ever contingent to represent the club at a National titles and their amazing performance in winning 15 gold, 14 silver and 11 bronze medals across the three disciplines was the talk of the eight day event. Steve Jaeger proved beyond doubt he is the best Freestyle Limited archer in Australia winning his fourth consecutive ABA title, his second consecutive 3D title and dethroning former champion Randall Wellings to win his first IFAA Australian title in a stunning performance. The husband and wife team of Stuart and Jodi Dolbel have yet to settle who has bragging rights in the Dolbel household after they both finished with two gold and one silver medals. Bowhunter Limited archer, Stuart Dolbel, proved what a talented competitor he is winning gold in the 3D and ABA events and finishing a very narrow second in the IFAA event in his best ever showing at an Australian Titles. Jodi Dolbel put it all together when it mattered most to win her first Australian medals. Jodi blitzed the field in the 3D event, grabbed a silver in the ABA event and then saved her best performance for the IFAA event to grab a very hard fought gold medal. Ben Ireland realized his dream of defending his Australian ABA Freestyle Unlimited title with a brilliant performance. Ireland had watched his chances evaporate in the 3D event after an uncharacteristically slow start but made every arrow count in the ABA event to achieve the historically difficult feat of defending his title in a division where one poor shot usually ruins your chances. Outstanding junior, Wade Hudson, stamped himself as the best unmarked barebow archer at the Australian Titles winning the Advanced division in both 3D and ABA in very impressive fashion. Hudson handled the pressure of the big occasion with real maturity shooting brilliantly in every round to leave his opposition no chance as he claimed two Australian titles at his first attempt.

Australian 3D Championships.
The 3D event consists of four twenty target rounds held over four days with competitors shooting at life size foam targets set at unknown distances. Namoi Valley Archers 20 competitors won a total of 7 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze medals in this event with the previously mentioned Steve Jaeger, Stuart Dolbel, Jodi Dolbel and Wade Hudson all winning their respective divisions. Cameron Hill burst onto the national stage shaking off some indifferent from to win his first Australian title with a great performance across the four days in the Junior Bowhunter Limited division. The confidence gained from this win will no doubt help Hill in future events and was wonderful result for the quietly spoken young archer. Jamie Thompson also shot well to grab a bronze medal in the same division. A clean sweep of medals at a National event by one club is a fairly rare event but when the competitors are all sisters the feat becomes even more impressive. Katie, Jackelyn and Sammy Patrick achieved this rare honour when they swept all before them in the Cub Recurve D grade division in a fantastic result. Peter Stubbs shot personal best scores on his way to a bronze medal in Masters Recurve. Stubbs thought he was there to just make up the numbers but turned on a great performance to grab third place in the top grade. Michael Patrick showed his liking for the 3D targets scoring a very well deserved silver in C grade Recurve. Ken Thompson flew the flag in the barebow Compound ranks winning a bronze medal in a very hard fought A grade event with a polished performance. Christopher Patrick scored the silver in Cub Compound D grade and Shane Thompson won a gold medal in Cub Freestyle Limited with a typically determined performance while juniors, Keegan Patrick, D grade compound and Josh Dolbel, Freestyle Unlimited finished with well deserved silver medals.

Australian ABA Championships.
The ABA event consists of four rounds of twenty targets held over two days with competitors shooting at hand drawn animal targets set at unknown distances. All 23 competitors from Namoi Valley Archers contested this event winning 6 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze medals with the previously mentioned Steve Jaeger, Stuart Dolbel, Ben Ireland, Wade Hudson all winning gold with Jodi Dolbel taking silver in their respective divisions. The Patrick sisters were back in action for this event in Recurve D grade with Katie taking the gold, Jackelyn the silver while the youngest Sammy, just missed a medal finishing fourth in another great performance from the trio. Another of the club’s young brigade, Meg Jaeger, showed plenty of courage to finish with a very cherished silver medal in Cub Compound D grade. The outstanding performance for the youngsters continued with Shane Thompson making it back to back gold medals winning Cub Freestyle Recurve putting together four good rounds. Christopher Patrick added to the medal haul with a gutsy performance to take silver in Cub Compound D grade. Ken Thompson continued his fine form in this event taking the bronze in Compound A grade in a division widely considered one of the hardest fought in the barebow ranks. Recurve exponents Darrell Hudson and Michael Patrick renewed their friendly rivalry in Barebow Recurve C grade with Hudson finishing with the silver and Patrick grabbing the bronze. Ray Sweeney, Freestyle Limited and Josh Dolbel, Junior Freestyle Unlimited added hard won silvers to their trophy cabinets. Cameron Hill continued his fine tournament to take silver in Junior Bowhunter Limited with Jamie Thompson taking his second bronze of the weekend in the same division. Keegan Patrick rounded out his tournament with a silver medal in Junior Compound D grade.

Australian IFAA Championships
The IFAA event is vastly different from the ABA and 3D event with round paper targets set at known distances with competitors required to shoot four arrows at each of the 28 targets. In the ABA and 3D events the minimum numbers of arrows to complete the event is 80 but in the IFAA event the minimum number of arrows is a very demanding 476 with five rounds shot over four days. Namoi Valley Archers was represented by 8 competitors in this event finishing with 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals.
Steve Jaeger shot personal bests in virtually every round of the IFAA event leaving Randall Wellings, a multiple Australian representative who has made this division his own over the last few years, stunned as he watched Jaeger waltz away with the gold medal in Freestyle Limited. Ray Sweeney, also a former holder of this title also shot well to take third place. Jaeger was thrilled with the win and can’t wait to renew rivalries at the World IFAA Championships in June. Jodi Dolbel showed what a fine archer she is winning her first Australian title in Freestyle Unlimited with an outstanding performance over the five rounds and this confidence boosting win was well deserved. Stuart Dolbel had fought his way to the lead in Bowhunter Limited with just fourteen targets to go in the IFAA event but a simple mistake on target 16 cost him the title. Dolbel will have learnt a lot from this battle which will stand him on good stead for future events. Ben Ireland showed plenty of fight as he grimly hung onto third place in Freestyle Unlimited finishing with the bronze, his first ever Australian IFAA medal in a great performance from this talented archer. Josh Dolbel finished the championships with his third medal taking the bronze in Junior Freestyle Unlimited underlining his versatility and consistency in all styles of archery.

Knife and Axe
The Knife and Axe throwing events are always a keenly contested and fun filled part of the National championships and this year Steve Jaeger won the silver in the Knife throwing. Jamie Thompson grabbed third place in the Junior Axe event and Shane Thompson won both the Knife and Axe throwing for Cubs.

National Titles Medal Haul

Orange lived up to it's cold reputation turning on a huge frost and -6 temperatures one morning. This effected some gear and fine tuning at the practise butts was nesseccary. I also overheard one visitor from the Northern Territory state it was the first time he had seen frost, and he didn't go much on it.



Team Gunnedah after the medal presentation on Monday.








Ben Ireland with his first National IFAA medal.



















Ben also managed to defend his ABA titles gained at Charleville last year.













Steve Jeager defeated long standing FSL champion Randell Wellings convincingly over the weekend putting Steve in good position to bring a medal home from the World Titles in Hervey Bay this June.












Some archers were more impressed with their scorecard than others. Jodi was that impresed with her PB of 378 that she took a photo of it for her scrapbooks. Lucky for Stuart he came in with 380 that morning leaving his pride along with other things still intact.












Here is Jodi after an outstanding effort at her first National event.















Although equipment problems plauged Jodi in this event it was still good to see she remained competetive enought to bring a medal home.















The ranges were harder than a walk up porky lookout but Jodi put the head down and came out on top after 4 arduous days of solid archery.













After picking up ten points and the lead for the BHL division on the last day by target 14, I managed to wrong pin twice on target 16 thus putting an end to my hopes of a IFAA gold medal in 2006. After a couple of drinks that night I just put it all down to experience, bit like learning to drive by crashing your fathers Merc.












Josh shot well in all three events but found stiff competition in all three disiplines, good training for future events.





















The barebow compound style is probably the most hotly contested division at the national ABA / 3D events, to come home with a medal of any description is a big achievement, well done Ken.



Mick Patrick slogged it out with his local rival and others but still managed to stay on the podeum, must have been something to do with the accomodation.



Peter Stubbs was the dark horse, graded into a division though well above his grade but still shone through with some exceptional archery, watch out Darryl and Mick.


Cameron Hill and Jamie Thompson also had success in the JBBHL division, well done and stay away from those release aids and adjustable sights, BHL is where the fun is guys.




Wade Hudson proved beyond a doubt he is one of the best Junior Barebow archers around easily taking out his division at the National level this year.






Branch E, NNSW, also took out the gold in the Branch titles for the second year in a row.


Some had better weeks than others............hey tingle.