2009 NEWS
Pensby Xmas Shutdown
All members please note that the indoor shooting range will close over the
Christmas period. Final shooting will take place on Wednesday 23rd
December and will recommence on
May I wish you all a very Happy Xmas and Terrific New Year.
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Tis The Season To Be
Jolly..................make archery fun (2)
Just a reminder that the club fun shoot will be this Sunday
13th December from 12-4
All members are invited with a range of activities.
For some reason kids of all ages love to shoot balloons, that includes the kids
over thirty !
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Tis The Season To Be
Jolly..................make archery fun (1)
You don't have to take archery too seriously all the time, particularly if
you get those 20yd indoor blues, there are ways to
make it a little more fun. Take for example the recent 'World
Championships' between Jim Streets and Judith Creswell. Ok not the real
World Champs but a competition between two archers over 5 weeks which saw Judith
crowned champion. The idea is basically find someone of similar ability
(or slightly better) and challenge them to a series of light hearted shoots, if
you feel its required have a little prize at the end. By doing this you
have some good banter and learn to compete head to head which focuses your
skills.
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Xmas Dinner
Neston Christmas dinner will be held on the 5th December at the Woodcote Restaurant Hooton,
please follow link for details:- xmas dinner. If you would like to attend please
give your name (and partner) along with your choice of starter, main and
dessert to either Malcolm or Lindsey no later than the 29th November.
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Summer's Over (Indoor News)
What do you mean you didn't know it had started ???
Sadly the outdoor season for most of us is coming to an end and its time to
go back indoors. We are again indoors at
We will be changing from Tuesday to Wednesday
evening
Sunday will be the same times with two sessions but we will
not be running beginners to leave more space for club members on the
session of their choice. See about
us for times.
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Message From
Malcolm for Current Shooting Outdoors
As the evenings are drawing in
Equipment will need to be sorted with some bosses etc
brought round from the new container.
Sunday shooting will continue on the normal shooting area.
However from
As the car parks and highways will be full of cars there
will be little opportunity to park so it is recommended that archers do
not try to come to the grounds until rugby parents have left
, say from
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***ALL MEMBERS PLEASE READ***
Please note the conditions below that were put on the approval to the stoned
car park area.
Please in all circumstances during the week use the main
club car park.
This is a Planning Condition and if breached the club could
be taken to court.
At weekends the stoned car park can be used as per the times
on the gate:-
12noon
and
and
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Summer Shooting Home and Away
Summer often means archers from Neston are found shooting far and wide at
various events, those archers who chose to stay
relatively local produced some good results for the club.
At the Chester FITA on the 5th of July Viv
Guthrie & Carol Morris-Lewis both came 1st in the longbow and ladies
compound respectively with Mark Bathgate coming 2nd in the gents
compound.
The following weekend at the Wirral Archers Open it was 1st's all the
way for Callum Rudge, Richie Mellor and Mark Bathgate in the junior boys compound, gents recurve and gents compound
respectively.
Again well done to all the archers who shot at these
events and especially to the above for being placed and representing the club
so well.
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Jim's Bluff to Run In The
Buff
Neston C of A Club Champs are not taken too seriously by most archers and
when Jim Street threatened to run round the field naked if he won anything most
archers just laughed it off. Thankfully for the rest of us and any passing
strangers Jim's streaking ambitions were just a 'bare faced lie' as he picked
up the highest placed veterans award.
Award winners on the day were:-
Overall h/c Trophy Jacqui Mara,
Awards based on Score
Senior Recurve Richie Mellor, Senior
Compound Mark Bathgate, Junior Recurve Victoria Mara, Junior
Compound Callum Rudge, Under
12 Junior Tommy Fells, Veteran Jim Street, Longbow Viv Guthrie, Best Gold Tommy Fells, Most
Petticoats Andy Sawyer, Most Golds Mark
Bathgate & Tommy Fells, 25 Trophy Steve Povey
& Toxophilus Book Award Viv Guthrie
Well done to all those who took part on what was a good fun days shooting.
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The Futures Bright, The
Futures 'Neston'
Neston Juniors made the club proud with a strong display at the CCB Junior
shoot at the end of May. In the Junior National category Victoria Mara
came 1st in girls recurve with Callum Rudge placing 1st in the boys
compound. In the Short Junior national Thomas Fells came 1st in the boys
compound, but the shoot of the day against some very stiff opposition goes to
Oliver Topliss who came a very creditable 2nd in boys
recurve. Well done to all those who took part it was a fantastic
achievement and bodes well for the future of Neston Archers.
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March Winds, April Showers Bring
On a typical British summer day in mid May two Neston archers managed first
place at the Bebington Western. Well done to
Mark Bathgate and Victoria Mara in gents compound and junior girl recurve.
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Congratulations to the following archers for qualifying for the Cheshire
County Squad, Carol Morris-Lewis, Malcolm Lewis, Graeme Steel, Richie Mellor and Helen Porter. Well done Helen for
your first time qualifying.
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Honours Even in the Chocolate Wars
As usual the drive to win was intensified for Neston when chocolate was
available as prizes at the annual Corus Bunny Shoot
and results showed the level of shooting at Neston is very close. The top
four places in the gents compound were all taken by
Neston archers with Graeme Steele and Mark Bathgate tied for 1st place, Malcolm
Lewis and Steve Povey followed in 3rd and 4th.
Although 1st slipped through their grasp Steve Morris and Richie
Mellor tied for 2nd place in the gents recurve. Carol Morris-Lewis and
Helen Porter came 1st and 2nd in the ladies compound with James Mellor 1st in
the junior gents recurve. Roll on next year, well we will be rolling if
we keep eating chocolate !
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A Busy Saturday for Neston
Saturday 21st February......yes not Sunday, provided
a busy but successful day for Neston Archers.
Malcolm and Carol continue their good start to the year at the National Indoor
Championships at Lilleshall. They both shot
consistently well to be part of the Cheshire Team that came 2nd in the county
trophy.
On the same day North Wales Indoor took place with Neston represented by
several archers and several awards gained. Viv
Guthrie came 1st in the lady longbow double
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Its Cold Outside but Neston Blow Hot Indoors
On the Sunday team event the compound A team (self
proclaimed A team) came 1st, comprising of Malcolm Lewis, Carol Morris-Lewis,
Mark Bathgate and Graeme Steele. The other compound team came a very creditable 7th. On an individual basis
Carol came 1st (new
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2009 Off To A
Compound Double
Orrell Archers annual
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NESTON COMPANY of ARCHERS
WISHES HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL ITS MEMBERS
and EVERYONE WORLDWIDE.