Newsletter & Notices

Keep informed:

I hope you all have had a good summer and are enjoying the current warmer weather.
The Club Handicap shoot on 14th August went very well with 16 archers taking part on a very warm Sunday afternoon. After the shoot, while the handicap winning scores were being sorted, tea and cakes were enjoyed outside the centre. Thank you to all who supplied food and raffle prizes. The club raised £34 on the raffle and £12 on tea money during the Summer Season. Apologies to those unable to purchase extra raffle tickets, this has know been rectified for the next occasion. Congratulations to all the Handicap winners, the score sheet for the day is  available on the club website, thanks to Steve Potts for keeping our club records up to date as the Club Records Officer.
After much negotiation the dates and times for the Indoor Season are as follows:

30th October, 13th , 27th November, 11th ,18th December,

8th , 22nd January 2012, 5th ,19th February, 4th , 11th , 25th March, and 15th , 29th April
Please arrive at 15:00 to help with setting up, sighters at 15:30 and the hall is booked until 18:30.

The fees will be the same as last year, senior members £50 and juniors £30. Please bring your cheque to the first shoot, payable to Velmead Archers. The club still has the same number of shoots as last year. I tried to increase the number to 16 but without much luck. Sorry for the long break between our shooting seasons, it’s to do with football and badminton. The Leisure Centre was unable to move the badminton, hence our start date of the 30th October.
As a part of the deal there will be 3 beginner courses each running for four weeks at the Leisure Centre on Saturday afternoons. Details of dates and times can be found on the club website, the first course starts on the 8th October, but I will need an assistant on each Saturday between 14:00 and 16:30. If we have four to six volunteers then a roster could be organized, but to keep continuity during a course it would be helpful if the same volunteer could do the full four week course.
As a result of putting on the courses, some of the fees will go to the club and the remainder will reduce the hiring of the hall fee from £189 to £50 per Sunday afternoon session.
For our indoor season we have six new bosses, one boss kindly donated by Traver Peek. Traver also provided transport for collecting the bosses and for moving the club’s equipment during the year, thank you for your generosity Traver.
Please make a note in your diaries of the Sunday shoots, they can also be found on the club’s website under the shooting calendar.

I look forward to seeing you all on the shooting line.

Peter J Foreman