Hi everybody, Krishna here, Club Secretary, delivering you the below February club updates!
Fridge etiquette: Reminder
We are fortunate to have a fridge we can use in our club but we must all be respectful of each other and remove food which is out of date so that we do not cause anybody to fall ill because of germs.
Please let’s all work together and follow the guidance to keep our club clean and safe, a reminder below of correct fridge use, this notice is displayed on the front of our fridge.
League updates or reminders
These are the results of the indoor league matches shot in December. Harrow’s Recurve team remains at the top of the Middlesex Worcester League leaderboard with a win against Hampstead. The Longbow team remains in 2nd behind Aquarius. Barebow are joint 2nd behind Laleham.
Lucian Suciu leads Middlesex for Recurve Men and Martin Athanasiou is 1st for Barebow Men.
In the Portsmouth League: Recurve A team move up to 2nd in Div 1, Recurve B also up to 3rd in Div 6, Longbow 4th in Div 2, Barebow 2nd in Div 2.
Details of next month’s league shoots will be posted on the session bookings page.
Everyone is welcome to take part. The highest scores from each week will count towards a team score. Individual awards are also available. One person in each session will need to volunteer to be range captain and to collect scoresheets at the end of the round.
Top Tips on shooting line and Competition Etiquette
Following my recent observations, and as having responsibility for training beginners and mentoring tutors, I (Irene) offer the following tips to help us return to, or keep, good etiquette on our shooting practice.
If you find yourself being responsible for scoring on your target,
- Always keep eye contact the person you are accepting scores from
- Check that they are pointing (not touching) their arrows, and repeat the arrow values that they call to avoid any potential disagreements later
- Don’t score your own, pass to another archer on your target.
Archers who are not scoring:
- Please wait for your name and attention of the scorer
- Call out (or sign) your arrows values slowly and clearly
- DO POINT to each arrow as you call it, highest value first, down to lowest
- Wait for the scorer to confirm your called values
All archers:
- Ensure you stand in the correct space (the line in competition will show a central point for each target and numbered as such. However, that is the central point and if two of you shoot at the same time on the same target (common practice) then make sure YOU STAND IN YOUR HALF not entering the personal space of the archer sharing the target with you
- When you leave the line after shooting your required number of arrows, glance over your shoulder to make sure you don’t move when the person next to you (front and back) are not at full draw when you move. This doesn’t always distract, but can be very distracting to many archers. So remember others on the line next to you at either side.
- Check your arrow scores occasionally through the shoot to avoid having to rush at the end to help the organisers collate competition scores.
- PLEASE DON’T TALK ON THE SHOOTING LINE in competitions when others will be concentrating on their own rhythm of shooting.
All said, happy shooting and good luck to all.