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Newsletter of the Centenary Archers Club

Wacol Station Road Park, Sumner

Volume 4

2013

It’s finished: our website has a new look and a new address:

centenaryarchers.org.au

All the same information is there, along with some new content. Our calendar has all the up-

coming events at CAC and around SE-Qld. There is an online booking and payment system for

Come & Try days, Beginners Courses, QREs, and tournaments (and soon for club fees). ‘Newbies’

have their own section, and there is a detailed section on how to get classification medals and

other awards. There is also a gallery, soon to have lots of old and new photos!

Website update

Archery World Cup

The biggest news at Cen-

tenary Archers is that one of

our members, Scott Brice, has

been chosen to represent

Australia at the 2nd stage of

the Archery World Cup in An-

talya, Turkey, in June! Only

the very best archers who are

currently at the top of their

form are chosen to go. To find out more about

Archery World Cups check out the article on

page 8.

State Championships

The SQAS State Champion-

ships were held on the last

weekend in April at Mount

Petrie Bowmen’s field in Bel-

mont. We had five archers

competing and four got med-

als: Phil Buhot and Sandy

Dunstan received gold med-

als, Scott Brice and Naomi

Etheridge received bronze medals. Well done

all! (Continued on page 2)

Club News and Notices

Coming up at Centenary Archers QREs and tournaments—June 23 (QRE), July 28 (QRE), & Aug 25 (State short range

championships).

Working bees—field work prior to tournaments, target face preparation for SQAS

indoor championships, general ground work. Look out for notices!

Club fees for the 2013/2014 year are due July 1st.

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Helping Out

We have a few events coming up in the next

few months so please step forward when you

get the call for help! There are QREs in June

and July at the club and we will need to spruce

up the ground the Saturday before each. Our

club is hosting the SQAS Short Range Champi-

onships in August; this is a big event, so our

grounds will need to be in top shape. We’ll

need all hands on deck for that one.

Also, our club is preparing the target faces

for the National Indoor Championships. “The

Big Glue” will happen over a few Saturdays

where 500 target faces need to be stuck to

cardboard. Watch out for notices on the con-

tainer doors for dates when you can help with

(Continued from page 1) all these events.

Online payments

Our refreshed website is up and running

with some new features such as an online pay-

ment system. You can book and pay (PayPal or

credit card) for QREs, tournaments, Come &

Try days and Beginners Courses. New and old

members can also pay their club fees online.

Equipment tuning: interested? do. Once you’ve got a few ends under your

belt and you are shooting confidently then it’s

time to tune your bow to you and your arrows.

Also, every time you get a new piece of equip-

ment you’ll need to tune your bow again. So

it’s a good idea to figure out how to do a basic

tune.

There are many methods available, so which

one is best? André has offered his time to

show us his preferred method and help us do

it one Saturday afternoon.

If you’re interested please email me and tell

me your preferred Saturday so that I can or-

ganize it. (Naomi: archernomes@gmail.com)

Getting the Right Advice

As we mentioned in the last newsletter, An-

dré has offered to help any club members with

decisions about buying equipment. Whether

you don’t know which clicker to buy, or you

want a whole new set-up, André has the expe-

rience and knowledge to help. Ask him!

Equipment Tuning

When you get a new bow you will need to

do the basic setup so that you can shoot it.

Mostly the store where you bought the bow

will do this. There is also a link on our website

for basic setup which will show you what to

QRE, Centenary Archers, April 2013 Page 3

2013 National Championships

All photos by Andy (www.archeryphotography.com)

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INVITATION SQAS Target Award Tournament

National Qualification & Ranking Event (QRE)

Sunday, 23rd June, 2013 Centenary Archers Club

Wacol Station Road Park, 427 Wacol Station Road, Sumner

ROUNDS: FITA 1440 at distances appropriate to division

Single or Double FITA 720 Rounds at 70 m or 60 m or 50 m

Single or Double AA 720 Rounds at 60 m, 50 m, or 45m, or 35 m

For round and division information see:

centenaryarchers.org.au/competitive-archery/rounds-divisions/

FEES:

19 or over—Jnr, Open, Master, Veteran, 70+: $10 per 72 arrow shoot; $15 per 144 arrow shoot

18 or under—Cub, Intermediate, Cadet: $8 per 72 arrow shoot; $10 per 144 arrow shoot

All fees to be paid online prior to the event

Registration on the day will incur a 50% late fee

TIMES: Bow Inspection at 8:30 a.m. followed by a minimum of 20 minutes practice then

scoring will commence. Bow Inspection for second round will be at 12:30 p.m.

Lunch will be available at the Club for $5

Note: If insufficient archers of Cadet age or older remain to shoot the second round, only the scores

from the first round will be submitted for ranking purposes.

ENTRIES CLOSE: Friday, June 21, 2013

For further details email Andre Buhot andrebuhot@gmail.com, Telephone 0428 694 504

Online Registration (prepayment required) (centenaryarchers.org.au/events/cac-qre-20130623)

For the novice archer... Come for the experience and to have fun!

If you’d like to know more about classifica-

tions, QREs, tournaments and awards check out

the page on our website:

http://centenaryarchers.org.au/competitive-archery/awards-

medals/

Don’t be afraid of QREs. Just come and give

it a go to experience what it’s like. You can

shoot any round available on the day; you don’t

have to stick to your division’s round!! Think of

is as just a more organized form of archery.

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2013 Short Range Target Championships

Sunday, 25th August, 2013

Centenary Archers Club Wacol Station Road Park, 427 Wacol Station Road, Sumner

ROUNDS: All rounds are 90 arrows on a 122 cm face

Grange (60 m): Compound & Recurve—open, master, junior

Melbourne (50 m): Compound & Recurve—veteran, cadet

Darwin (40 m): Compound & Recurve—intermediate

Longbow & Barebow—open, master, veteran, junior, cadet

Geelong (30 m): Longbow & Barebow—intermediate

All bow types—cub

Newcastle (20 m): All bow types—social novice archers

FEES to be advised closer to the event. Please see the link below (online registration) for details.

All fees to be paid online prior to the event. Acceptance of late entries is dependent on partici-

pant numbers. If accepted, registration on the day will incur a 50% late fee.

TIMES: Bow Inspection at 9.00 a.m. followed by a minimum of 20 minutes practice.

Scoring will commence at 10.00 a.m.

Lunch will be available at the Club

ENTRIES will open by July 21, and will close August 19.

Online Registration

(www.centenaryarchers.org.au/calendar/2013-short-range)

Social archers welcome.

Medal ceremony will take place after lunch and completion of score validation, ap-

proximately 2.00 p.m.

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Come’n’Try day & other club members—March 16th, 2013 Page 7

Just like cricket and football, archery has an

international governing body: World Archery.

It used to be known as FITA, which is an acro-

nym of the French “Federation International Tir

a l’Arc”, which itself translates as “International

Federation of Archery”.

World Archery organizes several archery

competitions in which all countries can com-

pete. The top-level archers who go to these

events compete not only for medals (gold, sil-

ver, bronze), but for standings on the interna-

tional ranking lists. The major events are the

World Cups, and the World Championships.

There is only one Championship, but there are

4 World Cup events per year in which archers

win ‘points’ for entry into the World Cup final.

The events in the target competitions are

match-play based: just like the Olympics. All

archers shoot in the first ‘ranking’ round. This

is the same round that an open-division archer

would shoot at one of our QREs: 72 arrows at

70 m for recurves or 50 m for compounds.

Each archer’s score in that round is used to

rank them. The archer’s position in the ranking

then determines the pairings for the elimina-

tion round: the match-play events.

Matches are shot at the same distance as

the ranking round, but there are only two

archers and each end is 3 arrows per archer.

The archer with the highest score wins that

end and gets 2 set points. If the score is a tie

they get 1 point each. The match continues

until either one archer gets 6 or over, or they

have completed 5 ends (and the scores are

therefore tied). The tie-breaker is a one arrow

shoot-off; closest to the centre wins. The win-

ning archer then gets to compete in the next

match-play round. This continues until the fi-

nal four archers reach the semi-final matches.

The winners of each semi-final goes to the

gold/silver medal match. The other two arch-

ers compete in the bronze metal match.

World Cups – not just for cricket or football

two days; the first

two distance will

be shot on the first

afternoon, the last

two distances will be shot on the morning of

the second day. The afternoon of the second

day will have the team events.

If you’re interested in participating then visit

the Australian Open website:

www.armidalearchers.com.au/2013Open.

Entries close on May 31st.

The up-coming Australian Open is also a

match-play event. From Friday, August 2nd to

Sunday August 4th, the Open will be taking

place at the Armidale Showgrounds, hosted by

Armidale Archers.

The ranking round for this competition will

be a FITA 1440—that’s 36 arrows at four dis-

tances (the first 2 on a 122 cm face; the next 2

on an 80 cm face): 90, 70, 50, 30 for men; 70,

60, 50, 30 m for women.

The Open will split the ranking round over

Australian open

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SQAS 2013 State Championships

Our archers came away with a good selection of medals. Sandy Dunstan and Phil Buhot

earned a gold medal for longbow in their division. Scott Brice and Naomi Etheridge won

themselves bronze medals for compound and recurve respectively.

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For those observant souls who have noticed that the field has not been so windy in the last few

months, be not despondent...part of this has been due to the particularly clement weather we

have had, and partly due to the absence of Brian Parsons from the shooting line.

Brian has been a tad indisposed due to a painful back problem, but he reports he has “had the

operation” and hopes to be back, stirring up the zephyrs, at some point. Hope it’s soon Brian. All

the best from all at CAC. By Ross Larsen

The Centenary Archers contingent at the SQAS State Championships over the weekend of

April 27 and 28 had a great time at Mount Petrie Bowmen’s field in Belmont. The days were

bright and sunny, with just a little wind to make things interesting.

Awards

There were so many Awards that Strafford moved so fast I just couldn’t capture just one of him on camera…

The award recipients were, clockwise from top left: Conor, Scott, Phil, and Dale.

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Awards

Naomi and Wolverine also got awards that day!

As the light shone down on an auspicious afternoon in April, the great Xmas trophy

was handed over from Byron Dixon to Scott Brice.

Doesn’t it seem a little strange that Byron looks so happy at giving it up, and Scott

doesn’t look too impressed at having to take it home...

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You’ve probably used at least some of the following sayings

in your day to day conversations; but did you know that they all

come from old archery sayings? Sometimes there are several

suggested origins of the sayings, and it’s hard to pin down the

correct one. Recognise any of these?

Add another string to your bow: This originally comes from

the saying “to have more than one string for one’s bow”. Of

course archers should always have at lease one spare, worn-in

string for their bow as a sensible precaution in case of failures.

This saying focuses on that precautionary outlook in reference

to people’s lives, particularly the fact that training and

knowledge in several fields of work is a sensible precaution, just

in case something unforseen happens.

Straight as an arrow: The archery derivation is quite clear—

our arrows need to be as straight as possible. So this saying is

often used to describe something that is very straight. This say-

ing has evolved into an additional colloquial usage to mean var-

ious things about a person’s character. Someone referred to as “straight as an arrow” or “a

straight arrow” implies an honest and forthright character; alternatively, it can describe someone

careful to behave in a social acceptable manner.

Keep an eye on the target: As archers, we all know what this means; we can’t let anyone dis-

tract us from keeping our focus on those coloured rings we call the target to make sure our ar-

rows reach their goal. But for everyone else, it means to keep the main goal, their target, in their

mind’s eye to make sure that they don’t get distracted from reaching it.

Hit the mark or On target: In archery, this is what we all strive for—to put our arrows on the

target precisely where we want them to go. The general population has adopted this saying and

the general meaning, but associating it with events in their lives: if they “hit the mark” or are “on

target” then they have precisely achieved their objective.

Hit the bullseye or Bullseye!: While we don’t use the term Bullseye in modern archery, it

probably has an archery origin. It has been suggested that the term comes from the time when

English longbow yeomen would gather for practice, usually after church. Their target was often a

white skull of a bull. To illustrate the greatest skill, the archers aimed to hit the bull’s eye.

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So it is related to ‘on target’, but this saying has taken on a more emphatic meaning that simp-

ly achieving a goal. This isn’t surprising since hitting that x in the middle of the target, the histori-

cal “bullseye”, is precisely what archers are trying to do, all the time, but is quite rare and is usual-

ly unexpected. Because of this many an archer has yelled an emphatic “Bullseye!” when they’ve

done it. Similarly, in life, when someone performs a task exactly as they wanted, or does or says

something precisely correct, they say that they’ve ‘hit the bullseye’.

Point Blank: Blank is an English derivation of the French blanc, which means white. I’ve found

two possible origins. The first relates to the etymology of ‘bullseye’ above, and the whiteness of

the skull. You probably realise that when you are far from the target you have to point your arrow

quite high to have it hit the target—if that target was a bull’s skull then you would be aiming

above it to be able to hit it; but when you are close, you can point your arrow directly at the

whiteness of the skull—pointing at the white—to be able to hit it, hence ‘point blanc’.

I’ve also seen the explanation for ‘point blank’ related to the spot in the centre of the archery

target, which used to be white. This used to be called a ‘blanc’, for the French term for white, and

to aim point-blanc or point-blank was to point the bow directly at the blank.

There are two modern meanings that both stem from this idea—the literal meaning is to be at

such a close range as to be sure of hitting the target; the figurative meaning is to be direct, blunt,

and sure.

Wide of the mark: This is the opposite saying to hitting the target or the bullseye. Since arch-

ers are always aiming for the target, if they miss the target or gold, they feel they haven’t

achieved their objective. They’ve shot “wide of the mark” - literally! So when someone also fails to

achieve their intended goal, especially by a long way, they borrow our saying and feel like they

went “wide of the mark” too.

Cock up: One of the feathers or vanes on your arrows is usually a different colour than the oth-

ers—this is referred to as the cock feather (or the index). The feathers or vanes are situated on the

arrow so that when nocked, if one feather, the cock feather, is parallel to the ground the arrow

will fly true and none of the feathers will hit the bow. If the arrow is nocked so that the cock

feather is placed in the wrong position—such as if it is pointing upwards—the arrow will go off

course because the vanes will hit the bow and disturb its flight. Hence, a “cock up” indicates a sit-

uation in which something accidentally goes wrong.

Can you think of some more? Tell me! archernomes@gmail.com

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Working Bees

Newbies corner Archers website about buying equipment

A link to our coach’s article called “What

to do after the Beginners Course”

A link to “The Archers Reference” guide

A link to information about how the clas-

sification and awards systems work

Lots more to come, just let me know what

you need: admin@centenaryarchers.org.au

(Naomi).

We have quite a few new archers at the club

now and we want you to keep having fun and

improving. So there is a section on the website

just for you:

centenaryarchers.org.au/newbies-only/

This is your page so let me know what you

want to see—articles, links, anything! At the

moment there are:

Links to other parts of the Centenary

There are several big events coming up at

Centenary Archers Club over the next few

months, and we’ll need all your help to make

sure that we’re ready.

There are QREs at the end of June and July,

and then the big one—the Queensland Short

Range Championships at the end of August.

Archers from all over south-east Queensland

will be visiting us for that event, so we have to

put on our best face.

For all tournaments there are few things we

need to do prior to the event:

Mark up the field with distance lines, tar-

get placements, shooting line, equip-

ment line, and 3 m line

Put new target faces on

the butts

Tidy the grounds—

mowing, wipper-snipping,

etc; just making sure that

the grounds look good

Maintenance as needed on shades, flags,

and butts/stands

Additional jobs are required as needed

throughout the year. Sometimes we do these

on a rainy Saturday afternoon, or we might

schedule them for an official working bee.

Gutter cleaning

Club-house painting

Fletching & string making; you can learn

how to do it from the experts!

So you see, they’re not too taxing! Lunch is

provided by the club for all workers. Any and

all help is appreciated!

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Fun stuff

Pete’s funnies DISCLAIMER: CENTENARY ARCHERS TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FOLLOWING JOKES.

BLAME PETE!

What did the lustful maiden say to the handsome archer?

…”You make me quiver!”

What did the archer get when he hit a bullseye?

...A very angry bull.

It’s very uncommon for two archers to have the same score. Everyone knows that bow-

ties went out of style years ago.

Old archers never die, they just bow and quiver...

The puzzle on the left is

called a Unolingo. There are

12 archery-related words

linked together, but one in-

stance of each letter of the

alphabet has been removed.

It’s your task, should you

choose to accept it, to put

those letters back in their

rightful place to complete all

the words.

Good luck!

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Date Where What

25-26 May MPB-Field SQAS Field Championships

CA Come & Try Archery Day

CA EOMS: Newcastle, Geelong, Drake, FITA 70/720, FITA 50/720

1-2 June SVTA SQAS Archery Instructor Course

8 June CA Beginners course starts every Saturday for 4 weeks

23 June CA QRE

29 June CA EOMS: Newcastle, Darwin, Samford, FITA 70/720 or FITA 50/720

30 June to 6 July MPB/SVTA Australian 2013 National Youth Championships

6 July MPB World Archery Championship Selection Event

Every Sat CA Come & Try Archery Day

20 & 21 July MPB SQAS & National Indoor Championships

27 July CA EOMS: Newcastle, Melbourne, Holt, FITA 70/720 or FITA 50/720

28 July CA QRE

2-4 August Armidale Archery Australian Open

10 August CA Beginners course starts every Saturday for 4 weeks

11 August MPB SQAS Arrowhead FITA Field event

25 August CA Queensland Short Range Championships

CA: us!; SVTA: Samford Valley Target Archers; GCAC: Gold Coast Archery Club; MPB: Mt. Petrie Bowmen

Calendar (see centenaryarchers.org.au/calendar for more details)

EOMS Rounds Samford: 40 m, 80 cm face; 90 arrows

Darwin: 40 m, 122 cm face; 90 arrows

Melbourne: 50 m, 122 cm face; 90 arrows

Holt: 50 m, 80 cm face; 90 arrows

FITA 70/720: 70 m, 122 cm face; 72 arrows

FITA 50/720: 50 m, 80 cm face; 72 arrows

The last Saturday of each month is the End

of Month Shoot (EOMS). The official rounds are

listed above and in the clubhouse.

Newcastle: 20 m, 122 cm face; 90 arrows

Drake: 30 m, 80 cm face; 90 arrows

Geelong: 30 m, 122 cm face; 90 arrows

Coaching Coaching for club members is free—individual and/or group sessions. 2 to 3 hour session: shoot-

ing technique coaching, HD video recording and equipment tuning—with follow up sessions to

check progress. Dates and times to suit by arrangement with Club Coach.

Enquiries to Graeme Jeffrey—any Sat. at the club, ph: 0411 647 035, or email archer@gil.com.au

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The Club is located in Wacol Station Road Park, Wacol Station Road, in the suburb of

Sumner, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Our Club signboard will be out beside the entry

gate on shooting days. Parking is available on the South side of the hut. Please keep

marked access ways clear to the ranges.

Facilities: The cream coloured weatherboard hut is our Club's Office and meeting room,

where we have our noticeboards and attendance register. It is also the classroom for our

Beginners Courses. The southern archery range is for the Club's scheduled competitions

and storage facilities.

Meeting Hours: The Club currently meets every Saturday afternoon, and some Sunday

afternoons, from 1.00pm to 5.00pm, throughout most of the year, with a short break over

the Christmas holidays. Shooting on the ranges starts at 1.30pm for scheduled Club com-

petitions.

Membership Fees: The Club Membership Fees for 12 months are: $60.00 for Adults and

$40.00 for Under 18 years. The Club's Membership Fees are renewable each year at 1st

July. Membership Fees are pro-rata during the year and Family Rates are available for 3

or more family members. Membership Application Form and the Club’s Constitution is

available on our website.

State and National Association Membership Fees also have to be paid when joining the

Club. The State Association (South Queensland Archery Society) and National Association

(Archery Australia) Annual Membership Fees (combined) are: $115.00 for Adults & $80.00

for Under 18 years. AA membership is essential as it provides you with insurance while

shooting at any AA affiliated club.

Club Committee:

President: Strafford Stark

Vice president: André Buhôt

Secretary: Peter McCullough

Treasurer: Deborah Cooke

Committee Member: Michael Mason

Club Positions:

Recorder: Phil Buhôt

Protection Officers: Sandy Dunstan, Scott Brice

First Aid Officer: Peter McCullough

Club Coach: Graeme Jeffery

Instructors: Sandy Dunstan, André Buhôt

Tournament Director: André Buhôt

Newsletter Editor: Naomi Etheridge

Enquires: Coach (07) 3288-9506 at anytime (leave a message with contact details) or mo-

bile/SMS 0411-647-035; mail to: Centenary Archers Club, PO Box 160, Sumner, Queens-

land, Australia, 4074; email: newsletter@centenaryarchers.org.au

http://www.centenaryarchers..org.au

About CAC

SQAS and AA affiliated

Wacol Station Rd

Sumner

Queensland

Australia

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