Our 60th Anniversary fun shoot was a day of three halves (you are right, no wonder I wasn’t allowed to score). The first half in the morning saw the assembled crowd of more that 35 archers shooting at 5 “targets” in rotation – but using club beginnre bows. For those that didn’t attend you will have to zoom in to see:
1. Rotating Teddy/Rupert Bears
2. Shooting at the mark with flu-flu arrows
3. Shooting at the Wand (with bonus points for balloons)
4. Popinjay (or Papingo) with flu-flu’s again
5. Hanging Hoops
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Glorious Yorkshire weather broke out mid morning just in time for a sumptuous lunchtime finger buffet from Taylors – followed by tasty treats “cooked up” by Alice Knox (thank you Alice)
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Thankfully everyone was allowed to use their own archery kit for the Afternoon session. After unveiling the 6 winning target designs (one for each decade of the Clubs’ history) shooting recommenced with three arrow ends and two full rotations of all six targets.
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As with all competitions, the usual clear up, pack away and then wait…… wait ……. wait for the results. Luckily Clive was on hand to do a quick dance routine to entertain the troops (no, Will a nd Alan were not part of the routine).
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With the results in it was then on to the handing out of Medals for the winners – which took almost as long as the shooting itself! I haven’t added it up but if you didn’t go home with a trophy medal or badge then you are probably the only one who did!!!