Friskney Bowmen Club News

2009 News

With effect from 15th April 2009 club nights will be held on the club field commencing at 6.30pm until dark.

2008 News

06/11/08 Club AGM - The annual general meeting of Friskney Bowmen will be held in the village hall at 8pm on Thursday 6th November 2008. Archery will take place from 6.30pm - 8pm and finish early for the AGM. All club members are invited to attend.

02 - 05/11/08 - Club Website. Due to an error at the Domain Name Registry our club website was amongst a large number of websites affected by an incorrectly set parameter, meaning the website was not available to most users during this period.

27/10/08 - Annual Club Championships - The annual championships were held on the club field on Sunday 26th of October. A number of club members took part in this event. The rain stopped just as we started but the wind got stronger through the day, causing some problems in the afternoons Pope & Young round. The Championships awarded were:

Junior Lady Recurve (Field and Target) - Michelle Coy

Junior Gent Recurve (Field and Target) - George Martin

Senior Lady Compound (Field and Target) - Wendy Rowell

Senior Gent Recurve (Field and Target) - Kevin Forth

Senior Gent Longbow (Field and Target) - Alan Blythyn

Some photographs can be found HERE

The annual club championships will be held on Sunday 26th October 08 and will consist of a target and field round. All club members are eligible to attend and compete for the club trophies. The event will be held on the club field commencing at 10am

Closure Dates for Xmas and New Year - The club will be closed on the 24th, 25th and 31st December 08 the 1st and 17th of January 09, the 14th and 25th of February 09 and the 14th of March 09

4/10/08 - Tassel Shoot - The first Tassel Shoot of the winter was held in the Village hall on Saturday 4th October. Several new club members won their first tassel and it was good to see our new juniors taking part. A good selection of cakes was available at half way with Jenny bringing some home made angel cakes. For the first time the scoring has been broken down into sighted and unsighted. Full results can be found here

Back Indoors - All Friskney Bowmen members are reminded that with effect from the 17th of September we will be back indoors at the village hall for club nights.

Revesby Show Success - 03/8/08 - A team from Friskney Bowmen ran a very busy stall at Revesby. Over 250 members of the public had a go at archery and the team raised more than £400 for club funds in the process. We would like to thank the following club members for their support Malcolm, Janet, Alan, Steve, Wendy, Janet, Joe, Jenny and a special thanks to new members Chris, Rob and Michelle for helping out. We would also like to thank Michelle's mum and dad, Carol and Ron for helping out on the stand all day.

Bodyshop Have-A-Go 15/7/08 - Several club members helped out at a have-a-go organised by Craig to let his workmates try archery. Some photographs can be found here

Delivery of New Bosses - On the 10th July 2008 we took delivery of 10 Whitetail Bosses and 10 Velicores from Perris Archery. Here we can see Ernie, Wendy and Malcolm with Tony from Perris Archery during the delivery of the bosses to the club field.

22/6/08 - Club Trophy Shoot - The Annual Club Trophy Shoot will take place on the evening of the 1st of July starting at 7pm and will consist of a Pope Young round. All club members are invited to take part.

18/6/08 - Club Newsletter - Janet Lloyd has produced a club newsletter for those members not on the Internet. If you know anyone who would like a copy then please speak to Janet.

30/5/08 - Club York, Hereford and Bristols - A Provisional target list is now available from here for the 1st of June shoot.

26/5/08 - Club York, Hereford and Bristols - All club members are reminded that the next club York, Hereford and Bristols will take place on June 1st. Anyone who can help setup is asked to meet at the club field at 9.15am

This is an Open shoot and we still have some places left so if you are interested please contact Malcolm Adams.

6/5/08 - Website Update - A major update of the club news area was required because the physical size of the page was slowing down the loading of this page. We have therefore split the page into 3, one for Field news one for Target news and one to cover club specific news such as club announcements.

19/4/08 - Move Outdoors and Map of Club Woods - All club members are reminded that we have moved outside for the summer and all shooting WEF 23rd of April 2008 will be on the club field. With the first shoot in the club woods being next weekend we have put a Google Map to the approximate location of the entrance - Here

12/4/08 - Last Tassel Round - The last indoor Tassel round was shot at Friskney Village hall before going outdoors. The highlight was Pete Nettleton finally achieving the maximum 180 after being so close in previous months. Results Here

31/3/08 - Club Records - The records from the Indoor Series are the first to be added in the new format, allowing the Records Officer to use a database and then produce a pdf file rather than have to type them into a web page. All records achieved at the Boston Indoor Series have been added and the transfer of existing records has started. See Here

23/2/08 - First Junior to win Purple Tassel. A well attended tassel shoot on Saturday evening saw Alex Fleming become the first junior to break 176 and be awarded a Purple Tassel. Alex who shoots compound has been steadily improving over the past 3 months. Our other Junior Compound Archer, Daniel Severn improved on last months score by 11 points, just missing a gold by 1 point. Junior Recurve Ellen Talbot was back shooting her first tassel for a while with a 130. It was good to see some of our new members attend the shoot, some for the first time. A full list of results can be found Here

22/2/08 - Tassel Shoot 23rd February. All members are reminded that there will be a Tassel shoot at Friskney Village Hall commencing 6.30pm. We would like to see some of our new members and recent visitors attend to get their first tassel. This is a fun shoot and we usually have nice cakes!

07/02/08 Village Hall Closure. Due to the closure of Friskney Village Hall for maintenance work there will be no archery on Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th of February.

26/01/08. Tassel Round. The January Tassel round was shot at Friskney village hall with the usual supply of cakes! It was good to see the best turnout for a few months, with 17 archers completing the round. A full list of results can be found here

25/01/08 New Field dates added to Calendar, please check for any updates

25/01/2008 Tassel shoot. All club members are reminded that there is a tassel shoot at Friskney Village hall commencing 6.30pm on Saturday 26th Jan 08.

20/01/08 Club Novelty Shoot. 20 archers from around the County and beyond attended Friskney Bowmens Novelty shoot on the 20th. The overall winner was Pilgrim Bowmen's Ian Clayton. We would like to congratulate Kevin Forth for coming 3rd. A full report and results can be found here

 

2007 News

Tassel Shoot 15/12/07 3D Shoot 16/12/07. The final tassel round of 2007 was shot on Saturday Evening. Special congratulations to Paul Adams for becoming the first recurve archer to achieve a Purple Tassel and to Alan Blythyn for acheiving the highest longbow score for 2 years (144) Full results can be found here On Sunday 16th a 3D shoot was held on the club field and adjoining farmers field. The results can be found here

Wendy Invited to Join Carbon Express Pro Staff. Friskney Bowmen's Wendy Rowell topped off a succesful year by being invited to join Arrow Manufacturer 'Carbon Express' Factory Pro Staff for 2008. Carbon Express manufacture the Nano which is fast becoming a favourite with leading target archers, taking away the dominance of Easton's X10.

Wendy said 'I am delighted to have been invited by Joel Harris, Pro Staff Director at Eastman Outdoors/Carbon Express, to join their Factory Pro Staff for 2008. Most of my outdoor success in 2007 can be attributed to coaching by John Dudley and the Nano XR arrow which out performed my other arrows on every occassion I shot them. I am particularly looking forward to testing the new Nano Pro which I believe will become the leading target arrow of 2008'

Wendy shooting Carbon Express Nano's to win the Jack Oliver
Memorial Shoot in Boston

Tassel Shoot 15/12/07. All members are reminded that their will be a Tassel Shoot in Friskney Village Hall commencing 6.30pm. All members are invited to attend the last Tassel round of the year.

New website feature added - 'Find other clubs' Over the next couple of weeks I am adding a feature to the website that shows Google Maps of the location of the clubs Friskney members shoot at. This is not a comprehensive list of clubs but only a list of clubs that regularly hold competitions at which we shoot. It can be found under the 'About us' menu options or here So far I have completed Lincolnshire and started on Nottinghamshire. If there are any clubs missing or if you think a particular club should be listed then please let Malcolm, Alvyn or Wendy know.

Tassle Shoot 17/11/07 - A succesful club tassle shoot was held on Saturday evening. Results will be posted later today (19th)

SITE DOWN - The data center where the club site is hosted suffered major problems over the period 16 - 18/11/07 meaning that for the majority of Saturday and Sunday the website was only visible to those outside the UK. This effected several thousand websites and has now (hopefully) been resolved.

AGM 7/11/2007. The annual AGM opened with the usual introductions and apologies from those who could not attend. Alvyn had already handed out minutes of last years meeting for everyone to read, so these were accepted.

Malcolm Adams gave his chairmans report including congratulating the achievements of Ellen and Toni Talbot and Daniel Severn for their selection to the Junior County squad and their County records, Joe and Janet Lloyd for this years achievements in Longbow both GNAS and EFAA field with Joe's England cap and National records being the highlight. He congratulated Wendy Rowell on her many County and EMAS records as well as her gaining GMB status in under 12 months. He thanked Alvyn and Ernie for their work in helping to run the club and then spoke briefly about the success of the website.

Ernie Prior gave the treasurers report, needless to say that income was down this year because of the bad weather, however the club still made a small profit.

All current officers were re-elected except for the records officer who is now Wendy Rowell.

A lively debate on the proposed increase in club membership from £20 to £25 was followed by a vote. The prosal was carried by a large majority. So WEF 1st Jan 2008 club fees will go up by £5 to £25 for adults and there will be a £2.50 per year increase for juniors.

Further information was given about the website and those members who had contributed photos, results, reports and other information were thanked. All club members were asked to help by taking photos and updating the webmaster on any achievments.

The new club colours were discussed. This only really affects those shooting in GNAS competitions. It was decided to go for colours that could be bought easily in Asda, Matalan etc and Royal Blue tops and black trousers were accepted.

The field Captain, Kevin Forth, spoke about the new Wood. Facilities such as toilets and car parking are available and it was proposed that Alvyn and Kevin finalise the proposed rental. The insurance was discussed and Alvyn will be investigating extending our current insurance. Everyone agreed that this facility would be of great bennefit for the club, however Janet Lloyd pointed out that without an extension of our current insurance, non-NFAS members could not shoot. Many target members said they would be happy to help out at field shoots but insurance would be required.

Provisional dates were then given for the 2008 diary. See Here

IN AOB Craig Severn proposed that Jenny Marsh be made an Honoury club member because of her work behind the scenes and support of the club. This was carried unanimously.

finally the meeting was closed at approximately 9.45pm

Formal minutes will be produced by the club secretary Alvyn Kenning and the above information is an informal commentary of the meeting.

First Tassel Shoot of 2007/8 Indoor. Saturday 6th of October 07 saw the first tassel shoot of this years indoor season being shot in Friskney Village Hall. Jeff Thomas became the third member to shoot a clear 180 and win a multi-colour tassel. Paul Adams narrowly missed his purple tassel by 1 point shooting recurve on a compound 5 spot target. Results are here

 

Dates for your Diary:

Club Tassel Rounds will start on Saturday 6th October at 6.30pm in the village hall and then on November 17th and December 15th. Further dates will be announced on the Tassel diary page under 'Calendar'

We have EFAA Field Shoots on the 30th September and 21st October - contact Malcolm if you are interested.

Remember we go back indoors on the 3rd of October at the Village hall starting 6.30pm.

The Club Deer Shoot will be now held on the 11th of November.

There will be NO ARCHERY on the 12th and 13th of December.

Back Indoors. With effect from 3rd October club nights will be held in Friskney Village Hall commencing 6.30pm - 10pm

Long Distance Evening. From Friday 31st August 2007 we will be holding a long distance evening every Friday on the club field commencing 6.30pm This is for 100yds - 50yds ONLY. You will not be able to shoot at any shorter distance. This is subject to weather conditions.

Tassel Shoot 17th July. Everyone is reminded that the second summer tassel shoot will take place on the club field on the 17th at 6.30pm. All club members are welcome.

Wainfleet Have-a-go on Saturday 21st July. If you can help out at the Wainfleet have-a-go on Saturday the 21st, please speak to Ernie or Paul at the club this week.

Have-A-Go Spilsby Show 8/7/2007 A small team from Friskney Bowmen attended the Spilsby show and manned a have-a-go stall. A very succesful day saw queue's most of the day, with the weather being good for most of the day. We would like to thank Alex Flemming, Chris and Paul Newstead and Malcolm Adams for coaching and Janet and Jackie for manning the stall and fitting the bracers and finger tabs.

Friskney Football Have-A-Go Cancelled. The have-a-go planned for Saturday 7th July has been cancelled.

Club Field Minor Flooding July 5th - The club field is still wet in places but can be used with care. Members can park near the club hut.

A team from Friskney took part in the Wrangle show today. A very successful day with rain on and off all day however the heavens didn't really open till everyone was leaving. We would like to thank the following club members for all of their help. Steve and Alan Grover, Roy Brown, Alvyn Kenning, Jenny Williams, Ernie Prior and of course Janet and Malcolm Adams.

Club Members who can help with Brownies Have-A-Go on Tuesday night, please meet on the club field at 6.30pm

Move to Club Field. All members should note that with effect from 2nd May 2007 all club nights will be held on the club field, commencing 6.30pm until light fades. We would appreciate members arriving 5 minutes early to help setup.

Final Tassel Shoot. The final club tassel shoot was held on Saturday 21st of April at the village hall. There was a good turnout of juniors with Daniel Severn, Joshua Rowell, Alex and Jordan Marsh, Wyomie and Shania Redford all shooting. Daniel maintained his current form, retaining his gold tassel with a slightly improved score. Wyomie and Shania Redford both made improvements on their previous scores.

Wendy Rowell shot a second perfect 180 and Pete Nettleton just missed it by 1 point. New members Donna and Melissa Shaw both improved their scores but as far as other seniors were concerned it was a bit of a mixed result, with Malcolm Adams and Trevor Rowell both retiring early and several others shooting below par. The results can be found HERE

Club Tassel Shoot 25th March. It was good to see so many new members shooting at the penultimate tassel round of the indoor season. Full results can be found here. Daniel Severn achieved a gold tassel with 159, building on his continued improvement at the Boston indoor series. New juniors Wyomie and Shania Redford did very well for their first tassel shoot, both getting tassels. Junior member Daniel East shot his first tassel since last February scoring 123 and achieiving a red tassel - well done to all the juniors.

New adults Jonathon Redford, Melissa and Donna Shaw and Elaine Swift all shot very well, special mention to Elaine for doing so well with her new longbow. Wendy Rowell continued her recent success by scoring a 180 to become the first lady to gain a multi-colour tassel.

As usual there was a very tasty selection of cakes at half time. Gladys had made a lovely chocolate cake, but I did tell Gladys how disappointed I was she hadn't made my favourite fruit cake!

Thanks to everyone who helped setup and put away.

New pages have been added in the 'About Us' section covering club history. A scan of 61 news clippings taken from Malcolm's daughters scrapbook is available to read online and includes clippings from both local and national newspapers See Here Also now available to view is the first gallery of historic photographs from 1966 - 2000 these can be found here

A club 3D shoot held on the 11th of January was enjoyed by those attending. Unfortunately only 7 members and guests made it on the day. Bad weather in the morning probably played a part in this. Field Captain Kevin Forth and his team put a lot of effort into setting up the shoot for the day.

Wendy Rowell recently attended a coaching session with John Dudley, a report and some photographs can be found here

Results from the Club Novelty Shoot can be found HERE and some photos taken by Malcolm Adams can be seen HERE

Club Tassel results for the 20th January 2007 can be found HERE

 

2006 News

The tassel shoot due to be held on the 23rd December was shot as a Christmas pudding fun shoot. 20 members shot at the village hall at targets specially painted by Janet Lloyd. Scoring 5 points for a red berry down to 1 point for the main body of the pudding, this made for a very interesting shoot. Everyone enjoyed themselves and the cakes at half time were particularly welcome. Janet provided spot prizes at various stages of the competition. A big thanks to Janet and also to the ladies who provided the half time refreshments.

Friskney Bowmen appears in this weeks Boston Target (13/12/06) in an article about the Boston Indoor Series.