Young Alex Ditch has gotten himself a county record! Here he is receiving his certificate from our records officer.
Then he went and got himself his first 6 gold end at 20 yards.
Well done kid!
Congratulations to the victorious County Team (not a few of whom are our very own members) for winning absolutely everything in Scotland at the weekend.
Full details and results to follow once published by the organising county.
Open your copy of Archery GB (hopefully delivered to your door in the last day or so)
and turn to page 31.
Tada! it’s us, featured due to our second successful 24 Hour shoot for charity.
Marvellous.
The County Squad line up has been announced and It is my privilege to tell you that no less than 6 of our members have been selected to shoot for the county at the Pentangle in Ayr. I am immensely proud to congratulate the following archers:
Cath Lowden
Cat Coddington
Deirdre Pattison
Jane Lowes
Julie Ryan
Lloyd Pattison
Do we rock, or what?
At the AGM on Saturday 8th January the following members were voted into post:
Chairman: Lloyd Pattison
Secretary: Davey Ryan
Treasurer: Dave Johnston
Tournament Secretary: Deirdre Pattison
Records Officer: Julie Ryan
Child Protection Officer: Linda Thompson
Deputy Child Protection Officer: Colin Elsbury
Public Relations Officer: Catherine Lowden
Equipment Officer: Paul Thompson
We would like to thank the outgoing Chair and Secretary, Mike and Christine, for their hard work over the previous years, which has helped to make Durham City Archers one of the most successful clubs in the region.
We hope to build on this success with help from our members. Remember, it’s your club, so if you have any ideas or suggestions to improve Durham City Archers, then chat to one of the Committee or e-mail me at davey@durhamcityarchers.org
Enjoy yourselves and shoot well.
Davey
Well done to our team at the Green Lane Brays who scored an impressive medal haul!
July Ryan 1st lady Compound
Deirdre Pattison 2nd Lady Recurve
Catherine Lowden 3rd Lady Recurve
Brian Coleman 3rd Gent Recurve
Lloyd Pattison 3rd Gent Compound
Cracking job everyone, go team!
Well, all good things come to an end and summertime is no exception. To ease us into the indoors we will be having our annual end of season shoot on Saturday the 11th. Details below:
DCA End of season Albion / Windsor / Junior Windsor (9doz 80-60-50 / 60-50-40 / 40-30-20)
11 September;
Assembly 11:15 Sighters 11:30
DCA Members only.
Entries will be informal, so just show up on the day. If the weather is good we will be having a BBQ. If you need any more info grab one of us and ask
Results for the third round of the UK Nationals are up, a few familiar names can be seen therein…
15th of May 2010
Assembly at 12:00 sighters at 12:30, however we will be there as normal from 11:00 so come down early for some sneaky practise
We are shooting a Stafford (6doz @ 30m on a 60cm face) outside if the weather is good, indoors if not.
Club members only, no need to enter, just register on the day.
For info: contact Lloyd or Julie.
Note to all interested members:
There will be a coaching session for adult archers on Friday the 21st of May and a similar event for junior archers on Saturday the 22nd of May.
If you are interested in improving your shooting (all bowtypes) please get back to me ASAP as places are limited.
Grab either Paul or me at the club anytime, drop me a mail, or add a comment to this post.