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Grahame Cotterill at London 2012 Annual General Meeting 2012 Flying the flag in the Andes Pie & Peas Floodlit Shoot 2011 Sunday shooting times Club curry bash July 2010 New container Meg wins at Assheton Phoenix at the 2010 Bronte Spotlight 600 Presentation to Geoff Club curry bash November 2009 Hallowe'en raid on Aire Valley Roy Pointing's kit Grahame Cotterill - County Coach Electric Field event on Beacon Hill Archery-themed floral display Geoff honoured Club recordsGrahame Cotterill at London 2012
Club member and County Coach Grahame Cotterill has been confirmed as an Athlete Services Volunteer at the London 2012 Paralympics and the Paralympic test event in May. He'll be assisting some of the best archers in the world. Congratulations to him!
Annual General Meeting 2012
The club's next Annual General Meeting will be held at Ovenden Park on Sunday the 5th of February 2012, commencing at 12:30 PM.
If any members wish to propose themselves or others for election to a post, please notify the Chairman or Secretary in writing or by email at least 14 days prior to the AGM. Please do not nominate someone unless they have agreed to be nominated.
If any members wish to propose rule changes or make other proposals, please notify the Chairman or Secretary in writing or by email at least 14 days prior to the AGM.
Notifications received later than 14 days prior to the AGM will not be considered.
Flying the flag in the Andes
Club member India and her father Peter spent Christmas and the New Year in the Chilean high Andes. While there, India proudly flew the club's logo at the highest geysers in the world! This photo was taken at sunrise at the Geyser El Tatio in the Atacama Desert. The mountains in the background are in Bolivia.
Halifax is pretty hilly, but can't quite match the 14,200 ft (4300 m) of the geysers or the 20,000 ft (6000 m) of the surrounding mountains!
Pie & Peas Floodlit Shoot 2011
Our first open shoot in many years was a roaring success! All targets were full, many new Yorkshire records were set, and the pie & peas was superb - barely a scrap was left on any plate.
Thanks to all the archers who made it a success, to Nicky the caterer for the excellent food, and to the club members who worked hard to lay on a great shoot.
Here are the photos:
Floodlit Pie & Peas shoot 2011 photos
...and here are the results:
2011 results
Sunday shooting times
The club is changing its Sunday start time to 1:00 PM for the winter, to fit in with the rugby schedule. We'll assemble at Ovenden Park at 12:45 PM. If we decide to shoot outdoors, we'll set up on the main pitch and shoot from 1:00 PM. If we decide to shoot indoors, we'll head down to Range Court.
Club curry bash July 2010
The club enjoyed a curry re-match at Moghuls in Keighley on the 25th of July 2010:
New container
The club took delivery of a new 20-foot container on the 1st of June 2010. Thanks to Karl Mallinson, Geoff Taylor, Shaun Brooksbank and me (Tim) for their work in preparing the ground and taking delivery.
Meg wins at Assheton
Meg Cowley won the Ladies Recurve title at the Novices Shoot hosted by Assheton Bowmen of Middleton, Manchester, on Sunday the 30th of March. Meg beat her nearest competitor by 99 points on an American round. Great going Meg!
A gallery of photos is available for your edutainment:
Assheton Bowmen Novices American 2010
Phoenix at the 2010 Bronte Spotlight 600
Who ate all the pies? Team Phoenix! We raided the Bronte Archers Spotlight 600 shoot on the 13th of February 2010, coming away with pies, peas and a medal:
Photos of Team Phoenix at the Bronte Spotlight 600 shoot 2010
Presentation to Geoff
Geoff Taylor, our Treasurer, celebrated his 80th birthday in December 2009. The club's Social Secretary Mike Holgate suggested that we present him with a portrait. Our artistic club member Meg Cowley was commissioned to produce the portrait. This was presented to a surprised Geoff at our AGM in January 2010:
More of Meg's work can be seen at imaeko.deviantart.com/gallery
Club curry bash November 2009
The club enjoyed a curry night at Moghuls in Keighley on the 21st of November 2009:
Hallowe'en raid on Aire Valley
The full terror of the club's descent on Aire Valley Archers for their 2009 Hallowe'en shoot can now be revealed:
Roy Pointing's kit
The club received a generous donation of equipment from Steve Jaikens. This kit belonged to his late friend Roy Pointing:
Grahame Cotterill - County Coach
Club member Grahame Cotterill (third from left in picture) is now a County Coach. Grahame passed his assessment at Lilleshall National Sports Centre on the weekend of the 8th and 9th of August 2009. This follows 19 months of hard work. Congratulations to him on this achievement.
Electric Field event on Beacon Hill
In July 2009, we took a two day trip up to Beacon Hill:
Archery-themed floral display
The Central Methodist Church in Brighouse held a three-day Flower Festival themed on the Olympics. One of the sports featured was archery. The Phoenix Bowmen helped Jennifer Blackburn to put her display together.
Funds raised will be donated to the Hollybank Trust, the Forget-Me-Not Trust, and Breast Cancer Care (Halifax).
Geoff honoured
Our treasurer Geoff Taylor has become the first recipient of the new Yorkshire Award. The Yorkshire Award is intended as recognition of individuals and couples who have performed outstanding service to their clubs over many years. Geoff certainly fits that description.
The award was presented by Jim Routledge, Vice President of the YAA, at Phoenix's ground on Sunday the 8th of June 2008. The citation reads:
Geoff Taylor has been a member of the club continuously since its founding thirty years ago. He has taken on every task in the club at some point and performed it diligently and well. He is currently the club's treasurer, in addition to which he helps with the coaching, grounds maintenance, equipment management and just about everything else. At the age of 78 he shows no signs of slacking, and is an excellent example to the other members of the club.
Geoff has stuck with the club through some very rough patches, and has often been the only thing keeping the club alive.
Geoff has been crucial to maintaining good relations with our hosts, Halifax RUFC. He comes to the grounds every Monday morning to tidy up and maintain the premises, and works on the gate when home games are on. He sat on the rugby club's committee for many years, representing the archery section.
Geoff has consistently taken a progressive and clear-sighted approach to the archery club, bringing about changes when needed.
The Yorkshire Award would be fitting recognition for an archer who has worked long and hard for the club over three decades."
Geoff Taylor (centre right) receives the Yorkshire Award from Jim Routledge (centre left).
Read the story in the Evening Courier:
Archer Geoff still hitting the bullseye
Club records
David King, our records officer, has created a list of who has what classifications and who holds which club records. This can be seen in the container. He requests that any score sheets you want to submit are placed in the container in the designated folder (green) and he'd like you to do them on proper club sheets please and TOTAL THEM UP!!! Blank sheets can be found in the orange folder.
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