Club news

We'll be shooting on Bank Holiday Monday, the 25th of August, from 12:00 PM.

 Club Championships 2008
 Archery-themed floral display
 Geoff honoured
 Discussion board
 Outdoor shooting midweek
 We have a winner!
 Field availability
 Club records

Club Championships 2008

The club will be running its championships in September. The expected date is Sunday the 21st of September 2008.
We'll shoot either National or Western rounds (to be decided nearer the time). The particular round (New, Long, standard, Junior, Short or Short Junior) that you shoot will be the one appropriate to your age and gender.
There'll be two elements to the awards:
 Handicap Championships: each archer's handicap will be added to their score, and the winner of the Club Handicap Championship will be the person with the highest resulting score. This means that everyone has a chance and the winner will be the archer who has performed best against his or her usual standard;
 High Score Championships: the outright highest scorer in each category will also be recognised (which should make Ian Reynolds happier this time!).
A sign-up sheet will be put up in the container real soon now.

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

Discussion board

We've dropped the Proboards discussion board since no one was using it. We do, however, have a private discussion board on Archery Interchange UK. Register there, look in "User CP" and select "Group Memberships". From there you can request membership of the Phoenix Bowmen group.

Outdoor shooting midweek

We're back outdoors midweek. When the weather's OK, we'll be able to shoot outdoors from 7:00 PM on Mondays and Wednesdays. If the weather's bad, we'll usually be able to shoot indoors.

We have a winner!

Club member Oliver Robinson won his category at the Bronte Spring Weekend, in his first ever tournament. He won the under-12s category shooting a Bristol 1 round. Congratulations!

Field availability

The rugby club will be performing drainage work on the main pitch over the next few months, and re-seeding it. This means it will not be available for a period from mid-May to late July. The training field and the bottom pitch will remain available.

Club records

David King, our records officer, has created a list of who's got 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) AAAANNNDDD... 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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