Victoria Bowmen Newsletter October 2007

Hello All,

Indoor Shooting:
With the wind down of the outdoor season comes the beginning of our indoor shooting season, a few words on indoors:

Keep an eye on the website: http://victoriabowmen.com/clubinfo/shootingtimes.htm there you will find any notices of changes in the shooting schedule.

No Shooting October 6th, we have cancelled indoor shooting for Saturday.

Shooting is from 10 AM - 1 PM Saturdays and 7 PM to 9 PM Tuesdays, please arrive a bit early to help set up the butts and equipment and stay until all the gear is put away, everyone should help in the set up/take down.

New Board:
We had a good turnout at our Annual General Meeting September 24th - the new Board of Directors is:
President - Greg Birtwistle
Vice President - vacant
Secretary - Al Wills
Treasurer - Helena Myllyniemi
Membership - Lynn Brochu
Tournament - Tracy Klat
JOP Rep - Mary Wills
Public Relations - Sharon Cunningham
Bowhunting/3D - Doug Bell
Equipment - George Trattner
DND Liaison - Bruce Reed
Social Director - Sonja Bell
Jr. Reps - Brad Clements and Allison Weick

United Way Bow Raffle
The Victoria Bowmen were pleased to put on a display for the kick off of the DND United Way Campaign, we dontated a set of lessons and Greg Birtwistle donated a custom made longbow - The winner was Petty Officer Dave Greene - congratulations to him

Coaching Clinic
The club is sponsoring a Basic Archery for Beginners course October 20/21 at the clubhouse, the cost is about $90.00 (subsidized by the club) and teaches the NCCP archery coaching stream at the beginning level. If you are interested you should register with Tracy Klat ASAP - 598-7615 or tklat@shaw.ca.

Annual Dues
It is time to start the renewal process for your membership - Please contact our Membership Director Lynn Brochu at 383-6550 or a7a34935@telus.net, plese don't leave this to long as you may not be insured.


Victoria Bowmen JOP Newsletter - October 2007

Weekly Practices

J.O.P. practice moves indoors to John Stubbs Elementary School and out of the autumn rain on October 13th. Practice is from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. every Saturday. Please arrive on time and stay for the whole practice to help with set up and take-down. Thank you!
If you are interested in trying 3D or Field shooting come out EARLY Saturday mornings or early Wednesday evenings. If you are not familiar with the courses, you should ask an experienced archer if you may join them. Most will be happy to have you along with them.

Halloween Funshoot
There will be a creepy funshoot on Saturday, October 27th at 10:30 a.m. at John Stubbs School. Fun novelty shooting and great prizes! Suggested donation of $3 to $5 per archer. Please wear your costume.

Courses
There will be a Coaching Course on the weekend of October 20th and 21st, which will teach you all that you need to know to become a qualified archery coach. The price is $90 and pre-registration is required. Contact Tracy Klat for information and registration.

Equipment
• Used 15 lbs. child's take-down recurve with arrows and case. $150 - contact Stella Holliday for details - 896-0132.
If you wish to advertise a piece of junior equipment in the newsletter, contact Bradley Clements. You can also check out the Buy/sell section on the Victoria Bowmen website for other equipment and contact Al Wills if you wish to advertise something there. Remember to show your club membership when shopping at Island Outfitters for a 10% discount!

Note to Parents
You are asked to stay and watch over your children when they are at JOP practice. When you are absolutely unable to stay and look after them for the whole practice, please arrange with another adult to do so for you.
Please try your best to get your kids to practice on time and stay the duration of the practice so that they can get the most of the practice and help set up and take down equipment. Also try to come to practice on a regular basis. Read the Newsletters and mark the dates on your calendars. Your dedication is very much appreciated!

Contacts
For more information, go to our website http://www.victoriabowmen.com, there you can find most information or contacts to call.