Welcome to the new website of Napier University Archery Club (NUAC).
NUAC was set up in 2004 and competes in a wide variety of Scottish and UK-wide university level competitions. For beginners, the club has a stock of equipment to learn on and coaches to help you learn and improve. This website has been created as a resource for club members, as well as serving as a point of contact for external visitors.
Nov 222011
Well it has been a busy November for university competitions, with two SSS League Matches, plus the Griftsmouth.
The first League Match at Strathclyde saw the senior team (Piotr, Ewan, Aurelien and Graeme) finish second in the match and also break the 5 year old senior team record, with 2118. The novice team (Jean, Anja and Jenny) got 1099 which was enough for fourth place. Piotr was 5th placed gent overall with 540 and Jean was 2nd gent novice with 445.
Two weeks later the same senior team smashed the record again with 2180 at Heriot-Watt. This was only 36 points behind Edinburgh! Graeme scored 548 and was 5th gent, Aurelien, Ewan and Piotr all shot 544 (6th, 7th and 8th gent!). Jean was 1st placed gent novice by a clear 20 points, with 503. The novice team (Jean, Anton and Anja) finished 2nd.
Both teams are now second in their respective League Tables, with two matches still to go.
In between was the Griftsmouth as hosted by Edinburgh. Jules came 2nd in the Griftsmouth, Ewan was 2nd in the Portsmouth round (1st student as Matt was 1st overall) and Niall was 4th in the biggest difference category.
During November, we welcomed 12 new archers (Anja, Anton, Aurelien, Christian, Eva, Graeme, Jean, Jenny, Kat A, Kat M, Morgane and Perrine) on to the NUAC competitive roll of honour which is probably some kind of record as well.
Nov 042011
Congratulations to the NUAC squad of 10 selected to contest the first Scottish Universities League Match of the season, at Strathclyde on Sat 5th Nov. The squad comprises:
Seniors: Aurélien, Ewan, Graeme, Niall, Piotr
Novices: Anja, Christian, Jean, Jenny, Kat M
The minibus will be leaving the NSA at 09:00 sharp on Saturday morning, so please arrive early and prepared with everything you’ll need.
Travel costs will be £7 – please bring that to the session on Friday night. Also, there may be some spaces on the minibus available for spectators.
Once we get back to Edinburgh, Nathan is leading the expedition up Arthur’s Seat for the “traditional” NUAC firework display. Please give him your £5 if you haven’t done so already.
Oct 112011
To all club members,
We are holding an Emergency General Meeting on Wednesday 12th October to discuss important club issues.
You should have received an email with information regarding this meeting. Please get in touch if you haven’t.
Oct 042011
Message to seniors:
I will be there at 6, maybe a little earlier. If nobody turns up by 6:20, I probably will leave.
Come, if you dare – it may be wet, windy and cold…
Pete
We will be training in Craiglockhart tomorrow from 2pm onward. This is for seniors only.
We should be there at least until 4pm but possibly until it gets dark. If you’d like to come later than 4pm please let us know to make sure someone is still at Craiglockhart.
Sep 262011
Week 4 already! How did that happen…
This is the first week of our regular 2 times per week indoor sessions at the North Merchiston Club:
Fridays 8 – 10 pm
Sundays 4 – 7 pm
These sessions will be mixed between seniors and novices for now, as seniors should still be able to stand the conditions outside during the week…
We will head to McCowans Brewhouse, our new sponsor, soon after each of these sessions. One night per week there will be free food served, provided we keep our numbers as strong as they have been! The usual 10 % discount still applies (ask Jules, if you haven’t got a discount card yet).
Please join us at McCowans, also if you aren’t coming to the archery session. Feel free to bring your friends! Unfortunately, at this stage, no one under 18 is allowed in the pub – but don’t worry, we will try to organise other outings where everybody will be able to join in!
Sessions for seniors (at Craiglockhart):
Tuesday 6 pm – dark
Thursday 6 pm – dark
Whenever possible, we will hold these sessions earlier – check the google calendar before you go!!
If any senior wants to shoot outside that time, they need to find a committee member to accompany them. Remember, at least one committee member plus ANY other person to hold a session at Craiglockhart!
Sep 222011
We managed to pur stands together with Niall, so seniors are welcome to shoot tonight!
Sep 192011
Please note some changes to the calendar – no Beginner Training on Tuesday.
This is due to the fact that we moved all the equipment to North Merchiston Club (all available targets and all club bows and arrows).
Training for Novice / Beginner archers:
- Sunday 25th, 4 – 7 pm, North Merchiston Club
Training for Seniors only (to be confirmed):
- Tuesday 20th, 6 – 8 pm, Craiglockhart
- Thursday 22nd, 6 – 8 pm, Crailglockhart
Seniors will be able to shoot at these sessions as soon as we get stands for the 2 foam bosses stored at Craiglockhart.
Sep 172011
We are meeting at North Merchiston Club at 4:00 pm this Sunday to have our first session indoors at this venue!
We will be meeting at the McCowans Brewhouse soon after the session and they will have some free food for us around 7:30 pm. Please come also, if you are not able to make the archery session.
Please bring money to purchase Sports Union cards, if you haven’t got one yet – see the Sports Union Cards post.
See the Join us section for information on the venue.
Sep 162011
As stated in a previous post, you must join the Sports Union to be a member of any Napier club, which cost £15 for the year.
We have just been told by the NSA that the deadline is 26th September. It is very important that you join by this date because the budget of the club, and therefore the quality of equipment and hours of training, depends on the number of members the club has at this date. As required by the NSA, you won’t be able to participate to any club activities (training, competitions…) after 26th September if you have not joined the Sports Union.
Once you get your Sports Union card, you must register online at http://www.montpeliers.co.uk/napier. You should select “archery” in the list of the clubs. That will allow the club to get money anytime you go to one of the NSA sponsor’s venue (http://www.montpeliers.co.uk/) using your card.
We can take care of your affiliation with the Sports Union for you if you bring £15 at a training session, ideally this Sunday (18th). If for any reason you want to do it yourself or can’t attend any training session by 26th September, let us know by email what your Sports Union card number is before the deadline.
Have a look at http://www.napierstudents.com/sports/membership-cards-2011.php for more information about Sports Union cards.
For non (yet) member, you can still join us at anytime, just come to any training session. Obviously, if you plan on joining the club we will be happy if you do it before 26th September for the reasons stated above, but this is not an obligation.
