At BUCS Indoor Championships we got our highest place to date – senior team came 13th, novices were 9th.

See Club Records and Results pages for detailed information.

http://www.bannockburnbowmen.org/Home#FITA18

Latest results are uploaded – see Results. Well done to Team Napier for keeping a strong second position in novice and senior categories!

It is also worth checking the Records page, as quite a few club records have been established! Definitely go there before they get wiped away this coming weekend! Record smashing continues…

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.

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.

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.

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

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!