The 2011 Shindig will be on November 24th at The Captain Cook pub, 408 Upper Richmond Road. SW15 6JP – from 8.00pm

http://www.thecaptaincook.com/

Featuring the infamous No-Lose Lottery, Slave Auction, the return of Circo Ridiculoso and whatever other good stuff we can organise in time.

Free Admission – food – cash bar.

Please let Steve Thomson know if you can offer your services in the Slave Auction.

Ladies Recurve – Barbara Littlechild

Gents Recurve – Robert Stevens

Ladies Longbow – Fanny Badia

Gents Longbow – Steve Thomson

Ladies Traditional – Katie Barrett

Gents Traditional – Philip Plunkett

Congratulations too to all our other medalists and trophy winners, not just at Royal Richmond, but also at away shoots throughout the year. It’s been an exceptionally successful season for the club, with winners and runners-up in target, field and clout, with recurve, longbow and traditional bows. Well done to you all!

Our Hallowe’en shoot (which will incorporate a session of  Archery Clay Pigeon shooting – something which has been much in the archery press lately) is on November 5th, starting at 12.00 (for the ‘clays’) with the Hallowe’en shoot proper starting at 4.30 with Bangers ‘n’ Mash. It’ll cost you £8.00 – payable to Justin Wells:

Flat 13 Walpole Court
Hampton Road
Twickenham
TW2 5QH.

Make sure you check out the home fixtures page for details of Quick’s sessions.

Our final event is on Saturday 17th, when we’ll be shooting a French themed round. Instinctive shooting and novel scoring. Kudos for costume and accent. Even more kudos for actually speaking recognisable French…except Fanny of course, who gets extra kyudo for BEING French. (If that looks like a typo, ask Ms Badia what I mean).

Don’t forget too that the club AGM is on Wednesday 14th in the pavilion. 7.30 for drinks and nibbles, meeting starts at 8.00 sharp.

The Longbow event took place on August 13th, and while it wasn’t as well attended as had been hoped, it was a good day of archery nonetheless.

The Traditional bow championships wasn’t as lucky, with adverse weather forcing a postponement. It will now be shot on Saturday 10th September, and will be a Short Western round.

The Recurve champs will be held on 4th September. Rounds will be York, Hereford (all day events) and a limited choice of National rounds (1/2 day events). If you haven’t already let Justin Wells know what you plan to shoot can you please do so as soon as possible.

On the 17th September we’ll be celebrating all things French, with Fanny Badia hosting a French themed shoot. Details will be circulated, but keep the date free. Knowing Fanny, there may well be food involved!

Friday 5th August. Party and Hog Roast. The tennis, cricket and archery clubs are getting together for a party, and you’re invited! Cost is £20, and if you get there for 7.30 that’ll include a free drink as well as your delicious piggy (or vegetarian) treat, complete with a selection of salads. Strawberries and cream will finish it all off, then it’s over to the DJ who will keep it all going until around 1.00am. Booking forms are available at the bar, or email lynda.fisher@lighthousegroup.plc.uk to reserve your place.

Sunday 14th August: Many roads around the club will be closed or have severely restricted access due to a cycle race on the route of the Olympic road race. It’s therefore been decided to change the schedule to an afternoon session only. This will start at 1.00 sharp, so please arrive by 12.30.

Saturday 13th August:  The first of the club champs: The Longbow Championship,  is scheduled for Saturday 13th August. It’ll be a two-way Western. Please let Justin Wells know if you are planning on competing.

July 24th. Neighbouring club Spelthorne will be visiting for a friendly match. We’ll be shooting Windsor, Albion & St George rounds, and we need to have a decent turnout as even though it’s a friendly…we want to WIN! Pride is at stake here! Shooting starts at 11.00, so be there for 10.30 in order to help set up and to get your kit ready. There’ll be a barbeque after the event, so plan on staying after shooting.

July 31st. The second Beginners’ Mixer Fun Shoot – allowing those who have completed the beginners’ course to meet the members. Shooting will be followed by a Pot Luck meal. Bring something along for sharing.

It was particularly good to be able to welcome a few longbow archers from other clubs, who also entered into the spirit of the event by wearing some fine looking Victorian garb – we were especially taken by Tom Firth’s natty plaid plus-fours!

Fantastic food, and plenty of it was a large part of the attraction of the day, and particular thanks to Barbara and Laura for their work behind the scenes to make that aspect of the day so special for everyone.

Marshall’s Mum came to watch, and we had some distinguished visitors from the cast of Ronin – the film on which Marshall has been working over the past few months.

Sunday was another fine day weatherwise, and a morning of Nationals gave way to a fun shoot in the afternoon, which gave some of the folk who have just completed their beginners’ courses a chance to meet and mix with the club’s members. More food on hand, (thanks to all who brought something) and a VERY welcome ice-cream courtesy of Mark Swaddle, who made a run to the local Sainsbury’s to buy what appears to have been their entire stock.

Photographs of the Victorian shoot can be found on our Flickr page. Copy and paste this into your browser: http://www.flickr.com/photos/48864252@N02/

On the subject of six-gold ends, congratulations go to Matt Savage, who shot just that at Spelthorne on Sunday 5th. Well done Matt, and indeed all our junior representatives, who really are showing the senior club how it should be done!

A newsletter should arrive in your mailbox any time now to advise you of a change to the schedule for Sunday 12th June. The Eric Harvey Trophy has been postponed to allow those members booked to shoot at Windsor on Sunday to take part. Instead there will be a Western round with shooting commencing at 12.00. Get there early to sort out your gear and help with the field.