Saturday at Great Southern Archers was the Christmas break up for the Junior Members of the Club. The day started with a BBQ that was enjoyed by Club members, the AJADs and their parents. This was then followed by the presentation of the Club Championship's Certificates. John Clark, our Club President, received 4 certificates being one each for Target, Field, Clout and Indoor Archery. Not to be out done, Sebastian Hogan received 3 Club Championship Certificates and 1 AJAD's certificate. Also, Sebastian who has made the Junior State Team will be off to Armidale, NSW to compete in the Junior Nationals in January.

During the afternoon, several club members took to the target range. Steve Rooney and John Smith shot a Short Canberra (30 arrows at each 50,40 30 metres) and both finished with great results. Nigel Songhurst tried out a 22lb bow for the first time and after some adjustments, grouped his arrows in the centre of the target. Sebastian Hogan put in some practice at 45 and 35 metres while Rylee Jemson shot at 40 metres for the first time and once he had adjusted his sights, his arrows were hitting the gold.

Scores: Steve Rooney 840, John Smith 805.

Indoor Archery - December 5th.

There was a very good turnout for the Indoor Achery at Goolwa on Monday 5th December with 13 shooters from 3 different Clubs for a Qualification and Ranking Event. The Felix family was well represented with 4 shooters including Cub Compounder, Jake having his first outing at indoor.

Scores were:

Cub Boys Compound:        Jake Felix 245.

Mens Compound:               Pat Coghlan 593, Grant Cole 562, Michael Felix 547, Aaron Tetley 544,

Master Mens Compound:   Garry Oster 569, Greg Mitchell 544.

Veteran Mens Barebow:     Michael Spanner 356.

Picture: "Club Champions"

Standing L to R: Sebastian Hogan, John Smith, Garry Oster, Greg Mitchell, Allen Stribling and Steve Rooney.

Seated L to R:  Rylee Jemson, Brayden Johns and John Clark.