Red Rose Archers
Field Archery Club (Northampton)
A member of the English Field Archery Association
Red Rose ArchersField Archery Club (Northampton) |
A member of the English Field Archery Association
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There will not be a club shoot on Sunday 1st January 2012 but the course will be open for club members to use.
The next club shoot will be on Sunday 5th February 2012. Normal 1st Sunday of the month, 10:00 - 12:00.
Not a classification shoot. A chance to have a bit of fun, you might want to go on practice butts,
ask advice from someone, tune your bow, have a fun shoot with a mixed group.
If the weather looks poor, check with a member of the committee that the shoot is still on.
As usual, Red Rose Archers will be running a Have-A-Go stand where members of the public can try their hand at Archery. This is our biggest fundraiser and we get a lot of interest. We ask as many members as possible give us a hand. You get a free entry ticket for the whole family. The more people that help the more chance everyone gets to have a look around the fair. If you can spare a morning, afternoon, a couple of hours or the whole day please let Sharron know.
For more information about Northamptonshire Country Fair, go to Northamptonshire Country Fair
How it all began:
Back in early 1982, a group of like-minded persons got together to discuss the
setting up of Northampton's first field archery club. Peter Bond and Peter Hartwell
had already done some ground work and found us Coneygree Plantation, which the
landowner was prepared to let us have the use of. We walked the wood, looking
at possible lanes, (when we could see over the waist high nettles!) and started
clearing. what a job that was! We used sickles, home made sythes, swords - yes
swords, staffs, spades garden forks, hedge slashers and billhooks, and probably
other things that I've forgotten. What a pity we never thought to hire petrol
driven strimmers, it would have made life so much easier in the first few months.
We bought our first lot of straw bales in January 1983, put them out, panicked
a lot, and finally held our first open shoot in February 1983 (we collected £17.66p)
Some memorable dates:
15.06.83 First ever have-a-go stall (at Misterton Hall)
10.07.83 First ever have-a-go stall at Castle Ashby
01.08.83 Timber purchased to build hut (it's still in use)
18.12.83 First time we sold food at shoot
19.02.84 First ever Rose Bowl Trophy shoot
21.09.84 First ever Halloween Challenge Shield
21.04.85 First ever Founder Members Trophy shoot
14.06.85 First time we thought to hire a petrol strimmer !
24.05.86 Caravan purchased
July 1986 UK Championships held at Coneygree Plantation
06.07.88 First time we bought training equipment
25.06.89 First have-a-go stall at Holdenby House
10.05.91 First beginners course recorded
14.12.91 First time we gave out sherry & mince pies at Christmas
November 1999 First ever Life Member created