Hertfordshire Archery Association
(Patron: The Marchioness of Salisbury)
the association of target archery clubs in Hertfordshire, England
the association of target archery clubs in Hertfordshire, England
The Association provides support and services to archery clubs and individuals in Hertfordshire. It is affiliated to GNAS and SCAS.
Do you want to shoot for the County? Do you wonder why other people get picked but you believe you are a better archer? Can you shoot near to or better than the scores given on the selection page?
Then have you sent in your Declaration form for 2012? without it the selectors will not be able to consider you. The deadline for the Herts Middlesex match is fast approaching and as yet there are not enough scores being submitted. If you have been shooting at a suitable level then have your scores been submitted. Ask your records officer but don't forget, it is your responsibility to ensure the selectors get the information they need. One more thing, did you know we are hoping to field a junior team this year? All you juniors out there who can shoot a portsmouth round, why not get your scores submitted the same as the seniors. Please don't assume that everyone else is better than you, you might be pleasantly surprised.
With less than 2 weeks to go to the County Indoor Championships, the latest status is that the D session is now fully booked. There are one or two spaces on the C session but for those who prefer to shoot on the Saturday, the A session has spaces but not as many as the B session.
As always the organiser would like to ask all last year's trophy winners to make sure that they bring their trophies back, clean and engraved, after all it is possible you might not win it back. And a special request to all clubs to donate raffle prizes, I bet you didn't get to drink all those bottles of Moet over Christmas. Once again, just drop the organiser an e-mail with an idea of what to expect, it makes his job that much easier when he knows what is going to turn up
And finally for now, the AGM was held last night, despite lower than usual numbers attending it was good to know that membership numbers were up last year with a healthy increase in juniors. And for the Juniors, keep watching this space as we will have details of a County wide award scheme for you in the coming weeks, but be warned, if you start right at the bottom and work your way through, I doubt if you will be able to stand under the weight of all those badges.
Happy New Year to you all. With the festivities almost over it is time to start planning for the coming months ( if you hadn't already started ). The County AGM is fast approaching so there is little time to waste, new faces are always welcome and as usual we will be looking for nominations for all officer posts. I would ask you all to seriously consider how you could help this year in what everyone says will be an important time for archery in this country. Every club that is currently affiliated through the county has a right to a voice but we still do not get representatives from all clubs at committee meetings. If you don't think you are quite ready to take on County Chairman why not start with volunteering to be your club representative?
And before we know it, the Indoor Championships will be upon us. There are 4 sessions to chose from spread over the Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February. If you have a prefered session the sooner the organiser receives your entry the more chance there will be of spaces being available.
Forms are available for all County archers wishing to be considered for selection to shoot for the County in 2012. If you think you might be at the levels required (see selection pages) then get your form in so that the selection panel knows you actually wish to be considered. The onus is on you to tell us you want to shoot.
With best wishes to you all for a very Happy Christmas and an accurate New Year. Many thanks to all those who have worked so hard throughout the year both at club and County to ensure we all get to enjoy our archery. For the rest of us, don't forget your resolutions for 2012, we can always do with more volunteers. And finally, to those of you who will be representing us all at the Olympic games in the summer, have a restful Christmas and a successful 2012. . . . Now where did I put those sprouts?
After the last County Committee meeting an e-mail was sent out to all club secretarys asking them to do two things. The first was to confirm receipt of the e-mailand the second to distribute the contents to all their club members. What we needed was someone to come forward who was prepared to run the 2012 County Indoor Championships. We had a deadline after which this tournament would just not happen. Well I can tell you that there were several clubs who did not respond to confirm receipt of the e-mail and because of this we can only assume that you as club members are not being informed what your County organisation is doing for archery in Hertfordshire. If you are one of these people, please ask your club committee to tell you what is happening. As a result of the second request I can tell you that at the eleventh hour someone did come forward and many thanks to John Postoyko for agreeing to organise this tournament for us. The entry form can be downloaded from the usual place, or by clicking on the hyperlink HERE. You should all be in no doubt that if organisers are not forthcoming the County can no longer just fall back on the few who already do so much to ensure things happen. We still need an organiser for the County outdoor championships in July. Without a volunteer the shoot will not happen. The same applies to other County tournaments. No one is left to just get on with it and there is plenty of support from previous organisers but we do need more people to get involved. 2012 will be an interesting year for our sport let's hope it will not be just at the Olympics that we get new volunteers.