All Lead Articles - 2012
"Archery Big Weekend" (Sunday, 12 February 2012)
ArcheryGB is celebrating London hosting the Games by organising Archery's Big Weekend on August 25 and 26.
The "Archery Big Weekend" will see clubs and other archery providers from all over the country come together
and open up their doors to host an archery open day for their local community.
As part of a nation-wide campaign to mark the Games, the event will enable members of the public to come along to their local venue and give archery a go.
This is set to be a big weekend for archery lovers everywhere, with something for everyone to enjoy,
from the Big Weekend to the National Series final, which it coincides with.
Clubs are invited to hold their open day on one or both days over the advertised weekend.
The sign up process will start in March and end in June.
This will allow ArcheryGB time to promote all of the participating venues to the public and give clubs plenty of time to prepare.
Each club that signs up will receive an organiser pack to help them set up their open day;
they will be promoted as a part of a national event, and they will also be entered into a free prize draw.
All that is asked, is that in the spirit of the Games, it will be free for members of the public to shoot some arrows!
More information will be available within the next month.
County Secretary Required (Sunday, 29 January 2012)
Unfortunately Kate Weber has had to stand down as county Secretary, because of pressure of work;
we would like to thank her for the work she has done during her short time in the role.
In the short term Bob Beaney will become the contact point for postal correspondence and
Mike Brighton will have responsibility for email correspondence and meeting minutes.
This leaves us though with a vacancy for a vital role in the running of our county association, which we need to fill as quickly as possible.
The two main parts of the job are keeping/circulating minutes of meetings and acting as the main point of contact -
normally that involves working out who can best respond and passing the matter on, rather than having to do everything yourself!
If any member is interested in taking on this job, or knows someone who is,
please contact the county Chairman,
Bob Beaney for more information.
GNAS AGM (Sunday, 29 January 2012)
At last year's GNAS AGM
the suggestion was made that it should be held in different parts of the country, perhaps in a different region each year;
the intention behind this was to make it more accessible to members who do not normally attend, because of the difficulty in getting to Lilleshall.
This year it will be held on Saturday 28 April (a week later then usual) at the University of East London, Stratford, London, starting at 11:00 a.m..
As an added incentive to attend, there will be an oportunity afterwards for up to 90 members to tour the Olympic Park -
please note that this tour will only be available to those who attend the AGM!
Full details together with the agenda, reports and voting forms will be circulated to club secretaries and
GNAS Direct/Honorary Life Members during March.
Sport Makers (Sunday, 22 January 2012)
Three months after Sport England launched its search for 40,000 Sport Makers, who will make sport happen for their friends, neighbours or colleagues,
the number who have signed up has passed the 10,000 mark.
Every Sport Maker who has signed up is invited to an informal and interactive workshop
where they’ll gain the skills and opportunities to get involved in sport in their area.
Backed by the British Olympic Association and £4 million of National Lottery funding,
Sport Makers is part of the Places People Play legacy programme
that is bringing the magic of a home Olympic and Paralympic Games into communities across the country.
To find out more about Sport Makers, which is open to anyone aged 16 and over, and to sign up,
visit the Sport Makers website.
Hannah Brown promoted to International Judge (Sunday, 15 January 2012)
Our congratulations go to Hannah Brown of Bowmen of Woodstock for her recent appointment by World Archery
(formerly FITA) as an International Judge.
Hannah has also been appointed as one of the NTOs at the Olympic Games archery event
at Lords Cricket Ground later this year and as a judge at the World Indoor Championship in Las Vegas.
The county of Kent continues its tradition of numbering International Judges among its membership -
we also have 2 Emeritus International Judges (Derrick Lovell and Neil Dimmock).
County Records for Archers with a Disability (Sunday, 15 January 2012)
The KAA is still planning to maintain county records for archers with a disability and
is currently finalising exactly which records will be maintained going forward.
In the mean time any archers who fall into any of the IPC-recognised disability categories
are asked to continue to submit claims for rounds shot.
Please use the standard County Record Claim Form,
but make sure that you mark the form clearly with the appropriate IPC
category (i.e. ARST, ARW1,
ARW2, or ARVI),
but please do not supply any details or evidence of your disability with your claim.
Please note that you must have shot in full compliance with any IPC restrictions,
e.g. ARVI must shoot with full blackout blindfold.
County Records for Flight Archery (Sunday, 15 January 2012)
Following a recent enquiry, the KAA
is currently investigating the possibility of maintaining county records for flight archery.
Any archers who have a particular interest in flight archery are asked to:
- contact the county Records Officer
with details of their normal flight bow category, flight classification and
the flight tournaments that they have previously attended or have entered this year;
(When writing, please ensure that you include your name and club.)
- submit claims for rounds shot on or after 01 January 2012, using the standard
County Record Claim Form, clearly marked "Flight Archery".
If there is sufficient active interest in this discipline, the KAA will consider maintaining records,
commencing toward the end of this year with the highest accepted claims received at that point.
County Records for American Flatbow (Sunday, 15 January 2012)
An article in the Winter 2011 edition of the ArcheryUK magazine outlines a proposal for including the American Flatbow as an additional bowstyle
for outdoor & indoor target archery, clout, field and flight archery.
This announcement has already resulted in an enquiry as to whether the KAA will
maintain records
for the new bowstyle.
It is important to note that this is only a proposal at present and is subject to change, or even (in theory at least) cancellation;
the KAA has decided to wait until the consultation period is ended and
it is clear what changes will in fact be made to the Rules of Shooting (and when they will come into effect) before including the American Flatbow
in county records.
In the mean time it would be helpful to know to what extent the American Flatbow is used within the county,
so we invite any member who regularly uses this type of bow to provide some basic information
(e.g. what discipline do you use it for and how often) to the county Records Officer.
(When writing, please ensure that you include your name and club.)
£1bn of Funding for Sports Clubs(Tuesday, 10 January 2012)
Sport England and Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt today gave details of a new five-year youth and community sport strategy
that will deliver on Lord Coe’s 2012 Games bid promise to inspire a generation to get involved in sport.
Between 2012 and 2017 over £1 billion of National Lottery and Exchequer funding will be invested
to create a meaningful and lasting community sport legacy by growing sports participation at the grassroots level.
Under the new strategy, every secondary school in England is set to host a community sports club,
and £10 million will be made available to open up school sport facilities for wider public use.
Read more:
ArcheryGB January Challenge (Tuesday, 10 January 2012)
This year once again, Archery GB is running a postal shoot for individual archers based on the Junior November Challenge.
You should simply submit your best score for the Portsmouth round that you have shot in January.
For various reasons the launch of the January Challenge for individual archers was delayed,
but it is on again this year and the closing date for entries is 09 February 2012.
Information and entry form:
Welcome To Our New County Secretary (Monday, 09 January 2012)
We would like to welcome Kate Weber of Ferryfield Bowmen as our new county Secretary.
The role remained vacant during the last year, with other members of the Operational Committee filling in on a temporary basis
and it had looked as though the situation might continue until Kate volunteered.
The hand-over is planned to take place at the end of next week,
so I'm afraid it will be the same old face dealing with correspondence for the next few days!
An updated committee contact list will be circulated very shortly to all Club Secretaries and Direct Members.
ontarget - Community Specialism & Small Grants(Sunday, 08 January 2012)
There are now 165 clubs registered nationally for ontarget.
The Community Specialism is open for applications and so is Round 2 of the Small Grants Scheme –
up to £1500 available for projects that increase the opportunities for potential new members to join clubs,
projects that look to retain members by increasing the number of opportunities available
(including additional shooting time, coaching sessions, competitions etc.).
Clubs that are working towards the Community Specialism are encouraged to apply.
Further information and how to apply can be found on the
ontarget website.
ArcheryGB's Handy Guide to Funding has been updated with new funding opportunities and includes a new section on ‘Sponsorship’ -
the guide is available from the ArcheryGB website.
KAA Development Officer (Sunday, 01 January 2012)
The KAA is looking for an existing member who is prepared to take on the role of Development Officer.
This is a volunteer post on the county Executive and Operational Committees (not to be confused with the salaried role with the
KCC Sport, Leisure and Olympics Department that recently came to an end).
The main responsibility is to provide help and advice to clubs in the county that wish to develop, so you may wish/need to:
- develop contacts with the ArcheryGB Development team and the County Sports Partnerships that fall within our county area,
- keep up to date with club development opportunities, for example by attending the annual ArcheryGB Development Conference and/or
subscribing to newsletters from a variety of sport-related organisations (e.g. SportEngland, RunningSports, Kent Sport)
- help organise occasional club development meetings (no more often than annually),
- pay occasional visits to clubs, although most contact is likely to be by phone or email.
A considerable amount of help and experience is available from other committee members and the contacts that they already have at ArcheryGB and Kent Sport,
so you are not going to be left to just get on with it on your own.
Obviously you will also need to provide a short report to the KAA Operational Committee
and attend its meetings, but this is only for a couple of hours, seven times a year.
If you are interested in finding out more, please contact any member of the current committee for more information.