WIN a Mathews Halon X Comp (trade mark)
What's the best way you can think of to start the new season? How about with a brand new bow? Well we are giving you the chance to get your hands on a new Halon X Comp (trade mark).
Made by Mathews, it is one of the most versatile target bows around and all you have to do to be the envy of all your clubmates is enter our fantastic competition. So what makes the Halon X Comp (trade mark) and Mathews all-new TRX so special? Well the company thinks they are the most accurate, and forgiving, bows it has ever created.
Its Pro Staff Manager Derek Phillips said: "Whether you're pounding Xs on a Vegas face, or competing on the 3D course, this target line-up provides the perfect option for any archer. This is hands down the most complete line of target bows we've ever offered and I fully expect to see Team Mathews topping podiums this year."
The Halon X Comp has a 37-inch axle to axle design and draw lengths ranging from 26 to 32 inches. It features a new generation of the perimeter-weighted Mini-Crosscentric (trade mark) Cam and the highly efficient AVS® technology to produce speeds up to 330 feet per second. A true-centre nocking point ensures straight and level nock travel. That enhances shot-to-shot consistency and the 7-inch brace height is truly forgiving.
TRX is built for indoor specialists. It measures 40 inches axle to axle and has brace height variations of 7 and 8 inches for superior stability. The newly designed Mini-Crosscentric Cam pairs with AVS technology to yields speeds up to 332 feet per second. It too has the a true centre nocking as well as industry leading damping technology that reduces post-shot vibration.
All you have to do now to get your hands on a fantastic Halon X Comp is to answer this simple question:
Q. How much does the Halon X Comp measure from axle to axle?
Send your answer to magazine@archerygb.org and make sure that you include the following information:
Your name, address and telephone number
Your Archery GB membership number
Draw weight
Draw length
Right or left hand
Finish and let off preference
The closing date for entries is 1 July 2017.
The bow is being offered courtesy of Mathews' UK supplier. See supplier adverts, or go to Matthews Inc website (www.mathewsinc.com), for full specifications, finish options, and more information on the 2017 target bows.
Rules: Employees of Archery GB or Mathews Archery Inc and their immediate families are not eligible to enter this competition. Only one entry per archer will be counted. Closing date: 1 July 2017. The prize cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer; terms and conditions apply and it is not transferable. A cash alternative is not available. The winner must be willing to take part in post-competition publicity. Entrants aged under 18 must have their parents' or guardians' permission to take part. The judge's decision is final.
Development
Introducing: Our ontarget award winners
Archery GB's ontarget awards celebrate clubs working to promote archery and honour volunteers for their hard work and dedication. This year, the awards go to:
Connor Wilson of Kyujutsu.uk is our Young Volunteer of the Year. Every week he is the first in and last out of the club. Members have watched him grow since joining the club and wanted him to know how much his hard work and helping others to grow in confidence means to them.
Twenty-two nominations made Volunteer of the Year the most hotly contested award this year. And it went to Adam Kenyon of Sittingbourne Community College Archers. He rarely takes time off, even when ill, and his passion and limitless energy ensures the juniors are given every opportunity to experience archery. He also encourages a philosophy of volunteering, from the junior through to the senior section.
Blind archer Stuart Rodgers nominated Louth and District Disabled Archery Club, Lincolnshire for the ontarget Community Club of the Year. Its coaches helped him reach the second International Vision Impaired Archery Tournament. The coaches also attend a school in Louth and take part in the Louth disabled sports taster days. During the school holidays they run extra training days for the children and hold taster sessions.
Sittingbourne Community College Archers claimed a second award: the ontarget Young People Club of the Year. It first received the award last year and, since then, has gone from strength to strength. The club has a family feel with adult members recognising it exists for the development of the junior section. The club regularly sends the biggest cohort of entries to the indoor and outdoor junior nationals and county events and organisers have reported back on the juniors' high standard of behaviour and positive attitude.
Deer Park Archers is the ontarget Performance Club of the Year. Its mission statement reads: 'Members, regardless of ability, are in an environment that supports everyone to develop to their full potential'. Twenty-one coaches run a packed schedule of tailored programmes and workshops in five indoor venues. It has members on the GB para and international squads and county, regional and national title holders.
The overall ontarget Club of the Year is Goldcrest Archers. It is an all-inclusive club with able-bodied and disabled members of all ages and regularly runs sessions for local youth groups and businesses, which have attracted new members. It works hard to be an intergral part of the community and keeps in touch through the local radio station and newspaper. Those who nominated it said it was a warm and friendly environment where experienced archers willingly share their knowledge with less experienced members and work hard to promote archery as an all-inclusive sport.
Arran Coggan, Development Manager, said: "I have the pleasure of visiting clubs, handing out the awards, and talking to the people that receive them. There are many, many deserving volunteers and clubs and, year by year, it gets harder to select the winners.
"If only I could give them all an award."
Range registration update
The national archery range registration started in April 2017. It has been designed to help Archery GB establish the future facility needs of archery across the country.
It will be a catalyst for the implementation of our facility strategy and the data it captures will help Archery GB be better equipped to support clubs with facility issues. So far:
187 clubs have registered 358 ranges.
336 ranges comply with the Rules of Shooting.
Seven ranges comply with an active dispensation.
15 ranges do not comply (at time of publication).
Ranges that do not comply will be visited by an archery range assessor who will support the club to continue shoot safely and in accordance with the Rules of Shooting. In some cases, a dispensation will be provided that allows for the shortening of the overshoot or side safety areas. This will be where a wall or bank is in place, or can be built, to stop arrows.
If your club has not completed the process yet, do not worry. You have until 30 September 2017 and we are here to help you.
If you have any queries regarding the range registration process email range@archerygb.org or visit the Archery range registration section of the Archery GB website (www.archerygb.org/range) for more information.
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