Ozbow

At long last I got around to booking my flights, now to call my mate on the Island to see if I can have a bed and a car.
Those going to the shoot don't forget to do your postal voting before you go.
Being it will be day 2 of Australia running the place I would not count on the polling to go smoothly over there.

From what I am hearing we should have a good turn out for the trad shoot.
Just remember this is Norfolk, shooting will happen just maybe not the way it's planned, just go with the flow and we will make it up as we go.

That sounds great Mark - and don't forget your flu flus with Blunts everyone

cheers
sue

Not long to go now got ticket booked.will be great to see a good size group of Ozbowers there.
Don't be shy on comming it's always a great week.

Just 40ish sleeps to go.

Plan is all on track for the shoot, current shoot time table

Monday AM International shoot
Monday PM Archery golf at golf club still waiting on final ok from the club
Tuesday AM International shoot
Tuesday PM Clout, Bow Bird, Horse back archery, all at the pony club.
Wednesday International shoot
Thursday AM around the island shoot and balls of stone shoot
Thursday night presentations.

Now all we need is the weather gods to be nice.

All ready to go.
Will be a great week

oh a few drops of rain won't hurt us - will pack a small brolly just in case
thanks Mark for the update.

cheers
sue

Norfolk update.
We have the Golf Club for playing archery golf.
Its not every day you get to play archery golf at a golf club, should be a bit of fun.
They are closing the golf club for us so there is a fee, if there is under 25 players $22, over 25 players $15
You will need flu flus with bunts.

The only other fee will be $5 to play balls of stone, this money will go to a local charity. Still working on which one.
We are working on a morning tea, for the around island shoot, this is to raise money for a young lady on the island who has been picked to go overseas as an exchange student. If it happens the food will be good. ( I know because I am staying at their house, and the chocolate cakes there are huge)

Being the rest of the trad shoot is free hope everyone can find a few dollars to have some fun.

blunts make smaller divets than golf clubs - this should be a whole lotta fun. Now will my blunts fit in my baggage, oh goodness the feathers might get messed up. oh an must remember to pack a comb....

cheers
sue

And a raincoat we will get wet one day after all its Norfolk.
What will be more fun is the Flu Flus in the good old Norfolk wind, aim for hole 1 and end up on hole 9.

Not long now.

Pets are already for their big trip overseas.
Don't tell customs I'm have animals in my bags.

note to self - take a few "sooooo last years arrows"

Sue I'll be nice to your arrows for the first 3 days. Day 4 well who knows, I may try to lighten your luggage for the trip home.

there are 14 sleeps to go

cheers
sue

only 4 sleeps for me, then the fun and games start.

2 sleeps for me, about a week for the rest of you that are coming. Current best guess is 40 trad shooters.
For those not going this is what you are missing.

I may leave the bows at home and just sit and look at the water.

Not long to go for you lot. Ranges have started to come together today, You just know you are in trouble when I am using a bobcat to set the range. Bring your gum boots its been a bit wet and we will have you playing in the mud.

for those leaving from Sydney 2 sleeps till take-off, for those leaving from Brisbane 3 sleeps till take-off. Look-out Norfolk Island. Finding fashionable wellys at this late stage !!! - really Mark......

cheers
sue

Having a great time on Norfolk.

Some more of the trad shoot.
All in all a great time.

Sad to say its all over for this year. There will be lots of photos as people start arriving back on the main land today and over the weekend. We had about 30- 40 Trad shooters for the different events, we had all over the island.
Best comment I had from one of the property owners was, "they all sound like happy little pigs playing in the mud."

Thanks to all the archers that came out to Norfolk to play, and the archery club for putting on the international shoot.

Planning has started for next years shoot, start saving.

here a couple of photo's...... something one wouldn't expect to see..... will have more photo's tomorrow, when I'm not quite so weiry.

on the golf course Monday afternoon finished 9 holes and now in the clubhouse cheers
sue

For those that have facebook, pictures from the international shoot and the trad shoot.
https://www.facebook.com/Norfolk-Island ... 9410782062
For those that don't have facebook I will post some here soon.

Here are a few photos from the shoot. First lot are some of the gamble shots I set for the around the island shoot.

Here a few I took of various Trad events we did. The only arrow I actually nocked and got away, I spent the rest of the 30secs laughing whilst being bounced uncontrollably around like a rag doll. I had everyone in stitches.. It was a great shoot - the Trad Section was excellent. There were 76 archers in total at the 3D international, of this number 30 participated in the Trad around the island shoot. We shall keep you informed of events to take place in 2017.

cheers
sue

Another bunch of photos these are from the 5 targets we had at Walk in the Wild which is a private property with a small bush walk the public can do in the afternoons. We got to play here in the morning when it was closed to the public.