state clout

[hue]

hi Guys

the Archery Victoria State Clout Championships are being held again at Waverley Archers on the 14th June, the details are

http://www.archeryvictoria.asn.au/

you will notice they will welcome non AA members and a bit of dress up is being encouraged.
c'mon Traddies, make a day of it:)

Hue

[Mick Smith]

Thanks for letting us know Hue. You say they encourage non AA members to attend, but can non members actually win events with full recognition? I didn't think they could. Not that it will be a problem for me though. I'll be happy enough to shoot for the heck of it.

Mick

[hue]

no mate, that's the only pitfall
but should anyone care, Kirsten always makes it fun!
i'll be shooting the warbow with woods, i think

Hue

[Stephen Georgiou]

Went last year and had a great time.
Good bunch of folks.
Fair few longbows there, from memory.
I shot bare bow bear last year think I'll have a crack at the longbow this time.

[hue]

one third of the turnup was barebow Stephen
mostly non AA

Hue

[jfruitcake]

Okay please explain the not winning bit, I mean I know I have no hope but if Katharine is the only under 10 girl like what happens some times and thinks she has won and hasnt?????????

[GrahameA]

Okay please explain the not winning bit, I mean I know I have no hope but if Katharine is the only under 10 girl like what happens some times and thinks she has won and hasnt?????????

Is she a member of Archery Victoria or another RGB??

[hue]

Michelle

this is the Archery Victoria (which is affiliated to Archery Australia of which you were a member of last financial year) Clout championship. it is run on behalf of AV! you must be a registered member of AV/AA to win or place!
however, those who wish to shoot outside of the registered, governing body are welcome to shoot by invitation of Waverley archers but you cannot claim any records or win.
as Mick said in a previous post, you can go for the fun of it and Waverley do know how to have fun!

Hue

[jfruitcake]

thanks for explaining Hue

[Len]

Looking forward to this, should be there with a car load from LMS

[hue]

Waverley is having the practice clout the day before the actual State Clout.
so if you want to get "some sight settings", you're more than welcome to go.
i'll let you know what time when i find out!

Hue

[White Hawk]

I'm there, I have a medal to keep from Leigh heaven help us if he wins.... we will never hear the end of it!

Gav

[stringnstik]

Q) Archery Uniforms? or white with a touch of tradition..I assume any normal garb is suitable.

Its going to be a busy couple of weeks, luckily I dont have wheels or they might wear out and fall off.

[Mick Smith]

Yep normal garb is totally acceptable. In fact, I think I'd prefer to see traditional clout kept more 'serious' as a proper and serious pursuit. I don't know, but somehow the wearing of period garb somehow makes it seem a little less serious.

Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against the wearing of period costume at all. In fact, I've been known to indulge from time to time. It just seems to me, that the state titles should be taken very seriously and not perhaps made into some sort of a mockery. It just doesn't seem to be the place for it somehow.

I'm probably just being paranoid. Perhaps the period clothing will lighten the atmosphere and make the even that much more enjoyable, without cheapening the value of the traditional titles.

Mick

[White Hawk]

I agree Mick, while Clout may not be taken seriously by our wheelie brothers and sisters it is certainly that way with trad archers. Clout is the quintessential trad event as far as I am concerned it is about shooting in the style that made archery king of the battlefield. To my mind dressing up is diminishing the credibility of clout state titles in a time where it is already struggling for exisitance in competition format. We always try to support Waverelys event, they have done a fantastic job of keeping the Clout flame alive, and the state titles is the pinnicle of that for us Victorians, I hope it can continue as such.

[Len]

Yep, I agree as well, there's plenty of events where you can dress up for a bit of fun, this is the state titles after all.

[hue]

wrong, wrong and wrong guys!
i know what you guys are saying and almost agree.
but when Yarra ran the clout about 5 - 6 years ago we gottem to dress up and 90 archers turned up.
the next year, the president of AV said no more, we need decorum etc. this is the state target etc etc.
all whites or club uniforms (read that to mean neat casual)
35 turned up!
wear what you will, Kirsten is being mischievious and loving it!

Hue

[Trad Bound]

What uniform Green tights little felt hat. Settle down Hue I'm not dressing up again.
All white sounds like lawn bowls. Now that would be a laugh. I guess if you can't win then uniform is fairly informal.

[hue]

Tony

the thought of you in green tights! aaarrrggghhh!
and what will we do with Mark? that orange top! BBBBBLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
see you there guys

Hue

[Stephen Georgiou]

Can't make it this year going to the States for work.
Just have to have a shot over there on my days off. Cherry Valley bowhunters in California is having a shoot at thier club only 20mins from my accommodation.
Poor Me

[hue]

i'm small enough to fit in your suitcase Steve.
tell you what, you do the archery, i'll fend off those californian women.
heard they can be very insistent!

Hue

[Mick Smith]

Okay folks, who won? Who were our place getters in the trad section?

It would have been a great day for it, with no rain and light winds.

I decided not to come, as I'm still recovering from a bout of the flu.

Mick

[hue]

Hue

[Mick Smith]

Congratulations Hue!!!!

[Mick Smith]

Well, I just found out!! It's official. Our very own Gavin Downs, otherwise known as White Hawk and also the proprieter of Wildwood Archery, was the clear winner of the most important division, the traditional longbow division. Well done Gav!!!! Hazzah!!!!

I don't know who came second, but I believe that our Stephen Georgiou came in 3rd. Well done to you too Stephen.

Mick

[Mick Smith]

From your smiles there Hue, I can guess that you might have done well in the master's division. Is that correct??

Mick

[Stephen Georgiou]

thanks mick,
Gavin score was freaky
His score was also higher than the barebow recurves and quite a few of the sighted compounders.
Beautiful to watch - Well done Gavin. Watch your back next year
It didn't matter how much heckling we gave him or every time Gav told me not to tell him what his score was (which I then went on to tell him) he shot like a champion.
So again Gavin well done mate!

[hue]

you got that right Mick!
still state Masters Clout champ and i even helped Zoltan (my lifelong adversary and Horsebow shooter) get his arrows up to the clout after he couldn't get the distance.
was a great day shooting with those guys (onya Tony) and quite a few new longbow faces.
well done to Gavin, at one end, i watched him shoot 10,9,9,9,9,7. he was on fire!

Hue

[Trad Bound]

Yes Gav really well done. Those 10,9, 8 just kept coming brilliant shooting.
TonyJ

[stringnstik]

Great to hear the news, it was a magic day but Jacqui is still recovering from a cold and the kids were in no mood to drag along with grumpy heads and snuffles and I thought it best to play the good hubby and stay home.I also had a stack of things around the house that needed doing.

Maybe next year.