MRA 3DAAA March 3rd & 4th

[Brad]

Macedon Ranges Archers will be holding the 3rd Victorian Series shoot at Bald Hill Reserve, Kyneton on the 3rd & 4th of March.

Courses open at 7.00am Sat (need to be off the course by 3pm). Must be on the courses by 9am on Sun.

3D target (deer) to win in the 'lucky door prize' (everyone that shoots will be in the running to win)

Famous $100 shoot on Sat afternoon (with Betsy the cow)

Top 10 on Sunday before presentations

New Rinehart targets to shoot (thanks to all those that have donated money to Brad's raffles over the past few shoots)

Come along and enjoy shooting the BEST 3D course in Australia!!!

I here there may be a few northeners heading down so it will be a good chance for every Victorian to get along and kick a canetoad or crush a cockroach!

There will be a canteen for breakfast and lunch on Sat and Sun. A dinner at a local ale house on Sat night.

Any questions let me know

Brad

[Simon Hendry]

Sounds good. I'm in.

[TSTOY]

I'm there, well...er...that's providing I get a set of limbs. HINT Brad HINT!!!

[Brad]

Twist the cable grasshopper!!

[Simon Hendry]

And he wonts them in 8 seconds ;)

[TSTOY]

Twist the cable grasshopper!!

Have done so, Sensai. Now they max out at 60lbs.:confused:

[Brad]

Maybe you bought a 60# bow not 70#

[Simon Hendry]

Dont you need diffrent limbs when you change to different cams because the diflection in the limbs will be differen.

[TSTOY]

Oh White Lord, I may have something to tempt you with then. A magical set of Cam & 1/2, No.7 (29-30.5), in MINT & PRISTINE condition. Why their so pristine, their like rainwater. They were given to me by the Elves you know!;)

How's the new bow shooting, Mr Vectrix? Can we expect more quarry shot's during the shoot? Can I convince you to lend me the limbs then. You know you'll get them back....well...maybe not the exact same one's, but limbs non the less...:grin::peace:

[Brad]

I may have some interest in said Cams.

New bow has just arrived today. Mr Vectrix is ready to lay the **** down on your sorry ass!!!

And stop spaming my thread!!!!

[Dean Moodie]

I'll be there with a couple other hinterland members big fella unfortunatly Heather wont be coming she'll be doing it tough in Bali on a girls getaway.

[Alan Loy]

I'm looking forward to this as I missed last year's shoot. Any particular recommendations for accommodation?

[Brad]

unfortunatly Heather wont be coming she'll be doing it tough in Bali on a girls getaway.

Tough life!!

Glad to hear your coming down again. Cleave coming?? If so tell him to learn to shoot straight or bring more arrows!!

[Cordell McGuire]

Count me in Brad

If it is anything like last year, it will be great.

:thumb:

[Brad]

It will exceed last years shoot now that Tim and I will have more time to get the courses just right!

[clark]

Sounds good dood we'll come down and help out can't wait!

[Cordell McGuire]

Will be happy to assist.

Just let me know:cool:

[Dean Moodie]

New Ross bow & all the bells & whistles so look out Brad

[Dave Shannon]

Im in.

[Brad]

Did I mention that we will be giving away a NEW 3D TARGET!!!!!!

Everyone who shoots is in the running.

[Simon Hendry]

I'm looking forward to this as I missed last year's shoot. Any particular recommendations for accommodation?
Myself and Cordell stayed at the Central Highlands Motor Inn

[Brad]

Yes, Central Highland is quite good.

Gingerbread Motel is a bit cheaper though (although I haven't stayed there myself).

There are 2 cabins at the C/Van park for about $70.

[clark]

We stayed at the gingerbread it was nice and clean had everything you want and was only 75 bucks a night from what i can remember..

[Brad]

Wonder if you get free Gingerbreads??

[Dave Shannon]

Her Brad, can you make the courses nice and easy seeing as the 3rd is my birthday?

[Simon Hendry]

Her Brad, can you make the courses nice and easy seeing as the 3rd is my birthday?
What he said

[Brad]

Just for you Dave........................NO!

Although if you judge the distances really well, avoid all the tricks and shoot very well i'm sure you'll go alright.

[beetle]

Although if you judge the distances really well, avoid all the tricks and shoot very well i'm sure you'll go alright.

:rofl:

Sage advice Brad. :D

[Dave Shannon]

[QUOTE=Brad]Just for you Dave........................NO!

QUOTE]

I knew i can count on you Brad. Thanks mate.

[Brad]

You and the boys coming down Beetle???

[beetle]

I'd like to Brad.

[Brad]

Hope you can make it. Will be another great shoot.

[wareagle]

Just for you Dave........................NO!

Although if you judge the distances really well, avoid all the tricks and shoot very well i'm sure you'll go alright.
Will I ask Isvan, if he'll come down, and help you set the course? :D

[2Dogs]

Oh goody!, can I come too!.... I'll bring my Kevlar Jump suit with me :)

[Simon Hendry]

Oh goody!, can I come too!.... I'll bring my Kevlar Jump suit with me :)
In white of course so you can then use it for the AA Nationals so you meet there all white requirement

[Brad]

Hey Cliff, I heard you a 2pups had a fun time last weekend. Pity you couldn't put the finishing touches on him.

[Simon Hendry]

Not long to go now. Looking forward to another good MRA shoot as always.
The new targets look great.
Hope we get a great turne out to the shoot to support one of a number of really great 3D-AAA 2 day shoots on the Vic calender.

[Simon Hendry]

ttt

[Brad]

Did I mention that we are giving away a brand new 3D target at the shoot!!!!!

[Simon Hendry]

Did I mention that we are giving away a brand new 3D target at the shoot!!!!!
And you will be hounding as all to by rafle tickets right

[PeterBennett]

Sorry guys would love to be there, but the State Short range is on the same weekend and target is my main form. we gotta do something about the calendars.

[Simon Hendry]

Sorry guys would love to be there, but the State Short range is on the same weekend and target is my main form. we gotta do something about the calendars.

We tried to do something about the calender. We had 3D-AAA and ABA working together but AV dropped the ball. :confused:
So what do we do? :frusty:

[Brad]

No I thought that AV was going to have thier shoots on the 2nd weekend. Not sure what happened

[Simon Hendry]

The guy who was doing the calender quit and the new person got rid of what was already in place and started again not considering the other associations

[clark]

Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Brad]

Setting out the courses this weekend. Any requests???

[Marcus]

"Fight for your right to Party" by the Beastie Boys.

[Bullseye]

What does that mean, Marcus??

[Marcus]

Hmmm, one more and you're gone.

[Eberbachl]

What does that mean, Marcus??

...it's a song.

Brad asked for any requests...

Get it? :lol:

:silly:

[Simon Hendry]

"Fight for your right to Party" by the Beastie Boys.
Are you playing music and the shoot Brad ;)
Anything by Guns N Roses will do ;)

[TonBo]

looking forward to the shoot, clark has put us down for dinner on sat, can you tell me the name of the Hotel for dinner?

[Brad]

Same place as last year - Shamrock hotel

Glad to here you're coming up again

[TonBo]

HAving some difficulties getting accomodation for saturday night, gingerbread, the caravan park and the central highlands are booked out. Need a room for 2... anyone have any suggestions?

[Brad]

Macedon Ranges Shire Council's home page has a link to accomodation in and around Kyneton. There are plenty of B+B's etc at good rates.

Anyone else having problems let me know.

Brad

[Simon Hendry]

Sounds like this might be a big shoot. hopfully we can keep the trend going

[Alan Loy]

i booked in to the Shamrock Hotel. It must be basic because they only quoted $30 a single. There are a couple more one (Newmarket??) quoted $45.

I have no idea about quality but none of them seem to advertise much. I found they on White pages on line.

[TonBo]

Thanks for the help with accomodation, greatly appreciated!
Looking forward to Saturday now!

[Dave Shannon]

Sorry guys would love to be there, but the State Short range is on the same weekend and target is my main form. we gotta do something about the calendars.


Pete, are you talking about the State Short range at Moorabbin? If so, they are on the 18th March, not this weekend.

[Brad]

Only 2 days to go.

Better get prepared for some STEEEEEEEP shots!!

[DanceswithDingoes]

good luck this weekend Brad, I hope all goes well and the weather gods are well paid :)

[Brad]

Looking good weather wise. 30 on Sat and 24 on Sun.

Looks like a good turn out too. Already some interstate friends here.

[Zenith Girl]

Good luck with the shoot Brad, I hope it all goes well for you guys. :thumb: Wish I could be there too :(

[TonBo]

Awesome shoot! Just wanted to say congratulations and thank you to Brad, Tim and Mick for all their efforts. The courses were challenging and varied, with some particularly memorable shots. Gotta love those quarry shots, they really get the adrenailin pumping. Great to see some new faces as well as those who made the effort to travel interstate. Once again the Macedon guys have come up with the goods. "Build it and they will come".:D

[DanceswithDingoes]

results and pics please :)

[Dean Moodie]

Just landed back in Qld Brad, Tim & Mick thanks again for a magic shoot you guys lift the bar every time with your course setting. This is one Qld'er that will keep coming back for more who knows I might even keep all my arrows next time. Thanks again guys & hope to see you up here in July.

[Simon Hendry]

Great shoot. Well done to all the MRA people. Well done to Tim and Mick for some of the best courses we have shot and well done to Brad for a well run shoot.
Really like the bedded ram course E day 2 ;)

[cookieduster]

Now that was a blast thanks Brad..my second 3D outing and the course layout was brilliant. A event and course like this deserves to be swamped with Archers and I am sure the words getting around.
Thanks to Cordell/Simon for steering me through 2 great days of challange and pointing out the Brown snoozing by the Trad peg. Loved that descending leopard especially with 3 arrows on centre.

[Brad]

Thanks for the nice comments. Glad you enjoyed the shoot. We certainly had fun putting the courses together.

Some of the scores for the weekend were;

MBO
1st Gerard Miles with a 484 (which I thought was some great shooting!!)
2nd was Al Sherman 421
3rd Dave Shannon 414

MBR was hotly contested as usual with only 10 points separating the top 3. Owtech came out on top shooting a 460. Clarky wasn't far behind with a 452. And in 3rd place was the archer formally know as the 'Dark Lord' who will now be known as Violet (as in crumble) Tony Stoyanovsky with a 450 (after leading on Sat)

Nat Johnson won FBR.

Leanne Splatt took out FBF again. Well done Leanne!

Dean Moodie won MBF, and when he shells out some cash for a release aid he can join the boys in MBR and not be by himself again.

Harry Palmer shot well to win HC

Peter Dixon again showed them how it was done in RU

Despite our best efforts Mick Cross won the battle of the TRAD guys.

The Top10 was taken out by Dave Shannon after a great shootout with last years winner Greg Noble.

We had some great shots once again. None better than the bedded Stone Sheep on the second day (photo to come). Here are a few photos.

[Brad]

Bugger!! Can't get these photos on as they are too big. Anyone able to help?

[Bent Stick Mick]

Yeah, yeah, the ranges were OK,.... but what about those hamburgers, eh Mick ?

WHAT A BONZA SHOOT !!! Never had such a great time emptying a quiver. Have already started whittling ammo for the "quarry classic".

[Bent Stick Mick]

Brad,
Quick & easy photo resize,..
Open Paint, open pic, CRTL + W, resize to what ever % is appropriate.
Good luck, lemme know.
Mx

[Marcus]

try and get the width to about 500 pixels and save with a medium level jpeg compression and you should be well under the limit.

[Eberbachl]

Sounds like a really great shoot fellas!

Congratulations :thumb:

[TSTOY]

Great shoot & excellant venue. Congratulations to all the winners & place getters.

Violet Crumble, ha ha, give my compliments to your scriptwriter Brad, cause everyone knows your not clever enough to create such witticism yourself.:D :D :D
The courses were very challenging, but even more challenging was trying to contend with the voodoo curse you laid upon me on Sunday Brad. Next time I'll quickly hold a mirror up to your face, & thus reflect your witchcraft onto yourself.:D :D Then I will laugh when you crumble, oh yes, then I will laugh.:D :D :D

Big thanks to all the Northerners for making the big effort to support our shoot. Special praise goes to Dave Shannon, who single handedly fended off the onslaught of these Mighty Northmen to retain the top ten trophy down south. Dave Shannon, short on draw lenth, big on heart.:D :D

The biggest thanks of all goes to the MRA guys who put in all the hard work to run & organise this shoot. Most especially Tim & Mick, & to a lesser degree Brad!!:peace: :D :D :D

[Alan Loy]

I would like to add my congratulations as well. I really enjoyed the shoot.

This was my first time at this location and it certainly provided a variety of types of ground and foliage cover. This provided a great background for the placement of shots. There were plenty of different shots that really kept you thinking.

This was a really well run shoot and I enjoyed it a lot.

[clark]

Well done guys lots of hard work realy paid off.This would haveto be up there with the best shoots we've been to.Can't wait to do it all again clark and nat...

[Bent Stick Mick]

Thanks to Cordell/Simon for steering me through 2 great days of challange and pointing out the Brown snoozing by the Trad peg. .

Which target ? ( too late now, but just out of interest )

Boy, You Guys are really dirty on Trad bowmen, aren't you ? ;-)

[MATBAC]

Thanks for a great weekend of 3D, some of the most challenging ranges I've shot for a long time. The amount of thought you guys put into them is a credit to your club and I'm sure that the people that made the effort to attend will go away looking forward to next year! To the ones that didn't make it, you probably missed the BEST vic shoot of the year.

Why is Murphy grinning???

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/boaritupya/MacedonRanges07032.jpg

Maybe this is why!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/boaritupya/MacedonRanges07033.jpg

Or this!!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/boaritupya/MacedonRanges07007.jpg

Nope it's gota be this one!!!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/boaritupya/MacedonRanges07009.jpg

Then again it could have been this one!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/boaritupya/MacedonRanges07020.jpg

Bloody hell!!!!! the list could go on for ever, your a mungrel Murphy but I like the way you think (b#st*#d) LOL

Thanks Macedon it was great......Shermo

[Marcus]

:rofl: That's great!

[Eberbachl]

Nice pics....

Great looking shots too ;)

Sure wouldn't want to misjudge those ones. :rofl:

[Dave Shannon]

To Brad, Tim and Mick, and all the others that helped with the layout and the weekends organisation of the shoot, it was one of the best i have ever attended. To reiterate on Shermos comment, those who didnt attend, you missed one of the most enjoyable shoots ever. The courses were simply awesome.
Congrats to all competitors who turned up, especially the inter staters.
I will definately be shooting Kyneton again.

Brad will never let me try one of his bows again after i put an arrow over the top of the 20 yd butt which ended up about 100 metres away. I suppose its a bit hard when you have a 27in draw length and Brads in 31. Sorry Brad!!

Finally got past round 1 of the top 10, woohoo!!, but did my usual trick out on the course and missed a target that you just didnt want to miss. Lightspeed versus rock equals a slightly shorter arrow.
Roy, next shoot you will have to shoot with me just in case you run out of arrows again.

Brad, i will be trying the speed nock idea on the AR to see if it makes any difference in speed.

[MATBAC]

in the making.

here's Chris with he's 1st 11 for saturday

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/boaritupya/MacedonRanges07029.jpg


Just remember chris MBR shoots from the green peg LOL

And Dane with a great 11 on sunday, well done!!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/boaritupya/MacedonRanges07038.jpg


Congrats for your PB

[Brad]

Thanks for all the compliments people. Glad you all enjoyed it as much as we did.

Here's Doug shooting the Mountain Goat on the first day

[Brad]

Here's Gerard shooting the croc on the first day.

You will notice that there are no rocks in this shot!!!!

[MATBAC]

Here's Gerard shooting the croc on the first day.

You will notice that there are no rocks in this shot!!!!

No rocks, just brown snakes and gors!!!!!!

[aussie]

Hey Brad, is the local Council thinking of re-opening the old quarry to mine carbon after the weekend carnage ?

Good work guys, sounds like a great shoot as was last years event.

[ds]

Yeah got to agree the MRA boys really outdone themselves on this one. Great courses at an awesome location, well done lads.

[x5-452]

thanks for setting a great course guys
loved it, was a great 1st experiance and cant wait till the next shoot
and thanks for the 3d deer ;)

[Simon Hendry]

Would love to see the other pics you took Brad

[clark]

Think brad loved sneaking around with that camera more than anything.You'd just get ready for a shot then all you'd hear was click....Followed by ohhhhhhh haaaaaaa you stuffed that one up.Then he'd just walk off saying next victim....

[spoida]

was truely an awesome shoot with some really tricky shots couldnt ask for a better initiation into 3d, great weekend all round cheers guys :cool:

[Simon Hendry]

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/boaritupya/MacedonRanges07033.jpg
Shoot an 11 on this one. Best target placement I have seen. Make or break.

[maskn]

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/boaritupya/MacedonRanges07033.jpg
Shoot an 11 on this one. Best target placement I have seen. Make or break.

Wow what a prick of a shot!

[Brad]

Great shot that. Simon did get an 11 on that target and he was the first shooter to shoot it. The first 3 groups that shot it had 1 person that hit the 11 and 1 that smashed and arrow. Great to watch peoples faces when they first saw the target!!

[x5-452]

yeah it was always a worry when we saw you brad because it ment a sadistic shot like that was coming up

[coach]

You're an EVIL man Brad :thumb: :rofl:

[Simon Hendry]

I'll say it again great target placement. Great shoot all round.

[ozarcher]

Thanks to all those who attended and in particular the several interstate competitors who travelled from NSW and QLD.
I would also like to thank the 20 or people who came back out onto the range after the days completion and brought in course b. Awesome sight to see so many helping out....you guys saved me a heap of work. As it was i didnt finish till late-missed dinner at the pub again! Next year...
Mic for cooking up a storm and finally (and painfully) brad who runs a great shoot.
For all those interested we will be holding a special one day "Quarry shoot".
Stay tuned for details.

[Alan Loy]

Any chance of posting all the scores?