2007-08 Outdoor National Championships, Wellington

[Sir Slick]

As most should now be aware the Mana Archery Club, with assistance from other regional clubs will be hosting the 07/08 Nationals in Porirua, Wellington. The below link has been advertised in the Archer but for those non-subscribers here it is:

http://maru.co.nz/Nationals/Nationals.html

The site is still under construction but does have some information on it at present such as a proposed programme. Please check the sight regularly as it will continually be updated.

It is hoped there will also be an online registration form to make the process easier for those who have forgotten what snail mail actually is.

See you there.

[Marcus]

How far is Wellington from Christchurch?

Is this that cool venue with no wind I have heard about?

[burt666]

How far is Wellington from Christchurch?

quite, not even the same island...

Is this that cool venue with no wind I have heard about?

no!:rofl:

[puddin]

as burt666 said, a fair way from christchurch.
being a wellington resident i can say that porirua will have less wwind then our normal range but there will definately be a bit of wind.
hopefully it will be like janurary this year and rather calm.

will be good if some australians could come and lift the compitition up a bit.

[frommy]

How far is Wellington from Christchurch?

Google tells me it is 440 km, Marcus.

Brian

[burt666]

will be good if some australians could come and lift the compitition up a bit.

Count on that puddin, the Nats is the Continental Olympic Qualifying Tournament, so if the Aussies don't scrap their three places in the team event at he Worlds, they definitely send some people.

And about raising the level, count on Auckland for that!:p Psychological war here u come...

[burt666]

Google tells me it is 440 km, Marcus.

Brian

2 days and 2 nights of travel with NZ infrastructures:rofl:

[User-Name]

Heaps of Mongrel Mob in Porirua ae should be a good nats tho


And about raising the level, count on Auckland for that!:p ] - Yeah Right

[Archangel]

Google tells me it is 440 km, Marcus.

Brian
Did it also tell you that there's the Cook Strait in between the two?
Anyway, surely it's a bit of a moot point - surely you'd be much more likely to fly into Auckland?

[hoyt for life 2]

2 days and 2 nights of travel with NZ infrastructures:rofl:
Or a 40 minute flight.

[burt666]

Or a 40 minute flight.

without any complementary cookie, what's the point?!?:p

[Archangel]

http://maru.co.nz/Nationals/Nationals.html
Oooh online registration, very 21st century. Full marks :-)

[frommy]

Did it also tell you that there's the Cook Strait in between the two?
Anyway, surely it's a bit of a moot point - surely you'd be much more likely to fly into Auckland?

Yeah, I knew about the watery bit but wanted Marcus to be surprised! :silly:

Have flown to Auckland. :mad: Could not even leave the airport for a smoke. :(

;)

[puddin]

Count on that puddin, the Nats is the Continental Olympic Qualifying Tournament, so if the Aussies don't scrap their three places in the team event at he Worlds, they definitely send some people.

And about raising the level, count on Auckland for that!:p Psychological war here u come...
the continental qualifier is a seperate shoot mate. they could come for that and go home. just because they shoot that doesnt mean they will shoot our nationals.

oh and we dont count on auckalnd for anything, you cant even keep your own city running properly

[The One]

Thanks for that Dave.

Hey Craig, you conviced everyone to run fun shoots at the conclusion of each event yet?

[burt666]

the continental qualifier is a seperate shoot mate. they could come for that and go home. just because they shoot that doesnt mean they will shoot our nationals.

oh and we dont count on auckland for anything, you cant even keep your own city running properly

At least, we have a city!:rofl: *joke*

Thanks for the infos Craig, i obviously wasn't aware of all the refinements of the CQT...;)

[pmoney29]

Heaps of Mongrel Mob in Porirua ae should be a good nats tho
You shooting it?

[Archangel]

oh and we dont count on auckalnd for anything, you cant even keep your own city running properly
Don't worry mate, all we rely on you for is a place to keep the politicians ;-)

[pmoney29]

Is this that cool venue with no wind I have heard about?
That, I would say, is Napier. Sheltered by trees, a very good range.

[puddin]

Thanks for that Dave.

Hey Craig, you conviced everyone to run fun shoots at the conclusion of each event yet?
to be honest i havent even put anything to anyone yet. havent been to the club in over a month and doest look like ill be gettin there any time soon to talk to people face to face.

i will get to something very soon tho.

[The One]

You'd better Craig, or I'll sick my fleet of drop bears with laser beams attached to their fricken heads onto you ;) If you need any more ideas, I'm sure people on the forum will be glad to disseminate!

And a big congratulaitons for the organisers not holding across New Years day :D:D:D

[Sir Slick]

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And a big congratulaitons for the organisers not holding across New Years day :D:D:D[/QUOTE]


We aim to please!!

[puddin]

We aim to please!!
it was for reasons that have nothing to do with archers aswell really. but hey we atleast have one thing right sofar :P

[User-Name]

You shooting it?

i have too.

[Archangel]

i have too.
;-)

[Tegs]

How do aussies enter the New Zelaand nationals..??

[The One]

How do aussies enter the New Zealand nationals..??

When the entry form comes out, you're welcome to enter just like anyone else, and we'd love to have you over!! At the Nationals, we cater for all lines, including the junior ones, so you have your pick of division to shoot in.

I'm sure the entry form will be posted here shortly :D

[Drift_Puncher]

sorry, theres a little bit at the bottom of the paper that says no ausses.. nothing agaisnt aussys, well.. sorta..

[Sir Slick]

How do aussies enter the New Zelaand nationals..??


Take a look at the website mentioned in the first post.....there is a section in there titled 'Registration'. It is still under construction at the moment but hopefully will be up and running soon enough, also a proposed programme.....I made an enquiry regarding it today so if nothing else will light a fire under peoples proverbial to get the ball rolling a bit faster.

Keep checking back there every week or so in case its updated. I will post in here again when the form is definately available for submission.

See ya there..................I'm easy to find at the bottom of the mens line:silly:

[Tegs]

Ok thanks guys i probs wont be allowed to shoot in them just a thought i'll swing by my Dad LOL would oove to go though. Cheers

[Tegs]

With the registration forms will there be a conditions of entry list?:thumb:

[Sir Slick]

Bad news on the online registration guys. Sounds like the technical wizards who do that stuff are not going to be able to get it to work. However registartion forms will be available in PDF format within two weeks (touch wood).....we have ensured they hurry this process along for those Internationals who may wish to compete. Full details concerning payments etc will be available with those.

On the good news front however.........without giving to much away and potentially burning myself at this stage, it sounds like fees for the tournament whole will be significantly less than the past few years, provided our sponsorship arrangements continue in a positive manner.

[Sir Slick]

With the registration forms will there be a conditions of entry list?:thumb:


What type of 'conditions' are you meaning??

[Clare Barnes]

What type of 'conditions' are you meaning??

Tegs is from WA so she is no doubt expecting to see a condition of entry that no jeans will be worn at the event ... ;)

[Tegs]

Tegs is from WA so she is no doubt expecting to see a condition of entry that no jeans will be worn at the event ... ;)
LOL yeah well we get conditions of entry but they dont really mean to much.. so can i wear jeans?:confused:

[Tegs]

Bad news on the online registration guys. Sounds like the technical wizards who do that stuff are not going to be able to get it to work. However registartion forms will be available in PDF format within two weeks (touch wood).....we have ensured they hurry this process along for those Internationals who may wish to compete. Full details concerning payments etc will be available with those.

On the good news front however.........without giving to much away and potentially burning myself at this stage, it sounds like fees for the tournament whole will be significantly less than the past few years, provided our sponsorship arrangements continue in a positive manner.
Sorry whats PDF??

[Jim Reid]

PDF stands for Page Doesn't Fit, so you may need to put a few monitors next to each other to read the full registration form. It's something to do with the distance between North and South Island in New Zealand. One of those strange natural phenomena. That word will come in handy in your schoolwork, research that and drop it in at the appropriate time to impress your teacher.

You goint to NZ to show them how to shoot?

[Archangel]

You goint to NZ to show them how to shoot?
Is that meant to be another one of those words that will impress one's teacher??

On a more serious note, it's a bit of a pity that there's no online registration, but not to worry, sounds like you're all doing a lot of good work down there. Looking forward to the tournament :thumb:

[Sir Slick]

LOL yeah well we get conditions of entry but they dont really mean to much.. so can i wear jeans?:confused:


They are not usually an acceptable form of uniform at our other tournaments so I wouldn't think so.

Peter, what do you know about that??

[The One]

We would usually accept national uniform, club uniform or all white. I suppose if their club uniform included jeans, then that would be ok?

[Archangel]

Les is really the one to ask, but my understanding is that you can wear either whites, club uniform or national team uniform. There's nothing explicit in there about jeans, so if the archer comes from a club who happen to have jeans as part of their uniform, that's acceptable.

I'm pretty sure some of the Aussies wore jeans (obviously with a club shirt) to our Nationals this year, and nobody complained.

[Tegs]

Just that WA is NOT allowed to wear jeans, bit mad if you ask me.. but i like the men who take a stand and wear their jeans ;) Probs wear my aussie uniform.. makes me look like i have talent :thumb:

[User-Name]

.. makes me look like i have talent

It's not about looking rich, it's not about acting rich, its about being rich.

[puddin]

Les is really the one to ask, but my understanding is that you can wear either whites, club uniform or national team uniform. There's nothing explicit in there about jeans, so if the archer comes from a club who happen to have jeans as part of their uniform, that's acceptable.

I'm pretty sure some of the Aussies wore jeans (obviously with a club shirt) to our Nationals this year, and nobody complained.
this is true if it is part of there uniform i dont think anyone will say anything.
but an aussi junior did wear them witht he aussie uniform on a couple of the days to.

[Sir Slick]

Hi all,

The entry form is now available for the ANZ Nationals at the following link:

http://maru.co.nz/Nationals/entry.pdf

Please note that this year there is a flat fee of $100 (plus a $20 Judges levy fee) which enters you in all events - Target, Matchplay, Clout and Field. This fee is payable even if you only wanted to enter one of those events, but I'm pretty sure you'll agree you are getting value for money considering target alone last year was $100. We have tried our best to keep the costs as low as possible for the archers.

Banquet venue and costs yet to be confirmed but can indicate how many tickets you would like if you want to attend.

Form pretty much explains everything, but any questions feel free to PM me.


Cheers

Dave:archer:

[Drift_Puncher]

It's not about looking rich, it's not about acting rich, its about being rich.

u on crack?

[User-Name]

u on crack?

What do you take me for?! Ofcorse i am, speaking of which im sure you owe me.

[User-Name]

Bring me my arrows of desire!

its not like it'd help..

[Drift_Puncher]

hah boy the nationals gona be fun this year aint it, we still gota get blow darts aye, maby we should get them on trademe aha

[archerybob]

ok kiwis i have put in for days off so i can finally get across the ditch and shoot a kiwi nats! is this online registration deal workin???? or will i have to snail post the entry????

[burt666]

ok kiwis i have put in for days off so i can finally get across the ditch and shoot a kiwi nats! is this online registration deal workin???? or will i have to snail post the entry????

Hi Archerybob,

I'm afraid it looks like they can't offer online registration this year, so you'll have to snail mail it.. :(

The form can be found at the following link: http://maru.co.nz/Nationals/entry.pdf

Hope I'll have the pleasure to meet you and other aussies down there early January 2008!:thumb:

[noel mac]

could you please post the dates. i downloaded the entry form but unless its written in kiwi, which i cant read i still dont know what the dates for the nationals are or do they run the whole of 2008! cause i cant afford to stay the whole year i have to work ya know! tried the link on the first page but it didnt load properly for me, must be my aussie internet doesnt read kiwi either.

[burt666]

the whole program can be found there (http://maru.co.nz/Nationals/programme.pdf)

[Sir Slick]

could you please post the dates. i downloaded the entry form but unless its written in kiwi, which i cant read i still dont know what the dates for the nationals are or do they run the whole of 2008! cause i cant afford to stay the whole year i have to work ya know! tried the link on the first page but it didnt load properly for me, must be my aussie internet doesnt read kiwi either.

If ya had've just stuck to that first sentence I would have posted the dates.

Note to You - English is also spoken by us........just not with the 'twang'.....I shall enable 'twang' capability on the Nationals website so that it will translate kiwi into Aussie.

[noel mac]

yeh i know, its just my wife was looking over my shoulder and as she was born in auckland i couldn't resist. she was wondering what my frustration was with the link above. got the dates with thanks.

[The One]

Has the Banquet venue/price been confirmed yet?

[puddin]

Has the Banquet venue/price been confirmed yet?
not as far as i know. nothing has been passed on to club members. last i heard they were looking for the best place out of a few possible.

[burt666]

Will the team matchplay be a " free for all - let's get 3 people together and get it done" event, or are archer sorted by district / national team, etc?!?

[Sir Slick]

Will the team matchplay be a " free for all - let's get 3 people together and get it done" event, or are archer sorted by district / national team, etc?!?

Your guess is as good as mine. Given NZ's propensity to treat match play as a bit of light hearted relief my guess is it will turn into a free for all.

We give out trophies and medals for everything else.......perhaps its time we instituted a trophy (winners only) for teams matchplay that is awarded to the winning region. This may encourage people to treat it a bit more seriously.........MAY.

[burt666]

Your guess is as good as mine. Given NZ's propensity to treat match play as a bit of light hearted relief my guess is it will turn into a free for all.

We give out trophies and medals for everything else.......perhaps its time we instituted a trophy (winners only) for teams matchplay that is awarded to the winning region. This may encourage people to treat it a bit more seriously.........MAY.

As i stated before, get a nice trophy/shield for it, that would raise people interest :thumb: :thumb:

[The One]

Your guess is as good as mine. Given NZ's propensity to treat match play as a bit of light hearted relief my guess is it will turn into a free for all.

We give out trophies and medals for everything else.......perhaps its time we instituted a trophy (winners only) for teams matchplay that is awarded to the winning region. This may encourage people to treat it a bit more seriously.........MAY.

Well you're in one of the best positions to do something about it :) Doesn't have to have a trophy, but at least if it's in regions, people will have teams they can really get behind, and O/S Teams could join in as well.

[ReG_C]

all we need now, is a list of flights from aussie land
I looked had a look at the dates, I think I could possibly make it :D
what is your public transport like over there? seeing as I'd be flying, and I'm not partial to car hire (very expensive for me)

:thumb:

[Quetzalcoatl]

Well, its not in Auckland, so public transport should be okay! ;)
Ours is just getting worse and worse too - its been costing me $8.60 to get to the club and back ... hence, I now own a scooter. Zzzooom.

Having said that ... its Porirua ... its pretty small.
www.metlink.org.nz is the Wellington region transport site.

[Dr Phil]

How far is Wellington from Christchurch?

Is this that cool venue with no wind I have heard about?

from what I hear, Wellington is the windiest place on earth (nearly) The way it is situated at the bottom of the island it blows and blows and blows. Never been there but work with a kiwi from there. In true archery fashion, it seems they have chose the absolute worst possible place to hold the event.:thumb:

[Jim Reid]

It will be really good. Wellington is a lovely place and the people are very friendly. I might even go as a tourist come archer. NZ is a fantastic country.
I'll be more interested in NZ the experience than the archery, archery is good but NZ is the real deal. :thumb:

[Jay.G]

from what I hear, Wellington is the windiest place on earth (nearly) The way it is situated at the bottom of the island it blows and blows and blows. Never been there but work with a kiwi from there. In true archery fashion, it seems they have chose the absolute worst possible place to hold the event.:thumb:

and worst time where the worst weather rages through the country... I sense Conspiracy!:o

[Sir Slick]

Public Transport - pretty good, if you stay in wellington proper 20 minute train ride out to porirua and then a quick hop over to the range (5 minutes by cab, dunno bout bus routes but I'm sure there will be one). If you stay in porirua itself everything is pretty much close by so the majority of the times can walk anywhere you want after shooting is finished or again, plenty of buses and trains into town.

Wind - Yes Wellington can be dynamite. Not sure how this range is sheltered as obviously haven't shot there before. Having said that Auckland last year was crap and apparently christchurch the year before was rubbish and got canned with peoples arrows blowing off the rests so if its half as bad as that it will be better.

Friendliness - yeah we are..........sometimes. Depends how much sleep and coffee we've had.

NZ being the real deal - Have you seen the numbers of Kiwis moving across the ditch!!!!..................having said that they're all traitorous leaches - this is a great place to live!!

[puddin]

this is true. the auckland and hamilton nationals were rather crap.
i just think we have them at the wrong time of the year.

and Dr Phil. noone really chose wellington to hold the nationals. it was more like our club was the only one willing to hold them. so ti was us or well no one.

[Archangel]

this is true. the auckland and hamilton nationals were rather crap.
i just think we have them at the wrong time of the year.
Indeed. Unfortunately everyone is pretty much at the mercy of when the organisers are willing to schedule it, and so far there hasn't been anyone willing to do it at another time.

and Dr Phil. noone really chose wellington to hold the nationals. it was more like our club was the only one willing to hold them. so ti was us or well no one.
And we're all very grateful that you offered :-)

[puddin]

silly thing is i finally have a nationals in the city i live and i probably wont shoot.
in regards to other time of year i think there would be problems with other shoots that some of our better archers attend and there is no point having a nationals that the top guys dont attend.?

[The One]

silly thing is i finally have a nationals in the city i live and i probably wont shoot.
in regards to other time of year i think there would be problems with other shoots that some of our better archers attend and there is no point having a nationals that the top guys dont attend.?

Well, we could always try easter now - not much point shooting the Aussie "nationals" without any matchplay... ;)

[Archangel]

silly thing is i finally have a nationals in the city i live and i probably wont shoot.
in regards to other time of year i think there would be problems with other shoots that some of our better archers attend and there is no point having a nationals that the top guys dont attend.?
Why aren't you shooting them?
Have to say I'm not much excited by the concept of a Nationals being in "the same city" - last time I had some monster commutes, especially to the field course.

As to the top archers shooting elsewhere - well obviously we wouldn't schedule to clash with other events, but if you have a re-read of the selection criteria you'd notice that the top archers can't shoot overseas events and skip the Nationals, at least not without permission ;-)

[puddin]

i probably wont have shot more then once before then so no real point. ill just judge and help the organisers.
well the commutes are very small here indeed. you could easily walk to the feild course. (bows may be a bit heavy to carry tho).

thats a good idea for the selection. i dont pay to much attention to that at moment as i am not interested in selection.

[Quetzalcoatl]

Public Transport - pretty good, if you stay in wellington proper 20 minute train ride out to porirua and then a quick hop over to the range (5 minutes by cab, dunno bout bus routes but I'm sure there will be one).

Yeah, there is one. I had a look. Didn't look at the timetable though, dunno how often it goes.

NZ being the real deal - Have you seen the numbers of Kiwis moving across the ditch!!!!..................having said that they're all traitorous leaches - this is a great place to live!!

As my signature used to say: NZers moving to Australia are raising the IQ of both countries :silly:

NZ is a fantastic country.

+1 awesome to Jim ;-)

[Clare Barnes]

Yeah, there is one. I had a look. Didn't look at the timetable though, dunno how often it goes.

Every Thursday, except in January when NZ is closed...:D

[puddin]

funny
that could be true for public transport around the rest of nz. but in wellington most trains run every 30 mins (except wairarapa which noone will bother with unless they get really lost) and buses are around 15-30 mins.

[Archangel]

Every Thursday, except in January when NZ is closed...:D
Ah, I'm looking forward to it - for that month I'll be able to get to work without being slowed down by lots of buses wandering randomly back and forth across the road :-D

[burt666]

Ah, I'm looking forward to it - for that month I'll be able to get to work without being slowed down by lots of buses wandering randomly back and forth across the road :-D

What do you mean? My side of the bridge is alway fine!:p

[frommy]

As my signature used to say: NZers moving to Australia are raising the IQ of both countries :silly:

The correct situation was that when Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen moved to Queensland the average IQ of NZ'ers dropped but lifted the average IQ of Qld'ers.

:munch:

[Quetzalcoatl]

Hey Wellingtonians, just how windy is Porirua?

I was talking to one of the guys at work about archery and shooting in the wind, and when I told him the Nationals were in Porirua he just started laughing, told me to have fun with that, and walked off ...

I'm a bit concerned now ;)

[burt666]

being a wellington resident i can say that porirua will have less wwind then our normal range but there will definately be a bit of wind.
hopefully it will be like janurary this year and rather calm.


in other words, yeah, expect some wind, i'd say shooting last week at One Tree Hill or Shore was typical of what to expect, and a gd training for it ;)

[Quetzalcoatl]

Last week at One Tree Hill wasn't that bad ...

[Jay.G]

I shot my PB then....:silly: :silly: If porirua was like that I'd say it would be better than what we've already had from the previous nationals.

[Quetzalcoatl]

Any of you Aussies coming over in January then?

[ReG_C]

I'm seriously thinking about it, I only have 2 more weeks to decide (i think)

[Quetzalcoatl]

Come on, you know you want to! ;)

[ReG_C]

I'm happy making my excuses, I would be stuck for transport, and wouldn't know where to go :p

ReG_C = Never been overseas :silly:

[Quetzalcoatl]

Never been overseas? That's terrible. You'll have to come.

Catch the plane to Wellington, jump on a shuttle to Porirua, and hire a car or persuade someone else to give you lifts to the range.

THEN you can go on a holiday round NZ and realise what you're missing out on in Aussie :silly:

[ReG_C]

hahaha, how do taxi's go over in NZ are they effecient or as useless as they are over here?

[Quetzalcoatl]

Not sure about Porirua taxis, never been there. In general NZ taxis seem fairly reliable, as long as you pick one of the right companies.

Jay and some other guys are using a shuttle thing to get to the range and back.

[ReG_C]

mmm, you might have just talked me into it you know

[Archangel]

Taxis are quite a pricy way of getting around though - and not totally reliable timewise if you want to get to the range before shooting starts for example...

[Quetzalcoatl]

You should ask Jay what they're doing with that shuttle, see if something similar would work for you.

[ReG_C]

might do that, although I'm significantly shortening another trip :P but its only my family ;)
(at least the family approve of my leaving early to fly to NZ)

[The One]

might do that, although I'm significantly shortening another trip :P but its only my family ;)
(at least the family approve of my leaving early to fly to NZ)

Are they trying to tell you something? :p

[ReG_C]

they are, but I keep getting mixed responses :mad: I wish they would make up their minds :(


Ps. I'm from an italian family, If I sound a little weak and need to HTFU, you need to understand, xmas holidays = 150 cousins, 18 aunties, 17 Uncles, and a S**tload of 2nd ane once removed relations :silly:

[The One]

they are, but I keep getting mixed responses :mad: I wish they would make up their minds :(


Ps. I'm from an italian family, If I sound a little weak and need to HTFU, you need to understand, xmas holidays = 150 cousins, 18 aunties, 17 Uncles, and a S**tload of 2nd ane once removed relations :silly:

:o

Sounds like the perfect opportunity ot escape!!!

[Jay.G]

they are, but I keep getting mixed responses :mad: I wish they would make up their minds :(


Ps. I'm from an italian family, If I sound a little weak and need to HTFU, you need to understand, xmas holidays = 150 cousins, 18 aunties, 17 Uncles, and a S**tload of 2nd ane once removed relations :silly:

Yep sounds like what happened at my friend's place at Christmas, though this was when I still lived in Aus which is like 4 years ago.

[gizzy]

Hows the entries looking so far? are there many registered

[pmoney29]

Last I heard, there were more overseas entries then Kiwi entries...but it may have changed by now

[Sir Slick]

Hows the entries looking so far? are there many registered


Last I heard about 40, but that was about a month ago....

[gizzy]

With the TT on again there should be a few more juniors coming which also means there parents will be coming I know three parents from Gisborne that are now shooting because there kids will be there shooting.

[Sir Slick]

80 odd entrants as of last weekend......mostly internationals apparently

[Quetzalcoatl]

We're obviously a pretty slack bunch of kiwis this year ...
Its kind of odd, I would have thought Wellington would be a good location to attract quite a few people.

[The One]

How many South Islanders are coming?

[Drift_Puncher]

where are people staying for this fruity event

[Jim Reid]

They are probably staying near Wellington.

All those 'Internationals' coming to shoot, enjoy and support your event. What is wrong with the Kiwi's don't they like to support, patronise and develop the local event. It's a small country for god sake it's not like 'Lord or the Rings' stuff. You don't have to carry you tackle box and backpack from Invercargill across the southern alps and swim Cook Strait. The organisers have put it in Wellington smack bang in the middle of NZ which makes it about ideal for EVERYONE to attend.

Gee archery sound pretty apathetic and 'soft' in NZ.

You Kiwi admin blokes need to get serious about developing the sport, I'm sure there are hundreds waiting to discover it, so make it attractive to them. Firstly those in the sport, support your events, go there and participate, and then get publicity about the event, promote it, jump up and down, make a noise and scream...
"HAVE YOU TRIED ARCHERY, IT'S GREAT FUN FOR ALL AGES"
that would be a start.

You've got a great country, you should be doing better.

[burt666]

Gee archery sound pretty apathetic and 'soft' in NZ.

You Kiwi admin blokes need to get serious about developing the sport, I'm sure there are hundreds waiting to discover it, so make it attractive to them. Firstly those in the sport, support your events, go there and participate, and then get publicity about the event, promote it, jump up and down, make a noise and scream...
"HAVE YOU TRIED ARCHERY, IT'S GREAT FUN FOR ALL AGES"
that would be a start.

You've got a great country, you should be doing better.

Thank for that Jim, No one here had such clever ideas before. We were patiently waiting for an Australian to tell us what to so as we are such incompetent douche bags all around here.

Promise, we start tomorrow. Weather is not allowing today.

[Drift_Puncher]

haha good call burt.
and wellington is a pain in the ass, 8 hour drive, with no licence, im lucky to make it to taupo before getting arrested.

Also nz has 4 million people, aus has like 5 times that, by my calculation that adds to a hundred million more people that could do archery...

[The One]

haha good call burt.
and wellington is a pain in the ass, 8 hour drive, with no licence, im lucky to make it to taupo before getting arrested.

Also nz has 4 million people, aus has like 5 times that, by my calculation that adds to a hundred million more people that could do archery...

Did you do NCEA?
You should fly down instead. Or even better, take a llama :D

[Drift_Puncher]

yes i did do ncea, and this is why i still choose to drive :)

[hoyt for life 2]

I would give drift punchers maths an E for ncea level 3

[Archangel]

I would give drift punchers maths an E for ncea level 3
That may be so, but all things considered, I'd be careful what you say - glass houses and all that ;-)

[Jim Reid]

From what I have heard Wellington can be a little windy and the Auckland archers don't like to move out of their comfort zone and reckon the whole of NZ revolves around them and that eveyone else should TRAVEL and shoot in Auckland. I think the travelling should be shared around, after all, you have a magnificent country and archery is an excellent opportunity to see all of it.

I would like to see the next NZ nationals hosted by Invercargill, now that would be very special, and the nightlife apparently excels, as long as you have a torch and don't mind lying flat on your belly for 2 hours in the rain. An experience you will take to the grave. I have some cred on the subject as I spend a little time in NZ each year gathering duck eggs and photographing centipede trail just out of Twizel. A big hello to Jeff and Gordon the helicopter blokes.

I love NZ. :thumb: especially the blue cod :drool:

[Archangel]

From what I have heard Wellington can be a little windy and the Auckland archers don't like to move out of their comfort zone and reckon the whole of NZ revolves around them and that eveyone else should TRAVEL and shoot in Auckland. I think the travelling should be shared around, after all, you have a magnificent country and archery is an excellent opportunity to see all of it.
I'm sorry Jim, but that's just total bollocks. If you look at attendance in the past Auckland archers have always been happy to travel - heaps of us attend most of the North Island events and have happily been down to Christchurch for Nationals in the past. If anything, Auckland tournaments are the ones that get the least people from other areas attending them (not to take anything away from the people that do; just that we wish there were more of you!).

And believe me Jim, if you'd shot in Auckland you'd know that we won't be out of our comfort zone at all due to wind ;-)

[Sir Slick]

Gee archery sound pretty apathetic and 'soft' in NZ.

You Kiwi admin blokes need to get serious about developing the sport, I'm sure there are hundreds waiting to discover it, so make it attractive to them. Firstly those in the sport, support your events, go there and participate, and then get publicity about the event, promote it, jump up and down, make a noise and scream...
"HAVE YOU TRIED ARCHERY, IT'S GREAT FUN FOR ALL AGES"
that would be a start.

You've got a great country, you should be doing better.

Whats this......an Aussie wanting to IMPROVE New Zealand sport :confused:
Here was me thinking we liked to put our foot right on the throats of our trans tasman neighbours:matrix:
I shall take your advice and go out and recruit some not so soft people......a couple of Tongans I think.......that way even if they lose, their opponents will get bashed.........dunno if they'll get called soft.:)

Seriously though Jim, in a country dominated completely by rugby, archery dont do too bad, truth be told we've probably got the same per capita archer ratio as you lot, just not the talent or funding to have the same set up.

[Jim Reid]

Thanks Sir Slick

Archangel make a good point about the Auckland thingy. Think they must have the 'serious' archers who do take the trouble, relatively speaking to attend events outside of Auckland cos they are the keen ones. Whereas everyone else are the apathetic brigade who have been conditioned to remain insular, go without, and not make the effort to go all the way to Auckland of wherever for the nationals.

bloke in Dunedin, "My god, the national are being held away way up in Auckland, how we gonna get there, it's even on another island and my canoe is stuffed."

bloke in Dunedin's wife, "Baa! don't go love, cut the lawn instead, don't need a canoe for that."

bloke in Dunedin, "Think what you are saying woman, how can I cut the lawn, YOU ATE IT!!!"

I like New Zealand, but the archers are a bit sheepish. ;) :archer: :D

[Jim Reid]

Not long to the NZ nats now.

Have you got the targets organised yet, and are they both strammit?

[The One]

From what I have heard Wellington can be a little windy and the Auckland archers don't like to move out of their comfort zone and reckon the whole of NZ revolves around them and that eveyone else should TRAVEL and shoot in Auckland. I think the travelling should be shared around, after all, you have a magnificent country and archery is an excellent opportunity to see all of it.

Had a count from the attendance at the last Nats from our club - only 2 of those that went last year aren't returning - one has work commitments and the other is no longer in the sport. It's likely that there might be another couple who are going to their first Nationals, so I can assure you that a drop in numbers at our Nationals is not due to the attendance of members from Auckland Archery Club.

And no, if we find strammit over here, we burn it.

[Sir Slick]

Last attendance count was around 125 archers....something like that anyway.

We're still trying to figure out how to put up the targets without having them fall over:silly:

[Jim Reid]

And no, if we find strammit over here, we burn it.
Excellent, West Australia should adopt that policy
We're still trying to figure out how to put up the targets without having them fall over do you mean fall over or blow over? either way, you need to find a solution to that problem. Have you tried tying them down?

[The One]

Last attendance count was around 125 archers....something like that anyway.

That's starting to look a bit better. How does it compare with last year? Many archers from the South Island coming?

[The One]

We're still trying to figure out how to put up the targets without having them fall over:silly:

Perhaps concrete surrounds would work!
No, no, seriously, jokes. We all know noone would surround their butts with concrete

[Jim Reid]

Many archers from the South Island coming?

That's a bit of a surprise.

How many exactly?

[Sir Slick]

That's starting to look a bit better. How does it compare with last year? Many archers from the South Island coming?

Can't remember what last year was numbers wise...think about the same.

Couldn't tell you how many southerners are coming up.

[burt666]

well, that's it... the bow is tuned and packed, arrows marked and numbered, think i've got enough undies and socks for a week too... see you all on Sunday!! :D

[TrevorK]

well, that's it... the bow is tuned and packed, arrows marked and numbered, think i've got enough undies and socks for a week too... see you all on Sunday!! :D
Same here, but with my own clothes, C U all Sunday afternoon, traffic willing

[outaremission]

Hope you guys can give us some results and maybe some photos when you get time?

[Drift_Puncher]

weather is crap, same with scores :) check the archerynz website :) should be there

[Ed]

weather is crap, same with scores :) check the archerynz website :) should be there

No results on NZ website - don't even have results of the CQT on either NZ or Oceania websites - bit poor.

[Flame]

http://www.archerynz.co.nz/Default.aspx?tabid=118

[Flame]

http://www.archerynz.co.nz/Default.aspx?tabid=118

Last years :)

[outaremission]

c'mon yorlee, it's day three!!

[Jim Reid]

I don't think posting their scores on here is a priority, especially when they were not so good, wind, rain, sheep, hobbits, tourists, Wellington.

Ha! ha! ha!...............100% New Zealand.

:D

[outaremission]

yea fair enough. But they are not anywere. I would have thought scores were relevent to conditions? That is they are good scores for the conditions?

[Sir Slick]

Scores are not on the website yet as our organisers (which comprise a very small crew) are being kept busy enough ensuring the needs of the archers are met. They will be posted on the ANZ website as soon as possible.

[Jim Reid]

Scores are not on the website yet as our organisers (which comprise a very small crew) are being kept busy enough ensuring the needs of the archers are met.
Seems both members of the crew are still counting sheep.
They will be posted on the ANZ website as soon as possible
That's handy, I'll check them out next time I do my internet banking.

[Archangel]

Appears they're there now - except for the field ones, which is the only one I want to see so I can find out whether I won or not ;-)

[burt666]

Appears they're there now - except for the field ones, which is the only one I want to see so I can find out whether I won or not ;-)

yeah, guess we might have to do a bit of medal swapping at the pub sometime....;)

[themadarcher]

Lol, I can c why you are after those results, nobody wants to be beaten by a Ginga! :D