Greenwood archers: Mid-Winter Madness 5th-6th July 2008

[burt666]

Greenwood Archers (New Plymouth) are organizing a mid-winter tournament, good on them!! It's a Major Tournament too, nice to see Clubs adding events to the ANZ Calendar

FITA 720 (2x70) on the Saturday, Open Matchplay Recurve and Compound on the Sunday, awesome fun in the 'naki!

See attached PDF. Contact Mandy for infos/entries.

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[Sir.Nightingale]

goodness wee while since ive had to go to new plymouth, rod do i have to?

sounds like good fun see you all there, were is a hotel near a bar?

[flyboy_su27]

Yay! I'll deffinately be going to this one...

Hopefully there is a good turnout, should be a good shoot.

[puddin]

i wish i could make it to this. girlfriends 21st the same weekend so its not happening.

I'd like to see Hamish win it (no pressure mate)

[burt666]

i wish i could make it to this. girlfriends 21st the same weekend so its not happening.

I'd like to see Hamish win it (no pressure mate)

cant make it either, still be overseas.

My money on James!:p

[flyboy_su27]

i wish i could make it to this. girlfriends 21st the same weekend so its not happening.

I'd like to see Hamish win it (no pressure mate)

:rofl: I'm going to fold under the pressure now...damn you!

My money on James!

:rofl: :rofl: It's about time an Aucklander didn't win.

If I can get my Navs set and this crazy Cavalier elite thingymabob set up I'll be all sweet for it. Where's the team spirit Puddin? Wouldn't you rather be shooting in the freezing wind and rain!? Come on!

[burt666]

:rofl: :rofl: It's about time an Aucklander didn't win.
:rofl: show me what you got!:thumb:

[flyboy_su27]

:rofl: show me what you got!:thumb:

Cough*Agincourt*Cough.

Sorry...

Hahaha I wasn't meaning me (or was I?). It's about time..you know it is...I just want to see Aucklander's with their spirits broken.

[burt666]

..I just want to see Aucklander's with their spirits broken.

we have no spirits or souls, nothing to be broken here;)

[flyboy_su27]

we have no spirits or souls, nothing to be broken here;)

How strong are your CX 900's?

[puddin]

Cough*Agincourt*Cough.

Sorry...

Hahaha I wasn't meaning me (or was I?). It's about time..you know it is...I just want to see Aucklander's with their spirits broken.
it is about time someone else one. and i think it should be you mate.
i would rather be shooting but i dont think my girlfriend would be that for much longer if i did.

you have a whole month. thats plenty of time to tune your new rest and arrows.

[burt666]

How strong are your CX 900's?

they are magicaly hand crafted by Utah midget elves from the deep west. No touchy!

[flyboy_su27]

you have a whole month. thats plenty of time to tune your new rest and arrows.

:rofl: yeah I know..I was just trying to find a reason why I might not to go. Crap reason. Lol..the Navs are awesome already, first arrow at 70m was a 10, second was a nine..flying and grouping nicely...now for that rest.

[flyboy_su27]

Looks like the weather is going to be absolutely crap..woohoo.

See anyone who is actually going there.:thumb:

[flyboy_su27]

My money on James!:p

Good to see he turned up. :rofl:, soft bunch of Auckland folk.

[Archangel]

Good to see he turned up. :rofl:, soft bunch of Auckland folk.
Oi!
I would have been interested in going, but I was going to arrive back in the country early Saturday morning. Ended up arriving Sunday morning instead, so I don't think there was much chance of my getting down to Taranaki before the end of the shoot ;-)

[flyboy_su27]

Oi!
I would have been interested in going, but I was going to arrive back in the country early Saturday morning. Ended up arriving Sunday morning instead, so I don't think there was much chance of my getting down to Taranaki before the end of the shoot ;-)

hahaha yeah ok, you have an excuse. Plenty of Aucklanders don't though :thumb:

[burt666]

hahaha yeah ok, you have an excuse. Plenty of Aucklanders don't though :thumb:

Yeah, gd effort from James ;) well i'm only back this morning (so obvioulsy couldn't make it).... i dunno why some others didn't show up, maybe the added 20c per litre of petrol since i left a mounth ago...

[Archangel]

Yeah, gd effort from James ;) well i'm only back this morning (so obvioulsy couldn't make it).... i dunno why some others didn't show up, maybe the added 20c per litre of petrol since i left a mounth ago...
That does make quite the difference, or at least the total increases over the past year or so. Driving down to the 'Naki and back would cost me in the vicinity of $150-200 these days. That's really quite a lot of money...

[burt666]

That does make quite the difference, or at least the total increases over the past year or so. Driving down to the 'Naki and back would cost me in the vicinity of $150-200 these days. That's really quite a lot of money...

that's very true.... when i was attending my first tournaments in NZ, petrol was "just part of the process" really, when compared to accommodation.... it gonna soon become the first thing you have to budget for....

The problem is lots of people are globally still repulsed by the idea of using diesel in NZ (tho less and less economic than only a years ago.. it's now almost the same price in France, i didn't look here yet), and don't feel manly enough driving less than a super-charged V6.... the cars pool in NZ/Aus is going to change very rapidly over the next 2-3 years: smaller models, more and more diesel. It has already started anyway. To be noted as well, the emergence of biodiesel, which can be sometime used straight away on older engine with no mechanical modification.

when i think about it, it would be for me nowadays impossible to reenact my 2004-2005 Xmas road trip through the North island, because of the fuel prices... :(

wow, nice off topic!

[Archangel]

I'd rather travel to 3 archery tournaments a year and enjoy the trip than 4 or 5 stuck in some little diesel ****box that needs a run-up to get up a hill.
One major difference between here and Europe is that they have decent roads; a small diesel isn't so bad on a motorway as on our roads.

[themadarcher]

well, my soft auckland excuse is having no money after spending $6000 to shoot overseas.

[flyboy_su27]

well, my soft auckland excuse is having no money after spending $6000 to shoot overseas.

Was it worth it? I mean, you could have been shooting in the freezing cold with hail falling down your back...

[Archangel]

Was it worth it? I mean, you could have been shooting in the freezing cold with hail falling down your back...
Instead we got to shoot in the blazing sun with sweat dripping down our backs... ;-)

[The One]

My excuse is that I had sold my bow. Think I had something else important that weekend too, but I forget what it was...

[Archangel]

My excuse is that I had sold my bow. Think I had something else important that weekend too, but I forget what it was...
Don't lie, you know it was the AAC Clout Championships ;-)

[The One]

Was this tournament really only the weekend before last? Wow, seems like it was ages ago!

Well I think the engagement party of one of the Auckland archers might have had something to do with it, then! ;)

[flyboy_su27]

Instead we got to shoot in the blazing sun with sweat dripping down our backs... ;-)

Well that's not enjoyable at all..;)

[Archangel]

Well that's not enjoyable at all..;)
Didn't seem so at the time, but I've had enough of this bloody winter already - roll on global warming I say.

[burt666]

Well that's not enjoyable at all..;)

It was really worth going for Miss Latvia and the tray-girl, trust us! ;)

[themadarcher]

hell yea, who's up for the Latvian nationals next year? Her coach was pretty damn scary though

[flyboy_su27]

You foreign archers and your shinanigins!

[Wuffypot]

OI!!!!!!!! no mentioning the beautifully eyed tray girl with out my permission

[burt666]

who's up for the Latvian nationals next year?

we can do a European tour: Latvia, Ukraine, Romania, Spain, Italy, and finish by a back massage in England

[TrevorK]

It was really worth going for Miss Latvia and the tray-girl, trust us! ;)
any pictures, nudge, nudge, wink, wink

[themadarcher]

haha, yea, we also saw the worlds hottest archery coach

[flyboy_su27]

haha, yea, we also saw the worlds hottest archery coach

"God damn it Brady! Shoot a F'n Ten!"
http://i37.tinypic.com/scdl04.jpg

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[burt666]

any pictures, nudge, nudge, wink, wink

sorting out my pics take a bit of time, but keep an eye on the ABOTY thread in the next few days...:thumb: