2006 Oceania Championships

[Clare Barnes]

An email is being circulated with the following info...

Archery Federation Blong Solomon Islands wishes to let you know that the OCEANIA Archery Championship will be on the 3rd - 7th of July 2006 in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

Better start your training Brocky! :D

[Flame]

:D

He might not come back :D :D

[Brocky]

So Flame what would it be worth to ya, maybe a free flight there :o

[Shirt]

We could have an AF whipround... :lol:

[chopper]

I'm in :D

[Brocky]

This is looking better as time goes on :D

[archerger]

I lived in PNG and Solomons for 4 years. Take your guns as well as your bows its real wild west country

[The One]

From what I hear, it should be safe - the organiser of the event is friends with the local police cheif, so during the competition, the range (which they essentially custom-made for the Oceania Champs) will be surrounded by policemen.

[frommy]

From what I hear, it should be safe - the organiser of the event is friends with the local police cheif, so during the competition, the range (which they essentially custom-made for the Oceania Champs) will be surrounded by policemen.

You are lucky that the spelling and grammar police are in semi retirement at the moment, Andrew. :wink: Below your usual standard. :o


:lol:

[BrokenArr0w]

so wait a sec. how do you go about getting selected for this?

[Archangel]

From what I hear, it should be safe - the organiser of the event is friends with the local police cheif, so during the competition, the range (which they essentially custom-made for the Oceania Champs) will be surrounded by policemen.
Depends how you define safe...
Even if it is, that doesn't sound like an event I'd be terribly keen to attend. Of course, it's arguably not so far from the US team's 'special security' in Sydney...

[The One]

You are lucky that the spelling and grammar police are in semi retirement at the moment, Andrew. :wink: Below your usual standard. :o


:lol:

I apologise. :oops:

Though I blame it on the Beligian Beer 8)

[Clare Barnes]

Though I blame it on the Beligian Beer 8)

The what...? :-? 8)

[gt]

Of course, it's arguably not so far from the US team's 'special security' in Sydney...


You mean the Secret Service contingent ? Or the SAS troopers who followed them everywhere ? :o

I gotta tell you, your Customs people had a cow over my concealed M1911, but they got over it. :P

[Peter King]

Even allowing for bureaucratese, it does not look flash

http://www.smarttraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/Solomon_Islands

I wonder if AA will comment.

[Archangel]

Of course, it's arguably not so far from the US team's 'special security' in Sydney...


You mean the Secret Service contingent ? Or the SAS troopers who followed them everywhere ? :o
The former... the SAS are British, they'd never stoop to anything as crude as standing around the US archery team looking staunch ;-)

I gotta tell you, your Customs people had a cow over my concealed M1911, but they got over it. :P
If you're talking about Australian customs, they're not 'mine' ;-)
Of course ours wouldn't like the M1911 either, but they've been so hopeless recently they probably wouldn't spot it :roll:

[The One]

Though I blame it on the Beligian Beer 8)

The what...? :-? 8)

Yes, definately the beer! A nice wee pub called the Occidental. :lol:

[gt]

the SAS are British, they'd never stoop to anything as crude as standing around the US archery team looking staunch


These SAS troopers were Australian SAS. And they came in handy once, when the media tried to crush the poor North Korean girl. :o

Those fellows know how to knock back a pint or three too 8)

I found, a couple of years later, that they're decent pistol shots, at least for Aussies :lol: Had a few of 'em in a training class I was in.

Seems a certain American beat them in the class shootoff at the end of the week though... :lol:

[Archangel]

These SAS troopers were Australian SAS. And they came in handy once, when the media tried to crush the poor North Korean girl. :o

Those fellows know how to knock back a pint or three too 8)
I can imagine - the police in the village were bad enough! Apparently they were busily knocking back the Grappa with the Italians ;-)

[bigfella]

Even allowing for bureaucratese, it does not look flash

http://www.smarttraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/Solomon_Islands

I wonder if AA will comment.

The info contained would make anyone think twice about going

[Brocky]

Is it true that they won it over Bali :o

[Archangel]

The info contained would make anyone think twice about going
Yeah, I thought "Solomon Islands is subject to earthquakes, volcanic activity, tidal waves and cyclones" was bad enough, until I saw "A violation of local laws may result in a jail sentence, served in a local prison. Consular assistance cannot override local law, even where local laws may appear harsh or unjust" :o

[2Dogs]

Might be a good spot for a 3D shoot.............using M1911's :wink:

[Brocky]

Something about a sacred tree only the chief can touch it and if you do its a 10-20 year sentence :o

[bigfella]

Think I'll stay in good ol' Oz

[Brocky]

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