Many of you know I am a member of the above club and recently we hosted our annual open competition. You can read a review of the shoot on the clubs website (https://briarrosefieldarchers.wordpress.com/2023/07/28/shoot-report-july-2023/) along with a breakdown of the scores. More photos are available on the clubs Facebook page.
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After a storm
Those of you who read this site and live in the UK will know that a few days ago the country was hit by Storm Arwen. This brought storm force winds and heavy snow to some areas, resulting in thousands of homes losing power for several days, some of these are still without power 5 days later. This was the first winter storm to hit the UK.
So what does this have to do with an archery?
The impact of the storm on woodland has been dramatic to some clubs like The Redoubtables, who have seen countless trees uprooted, branches down and their course devastated. These are the obvious impacts from such storms, the less obvious issues such storms bring are the broken branches hung up in trees.
An example can be seen in the brief recording below I made when checking our field course.
I hope it goes some way to demonstrate how important it is to check your field courses for safety . It’s very easy to focus on the things in front of you, paths, trip hazards etc., but it is equally important to look upwards.
The second recording is more of a stroll round and hopefully provides you with an idea of the woodland we use.
If you check out my YouTube channel you will see a few recordings I’ve taken over the months.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP9TZikgZjhkYpRQTVOHjIA
Thanks for reading and viewing.
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Sad news – archery club loses wood
Sorry but this post isn’t going to be very upbeat. It’s with a very heavy heart I have to say my club, Briar Rose Field Archers has lost its wood. We’ve been told to vacate it by end of April.
You can guess how down everyone is feeling after all the hard work and effort. Especially when you realise we were in full flow for redesign of the current course.
It took us over 2 years to find the site initially and since then we’ve seen the club grow along with the course from 8 targets to 30 in the last 18 months. Membership has increased with lots of new archers joining following coaching courses. Now we are back to square one with no wood and having to start the search again.
From what I understood Birmingham City Council plan to close the entire site. With all the media articles and medical reports on how being active outdoors is good for your mental and physical health I find it very said and disappointing the decision has been made to close the site. I’m guessing they have their reasons and I feel sorry for those who actually work at the site as i don’t know if they will lose their jobs.
We are going to try and organise a NFAS club shoot for March 15th as a bit of a final farewell come thanks to those who have supported us.
Thanks for reading.
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