NZ Archer 546

Issue 546 - MAY/JUNE 2018

VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH

MENTAL MASTERY
SELF-REINFORCEMENT

HOW TO CLOUT
GISBORNE TAKES OUT THE TOP
...AND MORE!

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Postal Results

So that is it for another Teams Postal Season. I would like Division 6 was taken out by Trentham, also with a clean sweep.
people’s feedback on the rule changes we did this year as I am Division 5 was a tight competition between Ellesmere A and
not sure if they assisted in reducing defaults, but I see there is Lakeview A both with 12 points, so the winner, decided on total
still a few in February. points, is Ellesmere.
Division 4 ended with another win to Rosebank, being the
Those rule changes being fourth year in a row of them proceeding up the divisions,
lookout Division 1 in three years.
• Intermediate divisions and younger being able to shoot the Division 3 was another tight competition given 4 teams scored
“Short Canadian” over 11,000 points and both River Glade B and Timaru A scored
14 so it also came down to points scored and River Glade
• Being able to shoot at different times on the same day. sneaked in.
I know Mountain Green used the second change on several Southland managed a clean sweep of Division 2 so will be
occasions, though our youth archers preferred to shoot the full going the top division next year.
Canadian. Finally Congrats to Gisborne on taking out the Trophy this year,
in another tightly fought competition at the top.
If you have any suggested rule changes please let me know and
I will put them out for a vote. I would like to suggest we make Kerry Hoole
the February round a two month round like Dec/Jan and hence Postal League Coordinator
have the final round in March as Feb is a short month and is flat
out, especially for the Field Clubs.

So on to the results!

Starting with Division 7, this was the most competitive Division
this year with only 3 points between first and last, but Grey
Goose managed a clean sweep to take it out.

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In This Issue

EDITORIAL POSTAL RESULTS    4
IN THIS ISSUE    5
Here we are entering the winter months, and NOTICEBOARD    6
when we’re not at home binge-watching those AUCKLAND HAVE A GO    8
TV programs we’ve been saving up, we’re forcing TIME TO ACHIEVE    9
ourselves outdoors and into the cold to practice. ECBOPAA INDOORS    10
These last two months have seemed to be quiet GISBORNE TAKES OUT DIVISION ONE!    11
on the tournament front now that the Summer ARCHERY NZ FIELD CHAMPS    12
rush is over, but that doesn’t mean that archers SHOOTING IN ADVERSE CONDITIONS    13
haven’t been busy. HOW TO SHOOT THE CLOUT    14
We’ve been watching Bruce Shuker, Caleb Russ PROFILES OF AWESOME    16
and Olivia Hodgson shoot the World Cup series PROFILES OF AWESOME    17
in Salt Lake City, and clubs around the country MENTAL WORKSHOP    18
have been readying for the Indoor season. Youth VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH    19
archery is going strong. INCREASING THE INTENSITY    20
The end of June marked NZ Volunteer Week, and OF SELF-REINFORCEMENT    21
we’re celebrating another one of our amazing MENTAL IMAGERY    22
archery volunteers in this issue. UPCOMING EVENTS    23
I’d also like to put out a big word of thanks to ARCHER RANKING    24
all those who volunteer their time to better our CLUB DIRECTORY    26
sport and don’t always get a mention or thanks: JUDGES DIRECTORY    27
Parents
Archers
Coaches
Friends
Family
All of you are what holds our sport together and
gives it a great feeling for the archers as they
shoot each weekend in the rain, snow, sleet and
sludge; in the wind with target, or among the
dripping trees in field.
I’d also like to extend a good luck to the archers
competing in this year’s Oceania Championships
this July. We wish you all the best and we’ll be
watching the results closely. Give it all you’ve got!
And think of us in wintertime while you’re warm
in New Caledonia...
Happy shooting
Caro
Editor

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Noticeboard

Archery NZ Indoors 2018 Update Call for Hosts for Selection Events
The Archery NZ board is delighted to be working with Building upon the selection process used for the 2018 shooting
Mountain Green Archery Club for the 2018 National Indoor season, we will be running a similar process again for the 2019
Championships – which will be held at The Trusts Arena, 65 – 67 season.
Central Park Drive, Henderson on 18 and 19 August 2018. We need to have host clubs for the following events:
Working in conjunction with Mountain Green are Shore Archery Youth World Championships and Trans-Tasman – youth event to
Club and NZ Field Archery Association who together will be be held in November/December 2018
providing a unique opportunity for archers in NZ to shoot both World Cup Series and World Championships – event to be held
a World Archery and International Field Archery Association in February/March 2019.
rounds. The events will need to be held over a weekend and include the
Keep an eye out for the details – and get your travel and following events:
accommodation bookings underway now! • Two 72 arrow round(s)
• Round robin match play
Trans-Tasman - 2019 The field for the senior event will need to accommodate at least
Traditionally the Trans-Tasman event has been run on a 2 32 archers (event can be shot in details). The Youth event will
yearly basis in even years. This timing clashes with Oceania need to be able to cope with more archers as it is likely that
Championship which is also run on the same timetable and now there will be more divisions competing at event.
has a Youth Championships component. Clubs interested in hosting either of these events should
With the agreement of Archery Australia we have decided that register their interest by 19 August 2018 by emailing with the
the NZ event will be held in 2019. National Secretary
A funding opportunity from the World Masters Games is
currently being pursued, and with that in mind, we are now International Field Archery Association World Archery
starting to work on the timing and location of this event. In Indoor Championship 2019.
order to qualify for the funding, the event will have to be held in (IFAA WAIC-2019)
Auckland. The Archery NZ Board have been working closely with the NZ
The Archery NZ Board are intending to take the lead on the Field Archery Association (NZFAA) in regard to the upcoming
organisation of this event, but would like to have a team of IFAA World Indoor Championships that will be held in
volunteers to assist with the set up and pack down, along with Wellington, NZ on 8-12 April 2019.
running of the event during the week. Please register your This is a very rare opportunity for NZ archers to be able to shoot
interest in being involved by contacting the National Secretary at a World Event without having to leave the country.
via an email to [email protected]. In preparation for this event, there will be a number of
We are keen to progress getting the Team Officials appointed as opportunities made available for Archery NZ members so that
soon as possible and will also be shortly releasing information they can also compete at this event.
on the selection criteria for this team. At this stage the plan is to
hold a Selection Event at the end of 2018 and then to announce
the team at the National Outdoor Target event in early 2019.

Youth Convenor Sought Membership of NZFAA
The Youth Convenor has recently resigned and so we are now Archery NZ has become a registered Club with NZFAA for their
looking for a replacement urgently. 2018.19 financial year (which runs from 1 July 2018 to 30 June
The management of the postal events will continue to be 2019).
managed by Maria Tucker. This means that Archery NZ members can become members
The key focus for the Youth Convenor for the next six months of NZFAA via Archery NZ with the payment of $10. This
will be to get Archery recognised as a NZ Secondary Schools membership fee is over and above the Archery NZ membership
Sport and the aim is to have this ready to implement in 2019. fee (which will be due again in October 2018). More information
While there are some great examples of Secondary Schools on how you can join up via Archery NZ will be out soon.
Archery programmes throughout the country, the aim will be Alternatively, you could join a NZ Field Archery Club. Further
to have more of these established so that regional, and North/ information on clubs can be found via the link at the end of this
South Island based competitions can be run in 2019, with the notice.
aim of a National Secondary Schools Archery Championship
being held in 2020. Qualification events
Having archery recognised in secondary schools is seen as a key In order to be eligible to compete at the IFAA World Indoor
pathway to developing an increasing number of youth archers Championships, you must have two scores from NZFAA
who will then continue through the programme and ultimately sanctioned events. These are necessary to prove that you have
competing on the international stage. experience in shooting at this type of event and understand
Organising host clubs for a North and South Island the rules, scoring etc necessary to ensure your safety and the
Championships in 2019 will be a key step forward for this smooth running of the event. You must be a financial member
programme moving forward. of NZFAA prior to competing in an NZFAA event.

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There will be a number of opportunities provided in the lead Team Officials
up to the World Champs. One opportunity will be the Archery Please Note: Archery NZ Policy requires that Juniors (ie archers
NZ National Indoor Championships with the first round on the under the age of 20 years) must have a team official accompany
Saturday will being an IFAA Standard Indoor target round. them in order to travel & compete. Also an official is required for
Further information on the World Indoor Championship event the Summer Universiades otherwise the team cannot go (this
can be found via the following link: https://www.wiacnz2019.org/ has nothing to do with age - but is a requirement of FISU).
The Archery NZ Board is keen to hear from anyone who may be
National Matchplay series: host clubs required interested or wants to know more.
To all clubs: please think about hosting an event as part of A Team Officials Application Form and Team Agreement
the national matchplay series. We are looking at preferably and Code of Conduct will need to be completed prior to
one event per district, with a max of 5 or 6 matchplay events consideration being given for selection and these need to be
with a WA 720 ranking round and either elimination or non- completed by the closing dates shown in the table above for
elimination matches. the event for which you wish to attend.
For any further information or queries please contact Marcus at Both documents are available on the Archery NZ Website via the
[email protected] following link: https://www.archerynz.co.nz/athletes/selection-
policies/
Team Officials for 2019 International Events All prospective Team Officials are required to undergo Police
Archery NZ are now urgently seeking registrations of interest Vetting as per the Member Protection Policy.
from those who are keen on being team officials to accompany Please contact Robyn Denton, National Secretary with any
archers to any of the following 2019 events: queries &/or completed paperwork.
[email protected]

Event Location Date (subject to
Napoli, Italy change)
Summer TBC July 2019
Universiades NZ
Youth World TBC
Championships
WA World Cup April 2019
Training Camp
WA World Cup China May 2019
Series Turkey May 2019
Shanghai Germany July 2019
Antalya USA August 2019
Berlin Sophia, Bulgaria April 2019
Salt Lake City
European Grand TBC October 2019
Prix
European Field S’Hertogenbosch, June 2019
Championships The Netherlands September 2019
World Archery Lac La Biche,
Championships Canada
World 3-D
Championships

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The Auckland ‘Have a Go’ Day dawned bright and clear and
the prospect of a fun, productive morning was looking good.
This event was a fundraiser for the AAC archers traveling to
New Caledonia to compete in the World Archery Oceania
Tournament in July.
The first customers arrived before the start time of 9am, causing
a rush to get things organised by those who were volunteering,
but as usual everyone pitched in and the newcomers were
ushered toward the targets to have a go.
There were two raffles set up: one for archery goods and one for
food. Max Maguire won the archery raffle. Thanks to those who
donated goods - including James from Archery Warehouse and
Sarah for including mementoes from the Shanghai World Cup
series. The food hamper raffle was won by Philippe Dussart.
Finn Matheson and Ben McLean provided a demonstration on
competitive archery that proved very popular and the BBQ got
a good workout. The day was a massive success! Somewhere
between 360-380 people turned up, the weather turned it on,
and the help was amazing!
Massive thank you to all the volunteers who helped coach, set
up, cook sausages, take donations, take photos, make coffees,
feed the masses, bake the biscuits, and everything!
Well done to the Oceanic archers heading to New Caledonia.
You made a bit of pocket money today!
Lexie Matheson
Photos Lexie Matheson
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Time to Achieve

Many clubs around the country and the world are very good at club shoots, or other organised shoots, and relationships within
two things: getting beginners into archery, and helping their the club with other people will have also developed.
experienced archers compete and practice. But there is one World Archery released the manual and it is able to be
part that often seems to be overlooked. downloaded from https://worldarchery.org/beginners-awards.
When a beginner finishes their “starting archery” course or For each of the seven levels the manual describes in detail
“beginner course” or whatever kind of entry-into-archery what the beginners should do, demonstrate and know. They
course that the club holds, they are very keen to start shooting. shoot a particular shoot and attain the minimum required
Equipment is purchased, enthusiasm is high, and then slowly, score, demonstrate their archery skills, and also speak with
over a few weeks or months, they start to disappear until they the administrator or coach about what they’ve learned (eg
are no longer a part of the archery club. For a beginner’s course equipment-related). This is designed for entry-level coaches,
that holds 16 archers, about 70% will join the club, and then so those who are Foundation or Development level coaches
two months later, only 20 - 30% of archers will still be there. would be perfect, but for those administrators in the club who
Why does this happen? are looking at becoming a coach, this is a great way for them to
Well, several reasons. First, the person might have decided learn as well.
that archery isn’t really their thing, even after purchasing Badges can be purchased from World Archery for
equipment, and they simply stop coming. Or, they don’t have approximately $6 a badge. https://shop.worldarchery.org/
time to come, and so it gets put on the back burner, and they collections/beginner-awards
decide eventually to pick up another sport, or not do sport at Only Archery Clubs, Coaches and National Archery Associations
all. Third, and most likely, is that they came a few times, but can buy them - so if you’re a club that’s affiliated to Archery
everyone else looked so much better than them, so they got NZ, you can purchase them from the World Archery online
scared, and depressed that they weren’t shooting as well as shop. Just a note, which might help: the archer shooting does
others, and so stopped coming. Or they shot well for a little not have to be a member of World Archery, merely the club
while, but then nobody checked up on them, their scores purchasing the badges.
started plummeting, they didn’t know who to turn to, and they If your club is looking for something more they can do for their
left. archers once they’ve finished their beginner’s course, try this
It’s a pretty common fact when people start archery after the system. There’s minimal work required to set this up for your
beginner’s course that they aren’t sure who to ask, who to turn club as everything you need is already in the manual.
to, and often they don’t ask when to turn up. When they do If you think the archers might not like it? Think again. Everyone
shoot, they often shoot alongside the seasoned shooters, and loves getting badges.
compare themselves unconsciously to them, and feel bad for Caro Geelen
not shooting as well. It’s the “they’re going to laugh at me for Originally printed in issue 522
missing” feeling, which can be very demotivating.
Occasionally, you’ll have the person who loves archery so 9
much that they keep coming back, they don’t care if they miss
because they know they’ll get somewhere eventually, and they
ask questions. But this person is pretty rare!
Archers are (and I’m generalising here) usually quiet, or
reserved, and don’t often ask when they should be somewhere
or what they can do. It takes them a little while to get to
know people, and it is this crucial stage that clubs should be
identifying and working towards. Often juniors are easily
integrated into clubs because of the Youth postal shoot system,
as well as clubs having set times for those juniors to shoot. But
adult novices tend to be a little overlooked.
My question is: does your club have an Achievement
Programme for Novices? If not, why not try the World Archery
system?
World Archery has had the Beginner’s Awards Programme for
quite a few years now, and has been used with great success
around the world. It helps build up novice archers in skill in
both shooting and equipment, and there are badges to be
attained. There are seven awards, and each are granted to the
beginner when they are evaluated on score, skills and general
archery knowledge.
It’s something that’s accessible to everyone, and can be run
by a coach or an administrator in the club. I would suggest
the club finding a set time each weekend (or even during
the week) to run the programme, and let all novices, junior
and senior, know that this is the time they need to turn up in
order to proceed through it. That way they’re always shooting
alongside people who are their skill level, which makes them
feel more comfortable shooting, and also gets them to work
alongside people in the club, and start to become friends with
those in the club. By the time they’ve finished the achievement
programme, they’ll be confident enough to join the regular

ECBOPAA Indoors

Well done to the Gisborne archers who shot the ECBOPPAA
indoor champs. It was a really good shoot relaxed but
competitive competition with the lead changing many times in
some divisions.
The archers shot a WA18M and two Vegas rounds. There were
four venues: Hamilton, Napier, Rotorua and Gisborne.
A special thanks to Karen Croskery for organizing the shoot and
DOSing it and Karen Marshall for feeding us.
The Gisborne Herald reported:
Gisborne’s Master men provided the tussle of the tournament
at the Eastern Central Bay of Plenty Archery Association Indoor
Championships last weekend. The Gisborne Archery Club
hall was one of the venues that simultaneously hosted the
championships. The others were Hamilton club River Glade,
Napier and Rotorua.
While the Gisborne venue had a relaxed and enjoyable
atmosphere, club president David Croskery said competition
did get “quite intense”, no more so than in the master men’s
compound division where the lead changed hands every other
end.
At the end of the three shoots, Dean Williams topped the
division with a score of 1125. Croskery was just four points
behind in second, with Chris Underdown third on 1119 and
Colin Marshall fourth on 1102. All four are Gisborne members.
Chloe Underdown won the senior women’s compound title
with 1134, a score that would have been good enough for
second in the senior men’s division.
Cambridge’s Darryl Mills won that with 1137, while Gisborne’s
Will Halliday was third on 1123. Justine Anderson won the
senior women’s recurve with 606 and Joel Walker was second in
the teen recurve with 677. Croskery said the tournament went
well. “It was good to see some of our newer members taking part
and pushing themselves along.”
David Croskery
Photos Gisborne Archery Club

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GDiisvbisoiornneOTnaek!es out

A PERFECT record produced a national title-winning first for “I have been involved in this shoot since we entered about
Gisborne Archery Club. 20 years ago . . . and began to work our way to the top,” said
The club won division 1 of the 2017-2018 national postal Croskery. “We have come second a few times but we have never
league for the first time in its illustrious history. The archers won it, so well done to the Gisborne archers. In many cases we
who represented Gisborne over the five-month round-robin competed well above our weight.”
series were Colin Marshall, Chris Underdown, Dean Williams, Will http://gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/3410838-135/clean-
Halliday, club president David Croskery and Sandy Hughes. sweep-takes-archers-to-national
Winning division 1 was the ultimate achievement after making Photo Gisborne Herald
their way through various divisions to get to the top echelon.
“To get to division 1 your team must start in the bottom
division,” said Croskery. “The only way to get to the next division
is to win the division you are in, so it takes a number of years
to get to division 1. Gisborne won every year, probably for five
years, to get into the top division.”
Division 1 featured six clubs — Gisborne, Auckland A,
Christchurch A, River Glade A (Hamilton), Mountain Green A
(Auckland) and Manawatu A.
“The shoot is two shoots in one,” said Croskery. “Firstly you shoot
against your fellow club members to earn your place in the
team for the month as only the top three scores shot on that
day are used. Your club’s score goes up against another club in
your division, according to the draw.”
The shoot format is what is known as a Canadian 900 in which
archers shoot from 55m 45 and 35 metres. Recurve bow archers
shoot at a target with a 122-centimetre face while compound
bow archers shoot at an 80cm face. Gisborne won all five of its
matches to finish with the maximum 15 points.

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Archery NZ Field Champs

Usually, the Target, Clout and Field Championships have all The second day had promised thunder and lightning and all
been shot over the same week at the beginning of the year. the archers were instructed on the panic signal which would be
Because the hosting club for the 2018 January Nationals in used if lightning did eventuate and they were required to walk
Palmerston North did not have a field course available, it was out of the course. In the end the sun came out early on and it
decided to split them this time and Massey Archery Club was a beautiful day. It was still wet underfoot and one archer
volunteered to hold them in May. had to retire after a nasty fall onto a tree stump which resulted
Although the entry forms had gone out rather late, 40 archers in a swollen elbow – not good for holding up a bow! This
were registered to shoot on the morning of 12th May and the day presented the archers with a marked round of 24 targets
admin team of Peter and Christine were in full swing with all where they were told the distance each target was from the
of the accompanying paraphernalia: registering people as foot pegs and they could use their known sight marks for each
they arrived and providing them with their back numbers, one. As the second day started an hour earlier than the first, we
score sheets and pencils, putting them into groups to shoot expected the archers back a lot sooner but most took it easy
– usually 2 seniors, a barebow archer and a junior or longbow around the course and then had to add up all their scores and
archer in each group where possible, and at the end of the day, get their score cards agreed and signed off. Some great scores
taking in the scores and providing the result sheets for medals were achieved on both days.
and trophy presentations. We had archers from as far south While result sheets were sorted and the trophy and cup
as Rosebank, Balclutha in the South Island and as far north winners worked out, there was a demonstration field
as Mt Tiger Archers from Whangarei; east was represented matchplay for the Women’s Compound, Men’s Compound,
by Gisborne, Rotorua and Tauranga and central by Mana in Men’s Recurve and Mixed Barebow archers, all shooting in
Wellington. Of course there were the usual suspects from groups from 60m down to 20m distances. It was a combined
Auckland, Mountain Green and Massey Clubs as well. total knockout round. After the demonstration event, the
This championship was divided into 2 days and 2 events. The medal ceremony and prizegiving was held in the clubrooms to
first consisted of an unmarked course where the archers are present the trophies for the ANZ Field Nationals and also the
presented with 24 different targets on bales where they do Champion of Champions trophies from the combined events of
not know the distance they are shooting at and have to make Target, Clout and Field from both the January tournament and
an educated guess. The weather was not kind with persistent this one. Our thanks to the Massey Club for their hosting of this
rain on an already wet ground. With targets up slopes, down event and their hospitality with hot and cold food on the go all
slopes and almost around corners, it took steady nerves and day.
careful footing to get through the course safely. There were a Christine Russell
couple of tumbles, especially with tired bodies at the end of the Photo Peter Russell
afternoon.

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CShoonodtitiniognisn Adverse

If you are like me, you’d rather stay at home than go to archery the ankle. You’re not exactly the most fashionable person out
practice when the weather packs up. There are some compelling there, but your feet are dry!
arguments to learning to shoot in all weathers, including “What
if you go to a major tournament and the weather is bad?” Often Accessories
major tournaments shoot regardless of weather, or even in Caps or hats with brims should be worn if it is raining to keep
spite of it, so it is a good idea to get used to shooting in adverse the water from the eyes and help keep warm throughout the
conditions. day. It is important to check that at full draw the string does not
Shooting in bad weather never really gets easy, however being touch your hat.
prepared for it can make for a more enjoyable experience. Carrying a small towel or a chamois cloth helps you keep your
grip and hands dry between ends, and if the weather is really
Clothing cold it can be useful to source some hand warmers. Remember
Bulky clothing is the archer’s worst enemy in any weather that to ensure optimum performance, even if you have to shoot
but warmth and relative dryness must be achieved to keep in the rain, it is important to ensure that your gear is packed dry
competitive in bad weather. Bulkiness around the bow arm is at the end of each day.
particularly to be avoided especially for recurve archers. The For compound archers it is important to keep the scope free of
archer’s clothing also has to work around club uniforms or water spots. There are some commercial scope covers that can
national representative uniforms. For most clubs the uniform do the job. If some rain spots still give you trouble, try pouring
top is a short sleeve polo or T-shirt. If we add that many water from a water bottle over the lens and shake the bow to
competitions last all day, and that the weather can change remove the drops.
greatly during the day, it becomes easy to see that layering is Having a length of Tubigrip (Elasticated Tubular Bandage) in
the only way to go! your kit can do many things for you such as replacing a missing
The under layer can be a polyprop or wool based long sleeve armguard, keeping your arms warm and keeping your clothing
top. These are usually skin tight, provide good warmth and dry tight. I also use mine to keep my armguard from moving around
quickly in light showers. Arm sleeves can also be considered if my arm between ends.
overheating is a concern, but be aware that most of the ones on By Charlotte Jones
the market are compression sleeves which can affect circulation Photo Beverley Evans
and are to be considered carefully. A good idea is to have a Originally printed in issue 510
spare under layer to get changed into at lunch and start the rest
of the day dry.
Sleeveless fleeces are popular with many archers, but be sure
that they fit snugly around the arm hole, especially for recurve
archers, although a well fitting chest guard will help. Tightly
knitted woollen jumpers should also be considered as they
provide good warmth and are also shower proof.
Some lightweight rain jackets are suitable for archery but it is
important that they do not restrict the archer’s movements.
Purchasing a suitable rain jacket and removing the sleeve of
the bow arm can be considered. However, there are options
designed specifically with the archer in mind. “Innovative
Archery” jackets are waterproof and can be tightened around
the arms and the waist to fit the archer snugly. They have
removable sleeves to shoot in lighter weather or to allow the
archer to expose their bow arm only. However, they can be
expensive.
Remember that if you are shooting a tournament and the
weather packs in, officials will let you shoot in pretty much
anything as long as you’re warm and dry – it doesn’t have to be
uniform!

Footwear
Many archers wear some lightweight shoes such as trainers
and sneakers while shooting in good weather and switch to
their favourite gumboots or waterproof walking boots when
it’s raining and the grounds are soggy. For many unsuspecting
archers that is when the problems arise. Gumboots and walking
shoes usually have a thicker sole and higher heels than the
shoes they normally wear, changing their posture and their
balance. It would be preferable to shoot all year round in the
same shoes, therefore a pair of lightweight yet waterproof
trainers or walking shoes are to be considered.
If you are shooting in your regular shooting shoes and they
have a tendency to get wet, try a non-expensive approach: stick
your feet into supermarket plastic bags and tape them around

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How to Shoot the Clout

Some key tips to allow you to score higher the next time you you and the outer scoring circle. Too far out it will be difficult
shoot the clout. These tips assume conventional clout set up to see since there is a size limit to the aiming mark. Too near in
with an aiming mark (lollipop) and the sight reversed and and the angle between the initial arrow angle and the aiming
low on the riser. These tips mostly apply to recurve but are mark is too large making you to have to squint down to aim and
applicable to other bow types as well. They will help you get messing up your form and feeling of the shot. I use a minimum
a better score and increase your chance of the Maid Marian or distance of 10 m which gives me a good compromise on
Robin Hood trophy. visibility and squint factor.
Tip 1 Fast bows including compounds and crossbows are Also the further out the aiming mark is the less the effect of
difficult to shoot well. error of your body position is because you are reducing the ratio
This is because the arrow trajectory is flatter. The angle of between the aiming mark and the clout flag and your self, see
approach to the target is very shallow so the effective height Tip 4.
of the target is considerably reduced. Also because of the flat
trajectory even small errors up and down on aiming make a Tip 6 Use good form and don’t draw high initially.
huge difference in range and cause you to over / undershoot Use your normal form as if you were aiming at the flag through
the flag. your normal sight window. This gets everything into correct
A shallow trajectory also results in more arrows bouncing out of alignment and a good anchor. Then while trying to hold all that
the scoring area. This is particularly true if the ground is dry and together bend at the waist to bring your sight pin onto your
hard. In damp ground the arrow is more likely to burrow under aiming mark. Play particular attention to the string picture and
the turf and be lost. A lost arrow can’t be scored even if you find the vertical alignment of the bow while trying to hold the pin
it later. on the aiming mark. Execute the shot with good form as you
My personal choice is bow / arrow combination that produces would shooting at a normal target.
an initial minimum arrow angle of 20 - 22 degrees. I don’t shoot Tip 7 Calibrate your aiming mark (lollipop) movement for
my regular target bow set up which gives me ~ 15 degrees left right adjustment at the flag.
arrow angle but go for fibreglass/wood limbs at 4 – 6 Lb lower Move your aiming mark if you need to adjust left /right and
draw weight and I use heavier arrows. know how much to move it for say 1 m at the target. This can be
While all of the above is generally true for compound bows they calculated based on the ratio between you and the aiming mark
do have an advantage of the option to use lense/prism to aim and you and the clout flag. If the ratio is 10:1 then 1 m at the
with which can allow direct aiming at the flag. target is .1m or 10 cm at the aiming mark.
Tip 2 Really slow bows are also difficult to shoot well. When I set up my aiming mark I use a pre measured length of
This is because the arrow has to follow a higher trajectory and string and two arrows stuck vertically in the ground. I line up
is in the air longer and so more affected by wind and rain. In the from my front foot marker (first arrow), lollipop (second arrow)
extreme your arrow won’t make the scoring zone. and the clout flag. I then adjust the aiming mark to the right a
Tip 3 Avoid fat arrows, light arrows and big fletches.
This is because they are all more easily affected by any
prevailing weather. To minimise the effects of weather and drag
the arrow needs to be relatively small diameter but heavy and
only enough fletch area to stabilise the arrow. I once changed
fletches from 1.75 inch FFP’s to 3 inch Plastifletch thinking I
would gain some stability. I lost 8 m in range on a 165 m clout
and my arrows were more affected by side winds. In days long
ago when archers would wager money on winning the clout,
cheating archers would hollow out their wooden arrows and fill
them with lead to gain an advantage.
My ideal arrow is carbon aluminium (e.g. Easton ACC) which has
a little more weight than pure carbon and still a relatively low
cross section.
Tip 4 Use foot markers and be as accurate with foot
placement and body position each shot as you can.
This is because we have now introduced a third aiming error.
The first is the sight pin on the sight mark (lollipop). The second
is the eye/arrow nock error (or anchor error or rear sight error).
The third is the body position relative to the aiming mark. Even
though we might have exceptional aim on the pin and a perfect
anchor, If our body position is out by an inch (2.5 cm) the error
on the target will be magnified 10 to 20 times causing a 7
instead of a 9 or a 5 instead of a 7.
Tip 5 Don’t place your aiming mark too close.
Ideally you would like to aim directly at the flag but unless you
have a really powerful bow then this is impractical and counter
to tip 1 anyway. The aiming mark can be any where between

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fixed offset to account for the fact my sight is now on the other will inevitably get trampled and you may not even know it.
side of the bow. For me the offset is 70 cm to the right (right People are thinking about where their arrows are and not yours.
handed archer) at 10 m aiming mark distance. Expect at some time or other for your arrows to be damaged
in much the same way you expect to lose or damage them in a
Tip 8 Calibrate your sight and move your sight on the bow field shoot. I use old ‘practice’ arrows where I don’t care if I lose a
up or down not your aiming mark for near or far range few. It’s not uncommon for arrows to hit the flag pole or be hit
adjustment. by someone else’s arrow and get damaged that way as well.
Learn how much you need to move your sight pin up or down Tip 11 Have fun shooting the clout
to bring your range in or out. This is the most sensitive and Clout shooting has been around for 500 years or more and is
critical part of clout shooting. Preferably use a normal target reminiscent of the archers at the great battle of Crecy (1346)
sight fixed to the bow reversed on the right hand side (for a RH where 6000 English archers were reputed to cast up to 42,000
archer). It’s really important to get your sight marks set early arrows a minute high into the air. Fortunately we no longer have
within the two sighting ends. If my arrows are 3 m short on the to go to battle to experience this form of archery. So enjoy the
first end then I know exactly how much to move my sight pin thrill of shooting arrows high into the air at a clout flag and with
to bring my arrows into the gold. The second sighter end is just a bit of luck and these tips you could get a great score as well.
confirmation that I got it right in the first. If you haven’t dialled Mike Ashburn
it in by the first scoring end you are losing points. Also once Originally published in issue 523
scoring starts it can be quite hard to identify where all your Photos Caro Geelen
arrows landed since you can’t really enter the scoring circle to
check. Distinctive arrows are an advantage. 15

Tip 9 Learn to judge the weather and aim off.
In fine weather the clout is an easy shoot. At 165 m the relative
size of the target horizontally is equivalent to a standard 122 cm
face at just 13.8 m. The trajectory angle of 22 degrees reduces
the effective height equivalent to 122 cm face at 42 m. Neither
of these are particularly challenging for a competent archer.
The challenge comes in working out how to compensate for
the weather. Moderate side winds can blow the arrow a meter
or more off course. Head and tail winds rob or add energy to
an arrow and increase or reduce range accordingly, +/- 4 m is
not unusual. Angled winds are more difficult to predict. Add
some rain and things get more complicated. Rain robs efficiency
from the bow and also slows the arrow down. The weather on
the ground may be quite different from that 10 or 15 m above
ground where the arrow is at its highest. On top of all this the
weather, wind, rain can vary quite a bit over the course of a
round.
If you think the weather is going to affect your arrow for
the current shot then aim off slightly, left or right or up or
down from your aiming mark. It may be impractical to move
your aiming mark and if you adjust your sight you may not
remember where you were come the next weather change.
Don’t adjust anything. Rely on your experience and judgement
on how much to aim off. In 2014 at the airstrip in Whitianga the
windsock to the right of the clout range was a huge asset for
those that used it.

Tip 10 don’t use your expensive target arrows. Check your
arrows for straightness after every end.
In spite warnings for people to take care and a genuine desire
for archers not to damage other peoples arrows some arrows

Profiles of Awesome

BRODIE COX - TOP ATTITUDE

Hi I’m Brodie Cox & I am in Year 12 at St Peter’s
College in Auckland.
I started shooting recurve at school 5 years
ago up until mid-2016 when I changed to
Compound. The Trans-Tasman in Australia was
my first time shooting internationally.
I shoot a silver Hoyt Prevail 40 with SVX cams
and it is the most awesome and comfortable
bow I have ever shot. I currently shoot Black
Eagle X-Impact & soon Carbon Express Nano
Pro RZ arrows. I have an Axcel CBL 9” sight,
Diamondback stabilisers plus the T.R.U Ball Abyss
Flex & T.R.U Ball Fulkrum Flex release.
I have an awesome coach, Linda Lainchbury,
who has continually inspired and supported
me through both field and target archery. I
like to train at least 2 hours a day, usually 5-6
days a week and try to shoot a tournament /
club shoot whenever possible. I am very proud
to have recently been given the privilege and
opportunity to become a shop shooter for
Attitude Archery and appreciate the great
support I get from Mike, Linda and my fellow
‘Young Guns’ team, not to mention my family!
Looking ahead I hope to do the Vegas indoor shoot within the next couple of years, maybe 2019, along with some other
international rounds over the next few of years.
Photo Victoria Wassilieff

JULIA HARRISON - TAKE A CHANCE ON ME

Hi, I’m Julia! I am 18, and have been shooting for around 4 years
now with GGWAS in Christchurch. My coaches are Maria and
Colin Tucker. Ever since I was a little girl I’ve read fantasy books,
and every once in a while an archer would appear somewhere in
the story. My fascination with archery grew from there, and when
I saw that my high school offered archery, I leapt at the chance!
My love for the sport grew from there.
I shoot target recurve with a Sebastian Flute Premium + riser,
Uukah EX1 limbs, a Win & Win HMC + stabiliser set, and ACE
arrows.
The majority of my training is done at the club, but we recently
got a nice target which I can use at home to shoot in the back
yard. I try to shoot every day but mostly on Sundays.
This year I have started University, studying towards a Bachelor of
Engineering in Software Engineering at Canterbury.
My current personal best in the 1440 round is the archer’s
favourite, 1199, and 580 in the 720 round. I currently hold the NZ
Short Canadian 1200 record with a score of 1040.
I personally consider being selected for the NZ Trans-Tasman
my biggest accomplishment yet! Aside from that, it would have
to be my performance in the 2018 Outdoor Nationals held in
Palmerston North where I competed against Hannah and Maria.
My aims are to continue having as much fun while doing as best
as I can, and I’d also love to one day make it to the Olympics - if
not shooting, then just as a spectator.
I’d like to thank my parents for supporting me and for being there
to enjoy the good times.
“So thank you, for taking a chance on me. I know it isn’t easy, but I
hope to be worth it.” - Imagine Dragons

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Profiles of Awesome

BEN MCLEAN - INSPIRED BY ARCHERY

Hi, my name is Ben McLean, I’m 14 years old and
I live in Auckland and am currently in year 10 at
Selwyn College. I was inspired to take up Archery
after shooting a few times in holiday camps
when I was younger.
I’ve been shooting recurve for 3 years now
as a member of Mountain Green and as an
associate member of Auckland Archery club.
I mainly shoot in Target events but also have
some records in clout as well as shooting in field
Archery. I have shot in many NZ Comps and
Tournaments and have won many Gold and
Silver medals as well as trophies and hope to win
more.
My passion for archery is reinforced by the great,
friendly people I have met and shot with over
past few years and I love shooting competitively
as well as alongside my friends. My aim is to
continue improving in Archery so I can hopefully
one day shoot against the people I have looked
up to and to go beyond any NZ archer has ever
before.
I was very excited to shoot in my first
international event and look forward to
representing NZ in all my future events to come.
Photo Victoria Wassilieff

TIANA RONGOKEA - THE MANAWATU TIGER

Hi I’m Tiana, I’m sixteen years old and I go to
Freyberg High School in Palmerston North. I
am a year twelve student and I am a member
of the Manawatu Archery Club.
I’ve been doing archery for five years but
only chose to do it competitively in my third
year, moving to the Manawatu Archery Club
to pursue that goal of taking up archery
competitions. I started the sport as a recurve
shooter but then changed to compound
halfway through 2016 and haven’t looked
back.
The bow I shoot is an orange Hoyt Hyper
Edge compound bow called Hercules. With
an Axel sight and black Tru Ball hinge release.
I shoot nano pro 500 spine arrows that are
orange and black to match my bow. I am a
target archer but do enjoy shooting field and
clout too.
I am very proud, humbled and excited to
be representing New Zealand in the Trans-
Tasman team and I had a great time in
Australia.
Photo Victoria Wassilieff

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Mental Workshop

Auckland Archery Club was proud to present to you the first disciplines, to Di Storer for providing the excellent afternoon
of many Mental Management workshops. If you have you ever tea and juice, to George Rossolatos for his barista skills and to
answered yes to the following questions, then this may be the Cushla Matheson for organising the venue, the parking and for
workshop for you! making video recordings of the speaker contributions.
The videos are available on the event Facebook page. A survey
• Do you ever get nervous on the line and don’t know how to has been distributed to all attendees to determine preferences
control it? for future workshops of this nature. If you’d like to contribute to
the survey but didn’t attend the event please contact Cushla at
• Do you wish you had more confidence in yourself whilst [email protected].
shooting?
As a personal note, Finn has shot every day this week and has
• Has that voice in your head ever convinced you that you’re good numbers and excellent consistency. He seems to have
not good enough to beat your opponent? benefited from Sarah’s Mental Management seminar last
Sunday and is very focused.
• Are you wanting to take your archery to the next level? Lexie Matheson
This Mental Management Workshop was hosted at AUT, 17th of Photo Lexie Matheson
June from 1.30pm.

We had Commonwealth and Olympic Games speakers, a wealth
of knowledge from our local archery elite, and some great
advice from overseas as well.

This event was aimed at archers travelling to international
events, those wishing to better themselves or even those
wishing to pass on the information to their own archers.

Congratulations to Sarah Fuller on conceiving and hosting
the very successful ‘Mental Management - Mind Your Head’
workshop at AUT University. More than 30 archers and
supporters attended the half day event.

Thanks to the speakers Madonna Harris, Tracy Phillips, Lexie
Matheson and Sarah herself for sharing their experiences
and advice from international events across a wide range of

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Volunteer of the Month

This month I’d like to highlight the hard workings of a person joining any teams that came up including the Auckland Archery
who is not only an archer but an all-round volunteer: Sarah Development Squad, where she volunteered her time to help
Fuller. out when the squad weekend sessions were on. She also put
Sarah first started archery as a field archer at Whitford Forest together her own teams.
in east Auckland, and rocked up to a Nationals with minimal Sarah was integral to a small group of archers who wanted
training and with a confused expression on her face wondering to go and shoot the Australian Open in Armidale, Australia in
what on earth all these people were doing milling around in an 2013. She worked hard to organise the flights, accommodation
open field. She took to target archery like a duck to water and and transport for the team. She was team manager, driver, and
has become one of the most dedicated competitive archers out general prop, as well as shooting in the tournament herself,
there, always training and practicing and striving for ways to all of which was done without complaint. There was even a
improve her game and reach her goals. scheduled stop on the way back for entertainment (where this
But there is a lot more to her than just shooting. She is a fighter. author convinced Sarah to take a plunge at White Water World
She fights for herself and her fellow archers on a weekly basis, in Dreamworld, Brisbane, much to her terror).
making sure that they have opportunities that will help push Sarah is generous with her time and information, especially
them all to better archery. When she saw there were not regarding sharing what she has learned so that all can benefit,
enough full tournaments for archers trying to get scores for and has written more than a few articles for this magazine.
qualification, she stepped up and organised her own series, It is people like Sarah that keep the archery community glued
wrangling judges, clubs and time. She saw a need and filled it, together. A lot of what she does is not for gratitude or glory, but
ending up with six half-day tournaments that were enough to for the greater good, and because there are some jobs that just
get some archers the scores they needed. need to be done. Sarah is the person who steps up and does it,
Sarah has done more than just organise tournaments for herself and for that we’d like to thank her and highlight her good work.
and her fellow archers. She gives generously of her time for
both competitive and non-competitive archers. She helps with Caro Geelen
have-a-go days, tournaments where she isn’t entered or can’t Photo Sarah Fuller
enter, like the Junior Team Tournament, and any other events at
the Auckland Archery Club. She is a senior member of the club
and holds a club key, and is always fair with letting people know
when she will be there to shoot, allowing others to come and
shoot with her.
Sarah is a great volunteer with all levels of archers in the club
and those who are visiting the club. She organises skills days
where she shares her love of string-making. She answers any
questions any new archers might have. If anyone needs any
help with setting up their bows, she is always on hand. She is
quick to lend anyone her tackle box… unfortunately this has led
to some theft as people have then assumed they could borrow
her things while she isn’t there… but she still persists with new
archers and helps them tune their gear.
While Sarah says she doesn’t have any motivation to become a
qualified coach, she is always keen to volunteer her help to any
archer who asks. A post on her Facebook profile read: “And this is
why I do what I do. I wasn’t shooting today, still under the weather
with a virus of some sorts. But dragged my ass to the club, to
finishing tuning a young blood’s bow, then gave him a few nudges
in the right direction, to shoot a PB today. Good team work!”There
are many archers in the club who have benefited from Sarah’s
coaching tips.
Sarah works hard in archery, not just for herself but for others
too. She is always happy to share information, especially
about her experiences overseas in archery, all for the goal of
making the team stronger overall. When the team was going to
Shanghai, she made sure everyone knew which Visa application
to fill out, and shared her tips on the city to those who were
going.
She is tireless in the promotion of archery as a sport, and it
is due to her hard work and contacts that there have been
many articles written about archery in the media, including an
interview with her some years ago in Women’s Weekly, and a
spot on Late Night News recently where she organised even for
the presenter to have a go!
Sarah also saw that there was need for a mental management
workshop, and put together one which was attended by nearly
40 people! She has been a team player since the beginning,

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Increasing the intensity

Aim become more varied and interesting, and to increase the use of
The purpose of this exercise is to increase the frequency and imagined positive events.
variety of self-reinforcement. 4. The learning process depends largely on how conscientious
you are. It may be possible to just take the events that have
Steps been determined, learn a variety of words, and then employ the
1. An important feature of self-reinforcement is to have a variety enriched self-reinforcement procedure. When that is difficult to
of reinforcers. Usually, athletes do not have a rich vocabulary of do, the following steps should be followed.
potentially reinforcing words. This exercise step is designed to 4.a Complete a Self-reinforcement Worksheet. Any entries made
increase the number of positive self-reinforcing words and the in the above sections need to be transferred to the worksheet.
manner in which you say them. 4.b Attempt to learn the content of the prepared worksheet.
1.a The following list contains synonyms for the word “good.” 4.c When the learning is completed, attempt to employ self-
They should be studied. Other words with strong positive reinforcement at practices and in competitions.
connotations should be added on the lines under the list if you 4.d At practice and when doing things concerning your sport,
think they are important and potentially effective. it is necessary for you to practice using positive thinking. The
above steps have prepared you for what to do. You should
POSITIVE WORD SYNONYMS attempt to be positive about everything that involves your
When you use words or expressions as self-reinforcers, the sport. After every training item, preparatory activity, or
same word should not be used on successive occasions. The organizational event, you should concentrate on what went
repetition of the same content usually becomes boring and well and use the appropriate positive self-talk or imagery as
ineffective. reinforcement.
It is important for you to vary the content of positive self-talk as This behaviour has to be learned to the extent that it becomes a
much as possible. natural occurrence for all sporting activities.
1.b The actual expression that you use in self-reinforcement is 4.e On a daily basis, evaluate the use of the content that has
important. It is not sufficient to have you just say words: they been prepared. The usual time for doing this is in the evening
must be self-spoken with emotion. Thus, your self-talk “voice” when sporting activities have been completed for the day.
should be enthusiastic and “motivational.” The evaluation is accomplished by checking through your
To produce such an effect, you can vary your voice by: worksheet after your activity. Check if the class of activity was
• increasing or decreasing the volume of the expression; or was not employed as a reinforcer in that day’s sport setting.
• emphasizing or de-emphasizing the tone of syllables within Tick the items that were employed, eg you used a particular
the words; and/or word. Second, the vividness and effectiveness of the imagined
• changing the pitch of the words when you say them. activities and words should be evaluated on a scale from 0 to 5.
By constantly changing the content and manner of presentation If it was very clear and effective, then enter a 5 against that item
of positive self-talk words, the nature of the reinforcement will in your worksheet. If they were used, but did not seem to be of
maintain meaningfulness for you. any value or influence, enter a 0. If evaluations are poor then
2. Other events that you can imagine could also serve as self- repeat reading the instructions contained in this exercise and
reinforcers. attempt to be more enthusiastic about the procedure.
2.a Significant others. The positive reactions of other persons 5. When five consecutive days are recorded with totally positive
to your good performances and behaviors can serve as strong evaluations, the evaluations should be conducted every other
reinforcers. The vivid recall of past reactions can be used as day.
consequences that produce a strong positive experience. In the 6. When five consecutive every-other-day recordings are
spaces below, develop at least three scenes where significant positive, the recording procedure may be terminated but your
others (e.g., a parent, coach, friend) reacted positively and intent should be to always use positive self-reinforcement.
meaningfully to a behaviour or performance. 7. It is worthwhile to periodically conduct the evaluation
These events should be recalled and interspersed among described in Step 6 to ensure that enhanced self-reinforcement
positive self-talk when employing self-reinforcement. is consistently and continually being used.
2.b Significant group reactions.
Situations occasionally arise where groups of persons have When to Use
created a positively rewarding situation for you. Employ self-reinforcement for every task that is involved
Recalling such occasions can also be used as reinforcers. In the with your sport. Once the preparatory materials have been
spaces below, record at least three scenes where the general completed, you should attempt to develop this mental skill to
reactions of groups of persons (e.g., other athletes, crowds, the level where it becomes a natural reaction to any activity.
family) were high in positive characteristics. These events are to
be recalled and used occasionally as positive self-reinforcers. Athlete Preparations
3. The above features of words, significant others, and significant Obtain a copy of the Self-reinforcement Worksheet. This should
groups, can be embellished at any time. be completed as outlined above and placed in your personal
Strong reinforcing events can also be fantasized (imaginary folder.
outcomes), particularly when events are anticipated (e.g., the
winning of a race, the successful completion of a training item). Athlete Actions
The major task for you in this exercise is to enrich your manner All events associated with your sport should incorporate
of providing self-reinforcement, that is, your self-talk has to positive thinking. You should:
1. Learn a large repertoire of positive words and images.
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of Self-Reinforcement

2. Emphasize in your self-talk the positive repertoire that is Positive Words for your Worksheet
developed. On the list below, circle at least 10 words that when said to
3. Always use positive self-talk and/or imagery as a consequence yourself will be meaningful indication that you are pleased with
of doing things associated with your sport. what you have done. Spaces are provided at the end of the list
4. Concentrate on what you do well in your sport rather than for you to add your own words that will achieve a similar effect.
errors or failures. Good Top notch Capital First class Grand
5. Periodically review this exercise to ensure that you are First rate Magnificent Stupendous Superlative
using all the factors that are associated with positive self- Wonderful Radical Super Fabulous Amazing
reinforcement. Marvelous Far-out Dynamite Phenomenal
Tremendous Great Gorgeous A-1 Grand Beautiful
Terrific Incredible Fantastic Unbelievable Proud
Magnifique Superb Splendid Right on Hot
Awesome Intense Excellent Out of this world

SELF-REINFORCEMENT WORKSHEET (SAMPLE)

On the list below, circle at least 10 words that when said to yourself will be meaningful indication that you are pleased with what
you have done. Spaces are provided at the end of the list for you to add your own words that will achieve a similar effect.
Good Top notch Capital First class Grand First rate Magnificent Stupendous Superlative Wonderful
Radical Super Fabulous Amazing Marvelous Far-out Dynamite Phenomenal Tremendous Great
Gorgeous A-1 Grand Beautiful Terrific Incredible Fantastic Unbelievable Proud Magnifique Superb

Splendid Right on Hot Awesome Intense Excellent Out of this world

Significant Others
Develop at least three scenes where significant others (e.g., a parent, coach, friend) reacted positively to your behaviour or
performance.
1)
2)
3)

Significant Groups
Develop at least three scenes where the general reactions of groups of persons (e.g., other athletes, crowds, family) were high in
positive characteristics.
1)
2)
3)

Anticipated (Fantasized) Events
Develop at least three scenes that employ what you anticipate will happen if an important sporting goal is achieved.
1)
2)
3)

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Mental Imagery

Foreword Practical use of imagery: Skill learning
Over my years coaching in archery, I have had a number of
archers ask me about self-hypnosis and its use in sport. Back Replacing a verbal and/or technical explanation of a skill with a
in the late eighties I was fortunate enough to be introduced simple mental image is often a far superior method of learning
to a sports hypnotherapist who helped me immensely with or refining that skill. Examples of this include:
my metal game and taught me self- hypnosis. A sports
hypnotherapist’s main objective is to provide and teach the • Specific aspects of form – be it stance, pre-draw, anchor,
skills an athlete needs to improve their mental game, which aiming, release or follow through.
can include relaxation techniques and personalized scripts for
both self-hypnosis and mental imagery. The article below is one • Your entire shot sequence – this could be shooting a single
I have adapted from a sports psychology journal to be more arrow, or an end of three or six arrows and can begin from
archery specific. stepping up to the shooting line.

What are imagery and self-hypnosis? Another useful technique is to think of your archery hero or
Mental imagery can be defined as the process that occurs heroine and picture yourself as that person in competition,
when we recreate experiences in the mind using information imagining exactly what sensations and motions you would be
that is stored in the memory. Dreaming is an unstructured experiencing.
form of imagery, but the type of imagery we’re interested in
here is structured imagery, where the athlete uses his or her Preparation for an event
imagination in a controlled fashion to recreate specific images.
There are a number of different ways of visualising images or Imagery is an excellent method of boosting your optimal
experiences recreated in the mind (eg you can visualise yourself arousal level so that you really feel ‘up’ for training or
feeling movement internally, or externally as a spectator) but competition:
research shows that the more able an athlete is to control
his or her imagined movements, the greater the potential • Ensure you’re fully relaxed then try and think back to a
performance enhancement. previous performance when you were really ‘in the zone’
As for hypnosis, there’s nothing mythical about it. Self-hypnosis and in full control;
is nothing to do with going into a deep trance but is simply
a method of inducing a state of heightened relaxation and • Step back into your shoes and concentrate on how it felt
awareness, which when achieved, provides an ideal mental both physically and mentally, trying to encapsulate that
environment in which to practice imagery. Indeed, the effects feeling in a single word;
of imagery can be even more powerful when practised in a
state of self-hypnosis • Practice using that word repeatedly in training in order to
evoke arousal or relaxation for an event.
How imagery works
Research has shown that the mere visualisation of a muscle As part of the above, it helps if, when you have a particularly
movement in the mind can create electrical activity in that good training session or event, to try and immediately write
muscle even though there’s no actual movement in the muscle down the associated feelings and sensations that accompanied
itself, and also that the pattern of electrical activity closely it, such as what you heard, felt, smelt and the thoughts in your
resembles that seen during actual movement. There are two head. You can then draw on these in the future.
implications that follow:
Targeted and controlled imagery can stimulate electrical What if scenarios
activation in relevant muscles, and so ‘prime’ those muscles for
subsequent physical activity; A forward planning strategy that you or the team can use
Physical skills can be maintained or even improved by to deal with things that might possibly go wrong during an
appropriate imagery when practice isn’t possible (eg during event can be an effective advanced strategy for dealing with
injury lay-offs) and indeed, evidence suggests that using unexpected problems in the heat of competition. Commonly
imagery can accelerate rehabilitation and recovery after injury. cited ‘what ifs’ include:
As for the best type of imagery to use, evidence suggests it
depends on what you’re trying to achieve. Research suggests • What if I’m delayed en route to the event?
that for the acquisition or improvement of sports skills, using • What if the shooting conditions are far from perfect?
an external perspective (i.e. that of spectator) is best for • What if my tournament performance is not going to plan?
learning or retaining those skills, whereas for ‘psyching yourself • What if I suffer an equipment failure during a tournament?
up’ or priming yourself for an event, an internal perspective (i.e. It’s a good idea to involve all parties in this strategy (athletes,
imagining the feelings in the muscle) produces better results. coaches, physios etc.)
Imagery can also be combined with other techniques such as
the use of music to enhance performance and research shows Practical use of self-hypnosis
that combining both mental imagery practice and physical
practice is more effective than physical practice alone. Studies Apart from being extremely relaxing and enjoyable in its own
have also been conducted that show mental imagery tasks right, self-hypnosis can enhance the efficacy of the imagery
conducted in a state of self-hypnosis results in far more vivid techniques outlined above. If you don’t have a relaxation script
and realistic imagery than without. to use, there are a number freely available online; it’s a good
idea to print off a script then either have someone read it out
to you, or to make an audiocassette/MP3 recording so you can
play it back to yourself. The heightened state of awareness
that self-hypnosis produces will enable you to experience a
more vivid mental rehearsal, and therefore benefit from more
effective muscular reprogramming.

Remember, the first step in achieving it is to imagine it!

Shane Switzer
Originally published in issue 504

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Upcoming Events

ARCHERS

This list is provided for your information and is up to date at the time of printing. For New Zealand tournaments please look for
further information on the Archery NZ website or contact the clubs for tournament details. For overseas tournaments please
contact the national secretary for details. The tournament registrar can be found at [email protected].
Some tournaments may have already been by the time of printing and distribution.

New Zealand World Archery Events

2018 2018

21.07.18 - 22.07.18 SIDAA Indoor Championships 09.07.18 - 13.07.18 Oceania Championships and
Dunedin Archery Club
Youth Olympic Games CQT
Paita, New Caledonia
21.07.18 - 22.07.18 ADAA Indoor Championships
Mountain Green Indoor Range
17.07.18 - 22.07.18 World Cup Stage Four
18.08.18 - 19.08.18 Archery NZ Indoor Championships Berlin, Germany

The Trusts Arena, Auckland 13.08.18 - 19.08.18 World Archery Masters Championships
Lausanne, Switzerland
27.10.18 MAC Double 720 October RMT
Manawatu Archery Club 04.09.18 - 09.09.18 World Archery Field Championships
Cortina, Italy
10.11.18 MAC Double 720 November RMT
Manawatu Archery Club 29.09.18 - 30.09.18 World Cup Finals 2018
Samsun, China
01.12.18 MAC Double 720 December RMT
Manawatu Archery Club 11.10.18 - 18.10.18 Youth Olympic Games

01.12.18 - 02.12.18 One Tree Hill Cup Buenos Aires, Argentina

Auckland Archery Club

2019 2019

04.01.19 - 10.01.19 76th National Outdoor Championships 18.01.19 - 20.01.19 World Cup Indoor World Cup
Auckland Nimes, France
22.04.19 - 28.04.18 World Cup Stage One
02.03.19 - 03.03.19 Bill Inwood 2019 Shanghai, China
Christchurch Archery Club 06.05.19 - 12.05.19 World Cup Stage Two
Antalya, Turkey
08.04.19 IFAA World Indoor Archery Championships 09.06.19 - 16.06.19 World Archery World Championships
Wellington s’Hertogenbosch Holland
01.07.19 - 07.07.19 World Cup Stage Three
Berlin, Germany

Australia

2018

21.17.18 - 22.07.18 National Indoor Championships
Various (all over)

03.11.18 - 07.11.18 National Outdoor Championships
Morwell, Victoria

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Archer Ranking

RANKING RESULTS FOR APRIL 2018

90m Recurve - Men 40m Recurve - Cub Men 70m Recurve - Junior Women
Rank Archer Name Club
Rank Archer Name Club 1 COLLETT Alex RGA Rank Archer Name Club
2 GRIFFITHS Ryley ELL
1 KALUZNY Adam STH 3 HADA Chisora MAC 1 HAWLEY Hannah MAC
4 MCGUIRE Max AAC
2 PETERSON Robert STH 5 MARTIN Alex MGAC 2 HARRISON Julia GGWA

3 CAUGHEY Struan AAC 3 CAVELL Emily AAC

4 RUSS Caleb AIM 4 HEWSON Gaby AAC

5 WANG Hu Yue GGWA 5 ELLIS Katie AIM

6 ROBERTSON Andrew TCAC

7 VAN SCHALKWYK Rudi STH 25m Recurve - Kiwi Men 60m Recurve - Cadet Women
Rank Archer Name Club
8 HAWKINS Eddie RAN Rank Archer Name Club 1 JONES Rebecca CHC
2 SLOAN Olivia AIM
9 INSTONE Andrew MAN 1 PRANGLY Shaun ELL 3 WATSON Keeley MGAC
4 WASSILIEFF Isabella MAC
10 VELLEMAN David RAN 2 WAY Alex MGAC 5 CAMERON Christina MAC

11 MARTIN-ROBERTS C MGAC 3 SCHOUTEN Boden AIM

12 MARTIN Don DUN

13 CHANT Tim TGAA 70m Recurve - Masters 50 - 64 Men
Rank Archer Name Club
14 TURNER Mykel TGAA 1 VERCOE Tony MAC
2 HALVORSEN Rodney CHC
15 LAMB David MAN 3 EMANUEL Peter RAN 55m Recurve - Intermediate Women
4 HENSHAW Dave CHC Rank Archer Name Club
90m Recurve - Junior Men 5 ASHBURN Mike WHA 1 EDMUNDSON Nuala MGAC
2 WALKER Ella STH
Rank Archer Name Club 3 EMIRALI Lauren MGAC
4 EMIRALI Lauren MGAC
1 CAUGHEY Struan AAC 5 CAMERON Christina MAC

2 STANLEY Connor CHC

3 MARTIN-ROBERTS C MGAC 60m Recurve - Masters 65+ Men
Rank Archer Name Club
4 SUN Anderson RGA 1 HENSHAW Dave CHC

5 RUSS Caleb AIM 40m Recurve - Cub Women

Rank Archer Name Club

70m Recurve - Cadet Men 70m Recurve - Women 1 ROSSOLATOS Audrey AAC
Rank Archer Name Club
1 MATHESON Finn AAC Rank Archer Name Club 2 ANTONE Zoe SHO
2 HUTCHINSON Mitchell SHO
3 BOYLE Finn AAC 1 HODGSON Olivia AIM 3 ROBINS Lizzie MGAC
4 MCLEAN Ben MGAC
5 FOSTER Bradley AIM 2 TUCKER Maria GGWA 4 LEEN Annie CHC

3 CAVELL Emily AAC 5 HARBROW Charlie DUN

4 FULLER Sarah AAC 6 ASKIN Charlotte GWD

5 ATKINSON Liz RAN

6 ATKINSON Kelly MGAC 60m Recurve - Masters 50 - 64
Women
55m Recurve - Intermediate Men 7 SLOAN Olivia AIM
Rank Archer Name Club Rank Archer Name Club
1 MCLEAN Ben MGAC 8 ELLIS Katie AIM
2 MATHESON Finn AAC 1 LAUGESEN Sue MGI
3 COOK Benjamin MGAC 9 VOIGT Meike MGAC
4 HADA Chisora MAC 2 HOLLINS Jo WAC
5 GRIFFITHS Ryley ELL 10 LEZHIKOVA Anna TCAC
3 WEBBY Lynda RGA
11 SUNKAR Niely RAN
4 WOOFF Eleanor CHC
12 SUNDHEIM Sue ROT
5 WEEKS Suzanne RAC
13 GEELEN Caroline AAC

14 WEBBY Lynda RGA Crossbow - Men
Rank Archer Name Club
15 HUNT Judy TGAA 1 BREWER Stephen DUN

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70m Barebow - Men 70m Compound - Cadet Men 70m Compound - Women
Rank Archer Name Club
1 ROSENDALE Doug MAC Rank Archer Name Club Rank Archer Name Club
2 CAMPBELL Irving TCAC
1 NIZIOL Adam MGAC 1 RANDLE Elizabeth ROT

2 COX Brodie AAC 2 WALKER Lisa MSY

3 JONES Ryan STH 3 KALUZNA Agata STH

60m Barebow - Women 4 EVANS Nick MAC 4 LAINCHBURY Linda MGAC
Rank Archer Name Club
1 VOIGT Meike MGAC 5 MILLS Lachlan LAK 5 HUFF Leah MSY
2 MARTIN Sonia MAN
6 GAMBLE Eirean UNA

55m Compound - Intermediate Men 7 WALKER Lisa MSY

Rank Archer Name Club 8 MITCHELL Anne ROS

60m Barebow - Masters 50 - 64 Men 1 SYME Andrew LAK 9 DENTON Abi LAK
Rank Archer Name Club
1 HOOLE Kerry MGAC 2 TRIM Ben LAK 10 SENIOR Annemaree DUN
2 WAY John MGAC
3 WRIGHT David SHO 3 JONES Ryan STH 11 GUEST Fiona AAC
4 CORRIGAL Hector MSY
4 COX Bailey AAC 12 BAM Hanlie RAN

5 MILLS Kelsey LAK 13 SCOTT Barbara GWD

14 BARCLAY Kathy ROT

40m Compound - Cub Men 15 EVANS Bev MAC
Rank Archer Name Club
60m Longbow - Men Club 1 WESFORD Levi LAK 70m Compound - Junior Women
Rank Archer Name TCAC 2 DITTERT Logan MAC Rank Archer Name Club
1 DAY Darren 3 YOUNG Jenson UNA 1 DENTON Abigail LAK
4 NORMAN-HEWLETT A MGAC
60m Longbow - Women 5 LIGHT Jack DSA 60m Compound - Cadet Women
Rank Archer Name Club Rank Archer Name Club
1 TUCKER Maria GGWA 1 WASSILIEFF Isabella MAC
2 TUCKER Lauren GGWA
90m Compound - Men 25m Compound - Kiwi Men 3 RONGOKEA Tiana MAC
Rank Archer Name Club Rank Archer Name Club 4 HANDLEY Hazel GWD
1 ROWE Brian LAK 1 DITTERT Logan MAC
2 VAN TONDER Riku LAK 2 NORMAN-HEWLETT A MGAC
3 BARCLAY Marcus ROT 3 GRIFFITHS Charlie ELL
4 VAN TONDER Rynard LAK
5 BAM Gustav Kallie RAN 70m Compound - Masters 50 - 64 55m Compound - Intermediate
6 SHUKER Bruce TAC Men Women
7 SHEERIN Dean MSY Rank Archer Name Club
8 RUSSELL Andrew AAC Rank Archer Name Club 1 ARGYLE Emma MAC
9 MATHIESON Jason ROS
10 HUDSON Samuel MGAC 1 ROGERS Kenny CHC
11 BUTTERFIELD Nate UNA
12 MACRAE Craig TCAC 2 YOUNG Gary TCAC 40m Compound - Cub Women
13 KNIGHT Robert MGI Rank Archer Name Club
14 DITTERT Ryan MAC 3 MCMILLAN Rob WAC 1 MOWBRAY Alyssa WAS
15 SYME Andrew LAK
4 LEIGH Ian MAN

5 VILJOEN Albertus MAN

60m Compound - Masters 65+ Men 6W0ommCeonmpound - Masters 50 - 64
Rank Archer Name Club
1 LINDSAY Andy AAC Rank Archer Name Club
2 HOUSTON Ray MAC
3 THOMSON Michael RGA 1 BAM Hanile RAN
4 HORN Kevin TGAA
2 EVANS Beverley MAC

90m Compound - Junior Men 3 BARCLAY Kathy ROT
Rank Archer Name Club
1 DITTERT Ryan MAC 4 MITCHELL Anne ROS
2 HUDSON Samuel MGAC
3 YOUNG Jenson UNA 5 LINDSAY Caroline AAC
4 MISTRY Yazdy MGAC
5 DAVIES Alex GGWA 55m Compound - Masters 65+ Club
Women Rank Archer Name MGI
1 MCMILLAN Maureen

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Club Directory
AUCKLAND DISTRICT Rotorua Archery Club Wanganui Archery Club
Auckland District Archery www.rotoruaarchery.club www.wanganuiarchery.co.nz
Association Rob Atkinson Debbie Warren
www.adaa.co.nz [email protected] [email protected]
Caro Geelen Tauranga Archers SOUTH ISLAND DISTRICT
[email protected] Judy Hunt South Island District Archery
[email protected] Association
Auckland Archery Club Whakatane Archery Club Ann Powley
www.aucklandarchery.org.nz Mike Ashburn [email protected]
Annabel Medland-Slater [email protected] AimTru Archers
[email protected] www.aimtruarchers.com
Petra Baker
Lakeview Archers WELLINGTON DISTRICT [email protected]
[email protected] Wellington Archery Association Christchurch Archery Club
Mercury Bay Archery Club Manoel Matos www.archerychch.co.nz
www.mercurybayarchers.co.nz [email protected] Ruth Thompson
Karen Moffatt-McLeod Greenwood Archers [email protected]
[email protected] www.greenwoodarchers.co.nz Dunedin Archery Club
Massey Archery Club Barbara Scott www.dunedinarcheryclub.co.nz
www.masseyarchery.org.nz [email protected] Ann Powley
[email protected] Mana Archery Club [email protected]
Mountain Green Archery Club Manoel Matos Ellesmere Archery Club
www.mgac.co.nz [email protected] Alison Lewis
[email protected] Manawatu Archery Club [email protected]
Shore Archery Club www.manawatuarchery.org Geraldine Archery Club
shorearchery.co.nz Patsy Vercoe www.geraldinearchery.co.nz
Steff Chambers [email protected] Del Spencer
[email protected] Marangai Archery Club [email protected]
ECBOPAA DISTRICT marangaiarcheryclub.co.nz Grey Goose Wing Archery Society
Eastern Central Bay of Plenty Archery Maureen Mcmillan www.ggw-archery.weebly.com
Association [email protected] Colin Tucker
www.sportsground.co.nz/ecbopaa Randwick Archery Club [email protected]
David Croskery www.randwick-archery.org.nz Rosebank Archery Club
[email protected] Lisa Horan Anne Mitchell
[email protected] [email protected]
Sherwood Bush Archery Club
Gisborne Archery Club Rifle Rod Gun Club & Archery Murray Irvine
www.sportsground.co.nz/ www.rrgc.org.nz [email protected]
gisbornearchery Kerry Murphy Southland Archery Inc
David Croskery [email protected] Allison Graham
[email protected] [email protected]
Timaru Archery Club
Richmondvale Archers Trentham Camp Archery Club timaruarchery.weebly.com
James Byers-Nielson www.trenthamarchery.co.nz Selwyn Meadows
richmondvalearcheryhb2k13@gmail. Tracey Creighton [email protected]
com [email protected]

River Glade Archers Wairarapa Archers Society
Bridget Larsen Neil McLaren
[email protected] [email protected]

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Judges Directory

JUDGES

Senior Judges Judges

Anne Mitchell [email protected] Ashleigh Paap [email protected]
Colin Marshall [email protected] David Huddlestone [email protected]
Colin Mitchell [email protected] Ed Gough [email protected]
Colin Tucker [email protected] Julie Baker [email protected]
David Croskery [email protected] Paul Kirton [email protected]
Les Jones [email protected] Tony Kemp [email protected]
Logan Andrew [email protected]

NZFAA THE TRANSPORT
www.nzfaa.org.nz SPECIALISTS:
[email protected]
Dargaville Field Archery Club General Machinery
www.dargfieldarchery.com Heavy Haulage
Egmont Archery Club Containers
www.sportsground.co.nz/egmontarcheryclub Stevedoring
Franklin County Archers Storage
www.franklincountyarchers.com De-vanning
Kapiti Coast Archery Club Cars
www.kcac.org.nz Motorbikes
Lakeview Archers Transport Management
[email protected] Solutions
Massey Archery Club
www.masseyarchery.org.nz Storage Available
Mount Tiger
www.mttigerarchers.co.nz We offer a professional
Pine Ridge Archers and reliable service
www.pineridgearchers.co.nz
Thames Valley Deerstalkers
www.tvda.co.nz/
Twin Coast Archers Club
www.twincoastarchers.com
Whitford Forrest Archers
www.whitfordforrestarchers.org.nz

06 357 2773
www.ptsl.co.nz

[email protected]

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Judges
Wanted

We need more Judges in your area!!

Auckland District — Need 3 more

Central North Island — Need 2 more

ECBOP — Need 2 more

Lower North Island — Need 3 more

Can you help out?
Do you enjoy helping and interacting with your
fellow archers?

If your answer to the above is “Yes”, then

we need you!!

Contact Colin Mitchell
Email: [email protected]