This weekend, a large group of Erina Archery Club Members competed in the 2014 Metropolitan & Matchplay championships at Homebush Olympic Park. It was fantastic to be part of such a large team of Erina Archers representing our club. Our team of 16 archers included male compound archers Anthony Helsby, Dean Conacher, Aron Stanley, and Rowan Miller; female compound archers Kerry Heath, Trish Richards and Kerry Dwyer; recurve archers Suzanne Carreon-O’Flaherty, Kelvin Heath, David Markham, David Coulthard and Bill Meldrum-Hanna and our junior team members Hayden Crampton, Ethan Helsby, Erin Waagan and Ichiro Gunnee.
Though the weather was not kind, it didn’t dampen our spirits and everyone had a great time shooting at the 2000 Olympics Archery range. The rain and wind made for some challenging shooting conditions. Otherwise it was a great venue and a well organised tournament.
Erina Archery Club was very successful with an impressive medal tally over the two days. On day one, medal winners were Trish Richards (silver), Kerry Heath (bronze), Dean Conacher (bronze), Bill Meldrum-Hanna (silver), Hayden Crampton (silver), Erin Waagan (silver), Ichiro Gunnee (not one but two bronze medals !). Day two Matchplay medal winners were Dean Conacher (silver), David Coultard (silver) and Hayden Crampton (bronze).
Special mention must go to Trish, Erin, Ethan and Ichiro who were competing in their very first shoot away from Erina, with Ichiro (Ichi) only recently having completed our beginners class. Thanks also to the event organisers and judges which included David Robertson and Andrew Crampton from Erina.
The next event we are planning to compete in as a team is the Warringah Open on Saturday 22nd March. Erina is defending the team trophy we won at this event last year. It will be fantastic if we can have another big team at this event.
Though the weather was not kind, it didn’t dampen our spirits and everyone had a great time shooting at the 2000 Olympics Archery range. The rain and wind made for some challenging shooting conditions. Otherwise it was a great venue and a well organised tournament.
Erina Archery Club was very successful with an impressive medal tally over the two days. On day one, medal winners were Trish Richards (silver), Kerry Heath (bronze), Dean Conacher (bronze), Bill Meldrum-Hanna (silver), Hayden Crampton (silver), Erin Waagan (silver), Ichiro Gunnee (not one but two bronze medals !). Day two Matchplay medal winners were Dean Conacher (silver), David Coultard (silver) and Hayden Crampton (bronze).
Special mention must go to Trish, Erin, Ethan and Ichiro who were competing in their very first shoot away from Erina, with Ichiro (Ichi) only recently having completed our beginners class. Thanks also to the event organisers and judges which included David Robertson and Andrew Crampton from Erina.
The next event we are planning to compete in as a team is the Warringah Open on Saturday 22nd March. Erina is defending the team trophy we won at this event last year. It will be fantastic if we can have another big team at this event.
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