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| Hazard in plastic surgery shock | Date added: 15/11/09 |
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Today ardent traditionalist Bosco Hazard was to be seen in the field at Mugdock shooting an entire Western round using arrows with plastic nocks. This may herald the end of the club as we know it. Watch this space for further alerts and updates, and be prepared to take prompt action if required.
Official votes of censure may be tabled at the AGM next Sunday. |
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| Club website in updated content shock | Date added: 25/10/09 |
| OK, so the Webmonkey has finally gotten around to clearing his backlog of "stuff to do when he gets some time", which includes an entire Gallery's-worth of pictures and an updated programme. Don't forget to check out all the pics on the BLBS website too! | |
| May pictures online | Date added: 4/6/09 |
| Congratulations to Hugh, who can now be seen in the Photo Gallery collecting his horn for winning the BLBS Clout Championships at Meriden. Photos from the Zingari are now online too; many thanks to everyone who sent in pics, including non-club member Ann Shooter. The Webmonkey is short of pictures from Fairburn, though - little help, anyone? | |
| New addition to Green Hollow family! | Date added: 1/5/09 |
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Those who haven't already heard will be pleased to know that Susan and Chris now have a new baby girl to add to the family. Susan writes:
"Meg (Margaret Eleanor Masson Mooney) was born on Saturday 25th April at 1.50am weighing in at a healthy 9lbs 2oz. Mum and Meg are home now and recovering with lots of TLC from Dad.
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| New photos online | Date added: 1/5/09 |
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Many thanks to Jim Cleland, who (despite not being a Green Hollow Member) sent in more pictures from the Spring Target Meeting than everyone else put together has sent in for all three BLBS events so far this year!
A selection of pictures are now up on the Photo Gallery (including one from Hugh, to be fair). The Webmonkey is still looking for (high-resolution) pictures, STOP PRESS: it turns out that Fede and Jay had in fact sent in a bunch of photos from the Andrew MacKay, but they hadn't made their way to the Webmonkey's desk yet. They're up on the gallery now - thanks, folks. |
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| Stolen 3D Targets | Date added: 25/4/09 |
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Sandra Russell's collection of 3D field archery targets has been stolen from her home at Greenacres, near Cumbernauld. The stolen models include a large bear, a turkey, a badger, a crocodile, a deer and a squirrel.
If anyone hears or finds any information on this (for example, offers for sale of 'used' targets), please (subtly) find out as much as you can and let Sandra know. Her contact details can be found here. |
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| Updated programme / pictures needed | Date added: 25/4/09 |
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The new club programme for May through August is now online, complete with printable version. Please note that the printable version contains much more detail than the version on the website.
In other news, the Webmonkey has been waiting patiently for all these photos and videos he's been promised from the past few shoots and has received nowt. Please to be situation, komrades. |
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| Come and Try dates | Date added: 14/4/09 |
| Interested in trying your hand at longbow archery? Check out Green Hollow Bowmen's programme of "Come and Try" events. Dates for 2009 are now online. | |
| Congratulations | Date added: 10/04/09 |
| Well done to club member Sandra Russell, who won the golds medal in the outdoor category of this year's BLBS Postal Portsmouth. | |
| New pictures, programme | Date added: 10/2/09 |
| Some pictures from the club's winter shooting programme are now online in the Photo Gallery, and the Records Officer has (finally) sent over the Club Programme for February through April. | |
| New club programme online | Date added: 11/10/08 |
| The club committee has (finally) passed on the latest club meetings programme, which is now available online and runs through to January 2009. | |
| Changes to BLBS insurance cover | Date added: 26/09/08 |
| At the Society's AGM in Burnham on 20th September, the BL-BS committee announced to general satisfaction among members that the Society is adjusting its Rules of Shooting to "get back to basics". To this end, the Society will concentrate its activities on those forms of archery which the BL-BS was formed to try and preserve: two-way target and clout shooting. Our Society insurance was due for renewal this month and as of this week, the BL-BS insurance will not cover roving marks, flight or standard arrow shooting. Other than this, the insurance cover will remain as it was for bow meetings organised by the BL-BS and activities run by BL-BS affiliated clubs including come and tries and arrangements for beginners. | |
| GHB invade Target Championships | Date added: 22/09/09 |
| Bosco, Charlie, Hugh and Sandra represented the club at the BLBS Target Championships at Burnham on Saturday. All had a great time and Hugh won the medal for best score at 100 yards. Hugh and Charlie also passed on photos for the Photo Gallery. | |
| September events: photos online | Date added: 12/9/08 |
| Many thanks to Betty Wylie, Hugh McBrien, and passing spectator Nigel Steward, who all kindly sent in pictures from the Scottish Albion and Harvest Clout meetings. | |
| Harvest Clout venue change | Date added: 5/9/08 |
| CHANGE OF VENUE: the Harvest Clout on Sunday 7th September will not now take place at Stair as advertised. It will now be held in the Craigend Field at Mugdock Country Park. All other arrangements remain the same. | |
| Photos from Wand Meeting online | Date added: 31/8/08 |
| Fede has sent in photos from the Wand Meeting, some of which are now available on the Photo Gallery. | |
| Wand Meeting venue changed | Date added: 16/8/08 |
| Due to a bereavement, the Silver Arrow Wand Meeting on Sunday 24th August will no longer be held at Gardrum House, Fenwick. Instead, this year's meeting will be held in the Craigend Field at Mugdock Country Park. | |
| Photos from Clout Championships | Date added: 10/08/08 |
| Many thanks to Fede, who not only sent in photos from the Scottish Clout Champsionships for the Photo Gallery, but in doing so also provided the Club Webmonkey with the opportunity to fulfil his Bosco-slagging quota for this week. | |
| New programme online | Date added: 26/07/08 |
| The club's shooting programme for the next two months is now available on the Club Programme page. | |
| Double Portsmouth Charity Event at Dunkeld | Date added: 22/07/08 |
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Club Captain Charlie will be hosting a charity event next month. Here are the details: "I am hosting a Double Porstmouth Charity Event at Dunkeld Park on Sunday, 17th August. 10.30am Assembly. 11am First Arrows. Refreshments at lunchtime. A number of you have expressed an interest so car-sharing should be possible. If you would like a lift, let me know and I'll try and put you in touch with a driver, pitching wedge or even a fellow longbowman. More details about the event can be found here and please remember that I need the entry forms in by 12th August so that I can organise target lists and, wait for it, ....food! If you require an entry form, just Email me at " |
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| Come & Try Events | Date added: 20/07/08 |
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Lorn Longbows will be providing a chance for the public to have a go at traditional archery at the Kilmore Highland Games on Saturday 26th July. For more info, see http://www.kilmore-and-kilbride-highland-games.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=31217. The following day, Green Hollow Bowmen will be hosting one of our regular 'come-and-try' events at Mugdock Country Park - for more info, please see our Come-and-Tries page. |
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| Celtic Meeting photos online | Date added: 22/6/08 |
| Slightly belated pictures (I was busy moving 400 miles down south, okay?) of the Celtic Clout at Culzean and the Ailsa Trophy Match in Belfast are now online on the Photo Gallery. | |
| Revised Events Guide | Date added: 25/5/08 |
| All members should now have received a copy of the revised 2008 BL-BS Events Guide. To avoid confusion, please discard the earlier version and refer only to the new one for information about this season's meetings. If you haven't yet received a copy, let Hugh know. And if you spot any errors in the new one, let us know and we'll start a new list of corrections! | |
| Highland clout photos | Date added: 25/05/08 |
| Ned and Hugh have sent in photos from the Highland Clout yesterday at Fairburn. Congratulations to Chalkz who won his first BLBS medal and promptly followed it up with another in the shootoff! As always, the pictures can be found on the Photo Gallery page. | |
| Wales invaded by GHB | Date added: 19/05/08 |
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Bosco, Hugh, Hazel and Ned formed a Scottish invasion of the BLBS Welsh Championships on Saturday and have sent in some photos which are now on the Photo Gallery page.
Congratulations to Hugh who won both the double clout and the shootoff for the Patron's Medal (again... yawn...). |
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| Zingari photos & new video online | Date added: 12/05/08 |
| Photos from this year's Zingari Meeting at Culzean are now online on the Photo Gallery, while a brand-new video can now be found in the Video Gallery paying homage to the Postal Oath in our own inimitable way. | |
| Photo gallery update | Date added: 04/05/08 |
| Pictures of members at April's BLBS meetings in Scotland are now online on the Photo Gallery, thanks to the cameras of Hugh and Liam. | |
| Scottish Inter-Club Shoot | Date added: 09/04/08 |
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Bill Campbell (no, not ours, the Mr. Grumpy of Inverness one) has recently been in touch about this year's Inter-Club Shoot which Highland Longbows are to host. Due to Barbara's cancelled operation, and the re-scheduled date for that, there will be no free weekend that suits all the clubs until later in the season, so look forward to a wee trip up to the Inverness area sometime in the late summer or early autumn to defend our winning streak. What round will be shot has yet to be decided, but it's the host club's choice, so the wise money's on a Windsor.
This year we hope that there will be four clubs represented, as Ettrick Forest Archers will have a bit more time to practice! What this means as far as the Trophy (the big, wooden, three-sided one made by Duaine of Lorn Longbows) is concerned is still under discussion; any suggestions can be passed to the committee. |
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| BLBS Events Guide errata and updates | Date added: 03/04/08 |
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The 2008 Events Guide contains a number of inaccuracies and a number of details have changed since its publication. If in doubt about details for any meeting, please contact the appropriate organiser.
A general list of errata and updates is available on the official BLBS website here, while errata for Scottish meetings can be found on this page. |
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| Members' section unleashed | Date added: 01/04/08 |
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You may safely ignore the date of this news entry; the members-only section of this website has now finally been released to the masses! There are a couple of features still in development but the majority is now up and running. Log in and check it out :-)
All members should now have received an email with registration instructions. If we missed you, please contact the |
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