Who's Who?
There are currently forty-three members of Green Hollow Bowmen. We take pride in being a friendly club where everyone mucks in to do what needs to be done under the benign dictatorship that is the Green Hollow Bowmen committee. Here we introduce the seven High Heidyins plus a few other prominent personalities. Other members, just as important in the life of the club, can be found starring in the Gallery page.
The Committee
Chairman - Gary Nelson.
Notable for his sharp-shooting skills and his general laid-back panache.
Secretary - John McCaffery.
Notable for his gift for comic verse and his extreme approach to punctuality.
Membership Secretary - Alison Duncan.
Notable for her addiction to archives and for spending much of her life on the Edinburgh-Glasgow train.
Treasurer - Bosco Hazard.
Notable for his penchant for very strange music and his worship of Basil Wolverton (who?).
Field Captain - Fede Valls.
Notable for his extensive body art and addiction to eBay™.
Records Officer - Hugh McBrien.
Notable for his Hats and his ability to add up in his head faster than you can punch a calculator.
Child Protection Officer - Mairi Nelson.
Notable for her powers of levitation fuelled by only half a Mars Bar.
Ex-officio posts:
| Honorary Angel of Fenwick | May Lowe |
| Honorary Balloon Technician | Richard Hands |
| Honorary Club Womble | Mark White |
| Honorary Jelly Technician | Bosco Hazard again (a lad o' pairts) |
| Honorary Sh*t Shoveller | Colin MacDougall |
| Honorary Vintner | Jay Valls-Morgan |
| Chief Bottlewasher | Jay Valls-Morgan again (no other mug will do it) |
Honorary Life Members
A select few members who have contributed to the club above and beyond the call of duty are awarded honorary life membership of the club in recognition of their wonderfulness.
| Patrick and Jane Moriarty | Godfather and mother of the BLBS in Scotland and of enormous help in getting the club off the ground. |
| Steve McCarthy | Longbow coach extraordinaire and tireless in the epic task of striving to get us to lead with our elbows. |
| Jim Urquhart | A founder member and the clubs first Field Captain, now largely retired from shooting. |
| Laura McBrien | Secretary, treasurer, founder and lynchpin of the club for the first eleven years of its existence. |
Club Captain
Every year the club holds a Captaincy Competition to decide who will hold the dubious honour of being Club Captain for the year. Charlie Lush is the current holder of this prestigious title.
Club Coaches
Steve demonstrates his winning approach to coaching juniors.
Although many experienced members in the club will happily provide advice to other members, Green Hollow Bowmen's two semi-official coaches are Hugh McBrien and Steve McCarthy. We are not worthy. (Or so they keep telling us...)
Club Bow-maker
Johnny Galliver
A number of our members make their own equipment, but foremost among us is Johnny Galliver. Johnny is a Research Bow-maker and a Member of the Craft Guild of Bowyers and Fletchers. Johnny makes longbows of all kinds, from replica war-bows to state-of-the-art stressed-core reflexed longbows.
He also makes arrows and many other kinds of traditional bow in all manner of natural materials - he has even made a working bow out of linen, believe it or not. His phenomenal skill as a craftsman is out-weighed only by his phenomenal modesty Och, anybody could do it.
Please note that Johnnys work is primarily in research. He no longer accepts any commissions for either making or repairing bows.
Club Webmonkey
Liam 'Lamsey' McBrien (picture (c) Chris Mooney 2005)
The design, upkeep and hosting of the club's website is undertaken by Liam 'Lamsey' McBrien, although much of the content is provided by other members of the club. Lamsey's personal website can be accessed at http://www.lamsey.co.uk/.
Club Mascots
Tormod left and Dłghall right. Sorry, but Tormod wouldn't say cheese...
We share our field at Mugdock with two hairy Highland Cattle - Dłghall (the wee cute one) and Tormod (the big evil one). Theyre not especially tame but theyll kindly amble into the field next door whenever we want to play at bows-n-arrows, just so long as we feed them lots of carrots. Dłghall and Tormod like carrots.
A cartoon of Dłghall is embroidered as a good luck charm on our club shirts, caps etc.