KuRingGai Bowmen Newsletter March 2000
		In this issue: Welcome New Committee AGM Treasurers Report - April Recorders Report - April Results Congratulations Stabilizers - What Do They Do Welcome To New Members Clout The Far Side For Sale The Answers The Questions Tournament Calendar
Welcome to the New Committee for 2000
Stabilizers - What do they do...
Selling, buying? See our classified section for all of your needs.

Welcome to the new Committee for 2000 President: Nick Horley Vice President: Gregory Rowell Secretary: Helen Moore Treasurer: David Boyd Recorder: Roger Klooster Tournament Secretary: Nick Horley Public Officer: Helen Moore Publicity Officer: Glenn Heaton Committee Members: Paul Moore   Alicia Dell   Peter Chessher   Andrew Chessher   Allan McVicar

Annual General Meeting 13th February 2000

Presidents Report

Coming Soon (MIA!!!)

Recorders Report

During the past 12 months there ahs been a change in the club executive due to the resignation of Donelle as club recorder and I have token over her duties since early November. This presented me with a few minor problems as I put together this report and I apologise to any member who has been overlooked.

Club members have continued to break club records with 26 new records being set comprised of:

Mens Seniors Compound	2
Mens Masters Compound	14
U/18 Boys Compound	5
U/14 Boys Compound	5

The club record books have been brought up to date thanks to Gregory and are available for members to see what they have to beat to hold a record.

Handicap ratings will be included in each future newsletter and new members who are shooting proficiency score rounds will be listed as they qualify at each distance.

Committee Meeting 5th March 2000

Treasurers Report 30th April 2000

Treasurer's report not disclosed here.

Recorders Report
30th April 2000

Due to insufficient numbers of member shooting the handicap it will be carried over to the next month.

An up to date list of members ratings has been supplied to Gregory to be included in the next newsletter.

New members who still have to shoot the required five rounds to obtain a rating will be added to the list as soon as they shoot the required number of rounds.

For the information of new members, they have to submit scores from five rounds, the ratings for these round are averaged out to give them a handicap rating.

Also as we have some members with the same first names please write your full names and the name of the round that you are shooting to enable me to work out the correct handicap. Any members who do not understand how ratings are calculated can ask to be shown how to look up the book in the club room to check their rating.

Roger Klooster

Handicap Ratings at 27th February 2000

Ladies Compound Current Rating
1st	Helen Moore (V)	67
2nd	Cora Arnold (V)	66
3rd	Alicia Dell	60
Ladies Recurve
1st	Donelle Wilton-Smith	74
2nd	Janice Hilliard (V)	59
3rd	Anne Nicholls	32
Mens Compound
1st equal	Wayne Wood	99
1st equal	Roger Klooster (V)	99
1st equal	Nick Horley	99
4th equal	Ed Rapsevicius	96
4th equal	Allan McVicar (V)	96
6th	Abraham Singer (U18)	91
7th	David Boyd	88
8th equal	Andrew Needham	87
8th equal	Vince Hantos	87
10th	Ross Jacka (V)	75
11th	Paul Moore (V)	71
12th	Peter Chesser	69
13th	Gregory Rowell	64 ( 2 rounds)
14th	Andrew Chesser (U14)	46
Mens Recurve
1st equal	Chris Wilton-Smith	75
1st equal	Gregory Rowell	75
3rd	Abraham Singer	(U18) 71
4th	Glen Heaton	56
5th	Doug Brown	41
6th	David Boyd	36

Handicap Results Combined October December 1999

1	Peter Chesser	943
2	Allan McVicar	915
3	David Henthorn	900

Congratulations

U/18 Boys Recurve
Abe Singer	Australian Clout Double Record
	Nationals Clout Double Record
	Nationals Clout Single Record
	FITA Star 1200 Compound
	White Arrowhead
Master Mens Compound 50+
Roger Klooster	all gold 90m, 70m, 50m, 30m medals
	60 perfect 30m medal
	State Minor records (Ladies FITA, FITA 900, Perth)
Mens Compound
Nick Horley	FITA Star 1100 Compound

Stabilizers What do they do?

In terms of importance, stabilizers are second only to sight as a piece of equipment to improve accuracy. Every time you draw the bow, you are storing energy. Upon release most of that energy is directed to the arrow, the rest of the energy is absorbed by the bow and causes shock and vibration. Stabilizers absorb this vibration, making the bow shoot and feel smoother.

With todays increased bow speeds and lighter arrows, bows have a much higher frequency of vibration. That's why stabilizers are stiffer today - to match the higher frequency bows.

Jay Bars
(From the Eastern Catalogue)

How to choose a stabilizer that will suit you needs.

The rule here seems to be the faster and more efficient the bow the stiffer the stabilizer. So here's some combinations to give you some examples.

You're going to buy a 28lb recurve with laminated glass limbs. This bow would be considered slow and relatively inefficient due to the glass limbs and would therefore have low frequency vibrations. Hence you could use a tapered aluminium or carbon stabilizer. The tapered stabilizer will absorb less high frequency vibrations than a parallel one but still provide adequate vibration dampening at an affordable cost. Length would depend on the bow length and your draw length; the shorter your draw length the shorter the stabilizer.

Now if you went up in pounds and bought carbon limbs you would need to buy a parallel aluminium or carbon stabilizer. This is because the carbon limbs would increase speed and efficiency, and hence increase high frequency vibrations. A parallel rod, either carbon or aluminium, will therefore be required as they absorb more high frequency vibrations and therefore are more suited to carbon limbs and the lighter carbon arrows.

Ok, lets say you want to buy a compound. Compound bows in general produce large amounts of high frequency vibrations. Hence to reduce the vibration that the archer is exposed to it is necessary to use a parallel stabilizer. Lighter poundage or less efficient compounds however, could get away with using an aluminium stabilizer, as they produce less high frequency vibration than carbon limb or heavy poundage compounds. But if you use an efficient compound or shoot carbon arrows, a parallel carbon rod is a necessity.

Every setup is different for each archer and therefore this explanation should only be used as a guide, I'm sure though that this information will help new archers to gain insight into some aspects of stabilizers selection.

As always your coaches will be there to help you if you need further help with your choice.

Gregory Rowell

Welcome to New Members Maria Doyle Gregory Pagano Robert Walker

Clout

Epping club have a clout shoot once each month (Saturdays) at their club grounds in Carlingford High School, Carlingford. To get to the grounds the entrance is just off Pennant Hills Rd. Shooting commences at 12.30pm and KuRingGai Bowmen members are always welcome so anyone wishing to try clout will be given help and tuition. The shoot will be Saturday 20th May so why don't you come along and it a try.

The dates for these clout events for the rest of the year will be:

Clout is a Club State and National event, so why don't you give it a try and develop your skills so that you too can compete at State and National events.

For more information on Clout contact Cora at the club or at home on kgbarchery@yahoo.com.

For Sale

1. A minimum order will need to be made before these will be available (I think). Prices will depend on order size.
   
2. These prices are approximate only.
   (See the secretary or recorder for confirmation of prices and availability of goods.)

"The Answers"

Q: What is an Ell?

A: This is a measurement from Scotland; the length of an Ell is 37 Inches or a Clothyard.

Q: What is a finger?

A: This is another measurement, the distance being 0.7 Inches.

"The Questions"

Q: What is a Fistmele?
         (and no it’s not a fist full of grains)

Q: What is a Filq?