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Aim over 50 Archery Group Inc. Management Committee

President: Len Copley Secretary: Maureen Bradford Treasurer: Brian Anderson Web Master:

Thomas Maple Newsletter Editor: Keith Markham Committee: Allan Groom Ed Lamperd

Keith Markham Margaret Philpot John Philpot Ron Thomas John Tribble Matt Treloar Joyce Haddon

Mike Wildsmith

Volume 24 Number 10 November 2017

VALE - MARGARET MEAD BORN 10/08/1916 DIED 13/11/2017

Margaret was born in the English county of Somerset and married her home town

boyfriend Arthur in 1939 who joined the army at the outbreak of war. After the birth of

her daughter Valerie she joined the Royal Observer Corps and was actively involved in

the Battle of Britain and D Day being on duty the entire night and early morning of D

Day.

Post war years saw the family living in Salisbury with the addition of a baby boy,

Simon. In 1962 the family sold up and sailed to Australia and immediately fell in love

with the glorious sunshine, blue sky and clean air of Fremantle.

Despite having no experience at catering, the family leased the tea rooms at Araluen

and then took on a corner deli in Cottesloe until tiring of working seven day weeks.

Margaret and Arthur retired in 1978 and became part of the “grey nomads” travelling

around and across Australia.

Following Arthur’s death and finding herself dependent on a three wheel scooter for

mobility, Margaret took up archery and joined the AIM Archery Group in 1995 where

she made many good friends. She celebrated both her 90th and 100th Birthday with fel-

low archers, many of whom kept in contact during her declining years. Margaret

leaves behind her two children and three grandchildren. Farewell Margaret.

You will be missed.

The funeral service for Margaret Mead, late of Bayswater will be held in the

East Chapel, Pinaroo Valley Memorial Park, Whitfords Avenue Padbury.

Tuesday 28/11/2017 at 10:30 AM

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Happy Birthday. Dave Saunders: 07/11 John Philpot: 19/11

Wilhelmina Hedzic: 22/11 Brian Thompson: 26/11

Harry Hickson: 27/11 Ali Azarian: 29/11

Linda Ballard: 24/11 Ed Lamperd: 02/11

Andrew Mallinson: 06/11

Lucky Cards:

Southern Riv. Lucky number CARD 271 23/11/17 Winning number 11 Bruce Tate

$30 12 Ray Glass $10 10 John Fishwick $10

WILL. S/River Lucky number CARD 275 23/11/17 Winning number 21 Alf Maria

$30 22 Alf Maria $10 20 Ray Glass $10

Can you remember what you were doing on the 9th November in 1957? Ask either

Rosemary or Ron Stone, for they can. 60 years ago they were married and their love

and respect for each other has endured this period of time. Congratulations to you

both from all the members of AIM. May the coming years be kind to you both.

Archery Snippets The oldest definite bows known so far come from the Holmegård swamp in Denmark. In the 1940s, two bows were found there, dat-

ed to about 8,000 BP.[3] The Holmegaard bows are made of elm and have flat arms and a D-shaped midsection. The center section

is biconvex. The complete bow is 1.50 m (5 ft) long. Bows of Holmegaard-type were in use until the Bronze Age; the convexity of the

midsection has decreased with time.

Mesolithic pointed shafts have been found in England, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden. They were often rather long, up to 120 cm

(4 ft) and made of European hazel (Corylus avellana), wayfaring tree (Viburnum lantana) and other small woody shoots. Some still

have flint arrow-heads preserved; others have blunt wooden ends for hunting birds and small game. The ends show traces of fletch-

ing, which was fastened on with birch-tar.

The oldest depictions of combat, found in Iberian cave art of the Mesolithic, show battles between archers.[4] A group of three arch-

ers encircled by a group of four is found in Cueva del Roure, Morella la Vella, Castellón, Valencia. A depiction of a larger battle (which

may, however, date to the early Neolithic), in which eleven archers are attacked by seventeen running archers, is found in Les Dogue,

Ares del Maestrat, Castellón, Valencia.[5] At Val del Charco del Agua Amarga, Alcañiz, Aragon, seven archers with plumes on their

heads are fleeing a group of eight archers running in pursuit

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A big job well done

A very big thanks to Maureen Bradford and all who helped to contribute toward the re- establishing of

Aim Archery history books along with so much more information, includes presidential Statements, Vales,

social events, life stories etc. Those of us who have not been in the Club long enjoyed passing the books

around at the AGM and learning more about the Group we are in.

The solution to November’s crossword will be

printed in next month’s edition,

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Trophy Winners 2017

The 2017 Ray Warman Consistency Trophy

Female TBA

Male TBA

The May Fitzsimmons Championship

Female Compound Kerstin Goerlich 1

Maureen Bradford 2

Female Recurve Cathy Waldon 1

Christine Underwood 2

Margaret Philpot 3

Male Compound Keith Markham 1

Alfredo Maria 2

Roy Hickson 3

Male Recurve Thomas Maple 1

Alan Groom 2

Alvin Duthie 3

The Lyn Callaghan Trophy

Female Nannette Morris

Male Tony Dunn

The Level Competition

Female Compound

Level10 Maureen Bradford 1

Kerstin Goerlich 2

Female Recurve

Level07 Patricia Verity 1

Level07 Lesley Wilkie 2

Level08 Marilyn Herd 1

Level09 Maureen Lundy 1

Level10 Christine Underwood 1

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Trophy Winners 2017 The level competition (continued)

Male Compound

Level09 John Fishwick 1

Level10 Ed Lamperd 1

Level10 Tom Deans 2

Level10 Trevor Smart 3

Level11 Ray Curtis 1

Level11 Charles Visser 2

Level11 Michael Tayler 3

Level12 Roy Hickson 1

Level12 Terry Hunt-Mills 2

Level14 Keith Markham 1

Male Recurve

Level07 Martin Crompton 1

Level07 Christopher Venning 2

Level08 David Herd 1

Level08 Brian Anderson 2

Level08 Ian Thomas 3

Level09 John Tribble 1

Level09 Bart Schreuders 2

Level09 Matt Treloar 3

Level10 Ian Weaver 1

Level10 John Philpot 2

Level11 Alan Groom 1

Level12 Thomas Maple 1

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The Clout Competition

Female Recurve Christine Underwood 1

Male Recurve Alvin Duthie 1

Gary Martin 2

David Waters 3

The Handicap Competition

Female Compound Maureen Bradford 1

Female Recurve Verna Schreuders 1

Margaret Philpot 2

Christine Underwood 3

Male Compound Ed Lamperd 1

Tom Deans 2

Ray Curtis 3

Male Recurve Ian Weaver 1

Matt Treloar 2

John Tribble 3

The Savvides Perpetual Trophy

Female Judith Venning

Male Ian Thomas

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Congratulations Alf

For your successes in both the 16th Australian Masters Games

and the 2017 Australian National Championships.

Australian Masters Games: Gold in Target Gold in Field

Australian Nationals: Gold in Target Silver in Target

Alf who is well liked by everyone who knows him, has a long association with

archery and has worked very hard to become the excellent archer he is today.

Well done Alf, shoot straight and often.