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DOS Control

The club is located in a country setting; occasionally there may be a snake travelling through the bush or on the field. Generally they will keep away from people on an open field with short grass, however if you do spot a snake please stay well clear. Tell the DOS so that the shoot can be held up if necessary. If you leave them alone they will generally crawl away.

Avoid shooting while birds are anywhere near your arrows’ trajectory path or where your arrows are likely to land.

Please help out where you can as all tasks at the club are done by club members volunteering their time and energies.

Please volunteer with the running of the club:

• Repack the drinks fridge
• Replenish the bathroom supplies from the storage cupboards in the kitchen
• Take a bag of rubbish away with you from the club. Spare replacement rubbish bags are available in the kitchen. Double bag the rubbish as this helps avoid leakages.
• Empty/pack the dishwasher
• Put your dirty coffee/tea cups in the dishwasher
• Clean the coffee machine
• Tidy the kitchen
• Sweep the indoor halls
• Clean the bathrooms
• etc

If you shoot at the club please do not leave until you have helped pack away equipment, this is your responsible as a fellow club member or parent of a member. Able-bodied adults are to pull in target butts and stack them either just outside or in the shed. If the targets are too heavy or may cause injury do not try to shift them.

Please do not leave any drink containers or cans behind the line at the end of the day. It is all members’ responsibility to put their rubbish in the appropriate bins and if you see any stray rubbish help out by picking it up and keeping our grounds tidy.

Your membership must be financial to participate at the club. No archery at the club unless you have paid your fees. Please check that your membership is current. The insurance cover for you is via this membership.

Once received from AA you must bring your membership card with you every time you come to the club. Temporary cards are issued to you until you get your AA card. You may not shoot at the club unless you display your card. When you get your AA membership card please punch a hole in them and either wear it or hang off your quiver.

Always bring your membership card to the club. Spot checks are undertaken. Please take these checks in good spirits as to be fair to you we need to check that everyone shooting has current AA membership. If you have a quiver please hang your card from your quiver or display it on your person so it is visible.

Please pay your annual membership fees online via the AA web site. The club also has EFT facilities and offers direct transfer into the club’s bank account if online payment is unavailable to you. See Treasurer Alison Hagaman if you do not have your AA logon details.

Only financial Archery Australia members or participants on a beginner’s course can shoot at the club . Visitors from other Archery Australia clubs will generally be approved to shoot at the club with sign-in and payment of the visitor’s fee. Visitors from other Archery Australia clubs must fit in with the shooting arrangements of the day at the club.

Other visitors are not permitted to shoot at the club without approval.

Children of members must complete a beginner’s course and then become a member before they’re allowed to shoot at the club.

Please note you may practice at any time the club is open and shoot any round you choose for unofficial practice, assuming the fields of play can accommodate. However, for your score to be officially accepted for the Target Shoot of the day etc, you must commence at the starting time and participate as a group in the shoot.

If you are shooting a round, register online in Archers Diary via your smartphone or the clubhouse computers. Register your name, your bow type and the round you are shooting on the day. The program automatically calculates how you went against your past performances.

There must be a minimum of three archers participating in the shoot and all scoring must be witnessed and signed by the archer and the witness certifying to the witnessing of the scores and the correct recording of each arrow value.

Early shooting prior to the start time is considered unofficial practice, or if you arrive late for the shoot once scoring has commenced you are unable to participate in the official shoot for the day. However, you can practice but your score should not be submitted.

To submit an official score you must submit a paper score sheet and also enter your arrow scores into Archers Diary, preferably at the target using a device or when you return to the club into the computer. Please also note that score sheets you submit must have your AA membership number on them and all appropriate boxes must be completed and the sheets signed. Make sure you use your full name not just your first name.

Members should be aware that beginners on a course always have preference for hire gear, but once they have their gear allocated you are free to get out hire gear for yourself. Beginners on a course are generally allocated the lower poundage bows whereas you may be progressing rapidly to a higher poundage bow. If there are ever any shortages please bear with us and if possible wait until the equipment becomes available, or see a coach as there may be other options.

There are recurve, compound, and longbows available for day hire.

Shooting fees and bow hire

When you come to the club you MUST sign in on arrival, record your AA membership number in the sign-in system and pay your shooting fees. If you are not shooting, you’re not liable for a shooting fee but you must still sign in with a $0 range fee. Please sign in out again before you leave.

Shooting fees

• Please wear sun protection.
• Wear a hat.
• Uses sunscreen. The club also provides free sun lotion for members.
• Watch for signs of dehydration. The urine colour charts in the toilets to help you self-monitor.
• Drink plenty of water. There is free filtered tank water in the kitchen and also cold drinks for sale in the fridge.
• While on the field take every opportunity to retreat to the shades between ends.
• Sit out an end or two from time to time when you’re just practising.
• Remember this is sport by choice, so in very hot weather it is sometimes better to sit it out in the shade and spectate.
• If you are acting as DOS hold breaks between distances or ends.
• There are ceiling fans in the lunch area.

With summer also comes the risk of storms and strong winds …

• Never shoot outside as a storm approaches.
• Do not shelter under trees in windy weather.

Please use two tent spikes to secure the back legs of your target. The weather can be windy and the targets are quite light. If they blow over they may break arrows.

• Take care when shifting targets to avoid tipping them over.
• If the targets are too heavy or may cause injury, do not try to shift them yourself. Ask for help.

The “Save Money” tip: Never shift a target while arrows are still in it.