Club AGM - 10th Nov
2010
CHAIRMAN’S REMARKS
Although we dropped from top dog to 4th place in the LYG we still came away with a few successes. Principal
among these were top spots for Laura Smith and personal bests for Duncan Garner. Our juniors have certainly put our club on
the map and, as when meeting archers from other clubs during the past year I have heard glowing reports of our attitude to
our juniors and the success they are having. In fact, at a recent Borough event that Brenda and I attended three weeks ago,
I overheard one Borough committee member telling the other that they were very lucky to have a club such as Chessington in
the Borough because it did so much to bring on the youngsters.
Our juniors have also done well in tournaments in 2010 for instance: GARETH won
golds at a couple of tournaments one of which was the Richmond Pagoda shoot.
Both the SMITH girls
(Laura and Emma) won gold at the Lintman tournament with Laura winning trophies at a few more tournaments throughout while
Emma has not participated too much due to a damaged rib.
DANNI TIGHE was successful at the County championships and had a few other shoots during the year and, to top it all
was a member of the Chessington team that won 3rd team trophy at the Guildford Acorn together with RW, SB and believe
it or not AT.
DUNCAN Garner has had his successes in 2010 and has returned from shoots with several
trophies/medals and has also had several PB’s without being a winner at every shoot.
Recent newcomer to CB is MEGAN Milner, who in her first tournament broke the Surrey record for the round. She, I believe,
will continue to carry the Chessington banner together with our other juniors. Well done to all our juniors and here’s
hoping for a very successful but, more importantly, a satisfying and enjoyable 2011. With this in mind I would like to thank
all the parents and guardians of our juniors for their support because without their support we would have nothing to show
for our youngsters’ efforts.
Now
I turn to the adults - Peter Wood and Kevin White for winning pairs trophy at the Surrey Champs.
Simon Buchanan has also done a fair bit for keeping Chessington Bowmen to the fore front in the result lists by appearing
in the top half dozen and, indeed, actually winning a few tournaments during 2010 and, I have heard that he has not only done
well in target but also has distinguished himself in field archery an it has beenreported today that he
won the Surrey Field championships last Sunday (making him County Champion) and on top of all this he was ranked as Surrey’s
top archer for 2010.
RICHARD White has entered several tournaments and has scored just a few points below the coveted MB standard. During
the early part of the year he created, as a junior, a new Surrey record of 589 for the Portsmouth round and, less than a week
ago he put in a score of 591-which if not equal was just one point below the county record for this round. Outdoors within
a month of becoming a senior he shot and won the County championships for 2010 and in my opinion , will improve on this and
will, no doubt get his MB if not his GMB in 2011. He is certainly capable of this.
Away from shooting I would, at this time, like to give an especial thank you to Noreen Buckley for her splendid work
in making the club Gonfalon. It is a superb job and I am very proud and pleased with the result. If you have not already seen
it I urge you to take a look tonight it is on............
It is not only the shooters who have done well for the club. Our sec/treas has to be thanked for all her hard work
and, and lets be honest, her tight fisted hold on the money which has meant our coffers are quite healthy
despite the large outgoings of this years annual budget. Also our equipment officer Bill Lester
who worked very hard during our move from Moor Lane to our present range. He still has a lot to do during
the rest of this year and 2011. Peter Wood our coach responsible for training our beginners is doing a good job in instructing
them as they try out the intricacies in shooting a bow. As someone who has spent almost forty years undertaking this task,I
know how frustrating it can be at times but also how very rewarding at others. Andrew Trimble our record
officer has also done his job diligently and I feel quite chuffed that our records are up to scratch, especially when I hear
archers from other clubs bemoaning that their records are incorrect and/or that the records officer is not doing his or her
job correctly. Andrew is also doing a superb job as web master and it is great to hear members of other clubs and the public
praising our web site. Finally the last man on the committee Simon Buchanan I would like to thank for attending each committee
meeting and adding his pennorth of wisdom. I would like to thank your committee for all their stirling work on your behalf
and giving me their support during the past twenty four months.
Now,
as the club has grown over the past 2 years I would like to invite two new members to join the committee
and my choice for these would be Paul Smith and Jim Tighe but, as this is a democratic club, it is down to your wishes. I
do hope you will agree with my choice for new committee members.
Next year the committee is proposing to hold an open day and so would appreciate any suggestions on what
you consider appropriate at this meeting or after. To be given to me or the new Chairman.
That is the end of my report so I will turn to the other committee members for theirs starting with
the sec/treas then Bill Lester, Peter Wood, Andrew Trimble followed by Simon Buchanan,
