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Each year, in conjunction with the AAHOF Banquet Dinner, 3DAAA presents 2 medals.

The first is for service to the Association. Previous winners include Garry Dawson, Kim Melit and Norm Bardell. This year’s joint winners are Glenn and Teresa Noble.

The medal is recognition for all their years of involvement with the Hinterland Club, initially as an ABA club and recently as a 3DAAA club.

During their 13 years of involvement with the club, they have both served on the Committee primarily as President and Secretary for 12 of those years.

Together they have overseen the club grow from a membership of 12 to a current number of 203.

For those of you who have visited the club, you wouldn’t think it was just a tin shed with dirt floors in 2000.

The second medal to be awarded on the night, is a more recent addition and is the Archer of the Year. Last year’s winner was Rhys Aizlewood.

This year’s winner is Gerard Miles. His win in the  prestigious MBO division of the IBO World Championships in the USA last year got him the gong in front of some stiff competition.

I’m sure when he started shooting as a cub back in 1985, winning or even attending such an event would have only been a dream.

Gerard has also taken on the position of Vice President of the Association and will step up into the top role in June 2014.

In their 2013 Rules, IBO changed the definition of a stabiliser for AHC. Their intent was to allow the use of other than single rods which projected forward of the bow only provided that all the device fitted withing a 12″ diameter sphere from a the point of attachment. Furthermore there could only be a single point of attachment.

Examples given were the Doinker Tactical or the Doinker Stokerised.

Recently a competitor shot a setup consisting of a 12″ front rod and a 11 7/8″ side rod, similar in apearance to an MBO setup.

IBO was asked for a ruling which supported the interpretation that the equipment was legal. In their reply they suggested that a stabiliser should be seen as a “system” rather than an individual rod.

Therefore 3DAAA has adopted the IBO ruling regarding one stabiliser “system” within a theoretical sphere having a radius of 12 inches measured from a single point of attachment.

For as long as the Association has been in existence, the meaning of “Family” has been accepted as the following:

either a

Husband/Wife

Defacto couple

Same sex couple

plus their dependant children under the age of 18 years.

It does not include parent and a child where the child is over 18 years of age.

Recently some people have tried to change that definition to suit their own circumstances however the Committee has re-afirmed the past definition as the correct one.

A competitor may compete in a junior division even though they are over the age of 18 at the time of the event. This is because the Rules for Shoot calculate a competitor’s age as of the 1st December for the following tournament year. Anyone competing in the youth division is only required to pay the youth entry fee.

At a recent shoot, a member complained that it was not his fault that his membership had expired because he did not receive notification of its expiry.

Cards are issued with the expiry date clearly printed on the front. It is the member’s responsibility to ensure their membership is kept current. Membership expiry advice is sent as a courtesy to members and it is not the job of the membership secretary to follow up non payment of fees.

The Archery Alliance of Australia as part of its long term strategy as the promotional arm of the sport has just released the Endorsed Archery Dealer Program.

It is aimed at the retail archery industry. This industry is the public face of the sport and can be the first exposed for many to the sport.

The Endorsed Archery Dealer program has at its core a demonstration to the general public and government bodies of a framework of self-regulation. The Alliance sees it as a priority to publish guidelines that can be issued to the wider bow owning community in particular those people who are not clubs members on responsible bow ownership and use.

To this end a growing number of archery dealers have agreed to become Alliance Endorsed Dealers. They have agreed to provide Alliance material to each purchaser of a bow, who is not a current member of one of the three National bodies.

This material consists of

• A two page flyer titled ‘Responsible Archery Equipment Ownership’
• An Alliance information brochure
• Sport specific information provided by each National Federation, State Association or local club

Each Endorsed Dealer is permitted to display the Endorsed Dealer logo at the shop front as well as a framed certificate noting their participation in the program. In return for their support, the Archery Alliance of Australia Members will have agreed to promote their business and we hope you also support those who have demonstrated a cmmitment to our future.

Click >>here to see the list of current Endorsed Dealers

The Committee has decided to reward those members who have maintained their membership continuously for 10 years. To be eligible, members must be financial at the award date (AGM) and have a minimum of 10 years continuous membership. Records indicate that there will be around 70 eligible members at this year’s AGM.

Members who have allowed their membership to lapse for more than 3 months have had their effective join date re-set at the date they re-joined and therefore will not be eligible. The Committee has been fairly generous in applying continuity for memberships before we had computerised records. Certainly no one has been disadvantaged in the early years.

Members who were a part of a family membership as children have had that time included in their membership if they are now adult members of the association.

In dealing with a matter raised by a member following the Lake Glenbawn shoot, the Committee has ruled that:

“for a competitor to be eligible for an overall placing at a sanctioned event, where 5 ranges are available on both days, they must complete three(3) ranges on the Saturday”

The issue arose after a competitor did not complete three(3) ranges on the Saturday but had completed all five(5) buy the finish time on the Sunday. Although there is nothing specific in the Rules for Shoot regarding the issue (hence not action was taken at the event to alter the outcome) the Committee believes that it has always been common practice to complete the event in a 3 x 2 format.

There is currently a proposal from a club to alter the days shooting requirements for 2013. That decision will be made later in the year at the annual review of the rules.