Indoor Matches Accounced!

The Texas 4-H Natural Resources Office is pleased to announce the 2011 Indoor Archery Matches to be held on March 11-12 in Bay City and March 18-19 in Graham. Registration is now open on 4-H Connect and will continue until the deadline of Friday, February 11, 2011.

The event information and registration instructions are attached to this email and the document will be posted on the Texas 4-H Shooting Sports Program web page. Please contact the Texas 4-H Natural Resources Office if you have any questions concerning this event.

Thanks,

Karen Kubos
Texas 4-H Natural Resources Programs
KLKubos@ag.tamu.edu

979-845-1214
http://texas4-h.tamu.edu

Archery Practice and Meeting December 4th

We hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! It is time to get back to work (fun)! Make plans to attend practice on December 4th at 10am at the Show barn in Jacksonville. Any questions just contact Clint Anderson, clint75925@yahoo.com .

OFF TO A GREAT YEAR

Hello All....I guess everyone is wondering where we are shooting this week. After much deliberation I have decided to keep the Jacksonville Show Barn our meeting place. We may use alternate sites when the barn is not available. Please don't let this matter detour you from bringing the kids out to learn a great sport. We will meet this Saturday at the show barn @ 10:00 AM. Please do not let the fact that you missed out first practice day stop you from coming, our program allows for kids to pick up at any time during the lessons. For the parents that missed our informational meeting I will include a few things you should know prior to showing up on Saturday.

1. All kids 9 yrs old or 8 yrs and in the third grade up to 19 are allowed to participate.
2. There is no initial costs, all that is required is a good attitude and a willingness to listen and learn.
3. For the first 6 lessons that your child attends he or she will have to use county equipment. County equipment are recurve bows shot with fingers only.
4. After completing 6 lessons with recurve they are then allowed to bring personal equipment that has to pass our safety inspection. Note: They may elect to continue to use county equipment for practice and even compete with it.
5. If kids use county equipment to compete they are required to provide they're competition arrows.
6. No open toed shoes are allowed on the range.
7. All long hair must be pulled back so that it may not get tangled on strings.
8. SAFETY is most important while shooting.

Parents, If your child was at the first practice and left feeling that they didn't do that well let them know that they will get better. Please remind them that no one simply picks up a bow and is automatically good at shooting it. We will learn about proper form this week which will help them start grouping better. I look forward in seeing all that was there last week along with several more.

Archery Meeting

Archery group will meet this Saturday, Sept. 25th at the Jacksonville show barn at 10am. This is a temporary location until our new meeting location is ready. We will be meeting for our future meetings and practices in Rusk. Stay tuned for more information!

My Apologies!!

I am very sorry for all the confusion about the location of the Archery meeting this weekend. I was told one location and then at the last minute found out it wasn't available. I was unable to access the blog to update the change of location, so I hope that there wasn't too many people frustrated with the misunderstanding. Please do not let this keep you and your family from joining us in the future. We will posting more information soon about our newly found shooting location and meeting dates. We look forward to seeing you, and in the mean time if you need anything in regards to shooting sports information, please contact Clint or Vonnie Anderson or Willie Arnwine.

AMENDED MEETING LOCATION!!!!

THE SATURDAY (SEPT. 11) MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE IN RUSK AT 7 PM

NOT AT THE SHOWBARN AS ORIGINALLY ANNOUNCED!!!

IF YOU NEED DIRECTIONS OR WOULD LIKE MORE INFO.

PLEASE CONTACT 4-H AGENT WILLIE ARNWINE @ (903) 330-4397

Archery Meeting this Saturday

Attention all new and returning members of the Cherokee County 4H Archery club!!! We will be having our first meeting this Saturday, September 11 at 7pm at the show barn in Jacksonville. Please make plans to be there....bring a friend!

ARCHERS NEEDED

The County Extension Office will be hosting the first ever Cherokee County AgriLife Extension Street Fair on June 8th in front of our office. I am asking for volunteers from the Cherokee County 4-H Archery Team to volunteer to be on hand from 11AM to 6 PM to perform exhibition shooting for the public during those times. Please contact the 4-H Office for more information or to submit your name as a volunteer.

- Willie Arnwine 903.683.5416

Practice Tonight

Don't forget that we will be having Archery practice this evening at 6:30 p.m. Hope to see you all there. We have some 3-D targets that we will be practicing with to get ready for the upcoming 3-D shoot next weekend in Clifton so come shoot with us.

3-D Shoot Coming Up

If you are interested in participating in a fun shoot, then please contact Vonnie or Clint ASAP. It is an outdoor shoot on a 1.5 mile course. We will be shooting at 3D targets. We must know if you are going by April 17th, and you must pay a $15 entry fee. If you contact us, we will send you a entry form via email, which we must have by the 17th so that we can send it in with your registration/entry fee. So check you calendars, and save the date for May 1st!

No Practice On March 13th

March 13th would have been a scheduled practice date but due to the shoot happening in Bay City on that day, we will not practice. Please refer to the calendar for the next practice date.