2014 Christmas Shoot

Hello there, long time no blog! By popular demand (from Evan), I'm back again!

Sorry for the delay but I've been having "technical difficulties".

Firstly, I hope that you all had a safe and happy Christmas and New Year.

Thank you to those who made it to our Christmas party and last shoot of the year... Tongmaster (aka Garry), Suze, Slade, Gaz and friend Sue, Adam and Jake (of course, they live there!), Evan and his delightful wife Jackie, Ken and Peanut, Paul (he was our "Elf and Safety man lol - his joke, not mine!), Grant and boys, Sam and Clinton (later on). I hope you all had a great day - I did!

Even though we didn't do a full shoot, the targets that were set up were challenging and fun. We saw the running pig come back for the first time in a few years, there was a polar bear in front of a black bear, which was behind a tire (I missed) and beyond that for a long shot was a big red deer (it wasn't a moose!). There was another tricky tire shot with a fox (I missed that too), a cougar/mountain lion/puma, Standing Bear was back (he got shot in the rude bits a few times, poor bugger) and the croc was back looking a bit worse for wear.

After our shoot, we moseyed on back to our humble "clubhouse" for a good feed and a few well-earned drinks. I must say, there was quite a good spread put on too, even if I do say so myself! We could have fed twice as many people with all the food we had - my chicken sticks that I slaved over the night before didn't even get a look-in! The yummy steaks and snags that El Prez provided were plenty. Those who stayed later even got a bit of pav, which was super yummy despite the cream dropping.

We didn't score on the day, which at times I was grateful for and at other times not (like when I got a 10). Evan killed the tire that was in front of the fox, then had a mighty struggle to get his arrow back. The running pig produced lots of laughs and set us all searching for our arrows (I lost one - boohoo, sad face).

Thank you all for your help, but especially to:

• Gary's friend Sue, who took a heap of photos on my phone
• Tongmaster (of course)
• Paul & Evan, for going out early to help set up
• Clinton, for the time and effort he's put into refurbishing some of our targets

All in all it was a really good day. Thanks to everyone for making 2014 a great year for our club and lets hope this year is even better!

Hope you enjoy this blog and the photos.

Cheers,
Kate