Rogue Valley Archers
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| History 2009 |
| 2009- ROGUE VALLEY ARCHERS HISTORY 2009, the fifth year of our club, started with some of the same executive officers being re-elected for a second term. The second term is usually easier for officers. The first term is a learning process in many instances. Some of the “To do items” our club discussed for 2009 were:: 1. Completing our 7th range. (Sportsman’s or Extreme) names proposed for this range. 2. Making the Traditional Shoot event successful. 3. Purchasing an enclosed trailer for storing and moving targets for Invitational events. 4. Increasing the size of the Archery shed. 5. Investing in more 3D targets. 6. Updating and expanding our website. 7. Soliciting new younger members. 8. More outreach to the community. 9. Starting events for kids. 10. Complete the Fuel Reduction on our ranges. JANUARY **We gained a new member. Scott Rigdon.** The Winter League started on January 16th. We had a good turn out. By January, folks are happy to start shooting again, even if it is indoors. We had 10 new 3D animal targets delivered from the manufacturer. These targets were part of the group of targets named “Denny’s Herd”. These targets were purchased for club shoot use as they were light weight and easily moved. FEBRUARY **New Member-Kris Crume** On Sunday February 15, we held our first Invitational event the “Foul Weather” event. We had good weather and it was well attended. 152 shooters signed our roster. We received good comments about our 3D animal target display. “Denny’s Herd”. MARCH **We acquired two new members, Shane Jones and Layne Lange** 3/14, We started construction on our Extreme Range. This range consists of ten extremely difficult and challenging targets that mimics hunting in the wilderness. We will be offering this range during the Invitational shoot in April. 3/27 we held the final evening of our Winter League by awarding the winners and holding a delicious Pot- Luck dinner. APRIL ** New members, Dennis Rolfe and John and Melanie Howell** This month we continued to up grand our ranges. Dwayne Faszer with the help of David Bartlett completely re-built the tree house target stand on range #3. Good Job guys. We held our “Spring Fling”, Sunday 4/18. We had 156 registered shooters. The weather was cool but, we had a great event. MAY ** We acquired a new member. Mike and Heather Simpson & Son** RVA held our first Club Shoot/ Campout. This event started on Friday, continuing through Sunday. We had a good turnout and everyone had a good time. We have decided to repeat this event. RVA helped to sponsor 6 students, from the Lincoln-Savage Middle School, attend the Archery in School- National Archery Competition event, held in Kentucky. They did very well and we are proud to help. JUNE ** New member, Jim Cunningham** June 6 RVA yard sale $900.00 June 15,16 and 17th. Bob Kurilow, Mike Kotrba. Emily Bonney and Pat Hamilton. taught archery to Girl Scouts June 20 Work Party. June 21. RVA Summer Jam Invitational . In spite of the fact that it was also Fathers-Day, we had 98 shooters. Lots of positive feed-back about the “Extreme Range”. JULY ** New members, Don Weber, Jamie House, Pamela Morago and Kevin Brown** July 12th. RVA, held our first annual “Traditional Bow” event. The turnout was a little disappointing. Only 38 shooters registered on the roster. However, those few shooters enjoyed it. Our own members were able to shoot the event too. We plan to continue to hold this event next year, and hope the participation will increase. AUGUST **New Members, Sabrina O’Steen and Eric Trapp** RVA helped the Boy Scouts on our ranges. We had several boys with their leaders from Troops #89,#71 and #77. They were working for their Archery Badges. August 9, RVA held our annual Club shoot/BBQ/ Election of Officers /3D animal target auction and Awards event. Very busy day. New 2010 Officers: President- Mike House Vice-Pres- Pat Hamilton Director: Layne Lange Secretary: Robin Cook Treasurer: Diane Dowdy Range Master- Bob Kurilow Asst I RM- Mike Simpson Asst II RM- Dennis Rolfe Communications- Melanie Howell Membership- Diane Dowdy Historian- Sally Leczel Chaplain- Joe Leczel SEPTEMBER ** New member, Tim Prulhiere** Hunting Season…. OCTOBER Hunting season….. **New members Scott and Lisa Smith** October 10th. We participated in the “Boy Day Out” sponsored by the Kiwanis, and Coalition for Children of Grants Pass. RVA held an Archery Safety and training seminar. We had 30 young boys (10-18 yrs).attend and the interest was great. NOVEMBER **New member Bob Hurley** Business as usual after 3 month hunting hiatus. RVA annual “HOBO Party” was cancelled due to serious illness. DECEMBER ** New member Crystal Ball** We lost one of our charter members to Cancer. PAT KOTRBA. She will be missed greatly. Purchased 14 new bales for Range #4 and sight-In range. In summery for year 2009: RVA was able to accomplish the following “To do items”. 1. We were able to complete our 7th range aptly named the “Extreme Range”. It was well received and enjoyed by many archers. They enjoyed the challenges this 10 target course provided. 2. We held our first Traditional Bow shoot, it was not a huge success however, we plan to continue offering this event for those Traditional Bow shooters in our club and our community both. 3. We have not purchased an enclosed trailer, for storing 3D animal targets, so far. We have enjoyed much discussion about our plan and we welcome more input. We have considered building an enclosed shed on the range for storage of the 3D animal targets. The decision has been shelved for the time being. 4. We shelved the idea to increase the size of our shed until next year. 5. We did invest in some new 3D animal targets and new bales for Range #4 and the Sight-in range, this year. 6. We continue to update and expand our website. 7. Soliciting younger members is a slow project. We have had a couple of younger families join this year. We are proud to report that we had 18 new family memberships this year. 8. We were able to help with community projects this year in October by supporting and providing Archery training for the “Boys Day Out” sponsored by Kiwanis and Coalition for Children. 9. This year we helped with the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and helped to support Youth in the “Archery-in –School” organization by financial support. 10. We were able to complete the Fuel Reduction effort on all of our ranges. |