7th February

The first serious work party of 2010 Fonmon took place to start getting it into shape for a 28 target shoot - a fantastic turn out and good weather allowed us to do some great work.

Paths were cleared of fallen trees to allow archers to walk from the peg to the butt without having to negociate slippy bark and unsure footing. Steps were cut in a number of places making a good start to ensure everyone can feel confident moving up and down the slopes.

New butts were put in to the North end to set up the new 14 target course, these will be test shot by a compound archer to make sure we dont have any shoot throughs that can be avoided. Obstacles were removed between targets so as to ensure a clear flight for the arrows, this will be tested by one of our Longbow archers to make sure we have good clearance, but we have not removed interesting features that may make you think a bit before you shoot! and the first signs and route markers were placed.

Pallets were put down in a couple of places to help where there is some deep mud. All of this was a great start and we have lots more to do to continue the good work until we can get the North course chartered and ready to allow us to shoot the full 28 for the Fonmon Challenge.

Also both Rod and Mark were re-united with arrows lost on previous shoots, a positive benefit of coming to a work party!

The committeee wish to offer their grateful thanks to the following for their great work and we look forward to seeing you all again and a few more besides at the next work party. In no particular order -

Gethyn, Nathan, Molly, Jessica, Elise, Michael, Dave, Chris, Paul, Sandra, Rod, Tom, Yoke, Verity, Claire, Roger, Mark

Lots of photos in the gallery! have a look.

The second work party of 2010 Fonmon took place to get the 14 North end targets in place and pegged - a great turn out and good weather allowed us to complete this

Shoot pegs were cleared and stand points were created along with steps and pathways to allow archers to walk from the peg to the butt.. The steps cut in a number of places will help ensure everyone can feel confident moving up and down the slopes.

New butts were put in to the North end to set up the new 14 target course, these were test shot by a Mike, one of our club longbow archer to make sure we dont have any branches in the way, we will have a compound archer check for shoot throughsso that they can be avoided. But we have not removed interesting features that may make you think a bit before you shoot!

The committeee wish to offer their grateful thanks to the following for their great work and we look forward to seeing you all again and a few more besides at the next work party. In no particular order -

Gethyn, Nathan, Molly, Connor, Michael, Dave, Chris, Yoke, Verity, Claire, Roger, Mark, Nigel, Joe, Colin,

more photos will be in the gallery soon! have a look.