Funeral Service for X10 #5
As Conducted by the Glasgow Archers Congregation of Mild Chaos Order of Service Opening Remarks Reading from the Book of Easton The Life and Death of X10 #5 Reflections from the Shooting Line Hymn:...
Tagged: humour
When your Bow Decides it’s had Enough
Archery kit is, in theory, pretty resilient. It has to be, given we insist on bending it, unbending it, and rattling it 200 times a night like it owes us money. Every shot loads...
Music to Shoot by
Within the universal set, archery intersects with so many things. Archery and dedication. Archery and health. Archery and banter. Archery and obsessive compulsion .. the intersections are endless. But one intersection you never see...
The Great Arrow Tuning Mystery: A Tale of Wobble and Woe
So there you are. You've just bought yourself a shiny new set of arrows. The shop assistant assured you they were "perfectly matched to your setup" and you nodded sagely as if you understood...
Glasgow Archers 1948 Website
The current Glasgow Archers website is nine years old this week but its been quite a journey to get here. Our original club website back was created in the early 2000's with a "here...
Archery Humour defined
It often feels that archery humour can be a bit enigmatic, obscure, even potentially gatekept. Where the newbie archer can feel that they are missing much of the archery experience. This is especially acute...
Tiptoe through the Targets
Take a look at this picture. Idyllic isn’t it. But what do you see? A nice place for a picnic? Nature organizing a decent colour palette? Prime location for a Starbucks and a Burger...
Just One More End ...
If you've been around experienced archers for any length of time you'll hear this said a lot. They are into their archery. They are having a good time. There's probably dodgy banter going on....
Summer of Badges
So here we are in the "summer". Archery is outside where it belongs. We are shooting DISTANCE - no longer a sport suitable for telephone boxes. Faces are no longer postage stamps as we...
A very unique Robin Hood
Hopefully everyone knows what a "Robin Hood" is. In case you don't, its where an arrow hits a previously shot arrow and destroys it. Its named for the folk hero Robin Hood who, in...
Climbing the Ladder
Hopefully, most of you at GA are aware we have a ladder competition running right now. The rules are pretty simple even if John has done his best to make it hard. Shoot a...
Bants and Banter
Banter: Noun - playfully teasing or mocking. (British informally: Bants) One of the things that confuses new archers is the chat that's going on when people aren't shooting. Yes, there can be discussions about...
Patent Applied For
With Glasgow Archers celebrating its 75th anniversary, its all go. There's new uniforms, merch, badge hunting, ladder competitions and researching our history in addition to the usual banter and endless chocolate prizes. In this...
His other Archery Workshop
Love of archery leaks into many other aspects of our editor's life... Perhaps next time we can get a look at the field archery course he built in cannibal survival game The Forest. Or...
Congratulations and Commiserations
In the traditional tale of Robin Hood, Robin wins the archery competition by splitting his opponents arrow. In recognition of this, when we archers rear end an arrow we call it a "Robin Hood"....
Collective Nouns
So, what do you call a group of archers? In the past, certainly in military terminology, a Company of Archers has always been acceptable. However, its not the 15th century and Sunday morning archery...
Revamping the Constitution
Times are very different from January 2018, the last time we updated the constitution. It was going to take a lot of work to get our constitution into fighting trim. But your committee are...
Happy Birthday Captain Sausage
I know its difficult to believe looking at him but Captain Sausage is one year old. One year ago our tournament organizer hit on the idea of a bijou cookout at the field. Just...
Showdown on Sausage Sunday
Things can get unnecessarily macho down the field on Sausage Sunday when the sizzle of sausage and the waft of pork is in the air. What started out as an apparent mocking the use...
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've seen ...
Sometimes you just have to put the bow down and walk away! Don't worry, we made sure there were no sharp implements anywhere near them.
