Postal League News
Archery New Zealand Postal League
2011 - 2012 Season
Hi Everyone
Well another year is over and below are the results for the final month and a brief roundup of the season. Enjoy!
As is becoming traditional we start with the newbie’s in Division 6 and work our way up. And congratulations go to Mountain Green for a faultless performance, taking 5 out of 5 wins and the division title. Mountain Green are closely followed by the Manawatu C team in second place who submitted a new team record in the final month demonstrating that this club continues to grow in strength and depth. Close behind them, with a higher cumulative score than the aforementioned, are third placed Randwick. And don’t worry Robin, I’ll happily join in with you shooting up “Corey Turner’s expensive arrows” for laughing just because your boomerang arrow “bloody... shot off sideways and wrapped itself around that big steel sewage vent chimney half way up the range on the right hand side, and I mean it wrapped itself around it”. I can’t imagine how he found that funny…..! Anyway, a picture says a thousand words and I’m happy to share it with everyone else just in case they get the joke and thanks for making my day! Special mention also goes to father and son team Mike and Sebastian Ashburn who valiantly flew the flag for Whakatane each month despite not having anyone else available to join them this year. Hopefully next season you’ll get a third registered archer to help out which will make you a force to be reckoned with.
On to Division 5 and with no team returning a perfect record this turned out to be the closest fought Division on the points table. I’m sure that the bottom three teams will be ruing the month when they couldn’t find the opportunity to return a score as it all could have been very different. As it is, the division was taken out by the Manawatu B team with the Wairarapa close on their heels in second place. With the newly formed Greenwood B team taking out third place and five out of six teams producing record scores during the season this looks like it may be another interesting division next year. At the other end of the Division, the Norfolk Island B team get the wooden spoon and are relegated to the 6th Division.
Division 4 winners with a perfect 5 from 5 are the River Glade B team. And they just pipped Southland to the post by beating them by eleven points when the two teams met back in November. Solid performances from both Geraldine and Suva in third and fourth place kept both of these teams on their toes. They are followed by Mercury Bay, another team that struggled with numbers but managed to shore themselves up in the latter part of the season. In 6th place, the Dunedin B team find themselves relegated.
Representing a complete reverse of fortunes for the club, and in another close fought battle, the Dunedin A team are the victorious Division 3 winners. Things could have been so different for the second placed Gisborne B team who lost to Dunedin by only eight points in the December/January round but then how often have you said “if only….”. At the other end of the division, despite a higher cumulative score, the Shore B just beat the Christcurch C team to the wooden spoon and are relegated next season.
The second division champions are the Manawatu A team. Interestingly, had they faced close neighbours Wanganui A in any other round than in December/January they would have lost. However, fortune favoured them and maybe the wind abated a little which meant that they got the win and take out the Division. Talking of fortunes, had the Norfolk Island A team submitted a single point in February things could have been so different but as it is Ray Houston’s valiant solo effort for Richmondvale every month keeps the Hawkes Bay team in the Division with Norfolk Island relegated.
And so we go to the Premier division, the only division where the total cumulative score aligns with the final ranking of the teams. That is despite a cumulative total of less than 950 points separating top and bottom placed teams! Drum roll please…. In third place we have River Glade A. In second place Gisborne A and congratulations goes to his seasons League Champions, top placed Christchurch A.
That’s the end if another season, I hope that you all enjoyed it. I’ll be checking more closely but I don’t believe that we had any individual records beaten this season. On the ‘Team Bests’ front, we had several teams produce new records and on the whole I think that it was a successful year so congratulations to you all. That only leaves the formalities.
1. Is the call for suggested rule amendments. This may be an opportunity to reinitiate the discussion around rule 5 to see if we can come up with a consensus, or at least a couple of options, for voting.
2. Is the call for nominations for league coordinator. This is a role that I have enjoyed and would be happy to continue in but if there are any budding coordinators out there, especially if you are more computer literate than me, I would be happy to withdraw should you feel the urge to take over.
Cheers
Chris Jones,
26 Pyke Road,
RD7,
Palmerston North 4477.
Ph: 06 329 6908 (A/H)
Mobile: 029 351 8237
Email: cjandcg@inspire.co.nz.