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24.01.2022 Well, looks like the sign "Archery in Progress" will be put to use tomorrow...we are able to re-open, but ahead of that was our working bee today. A huge thanks to David M, David A, Mike, Bruce, Nigel, Nasser, Mark, Daniel, Pete, Reece, Stan and Jan for all their hard work getting everything tidied and ready to go. The shooting line looks a little different as we have had to remove all the shadecloth, due irrepairable damage from the weather over our shutdown. It will be replaced in due course.

24.01.2022 Sat 21 Nov we are holding a Field Course working bee to start getting targets 1-12 ready for shooting. We are still under capacity cap of 10, so you must register to attend. https://dva.tidyhq.com//32039-practice-sessions-working-be

24.01.2022 Interesting little article on the history of archery

24.01.2022 Big shout out to Reece, David M, Julian, Myffy, Shaun and Mark for all the great work done today, getting our field course ready to open soon. We will let you know when it is ready to go! Big shout out to Reece, David M, Julian, Myffy, Shaun and Mark for all the great work done today, getting our field course ready to open soon. We will let you know when it is ready to go!

24.01.2022 Congratulations to DVA's Markus Kuhrau for making the Recurve Development Squad...keep up the great work!

23.01.2022 Congratualtions to DVA's own Catlin Howden on making the VIC State Team, the Club is so proud of all your efforts and success.

23.01.2022 DVA's own Jackson Hurley is in the spotlight today! The Club is so very proud to have you as a member and you are such a shining example to our other juniors as to what hard work and dedication can lead to. Keep up the great work, you have such a successful and long archery journey ahead of you!

23.01.2022 DVA LockDown 2.0 Virtual Shoot - Week 2 From today till August the 9th 10pm shoot an indoor round. 60 arrows Inner 10 for compound. (big ten for recurve and barebows) 9.3mm arrow size limit (all bow types)... We're aiming for a short range and a long range. 14m and under: Short Range 15m+: Long Range 40cm target preferred but you can use smaller (or bigger) but let us know. You can shoot multiple distances and multiple bow types in a week. (so you can enter a barebow round and a compound round for example. And you can enter a short round and a long round) Let us know Your bow make, model and Type If you are adult or under 18 Club Score Distance shot Post a picture of your target face, or you shooting, or your bow. (or nothing) You can shoot it multiple times and post your best score, but once you post, that's it for that week. Post as a reply to this post. We'll do a new one each week. Be honest. It's only for fun. Lets keep the scores coming in and lets keep ourselves ready for when we can shoot together again. See more

21.01.2022 A massive thanks and shout-out to Bruce, Nigel, David M, Marcus, Mark, Stan, Geoff, and Reece for all their hard work repairing more of our targets today, and to Jan for cleaning in the club rooms with help from David A and Alan C. Great effort from everyone that is very greatly appreciated. Oh.... and a special mention to Remy for his foreman... or should I say "foredog" duties in keeping all the workers under control.

21.01.2022 Don't forget to get your scores in for this week's indoor. You have till tomorrow night for this week then we go again. Results are being posted on AD here. https://www.archersdiary.com/ViewResults.aspx

19.01.2022 **IMPORTANT MEMBER INFORMATION** You should receive an email outlining our updated "Return to Play" guidelines for the the Club to re-open this Sunday. If you do not receive an email today, could you please send a message and we will make sure you do receive that email. Registration is open for Sunday and Monday for the 2 hour practice timeslots, with more days added soon. The link to register is :... https://dva.tidyhq.com/public/schedule/events We look forward to seeing you back at the Club soon!

18.01.2022 Sadly we were informed today of the passing away of previous member Rob Wallace-White. Rob was a great shooter who also represented Victoria competing at State and National events. Our condolences to his family and friends.

18.01.2022 MORE INFO ON BOOKINGS Seems there are some misunderstandings regarding the bookings. a) If you book a time your time starts at that time. So lets say you book 11-1. Your 2 hour time starts at 11 regardless of what time you arrive. If you arrive at 12:50, you have 10 minutes to unpack, shoot, packup and leave. ... You don't get 2 hours from what ever time you start shooting. b) You can not be on the range before or after your allocated time. So you can not arrive at 10:30. Unpack and then stand around till 11. Also you must be packed up and GONE by the time your session finishes. So if you are booked in till 1pm do not shoot your last arrows at 1pm and then start to leave. This is not a friendly reminder, this is a requirement to shoot at the club until further notice. - Club President.

18.01.2022 Congratulations to our very own Mark Slade for his Grand Prix win!

17.01.2022 Congratulations to our very own Caitlin Howden for her Grand Prix Championship for 2019!

16.01.2022 DVA LockDown 2.0 Virtual Shoot - Week 4 From 23rd August till September 6th 10pm shoot an indoor round. - LAST WEEK AND THIS COMING WEEK SCORES CAN BE USED 30 arrows Inner 10 for compound. (big ten for recurve and barebows) 9.3mm arrow size limit (all bow types)... We're aiming for a short range and a long range. 14m and under: Short Range 15m+: Long Range 40cm target preferred but you can use smaller (or bigger) but let us know. You can shoot multiple distances and multiple bow types in a week. (so you can enter a barebow round and a compound round for example. And you can enter a short round and a long round) Let us know Your bow make, model and Type If you are adult or under 18 Club Score Distance shot Post a picture of your target face, or you shooting, or your bow. (or nothing) You can shoot it multiple times and post your best score, but once you post, that's it for that week. Post as a reply to this post. We'll do a new one each week. Be honest. It's only for fun. Lets keep the scores coming in and lets keep ourselves ready for when we can shoot together again. See more

16.01.2022 DVA LockDown 2.0 Virtual Shoot - Week 3 From today till August the 16th 10pm shoot an indoor round. 30 arrows - NOTE LESS ARROWS THIS WEEK. Inner 10 for compound. (big ten for recurve and barebows) 9.3mm arrow size limit (all bow types)... We're aiming for a short range and a long range. 14m and under: Short Range 15m+: Long Range 40cm target preferred but you can use smaller (or bigger) but let us know. You can shoot multiple distances and multiple bow types in a week. (so you can enter a barebow round and a compound round for example. And you can enter a short round and a long round) Let us know Your bow make, model and Type If you are adult or under 18 Club Score Distance shot Post a picture of your target face, or you shooting, or your bow. (or nothing) You can shoot it multiple times and post your best score, but once you post, that's it for that week. Post as a reply to this post. We'll do a new one each week. Be honest. It's only for fun. Lets keep the scores coming in and lets keep ourselves ready for when we can shoot together again. See more

15.01.2022 MEMBER UPDATE Some exciting news .... from tomorrrow Sun 29 Nov, attendance caps have been raised to 50 on the outdoor target range, and 50 on the Field Course. Masks are no longer require outdoors as long at social distancing of 1.5m can be adhered to. Session registration and time limits on the outdoor range and field course will no longer apply. You will have to check-in however under the new attendance requirements. Our Indoor Range and Club rooms [including the to...ilet] will also be open for use [the kitchen will not be available, and there will be no tea and coffee provided, hot water will be accessible]. The vending machine will still be available. Masks are compulsory in the clubrooms and indoor range except when you are actively eating drinking or shooting your bow. Shooting in the Indoor range is limited to 6 people at a time, to adhere to the 1.5m distance requirement on the shooting line, so over peak use periods of the weekend and evenings, you will need to register to shoot. The indoor range will resume 24 hour access, outside the peak periods you do not need to register for a session to shoot. https://dva.tidyhq.com/public/schedule/events From tomorrow, there is also a new attendance system for the Club via the scanning of a QR code. This is MANDATORY for every time that you visit the club. Full details of all the updated return to play guidelines and the new attendance requirements can be found in the email sent to all current financial members. If you did not receive the email, please let us know. If you have any questions at all, after you have read the email, please do not hesitate to get in touch !

15.01.2022 Wishing all the DVA dad's and their families a very Happy Fathers Day

13.01.2022 Some long awaited news ... the Field Course is open from tomorrow Sun 22 Nov As with the target range, you MUST register in a session to shoot. There are specific conditions you must adhere to, hopefully these restrictions may be eased tomorrow. There will be further information on any changes advised as it comes to hand. For our newer members, you must be qualified and have completed a Field Intro session to be able to shoot the Field Course.... Registration for the Field tomorrow can be found at the following link. More sessions will be added tomorrow : https://dva.tidyhq.com//32119-field-practice-sessions-sun- Shooting instructions for the Field are as follows : *You MUST start on Target 1 *You MUST arrive at the Club to shoot your session ON TIME *Max 10 people per session *Max 2 archers per target *Shoot 1 up at each target *You must wear a mask at all times, except when actively shooting *Each archer to pull their own arrows *Social distancing of 1.5m must be adhered to at all times *Please carry your own supply of hand sanitizer for your personal use *We are in snake season so please take care and carry a snake bite kit *Please bring and carry sufficient water - access to the Club rooms is not permitted *There are no toilet facilities available

12.01.2022 Great news .... we have now been given clearance by Nillumbik Shire Council to return to the Club. However, before we can there is maintenance work to be done, therefore we are holding a working bee on Sat 7 November, with a plan to be able to resume shooting on Sun 8 November, for members only with a cap of 10 people at any time. Our return to shooting has some very strict conditions in place, and an email with all the full details together with our updated Return to Play d...ocument will emailed to the membership base within the next 24 hours. It is important that everyone read and understand these conditions. As we have a number cap for the working bee, if you are able to come and assist, you must register to do so at the following link. Each person must register separately, for contact tracing as per DHHS and Council requirements. https://dva.tidyhq.com//schedule/events/31673-working-bee- The working bee will be from 12:00 midday and should only take a few hours. For shooting practice - we will be operating as we did when we were able to re-open last time, with 2 hour practice sessions. Registration for these sessions will also be published in the next 24 hours, and instructions on what to do, and a link for the registrations will be provided. The Committee thanks you for your patience whilst we have been working to get the Club re-opened. *** IMPORTANT NOTE - please remember that currently the 25km distance rule is still in force, so if you live further than 25km from the Club, please do not attend the Club until this restriction has been lifted ***

12.01.2022 The Indoor Range and club rooms are ready to go tomorrow. The Indoor Range is set up to adhere with 1.5m social distancing. The target faces are spaced 1.5m so please do not move them. If replacing faces when shot out, ensure you put new faces in the same places. Do not move the cones as these are also placed for adherence to the 1.5m distancing. In the Club rooms, the tables and chairs are also set up for social distancing, so again please do not move them.... Please remember the kitchen is not available, and please wipe all surfaces after yourself including the bathroom. Antiseptic wipes have been placed in the bathroom, club room and indoor range .

12.01.2022 Congratulations to DVA's very own Lucy on her Grand Prix win!

12.01.2022 Further to the post from AV earlier today, please be patient for a little while longer. We are not able to reopen immediately ~ we need to wait on further advice from AV, as well as having our COVID plan that has been submitted to Nillumbik Council approved before we can head back to the Club. As soon as we have further updates and advices we will let you know. DVA Committee

11.01.2022 Congratulations again to DVA's Jackson Hurley, Myffy Howden, Caitlin Howden and Harri Howden for all your fabulous effort in making the team.

10.01.2022 IMPORTANT REMINDER to ask you to scan the QR codes EVERY time you visit the Club. Please fill in your FULL NAME and all the required fields on the check-in page. All thus information could be required for contact tracing, and is also a requirement for Nillumbik Shire Council. If you register for an Indoor shooting time, we ask that you also scan the QR codes, as this will be our primary registration system going forward. Thank you!

08.01.2022 Our Indoor Archers made the World Archery Indoor World Cup page today.

08.01.2022 Further to our previous posts, we are still waiting on confirmation from Nillumbik Council, and will let you know our opening up timeline as soon as we hear. Thank you for patience

07.01.2022 DVA is slowly starting to get back to "normal" ~ at last! Saturday League - is back! From this Saturday we will be starting back from10am. Register your round as you did pre-COVID on Archers Diary. Your will still need to scan in your attendance at the Club via the QR code as well. Also please remember for scoring on iscoredtoday, if you have not yet updated your app [as per information sent several months ago], uninstall the current app and download the new version which sh...ould be version 3.! New memberships - we are now once again taking new memberships. For those that enquired earlier this year, you should have received an email or FB message advising of 2 information sessions we have coming up on Sat 12 and Sat 19 Dec at 3:30pm. If you have not received an email/message please contact us via FB Messenger or email [email protected] for further information. Please note that new members MUST have their own archery gear. **Note - These 2 sessions are NOT Come N Try or beginner sessions. Further information is still to come on the recommencement of the Come N Try sessions in 2021, so stay tuned.

06.01.2022 Some moves to practice in lockdown ... on your own or with your family. At least these archers are (almost) practising social distancing, their measurements might not be accurate. Stay safe everyone.

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03.01.2022 Our very own Myffy Howden in the spotlight today. Congratulations on all your achievements and on making the State Team once again. The Club is very proud to have you as one of its members.

02.01.2022 We're saddened to hear of the passing of Jo Mufale, mum to junior member Sam Mufale. Our condolences and thoughts to Jo's family Santo, Sam, Will & Alex.

02.01.2022 ** Information for DVA Members : Following the announcements earlier this week from the VIC Government, we have also received the guidelines for opening up from Archery VIC, and as advised previously our COVID plan has been lodged with Nillumbik Shire Council. We are waiting on confirmation from the Council allowing us to re-open, along with any specific requirements that they may have, but until we receive the OK we must remain patient.... You may see that some other Clubs are opening this weekend, please be considerate to the fact that all Councils have different processes and some may work faster than others. Nillumbik have advised that they have a large number of community sporting venues which they are inspecting, to ensure that the COVID plan lodged by each of those clubs is adequate to the Club and venue. The Council have also advised that there may be delays, and to be patient. Once we are cleared, a working bee will be required before any attendance and shooting can occur, but please be assured that we will be working hard to get the Club up and running as soon as we possibly can. With thanks, DVA Committee