Helpful Members

The members on this list are notable for their skills and knowledge. If there’s something you want to know or need help with, one of these people can either help you directly, or at least set you on the right path. Whether it’s picking up some maintenance skills, or equipment purchasing recommendations, there’s a veritable brains trust for you to consult if you wish.

In addition to help with your own equipment, there may be times you need to report an issue or problem around the club. Browse the list below for a key member that can assist with whatever problem it is.

 

Member Ask me about…
Vincent Chau
  • The club in general (member since 2010 and current President)
  • Teaching form and technique (Level 2 Coach):
    • Olympic Recurve
    • Asiatic archery
      • Studying Gao Ying Ming Dynasty style
      • Manchu/Qing archery
  • Your equipment:
    • Recurve bow setup and tuning
    • Crafting cylindrical thumb rings from wood
    • Recurve bow string construction and maintenance
    • Arrow construction and maintenance
  • The club’s equipment:
    • Club bow and arrow maintenance
    • Target maintenance
Irene Moser
  • The club in general (Committee Member)
  • Scoring:
    • Irene is the Club Recorder and records scores for all members
    • Wrote the club’s online scoring system and database
  • Competitions:
    • Organises the shooting calendar used for our social shoots
    • Organises the Club Championship
    • Organises our annual tournament, the Whitehorse Trophy
  • Teaching form and technique (Level 2 Coach):
    • Olympic Recurve bow setup and tuning
  • Your equipment:
    • Recurve bow string construction and maintenance
    • Arrow construction and maintenance
Leonie Chevalier
  • Beginners Courses
  • Teaching form and technique (Level 2 Coach)
    • Olympic Recurve
  • Your equipment:
    • Arrow construction and maintenance
    • Recurve bow tuning
Michael Q
  • Teaching form and technique (Level 1 Coach):
    • Left-hand Olympic Recurve archer
    • Right-hand Compound archer
    • Further development and going to tournaments
  • Your equipment
    • Bow setup and tuning for recurve and compound
  • Fee payments and other transactions as the club’s Treasurer.
Michael Reilly
  • Social Network (Facebook) posts and updates.
  • Send him your favourite archery photos for him to post on our feed!
Rina Kouch
  • Teaching form and technique (Level 1 Coach)
    • Compound
    • English Longbow
    • Asiatic archery
      • Kyudo
      • Manchu/Qing
    • Aiming techniques that don’t use a sight
  • Biomechanics and muscle use in Archery
  • Social Network (Instagram) photos and stories
Archie Kaan
  • Teaching form and technique (Retired Level 3 Coach):
    • Olympic Recurve
    • Compound
    • Further development and going to tournaments
Lea Fleming
  • Compound Bow Setup
  • Fletching Arrows