Please join us next week on Tuesday, November 26th for our AGM after a quick monthly meeting.

Please find the upcoming AGM agenda in the following link.  This agenda has been mailed out to members already but it is also here for reference.

Our Annual General Meeting is quickly approaching and set for November
26th 2024. We will have a short General Meeting starting at 7:30 pm
with the AGM beginning at 8:00 pm.

Attached are the motions that will be discussed at the AGM. Your voice
is important to guide these discussions and I encourage you all to
attend. The decisions made at the AGM, by the Members in attendance to
vote, are final. Be part of the process.
In addition to the motions, we will also be filling all of the Director
positions, several of which will be vacant. Descriptions of the
responsibilities of the Director roles are located on our Website.
Please take a look, if you are interested.

Positions we know will be vacant include - Target Director. The
remaining Director positions, including president , Vice President
,maintenance, secretary, 3D, Kitchen, JOP, Family Night, Communication,
Special Events, Membership, Director-at-Large, and Treasure will be
acclaimed by the current Director, unless a Nomination from the floor
and a Vote is required.

Thank you and I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on
November 26th.
Cody Kowaliuk
President
Cowichan Bowmen Archery Club

Good evening Cowichan Bowmen,

Do you like shooting indoors in the winter when it's nice and warm?  To help out with that please join us in filling the wood stocks for the year.  We will be hosting a firewood work party on October 19^th.  We will start at 8:30 AM and go until we finish, which is usually around two or three o'clock.  If you have chainsaws or splitting axes that you can bring to help out we would greatly appreciate that. If not we would love to have people to help stack and pack firewood into place.  Hot lunch will be provided and we greatly appreciate any and all help that you can offer.

I hope to see you out there!

Hello Bowmen!  I have an important message from our club President:

Good evening members. We are fast approaching our AGM on November 26th. I would like to ask if there are any motions you would like to put forward, we will need to have those emailed to me before October 20^th. My email is president@cowichanbowmen.com. 

Thank you,

President Cody Kowaliuk

Good evening Bowmen,

The leaves are beginning to fall and the weather is changing.  It's almost time for our annual Harvest Moon 3D shoot.  If the Hell Hole was any indication this summer, we hope to have more people attend our yearly fall 3D shoot.  We are excited to host this event once again and to do so we need your help.

We will be holding a work party on Saturday, September 21^st from 9am to 2pm. Please bring a pair of work gloves and be ready to have our 3D director Lindsay direct you on what needs to be done in preparation for the shoot.  Lunch will be provided.

Any time you can spare will be greatly appreciated as this work party can be accomplished quite quickly with many hands.  It's also a great way to get to know other members and talk about archery/hunting while contributing to your club.  Another benefit of attending work parties is that for every work party or volunteer function attended you will receive a reduction on your annual membership fees.

Please join us on Saturday September 21st from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM in preparation before our harvest moon 3D shoot.

Thank you and have a good evening!

Here is a link to our Summer 2024 Newsletter!

Good evening members!

Family night will be closing down for two weeks!  It will be shut down next week while the clubhouse is closed for maintenance and will be also shut down from September 1^st to September 10^th.   We hope to see you all back when we start up again!

Good afternoon members!

I hope you have been enjoying the summer and getting out as much as you can to shoot your bows.  We have had some wonderful weather up until very recently and it's allowed us some great opportunities to shoot outdoors.

In preparation for our fall and winter season, we will be doing some maintenance to our floor in the indoor shooting range at our club.  We will be closing the club house completely from August 26th until September 1^st.  Unfortunately this means that our restrooms will be out of Commission for one week as well because Alan our maintenance director needs the floors not to be walked on after he completes his repair of the flooring.  We appreciate your understanding of this matter and will have the clubhouse up and running as soon as possible.

Once again for clarification, the club house as well as the indoor shooting range and restrooms will be closed completely from August 26th until September 1^st.  Thank you for your cooperation in helping us with the upkeep of our clubhouse and community.

30-30/60-90 Barebow Challenge

The 30-60-90 Barebow Challenge is coming to a close. Any final shoots will be on 31 July 2024. The aim of this internal informal challenge was to give all club members who use Barebows an opportunity to meet and compete against fellow shooters, and for this it has been wonderful success. As the challenge comes to an end the scores are so close leaders could shift about very easily. The winner will be announced shortly after the submission of the final scores.

Most interesting, many times Barebow shooters from a number of different clubs enquired about the challenge, and expressed an interest in both participating or starting something similar within the own clubs. This is a most promising direction which I intend to pursue with our club’s support.

No matter how well the challenge was conducted there is always room for improvement.  I am asking for your help in suggesting how to gain greater participation from within the club from all ages and perhaps how to spread to other island clubs.

Questions? If you have questions please call Mark Baker at 250-882-3220 or at mbaker.security@gmail.com

Good afternoon Bowmen!

We will be having our monthly members meeting coming up soon on Tuesday, August 13th.  Please join us at 7:30 after Family Night ends.

We would also like to announce that the clubhouse will be closed in the last week of August to have the floors redone.  The flat field and field course will still be available during those times, but the indoor range and clubhouse will be out of commission for the week while our amazing Maintenance Director Alan fixes up our floors.

Thank you for you understanding and I hope to see you at the meeting on Tuesday, August 13th, at 7:30 pm.

Hi there!! Here is a quick message from Sara our Target Director:

Just a reminder that the field will be closed this Saturday July 20th 2024 for the day as we will be hosting our Annual Double 720 Event.

A couple things to note:

Fee:

$20 members

$25 Members

Registration & Bow Inspection: 8:00am (Please have your BC Archery number handy & Arrows marked)

Warmup 9-9:45am

Morning Round: 10am Start

Break for Lunch: Please pack your own lunch and LOTS of water as the kitchen will be closed.

After lunch start will be TBD. Depending on when we finish and how long people need to break.

We will also have a quick practice round if requested.

This event is registered both Archery Canada and World Archery

Please remember to pack a hat, sunscreen, lots of water, lunch and snacks and most importantly have a great day!

Any questions please do not hesitate to contact me:

Target@cowichanbowmen.com

Good afternoon members!  Please join us on Tuesday, July 9th for our monthly meeting!  The meeting will start at 7:30 pm after Family Night.

We hope to see you there!

Good afternoon members!  I have a quick message from Lindsay our 3D director.

"" The Annual Hell Hole 3D shoot is rapidly approaching! We are looking for donations for our raffle/prize table.  Do you have a product or service that you would look good as a door prize or raffle ticket win?  If so, we would gladly accept any donations you would be willing to pass our way.
So far we have a couple of barbecues, a pair of fishing rods, and family passes to a local tourist attraction.  If you, or someone close to you, has something you think would a prize someone would like to take home, please reach out to Lindsay: 3D@cowichanbowmen.com

Submissions end on Tuesday May 21.

Thank you very much for your support!"

Below is a small message from Mark, the creator of our 30-60-90 challenge!

30-60-90 Challenge Website Message

Introducing…..the 30-60-90 Challenge

30-60-90 Barebow Challenge

The Cowichan Bowmen Executive is pleased to announce the creation of a Barebow competition for all members of the club. It does not matter if you are a currently avid Barebow user, or you may have to dust-off your bow before you use it again. The intent of this internal challenge is to give all club members who use Barebows an opportunity to meet and compete against your fellow Barebow shooters. 

The 30-60-90 Barebow Challenge is intended to be sufficiently testing for all shooters and to require consistency, strength, mental stamina, concentration and determination, each of which is needed to succeed in the sport of archery. 

The 30-60-90 Barebow Challenge will have a deliberately simple scoring and shooting structure. 

Who can participate? All club members, regardless of age, are eligible to compete. Club shooters will be divided into two categories to ensure competitive fairness:

•   The Junior category will include those shooters up to the age of nineteen (19); and
•   The Master category will be made up of all other shooters. 

What is the challenge’s format? The 30-60-90 Barebow Challenge is an outdoor shoot at the club facilities:

•   30 meters: all shooters, regardless of age, will shoot at the range of 30 meters.  This may be an unreasonable expectation for some of the youngest shooters and rare exceptions may be granted based an obvious inability to shoot at this range;
•   60 arrows: Each round is composed of ten ends using 60 arrows (6 arrows per end) on a standard 120 cm target. The competition will require the completion of 10 score submissions of which only the best six (6) scores will be counted in the final standings;
•   90 days: This year’s competition will commence on 1 May and be complete on 31 July). All shooters must complete the required rounds within this time frame. 

How will the challenged be scored? Scorecards specifically for the 30-60-90 Barebow Challenge will be available to shooters at the box next to the main door, and completed cards will be collected and tallied. 

How will winners be recognized? The two winners will be awarded a trophy that will be displayed within the clubhouse and presented by the Club President at an appropriate time. 

Questions? If you have questions please call Mark Baker at 250-882-3220 or at mbaker.security@gmail.com

Good evening Bowmen!  I hope that this message finds you somewhere nice and warm over the winter season.

As you might have been already aware, we are approaching our first 3D shoot of the year.  In preparation for this years Safari 3D Shoot, we will be having a work party on Saturday, January 27^th.  Our 3D Director has been hard at work organizing so far and he has let us know that it can be a pretty easy and straightforward day.

We would ask for any help you can offer starting at 9:00 AM on Saturday, January 27^th.  Come on out and help set up the first shoot of the year!  It can also be a great opportunity to learn more about 3D shoots if you haven’t done so before.  Events like this are made possible by hard work from members, so come on out and help out the Cowichan Bowmen in starting their year off.

Did you know that participating in a work party or volunteering at events can reduce your yearly membership fee?  Since there has been a significant amount of snowfall recently, there will definitely be work that needs to be done for the Safari shoot. The age old cliché still stands true, many hands make light work.   We hope to see you out at the club on Saturday, January 27^th.

Good afternoon Bowmen! Due to the weather, there will be no Family Night tomorrow Thursday, January 18 2024. We will see you next week!

Good afternoon Bowmen!

The codes to the front gate and clubhouse will be changed today, Monday January 15th.  You will be receiving your new codes today via email.  Make sure to check both your main and junk mail folders to confirm you have the new codes.

Hello Bowmen Members,

Our Annual General Meeting is quickly approaching and set for November 28th, 2023.  We will have a short General Meeting starting at 7:30 pm with the AGM beginning at 8:00 pm.

Attached are the motions that will be discussed at the AGM.  Your voice is important to guide these discussions and I encourage you all to attend.  The decisions made at the AGM, by the Members in attendance to vote, are final.  Be part of the process.
In addition to the motions, we will also be filling all of the Director positions, several of which will be vacant.  Descriptions of the responsibilities of the Director roles are located on our Website.  Please take a look, if you are interested.

Positions we know will be vacant include - President, Vice-President, Hunting Director, Target Director, and Secretary.  The remaining Director positions, including 3D, Kitchen, JOP, Family Night, Communication, Special Events, Membership, Director-at-Large, and Treasure will be acclaimed by the current Director, unless a Nomination from the floor and a Vote is required.

Thank you and I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on November 28th.
Darcy Dean
President
Cowichan Bowmen Archery Club

The AGM is Approaching!

Here is a quick message from our president Darcy:
Hello Bowmen Members,
This is a "save the date" notice that our Annual General Meeting will be held on November 28th, 2023.
We will hold a short General Meeting starting at 7:30 with the AGM hopefully getting underway by 8:00pm.
A list of topics for discussion will be sent out mid October and all those present will vote on the direction we shall take.
We have several Director positions that will need to be filled as well.
Please make a note of the date and the time commitment to attend.
Your voice is important.
Thanks,
Darcy Dean
President

On top of this save the date information, I would like to add that next week is our monthly meeting at the club house. The meeting will start at 7:30 after family night ends.  
For the upcoming AGM, members are allowed to put forward motions to be voted on. In preparation for the AGM, we need to have any motions drafted and in writing before our meeting next week on the 10th of October. Any motions can be emailed to me at communications@cowichanbowmen.com.

Thank you for your time reading this and we hope to see and hear from you next week!

Good evening Bowmen juniors.  It is that time of year again to dust of those bows and get ready to come on back to the range.  Tomorrow evening our JOP coaches are inviting juniors to come out have some fun.  It will be a low key start up, going over some plans for the year as well as taking some shots and getting to know each other again.   Come and see us at 6:00 tomorrow Monday, September 11th.

Good Evening.  It has been one week since the glorious weekend we all had together at the Hell Hole.  We have a few unclaimed prizes left over that will still be claimable for the next week.  If you have any of the following prize tickets, please contact us with a picture of the ticket so we can get your prize to you.

Once again there is ONE WEEK LEFT to claim these prizes.

T shirt & Hat
14401998

Stanley Cup

14401997

River City Bow Strings Gift Pack

14401964

Coffee Percolator

14401996

Binoculars
14401963

Gift Bag
14415004

Camping Cookware
14414019

Fishing Sign
14401947

T Shirt & Hat
14401995

Garden Hose

14414057

T Shirt & Hat
14401959

Portable Emergency Radio
14414025

T Shirt & Hat
14414036

Ugly Stick Fishing Kit
14401935

The 2023 Safari Shoot was a "wild" success!!

Thank you to all who attended our first 3D shoot of the year!!

Thank you to everyone who attended!!

This year's event was a great success and we are thrilled at seeing all of the people back out again.  It's been a long time since things looked something close to "normal" and it was good to see our community back out and at it again.

A big round of thanks to our 3D director Mike and his team of tireless volunteers who helped set up the event.   As always, an event like this takes time and effort to set up so a big thanks to everyone who helped out.   We look forward to seeing you all at the next shoot!

September 21, 2022

Work Party for Harvest Moon 3D Shoot

Hello to all Cowichan Bowmen Members,

There will be a work party on Saturday October 1, 2022 at 9:00am to setup for the Harvest Moon 3D Shoot the next day. If you can come out and give us a hand for part of your day, it will be appreciated.

Thank-you,
Cowichan Bowmen Archery Club

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September 21, 2022

Harvest Moon 3D Shoot
Everyone Welcome!

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June 6, 2022

Hello Bowmen Members,

The Hell Hole is done for the year. I want to send out my special thanks to Mike, Barry, and Lindsay for building an exceptional course, loved by all that shot in the mud, rain, and even some sunshine. Amanda and her team of awesome girls keeping the kitchen ready to roll, and Sara for building a fantastic prize table for all to enjoy. All of the other volunteers who put in their time to help out also deserve a hand - nice job, everyone.

Attendance at the shoot was, well, poor. Less than half what we were expecting each day. The rain made a huge impact - but only on our local shooters. Shooters from Port Alberni, Victoria, Parksville, Cambell River, Vancouver, Burnaby, Courtenay, and two from Calgary, Alberta made up over 85% of attendees. Not sure what that means, but it certainly was notable.

Congratulations to Robert Berry on the $122.50 50/50 win on Saturday and Robert Cowley on the $92.00 50/50 win on Sunday.

We also have a list of prizes yet to be claimed. If you have the following ticket #'s get in touch with me at president@cowichanbowmen.com and I'll arrange whatever needs arranging.

Ticket holders have until June 30th to contact us and after that - the prizes will be set aside for the Harvest Moon shoot in the fall.

Ticket # 3024060 - Bowtech hat
Ticket # 3024070 - Elk Call Kit
Ticket # 3024027 - Shockey T-shirt
Ticket # 3024092 - Deer Call Kit
Ticket # 3024082 - small First Aid Kit
Ticket # 3024103 - Gloves
Ticket # 3024057 - Lee Leather Tablet Holder
Ticket # 3024033 - Easton Arrow Lube
Ticket # 3024036 - Target Bag
Ticket # 3024091 - Yeti hat
Ticket # 3024104 - Large First Aid Kit

Thanks, everyone for coming and we will hopefully see you again next year or maybe in the fall.

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July 2, 2022

General Meeting July 5, 2022

The next monthly general meeting will be held on Tuesday July 5, 2022 at 7:30pm at the Cowichan Bowmen Archery Club.

All members are welcome to attend and help shape the direction of their club.

Download
June 14, 2022 Minutes
July 5, 2022 Agenda

Thank-you and see you there!
Cowichan Bowmen Archery Club

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ATTENTION! - All Cowichan Bowmen Archery Club Members

The club has been notified by the owners of the land that surround the Cowichan Bowmen Archery Club that their electric fence is active and turned on to it's maximum setting.

DO NOT TOUCH or come in contact with this fence as it could cause you or others that are in your care such as children or animals serious harm. This fence is designed to repel Elk which are large animals so please be careful and stay clear of the fence.