Sandune Archery Club
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NEW PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
I would like to Thank all the members that supported us in 2009 and I’m really looking forward to leading the club to being the BEST archery club to visit, shoot at and be a member of.

I would like to Thank Dan Grinolds for his outstanding services and dedication of his time that he has given to Sandune Archery Club as President. THANK YOU!

Welcome to our website and we hope that you will come and visit with us. For our visitors from out of town, we would love for you to bring your bow and enjoy the range. Maybe even participate in one of our events.

As we proceed into the year 2010 I pray that the Lord blesses you and your families. We live in a great country and it is because of our fore fathers that asked Him to bless this country

Genuine Kindness goes a long way and for some reason there is a lot of artificial kindness going around in the country, whether it’s for personnel gratification or being politically correct, I am not sure. But the reason I have mention this because in this sport of archery you will meet people that are genuine. I have shot at a lot of events in the South Eastern region of the USA and for some reason archers seem to stand out with their kind gestures and willingness to help. I have found that the competiveness level is just as strong as any other sport, but we, archers, tend to help our competitors improve on their game, even in competition and against you. Archers don’t seem to think of themselves much when they see that someone is struggling or their having equipment problems. I have seen and been on the down side at a National event in Virginia and my bow broke. An archer that I had just met TOLD me to go set up his spare bow and shoot the tournament. I ask if he wanted me to leave him some money or something and he seemed to be puzzled that I would offer such a thing. He said to me “set it up, have a great shoot, you know where my truck is at.” I did have a wonderful time and my weekend was saved by an archer that saw someone disappointed and without any reservation came to help out. I hope I have returned that favor to other archers and that those archers will do the same. Archers are great people, not that everyone else is bad, it just seems that as a whole it is GENUINE KINDNESS and I hope that it continues to grow. So come on out to the range and have fun.

Don’t know how to get started; we can help put you on target to having fun and meeting terrific folks. Everybody has to start the beginning and you go as far as you want to, shoot for your own wellbeing and be as competitive as you want, it’s all up to you. Oh I forgot to mention Archer love to have fun and a sense of humor goes along way as they WILL bust your chops at times.Let’s go shoot a round.

Bobby Flores
President, Sandune Archery Club
Congratulations to our 2009 Shooter of the Year: Jerry Williams (right) and our Members of the Year: Dick & Janice Helms (center), at the Christmas party with our club president Dan Grinolds (left).

HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE RANGE LATELY?
How about the new building!

Our new building is a donation from a club member and his company. The siding was donated by another member and we are working on getting electricity run to the building. It is a work in progress. Thanks to those who have helped.


SALE and/or TRADE

Do you have any used archery equipment or bows that you would like to sell or donate to the club, let us know. With new members and people wanting to give archery a try it would be nice if they could start out with some equipment that would be cost effective to them. If you have something to submit, please email Jackie Sheads, jsheads@gmail.com.
CLUB MEETINGS

Club meetings are the second Tuesday of every month at the range -- in the Socastee Recreation building inside the park. Check the calendar for exact dates.

HELP US !!!

Please help us to keep our range and practice area clean. We have trash cans in the area. If you bring targets to shoot, take them with you, pick up shredded pieces and put it in the trash can. Cardboard or paper targets don't need to be left out to litter the practice range as they become wet and start to come to pieces and cigarette butts should NOT be thrown on the ground. Lets take pride and care of our range.
TRADITIONAL SHOOTERS

Do you like to shoot Traditional style? Well John Hammond a member of our club has asked if we could have a Traditional style shooting group as part of Sandune Archery Club. This sounds like a great way to expand our mission of promoting archery in our community. The details and a discussion need to be put in place, so that we can get this started. Call John @ 340-4402 and talk to him on what he has in mind and we will schedule a meeting to implement this shooting group.