Vale Lynette Eagles 1951 – 2023

 

Lynette Eagles was a Life Member and former President of Mount Petrie Bowmen.  She served two terms as President, 1985 – 1986 and 1988 – 1989.

Lynette’s life in archery commenced in the early 1970s.  She started retailing archery gear from her home at Sunnybank Hills before starting a mobile service in a small white Escort van.  During this time she was heavily involved with the organisation of the archery competition for the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games. Legend has it that the night before the archery competition she had her father doing electrical work and her mother, brother, sister-in-law and her husband Peter setting out targets, score boards and other last minute activities.  They don’t do it like that anymore!

Lynette opened her archery retail business, Eagle Archery, at Springwood, in the late 1980s.  The Escort van was superseded by a much larger van and Lynette took it all over Queensland and Western NSW, wherever there was an archery competition.  Lynette later moved Eagle Archery to Underwood.  During this time she was honoured with an award from bow brand Matthews, as their No 1 retail dealer in the world outside the USA.  Many longstanding MPB members will remember Eagle Archery well.

In addition to being MPB Club President for two terms, Lynette was very active in coaching and was largely responsible for the first MPB Constitution, which was a necessary precursor to the Club’s move to incorporation in 1988.  In 1985 Lynette took the Australian archery team to Seoul, Korea, as Assistant Coach.

Lynette was widely travelled, including to the North Pole, and she was especially well regarded on Norfolk Island where she had a hand in the establishment  of the Norfolk Island Archery Association in 1997.

In 2016 Lynette and Peter closed Eagle Archery and retired to Biloela where she continued a modest retail operation.  Lynette passed away on 15 November 2023.

*SQAS Team – 1982 National Championship & Commonwealth Games Selection

Back L to R – Trevor Clark, Michael Hennessy, Bernie Adams, Geoff Burnell—Jones, unknown junior

Front L to R – Carole Toy, Shirley Chessher, Terry Donovan, Lynette Eagles

2022 Christmas Party

For more photos from the day, go to the ALBUMS page of the MPB website. 

There was a record turnout for the fun shoots and party.

Club trophies for 2022 were presented and the recipient of the 2023 Terry Donovan Archery Scholarship was announced – Dave Molina. Congratulations Dave. The Terry Donovan Archery Scholarship is awarded to a member who has participated in Club and State level shoots and made a voluntary contribution to the Club. It allows for reimbursement or waiving of certain fees over one year.

The Mount Petrie Bowmen commemorative medallion and certificate was presented to members who have maintained full membership of the Club and Archery Australia (AA) for a continuous period of five years.  A full list recipients is on the website – look under MEMBERSHIP.

2022 Club Trophy Champions

Saturday Tanah Shield Handicap	1st 2nd 3rd	John Waller Kerry Cheras Hannah Felton
Divisional Champion	Recurve U21 Women Longbow Open Women Compound 60+ Women Compound 60+ Men	Lara Bezzina Hannah Felton Kerry Cheras David Richter
Overall Discipline Champion	Target Indoor Field Clout	Michael Symons Michael Symons Kerry Cheras Kerry Cheras
Evening Indoor	1st 2nd 3rd	Glenn Dawe Colleen McPhee Keith Frewin
Overall Club Champion	1st 2nd 3rd	Kerry Cheras David Richter John Waller
Most Improved		Colleen McPhee
Encouragement Award (Shared)		William Lombard Haleema Stevens

2021 Christmas Party

For more photos from the day, go to the ALBUMS page of the MPB website. 

Lots of fun and games and good food at the MPB Christmas party.   Many thanks to all the helpers for mucking in and helping with the set-up and tidying up afterwards.  Even the loos ‘sparkled’.

We played archery games –  ‘archery golf’ and ‘highlander’, and sat down to a great hot lunch.  Club trophies for 2021 were presented and the recipient of the 2022 Terry Donovan Archery Scholarship was announced – Mark Stelzl.  Congratulations Mark.  The Terry Donovan Archery Scholarship is awarded to a member who has participated in Club and State level shoots and made a voluntary contribution to the Club.  It allows for reimbursement or waiving of certain fees over one year.

 

2021 Club Trophy Winners

Saturday Tanah Shield Handicap	1st 2nd 3rd	John Waller Bevelyn Hewlett Kerry Cheras
Overall Divisional Champion	Male Recurve Veteran Female Compound Veteran Male Compound Veteran Female Longbow Cadet Female Recurve	Hugh Turner Kerry Cheras John Waller Bevelyn Hewlett Lara Bezzina
Overall Discipline Champion	Target Indoor Field Clout	Michael Symons Bevelyn Hewlett Jarryd Greitschus Kerry Cheras
Evening Indoor	1st 2nd 3rd	Gary Woodward Keith Frewin Michael Symons
Overall Club Champion	1st 2nd 3rd	Kerry Cheras Lara Bezzina John Waller
Most Improved		Rosemary Tan
Encouragement Award (Shared)		Amber Herriot Sarah-Jane Herriot

Chronicles of ‘Cuddles’ the Coronasaurus

In the era BC (before COVID), Mount Petrie Bowmen welcomed an unnerving new member who, sadly, was nameless.

After some intensive research, our resident taxonomist, Sir Charles Astbury, provided the following taxonomical classification reference.

“Coronasaurus Frewinius, common name ‘Cuddles’, is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur that lived 155 to 145 million years ago during the late Jurassic period. The name “Coronasaurus” means “virus lizard” alluding to the unique respiratory dysfunction that was prevalent (at the time of its discovery). It is derived from the Latin ‘coronus’ meaning dysfunctional and ‘frewini’ meaning low scoring.

The first fossil remains that could definitively be ascribed to this genus were described in 2020 by distinguished paleontologist and archer, Lord Keith Frewin.

“As one of the least well-known theropod dinosaurs,” Lord Keith is reported as having said, “it has long attracted attention within archery circles for its unique self-healing properties.”

Coronasaurus was a small bipedal predator. Its mid-section was equipped with a self-healing zone that, had it showed evidence of more puncture wounds, may have led to an alternate classification Coronasaurus Worthius from the Latin  ‘worthi’, to score high.”

Ref, C Astbury (Sir), Journal of Unusual Dinosaurs, MPB, 2020

Not withstanding her eccentric social behaviours (if anyone knows the whereabouts of the junior member last seen sharing a butt with Cuddles, please let us know), with time, Cuddles came to be regarded affectionately by some Club members of similar vintage.

Regrettably, some people from an archery establishment in the UK, purporting to be from Merlin Archery, attempted to downplay Cuddles’ paleontological significance by putting forward a ridiculously fake imitation.

While this briefly derailed Cuddles’ credibility with the membership, she was soon back on her feet, with some assistance.

Cuddles is now a valued member of the Mount Petrie Bowmen community and fully co-operates with mandated COVIDSafe strategies.

Recently, Cuddles played a central role in a significant annual event on the MPB calendar – the Donna Miles Memorial Shoot.

Now, definitive proof of the real reason the dinosaurs died out.

Donna Miles Memorial Shoot

On August 10th we remembered late member Donna Miles with a longbow mini clout fun shoot followed by a 36 scored shoot, also using longbows and wood arrows.  There were two divisions for the target shoot – longbow owners who shot at 30m, and ‘the rest’, who shot at 20m.  Winners of each division received a $50.00 voucher from Abbey Archery.  Many thanks to Abbey Archery for their support.  Also, many thanks to Bevelyn who catered a sumptuous afternoon tea for the occasion, and to Keith and Paul who masterminded the shoot. There are photos from the shoot on the MPB Facebook Page.

Lara & Jaymie Selected for 2019 Trans Tasman Team

Congratulations to Lara Bezzina and Jaymie Wood who will be travelling to Auckland, NZ this July as members of the Australian Trans Tasman Challenge Team. Don’t forget your thermals girls.

Mustang Owners Club Qld

The Mustang Owner’s Club made MPB their week-end drive destination on a beautiful Sunday morning in May.  We had 11 immaculate Mustangs of varying vintage in the car park.  One junior member needed a brown paper bag to breathe into after getting the chance to drive one of the cars from the outer to the inner car park. Get in touch if you want to know more about an event for your organisation, family, friends or social group.

Terry Donovan Awarded Order of Australia

Longstanding senior MPB member Terry Donovan, was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2018 Australia Day Honours List. Terry represented Australia at the Olympics three times and has contributed extensively to the development of the sport in Queensland over 40 years. Read the citation submitted with Terry’s nomination.