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…
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…
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 – …
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…
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…
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.
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….
In January, Mount Petrie Bowmen proudly hosted the 2019 Para & VI National Championships. This was a first for the Club. 22 competitors were shooting for selection as Australian representatives at international events, or just to achieve a personal best, enjoy the experience, and catch up with friends. We are excited to announce that Mount…
We were lucky enough to have a group of wonderful and talented archers from Chinese Taipei come and visit us in September at Mount Petrie Bowman as part of a Matchplay invitation. Seen here are Steve Jacobs, Jo Jo, James Gaze, Astin Darcy, Laura Paeglis, Alec Potts, Ryan Tyack, Taylor Worth, Chloe Grabs, Alice Ingley,…
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.
