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S.C.A.C.
was formed in 1966 with an original membership of 23. The founder
members now mostly just names in a dusty register, are
supplemented by some who will be remembered via club trophies such
as the 'Ray Bent', 'Porter Nominated', 'Jim Norris' and 'Michael
Buesden' to name but a few.
The club now boasts a healthy membership of around 60 members, ranging
from the not so young (our oldest member is in his eighties) to
a thriving and growing sextion junior section.
Grounds
S.C.A.C. used to use both Rectory Park and Sutton Coldfield
Rugby
Football Club as their grounds until 1972 when it moved to the
Spartans Rugby Ground. In 1984 the club transferred back to S.C.R.F.C.
along with the, by then a well travelled shed, and we are still
here today, but with a much newer and bigger shed.
Membership
Membership started at 23 and has never been larger exceeding
60 of which about 40 shoot at least once a week.<br>
The club records register contains the names of once junior archers
who used to represent the county and country. These juniors, although
not part of the founder group joined with their families, and set
a trend of encouraging parents to join which continues to this day.
A number of senior members regularly shot away at competitions,
inter-club shoots, and open county and national events. At present
we can boast a handful of juniors who have shot successfully at
the National Championships as well as being county champions.
Sadly, the seniors are still trying to change this aged-old tradition
of the juniors bringing home the medals.
Fundraising
In its 39 year history S.C.A.C. has only been awarded two grants.
The first in 1988 was from Birmingham Sports Council and more
recently from Sutton Coldfield Municipal charities. S.C.A.C. was
the first archery club to apply for a grant in the four hundred
years the charity has been in existence.These thirty nine years
have witnessed the birth, development, consolidation and evolution
of the club. The club will only now go from strength to strength
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