Junior Representative

An update from Rose (Junior Rep)

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An update from Rose (Junior Rep)

“Firstly I would like to apologise for the delay in the first newsletter but it’s almost complete and will be posted out shortly.

The delay came following a number of contacts made and we just wanted to make sure I have absolutely covered all aspects from a safeguarding viewpoint.

I am pleased to say that with my mum’s help I have been in communication with the AGB safeguarding team and I have also attended my first AGB webinar representing you all as it was specifically about juniors and what clubs etc might do to communicate better but also to find out what we want and have our views represented. So, the newsletter is late I have been doing some bits of work for you.

Once the letter has landed and I will send an electronic copy to the webmaster to be accessed from the NCAS website for those who don’t receive it, if you have anything you want to ask or suggest for the next newsletter please do let me know and I do appreciate Pat’s kind allowance of the secretary email to allow messages to be passed on.

With lockdown easing I hope to see some of you soon.”

Rose Sharpe
NCAS Junior Rep

A Message from Rose Sharpe, our new NCAS Junior Rep

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A Message from Rose Sharpe, our new NCAS Junior Rep

Hello,

I would like to take the opportunity to introduce myself though I do know some of you.

My name is Rose Sharpe and I am the new NCAS junior representative.

Who am I?

I am a member of Wellingborough Open Archery Club and the junior ambassador at Aim4sport.

I started shooting in 2017 and enjoy shooting competitions. I am proud to have been able to represent the county on a number of occasions and I train regularly to let me do that to my best ability and for the last 2 years I have been on the National Talent Development Programme.

I know some of you but I am pretty sure there are some juniors in the county I have never met.

Why did I choose to be your junior representative?

I became aware that as my brother was stepping down from the role and no one had come forward that the role would be empty.

I think it’s important that we have a way to make our opinions heard within the county meetings and felt it was important someone did the role.

But to do that, I need your help.

I can’t represent you if you don’t let me know what you want talking about.

So the first thing I did was ask the committee how I could communicate with you better.

As juniors we can’t all provide an email address as safeguarding is always the most important thing. At the moment we have to hope the adults see things and pass them on but everyone is busy and things get missed.

So the county have agreed that I can produce a newsletter and they will have it checked, printed and posted to allow you to get it directly.

To be honest it’s nice to get a little something in the post too.

So what I need you and your adult to do is drop a message to Pat Jones as county secretary to confirm that your adult is happy for us to send you my newsletters, if those who don’t want one let her know too that would also be great as then we don’t have to worry that you didn’t get this message we know you saw it and don’t want to receive one.

So that’s who I am, I hope to meet you all soon as we try and get a little normal back with 2020 having been a strange year.

And if you can just ask your adult to message Pat at: secretary@ncasarchery.org.uk

To let us know if you would or would not be happy to receive post from me.

If you could let her have your postal address too that would be great.

See you all soon

Rose Sharpe

A Message from Junior Rep

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Hi, I just wanted to say hello and I hope you are all staying safe.

It’s a strange time for us all being at home from school and trying to keep up with school work, fitness and shooting.

In our house we are very lucky to have a boss at home to help us keep up technique practise and arrow count.

We also have access to our coaches via online coaching.

If you can’t shoot at home but want to try and keep in shape ready for when this is all over – clingy bands, bow drills and general strength and conditioning will all help.

There are lots of resources available on the internet or you could contact your club coaches with the help of your responsible adults.

For those of you who should be sitting exams and now won’t be able to put your hard work to use, or year 6 students who may miss out on those leavers experiences that mark you goodbyes to friends and teachers as you move on.
You are still awesome and the strange situation we find ourselves in doesn’t change any of that.

If you want to get in touch with me for anything please ask your adults to message via my mum at:treasurer@woac.co.uk

Please do remember your internet safety as many of us are using technology more at the moment than we might do normally.

Hope to see you all back out on a range soon.

Take care and stay safe.

Jack Sharpe
NCAS Junior Rep

Message from County Junior Rep

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Message from County Junior Rep

Hi everyone, just wanted to say I hope you all had a great Christmas break.

I think we have probably all had our first days back at school and now it feels like ages since I was at home away from it all!

For me it included a birthday that saw me move up in categories to under 16 so new challenges ahead, but I started to prep for this so hopefully that will all come together for the outdoor season.

I wish you all lots of luck with your plans for 2020 and remember to shout me if you think I might be able to help get the junior voices heard.

My mum asked me to sit down and think about the last year as it wasn’t all good with another injury taking the large part of my outdoor season for the second year running.

She was right, when I thought about it, it wasn’t all bad. Disappointed for sure that a second summer saw me miss the targets I had set myself, but more planning has put in place a better support system so this time the impact on me mentally wasn’t as bad as the summer before.

Never be afraid to reach out and ask for someone to listen if you are sad, angry etc. I didn’t before and it caused a lot more problems. It doesn’t have to be your parents, remember coaches and peers are great support if we let them be.

There were good things though, becoming an ambassador for AGB saw me have some great opportunities to push our sport and get involved in different ways. I did lots of enjoyable things through this but definitely the highlight for me was the volunteering at the world transplant games hosted in Newcastle and Archery was put on to show people what it could be like to include it as an event if accepted.

I met some amazing athletes from around the world overcoming huge obstacles to take part, some in several different events including archery.
Don’t ever think things can stop you, with some help – we can do anything we want to!

See you all soon

Jack Sharpe
NCAS Junior Rep

Jack’s Junior Rep Introduction

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Jack’s Junior Rep Introduction

At the recent county AGM I was nominated for and became the new county junior representative. I thought I should start by introducing myself. My name is Jack Sharpe, I am soon to be 14 years old and I am a member of WOAC (Wellingborough Open Archery Club).

I started shooting in the summer of 2015 after trying a number of other sports.

Archery very quickly became my passion and what I choose to spend my time doing, pretty much all my waking time is spent archery related!

I became our club junior representative and have attended all county meetings since and I also attended the EMAS AGM. I am very interested in what is happening for the juniors within the county and to try and help/support them where I can.

Our sport is very important to me, I love how anyone can try it and take part and enjoy helping people discover it, this is why I also applied for and became an AGB ambassador in March 2019 as part of the new programme that AGB were launching.

I love competing and shoot locally and further a field, also shooting for the county and the region. I take my training my training very seriously and I am part of the National Talent Development Programme with AGB which I attend as part of my training programme at Aim4sport.

I do also enjoy the social side of our sport and that it brings lots of people together that might not meet outside of archery.

I have suffered injury setbacks so understand the frustrations of wanting to shoot and being unable to and, due to my epilepsy, also understand how health can affect us as archers.

I shall keep in contact via the county committee and shall be interested to know how you are all getting on.

If you want to get in touch with me, your responsible adult can pass on your messages or questions to my mum’s email at treasurer@woac.co.uk

I look forward to meeting those of you that I haven’t already and hope that I represent you all well, please do contact me with anything you want me to bring to committee meetings for you.

Looking forward to seeing what this next year brings you all.

Jack Sharpe