In the spirit of the holiday, we wanted to take the opportunity to express our gratitude to everyone who helped make this a great year for archery:

• First and foremost, to all our members for their support and participation.
• To everyone who came out to our range maintenance work parties.
• To all the folks who helped set up and run our league, club shoot, and tournament events; in particular, Ron for running the 3D League, Dawnel and Tere for their work organizing various tournaments at BMB.
• To our crew of volunteers who work tirelessly to keep the grass mowed and the weeds trimmed: Mark, Harold, Deems.
• To our local archery instructors for helping bring new people into our sport, especially everyone who helped make this year's Taste of Archery event a success.
• To Mark for working with the vendor to get BMB jerseys made; to everyone who wore them and represented BMB at tournaments all over the state and the country.
• To Predators Archery for supporting club events and for keeping us equipped and supplied.
• To all our members who competed in MTBA tournaments this year and made BMB a close runner-up for this year's MTBA Club of the Year title.

No doubt we've missed some mentions, but know that we notice and appreciate every effort and every contribution from every member of our archery community. Thank you!

With the MTBA indoor tournament in the books, and everyone preoccupied with various winter holidays, we've got a relatively quiet month ahead archery-wise, but there still plenty of opportunities to get involved. Here's what's going on in December:

• Our monthly range maintenance Work Party takes place on Saturday, December 6. Please come out and help take care of the archery range and facilities that we all use.
  • Work starts around 8 AM (late arrivals okay); come find us in the clubhouse/picnic area by the main parking. BMB members and non-members are welcome and appreciated!
    • Dress as if for yard work, and bring work/gardening gloves if you have them.
  • To thank our volunteers, we'll be serving lunch and refreshments when work activities wrap up.
  • All parts of the range will be closed to shooting, and will reopen no earlier than 2 PM.
  • Looking to log volunteer hours? Sign up via the Santa Clara County volunteering site.
• December's Club Shoot will be held on Sunday, December 14. To help archers practice for upcoming indoor competitions, the format will be an indoor-style double-300:
  • Archers will shoot two rounds, each round 10 ends of 3 arrows, at 20 yards (18m), on individual 40cm targets (60cm for cub archers), with a 15 minute break in between the rounds. Those shooting 40cm targets may choose between a 10-ring target and a 3-spot target. Archers will have 2 ends of practice prior to the official shoot. Target assignments will be posted the morning of the event at the range. Archers will be grouped by division according to NFAA rules.
  • As usual, the shoot is free for current BMB members, $10 for guests.
  • Walk-ons are welcome, though we do appreciate those who help us plan ahead by preregistering.
  • Setup begins around 8am, and we aim to start shooting around 9am.
• Registration is open for the California Bowmen Hunters (CBH) 2026 State Indoor Championship tournament, happening at various venues and times throughout the state in January.
  • Go to the CBH calendar page and look up your preferred venue and shooting date/time to register.
• BMB archery shooting jerseys ordered in October and November have arrived! If you ordered a jersey, please contact us so that we can make arrangements to get you your jersey.
• Nominations will shortly close for next year's Black Mountain Bowmen Board of Directors (BoD), after which ballots will be sent out to members:
  • The BoD meets every month and makes decisions about club finances, range operations, events, and other club activities. Check out our meeting minutes to get an idea of some of the things we get up to.
  • The only qualifications are BMB membership and a desire to help out, so please consider signing up!
• As always, we're on the lookout for materials to use to build and maintain things around the range. If you have leftover, salvaged, or unused construction materials such as lumber, plywood, metal, and hardware, please get in touch with us (or just drop it off and we'll figure it out)!
  • We also need large clean pieces of cardboard for target faces; feel free to drop those off next to the club trailer or behind the food serving counter in the picnic area.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. See you at the range!

- The BMB Directors