Redwood Bowmen

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*No broadheads * No crossbows * No smoking/vaping * Dogs MUST be on a leash * No high draw * No coaching for hire without permit from Redwood Bowmen * Only Bows & Arrows (no slingshots, air pistols, paint guns, spears, throwing knives, axes, etc.) *

The first “Target Talk” newsletter was published in March of 1953. Club Meetings were held at the Diamond Sportsmen's Club, 2003 MacArthur Blvd.

At the Annual Installation Banquet Meeting on December 9th , 1955 the White Company Emblem and History Book of Records were presented by Harold MacQuarrie to newly elected President Howard Johnson.

The 1955 California State Archery Tournament was held o...n the Redwood Bowmen Regional Park Range. The shoot began on July 2nd. More than 600 field archers from throughout California assembled on the Rebo Range for the 10th annual California Bowmen Hunters and Field Archers Association Championships. Local clubs in the fray included the Tilden Archers of Berkeley, the San Francisco Archers, the So-Ea-Ba Archers of Castro Valley, the Roving Archers of Richmond, and the San Pablo Associated Sportsmen Archers.

The Redwood Bowmen regularly competed with the Tilden Archers and San Francisco Archers in a friendly but spirited competition known as the Tri-City Shoot. Hosting of the Tri-City Shoot rotated among the clubs and was usually held on the 4th Sunday of the month in the late summer and early fall months. The Rebo spirit at these early “Tri-Club” competitions was reminiscent of the bawdy medieval mood of A. Conan Doyle's White Company, evident in the “Rebo Song” sung by members at these competitions:

The REBO Song

(Tune – You Are My Sunshine)

We are the Rebos, the deadly Rebos
We shoot our twenties, consistently.
We shoot 450 on twenty-eight,
Please don't cut our bow-strings today.

When on the range, or in brushy woodland,
With targets small and far away,
We deadly Rebos bring home our trophies,
You'll see no finer shooting today.

We are the gals of the Deadly Rebos,
Our aim is steady, our scores are high,
We're pretty handy with bow and arrow,
Just ask any Rebo Guy.

We are the Rebos, the Deadly Rebos,
We shoot our twenties consistently,
We never stagger, we never falter,
Please don't take our Jim Beam away.

The Redwood Bowmen have maintained the Tri-City Shoot tradition through an annual “Tri-Club Shoot” competition between Redwood Bowmen, Diablo Bowmen, and the Briones Archers. The Tri-Club Shoot takes place every year on the same day as the NCFAA Regional Field Archery Championships. Like the original Tri-City Shoot, the winning club takes the trophy home and is responsible for adding the badge commemorating their win. The Redwood Bowmen have won the Tri-Club Shoot nine years in a row as of 2007.