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Autumn 2015 PDF

AUTUMN 2015 £4.95
The official magazine of
The tournaments
edition!
National Series: spectacular climax to
summer of drama
Youth Festival:
special report
Medals galore...
find out more inside!
Meet your new
Chairman-Elect
Why it’s always better to say ‘yes you can!’
The official magazine of
Welcome!
The tournaments
edition!
National Series: spectacular climax to
summer of drama
Youth Festival:
special report
Autumn is here and it is time to look back on what has been a quite
spectacular summer!
There have been medals, thrills, spills – and in this issue we are
celebrating your achievements by cramming in as much coverage as
possible of the outdoor season. That’s why it is the tournaments edition!
And of course we have had huge success internationally. You will find
full coverage of that too – along with the proof that archery can make a
real difference to people’s lives.
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The sun is still shining (sometimes!) so get out there and
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Update
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Medals galore...
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CONTENTS
COVER: Patrick Huston
PICTURE: Robin Maryon
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Truly inspired!
How to grab public attention
W
hen Derwent Bowmen decides to
run a have-a-go, it likes to offer a
little bit extra. So when members
were invited to the grounds of picturesque
Haddon House, near Bakewell, they decided
tradition was the best way forward.
They staged a demonstration of longbow
archery next to the have-a-go targets.There
were two aims: to entertain the waiting
public – and to inspire them.
Club members Wayne Hibbard and Dean
Hirst donned their version of traditional gear
and shot at a distance of about 145 yards.
It brought the crowds flocking – and kept
everyone manning the have a go
incredibly busy. Photos: David Randall
In at the start
NEWS
T
4
he chance to be in at the
start of the first Flexi-Shoot
proved such a draw that one
archer made a 600-mile round trip
to be part of it.
And it was worth it for Pentref
Bowmen’s Emily Williams. She
went home with gold medals in
the compound, longbow and
barebow categories!
The Flexi-Shoot was hosted by
Thorpe Hamlet Archery Club.The
format allows archers to arrive
anytime between 9am and 3pm
to start a round of four-dozen arrows at
30 metres. And it’s not the first score that
counts but the best score.That allows
archers to test equipment and try new
things under competition conditions.
Another factor
with weather
fluctuating
between calm
and sunny to
downpours and
windy was
choosing the best
time to shoot. Just excellent
How Arrows kit helped hospice kids
O
ne of the first people to get
his hands on Archery GB’s
highly successful Arrows kit
when it was launched in 2012 was
Jon Sims. He has been using it to
introduce youngsters to the sport
ever since – but something
happened recently to prove just
how good a resource it really is.
He said:“I was lucky enough to win
an Arrows set through a competition
in Archery UK. Since then, I have had
the fun of using it to teach the basics
of archery to Beaver and Cub
Scouts, Brownies and to countless
children at have-a-go sessions with
our club, Romsey Archers. “Possibly the most rewarding
session, however, was when
Hampshire Scouts ran a day
of activities at Naomi House,
a children’s hospice at Sutton
Scotney. Many of the young
people receiving care in this
wonderful establishment are
And the
trophy goes to...
D
edication to his sport has
earned Chris McGuirk the Soar
Valley Archery Club Rosebowl
trophy for most outstanding archer.
He only started shooting just over two
years ago but has quickly established
himself as one to watch.
Club Chairman Steve Ward said “His
dedication to his competition training
as well as his support for club events
and fellow archers is only matched by
his friendly and helpful manner.” confined to wheelchairs and have
limited access to sport.
“The Arrows kit, with the addition of a
few larger fibreglass bows for the older
children, proved hugely popular and, on
a very steep learning curve, they soon
showed me the best way to teach them
to shoot from a seated position. Some of
the shooting was remarkably accurate.
Passed
with flying
colours
A
new one-day county
coach assessment
has been trialled in
York – and four candidates
passed with flying colours.
They are: David Anderson of
Derbyshire Archery Club, Joe
Brown of North East Archers,
Danny Cameron of Thirsk
Bowmen and Andy Howe of
the Archers of East Riding. All of it was accompanied by
whoops of laughter!
“The sun shone on a day of
achievement, excitement and fun.
Thanks again to the designers of
this excellent resource and to
Archery GB for giving me the
opportunity to inspire young minds
in our sport.”
NEWS
5
Angie Bray and
James Mason
retrieve their arrows
From dawn to dusk
Archers shoot in memory of Chris
C
hris Mason was a devoted
dad, a rugby fan and a big
part of the archery community
in Northamptonshire. So when he died,
archers rallied to pay tribute and
raise cash for Cancer Research UK in
his memory.
The result was the Chris Mason Dawn
to Dusk Endurance Shoot, which was
held at Daventry and District Sports
Club. More than 30 archers turned up
at 6.30am and it all kicked off with
Angie Bray and James Mason shooting
at a Cancer Research target.
The sun shone, some teams shot for
the whole day, bolstered by other
archers who could only commit to an
hour or two as well as copious cups of
Battle lines drawn up
W
hen there is a prestigious
trophy up for grabs,
everyone is keen to win.
And when it is a handicap
competition, everyone is on an
equal footing. So the battle was
on at Perth Archery Club as
members shot for the Ayton Cup.
It was given to the club in 2013
by a local man, Sir Roger Gifford.
He was the Lord Mayor of London
at the time.
And this year it went to Margaret
Beith, along with the gold medal.
Matthew Graham took silver and
Robin Miller bronze.
There was also a non-handicap
competition running at the same
time. It was won by
Robert Doets. tea, bacon rolls and cake donations.
And special mention must go to three
juniors: 11-year old Alex, Morgan, 11 and
Millie, nine, who shot for the entire event
without complaint.
County records were broken,
hundreds of arrows were shot during
Windsor rounds and a short Warwick.
County Chairman Glenn Taylor
thanked everyone who shot,
volunteered and helped to organise
and run the event. He said: “We
know that a massive amount of
money has been raised – approaching
£10,000 so far - and we will post a figure
once we have a total.Thank you to
all who have made a donation – and
if you haven’t there is still time. Just
visit our just giving page at
www.justgiving.com/NCASArchery1
“Finally I would like thank the one
person who the whole event was about:
Chris Mason, Chris touched all of our
lives and it was testament to the effect
he had on all of us that we wanted to
be there to celebrate that we were
privileged to have known him. In some
cases he even touched the lives of
people who didn’t know him and they
wanted to be there too. In return Chris
rewarded us all with perfect weather for
a perfect day.Thank you my friend.” NEWS
Congratulations
to Matt Arnold,
previously of
Adel and Aire
Valley Archers,
and Kirsty Bunce
of Cleve Archers,
who married
recently in
Somerset.
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Anyone for tea?
P
rizes of a teapot and
40 teabags? And a
hand-decorated jar of
40 sweets? It can only mean one
thing – Killingworth Archers has
been celebrating a very
special anniversary.
Forty members turned up to
shoot 40 arrows each in ends
of four at 40 centimetre faces at
a distance of 40 yards.
Invasion of
the ladybird!
I
NEWS
nsects can always be a problem at
outdoor shoots. But it is not often
that they are this big – or have this
much of an impact!
Belvoir Archers were enjoying a nice,
peaceful shoot when they had to call
FAST as they dealt with the arrival of a
giant ladybird.
David Griffiths of Ladybird Balloons
dropped in to to say hello while taking
a summer evening flight from Langar
Hall through the Vale of Belvoir.
Bryan Haynes,
Chairman of
Belvoir Archers,
warned him he
was in range of
Martin Jones’s
longbow – but
added that he
was probably
safe “as Martin
only hits the
wooden stands!”
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The guests of honour included
Archery GB Chairman Dave Harrison
and Bill and Isabel Whitenstall – long
serving members who left recently.
Club President, Edna McGowan, shot
the first arrow. Her husband, George
was a founder member.
Everyone involved was given a
commemorative mug and pen. The
teapot went to Nigel Rickaby – and
Victoria Rickaby won the sweets. Prizes
for the most fours went to Julie Bews,
Charlie Hall, Jenny Cuthbertson and
Matthew Foreman.
Club member Mary Rathbone
provided refreshments. The money
will go towards the rebuilding of a
clinic destroyed by an earthquake
in Nepal earlier this year. Mary did
voluntary work at the clinic and club
members have been helping her
raise funds. Guiding
hand
G
uides are busy adding
another skill to their
repertoire under the expert
guidance of Eastbourne Archers
The club has been holding taster
sessions for Eastbourne Division
Rangers, 42nd Eastbourne Brownies,
42nd Eastbourne Guides, and
Chiddingly Guides.
It was organised by club treasurer
Ian Cosham, a qualified archery
leader who is also a helper with a
Girl Guide unit. And it is only the start
of things to come.
At the moment the sessions use
club equipment and are being held
at its base. Ian is being helped by
coach Paul Bridger, another archery
leader and club members – but he is
hoping to expand the scheme, get
equipment for the units and take
archery to them. Hello again
D
erbyshire Archery Club has
again played host to members
of its local branch of Foresters
Friendly Society, Archery GB’s
Performance Partner.
Foresters is a mutual society, which
means that it is owned by it members.
And 20 took advantage of the link to
have a go at archery – and take part in
a competition.
The weather was fine and the shooting
even better as the visitors went head-tohead under expert guidance.There were
benefits for club members too. As well as
renewing old friendships – this is the
fourth visit – they received a generous
donation towards club funds. ARCHERY UK AUTUMN 2015
Gonfalon
gone!
Picture courtesy of
Agincourt 600
T
Remembering the
band of brothers
S
ix hundred years ago Henry V’s
forces were facing
insurmountable odds on the
battlefield. Then English and Welsh
archers were deployed. The place was
Azincourt – and what happened next
inspired Shakespeare and countless
others over the centuries.
This year there have been shoots
and events in Britain and northern
France to commemorate the Battle of
Agincourt which took place on St
Crispin’s Day – 25 October 1415. As
Archery UK was going to press,
preparations were being made for an
Agincourt clout shoot against a
backdrop of the spectacular
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, on
24 September.
Like so many other of Britain’s great
houses and towns, Chatsworth has
strong links to the battle. In 1415 its
owner, Sir Roger Leche, was treasurer
to Henry V and responsible for raising
the funds for the campaign. He, and
his son Philip, also helped to raise the
necessary forces.
Clubs around the country have also
been marking the anniversary by
staging special shoots. These have
included Wirral Archers, Norton Archers,
Cheltenham Archers, South Wiltshire
Archery Club and many more. You
can find out more about what has
been going on – and what is yet to
come – at www.agincourt600.com
and www.azincourt2015.info
But we want to hear about your
celebrations too! If you have been
marking the anniversary, send your
pictures and reports to magazine
@archerygb.org by 1 November and
we will do our very best to get them
into our winter issue. Bob bows out
B
ob Stevens first took charge of the
Wyre Forest Company of Archers’
open Western tournament
30 years ago. So it was exactly the
right place to call time on his long
judging career..
To mark the occasion the club made
a presentation of a cut glass vase to
thank him for all his help over the years.
It was presented by one of the club’s
founder members, Ken Pope. Members
wished him a happy retirement and
said they hoped to see him on the
shooting line. ARCHERY UK AUTUMN 2015
he search is on and the question
is, can you help? A Welsh Archery
Association gonfalon is missing
and an appeal has gone out to clubs
to help find it.
It is – or was – awarded at the Welsh
Archery Association Championships in
January by the Wales Judges’ Group. It
goes to the club judged to have
presented the best organised
tournament during the previous
outdoor season.
That club then has the right to
display it all year at its tournaments –
except that they can’t. The gonfalon
has been missing for several years and
all efforts to find it have failed.
Clubs are now being asked to have
a good look around for the gonfalon,
which comes in two parts: the banner
and its wooden stand. Anyone with
information is asked to contact the
group’s judge liaison officer. The email
address can be found on the Welsh
Archery Association website. We’re
shielded
T
hings have been turning decidedly
medieval at Ballyvally Archery Club
where members have been hard
at work painting shields.
The club is based on land owned by
Dr Jean Whyte and some of the 18
wooden templates, which were cut out
by Sam Jackson, have been decorated
in her honour. The crests included the
coat of arms that was awarded to the
Whyte family during the Wars of the
Roses. It recognises their Lancastrian
loyalties by featuring three red roses.
The shields have been hung around
the club’s shooting areas. NEWS
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Obituaries
Style icons
at the shoot
Marking
Magna Carta
E
ight hundred years ago King John
signed a charter guaranteeing
the first steps towards legal
equality and personal freedoms.There
have been a few bumps in the road
since then but that did not stop archers
around the country seizing the chance
to celebrate.
Among them was Silver Arrow
Archery. Dunstable Bowmen and
Wheathampstead Archery Club joined
members for an open shoot on the
club’s field in Edlesborough,
Buckinghamshire – and the dress code
was definitely medieval. There was even
a monk on hand to bless the event.
More than nine dozen arrows were
released, finishing with a volley at the end
signifying victory for the rebel barons.
Prizes of a copy of the Magna Carta
were presented to the winning archers. Gold shy?
Not us!
T
here are lots of reasons for
being gold shy – but surely this
is the cutest. Well that’s what
Peter Durtnall of South Wiltshire
Archery Club thought when he
found this young family nestling in
the shot-out centre of his target. Lez Newsome
Lez Newsome, known by many as Mr Aardvark, has
passed away after a battle with cancer.
He started his archery career by becoming the
national under-13 indoor recurve champion. He went on
to win national junior indoor and outdoor titles, shoot
with Britain’s junior and senior teams, represent Yorkshire
and be part of the England compound team.
Lez, the Chairman of Bronte Archers, had a great
depth of knowledge and experience and was the force behind
Aardvark Archery in West Yorkshire. He instigated a no sale policy, only
allowing customers to purchase what was suitable and available, if
these boxes were not ticked then there was no sale.
Alan Raymond Ruby
Dedicated archer Alan Ruby has passed away. Alan,
a former Sussex County Archery Association
President, helped found Sunallon Archers in Horsham.
He also shot for his county and drew his wife, Jean
and children Michael and Jill into the sport. Their
success made him intensely proud. But his real
passion was promoting the sport by coaching in a
local school, sports centre and his club, now renamed Holbrook Archers.
Alex Bates
Tribute has been paid to Alex Bates Of Atkins Archers
who has died at the age of 29.
Club chairman Michael Flanders said he was quiet,
meticulous and supportive and with a dry sense of
humour.“He was a pleasure to shoot with, an
enthusiastic member - and could always be counted
on to finish off the last of the food at club events or volunteer to save
what was left from going to waste!”
Chris Smith
Chris Smith, a Senior Coach Emeritus and member of
the Pilgrim Archers in Essex, has passed away.
He, his wife Jean and their family were members of
Hutton Bowmen and, when it disbanded, joined the
Pilgrim Archers. The couple organised the county FITA
championships and ran activities on behalf of the
Essex Guild of Archery Coaches. Chris, a former Essex Vice-President, was
awarded the county’s Baldwin Trophy and a Red Tassel for his service.
Trevor Francis
NEWS
Trevor Frances, the founder of Bowmen of Bruntwood,
has died in Natal, aged 94.
He opted for archery after sustaining a spinal injury
during the Second World War but could not find a local
club. So, in 1950, he set up the club, originally named
Cheadle Bowmen, with six other people. It now has
more than 100 members and trained, among others,
Olympian Charlotte Burgess and Paralympian Richard Hennahane.
Trevor and his widow, Meg, eventually moved to South Africa.
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70 years – part 3
Frank Lister looks back at a lifetime in archery
In 1944 Frank Lister helped to found White Rose Archers. He still shoots regularly – and
after 70-plus years he has a few stories to tell. He spoke to club member Nigel Smethurst.
PEOPLE
M
ore than 40 years ago I had a
self-yew longbow made and
I’ve been shooting with it ever
since. I’ve always shot in the Scorton
Arrow with it – and won the Phillips cup
three times.There I had the pleasure of
meeting Ben Hird who wrote the famous
book on the Scorton Arrow, and I’ve
enjoyed the company once or twice of
Robert Hardy, who is a notable authority
on longbows and a bit of a character.
I don’t shoot a lot now but I will go for
the Bowyers’ Plate every year, usually the
Yorkshire Archery Championships, and
for the past 30 years in June we have
gone to Dunster Archery Week, making
a holiday of it. I’ve shot at quite a few
places over the past 70 years.
I joined Kirklees Field Archers who shot
at Kirklees. We built a clubhouse and of
course Robin Hood is buried there, his
grave was in the middle of our field
course. Eventually the land was sold for
development and the club moved to
Reed, becoming Oak Leaf Archers.
Things have changed. Wearing
appropriate dress in either green or
white was very important when I started.
I can remember the first time going to a
shoot at the Scorton Arrow and the
members there were dressed in green
frock coats with tails, and waistcoats
and broad brimmed hats, although
ladies had stopped wearing crinolines!
We shot the same rounds as today
although we didn’t have the World
Archery rounds.There were no
metric rounds.
I remember Chris White, one of the
founders of Panda Bowmen, which was
set up for archers with polio and
disabilities. We used to go to a shoot run
by an organisation called the Guild of
Elizabethan Archers, which replicated
famous archery competitions. At one,
archers were led by the Lord Mayor in a
parade through the streets of London to
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the shooting ground. All archers
then shot three arrows at 130 yards,
three at 110 yards and three at 90
yards.The target was a wand stuck
in the ground and I won that one.
I have shot most bow styles
except compound. I do think they
are brilliant weapons but they are
not for me. I started off with a
lancewood longbow, then I got a
steel bow, then I had a Criteria bow.
Later on I used a custom made
Hoyt Pro-Medallist in Brazilian
rosewood, absolutely beautiful.
And I have a unique bow. I called
in at Border Bows near Kelso looking
for a Border Lightning field bow but
they had stopped making them.
However the bowyer found the
prototype limbs and a damaged
riser in a scrap bin and after a little
bit of work I ended up with a Border
Lightning made from the very first
limbs and the very last riser. Reflecting on past
achievements
When former national champion Ian
Dixon passed away earlier this year,
it prompted Bill Terry to reflect on the
achievements of his friend and some
of those archers who have helped to
shape our sport.
Ian won the Grand National Archery
Meeting in 1966, scoring 975 on the first
day and 910 on the second, beating
rivals Paul Taylor, Ron Bishop and
at Oxford but also at Winchester at the
Southern Counties Archery Meeting
in May held in adverse weather
conditions over two days to become
the Southern Counties Champion with
R. Bishop, J.Thornton, C. Parker, J. Davis
and G. Sykes, following in that order who
jointly set the gold standard for a future
generation of archers.
Not your
typical archer?
Don’t let Shayla hear you say that!
S
hayla Cosham has being seeing
doctors since she was eight. She
used to fall over a lot, had trouble
with balance and co-ordination and was
eventually diagnosed with joint
hypermobility disorder. It might not seem
the most promising start for an archer –
but don’t let her hear you say that!
The condition means her muscles have
to work harder than normal and tire more
quickly. She has distal finger joint
hypermobility which makes her grip
weaker and shortened Achilles tendons.
That leads to balance problems. She also
has scoliosis.
“To sum up,” said the 15-year-old,“I was
not your typical archer.Tired very easily,
muscles not very strong, no balance, no
co-ordination, standing on tiptoes and a
curved spine! So what happened
between then and now? As a Girl Guide, I
took part in an archery taster session.
“I thoroughly enjoyed it and, after some
research, we found our local club,
Eastbourne Archers. We arranged for me
Bill said: “Jared Ian Dixon started his
archery career in 1951 and joined
the Bath Archers. He purchased a
laminated Black Mamba bow, and
progressed to a tubular steel bow
inspired, no doubt, by a Hythe archer,
Jack Collier, who became national
champion in 1954 at the age of 26.
“Jack’s success was noted for his
single score on the second day York
Round at the Grand National Archery
Meeting achieving a score of 913 with
141 hits shooting a basic steel Falcon
bow with its rudimentary sight setting a
UK and world record. Jack’s fame would
have commanded Ian’s respect and
admiration as with other countless
archers of that era.”
Using just a 40lb Hoyt Medallist recurve
bow, Ian won county titles and set a new
record at the Guildford Open Acorn
Tournament.That event showcased
another rising star, Pauline Edwards.
In 1967 he won silver and helped the
British team to bronze at the World
Archery Championships. Bill said: “Earl
Hoyt was in attendance from America
and was so impressed with Ian’s
shooting ability he undertook to design
a bow for him which he called the ProCustom Hoyt.” Ian also won team gold
at the European Championships and
set a world record York round with a
score of 1,097.
In 1969 he ranked fourth in GB trials
for the World Championships. Only the
top three archers were funded, so he
paid his own way and came home
with individual bronze. His last
international match was in Malta in
1972. He finished second.
Bill said: “He was an outstanding
archer who was unassuming and
modest in his success.” to go along and meet one of the junior
coaches, Paul Bridge.
“When I first joined, I wasn’t sure what to
expect. I wasn’t sure how well I would
cope. I decided to see how I went but I
had so much fun. I’ll admit I wasn’t
brilliant. I mean, I was glad to hit
something. It was even better if it was a
target (not necessarily the correct one!)
“But I was enjoying myself. My condition
means that I still tire, especially during
long shoots and rounds, as my muscles
have to work much harder to keep my
joints stable and I have to really
concentrate on the little things.
Sometimes I have to curl my fingers
around the string more than I should, to
keep it drawn, which doesn’t make for a
clean release but, like with many other
things, I have had to adapt.”
Since then she has achieved Bowman
status, the scoliosis has settled, her
muscles are getting stonger – but now
she has a new problem. Her ankles and
knees are starting to give.
“The fact that archery has helped with
my condition is pretty amazing,” she said.
“If you had told me when I began that I
would be now shooting at 50 yards and
hitting that target, I would have not
believed it. I proved myself wrong. I hope
to prove myself wrong again many times.”
So how did coach Paul help? He said:
“Her muscular disability reminded me of
some types of cerebral palsy where the
greater the limb extension the greater
the instability.” He started by giving her
the support she needed and working
on a good draw line, muscle memory
and control.Then they concentrated on
getting the arrows going in the right
direction. She tired easily but Paul had
reckoned without her determination.
There is still work to do but he could
not be prouder.“Every classification
achievement was so amazing. I thought
Bowman was clearly out of her reach –
not so, it took some time coming but
was probably the most memorable
award I have ever given.” PEOPLE
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A life devoted
to archery
Arthur Credland is Archery GB’s official
historian – and he wants to hear from you.
Contact him at historian@archerygb.org
Here he looks at the achievements of Henry Walrond
H
enry Walrond (1841-1917) was
a colonel in the 4th Battalion
Devonshire Regiment. He was
also a member of the Royal Toxophilite
Society, South Devon Archery Club and,
from 1868, was honorary secretary of
the Grand Western Archery Society. But
perhaps his greatest achievements
were as an editor.
He edited the Archers Register from
1864 to 1866 and from 1877 to its
demise in 1915. In doing so, he helped
chronicle the sport for half a century.
He recorded results from Grand
National Archery Meetings and
societies across Britain, America and
the colonies as well as compiling
biographies, notes on bows and
accessories and archery throughout
the ages.
He was a skilled archer and,
although he never won a national title,
won the Grand Western in 1866 and
1878, shot at the Crystal Palace, was a
key member of the Grand National
Archery Society committee and
judged many competitions.
He also worked closely with
CJ Longman of the Longman
HISTORY
Henry Walrond,
Colonel 4th
Battalion
Devonshire
Regiment
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publishing house. They produced a
volume on archery in the Badminton
Library series in 1894, after the GNAM’s
50th jubilee meeting in
York. It contains a brief
history of the GNAM
and notes on some of
the early societies, archery
in the USA, early and primitive
archery and the technique of
shooting. A number of well-known
archers contributed chapters,
including championship winners
Major C Hawkins Fisher, the
Rev Eyre Hussey, and 23-times
women’s national champion
Alice B Legh.
In 1904 Walrond produced
a 32-page handy pocket
guide – Archery for beginners –
that was in demand for many
years. Chrystine Philips issued a reprint in
1935, to fulfil a real need “as otherwise
there was no simple book of instruction
on archery to put in the hands of
beginners.” It also demonstrated a
pioneering use of cinematography to
record the sequence of drawing,
nocking and releasing.
Above: Walrond in classic longbow pose
Below: The Walrond Trophy presented in
1921 in memory of Henry Walrond.
Initially it was awarded for the highest
female score in the county
competition but later went
to the county team of
women archers
His association with
Longman also led to the
publication of William Butt’s
update of Ford’s The theory and
practice of archery (1887), and Sir
Ralph Payne-Gallwey’s The
Crossbow (1903).
Longman won the national
championship in 1883 at
Cheltenham, and in 1884 was
seventh in the Grand
Leamington, third at the Crystal
Palace, and third at the Grand
Western. He was 12th at the 1884
GNAM at Windsor, and ninth at the
Grand Leamington in 1885. Otherwise
he concentrated on shooting at the
Tox and won the Crunden Bugle in
1889. He tested the capabilities of the
longbow and, in 1884, shot an arrow
286 yards using a 62lb Aldred bow. Animatograph series of Walrond shooting: Archery for beginners (1904)
A nice little earner!
Fun – and fortune – at Glamorgan
Mud everywhere!
T
FIELD
here was a welcome in Wales
and a victory for the home team
at the Junior Field Archery
Championships. The event – a World
Archery 24 combined Arrowhead
round – was hosted by Pentref Bowmen.
Wales won the home nations
competition – and took most of the
individual titles too.
Welsh team manager Emily Williams
said: “I couldn't be prouder of the
Welsh juniors, they all stayed focused
the entire weekend and shot brilliantly.
There were no complaints about any of
their behaviour – and with some very
young competitors taking part it shows
how dedicated to the sport they all
are! I hear similar things about the
non-Welsh competitors too, which
reassures me the future of the sport is
in good hands.” 16
T
here was mud, rivers of water
in the clubhouse, laughter...
and near bankruptcy for one
dad at the Glamorgan and Open
Field Championships.
It was held at the Glyncornel Archery
Centre and was, according to Kate
Kinchen: “A time to catch up with
friends, trot out our shiny new kit and
see if the hard work has paid off and
we could improve on the scores we
got last year.”
She said: “Field archery has great
appeal and every competition yields
some heart-warming stories. This year
was no exception and the stealer
of hearts at the Glamorgan
Championships 2015 was little Daniel
Vodden. He was attending his first ever
shoot, watched over by father Neil,
who proudly informed me at one of his
tea-tent stops that little Daniel was
bankrupting him.
“Having promised his son 50p for
every X he scored it turned out Daniel
was rather good, no doubt following in
his father’s footsteps, and had racked
up a pretty sizeable kitty by halfway
round the course.”
There were new faces at the
competition, including students who
took part in Pentref Bowmen’s field
introduction course. There were
personal bests, a couple of national
records fell and Kathy Denny turned
up on the Saturday with a new
American flatbow. She left with her bow,
national records for mixed and double
mixed rounds and a huge smile.
Kate said: “That, in essence, is the
heart of field archery. Despite the
horrible weather and the pools of
mud, everyone kept smiling and
having a great time. Archers were
appearing out of the woods
resembling muddy drowned rats and
trailing rivers of water through the
clubhouse as it drained off their
waterproofs. But, by the time they had
a cuppa and a slice of cake, the
smiles were back and they were
laughing about the weather and
regaling each other with tales of the
quickmud on target 12!” A warm Welsh welcome
JUNIORS
magine you were invited to shoot in
the Easton Junior Outdoor Archery
Development Nationals, part of the
US National Target Championships in
Alabama. It would be rude to turn it
down, wouldn’t it?
So when 13-year-old Joe Fairburn
from Leeds was invited to take part by
USA Archery, he could hardly say no.
It followed a chat between his dad
Colin and Olympian Rick McKinney
and was just the start of an American
adventure that ended with him
picking up a couple of really
good souvenirs...
Here’s Joe’s story:
The event was held in Decatur,
Alabama, in a purpose-built soccer
venue that had been divided into four
separate shooting fields and a finals
field. Wow, what a fantastic place!
The weather was hot and humid. It
rarely dropped below 86F (30C) and
often was well into the 90s. We had
lots of rain and the ground was
permanently sodden. There were also
lots of thunderstorms and lightning
strikes too, which delayed the start of
the qualification rounds. That meant
on day two we ended up shooting
under floodlights – a first for most
people, including Brady Ellison!
I met some great people and
made lots of new friends. There were
archers from all over the USA
including a large group of Korean
Americans, archers from Chinese
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Taipei, Mexico, Canada and me from
GB! Everyone was so friendly and
helpful, the tournament was so well
organised and the judges were
brilliant (and funny).
In qualification I shot 1,306. That
was joint second (but I was ranked
fourth as it went down to Xs). There
were only 12 points separating three
of us on 1,306 and the leader. On the
second day of qualification I shot a
PB score of 660, which was the highest
of the day.
I came away with the gold medal
for the highest qualification score by
a visitor and an individual bronze
medal for the elimination round.
On the Sunday there was a team
event, which was great fun. All the
archers in each category were
assigned two team mates selected
according to qualification so that, in
theory, we were all pretty equal. One of
my team had gone home the night
before so we drafted in a barebow
archer. Anyhow, he was pretty good
and, had it not been for the wind
getting up in our semi final match and
blowing one of his fletched arrows off to
the left, we would have been shooting
for gold. The semi went to a one-arrow
shoot off and ours were just a little bit
further away from the cross. The bronze
medal match was close but we just lost
out – but it was fun all the same.
I had a brilliant time in the USA and
had I been a US citizen I would have
been awarded the title of JOAD
Supreme Champion for my age
category (under 15), so I came home
really pleased with my performance. ! ! !! ! !!!!
! !!!! ! !! !!! old winter shoots mean only one thing to juniors across the
Northern Counties – it’s time to take part in the region’s postal
competition. And it’s a great way to stay in practice for summer too!
It is run over five months – and this year 12 Nethermoss juniors have
been busy celebrating. Michael Rice (under-10 recurve), Logan Batt
(under-12 compound), Heather Hughes (under-14 recurve) and
Tom Rice (under-14 compound) all won gold medals.
There were smiles too for Harrison Moss (under-14 recurve),
Georgia Maryon and Kieran Shirley (under-16 recurves), who all took
silver. And Georgia Gray, who had only been shooting for a few
months and was taking part in her first competition, claimed
under-12 recurve bronze!
Tom also clinched cadet compound gold in the North Cheshire
Bowmen Double WA Star.
And they did pretty well at the Lancashire Junior Championships
too. Georgia Gray added to her medals haul by claiming silver in
her first outdoor competition. Ten-year-old Michael Rice had never
shot a Bristol before – but that didn’t stop him winning. And his
elder brother Tom broke a Lancashire record to become the
county’s under-16s compound champion.
It was also a good day for Georgia Maryon who took the
under-16s trophy and Heather Hughes, who won bronze. Photos by Robin Maryo
n
JUNIORS
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Photo by Connor Rathbone
xtremes of weather could not
keep 27 archers from across
Durham and Northumberland away
from the second Killingworth Juniors’
shoot – and it was quite a day.
ouisa Piper turned 12 and, a few
days later, took part in her first
Metric 4, scoring 1,314. As if that wasn’t
enough, she also managed to shoot
this perfectly arranged three-gold end.
Her mum Helen said: “It made us, the
judges and her fellow competitors
giggle and we thought it might make
you smile too.” Five new county records were
set, club records tumbled and
many of those taking part chalked
up new personal bests.
Julie Bews, of Killingworth Juniors,
said: “Everyone appeared to have
a great time, new friends were
made and the standard of
behaviour was excellent – all of
the young archers who took part
were a credit to themselves, their
families and their clubs.” JUNIORS
When Katie Clarke made her
shot, she didn’t quite expect this
to be the result. The 17-year-old,
who is a member of Telford
Archers, was shooting on
Bowbrook Archers’ field when
it happened.
No-one is quite sure how she did
it – but they are now thinking about
taking up limbo dancing! 20
wo more young archers will be heading to the Commonwealth Youth
Games, which are being held in Samoa in September.
Sixteen-year-old Charlotte Harris will be
representing the Isle of Man. She started
shooting in 2008 and is one of only
seven athletes who will be representing
the island at the Games.
She said: “I am looking forward to
experiencing new cultures through a
shared sport.”
And Ryan Pinder, a member of
Radnor Foresters Archery Club, will fly
the flag for Wales. He is a member of
the Welsh Archery Academy and has
represented Great Britain at the World
Archery Youth Championships in
Yankton and the European Youth Cup
in Rome. They will be joining English
archers Joe Ground and Lizzie Warner as
well as Struan Caughey and Eugenia D’Arcy,
who are shooting for Scotland. Go for it!
Why you should
consider specialisms
ontarget is Archery GB’s club
development programme, providing a
framework and structure for growth.
Development Manager, Arran Coggan,
talks to two clubs that have embraced
the ontarget programme and asks
what it has done for them.
Bowmen of Pendle
and Samlesbury
P&S has its own land and an indoor
shooting range. Archers range from
recreational to highly competitive – all
of whom have 24-hour access, said
Diane Clarke.
There is a dedicated committee and
enthusiastic coaches. We run beginner
courses, try archery events, work with
schools and visiting parties and our
coaches develop the standard of
archers within the club.
DEVELOPMENT: CLUB PROFILES
Why the ontarget specialism?
It covered (mainly) what the club was
doing anyway, so it seemed a logical
progression. It also gives us the validity
to help other clubs who want to
achieve similar results.
Goldcrest gets all the
community (even the little
ones) involved!
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Benefits?
We have been able to access funding.
The specialisms have given us the
opportunity to reach new members.
We are developing a partnership with
a local college and have schools
and community groups coming to
the club. We also take archery out into
the community.
Future plans?
To grow naturally, encourage our
archers to raise their game and serve
the needs of our members. To respond
to the wider community. To follow the
club action plan.
Advice for clubs looking at
specialisms?
Go for it. Encourage development of
coaching within the club.This will allow
you to focus on best practice and
make changes, which can only improve
things for your archers and for archery
P&S is a Community and Young
People specialist club. It is now
embarking on its Performance
specialism. www.bowmen.co.uk
Goldcrest Archers
Started in 2011 with three members,
it now has an indoor shooting range
with a separate room for beginners’
courses. Members have 24/7 access.
“We have a fantastic clout archery
club,” said Peter Gregory.“One
member, Hazel Chaisty, is part of the
GB para squad.”
Why the ontarget specialism?
We signed up because we thought
we ticked all the boxes and we do a
lot for the community. The programme
enabled us to stand out and help
people who might be searching for
a club.
For more information on the ontarget programme and
how your club could benefit, search for ontarget on
the Archery GB website or contact Arran Coggan on
07525 233592 or at arran.coggan@archerygb.org
Benefits?
ontarget is fantastic. We received a
grant for much needed beginners’
course equipment. New equipment
makes the novice feel like they are
taking part at a real archery club
rather than a community centre.
Future plans?
Continue to grow and raise archers’
standards of shooting with the help of
our coaches. One plan is to try and
get local cubs and scouts to hold a
competition and, hopefully make it an
annual event.
Advice for clubs looking at
specialisms?
Keep your club friendly, active and
interesting. Don't let it become
stagnant. Hold club competitions but
have coaches on hand to help any
level of archer – and always encourage
the new members to have fun.
www.goldcrestarchers.co.uk Earlier rounds saw fierce competition – and friendly
banter – between P&S and Bowmen of Bruntwood
Who will be crowned?
Club competition finalists start to emerge
A
s the outdoor season draws to a
close, four teams will be battling
to be crowned the 2015
ontarget club champions.
The knockout competition, which
aims to raise participation, has been
running since 2013. It is a fun way to
get to know other clubs – but the
competition is deadly serious and the
finalists are starting to emerge.
Among them are Targetcraft Archers,
Aardwolf Archers, Oxford Archers – for
the second year running – and Norton
Archers. Other matches included
Canterbury Archers v Guildford Archers,
Barnstaple Archery Club v Bride Valley
Junior Archers, Cleve Archers at home
to Six Towns Company of Archers and
Derwent Archers v Bowmen of Pendle
and Samlesbury.
The winners will shoot for the
ontarget Club Competition trophy and
£500 towards club development.
The runners up will receive a
commemorative plate and £250.
“I am really looking forward to the
finals,” said Arran Coggan,
Development Manager – Participation.
“The ontarget Club Competition
continues to grow in numbers and
clubs and archers are enthusiastically
competing to become national
club winners!”
For more information contact Arran on 07525 233592 or email
arran.coggan@archerygb.org Aardwolf Archers
Want to be a judge? Now’s your chance!
J
udging is a fantastic way of
experiencing archery,
developing leadership skills,
becoming part of a team and being
at the heart of some of the sport’s
biggest events. Interested?
Archery GB is running a candidate
judge scheme and is looking for
enthusiastic candidates who get on
well with people and are prepared
to learn. You do not need any
previous knowledge of judging or
have to worry about how good you
are at shooting. The scheme is led by
experienced officials. It involves:
Learning basic officiating skills at
a weekend workshop at Lilleshall
Putting your skills into practice,
assisting at tournaments and
being supported by a mentor
When you are ready, taking the
assessment to formally qualify
To book your place, go to
www.archerygb.org/judge. It costs
£40 to attend the workshop excluding
accommodation. And if you are
aged between 16 and 23 you can
apply for a £200 bursary towards the
cost of travelling to tournaments.
* Judging Committee Chairman
Hannah Brown has reminded
judges that conference registration
and National Tournament invitations
need to be completed and
returned as quickly as and that
there will be regional reaccreditation
later this year. DEVELOPMENT: CLUB PROFILES
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New products
Some of the latest archery products on the market
Pro Boss Layered Foam Target with Replaceable Durafoam Core
Foam targets take a lot of
punishment.They need to be
durable, have optimum stopping
power – and be easy to handle.
The Pro Boss layered foam target
manages all that and more.
The professional grade bosses
come with a self-healing high density
Durafoam core.The core is designed
to take thousands of arrows and,
when it eventually gives out, can be
easily replaced.
That makes it perfect for dedicated,
ambitious and professional archers.
The layered, lightweight construction
stops your arrows (even when you
miss the core) without damaging
them. But it is great for clubs too. It is
waterproof, surprisingly easy to
manoeuvre and transport and fits into
the back of the car.That makes
it perfect for have a go and
outdoor events.
The targets are available in
sizes ranging from 600 x 600 x
170mm to 1300 x 1300 x 220mm.
They have a great flat surface,
are suitable for traditional,
compound, recurve and
longbows.The cores cost
around £48 and can be
bought separately.
There is a whole range of
designs available that can be
tailored to your needs.You can
even design your own boss.
Bohning Smooth
Release Pin Nock
Shorter ears and a smoother
throat than the Original Blazer Pin
Nock for a fast, clean release.
Costs around £8.50
Available from
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Errea Active Tense
Mizar Shooting Top
Active support for shoulder
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exoskeleton to enhance
posture and improve balance.
Costs £75
Available from
walesarchery.com
Go to www.pro-boss.com for prices
and to find out more.
Diane Parkinson
Bohning Strip–Pro
Two blades for ergonomic
versatility. Heavy-duty plastic
handle and steel blade
strips shafts of fletchings
and arrow vanes.
Costs around £14
Available from
www.bohning.com
NEW PRODUCTS
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Six reasons why...
a friendly society could be the right place
for your savings
D
eciding where to save your
money can be daunting when
there are so many different
types of financial institutions to choose
from. Read on, or take a look at
Foresters Friendly Society’s video at
www.forestersfriendlysociety.co.uk/
friendly-societies, to find out more
about what makes Foresters different to
other financial providers.
1
They have a long track
record. Friendly societies are
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financial services providers and
have been around for hundreds of
years. The original idea was simple –
that if a group of people
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could receive financial and
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ill health. This was often the only way
that a working person could receive
help before the introduction of the
welfare state.
2
They focus on affordable
saving. Foresters offers a
range of medium to long-term
savings and investment plans,
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The aim is to make saving for the
future an attainable goal for as
many people as possible.
3
Profits go back to their
members. Another benefit of
mutual status is that Foresters
is owned by its members, which
means there are no shareholders to
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the form of policy payouts, their
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4
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5
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6
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cost but that you can even have an
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Please note:
• This article is intended to provide
information, not financial advice, to
help you make an informed decision
about savings and investments.
Foresters Friendly Society does not
offer financial advice.You should
contact a financial adviser, who
may charge a fee, if you want
financial advice.
• For some products you may get
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• Tax rules may change in the
future and depend on
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How Foresters can help
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If you’re wondering what a friendly
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PERFORMANCE PARTNER UPDATE
27
Birthday on
back burner...
Big Weekend more important to Keith!
Birthday boy Keith Ritson in action at Bowmen of Backworth
Celtic Harmony’s Big Weekend event
BIG WEEKEND
E
ighty clubs introduced people
around the country to archery
during the Big Weekend, kicking
off the summer in style. In the last
issue we highlighted many of the
clubs that took part. Here we look at
some of the rest.
Coach Keith Ritson of the Bowmen
of Backworth put his 70th birthday
celebrations on the back burner so
that he could help introduce members
of his community to our sport. The
sun shone and the crowds grew
throughout the day, attracted by the
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chance to have a go and watch
demonstrations of recurve, compound,
longbows and horse bows staged by
members throughout the event and
organised by Keith’s wife, Maureen.
There was also cake... lots of it.
That, plus more than 20 people
asking about beginners’ courses,
made it quite a day.
People kept coming back for more
at Waterside Archers’ Big Weekend
event in Hampshire. The result was
great reviews on Facebook – and so
many people picking up forms for
beginners’ courses that the club
might have to set up an extra one to
cope with demand.
The chance to try archery in an Iron
Age settlement and educational
centre proved hard to resist for
people around Hertford. More than
100 people took part in Celtic
Harmony Archers’ Big Weekend event
Chairman Luca Parella said: “It was
great to see so many people come
and have a go. We had a great time
sharing our passion for archery and
hope that we might have inspired
someone to get involved in the sport
in the future.”
The Big Weekend was supported by
Archery GB’s Performance Partner,
Foresters Friendly Society. ARCHERY UK AUTUMN 2015
Passing it on
Paralympian Kathy helps next generation
F
ive-time Paralympian Kathy
Critchlow-Smith has retired from
international competition and is
now helping the next generation
of archers.
Kathy, along with county coach
Gary Critchlow-Smith, is running classes
at SportsAble, an award-winning
multi-sports charity for the disabled in
Berkshire. Her aim is to encourage
people of all ages and abilities to really
fall in love with archery.“It’s the best
sport there is!” she says.“Once you try it,
you’ll be addicted.”
She and Gary are keen to get
disabled archers out of their comfort
zone and their list of protégés is
growing fast – including one novice
who has been selected for
development for Tokyo 2020.
Kathy represented Team GB in
Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney, Athens
and Beijing. She said: “I have many
memories of my five Paralympic
Games. I suppose that the first one,
Barcelona, stands out because the
opening ceremony was unlike anything
I’d been a part of before. I didn’t know
anything about the Paralympics before
then and to enter a stadium full of
70,000 people was an enormous
shock – but a very pleasant one.
“The Sydney Games were probably
the most meaningful. I’d had some
surgery in 1999 and didn’t think I was
up to making the squad. But I did and
came away with two silver medals. The
Aussies take their sport very seriously
and were very supportive of us.
“It was a wonderful experience.
When you go to the Paralympics it’s like
you’re part of this great big family. The
atmosphere is incredible. I’ve been to
many World and European
Championships but there is
something special about the
Team GB spirit at the Paralympics.
Plus, you are representing
your country, which is an
enormous privilege.
“What inspires me is
knowing that I could always
do better. I always have
something else to be
working towards and that
drives me. Taking part in
Paralympic Games is
a very humbling
experience. Some
competitors are very
disabled and yet are
such amazing
athletes and it is
inspiring to be around
them. Also, you owe it to all the people
who have had an input in your
training and everything that you do
so you do the best that you can for
them as well.
“To athletes just starting out I would
say have a dream but before you go
down that route write everything
down. Write down the steps you’ve got
to take to get to county level, national
level and so on. Nothing is impossible.
Be determined, and committed and
have absolute dedication to your
sport. It takes an awful lot of effort,
but it’s worth it.”
SportsAble’s Chairman, Vivienne
Davies, said: “We are so lucky to
have Kathy and Gary on board
at SportsAble. They are using their
many years of international expertise
to help people discover, understand
and develop a passion and skill
for archery.
As well as working with individuals
on personal goals they are helping
other coaches with their development
as well. They are really helping us
develop local talent and to further
develop the sport in our area.” FEATURE
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John with some of his medals
Archery, autism
and John
Why it’s always better to say yes you can
FEATURE
W
hen John Seabury wanted
to have a go at archery his
mum, Marese, approached
an after school club. There was one
complication. John has autism – but
that was not going to stop him.
Jonathan Walton runs the
after-school archery club at the Mary
Webb Specialist Science College in
Shropshire. It has an offshoot of the
Severndale Specialist Academy on
site, which takes students with a wide
variety of learning difficulties.
The pupils integrate well but
Jonathan, of Bowbrook Archers, was a
little taken aback when approached
by Marese. He was even more taken
aback – and very proud – when John
later went on to win medals.
“John came along with his mum and
she said he would like to have a go –
and I am a great believer in finding a
reason to say ‘yes’ rather than ‘no’.
“John does have considerable
learning difficulties and is quite
strongly on the autistic spectrum.
But of course we said yes and he
became part of the club, slowly but
surely becoming a competent archer.
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“Mum Marese was always there
to aid the process but it became
clear that archery was a sport that
suited John.
“After a year of shooting he didn’t
need much persuading to enter the
Shropshire County Clout competition,
shooting at 120 yards. He performed
well and came away with a medal –
then repeated the exercise a year
later shooting the next distance up.”
He was part of the college archery
team that won last year’s Shropshire
County Games KS3-4 competition
and joined Bowbrook Archers. He won
the club’s junior handicap trophy
and, as his confidence grew, he
decided he wanted to take part in
‘It would have
been all too easy
two years ago so
say no. That would
have been
unforgiveable’
county-wide competitions with fulllength National rounds at 50 and 60
metres. He has taken part in two –
and won medals at both.
This year he was once again
selected for the School Games – and
his biggest struggle was getting used
to shooting at 20 yards again. But he
managed it and came top in the
target competition, second in the
clout and helped his Mary Webb
team mates retain the county title.
“John on the shooting line is a
different person from when he is away
from archery,” said Jonathan. “I am
confident that by finding a sport
where he can excel on a completely
level playing field with other archers
who do not have his difficulties, it has
made a significant difference to
John’s outlook.
“It would have been all too easy two
years ago so say ‘no, I really don’t think
that autism and archery will go together.’
It would have been unforgiveable to
have taken that approach – and we
never will now we have seen just how
you can make such a difference by
saying ‘yes, you can do it’.” ARCHERY UK AUTUMN 2015
Are you ready?
Europe’s greatest are heading this way!
T
he countdown is on and, in less
than eight month’s time,
Nottingham will see more than
300 European archers compete over
seven days and across two locations
in the city, as the European Archery
Championship comes to Great Britain.
The qualification and elimination
rounds will be hosted from 23 to 27
May 2016 at the University of
Nottingham’s Highfields playing
fields. The head-to-head finals will
take place in a 2,000-spectator,
purpose-built archery arena in the
heart of the city in Old Market Square
on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 May.
David Harrison, Archery GB
Chairman said: “We are extremely
excited and honoured to be hosting
such a prestigious event within the
archery calendar. Nottingham has
archery embedded in its history
and has successfully hosted The
Nottingham Building Society Archery
GB National Series Finals for the past
three years. This is the perfect location
for the World Archery European
Outdoor Target Championships to
take place.
“The tournament will give our
members and the residents of
Nottingham, the opportunity to watch
world-class athletes compete, just
months before the Rio 2016 Olympics.
In particular, the head-to-head finals
are sure to win over the crowds with
nail-biting shoot-offs and precision
skills on show. It will be fantastic to
have a large home crowd rooting for
Archery GB’s archers as they tackle
one of the last qualifiers for European
archers to win places at Rio 2016.”
This is an incredible opportunity to
show off our sport to the masses, in a
packed out arena, in the heart of one
of the UK’s most historic cities. Be a
part of the action and make sure you
are there to cheer on our athletes on
home soil. Tickets go on sale in
November but to secure your place
please register your interest at
www.euroarchery2016.org EUROPEAN ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIP
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Sheer potential
Youth Festival promises much for the future
TALENT: YOUTH FESTIVAL
H
undreds of archers descended on Lilleshall for the 2015
Youth Festival for a week that included benchmarking,
profiling and a week of truly exciting shooting as
Britain’s brightest young prospects went head to head.
It coincided with some great news – that Sport England had
awarded additional investment into Archery GB’s England
Talent Pathway – but that was just the icing on the cake. What
really shone through was the sheer potential among the UK’s
young archers.
Archery GB Events and Facility Manager, Jon Nott said:
“The festival is clearly a huge learning experience in this
format for the younger performers who all expressed that they
want opportunities to compete, to better prepare them for
such international tournaments in the future.”
And they did not squander their chances. It was hardfought all the way and resulted in some spectacular finals.
But more than that, it was vibrant, competitive, fun, noisy – and
a great way to share knowledge and experience.
It is turning in to one of the major
events in the youth calendar,
giving the archers a real sense of
what life could be like really like as
an international.
Performance Pathway Manager,
Ceri Ann Davies said: “The event is
growing in stature and is well
supported by archers, parents and
the event delivery team at Archery
GB. It’s exciting to see the
performances of our youth archers
improving each year, to the point
where now some of the junior
head to head’s are truly world
class. We will continue to grow this
event next year.” 34
Photo by Emily Bryant
Photos by Gina Socrates
The main attraction
Archers do UK islands proud
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A
rchery was one of the main
attractions at a spectacular
Natwest Island Games in Jersey
– and it resulted in an impressive medal
haul for UK competitors.
The Isle of Wight topped the table
with three golds, a silver and a bronze
and Guernsey took third spot with a
total of eight medals. Hosts Jersey were
hot on their heels with five while the
Isle of Man earned four and Orkney
finished with two.
There was a clean sweep in the
recurve team competition as the Isle of
Wight pipped Jersey to the gold medal
and Guernsey beat Åland 6-2 to take
bronze. Jersey also took silver in the
compound competition after being
narrowly beaten by the Faroe Islands.The
Isle of Wight was just squeezed out of
bronze position by rivals the Isle of Man.
There was a clean sweep for the UK’s
compound women in the individual
competition. Jersey’s Lucy O’Sullivan
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beat Guernsey’s Gen
Witham to take gold,
with bronze going to
the Isle of Man’s Kirsten
George. Lee Grace
of the Isle of Wight
took bronze in the
men’s competition.
Jersey’s second
individual gold went to
recurve archer Mark
Renouf and the women’s recurve final
was an all-Guernsey affair as Lisa Gray
beat Chantelle Goubert 6-0 to take gold.
A second competition – a single FITA –
resulted another medal haul.The UK
dominated the individual compound
category with gold for the Isle of Man’s
Aalin George, silver for Jersey’s Lucy
O’Sullivan and bronze going to Gen
Witham of Guernsey.The Isle of Wight’s
Lee Grace won the men’s competition
with Stewart Stanger of Orkney in second
spot. Recurver Chantelle Goubert of
Guernsey took the women’s title as Manx
archer Karen Lott won silver.
In the team competition, recurve gold
went to the Isle of Man while Guernsey
won silver. In the compound
competition, silver went to the Isle of
Wight and Guernsey took bronze.
Martin Pomroy of the Archery
Association of Jersey said: “The first three
days’ shooting were held in very high
temperatures, requiring buckets of ice to
cool the competitors.That was halted
by rain and thunder, before the sun
re-emerged and shooting continued.
“Competition was hotly (literally)
contested by a hundred archers from
Falklands and Bermuda in the south
and Faroes, Gotland and Åland in the
north. Impressive scoring sparked a lot
of interest among spectators and it led
to several new Island Games records,
many personal bests and lots of awards
being claimed.” ARCHERY UK AUTUMN 2015
Masterclass
Jo’s in record-smashing form
J
o Frith arrived at the UK Masters in a cracking run of form. She had
just won medals and broken a world record at the Para worldranking event in Holland – and was ready for anything. She did
not disappoint.
She broke, subject to ratification, the W1 women’s 70-metre, 60-metre,
30-metre and full 1440 world and UK records over the weekend.
A total of 140 archers took full advantage of sunny but windy
conditions for the invitation-only event at Lilleshall. They also took the
opportunity to remember Lez Newsome, Jean Page and Alan Lake with a
minute’s silence.
The event’s format was a ranking round, 70 metres for recurves and
longbows and 50 metres for compounds on Saturday, followed
by an individual head to head. On Sunday, men and women
from all disciplines shot a World Archery 1440 Star round.
The UK Masters titles were based on performance over the
three rounds.
After two days of intense competition, the overall winners were:
1. Recurve: Ashe Morgan and Naomi Folkard
2. Compound: Neil Bridgewater and Andrea Gales
3. Longbow: Chris Ellis and Mandy Linn
For all the results, go to the Archery GB
Photo by Andrew Hoyle
website>Support>Operations>Tournaments>UK Masters Home turf heroes
S
cotland pulled out all the stops to host the Euronations tournament, which
includes the Commonwealth Archery Championship for Europe, at
Edinburgh University. And it was rewarded with a home turf win!
Each country can enter four competitors for each category, and the top three
scores are added together to form the team score.The final scores were: Scotland –
14,732, England – 13,990, Northern Ireland – 6,396.
Scotland’s compounders beat England 7864-6715 but the outcome in the recurve
competition was reversed as England beat Scotland 7275-6868.
Northern Ireland won the men’s recurve division and Scotland took compound
honours. England’s women won both recurve and compound divisions with
Scotland taking silver.
There was a spectacular finish to
the competition as two pipers in
full highland dress marched on to
the field to serenade the archers.
And there was more drama on
Sunday as individual competitors
went head-to-head. The compound
honours went to Northern Ireland’s
Rebecca Lennon and Carl
Richards of England. Conor Hall of
Northern Ireland topped the
recurve results. ARCHERY UK AUTUMN 2015
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Photos by Amyce Aurora-Smith
Counties rise to challenge
C
ompetition was intense as counties fought for
glory at Archery GB’s 2015 National County
Team Championships.
A total of 231 archers, representing 18 counties, descended
on Lilleshall for two days of competition.
The format was a 70/50 metre qualification round followed by a
team head-to-head with winners decided on a cumulative score.
On Sunday everyone shot a World Archery 1440 round for a
cumulative score.
The overall winners from all the combined elements were:
Recurve men: Eastern Area, Hampshire, Essex and Suffolk
Recurve women: Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland, Lancashire
Compound men: Warwickshire, Essex and Suffolk, Hampshire
Compound women: Durham and Northumberland, Essex and
Suffolk, Oxfordshire
Longbow men: Kent, Dorset and Wiltshire. Longbow women:
Yorkshire, Leicestershire and Rutland
There was also a strong performance by Hampshire’s barebow
men’s team on both days. Ready to shoot.
Spectacular
action
S
TOURNAMENTS
tunning scenery, sparkling
weather and the opportunity
to shoot against a
spectacular backdrop. No wonder
archers flocked to be part of the
60th Dunsters Archery Week.
Set in the deer park of Dunster
Castle, Somerset, the action started
on Sunday with the Record status
Somerset County Championships
and ended the following Saturday
with the Grand Western 141th
Championship meeting.
You can find all the results from
this year’s event at
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Firsts at BWWA Champs
T
here were firsts at the British Wheelchair Archery Association National
Championships and Invitational Event, held at Stoke Mandeville.
This year it included a Visually Impaired 30-metre round. The winners
were Roger Rees-Evans in the VI1 category and Peter Price in the VI2/3.
There was also a round for those with less experience, part of a move to
make the tournament a major domestic para-archery event.
Invictus Games archers Steve Gill and Leigh Bland were multiple
medallists while budding para-archer Amanda George took gold in the
BWAA Championship.
The event was supported by Clickers Archery and the Worshipful Company
of Fletchers. ARCHERY UK AUTUMN 2015
Junior masters on a mission
S
eventy young archers found
themselves on a mission. Their
aim? To test themselves against
Archery GB’s Junior Masters and find
out who would come out on top.
There was a new format for the
Junior Masters which, this year, was
held at the Silverwood Miners Welfare
Resource Centre, Rotherham. On
Saturday there was a 720 ranking
round using target faces and
distances appropriate to bow style and
age group. This was followed by headto-heads within age groups and bow
Photos by Douglas Jardine
style categories. Winners progressed to
mixed age finals to decide the overall
Junior Masters Champions.
On Sunday, there were round-robin
head to heads in the compound,
recurve, and non-sighted bow
categories, divided by gender and
age group followed by knockouts.
And there were some fantastic results.
Rebekah Lowe won the barebow title
for the third year in succession,
compounder Layla Annison retained
her title and Louisa Piper regained the
title she won in 2013.
Scots go into battle!
S
cottish archers went into
battle for a sword – and the
honour of becoming their
nation’s champions.
The sword at the Scottish
Championships is known as the David
Brown Memorial Award. It is awarded to
the archer with the most improved score
at the competition based on previous
scores and this year it went to Nessa
Dunsmore from Falkirk Archers.
The tournament, hosted by Ayr
Archery Club, was a double 1440 round
shot over two days – with everything a
typical Scottish summer could throw at
it. But that did not make the competition
any less fierce.
Only five points separated top
compounders Mike Alexander, Harrison
Ooi and Alistair Whittingham while
Junior Committee Chairman Helen
Woodcock said: “The Junior
Committee would like to thank all the
archers and parents for their good
humour and support throughout the
weekend. All the comments we
received during the weekend were
positive and there were some good
suggestions for further improvements.
We are already planning for next
year’s Junior Masters weekend,
which will once again be the first
weekend in August at a venue to
be decided.” Edinburgh University dominated the
women’s finals with Hope Greenwood
taking gold, ahead of Stephanie
Clason and Victoria Barby.
Stuart Barby, who took silver at the UK
Masters and won the first stage of this
year’s National Series, won the men’s
recurve title. Matt Nowicki took silver with
Gilbert Jamieson in third spot. In the
women’s competition, Lizzie Bell
overcame recent health issues to take
the Scottish title. Johanna Meyer finished
second, followed by Emma Reid.
Edinburgh University proved
dominant in the team competitions
taking both recurve and compound
titles. And the George Green Memorial
Trophy for the highest placed junior
went to Gregor Stevenson. Bill Murray
won his Masters category. TOURNAMENTS
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Longbows at the ready
C
louds and a short shower
gave way to sultry sunshine
as England’s longbow
archers gathered to test their
prowess at the English and Open
Senior Longbow Championships.
The first challenge was the ground,
which rose slightly towards the
targets. It put everyone’s skills to the
test during the UK record and Rose
Award status shoot.
Marc Grady, Chairman of the English
Archery Federation, which organised the
championships, said: “It challenged
everyone’s aiming points. However the
best rose to that challenge and
triumphed, while the rest of us – in true
longbow character – enjoyed the banter
and the company of our target
companions as we shot. Some still
managed to find their best form, with
four claiming Rose Awards.” It’s a classic!
Combined
Indoors
heads to
Stoneleigh
New format is a winner
G
reat weather – and great
shooting – turned this year’s
British Target championships
into a classic as more than 200 archers
battled for glory.
There was a new format for 2015,
similar to that used in the Masters.
On Saturday there were individual
qualifying rounds at 70 or 50 metres
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The archers line up.
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followed by individual matches. On
Sunday, archers shot a World Archery
1440 and the final results were taken
from all three elements.
England took the Home Nations
honours in both the recurve and
compound categories despite a tough
challenge from Scotland.
And after all the elements had been
taken into account, our
champions are:
Recurve: Patrick Huston
and Charlotte Birch
Compound: Carl Richards
and Hope Greenwood
Longbow: Hamish
Freeman and Mandy Linn
Barebow: Alan Holder and
Karen Atkins
Distance recurve
trophies went to Sally
Gilder, Charlotte Birch
and Michael Judd.
Hope Greenwood,
Isabelle Carpenter
and Daniel Tompkins
won the compound
distance trophies.
You can find details of
all the awards, winners
and results from each
element on the website at
News>Tournaments and
Results news. I
t’s all change for this year’s
Archery GB’s Combined Indoor
Championships! Instead of the
Ricoh Arena, archers will be
heading to Hall 2 of the National
Agricultural and Exhibition Centre
at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.
The format for the
championships, which will be held
on 5 and 6 December, remains the
same. The Junior National Indoor
Championships and the Back 2
Back will be held on the Saturday
with the National Indoor
Championships on the Sunday.
So why the change? Archery GB
has strong links to Stoneleigh – it
used to be its headquarters before
the 2000 move to Lilleshall. But,
more importantly, it’s about space
and facilities.
National Tournaments Chairman
Tim Pratt said: “We are also
considering whether to increase
the Junior Championships to a full
three sessions, rather than the twoand-a-half of previous years.
Juniors will also have the
opportunity to choose which face
they shoot at a three-spot or single
full 60cm face, irrespective of bow
style or age group.” ARCHERY UK AUTUMN 2015
The drama unfolds...
...as archers battle for titles
TOURNAMENTS: NATIONAL SERIES
C
hampions tumbled, new stars
were born... and some stepped
back into the limelight at this
year’s drama-filled Nottingham Building
Society Archery GB National Series
Grand Final.
Crowds flocked to watch the action
against a backdrop of the spectacular
Wollaton Hall – and they were
rewarded by fantastic competition,
fun, the chance to test their archery
prowess, special guests of the
feathered variety and an almost
rain-free bank holiday!
But the main focus was on the
action. And it was thrills and spills all
the way as the 2015 women’s
champions reclaimed titles they last
held in 2010 – and the men seized
victory at their first attempt! Patrick
Huston and Naomi Folkard were
crowned recurve champions while
Nichola Simpson and Neil Bridgewater
won the right to call themselves
Britain’s top compound archers.
Patrick later said: “The thing I’m really
happy about and the thing that I was
counting on the whole day was that I
shot a lot of tens. I managed to achieve
this aim and I’m so happy that I won!”
Naomi was delighted too.“I shot
good!” she said.“I was quite nervous.
But I just made sure I kept pulling along
and pushing strong! It’s my first
National Series win since 2010 so I’m
really happy.”
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Silver medals went to rising stars
Bryony Pitman and Kieran Slater while
defending champions Amy Oliver and
Larry Godfrey took bronze.
And the momentum carried on into
the compound finals. Last year’s
champions, Adam Ravenscroft and
Naomi Jones also had to be satisfied
with bronze while Andrea Gales and
Simon Froggatt claimed silver medals.
Champion Nichola later said: “I’m in
shock! I had no expectations. I mean
I’m easing off competition a bit now, so
I said if I make the finals, I’m just going
to enjoy it!”
And Neil said: “The gold medal
match went by in a flash. I was so
focused on the gold, the first I noticed
anything was when I shot a nine and
the audience gasped! I had seven
tens in a row, and to finish on 146 in
the gold match, you can’t really ask
for better than that.”
Archery’s future stars were in action
too, thrilling the crowds in the W&W
Youth Mixed Trios and Fuse Youth
Mixed Teams competitions.
Archery GB Chairman Dave Harrison
said: “As ever, there was a fantastic
atmosphere and some fantastic
shooting on show. Congratulations to
all of the archers that took part,
especially to our deserving winners.”
Nottingham City Councillor David
Trimble, said: “It’s been a pleasure for
Nottingham to host the Nationals Series
Finals for the third time. We feel that this
year’s event has been the biggest and
best yet and has truly established the
city as the home of archery.
“We’re now looking forward to the
2016 World Archery European Outdoor
Target Championships, which
Nottingham is hosting next May.”
David Marlow, Chief Executive of the
Nottingham Building Society, which
sponsored the finals, said: “This is the
third year that we have been involved
and the event is going from strength to
strength. We’re proud to help bring
archery to the home of Robin Hood
and to showcase the sport at a free
event for the community.” ARCHERY UK AUTUMN 2015
Exceptions
prove the
rule!
T
Photos by Dean Layton-James,
Tracey Whitefoot, John Stanley,
Derek Sizewell, Robyn Maryon,
Malcolm Rees
here are always surprises during
the Archery GB National Series –
and this year was no exception.
There was stunning shooting
throughout the early stages at Oxford
and Surrey topped by a record
smashing performance by eventual
winner Patrick Huston at Exmouth. The
19-year-old, fresh from victory at the
British Target Championships, shot 348
in a World Archery 1440 at 70 metres.
That broke the British senior and junior
records, the world junior record, the
European junior and senior records
and the Northern Irish record. In fact,
he was only four points short of the
world senior record!
And there was almost a major
upset as Wendy Aubrey faced triple
Olympian Naomi Folkard at
Nottingham. It was Wendy’s first
National Series final – she only started
shooting two years ago. But she took
Naomi to the wire, only losing because
she dropped the last shot.“I would
have preferred my last arrow to be a
stronger shot,” she said,“but I just got a
major shake on.
“Honestly when I got here I just
wanted to do the process, I wasn’t
bothered about anything else. I got
here, that’s the main thing. I don’t know
how I managed that bit, let alone the
rest. But I liked that. I’m going to try to
do that again!” TOURNAMENTS: NATIONAL SERIES
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Drama, deluges...
...and incredible scores
Photo by James Aitchison
Photo by Robin Maryon
D
rama had been expected at the Junior National
Outdoor Championships – and the 250-plus archers,
their families, coaches and friends were not
disappointed. As well as some spectacular shooting there
was thunder, high winds and heavy downpours.
The weather might have interrupted proceedings but it
could not affect the high quality of the shooting. Around 250
shot in the Junior FITA Star and Metric tournament.
England took the Home Nations honours during the
championships. And there were some very high scores.
Lucy Mason of Deer Park archers shot 1290 in the under 16
compound category, only four ahead of Assheton Bowmen’s
Maddison Codling.
There were only four points separating under 14s
compounders Old Basing’s Jacob Caine and Barnsley’s
Adam Carpenter, who finished on 1288 and 1284
respectively. The girls were not far behind either. The top three
under-14s were Layla Annison on 1287, Jenny Bryan on 1278
and Holly Clifford who finished on 1276.
Recurve archers notched up some spectacular scores too.
Llantarnam under 14 Thea Rogers scored 1276, as did under
-12 Caitlyn Aiken of Buchan Archers.
Junior Committee Chairman Helen Woodcock said: “There
has been some fantastic shooting and incredible scores.
Once again they have been a real credit to the sport and to
themselves. I really cannot praise them enough.” ARCHERY UK AUTUMN 2015
An extra chance to win
A
n added attraction at the JNOC
was the chance to win Arrows
archery kit in a combined
competition and raffle.
It was run by Clickers Archery and the
idea was to let archers and clubs know
about the kit, which is perfect for smaller
and younger children taking part in
have-a go sessions.
Archers from 32 clubs took part,
shooting 12 arrows at the puzzle piece
target face. Archers with the highest
score in their age groups won goody
bags and the names of everyone
who took part went into a raffle for a
three-bow Arrows kit.
The winner was Jake Philpott of
Sittingbourne Community College
Archery Club. Aaron Sothcott of Clickers Archery presents the kit to Jake Philpott
Perfect timing!
I
f you are
going to
shoot a Robin
Hood, the
Junior National
Outdoor
Championships
is just as good
an occasion as
any. At least
that’s what Alex
Rowberry thinks.
The 13-yearold from
Rayleigh Town
Archery Club
was taking part
in his first JNOC
and scored two
nines with the
shots in his last
end in the
Metric 3 at 50
metres. There
were smiles all
round and
now, of course,
he wants to
frame it! ARCHERY UK AUTUMN 2015
It was the first time Lauren Rogers had
competed in a JNOC – and it certainly
made an impression.
“I wanted to give it a go,” said the
11-year-old from Nova Bowmen.“It was
the biggest tournament I have ever
attended – and I really enjoyed it. The
pop music between ends was good,
and it was quiet during shooting so I
could concentrate.
“It was cold at times, with the wind
and rain, but it was so good I wouldn’t
think twice about doing it again.” TOURNAMENTS: JNOC
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Medals
A stunned Tania Nadarajah
realises she has bagged a
precious Rio quota place
Tania helps
secure Rio
quota places
T
ania Nadarajah was thrilled when
she was called up for the British
squad at the World Archery Para
Championships in Donaueschingen at
the very last minute – but she could not
have imagined the crucial part she
was to play.
She made it through to the last 32 in
the individual competition. But then she
entered the secondary Paralympic
qualifier – and finished third, securing
Britain a precious quota spot at Rio 2016!
In total, our archers won 10 medals.
Four in W1, two in compound open
and four in the VI category. Britain
finished in third place overall, securing
a total of nine quota places – only
Russia and China bagged more with
10 each.
Our Visually Impaired archers
marked the category’s return to the
championships in style. There was a
clean sweep in the VI 2/3 category as
Stephen Prowse took gold, beating
Peter Price. Carmel Bassett claimed
bronze after defeating Italy’s Claudio
Peruffo 6 -2 and it was silver for Roger
Rees-Evans in the VI1 competition.
Steve, who was celebrating his
birthday, said: “I haven’t come down
to the ground yet, I am still a bit shaky.
It has just been a phenomenal
experience. You do all the days of hard
work and this is the reason why.” The W1 women took individual silver
and bronze. Jo Frith, who had beaten
Liliana Oliveros of Spain and
teammate Jessica Stretton to land her
spot in the gold medal match could
not quite match the challenge posed
by top seed Guo Ying of China.
Jessica had beaten another
teammate, Vicky Jenkins, to land her
medal match – and the teenager
was determined not to come home
empty-handed. She beat China’s
Zhang Lu 130 -125.
John Walker took silver in the men’s
competition, adding to the mixed
team gold he won with Jo.
Mel Clarke and John Stubbs won
mixed team compound silver and
Above: Jo Frith on medal winning form
Top: Steve Prowse and Peter Price go
head-to-head for VI 2/3 gold
Photos by World Archery
John added individual bronze. But
there was disappointment for Mel in
the individual competition when she
was denied the bronze medal by top
seed, Korea’s Kim Misoon. PERFORMANCE
Four fly the flag
A
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my Oliver, Naomi Folkard,
Nicky Hunt and Kieran Slater
were among 153 athletes who
flew the flag for Great Britain at the first
European Games, which were held in
Baku, Azerbaijan.
There were more than 6,000 athletes
from 50 European nations competing
in 19 disciplines from 13 sports. And
there were strong performances from
the British archers.
Kieran swept past number 11 seed
Yagiz Yilmaz in the closing stages of
the men’s individual competition,
beating the Turk 6-0.Then he came
up against Frenchman Plihon, who
was ranked sixth.They were neck-andneck all the way, Kieran taking the first
and fourth ends and drawing the
second. By the end of the fifth set,
both archers were on 136 points and
facing a shoot-off.
Signing off
Jo Frith, Jessica
Stretton and
Vicky Jenkins
...but Daisy does it in style!
Daisy Clark with Aalin and Kirsten
George – and their gold medals
Photos by Salvatore Scarpato
D
James Howse, Luke Ralls
and Jake Walsh finished
top of their class.
aisy Clark finished her last
international as a junior in style
by winning individual silver and
team gold from the second leg of the
European Youth Cup in Rome, as well
as Europa Cup silver.
The compounder sailed through to
a gold medal clash with top seed
Maya Orlic – who ended Kirsten
George’s hopes in the quarter finals.
The Croatian edged it but Daisy was
still able to sign off in style – and with a
silver medal.
The result in Great Britain’s other gold
medal match was even closer. It was
shoot-offs virtually all the way for
recurve cadet Joe Ground. So it was,
perhaps, fitting that his gold medal
match with Lucas Peyrot ended the
same way.
With honours even, it came down to
one arrow. Joe scored an eight but the
Frenchman hit 10 leaving Joe with a
well-deserved silver medal.
They added to the mixed team
bronze won by compound cadets
Rebecca Lennon and James Howse
when they beat Italy 150-148 earlier in
the competition.
In the team categories, compound
juniors Matthew Hall, Dean Hamilton
and Sam Jeram ended in second
spot while Daisy Clark, Kirsten George
and Aalin George topped their
leader board.
Compound cadets James Howse,
Luke Ralls and Jake Walsh finished top
of their class. And Rebecca Lennon,
Elizabeth Martel, Lucy Mason also
took gold. There was a creditable
fourth place for recurve cadets Emily
Bryant, Lizzy Warner and Eleanor Piper
who were edged out by Turkey.
And, overall in the Europa Cup,
cadets Rebecca Lennon came first,
Lucy Mason was second and James
Howse third. Junior Daisy Clark was
second with Aalin George third. Kieran shot an eight but the
Frenchman’s arrow edged into the
nine, allowing him to progress into
the quarter finals.
There was a battle royal as Nicky
Hunt fought to progress to the last 16
of the championships. She took the
first end from eighth seed Natalia
Erdynieva 25-22. The Russian pulled
back, winning the next two sets but
then Nicky stepped up a gear to
draw level. However, Erdynieva took
the final set to win 6-4 overall.
And there was intense
competition in the team category as
Naomi Folkard, Nicky Hunt and Amy
Oliver went head to head with
Georgia. It was nip and tuck all the
way as Great Britain drew the first set
and won the second but Georgia
edged ahead in the third and won
the fourth by a single point, giving
them a 5-3 victory and a place in
the quarter finals. What a way
to celebrate!
Extra twist to
nine-medal haul
J
ohn Stubbs turned 50 while
competing at the Para Archery
World Ranking Tournament in
Nove Mesto – and he marked his big
day by winning a silver medal!
He won other medals too, along with
his triumphant teammates. He took
mixed team bronze with Jodie
Grinham and compound team bronze
with Mikey Hall and John Walker.
But they were not the only ones
celebrating. John Walker and Jo Frith
were in unbeatable form in their W1
mixed final. They defeated Russia
152-158 to take the title. And there was
a clean sweep in the individual finals.
Our W1 women were always going to
be in the medals. It was just a question
of who won what. In the end it was
Jessica Stretton who hit sparkling form
at just the right moment, beating
teammate Jo Frith into second place.
Vicky Jenkins won the bronze.
There was silver for the recurve men’s
team of Paul Browne, David Phillips
and Simon Powell and for the
compound team of Jodie Grinham,
Jo Frith and Vicky Jenkins. A handshake
from birthday
boy John Stubbs
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The future’s bright!
Young stars shine at Yankton
T
here was drama, kindness and a
demonstration of what makes
our sport so special at the World
Archery Youth Championships
in Yankton.
When British team members
Rebecca Lennon and Aimee Convery
flew from Northern Ireland to join their
teammates in London for the flight to
the USA, their luggage – including their
bows – went missing.
Aimee managed to scrape together
enough kit from spare recurve gear. But
compounder Rebecca was not quite
so lucky – until Croatia’s Maja Orlic
stepped in and offered her the use of
her spare bow.
Compound cadets Lucy Mason and
James Howse won Britain’s first medal –
mixed team bronze. Then James, along
with Luke Rails and Adam Carpenter
took silver after a blistering campaign
through the team competition. They
beat Australia and top seeds Turkey
before just losing out to the USA in
the final.
James took his medal total to three
by winning individual bronze.
Other British archers came incredibly
close to medals, finishing in fourth spot
Bronze medalists James
Howse and Lucy Mason
– and team manager Jon Nott is
predicting a bright future.
He said: “It’s been a really good week
for the team. We have had an
outstanding performer in James Howse
who has trained and worked so hard in
the last year. This has been the best
showing ever at a world champs for
our junior compound team. We will
continue over the next two years to
improve for next time.” Students go so close...
J
ordan Mitchell led the
British charge at the World
University Games at Gwangju in
South Korea.
The compounder was only denied a
quarter final place when he lost to
Italy’s Jacopo Polidori. Phillip Tucknott
and Matthew Dale each put up a
brave fight but lost out to Emre Comez
and Mario Cardoso respectively.
World Champs bronze for Adam!
PERFORMANCE
I
t was bronze for Britain as Adam
Ravenscroft made his mark on
the World Championships
in Copenhagen.
Along the way Adam, the reigning
National Series compound champion,
beat Switzerland’s Kevin Burri, Korean
Kim Taeyoon, top seed Abhishek Verma,
South African Albertus Cornelius and
Demir Elmaagacli of Turkey.
It earned him a place in the bronze
medal match, which was played
out against a backdrop of the
Christiansborg Palace, the home of the
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Danish Parliament. His opponent was
Colombia’s Camilo Cardona.
Wearing a black ribbon in tribute
to Head of Coach and Athlete
Development Lloyd Brown’s wife, who
passed away recently, Adam
immediately seized the initiative. He
shot 10-X-9 in reply to Cardona’s 27
and maintained the momentum
through the second end. Then the
Colombian recovered his composure
to take the third and edge the fourth.
But Adam was still a point ahead.
As he lined up for the final end he
Hope Greenwood beat teammate
Stephanie Clason by a single
point but then came up against
Korea’s Song Yun Soo. And Georgie
Brown was halted by Poland’s
Katarzyna Szalanska.
Recurver Ashe Morgan was only
denied a place in the last 16 in a shoot
off.Tom Hall, Alex Smith and Sally Gilder
battled hard but were unlucky. Photo by Dean Alberga
was being serenaded by his teammates
– and Cardona wobbled a little, slotting
home two nines before finishing with a
10. But Adam was not to be denied. He
shot two Xs and a nine to claim a twopoint win and the bronze medal. ARCHERY UK AUTUMN 2015
Maximum
points for
Lizzy
Photo by Malcolm Rees
Unis do the double
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
Hard-fought victories at BUCS Outdoors
O
xford and Warwick
universities have completed
a spectacular double. The
Oxford women and Warwick’s men
won their BUCS Outdoor team
competitions – just as they did at this
year’s indoor championships!
More than 350 archers applied for
only 280 spaces, which meant that
universities each had to be limited to
11 archers for the championships,
held at Lilleshall. It is the blue riband
event of the higher education
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archery calendar and students from
across the country compete for BUCS
points in a two-day event.
Entrants shot a World Archery 1440
Star on Saturday and there was a
separate novice category with a
mixed non-compound team event.
On Sunday it was the BUCS head to
head event.
Experience showed as Warwick’s
men beat Edinburgh 3475-3412.
Oxford’s women defeated rivals
Cambridge 3343-3267. Birmingham
took third spot in both competitions.
Charlie Birch, Oxford women’s team
captain, said: “I am very proud of my
team’s performance, both as a team
and as individuals. To take home both
titles is an amazing achievement!”
Southampton won the novice title
for archers in their first year in archery
on 3140.
In the individual competitions, Ashe
Morgan (Birmingham) and Maryia
Karpiyevich (Cambridge) took both
the World Archery 1440 and 720
recurve titles while Hope Greenwood
(Edinburgh) did the double in the
compound categories. Thomas Taylor
(Coventry) took the 1440 men’s
compound honours.
Ian Fleming (MMU Cheshire) and
Emily Williams (South Wales) won the
1440 longbow competition while
Elizabeth Rees (Bath) and Huw
Vaughan-Jackson (Edinburgh) took
the barebow titles. Huw also won
the barebow and longbow combined
720 honours.
Full results can be found at the BUCS
Archery website. L
izzy Rees believes her maximumpoints haul in BUCS competitions
this year was the perfect way to
thank the University of Bath for
supporting her archery and
academic careers.
The sports performance student,
who has a Santander Sports
Scholarship, took gold and set a new
record. That followed on from her
success at the Indoor Championships.
“I’ve picked up maximum BUCS
points for Bath, which I am really
pleased about,” she said.
“Everyone here has been really
supportive and the scholarship has
been a massive help. Pretty much the
cost of my whole year of competing
equates to my scholarship, so I am
breaking even which is brilliant. That is
one less stress to worry about.
“I’ve just finished my second year
here and my lecturers have been
brilliant, they give me any time off I
need for competitions.
“I go to the gym here six days a
week and we have access to the
indoor running track every day if we
want it. It is ideal for training.”
Archery runs in the family for Lizzy –
her parents, Andrew and Jane, have
both represented Britain, as has older
sister Louise. ARCHERY UK AUTUMN 2015
Welcome to Archery UK’s Advice Zone.
If you have any questions, this is the place to be!
In every issue our experts are on hand to give recurve, compound and longbow advice. So if you want to know
something, email your question to magazine@archerygb.org and we will pass it on to Lucy, Patrick, Duncan or
Dean. Our barebow advice page will return in the winter issue.
Roll
Lucy gearing up for the
gold match at the
NatWest Island Games
with it!
How do you handle
pressure? Compound
star Lucy O’Sullivan has
some top tips.
ADVICE ZONE
W
hat steps can you take to
cope with pressure? It could
be external pressure from a
parent, press and media or pressure
you put on yourself. The question is,
how do you handle it?
Everyone feels pressure at one time
or another – once you realise that, you
can start learning to roll with it. Trust
that it will happen and you can calm
yourself down when it does. Use nerves
to create a positive rather than a
negative impact on your shooting.
At the recent Island Games media
types kept describing me as the “Poster
Girl” for Jersey. That was the external
pressure. I kept telling myself that I
wasn’t, I was just there to shoot and do
my job. However I knew Jersey had
hyped up my last gold medal and
needed me to do it again. That was
the internal pressure.
So how did I cope in that gold
medal match? I kept telling myself I
was not the poster girl. (If you tell
yourself one thing enough times your
brain does actually start to believe it). I
also thought about all the times I had
been in high-pressure situations, like
my two wins at the National Series
finals and how I coped then. I find
once my adrenaline gets up I can
start having fun. Your brain is like a
filing cabinet. Once it has stored
information all you need to do is find
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the file of how you coped best or felt
happiest with your shooting, and you
can recreate that feeling.
The last thing I did was to keep telling
myself how used to head-to-heads I
was – and that carried me through.
So the main points are
Practice in high-pressure situations.
The more you do it, the easier they
get. You know what you are doing
and you can turn the nerves into a
positive. Do this by:
1. Recreating high level matches by
shooting against someone who is
better than you.
2. Getting as much competition
experience as you can.
Focus on technique, not the
outcome. This helps with both types
of pressure. Do this by:
Working on the shot routine you build
up in your practice sessions. Think
about it the same way every time and
it becomes the norm. If negative
1
2
thoughts creep in, switch to automatic
pilot and your shot routine
Songs and buzzwords help. Repeat
them in your head to make you feel
positive during practice and use them
to keep pressure at bay.
Practice positive thinking. If you
think “don’t get an eight,” do you
get an eight? Usually. Your brain
will focus on what you are telling it
– so tell it what it needs to hear.
You are a good archer. You get
10s in practice. You will get 10s
in competition.
Practice and prepare. The
knowledge you have put the work
in breeds confidence and takes
the pressure off. You have prepared
thoroughly, now all you can do is
your best.
Be kind to yourself. If you haven’t
been able to put in the practice,
re-evaluate your expectations and
don’t expect to win. 3
4
5
Release issue or
target panic?
Archery GB compound
squad member Duncan
Busby is here to help with
queries on form, equipment
and technique.
Q
I recently bought a TRU Ball
Incredible release aid and set it
on the lightest setting so I could pull
through shots using back tension. It
allowed me to develop an
unanticipated release and I began to
build up a successful shot routine.
Now I cannot pull through shots
effectively. The pressure I need to place
on the thumb trigger to activate the
release has increased significantly and
I cannot execute a release using the
correct form.
I switched back to my previous
release aid, a Carter Target 4. The
problems disappeared and my shot
routine is back normal. Do you think
there is a problem with my new release
aid or is it more likely to be a
psychological issue?
A
The way you are executing your
shot is correct. Pulling against the
bows stop to set off the release aid is
the most consistent way to shoot.
Sometimes however, once archers
become used to a particular way of
shooting they can start to anticipate
their shot. This may be why the change
of release aid benefited your shooting.
This is a form of target panic. It does
not always present with a flinch or a
punched shot. It can cause you to
hang up on your release, leaving you
unable to execute a smooth and welltimed shot even when pulling hard
against the bow’s stops. Luckily it is an
easy fix with some blank boss shooting
and a little patience.
Set up a target around three to five
metres away, set up your bow set up as
normal and shoot at the blank boss
using the TRU Ball release aid.
Concentrate specifically on your
release, making sure you pull through
the shot smoothly using the correct
muscles in your back. Keep your release
hand as relaxed as possible.This will
allow the pressure to be transferred
from your thumb to the trigger more
consistently, reducing the chance of
increased tension and the likelihood of
hanging up on the shot. Keep shooting
blank boss until you have developed a
consistent, comfortable shooting
rhythm, then translate it to a target face.
This exercise refreshes your muscle
memory and helps to free up your shot
again. A few hundred arrows on a blank
boss is a great way of resolving issues
with your shot routine and polishing
up technique.
If you continue to have problems I
would recommend re-setting it by
following these instructions:
On the TRU Ball Incredible there is a
large set screw on the back. It allows
you to adjust the release’s sensitivity by
changing the internal spring. This
should always be turned clockwise so
that it’s tight.
There is also a smaller set screw that
adjusts the travel on the trigger. This is
secured by a lock screw which ensures
that the travel screw does not move.
The first thing you need to do is to
make sure the larger sensitivity screw is
in place and locked tight. Then, cock
the release so that it’s in the firing
position. Now, locate the smaller travel
screw and slowly turn it clockwise until
the release fires. Finally, turn the small
set screw counter-clockwise about 1/4
of a turn to re-set the release and
tighten the lock screw down to hold
the new setting in place.
If either screw has moved, even
slightly, it will make your release aid feel
and behave differently. Resetting a
release is quick and simple and I think
every compound archer should learn
how to do it. ADVICE ZONE: COMPOUND
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Invest
wisely
One of Archery GB’s
rising stars, Patrick
Huston, answers your
recurve questions.
Q
It’s time to invest in my first
recurve kit. What should I be
looking for?
A
Doing it properly is not going to
be cheap – but it doesn’t have to
be that expensive either. You can get
everything you need for around £500
to £600 if you invest wisely.
In your first real set up you should be
looking for a riser, the limbs, a sight, a
pressure button, a rest, arrows, a quiver,
a tab, stabilisers, a v-bar and a clicker.
The biggest investment should be in
your riser. You can upgrade limbs when
moving up poundage but if spend
between £150 and £300 – or more –
on the riser, it will be perfect for most of
your archery career. A 25in riser will
suit most people above 5ft 6in and a
23in for those smaller.
ADVICE ZONE: RECURVE
Photos by Peter Howsam
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Realistically your first limbs should
be cheap. Talk to your coach about
poundage but a rough idea would
be 28-32lb for men and 24-28lb for
women. Go cheap and cheerful with
this as you will want to go up in draw
weight within a few months. Long limbs
for 29in draw lengths and more,
medium 26-29in and short for
everything below. With the sight it is pretty much up to
you how much to spend. A top range
sight will last your entire career but you
could upgrade later. And invest wisely in
a pressure button. Cheaper models are
prone to coming loose and wearing
out. I would recommend a Shibuya DX
which costs £25 and will last as long as
you shoot.The Beiter button costs £80
and is capable of more fine
adjustment – great for top level archers
who want two identical set ups.
There is one rest I would
recommend – the Shibuya Ultima at
around £25. They are infinitely
adjustable for different sizes or arrows
and set ups, have one easy-to-use
Allen key to adjust, come with spare
sticky pads to change risers and
pretty much indestructible!
Be careful to buy the right spine of
arrows and have them cut to the right
length – especially if you are going to
use a clicker. Start with aluminiums and
upgrade as you progress. Make sure
you get the right spine by speaking to
an experienced archer or archery
shop specialists who will measure your
poundage and draw length.
In my opinion, clickers are crucial for
your development. To start with I would
recommend a magnetic clicker that
sits out in front of the bow. This way as
your draw length increases your arrows
will not be too short as they would be
with an on-bow clicker. Make sure to
speak to a coach when setting up
your clicker.
Invest in functionality when you buy
your quiver. Spend at least £25 and
ensure you have all the pockets and
storage you are going to need. And
look for a tab with a platform. It is best
to get to a shop and try them to see
what fits your hand best.
With stabilisers it is pretty much
personal choice. As a rough guide the
long rod should be about the same as
your arrow length. And don’t forget the
side rods and an adjustable v-bar. ARCHERY UK AUTUMN 2015
The aim game
Fancy getting into longbow but want to know more?
Or do you have a question about equipment or
technique? Then longbow archer and coach
Dean Hirst is on hand to help.
Q
A
NUTRITION
Super foods?
S
uper foods are in. People are
going mad for all sorts of things
from gogi berries to maca
powder and cacao nibs. However,
I was really taken aback when
someone said they had been told
that pasta is a super food. It is not.
Two things make super food. First, it
will have an unusually high nutrient
content: vitamins, minerals, enzymes
or good fats. Second, the nutrients will
be in a form the body can easily
absorb and use, called bio-available.
Take the avocado. This pear-shaped
fruit is packed with amino acids,
vitamins, minerals, enzymes and good
fats. I base my breakfast smoothie on
avocado. It is also great as part of a
salad. Pasta is nothing but wheat
starch with a bit of protein, a few
minerals and hardly any vitamins.
Like bread or Yorkshire pudding, it’s
padding and will cause weight gain
without boosting your health.
The goodness has diminished
drastically in our modern diet. Real
super foods like coconut, hemp, chia
and flax seeds, spirulina and freshly
sprouted seeds can help to fill the
gap and give you a boost. Of
course a few gogi berries won’t
make up for a poor diet so build a
solid foundation and always aim to
eat well. For more information go to
www.learntoeatwell.co.uk ARCHERY UK AUTUMN 2015
Which is better, pile sighting or
sighting with a band?
This is personal choice. Like
anything, you have to try
changes out for several weeks to see
if they have any benefit. If you do
decide to use a band, choose a thin
band of strong colour contrast to
bow and target. Thick bands do not
give a definite enough sight picture
and O-rings tend to roll too easily,
making minute adjustment difficult.
Q
What do you do if you are
struggling to reach the
longest distance?
A
If your arrows are falling just
short of the target, despite how
high you raise your bow arm, there
are two things you can look at to
gain another 10 yards or so. First,
what string are you using? If it is
a Dacron string, change it for
something with less stretch like fast
flight. That gives more punch to the
arrow from the bow – but it is less
forgiving if you make a sloppy shot.
And check with your bowyer that
your bow’s warranty covers using fast
flight. Most do but some won’t.
Second, the higher you raise just
your bow arm, the shorter your draw
length. So despite aiming a bit higher
Top Tip
Use super foods
to enhance a
good diet
your still not reaching the target. What
you need to do is draw your bow level,
so you can see the target above your
hand at full draw.Then instead of
raising your arm, you bend from the
waist, keeping head, arms and
shoulders all in line with each other as
you hinge back.This keeps your draw
length full, your arrows in spine, and
you won’t need to aim as high as you
were above the target.
Q
A
How important is the
string picture?
It is vitally important to have a
constant string picture each
shot. So much so, that compound
bows have a peep sight on the string.
Effectively, it acts as a back sight, as
on a rifle. This then is the direction of
which your arrow will travel from the
string at anchor, to bow then to target.
If the string is always viewed at the
same place at full draw – the string
picture – then the path of the arrow
flight will be the same each time.
The position of the string in the
picture will cause the arrow to fly left or
right. Depending on where we see the
string, and adjusting its position, can
also help us to get a better aiming
point on the target. If arrows are flying
too much to the right, we move the
string over to the right a little. If they fly
left, move the string left a little. The
head position has always got to be
the constant though, so that we are
looking at the same thing each time
and the string at full draw will be to the
left, centre or right of the eye. And
when I say move the string over, I am
only talking about maybe 1-3mm. This
does take practice to perfect but is
very beneficial. ADVICE ZONE: LONGBOW
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My heartfelt thanks
My name is Martin Mycock and I recently realised a barmy idea. I spent most
of June driving 2,600 miles around England visiting 17 different archery clubs.
I did 18 shoots in three weeks to raise money for Help for Heroes.
When I set off my target was to raise £1,000, this was very quickly raised
so I increased it to £2,500. At the time of writing the fund now stands at over
£4,200 and is still open in hope of raising more.
www.justgiving.com/ArcheryForHeroes1651276642/
Everywhere I visited I was made welcome and had a great time meeting fellow
archers. In many cases they turned out on evenings they wouldn’t normally shoot.
In some cases competitions and raffles were arranged to increase the fundraising
potential.Their hospitality and generosity were, at times, overwhelming.
It was a pleasure sharing the shooting line with you all. I have no doubt I’ll meet
many of you again. Not least Green Lane Archers as they still have my foot markers
(left on the line. Oops).
Martin Mycock
Bowmen of Lyme
MAILBAG
Time for a rethink?
Can I ask a question? How many of us
older archers are there? Archery UK gives
us ample evidence that over 60s provide
a decent proportion of members.They
may make up 1,000 of the 40,000-plus
Archery GB members, or it could be
closer to 20,000. It is relevant though.
With the World Archery class of Master
being over 50, (not to be confused with
our domestic Master Bowman, which is
a classification of ability), there seems a
huge void in recognising the more
elderly in the mix of things. 50 seems so
young to me now and I wonder if 60
would be a more realistic age to be
classed as a veteran?
I cannot go so far as suggest that we
would benefit from the same sort of age
breakdown that we allow for the
young, but I would be delighted to
smile at an 80-year-old shooting on
the same target as a 12-year-old
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because they are at equal, but opposite
demographic and strength ends, of the
same sport.There is a vast difference
between an 18-year-old just entering the
senior category and a 70-year-old who
is in that same category. Perhaps the
Bristol rounds and Metric rounds could
also have an upper age range that
would allow a competition to still be an
attraction for those of us who seem to
be left behind? I imagine, however, that
we have become so accustomed to
these being junior rounds that it may be
hard to accept that they could be
adapted for others?
Perhaps it’s worth thinking about?
Tony George
Chairman of Rules writes: It is food for
thought and, as a starting point, we will
bring it to the attention of the relevant
committees.
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Well done!
As you are well aware I am one of
the first to have a moan about
things if... But this time...
The Summer 2015 Archery UK
magazine has just arrived, only one
word describes it: BRILLIANT!
What an amazing amount of
grass roots coverage, combined
with the youth, special needs, elite
and technical information. I will
read this cover to cover.
Kevin Sutherland
I beg to differ...
As someone in his 74th year I beg to
differ with the concept that when you
get older you lose your prowess in
archery. Sorry but I think that’s rubbish.
Archery is a sport to enjoy. It keeps you
fit. It’s mind over matter – if you don’t
mind it does not matter.
Last year I won three competitions.
This year I won the Yorkshire Archery
Association indoor longbow
championships and came second at
Harrogate. Sorry, I forgot to say I shoot
a longbow. Many longbow archers, it
seems, are of a certain age with new
hips and knees (and/or diabetes and
blood pressure!)
And if you find that you cannot do
what you did in your younger days,
don’t aim so high. Just enjoy it!
David Whitham
White Rose Archers
Union, trueheart, courtesie
Killingworth Archers recently celebrated its 40th anniversary and really lived
up to archery’s motto by helping me raise funds for a village in Nepal
devastated by the recent earthquakes.
Members donated target fees, supported a raffle, giving prizes as
well as buying tickets, sponsored bricks and gave many wonderful
individual donations.
With the clubs amazing support I have been able to send more than £800
to the village of Thokarpa in the Himalayas. These funds will be used in the
reconstruction and
restocking of the very
essential health post that
serves Thokarpa and the
surrounding villages in
the valley.
Thank you one and all
for your support.
Mary Rathbone
Killingworth Archers
Safety guidance please
I have been thinking about a couple
of recent occurrences at local
tournaments in which I was judging.
One had to be abandoned when a
boss blew over and, as the winds were
not abating, the judges declared it
unsafe to continue. At another, archers
reported being unable to hold their
bows anywhere near the line to the
target because of high winds.
I sought advice but struggled to find
guidance on abandonment of a
shoot due to bad weather. I also
checked what advice could be
offered to fellow judges and those
hard-worked and much appreciated
tournament organisers (most of whom
deserve a medal!)
The Beaufort Scale describes wind
speeds in terms of effects over land.
They include:
Force 5. Fresh breeze. 28.7–38.8 km/h.
Small trees in leaf begin to sway
Force 6. Strong breeze. 38.8–49.9 km/h.
Larger tree branches moving,
whistling in wires
Force 7. Near gale. 49.9–61.8 km/h.
Whole trees moving. Effort needed
walking against wind
Perhaps we should consider
adopting guidance along the lines
that when gusts get to Force 6 judges
should start monitoring conditions.
If Force 7 is reached then the
tournament should be suspended and
the conditions monitored for an hour.
If the wind abates then the shoot can
resume and, if not, the event should
be abandoned.
Judges might say it is more work
but it is their first and overriding
responsibility to ensure safety, so this
approach is merely formalising what
we should be doing already. I acknowledge that there are
practical issues as most shoots do not
include an anemometer in the range
equipment. However the Royal
Meteorological Society has provided
us with a brief description of the
observed effects of these winds in its
Beaufort Scale.
For the safety of our charges on the
shooting line and for judges to be able
to satisfactorily justify our decisions,
guidance of this nature should be
agreed and provided to both judges
and tournament organisers.
Gordon Dunk, County Judge
Chairman of Judges writes: The safety
of events is always the judges’
overriding priority. To ensure an event is
safe for all they take in to account a
number of factors, not just wind which
is one element of the assessment. Without a measuring device any
assessment of wind limit is subjective.
What to some might be a Force 6
could be a Force 5 or 7 to another,
depending on the size of the tree or the
person. A judge has to assess what
they can see on the field at the time –
no matter what a weather forecast
might say. Ultimate responsibility lies with judges,
but archers have a responsibility too. If
they cannot hold the shot on the
target, they can make the assessment
they are not safe to shoot and
withdraw. The justification of our decisions
comes from what we have in front of us
at the time. A Force 7 wind in the
direction of the targets might not be an
issue, yet a cross wind causes
problems. The same goes for thunder
and lightning, rain or snow if the
ground becomes icy and slippery or
indoors if there is a leak.The possibilities
are endless so we would have to make
rules for all weather types and that is
both impractical and unnecessary.
MAILBAG
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Could it be you?
Would you like to help shape the
future of our sport?
H
ave you ever wanted to be in
the driving seat at Archery GB?
Do you have the skills and
determination to drive our sport
forward? If the answer is yes, now is
the time to step forward!
Next year seven Elected Director
vacancies need to be filled and this is
your chance to make a difference.
Archery has always been the most
inclusive of sports and we would like
our Board to reflect this. More women,
young people and students are
taking up the sport. More athletes are
coming through our Performance
Mark Davies
pathways and Academies. Your
voices need to be heard! Age is
immaterial as long as you are 18
and over and we are interested in
applications from all abilities, gender,
race and religions. All you need is
the knowledge and skills to input into
the strategic direction of Archery GB.
Our sport is experiencing
unprecedented growth and
development. It faces fresh
challenges as well as fantastic
opportunities – and if you think your
background, skills and experience
could make archery in Britain even
Mark named
Chairman-Elect
BOARD
W
hen Archery GB’s new articles
were approved last year, one
of the changes was the way
in which the Chairman is appointed.
Instead of serving a three-year term,
the Board now appoints the Chairman
annually – and David Harrison is to
carry on in the role until next year’s AGM.
After that Mark Davies will take over.
These are exciting times and the
idea behind the change was to ensure
that Archery GB had the flexibility to
make the most of Board members’ skills
and experience to drive its strategic
focus forward.
Dave, who was first elected in 2010,
said: “Being your Chairman has been
an absolute blast. I have met so many
members and people that a lad from
60
stronger and more successful, then it’s
time to think about standing for
election to the Board.
You will be working alongside our
Chief Executive David Sherratt and
our three Independent Directors,
Chris Mortlock, Mark Davies and
Neil Armitage. You will be helping to
complete the transition to a
skills-based Board, changing the
way Archery GB operates and,
potentially, be in at the start of a
new beginning for archery in the UK.
Directors meet four times a year
as a Board, usually at weekends.
Newcastle would not normally expect
to meet. I have visited a wide range of
countries to represent Archery GB and
it has been a real pleasure. I am
extremely proud to serve you all.
“Our sport is in a better place, with
more members, a better service to us
the members and, of course, more
medal success. But of course that is
not down to me. You the members
and volunteers, working with our
dedicated staff, have achieved that.
“Following the governance
changes Mark Davis will step into
the chair after the AGM. He comes
with a wide range of commercial
experience and will act as
Chairman-Elect. We will be working
closely together up to the AGM and I
The estimated time commitment is
around 20 days a year.
Interested? You can find out more
about what the role involves in the
Governance>Elected Directors
section of the website.
To apply all you have to do is
send your CV and letter of
application by email (including
your full name, membership number
and length of membership) to
nominations@archerygb.org
Requests for informal/confidential
discussions can also be sent to this
email address.
Your application must be
supported by three Electors. Each of
these Electors should send an email
of support, including your name, to
nominations@archerygb.org
giving their full name and
membership number and state how
they qualify as an Elector.
You are also required to complete
sections 3 and 4a of the Company
House Information Form and return
that with your application. David Harrison
know you will give Mark the same
support as you have given me.”
Mark, who is one of Archery GB’s
Independent Directors, said: “I’m very
excited to be taking over as Chairman
of Archery GB and am relishing the
challenges ahead. I’d like to pay tribute
to Dave Harrison for his years of
excellent work on behalf of everyone in
the sport, and am very pleased that he
is staying in place to help ease me into
the role in April next year. I am looking
forward to working with him and
people throughout the sport.” I
was pleased to attend the National Series Finals held in Nottingham.
It was great to see, once again, a top level event and one which
builds on our first class working relationship with Nottingham Building
Society and Nottingham City Council. We will be working in Nottingham
again next year on the World Archery Europe European Championship
2016 which will see many athletes from around Europe compete for
European titles and Olympic quota places.
The Board held its first meeting in July with a full complement of 12
directors including three Independent Directors. As part of the new
arrangements, the position of Chairman was due for review and the
Board agreed that Dave Harrison will continue as Chairman until the
2016 AGM when his current term as a Director comes to an end. The
Board voted Mark Davies as Chair-Elect and he will take over as
Chairman of the Board. The 2016 AGM will be significant with seven
elected directors up for election.
There will be three Membership Roadshows in November. This
gives us an opportunity to meet with members to provide an
update on the work of Archery GB and to ask for member’s views,
including comments around some possible changes to subscription
categories. Further details are in the magazine and I hope to see you at
one of the Roadshows.
Here at Lilleshall, the revamped Queens Bar has opened with Lilleshall
reception moving there from its long established position in the main
house. The building work has moved to commence on the new admin
block funded by Sport England at the back of Wenlock car park. I have
been advised that the building will be completed for occupancy from
May 2016. This will see the Memberships Services team, Development
and Finance teams and myself moving across into one office.
Performance will remain based at Sutherland Hall.
I hope that you have had a great summer enjoying participation in
our sport and wish you well for the indoor season.
Chief Executive
BOARD
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Added spice
A
rchery proved to be one of
the main attractions as 100
people tried out different
sports at the 2015 Amputee Games
at Stoke Mandeville.
The games, organised by
LimbPower, were created to introduce
primary (new) amputees to a wide
range of sports. The aim is to help with
rehabilitation, get them interested in
sport and introduce them to other
amputees so that they can share
experiences and speak to others in
the same situation. And the hope is
that some might go on to achieve
Paralympic success.
Helen George, Fred Stevens and
Maureen Ritson were on hand to give
entrants a taste of archery and, to add
some spice, organised a competition.
It was a huge success, with more than
30 amputees taking part.
Helen said: “We were very pleased
with the standard of the competition
as most had never tried archery before.
We gave lots of them details of how to
find and contact local clubs and I
asked a couple to keep in touch with
me as they were very interested and
showed a lot of promise.
“It was very busy, but it was a
great weekend.” Build your
confidence
On target at the centenary celebrations
Photo: Derek Sizeland
D
Taking aim
Photo: Derek Sizeland
Centenary celebrations
DISABILITIES
A
century of support was marked
in style by the Blind Veterans UK
Bowmen, formerly St Dunstans
Archery Club.
It held its biggest shoot yet, a
centenary special, at the Sussex
Archery Ground in Crawley. It attracted
61 archers, plus friends and supporters
from archery clubs who have
competed with members over
the years.
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Among the clubs shooting a short
Windsor were: Ditchling, Newhaven,
Southampton University, Hellingly,
Clickers Archery, Royal Navy, RAF and
the eventual winners, the Army.The top
four scores from each team, handicap
adjusted, were used for final scoring.
The Lady Paramount was longstanding friend to the club, Lesley
Agutter, of the Worshipful Company
of Fletchers. o you want to develop
your skills, knowledge and,
most importantly,
confidence about coaching
disabled people? Then book your
place on the next Pass It On
disability awareness training day.
It is aimed a level 1 and level 2
archery coaches, includes
practical sessions and classroom
based discussion and is led by a
friendly team of experienced
coaches. They include Bob Smith,
the secretary of British Wheelchair
Archery Association who has
worked with the Great Britain
Para-Archery Team and coached
the British team at the recent
Invictus Games.
It is being held at Stoke
Mandeville Stadium, Aylesbury,
Buckinghamshire, HP21 9PP on 3
October. It costs £25 and runs
from 9am to 4.30pm. Visit
www.archerygb.org/disability to
find out more. ARCHERY UK AUTUMN 2015
You are invited…
To have your say on new proposals
L
ast year we all worked together to
help shape the future of our sport.
Now Archery GB would like to
invite you to take part in a series of
meetings to talk about new initiatives
and proposals.
These are extremely exciting times for
archery in Great Britain – our sport is
now firmly embedded in the public
consciousness and we need to keep it
there. To do that we need more
members, more people taking part,
more archers on the shooting line
and better access to coaching and
facilities. We need to attract more
outside investment, bring home more
world-class medals and offer more
support to our volunteers.
Our success means it is more
important than ever that we plan for the
future.To do that successfully we would
like your input on a number of important
topics.Your feedback is extremely
important to us. If you want to be part of
it, please come and join us at:
2 November:
Huddersfield University
4 November: Link Hotel,
Loughborough University
9 November: Bisham Abbey
To register your interest please email
enquiries@archerygb.org Stay in
the habit
S
port is good for us. It has a
profound impact on our physical
and mental health. But how do
you convince people to keep it up
once they have started? It is one of the
challenges facing sports clubs and the
major triggers include:
finishing school
starting university
starting a first full time job
starting a family
For most people this drop out is not a
conscious decision. Life changes and
they just get out of the habit.
In 2012 Sport England suggested it
was the responsibility of the sport sector
to make it as easy as possible for
people to stay involved. Its strategy aims
to ensure that by 2017 sport becomes
a habit for life for more people.
Many clubs are rising to the task –
doing great work to increase sustained
participation, particularly among
school leavers, while providing
opportunities for young people to
improve their lives.
If you have any ideas to keep archers
involved following a change in life event,
we would love to hear from you. Contact
freddie.collier@archerygb.org ARCHERY UK AUTUMN 2015
John Cavanagh receives Archery GB's first gold plaquette
from President Derrick Lovell. Photo: John Percival
It’s nomination time!
R
ecognising the fantastic work done by our volunteers formed a
major part of this year’s AGM. More awards than ever were handed
out – and we want to keep up the good work.
So we need your help. We will be awarding gold, silver and bronze
plaquettes for service to archery at the 2016 AGM on 16 April at Bisham
Abbey National Sports Centre. But we need your nominations!
All you have to do is to write a short citation and send it to the
Awards Panel. It will do the rest. And if you want to join the Awards
Panel, there is a vacancy. If you are interested please contact:
freddie.collier@archerygb.org
We also need nominations for the Hartwell Trophy, Jack Flinton Helping
Hand Trophy, Gussy Trophy, Toxophilus Trophy and the Archery GB website
awards. Nominations need to be in before 1 January and you can find
the forms on the website. MEMBERSHIP
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Following announcements in the spring and summer
issues of Archery UK and the feedback from the
membership, the following rule changes will come into
force on 1 October 2015:
Rule 502(j)(i) will now read as follows:
(i) The bow must be shot using the
“Mediterranean” loose (one finger
above the arrow nock) or fingers directly
below the arrow nock (index finger no
more than 2mm below nock), with one
fixed anchor point.The athlete must
choose either Mediterranean or fingers
under nock, but may not use both.
Rule 405(a), Table 4-1. Amended to
allow the use of triple spot faces on the
following indoor rounds:
Bray I – Full size or triple faces
Bray II – Full size or triple faces
Portsmouth – Full size, 5 zone or
triple faces
RULES
Rule 408 (b) and 408 (d) to be
amended to the following to allow multi
face use for the Worcester Round: 408
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(b) Target Faces.
The target face used shall be either:
(i) Full size. Being circular 40.64cm (16in)
in diameter composed as follows:
a. A circle in the centre 8.13cm (3.2in)
diameter ringed by four concentric
bands, the breadth of each measured
radially being 4.064cm (1.6in).
b.The centre circle shall be coloured
white and the four concentric bands
black. The concentric bands shall be
divided by white lines. Each of the
white dividing lines shall be of no
greater width that 1mm (0.04in).
Such dividing lines shall be entirely
within the higher scoring zone.
(ii) Five-centre. These faces have the
same dimensions as the full size face
but with the three lowest scoring zones
removed, leaving just the central white
zone and the innermost black zone.
Each set comprises five small faces
arranged symmetrically with one
central face surrounded by four faces
in a square pattern positioned at the
top left, top right, bottom left and
bottom right, all on a white
background. The minimum distance
between the scoring zones of two
faces shall be 2cm.
(d) Scoring.
(i) The scoring points for hits on the full
size target face are: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, reading
from the centre white circle.
(ii) The scoring points for hits on the
five-centre target face are: 5 and 4,
reading from the centre white circle.
(iii) When using the five-centre face
rule 404 (b) will apply if more than one
arrow is in each scoring face. ARCHERY UK AUTUMN 2015
04/10/2015
Aquarius 42nd Double American Open
Round: Double American
Venue: Fortis Green Covered Reservoir, East Finchley,
London N3 9LH
Contact: Tony Francis
Tel: 020 8442 0955
Email: doubleamerican@aquarius-archers.org.uk or
slo.stone@virgin.net
Notes: Compound & Crossbows cannot be accommodated
(inadequate shoot)
KEY TO SYMBOLS
World Record Status ...................... WRS
UK Record Status ............................ UKRS
National Tournament ...................... Red box
National Series Final and Legs .... Blue box
AGB Talent Approved events ........ Gold box
WA Star ..............................................
WA Arrowhead Tournament ..........
Closed Tournament..........................
Rose Tournament ............................
Tassel Tournament ........................
UKRS Cheltenham Autumn Mixed Hereford
Round: Hereford, National, Short National, Junior National,
Short Junior National
Venue: Oakleaf Field, Cheltenham Racecourse
Contact: Edward Kain
Tel: 01242 609025/07808 035938
Email: e.kain@btinternet.com
Web: www.cheltenhamarchers.net
TARGET
26/09/2015
UKRS Chippenham Archers 2nd Junior Metric
Round: Metrics I-V
Venue: Chippenham Archers Target Range SN14 0YZ
Contact: Laura Harding
Tel: 01225 344639
Email: laura.harding0202@gmail.com
UKRS Crawley Charity Soup Shoot
Round: Windsor, Junior Windsor
Venue: Hazelwick School, Mill Lane, Crawley RH10 1SX
Contact: Trevor Strudwick
Tel: 01293 552408/07805 525282
Email: tj-strud@hotmail.com
27/09/2015
UKRS Archers of East Riding 1st Head to Head (Recurve
Only)
Round: WA 70m, Olympic
Venue: Hutton Cranswick Sports Field, Nr Driffield
Contact: David Reaney
Tel: 01262 604290
Email: carole.davidreaney@btinternet.com
Web: www.archersofeastriding.co.uk
UKRS Chippenham Autumn FITA
Round: Ladies & Gents WA 1440
Venue: Chippenham Archers Home Ground
Contact: Adam Shaw
Tel: 01249 655103/07780 864330
Email: adambarrettshaw@aol.com
Web: www.chippenhamarchers.org.uk
UKRS Derbyshire 63rd & Open Championships
Round: York, Hereford, Bristols I-V
Venue: John Flamsteed Community School, B6179, Ripley,
Derbyshire DE5 8NR
Contact: David Anderson
Tel: 07774 782503
Email: david@hebdensound.co.uk
UKRS Roy Matthews Memorial & WMAS Inter
County
Venue: Lilleshall NSCC
Contact: Geoff Beston
Tel: 02476 388562/07804 973999
Email: secretary@wmas.org.uk
Web: www.wmas.org.uk
03/10/2015 – 04/10/2015
UKRS NCAS Inter County Team Championships
Venue: Hutton Cranswick Sports Field, Driffield YO25 9QA
Contact: Andrew Neal
Tel: 01757 249233 (after 6pm)
Email: an@agneal.co.uk
Web: www.yorkshirearchery.co.uk
UKRS Meriden Windsor
Round: Windsor, Short Windsor, Junior Windsor, Short
Junior Windsor
Venue: Meriden Archery Club, Forest Grounds,
Meriden CV7 7JS
Contact: Eileen Plenderleith
Tel: 07988 419840
Email: tournaments@meriden-archery.org.uk
Web: www.meriden-archery.org.uk
10/10/2015
UKRS Greenwood Osterley Archers Floodlite Shoot
Round: Western
Venue: Grass Hoppers RFC
Contact: Andrew Newlyn
Tel: 07941 536004
Email: anewlyn@hotmail.co.uk
Web: www.goarchers.org.uk
Notes: Cancelled
UKRS Muckamore Winter Challenge
Round: WA 25m
Venue: Muckamore Company of Archers Burnside Barn
Contact: Ashleigh Morgan
Tel: 028 9346 0487/07940 326 464
Email: tournaments.mcoa@gmail.com
Web: www.mcoa.co.uk
11/10/2015
Kestrels 11th Portsmouth
Round: Single & Double Portsmouth
Venue: Sandy Sports & Community Centre SG19 1BL
Contact: Sue Draper
Tel: 01234 824821
Email: susan_draper@tiscali.co.uk
Web: www.kestrelsarchery.org.uk
UKRS Laleham 60th Anniversary Albion
Round: Albion
Venue: SALSAL, Worple Road, Staines,
Middlesex TW18 1HR
Contact: Maxine Ravenscroft
Tel: 01252 516172/07729 468424
Email: maxine.ravenscroft@btinternet.com
Web: www.lalehamarcheryclub.co.uk
UKRS Lasswade Combined WA 25m/WA 18m
Round: Combined WA 25m/WA18m
Venue: Lasswade Centre
Contact: Tina James
Tel: 0131 665 4986
Email: tinascores@talktalk.net
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Merdon Bowmen 41st Agincourt Arrow
Round: Long Western
Venue: Club ground next to The Hampshire Bowmen Public
House, Dundridge Lane, Bishops Waltham SO32 1GD
Contact: Julie Stringer
Email: tournaments@merdonbowmen.org.uk
Web: www.merdonbowmen.org.uk
17/10/2015
UKRS Arundown 1st Record Status Portsmouth
Venue: Angmering School, Greenwood Drive, Angmering,
West Sussex BN16 4HH
Contact: Serena Charlesworth
Tel: 07763 102846 (after 5pm)
Email: arundownsportsmouth2015@yahoo.co.uk
Web: www.arundown.org.uk
WRS Parkinson’s Challenge
Round: WA 18m
Venue: Lagan Valley Leisureplex, Lisburn
Contact: Hazel Campbell
Tel: 028 9260 2719/07763 232529
Email: campbell.hazel@talk21.com
24/10/2015
WRS Hawks AC WA 18m & Indoor Match
Round: WA 18m, Indoor Match
Venue: Redborne Community College, Flitwick Road,
Ampthill, Bedfordshire MK45 2NU
Contact: Craig Wickham
Tel: 01234 740979
Email: hawksac@btinternet.com
Notes: Cancelled
25/10/2015
WRS Cumbria WA 18m & Indoor Match
Round: WA 18m & Indoor Match (H2H)
Venue: Penrith Leisure Centre
Contact: Chris Battersby
Tel: 01768 866670/07805 507886
Email: aysgartharcher@gmail.com
Web: www.cumbriaarchery.com
UKRS Droitwich Double Worcester
Round: Single & Double Worcester
Venue: Tom Savage Sports Hall, Royal Grammar School,
Worcester
Contact: Tournament Organiser C/o 11 Eltric Road
Email: tournaments@droitwicharchery.co.uk
Web: www.droitwicharchery.co.uk
UKRS Hawks AC Single & Double Worcester
Venue: Redbourne Community College, Flitwick Road,
Ampthill, Bedfordshire MK45 2NU
Contact: Craig Wickham
Tel: 01234 740979
Email: hawksac@btinternet.com
Notes: Cancelled
UKRS Mayflower Archers WA 18m
Round: WA 18m
Venue: Mayflower High School, Stock Road, Billericay,
Essex CM12 0RT
Contact: Alex Purser
Tel: 01245 490890/07944 789944
Email: alex@pursers.plus.com
Web: www.mayflowerarchers.co.uk
31/10/2015
UKRS 3rd Aim4Sport Vegas Shoot
Round: Vegas
Venue: Princess Helena College, Preston, Nr Hitchin,
Hertfordshire
Contact: Dave Leader
Tel: 01767 699991/07501 506347
Email: competition@aim4sport.com
Web: www.aim4sport.com
The New Chest Guard for Archery
www.artebo.de
info@artebo.de
WINTER 2014 • ARCHERY UK
TOURNAMENT DIARY
Archery UK Winter copy date: 31 October 2015
Cadet selection criteria scores can only be achieved at AGB Talent Approved events
Full tournament calendar can be accessed on www.archerygb.org
31/10/2015 – 01/11/2015
UKRS 8th Brighton Bowmen WA 18m
Round: WA 18m
Venue: The Holbrook Club, North Heath Lane, Horsham,
West Sussex RH12 5PJ
Contact: Christopher Tucknott
Tel: 07808 590216
Email: secretary@brightonbowmen.org.uk
Web: www.brightonbowmen.org.uk
01/11/2015
ABBA Indoor Portsmouth
Round: Portsmouth
Venue: Sports Hall, Bridlington, East Yorkshire
Contact: Ivan Read
Tel: 01262 602908
Email: sueive76@yahoo.co.uk
Web: www.archersbba.co.uk
Forest of Bere Bowmen 37th Crookhorn
Round: Portsmouth in 3 sessions (all sessions 2 details)
Venue: Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth
Contact: Gill Merrett
Tel: 02392 595738
Email: fobbcommittee@yahoo.co.uk
Web: www.forestofberebowmen.co.uk
Notes: Entry Closing Date: 16.10.15
UKRS Gwent County Championships
Round: Portsmouth
Venue: Beachley Army Camp Gym
Contact: Julian Cleak
Tel: 01633 485062
Email: skb@st-kingsmark.co.uk
Web: www.st-kingsmark.co.uk
Notes: Date Change from 8 November
WRS Melton Mowbray 3rd WA 18m
Round: WA 18m
Venue: Wreake Valley Academy
Contact: Paul Agar
Tel: 0116 260 5638/07703 651340
Email: paulagar67@gmail.com
Web: www.mmac.co.uk
07/11/2015 – 08/11/2015
UKRS University of Derby WA 18m
Round: WA 18m
Venue: University of Derby Sports Hall
Contact: Tournament Organiser
Tel: 01332 591519
Email: archery@udsu.org.uk
Web: www.uofdac.co.uk
TOURNAMENT DIARY
08/11/2015
WRS Ashford Archers WRS WA 18m
Round: WA 18m
Venue: Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent TN30 6LT
Contact: Tony Harris
Tel: 01233 646755
Email: wa18@ashfordarchers.org.uk
Web: www.ashfordarchers.org.uk
WRS Evesham Archery Club’s 26th WA 18m
Round: WA 18m
Venue: Cricket Centre, Prince Henry’s High School, Victoria
Avenue, Evesham, Worcestershire
Contact: Linda Haines
Tel: 01386 870352/07787 346550
Email: tournaments@eveshamarchery club.com
Web: www.eveshamarcheryclub.com
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UKRS Grand Western AS 42nd Indoor
Round: WA 18m
Venue: Hutton Moore Leisure Centre, Weston Super Mare
BS22 8LY
Contact: Robin Leveridge
Tel: 01934 750865/07864 074696
Email: robin9longbowsrus@btinternet.com
Web: www.gwas.org.uk
UKRS Hertfordshire & Open Indoor
Round: WA 25m
Venue: Gosling Sports Park, Stanborough Road, Welwyn
Garden City, Hertfordshire AL8 6XE
Contact: Carol Clark
Tel: 01279 657177/07985 177898
Email: baz4caz@aol.com
Web: Herts Archery Association
UKRS Lancashire 39th Indoor & Open
Round: Portsmouth
Venue: South Ribble Tennis & Fitness Centre, Bamberbridge,
Preston PR5 6BJ
Contact: Angela Kellet
Tel: 01772 929560/07557 306866
Email: afox1300@hotmail.co.uk
Web: www.lancashire-archery.org.uk
UKRS Northern Counties Indoor
Round: Single Portsmouth
Venue: Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
Contact: Tony Rollin
Tel: 01924 223805/07778 632310
Email: trollin@btinternet.com
Web: www.wakefieldarchers.co.uk
UKRS Lasswade Portsmouth
Round: Portsmouth
Contact: Tina James
Tel: 0131 665 4986
WRS Netherhall Archers WA 18m
Round: WA 18m
Venue: Netherhall Sports Centre, Queen Edith’s Way,
Cambridge CB1 8NN
Contact: Joanne Garner
Tel: 07907 209112
Email: treasurer@netherhall-archers.org
Web: www.netherhall-archers.org
22/11/2015
WRS Fakenham Bowmen WRS WA 18m
Round: WA 18m
Venue: Fakenham Sports Centre
Contact: Abbie & Jamie Fisher
Tel: 01263 584226/07432 504607
Email: abs@bishi.plus.com
Web: www.fakenhambowmen.org.uk
UKRS MS Charity Bray Day
Round: Bray I and Bray II
Venue: Princeton Court, Brickhill Drive, Bedford MK41 7PZ
Contact: Ted Tricker
Tel: 01767 641251
Email: tedtrix@btinternet.com
Notes: Cancelled
14/11/2015
UKRS Clophill 21st Open Junior
Round: Double Portsmouth
Venue: Alameda Sports Hall, Ampthill, Bedfordshire
Contact: Suzi Bredin
Tel: 07919 137065
Email: suzib148@hotmail.co.uk
Web: www.clophillac.co.uk
UKRS Somerset Junior Indoor Championships
Round: Portsmouth
Venue: Somerset College of Art & Technology, Wellington
Road, Taunton TA1 5AX
Contact: Doug Human
Tel: 01984 634471/07796 506509
Email: doug.human@bowmenofdanesfield.co.uk
Web: www.somersetcountyarcheryassociation
14/11/2015 – 15/11/2015
UKRS Berkshire Indoor & Open
Venue: Sandhurst Sports Centre
Contact: Shirley Nicholson
Tel: 0118 973 3470
Email: shirley.nicolson@btopenworld.com
Web: www.crowthornearchers.org.uk
Stourbridge Annual Worcester
Round: Worcester
Venue: Waseley Hills High School, School Road, Rednal,
Birmingham
Contact: Peter Langmaid
Tel: 0121 561 3763
Email: tournaments@scoa.org.uk
Web: www.scoa.org.uk
15/11/2015
WRS EMAS Indoor Championships
Round: WA 18m
Venue: Spalding Grammar School, Spalding, Lincolnshire
Contact: Emily Must
Tel: 07939 106129
Email: emilymust@yahoo.co.uk
Web: www.silverspoonbowmen.org.uk
UKRS Gloucestershire Junior Indoor Championships
Round: Portsmouth
Venue: Balcarras School, East End Road, Charlton Kings,
Cheltenham GL53 8QF
Contact: Stephanie Hill
Tel: 01452 489752/07810 401554
Email: stephgill87@gmail.com
Web: www.deerparkarchers.co.uk
UKRS Green Lane Archers The Brays
Round: Bray 2
Venue: Newbiggin Sports Centre
Contact: Graham Baker
Tel: 01670 523574
Email: grahambaker780@btinternet.com
Web: www.greenlanearchers
UKRS Surrey 37th Open Indoor Championships
Venue: Woking Leisure Centre
Contact: Brenda Champion
Tel: 01932 402414/07787 851303
Email: brenda.champion@ntlworld.com
WRS Whitburn Archers Combined FITA
Round: WA 25m, WA 18m & WA Combined
Venue: Temple Park, South Shields
Contact: Ken Thornton
Tel: 0191 427 6811/07798 906629
Email: kennythearcher@live.co.uk
29/11/2015
UKRS 33rd Tony Greenwell Stafford
Round: Stafford
Venue: Kingsley College, Redditch, Worcestershire
Contact: Kathryn Westwood
Tel: 01527 543613
Email: kaf1970@me.com
UKRS Bedfordshire & Open Indoor Championships
Venue: Alameda Sports Hall, Woburn Street, Ampthill
MK45 2PJ
Contact: Beverley Weller
Tel: 01525 860091/07842 152768
Email: hawksarchery@outlook.com
UKRS British Barebow Indoor Championships (BBIC)
Round: WA 18m
Venue: Various Home Nations Venues
Contact: Andrew Rees
Tel: 01747 860838/07718 803724
Email: areesriba@aol.com
06/12/2015
NT WRS Archery GB National Indoor Championships
Round: WA 18m
Venue: Hall 2, National Agricultural & Exhibition Centre,
Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire CV8 2LZ
Contact: Tom Duncan
Tel: 01675 446107
Email: senior.indoor@archerygb.org
Web: www.archerygb.org/tournaments
UKRS Targetcraft Archers 9th Open
Venue: Montsaye Academy, Rothwell, Northamptonshire
NN14 6BB
Contact: Colin Thwaites
Tel: 01536 726036/07753 238812
Email: colin@tac1.org.uk
Web: www.targetcraft.org
13/12/2015
UKRS The Foxes Worcester
Round: Worcester
Venue: Winstanley Community College, Kingsway North,
Leicester LE3 3BD
Contact: Ruth Welsh
Tel: 01509 560742/07791 109976
Email: r.h.welsh@lboro.ac.uk
Web: www.the-foxes.org
WRS Cumbria Combined WA 25m & WA 18m
Round: Combined WA 25m & WA 18m
Venue: Penrith Leisure Centre
Tel: 01768 866670/07805 507886
UKRS High Weald AC Stafford
Round: Stafford
Venue: Stonehouse Farm, Merriments Lane, Hurst Green,
East Sussex TH19 7RD
Contact: Adele McPeake
Tel: 01323 831893/07808 635362
Email: mannmcpeake@btinternet.com
Web: www.thwac.co.uk
WRS Sherwood Archers WA 18m
Round: WA 18m
Venue: Joseph Whitaker School, Warsop Lane, Rainworth,
Nottinghamshire NG2 1JY
Contact: Linda Telford
Tel: 01636 892255
Email: pia1042@aol.com
Web: www.sherwoodarchers.org.uk
05/12/2015
NT WRS Archery GB Back to Back
Round: WA 18m
Contact: Jon Nott
Email: jon.nott@archerygb.org
NT UKRS Archery GB National Junior Indoor
Championships
Round: Portsmouth
Contact: Tim Pratt
Tel: 01395 273409 (after 6pm)
Email: junior.indoor@archerygb.org
UKRS The Welsh & Open Junior Championships
Round: Portsmouth
Venue: Newcastle Emlyn Leisure Centre, Newcastle Emlyn
SA38 9LN
Contact: David Evans
Tel: 01994 419015/07793 373756
Email: dcevans@globalnet.co.uk
Web: www.welsharcheryassociation.co.uk
10/01/2016
UKRS Norfolk Bowmen Stafford
Round: Stafford
Venue: Easton & Otley College, Easton, Norwich NR9 5GA
Contact: David Long
Tel: 01603 410390/07789 356202
Email: stafford@norfolkarchery.org
Web: www.norfolkarchery.org
UKRS St Kingsmark Bowmen Annual WA 18m
Round: WA 18m
Venue: Beachley Army Camp Gym
Contact: Julian Cleak
Tel: 01633 485062
Email: skb@st-kingsmark.co.uk
Web: www.st-kingsmark.co.uk
UKRS Stourbridge Annual WA 25m
Round: WA 25m
Venue: Waseley Hills High School, School Road, Rubery,
Birmingham B45 9EL
Contact: Peter Langmaid
Tel: 0121 561 3763/07905 031479
Email: tournaments@scoa.org.uk
Web: www.scoa.org.uk
UKRS Wakefield Archers Double Portsmouth
Venue: Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
Contact: Tony Rollin
Tel: 01924 223805/07778 632310
Email: trollin@btinternet.com
Web: www.wakefieldarchers.co.uk
17/01/2016
UKRS Clophill’s 2nd Open Triple
Round: Portsmouth, Vegas & Worcester
Venue: Alameda Sports Hall, Ampthill, Bedfordshire
Contact: Suzi Bredin
Tel: 07919 137065
Email: suzib148@hotmail.co.uk
Web: www.clophillac.co.uk
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WRS Droitwich Combined FITA
Round: Combined WA, WA 25m & WA 18m
Venue: The Royal Grammar School, Tom Savage Sports
Hall, Worcester
Contact: Tournament Organiser C/o Mark Pattison
UKRS Eastern Area Championships
Round: Portsmouth
Contact: Tina James
Tel: 0131 665 4986
WRS Guildford Indoor Open
Round: WA 25m
Venue: Guildford Spectrum, Parkway, Guildford, Surrey
Contact: Kevin Molloy
Tel: 07748 871122
Email: tournament@guildfordarcheryclub.co.uk
Web: www.guildfordarcheryclub.co.uk
UKRS Somerset Senior Indoor Championships
Round: Portsmouth
Venue: Somerset College of Art & Technology, Wellington
Road, Taunton TA1 5AX
Contact: Doug Human
Tel: 01984 634471/07796 506509
Email: doug.human@bowmenofdanesfield.co.uk
Web: www.somersetcountyarcheryassociation
WRS Welsh & Open Senior Championships
Round: WA 18m
Venue: Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens,
Cardiff CF11 9SW
Contact: David Evans
Tel: 01994 419015/07793 373756
Email: dcevans@globalnet.co.uk
Web: www.welsharcheryassociation.co.uk
UKRS Wigan & Orrell Indoor
Round: Portsmouth
Venue: Robin Park Sports Centre, Wigan
Contact: Lorraine Burrow
Tel: 07760 478348/07914 806310
Email: l_burrow@blueyonder.co.uk
Web: www.wiganandorrellarchers.co.uk
WRS Durham City Archers’ WA 18m
Round: WA 18m
Venue: Framwellgate School, Durham
Contact: Catherine Lowden
Tel: 0191 447 8448/07902 876762
Email: cathlowden@hotmail.com
Web: www.durhamcityarchers.org
31/01/2016
UKRS Warwick Senior & Junior & West Midlands Junior
Championships & Open
Round: Portsmouth
Venue: King Edward VI Handsworth School, Rose Hill Road,
Birmingham
Contact: Derek Kelly
Tel: 0121 551 9313/07706 774704
Email: maryzen@aol.com
Web: www.quantumarchers.com
06/02/2016 – 07/02/2016
Cheshire 41st Indoor
Round: Portsmouth Sat; Individual Event. Sun; Team Event.
Venue: Cheshire County Sports Centre, Upton,
Chester CH2 1PR
Contact: F. German-Lloyd
Tel: 0151 356 4132
Web: www.ccbarchery.co.uk
Notes: Prizes for recurve, compound, longbow and barebow
teams
TOURNAMENT DIARY
UKRS Kestrels Worcester
Venue: Sandy Sports & Community Centre, Sandy,
Bedfordshire SG19 1BL
Contact: Tina Horley
Tel: 01767 681991
Email: tina2.horley@btinternet.com
Web: www.kestrelsarchery.org.uk
14/02/2016
UKRS Cumbria Indoor Open
Round: Portsmouth
Venue: Penrith Leisure Centre, Penrith, Cumbria
Tel: 01768 866670/07805 507886
13/03/2016
UKRS Senior Gloucester & Open Indoor Championship
Round: Portsmouth
Venue: GL1 Leisure Centre, Bruton Way, Gloucester
Tel: 01242 609025/07808 035938
Email: e.kain@btinernet.com
Web: www.glosarchery.co.uk
UKRS Middlesex Championship & Visitors Portsmouth
Round: Portsmouth
Venue: Meadhurst Club, Chertsey Road, Sunbury on
Thames
Contact: Joyce Denny
Tel: 07802 864562
Email: joyce.denny@btinternet.com
Web: www.middlesexarchery.org.uk
UKRS Deer Park Archers WA 18m Inc 3rd Para
Tournament
Round: WA 18m
Venue: Cheltenham Leisure Centre, Tommy Taylors Lane,
Cheltenham GL50 4RN
Contact: Stephanie Gill
Tel: 01452 489752/07810 401554
Sutton Bowmen Indoor
Round: Portsmouth
Venue: Harris Academy, Falconwood
Contact: Mandy Chapman
Tel: 07939 053 758
Email: mandy_karin@yahoo.co.uk
Web: www.freewebs/sutton_archers
06/02/2016
WRS Hampshire Indoor Weekend (Inc County Champs)
Round: WA 18m & Ind Match
Venue: Fleming Park Leisure Centre, Eastleigh, Hampshire,
SO50 9NL
Contact: Carla Piper
Tel: 01722 712292
Email: carlarussell@tiscali.co.uk
Web: haa.org
07/02/2016
UKRS Hampshire Indoor & County Champs
Round: Portsmouth
Venue: Fleming Park Leisure Centre, Eastleigh, Hampshire
Tel: 01722 712292
Email: carlarussell@tiscali.co.uk
Web: www.haa.org
UKRS Nottinghamshire Indoor Championships & Open
Round: Portsmouth
Venue: Joseph Whitaker School, Warsop Lane, Rainworth,
Nottinghamshire NG21 0AG
Contact: Susan Stankovic
Tel: 01636 814494
Email: homeandgardens@yahoo.com
UKRS Savile Bowmen 24th Indoor
Venue: Spen Valley Sports College
Contact: Emma Elkington
Tel: 07801 441881
Email: tournaments@savile-bowmen.org.uk
Web: www.savile-bowmen.org.uk
TOURNAMENT DIARY
WRS Scottish Archery Indoor Championships
Round: WA 18m
Venue: Lasswade High School Centre, Eskdale Drive,
Bonnyrigg, Midlothian EH19 2LA
Contact: Elayne & Norrie McClean
Tel: 07788 765804
Email: cornbank18@btinternet.com
Web: www.scottisharchery.org.uk
13/02/2016 – 14/02/2016
WRS Bowmen of Rutland WA Combined
Round: WA 25m, WA 18m,
Venue: Casterton Business & Enterprise College
Contact: Pam & Bob Tonkin
Tel: 01780 755474/07780 690772
Email: twistedlimb@hotmail.co.uk
Web: www.b-o-r.org
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21/02/2016
UKRS Targetcraft Archers 8th WA 18m
Round: Single & Double WA 18m
Venue: Montsaye Academy, Rothwell, Northamptonshire
NN14 6BB
Contact: Colin Thwaites
Tel: 01536 726036/07753 238812
Email: colin@tac1.org.uk
Web: www.targetcraft.org
27/02/2016 – 28/02/2016
UKRS 9th Brighton Bowmen WA 18m
Round: WA 18m
Venue: The Holbrook Club, North Heath Lane, Horsham,
West Sussex RH12 5PJ
Contact: Christopher Tucknott
Tel: 07808 590216
Email: secretary@brightonbowmen.org.uk
Web: www.brightonbowmen.org.uk
05/03/2016
UKRS NICS Stafford & Tom McKenna Memorial
Round: Stafford & Portsmouth
Venue: Belfast Royal Academy Sports Hall
Contact: Dominic Cafolla
Tel: 02890 203040/07769 644427
Email: dcafolla@ntlworld.com
Web: www.nicssa-ac.org.uk
06/03/2016
UKRS Lasswade WA 18m
Round: WA 18m
Contact: Tina James
Tel: 0131 665 4986
UKRS WMAS Senior & CWAA Senior & Junior Champs
Round: WA 18m
Venue: Cricket Centre, Prince Henry’s High School, Victoria
Avenue, Evesham, Worcestershire
Contact: Linda Haines
Tel: 01386 870352/07787 346550
Email: tournaments@eveshamarcheryclub.com
Web: www.eveshamarcheryclub.com
12/03/2016 – 13/03/2016
Vectis Open & Archery Weekend
Round: Worcester
Venue: Small Brook Stadium, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Contact: Rick Davidson
Tel: 01983 812975
Email: vectisopen@gmail.com
Web: www.wightbowmen.org.uk
UKRS Yorkshire Indoor Championships & Open
Round: Portsmouth
Venue: Queen Elizabeth Grammar School,
Wakefield WF1 3QX
Tel: 01757 249233 (after 6pm)
14/03/2016
UKRS Chorley Bowmen 21st Combined FITA
Round: Combined WA 25m & WA 18m
Venue: South Ribble Tennis & Fitness Centre
Contact: Brenda Saxon
Tel: 01257 271756
Email: brendasaxon@btinternet.com
Web: www.chorleybowmen.co.uk
20/03/2016
UKRS Deer Park Double Bray 1
Round: Bray 1
Venue: Balcarras School, East End Road,Charlton Kings,
Cheltenham GL53 8QF
Contact: Stephanie Gill
Tel: 01452 489752/07810 401554
UKRS Summer Time Shoot
Round: St George, Albion, Windsor, Short Windsor, Junior
Windsor, Short Junior Windsor
Venue: Whitehill Sports Club
Contact: Ciaran Finn
Tel: 01420 478146/07703 404360
Email: aliensurfer1985@hotmail.com
Web: www.whitehillarchers.co.uk
27/03/2016
UKRS Bowmen of Lytchett
Round: WA 70m, WA 60m, WA 50m
Venue: Purbeck Sports Centre, Wareham, Dorset BH20 4PH
Contact: Dolores Hayes
Tel: 01202 625634/07412 966444
Email: ladyskywingsuk@hotmail.co.uk
28/03/2016
UKRS Cheltenham Archers Easter Bunny
Round: National, Short National, Junior National, Short
Junior National
Venue: Oakleaf Field, Cheltenham Racecourse
Tel: 01242 609025/07808 035938
Email: e.kain@btinternet.com
Web: www.cheltenhamarchers.net
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10/04/2016
UKRS Pagoda Shoot
Round: Albion, Windsor
Venue: Old Deer Park, 187 Kew Road, Richmond,
Surrey TW9 2AZ
Contact: Alan Want
Tel: 020 8948 8574/07956 430584
Email: alanwant@blueyonder.co.uk
Web: www.mac.org.uk
01/05/2016 – 02/05/2016
UKRS Fakenham Bowmen’s May Day Weekend
Round: St George, Albion, All Windsors, All Warwicks
Venue: Fakenham Sports Centre, Hempton Road, Fakenham
NR21 7NT
Contact: Elaine & Ian Burbidge
Tel: 01328 851848
Email: mayday@fakenhambowmen.org.uk
Web: www.fakenhambowmen.org.uk
28/05/2016
UKRS Noak Hill Archers Westerns
Round: All Westerns
Venue: 134-136 Grange Road, Heaton Grange, Romford,
Essex
Contact: Laurence Easton
Tel: 07804 022794
Email: laurence.easton@ntlworld.com
Web: noakhillarchers.info
UKRS Worcestershire County Trials
Round: Ladies & Gents WA 1440, Metrics I-V
Venue: Wyre Forest Co of As, Arley
Contact: Mark Pattison
Tel: 01905 457468/07770 962568
Email: cco@worcestershirearchery.co.uk
Web: www.worcestershirearchery.co.uk
08/05/2016
WRS Redruth Archers Double 70m
Round: Double WA 70m, WA 50m
Venue: Redruth Archers Club Ground, New Portreath Road,
Redruth TR16 4HJ
Contact: Jimmy Sandoe
Tel: 01209 213242/07979 338897
Email: jimmysandoe@aol.com
29/05/2016
UKRS Bowmen of Lytchett WA 1440
Round: WA 1440, Metrics I-V
Venue: Purbeck Sports Centre, Wareham, Dorset BH20 4PH
Tel: 01202 625634/07412 966444
16/04/2016 – 17/04/2016
UKRS Chippenham FITA 2000
Venue: Chippenham Archers Home Ground
Contact: Adam Barrett Shaw
Tel: 01249 655103/07780 864330
Email: adambarrettshaw@aol.com
Web: www.chippenhamarchers.org.uk
17/04/2016
UKRS Crystal Palace Bowmen 44th Open
Venue: Old Dunstonian’s Sports Club, St Dunstan’s Lane,
Eden Park, West Wickham, Kent
Contact: Michael Higgins
Tel: 0208 402 5683/07722 482124
Email: michael.higgins70@ntlworld.com
Web: www.crystalpalacebowmen.org.uk
14/05/2016 – 15/05/2016
WRS Cambridge FITA Four
Round: WA 70m, WA 50m
Venue: Downing College Sports Ground, Granchester Road,
Cambridge CB3 9EA
Contact: Matthew Arrowsmith
Tel: 07968 423061
Email: ccbtournament@aol.com
Web: www.cityofcambridgebowmen.co.uk
15/05/2016
UKRS Clyde Arrows Open
Round: Double WA 70m & WA 50m
Venue: Milngavie Bearsden Sports Club, Milngavie, Glasgow
Contact: Simon Garforth
Tel: 0141 9540832/07872 123062
Email: secretaryclydearrows@outlook.com
Web: www.clydearrows.co.uk
UKRS Droitwich Spring Tournament
Round: All Warwicks
Venue: Royal Grammar School, Grange Lane, Claines,
Worcester
Tel: 0845 388 1267
UKRS Selby Open Westerns
Round: Long, Short, Junior, Short Junior Westerns &
Western
Venue: Selby Rugby Club, Selby
Tel: 01757 249233 (after 6pm)
30/04/2016 – 01/05/2016
WRS Staffordshire Bucks or Bounty
Round: WA 70m, WA 60m, WA 50m, Olympic, Compound
Match
Venue: Lilleshall NSCC
Contact: Steven Taylor
Tel: 01785 816126/07957 915836
Email: staffsfita@hotmail.co.uk
18/05/2016 – 20/05/2016
UKRS Southern Counties Archery Meeting
Round: Single & Double York, Hereford, Long National
Venue: St Cross, Winchester
Contact: Neil Dimmock
Tel: 020 8648 7411/07885 236406
Email: neildimmock@aol.com
Web: www.scasarchery.org.uk
01/05/2016
Merdon Bowmen 62nd Merdon Arrow
Round: 6 doz at 50m on 80cm face for Longbows,
Recurves and Compounds
Venue: Club ground next to The Hampshire Bowmen Public
House, Dundridge Lane, Bishops Waltham SO32 1GD
Contact: Julie Stringer
Email: tournaments@merdonbowmen.org.uk
Web: www.merdonbowmen.org.uk
UKRS Northamptonshire 1st Caswell Trophy
Round: WA 1440, Metrics I-V, Long Metric & Short Metric
Venue: Kettering Archers, Kettering Cricket Club,
Northampton Road, Kettering NN15 7JT
Contact: Angela Bray
Tel: 01536 519119/07767 676001
Email: ketteringarchers@btinternet.com
Web: www.ncasarchery.org.uk
21/05/2016
WRS Cumbria County Open FITA
Round: Ladies & Gents WA 1440, Metrics I-V
Venue: Frenchfield Playing Fields Penrith, Cumbria
Tel: 01768 866670/07805 507886
22/05/2016
UKRS Cumbria & Open Championships
Venue: Frenchfield Playing Fields, Penrith, Cumbria
Tel: 01768 866670/07805 507886
04/06/2016
UKRS Surrey Junior Open Championships
Round: Metrics I-V
Venue: Woking Archery Club, Deers Farm Close, Wisley
Lane, Wisley, Surrey GU23 6QX
Contact: Mark Preston
Tel: 07870 672424
Email: jun.org@icloud.com
Web: www.surreyarcheryweekend.org.uk
04/06/2016 – 05/06/2016
UKRS Ralph Best Memorial Double Rose
Round: Double York, Hereford, Bristols I-V
Venue: Maynard Sinclair Pavilion, Stormont Estate, Belfast
Contact: Dominic Cafolla
Tel: 07769 644427
Email: dcafolla@ntlworld.com
Web: www.nicssa-ac.org.uk
05/06/2016
UKRS George Potts Memorial Rose Sponsored by
Spelthorne As
Venue: Meadhurst Club, Chertsey Road, Sunbury on
Thames TW16 7LN
Contact: Clive Singer
Tel: 01252 324304/07901 568126
Email: clive.singer1@gmail.com
Web: www.spelthornearchers.org.uk
11/06/2016
WRS Lancashire 31st WA Star & 56th Open
Venue: Tudor Lodge, Victoria Avenue East, New Moston,
Manchester M40 5SM
Contact: Angela Kellett
Tel: 01772 929560/07557 306866
12/06/2016
UKRS Lancashire 62nd Championships & Open
Round: York, Hereford
Venue: Tudor Lodge, Victoria Avenue East, New Moston,
Manchester M40 4SM
Contact: Angela Kellet
Tel: 01772 929560/07557 306866
12/06/2016 – 19/06/2016
UKRS 61st Dunster Archery Week
Round: Double York, Double Hereford, National
Venue: Dunster Castle, Dunster, Nr Minehead, Somerset
TA24 6SL
Contact: Vikki Gallop
Tel: 01278 783021/07792 319447
Email: vikki2@btinternet.com
Web: www.gwas.org.uk
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18/06/2016 – 19/06/2016
WRS Netherhall Archers WA Weekend
Round: Sat: WA 50m, WA 60m, WA 70m, Olympic.
Sun: WA 1440, Metrics I-5
Venue: Hills Road Sports Field, Sedley Taylor Road,
Cambridge CB2 2PW
Contact: Joanne Garner
Tel: 07907 209112
Email: tournaments@netherhall-archers.org
Web: www.netherhall-archers.org
04/06/2016 – 05/06/2016
NT WRS Archery GB UK Masters
(Invitation Only)
Round: WA 50m, WA 70m, Ladies & Gents WA 1440,
Olympic, Compound Match
Venue: Lilleshall National Sports & Conferencing Centre,
Shropshire TF10 9AT
Contact: Andrea Malyon
Tel: 0116 231 4231
Email: the.masters@archerygb.org
18/06/2016 – 19/06/2016
WRS Penny Challenge 2016
Round: Ladies & Gents WA 1440, Metrics I-V, WA
70m, WA 60m, WA 50m, Olympic & Compound Match
Venue: Penicuik High School Playing Fields, Bog Road,
Penicuik EH26 9BZ
Contact: Elayne & Norris McLean
Tel: 07788 765804
Email: cornbank18@btinternet.com
19/06/2016
WRS Kent WA Star
Round: Ladies, Gents & Cadet WA 1440, Metrics II to V
Venue: Vigo RFC, Harvel Road DA13 0UA
Contact: Bob Beaney
Tel: 01233 626172/07460 440045
Email: chairman@archerykent.org.uk
Web: www.archerykent.org.uk
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22/06/2016 – 24/06/2016
NT UKRS The Grand National Archery Meeting
Round: Double York, Hereford, Long National
Venue: Lilleshall National Sports & Conference Centre,
Shropshire TF10 9AT
Contact: TBC
Tel: TBC
Email: grand.national@archerygb.org
25/06/2015 – 26/06/2016
NT WRS Archery GB National County Team Shoot
Round: WA 50m, WA 70m, Olympic & Compound
Match, Ladies & Gents WA 1440
Venue: Lilleshall National Sports & Conference Centre,
Shropshire TF10 9AT
Contact: Robert Potts
Tel: 01344 452718
Email: summer.team@archerygb.org
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26/06/2016
UKRS 38th Annual Owl Trophy
Round: All Westerns
Venue: Purbeck Sports Centre, Wareham,
Dorset BH20 4PH
Tel: 01202 625634/07412 966444
UKRS Droitwich AS Summer Tournament
Round: St George, Albion, Windsor, Short Windsor, Junior
Windsor, Short Junior Windsor
Venue: Droitwich Rugby Club
02/07/2016 – 03/07/2016
NT WRS Archery GB Junior National Outdoor
Championships
Shropshire TF10 9AT
Contact: Chrissie Mortlock
Tel: 01780 450305
Email: junior.outdoor@archerygb.org
17/07/2016
UKRS Clyde Arrows Double 70m
Round: Double WA 70m
Venue: Milngavie & Bearsden Sports Club, Milngavie,
Glasgow
Contact: Simon Garforth
Tel: 0141 954 0832/07872 123062
Email: secretaryclydearrows@outlook.com
Web: www.clydearrows.co.uk
13/08/2016 – 14/08/2016
NT WRS Archery GB British Target Championships
Round: WA 50m, WA 70m, Ladies & Gents WA 1440,
Olympic, Compound Match
Shropshire TF10 9AT
Tel: 01722 712292
Email: british.target@archerygb.org
02/10/2016
UKRS Meriden Windsor
Round: Ladies & Gents Windsor, Short, Junior & Short
Junior Windsor
Venue: Meriden Archery Club, Forest Grounds, Meriden,
West Midlands CV7 7VS
Contact: Eileen Plenderleith
Tel: 02476 598193/07988 419840
Email: eeepppmail@gmail.com
Web: www.meriden-archery.org.uk
04/10/2015
UKRS Essex & Open Field Championships
(Arrowhead)
Round: WA 24 Marked
Venue: Panthers Archery Club, Chelmsford CM2 8LF
Contact: Marion Saville
Tel: 01787 373339
Email: marionsaville@btinternet.com
Web: www.ecaa.org.uk
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UKRS Open Cheshire Tournament
Round: WA 24 Unmarked, WA 24 Marked
Venue: Birch Farm, Mouldsworth
Contact: Joyce Harrison
Tel: 0151 336 4320
Email: brjh@btinternet.com
17/10/2015 – 18/10/2015
UKRS Exmouth Open Field Shoot (Arrowhead)
Round: Sat: WA 24 Unmarked. Sun: WA 24 Marked
Venue: Big Wood, Exmouth
Contact: Tim Pratt
Tel: 01395 273409
Email: tpratt@eclipse.co.uk
Web: www.exmouth-archers.org.uk
Photo: Andrew Hoyle
24/10/2015 – 25/10/2015
UKRS NCAS & YAA Field Championship
(Arrowhead)
Venue: Savin Royd Woods, Haigh Lane, Haigh Village,
Nr Woolley
Contact: Neil Oliver
Tel: 01709 581055/07715 541100
Email: dvac.archery@outlook.com
Web: www.dvac-archery.org.uk
01/11/2015
UKRS 31st Surrey & Open Championships
Round: National Animal
Venue: High Ashurst, Boxhill, Surrey
Contact: John Pettett
Tel: 0208 3934 3131/07968 832496
Email: john.pettett@surreycc.gov.uk
FIELD
14/11/2015 – 15/11/2015
UKRS Coolnacran 2 (Arrowhead)
Round: 2 x WA 24 Mixed
Venue: Greenmount College
Contact: Eddie McClean
Tel: 028 406 25986
Email: e.mcclean@sky.com
26/09/2015 – 27/09/2015
UKRS Welsh & Open Field Championships
(Arrowhead)
Venue: Glyncornel Archery Centre
Contact: Emily Williams
Tel: 07757 404 533
Email: emilyw31ton@aol.com
16/01/2016 – 17/01/2016
UKRS Ballyvally Snowdrop Shoot
Venue: Whyte’s Estate, Loughbrickland
Tel: 028 406 25986
14/02/2016
UKRS Lough Cuan Valentine Shoot
Venue: Ballywalter Park
Contact: Gary Millar
Tel: 07831 530178
Email: gary@gmass.com
20/02/2016 – 21/02/2016
UKRS Ballyvally Daffodil Shoot
Venue: Castlewellan Forest
Tel: 028 406 25986
12/03/2016 – 13/03/2016
UKRS Ballyvally Shamrock Shoot (Arrowhead)
Venue: Castlewellan Forest
Tel: 028 406 25986
09/04/2016 – 10/04/2016
UKRS Ron Bell Memorial (Arrowhead)
Venue: Ballywalter Park
Contact: Gary Millar
Tel: 07831 530178
Email: gary@gmass.com
21/05/2016 – 22/05/2016
UKRS Ballyvally Bluebell Shoot (Arrowhead)
Tel: 028 406 25986
17/09/2016 – 18/09/2016
UKRS Ballyvally Autumn Shoot
Tel: 028 406 25986
08/10/2016 – 09/10/2016
UKRS Ballyvally Coolnacran I
Tel: 028 406 25986
19/11/2016 – 20/11/2016
UKRS Ballyvally Coolnacran II (Arrowhead)
Tel: 028 406 25986
CLOUT
26/09/2015 – 27/09/2015
UKRS Kendal Bowmen’s Two Day Clout
Round: Double One Way Imperial Clout
Venue: Westmorland County Showfield, Crooklands,
Cumbria LA7 7NH
Contact: Simon Turton
Tel: 07964 517541
Email: simonturton1@hotmail.co.uk
Web: www.kendalbowmen.co.uk
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03/10/2015 – 04/10/2015
UKRS Hampshire Clout Weekend (Tassel)
Round: Sat: Single & Double WA/Metric Clout. Sun:
Single & Double Archery GB 1 Way Clout
Venue: Waterside Archers, Summer Lane, Exbury,
Hampshire SO45 1AZ
Contact: Richard (Dicky) Summers
Tel: 02380 273763
Email: dicky.summers@yahoo.co.uk
Web: www.haa.org.uk
02/05/2016
UKRS Cheshire & Open 12th Clout Championships
(Tassel)
Round: Single & Double WA Clout
Venue: Wirral Rugby Club, Thornton Common Road,
Clatterbridge, Wirral
Contact: Peter Gregory
Tel: 0161 351 0013/07790 839834
Email: goldcrestarchers@hotmail.co.uk
Web: www.goldcrestarchers.co.uk
10/10/2015 – 11/10/2015
UKRS Bowmen of Lytchett Clout Weekend (Tassel)
Round: One Way Double WA & Archery GB Clout
Venue: Bowmen of Lytchett, Purbeck Sports Centre,
Worgret Road, Wareham, Dorset BH20 4PH
Tel: 01202 625634/07412 966444
Web: www.bowmen-of-lytchett.co.uk
11/06/2016 – 12/06/2016
UKRS Eagle Bowmen Weekend of Clout (Tassel)
Round: Double 1 & 2 Way Imperial & 1 Way FITA
Double Clout
Venue: Frenchfield Playing Fields, Frenchfield, Penrith,
Cumbria
Tel: 01768 866670/07805 507886
Email: aysgarth@gmail.com
Web: www.eaglebowmen.com
UKRS Fakenham Bowmen Clout Weekend (Tassel)
Round: FITA & Metric Clout, Imperial Double
2 Way Clout
Venue: Fakenham Sports Centre, Hempton Road,
Fakenham NR21 7NY
Contact: Sarah Hubbard
Tel: 01760 336587/07525 368343
Email: sarah.ruth@btinternet.com
Web: www.fakenhambowmen.org
17/10/2015
NT UKRS National Clout Championships
Round: AGB Double 1 Way Clout
Venue: Bronte Archers Ground, Rawden Meadows, Apperley
Bridge, West Yorkshire BD10 0NN
Tel: 01757 249233
18/10/2015
UKRS Bowmen of Rutland Clout Championships
Round: Double 1 Way WA Clout & Archery GB Clout
Venue: Casterton Business & Enterprise College, Great
Casterton, Stamford PE9 4AT
Contact: Chrissie Mortlock
Tel: 01780 450305/07469 933942
Email: purplemania@ukarchery.net
Web: www.b-o-r.org
01/11/2015
UKRS Northamptonshire Clout Shoot
Round: Double 1 Way Archery GB & WA Clout All Distances
Venue: Kettering Sports Club, Northampton Road, Kettering,
Northamptonshire NN15 7JT
Contact: Angela Bray
Tel: 01536 519119/07767 676001
UKRS Shropshire & Open Clout
Round: Two Way Double Archery GB Clout
Venue: Longford Hall, Newport, Shropshire
Contact: Jonathan Walton
Tel: 01743 792714/07970 702084
Email: jonathan@the-waltons.co.uk
Web: www.bowbrook-archers.co.uk
09/07/2016 – 10/07/2016
UKRS Cumbria FITA Clout Weekend (Tassel)
Round: One Way FITA Clout & Archery GB Metric Clout
Venue: Frenchfield Playing Fields Penrith, Cumbria
Tel: 01768 866670/07805 507886
15/10/2016
NT UKRS National Clout Championships
Round: AGB Double 1 Way Clout
Venue: Bronte Archers Ground, Rawden Meadows, Apperley
Bridge, West Yorkshire BD10 0NN
Tel: 01757 249233
FLIGHT
07/08/2016
UKRS Cumbria Open Flight
Round: Class A, D E & G
Venue: Frenchfield Playing Fields, Penrith, Cumbria
Tel: 01768 866670/07805 507886
27/09/2015
UKRS Sarum Clout (Tassel)
Round: Single & Double 1 Way Imperial Clout
Venue: Trafalgar School, Breamore Road,
Downton SP5 3HN
Contact: Peter Durtnall
Tel: 01722 716401
Email: peterdurtnall@btinternet.com
Web: www.southwiltsarcheryclub.co.uk
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TOURNAMENT DIARY
Records
Compound
WORLD RECORDS
TARGET OUTDOOR
Junior Gentlemen
Steffan Rawdin-Jones
Steffan Rawdin-Jones
Compound Women W1
Para Archery Mixed Team
Jo Frith
16 Arrow Mixed Team Match
Jo Frith
15 Arrow Match
152
141
Compound Men W1
Para Archery Mixed Team
John Walker
16 Arrow Mixed Team Match
152
EUROPEAN RECORDS
TARGET OUTDOOR
Compound Women W1
Para Archery Women
Jo Frith
1440
Jo Frith
70m
Jo Frith
60m
Jo Frith
30m
Jo Frith
15 Arrow Match
1310
313
335
345
141
UK RECORDS
CLOUT
Recurve
Junior Ladies
Erin Mayer
Erin Mayer
Double Metric Clout 185m
Single Metric Clout 185m
224
116
Longbow
Junior Gentlemen
Samuel Kellett
Double Two-Way Clout 80 yds
Samuel Kellett
Double One-Way Clout 80 yds
Samuel Kellett
Single Two-Way Clout 80 yds
Joe Lomas
Double Metric Clout 165m
Joe Lomas
Single Metric Clout 165m
Joe Lomas
Double Two-Way Clout 180 yds
Joe Lomas
161
106
84
69
41
26
15
Barebow
Junior Ladies
Rebecca Kellett
Jasmine Simpson
97
79
FIELD
Recurve
Junior Gentlemen
Joe Fairburn
FITA Combined Red
Joe Fairburn
FITA Unmarked Red
624
325
FITA Combined White
FITA Marked White
590
289
Longbow
Ladies
Emily Williams
FITA Unmarked Blue
199
American Flatbow
Junior Ladies
Cyra Rawdin-Jones
Cyra Rawdin-Jones
Cyra Rawdin-Jones
Cyra Rawdin-Jones
FITA Combined Blue
FITA Unmarked Blue
FITA Marked Blue
FITA Marked Blue
68
38
31
30
TARGET OUTDOOR METRIC
RECORDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Recurve
Junior Lady – 1200
Piper E
Woking
1201
Borrie E
Crieff
1084
Junior Gentleman – 1100
Vobe O
Deben Jnrs
McFarlane C
Backworth
McFarlane C
Backworth
1129
1103
1025
Senior Lady – 1200
Aubrey W
Pendle & Samlesbury
Ginman P
Ditchling
1206
1206
Lott K
Isle of Man
Hurst S
Bradford Uni
Barton A
Oxford Uni
Smith A
The Foxes
Mitchell M
Jersey
Chaisty H
Goldcrest
Humphreys J
The Castle
Nadarajah T
C.E.D.A.K.
Banfield S
West Wight
Lowden C
Durham
Coward S
Bingham
Young P
Sevenoaks
1184
1176
1148
1148
1141
1118
1116
1110
1109
1108
1106
1104
Nadarajah T
C.E.D.A.K.
Rubio S
Southampton Uni
Sinnett-Smith L
Cambridge Uni
Pogrebova N
Eccles
1086
1082
1079
1076
74
288
328
Ladies
Jacqueline Gould
50m distance (80cm face)
297
Junior Ladies
Caitlyn Aiken
Alyssia Tromans-Ansell
Lizzie Warner
Eleanor Piper
Imogen Newby
Caitlyn Aiken
Metric V
1377
Metric IV
1372
Metric IV
1361
WA 60m
632
50m distance (122cm face) 336
Compound
Junior Ladies
Layla Annison
Kirsten George
Lucy Mason
Double Metric IV
2810
Compound WA 50m
674
Junior Gentlemen
James Howse
Sam Jeram
Compound WA 50m
685
Compound Match (15 Arrows)148
Barebow
Junior Ladies
Amelia Thomas
Rachel Lucas
Phoebe Rose
Rachel Lucas
Rachel Lucas
Rebekah Lowe
Double Metric V
2264
Metric IV
1237
Metric IV
1184
Junior Gentlemen
Simon Hake
Samuel Birdsall
Norton
Eccles
Sevenoaks
Goldcrest
Danum
Queenborough
Lugg Valley
Wellington
Norton
Cambridge Uni
Sellafield
Nonsuch
Southampton Uni
Bruntwood
Cardiff Uni
Lancaster Uni
Lancaster Uni
Derbyshire
Gower
Farnham
Junior Gentlemen
Samuel Kellett
Metric IV
Ladies
Mandy Linn
Mandy Linn
Kathryn Sartain
WA 70m
1014
330
149
151
TARGET OUTDOOR IMPERIAL
Recurve
Recurve
Arkwright L
Wallwork D
Devine S
Westley J
Williams E
Hassall R
Michael K
Ross J
Robertson H
Habermann K
Burnett C
Fox V
Miller A
Fisher A
Bettles S
Falcus K
Hodgkinson L
Kendrick L
Moore V
D'Entrecasteaux R
Longbow
Achievements
WA STAR
TARGET
Samuel Birdsall
Samuel Birdsall
1074
1069
1068
1063
1063
1061
1060
1045
1039
1030
1029
1025
1023
1018
1017
1013
1013
1008
1005
1002
Senior Gentleman – 1200
Wolstenholme M
Lincoln
Dyke J
Llantarnam
1238
1201
Davidson R
Wight
Howe A
Southampton Uni
Clay P
Malvern
Smith A
Archery GB
Collier K
Trent Valley
Probert P
Holbrook
Barrington C
Walsall
Holmes T
Oxford
Disley M
Cheshire County
Arenas B
Edinburgh Uni Alumni
Sharpe M
Ashford
Hall S
Fakenham
1179
1147
1135
1135
1131
1129
1128
1128
1115
1113
1108
1107
Junior Gentlemen
Joe Fairburn
Joe Fairburn
Double Bristol III
Bristol III
2512
1278
Compound
Junior Ladies
Phoebe Pine
Catherine Marshall
Short Windsor
Short Warwick
964
356
Barebow
Junior Ladies
Rachel Lucas
Rachel Lucas
Rachel Lucas
Rachel Lucas
Amethyst Chopping
Bristol IV
Bristol IV
Short Junior Windsor
Short Junior National
Junior Warwick
Junior Gentlemen
Tom Banton
St George
Ladies
Karen Atkins
Long National
376
Junior Gentlemen
Samuel Kellett
Bristol IV [U14, U12]
917
Ladies
Jude Lane
Windsor
610
Shipley S
Willcox N
Willsher A
Archery GB
Blandy Jenkins
Archery GB
1102
1102
1102
1168
1126
928
616
189
88
Longbow
Jordan C
Chelmsford
Parker D
Burton Joyce
Trew N
Llantwit Major
D'Entrecasteaux S Farnham
Thomas-Prause G Bayeux
Brown M
Hampstead
Tuplin S
Nottingham Uni
Goncalves J
Archery GB
Studholme G
Norton
Ben-Nathan M
Jolly H&W
Davie I
Farnham
Pedziwiatr J
Southfields
Wells J
Richmond
Green B
Ditchling
Juniper K
Grays
Parker R
Crystal Palace
Katris A
Bannockburn
Lucas T
Meriden
Richardson L
Loughborough Uni
Shepherd A
Audco
Coleman N
Richmond
Purbrick M
Audco
Rieman L
Warwick Uni
Arkwright M
Norton
Carlotta Patricelli F Newquay
Davidson R
Wight
Povey R
South Moorlands
James M
Dove Valley
Weenink T
Imperial College
Johnson K
Rutland
Peters J
Edinburgh Uni Alumni
Higgins C
Chelmsford
Liaudanskas A
Cambridge Uni
Hawkins P
Birmingham Uni
Goodwin L
Pastures
Fox L
Sheffield Uni
Berti F
Birmingham Uni
Spring S
Durham Uni
1098
1096
1095
1089
1089
1086
1086
1083
1078
1074
1074
1071
1071
1070
1069
1069
1067
1065
1061
1060
1059
1057
1055
1053
1051
1042
1040
1038
1038
1032
1027
1021
1016
1013
1007
1001
1000
1000
Barebow
Clarkson M
Exmouth
1169
Compound
Carpenter I
Barnsley Jnr
1329
Clay S
Six Towns Jnr
Stretton J
Hemel Hempstead Jnr
1259
1209
JuniorGentleman – 1300
Woodgate C
Woking
1336
Roberts M
Dreigiau Bodedern
1183
Miljkovic N
Derby Uni
Frith J
Chippenham
Brown H
Woodstock
Grinham J
BWAC
Midrouillet C
Allington Castle
Taylor M
St Mary's
Jamieson K
Balbardie
Breeze R
New Century
Richards S
Swansea Uni
Berckhan S
Grantham
Taylor M
St Mary's
Smith G
Barnsley
Berckhan S
Grantham
Hayward Stott E
Lancaster Uni
1325
1310
1306
1306
1266
1247
1243
1226
1219
1208
1189
1165
1142
1113
Johnson N
Pembroke
Smith G
Barnsley
Govia L
Swansea Uni
Sanchez H
Nottingham Trent Uni
1086
1060
1050
1010
Taylor T
Meriden
1357
Rackett P
Wight
Shackley W
Swansea Uni
Tuck M
Woking
Cresswell D
Danum
Beech C
Meriden
Edmondson J
Warwick Uni
Owen M
Ashford
Lloyd G
Lugg Valley
Mallion C
Mayflower
Devanney A
Aire Valley
Starkie D
Pendle & Samlesbury
Clarke J
Danum
Taylor C
Lichfield
Edwards S
Llantarnam
Killingbeck G
Bruntwood
1337
1329
1327
1322
1316
1312
1311
1310
1310
1307
1307
1304
1302
1301
1301
Honey P
Bramcote
Mill R
Gower
Sargeant J
Canterbury
Moore R
Isle of Man
Carpenter T
Barnsley
Morris R
Oxford Uni
Devanney A
Aire Valley
Tate J
Green Lane
Clifton C
Sutton Coldfield
Goodwin D
Rutland
Owen M
Ashford
Nailer M
Newhaven
Tohovitis G
Welbeck
Qureshi S
Burton Joyce
Davis W
Pastures
Madrigal Salas J
Bath Uni
Mavity D
Jersey
Newnham C
Wight
Wilson S
St Mary's
Ketley C
Llantwit Major
Whittaker S
Leek
Setchfield J
Sagittarii
Dooley M
New Century
Gray M
Colombo M
Wilford
Smith B
Wyke
Clayton C
Archery GB
Graves C
Jersey
Wright S
Bramcote
Arnold S
Trackside
Phillips A
Tenzone
Tate A
Green Lane
Drew R
Exmouth
Bray A
Portsmouth Uni
Higham J
Maryport
Reynolds K
Barnsley
Gray L
Jolly H&W
I'Anson K
Durham
Grant A
Burton Joyce
Pearson G
Stalybridge
Curnock P
Melton Mowbray
Hollyer M
Ashford
Kirk E
Friskney
1292
1287
1277
1274
1272
1272
1267
1267
1266
1265
1265
1263
1261
1258
1257
1253
1250
1250
1250
1249
1241
1236
1235
1235
1232
1227
1224
1223
1222
1221
1219
1217
1216
1213
1213
1213
1211
1209
1207
1206
1205
1204
1204
Brown G
Ashford
Potts M
Dover Castle
Pollitt A
Cheshire
Baggott M
Wolf
Griffiths R
North Cheshire
Tate J
Green Lane
Burnett S
Sellafield
Milne C
Abbeydale
Honey C
Bramcote
Craigie M
Shetland
Wilson S
St Mary's
Marwick M
Orkney
1197
1188
1186
1185
1176
1158
1155
1149
1143
1136
1117
1116
Evans M
Lee D
Colledge S
Underwood M
Bliss M
Allington Castle
Leicester AOF
Ivanhoe
Leek
Bayeux
Boon C
Barnstaple
Potts P
Dover Castle
Butler T
Leek
Lee D
Leicester AOF
1109
1107
1106
1047
1110
1076
1033
1016
1012
WA SILVER STAR
TARGET
Recurve
Screen L
Six Towns Jnrs
Healey P
Audco Jnrs
Fraser S
Links
Smith G
Six Towns Jnrs
Tinker M
Dearne Valley Jnrs
1203
1194
1155
1137
1133
Senior Gentleman – White
Radomski K
Essex Uni
Labno D
Bebington
Ciastko R
Bronte
Coleman N
Richmond
Hill G
West Essex
Goodwin L
Pastures
Hodgkinson A
UCLan
Nichols S
West Essex
MacFirbhisigh T
Jersey
Spink P
Leamington Spa
Green P
Cheltenham
Tinker M
Dearne Valley
Nightingale A
Netherhall
Devonport C
Warwick Uni
Fox L
Sheffield Uni
Hewitt S
Evesham
Tsang G
Swansea Uni
545
538
534
529
529
521
512
511
510
508
507
507
504
503
503
502
502
Barebow
Senior Gentleman – Red
Lee D
Leicester AOF
664
Compound
Reynolds A
Gower
Ashworth D
Bruntwood Jnrs
Tien M
Wilford Jnrs
1045
1031
1018
Junior* Gentleman – 1200
Rowe A
Mounts Bay Jnrs
Hall E
Anchor Jnrs
1221
1201
Cooper C
Hellingly Jnrs
Stevenson G
Abbey Jnrs
Harris A
West Essex Jnrs
Junior Lady – Red
Carpenter I
Barnsley Jnrs
666
Junior Lady – Blue
Stretton J
Hemel Hempstead Jnrs
Codling M
Assheton Jnrs
635
619
1125
Junior Lady – Black
Codling M
Assheton Jnrs
Stretton J
Hemel Hempstead Jnrs
597
595
1065
1020
Senior Lady – Red
Foster E
Cleadon
I'Anson P
Durham
656
655
Senior Lady – Blue
Perrett A
Jersey
Tarbard H
Bournemouth
Jamieson K
Balbardie
Rose M
Barnsley
Spinks S
Abbey (Herts)
Jenkins V
Bromyard
634
632
631
621
618
606
Senior Lady – Black
Jenkins V
Bromyard
Sambridge M
Silver Arrow
Larby J
Newburn
581
575
574
Senior Gentleman – Gold
Dale M
Warwick Uni
676
Senior Gentleman – Red
Blogg A
Heugh
Harrison M
Heugh
Rackett P
Wight
Clarke J
Danum
Tuck M
Woking
Ingham L
Swansea Uni
Tate J
Green Lane
Owen M
Ashford
672
669
669
664
662
654
652
654
Senior Gentleman – Blue
Garrett S
Aberdeen Uni
Gray M
Tuck M
Woking
Clarke J
Danum
Waterfield L
Sherwood
Clifton C
Sutton Coldfield
Thomas M
Wirral
Stoner P
Panda
Cresswell D
Danum
Bray A
Portsmouth Uni
Tohovitis G
Welbeck
I'Anson K
Durham
Carpenter T
Barnsley
Evardson W
Phoenix
White M
West Essex
D'Orleans D
Jersey
Tate A
Green Lane
Newnham C
Wight
Mallion C
Mayflower
Phillips A
Tenzone
Morris R
Oxford Uni
Lee D
Leicester AOF
Hawker P
West Essex
675
648
647
646
645
642
641
637
635
633
632
629
628
628
626
620
619
618
617
617
613
604
601
Senior Gentleman – Black
Davies D A
3 Counties
Madrigal Salas J
Bath Uni
Cresswell D
Danum
Perrett H
Jersey
Mavity D
Jersey
Bliss M
Bayeux
Graves C
Jersey
Linnett N
Wight
599
596
581
576
569
564
558
556
Baggott M
Wolf
502
Compound
Annison L
Norfolk
Mallion E
Mayflower Jnrs
1316
1300
JuniorLady – 1200
Bryan J
Bramcote Jnrs
Agar M
Melton Mowbray Jnrs
1223
1216
Bryan J
Bramcote Jnrs
1142
Bourne O
Ashford Jnrs
Taylor D
Lichfield Jnrs
1292
1225
WA TARGET
TARGET
Recurve
Warner L
Kirby Muxloe Jnrs
632
Slater J
Nova
553
Junior Lady – White
Slater J
Nova
530
Junior Gentleman – Black
Thompson D
Bruntwood Jnrs
Platt C
Barnstaple Jnrs
McFarlane C
Backworth
Rides C
Wolverhampton Jnrs
590
564
554
545
Junior Gentleman – White
Boatman T
West Essex Jnrs
509
Hirst F
Links
Chaisty H
Goldcrest
Mitchell M
Jersey
Dunnighan K
Cleadon
Nadarajah T
C.E.D.A.K.
Loader AH
Andover
577
562
560
554
554
550
Senior Lady – White
Smith A
The Foxes
Chaisty H
Goldcrest
Hurst S
Bradford Uni
Lott K
Isle of Man
Nadarajah T
C.E.D.A.K.
Loader AH
Andover
Fox V
Nonsuch
Neale K
Green Lane
Young P
Sevenoaks
Bettles S
Cardiff Uni
Sinnett-Smith L
Cambridge Uni
562
540
537
523
522
514
512
504
501
515
503
Senior Gentleman – Blue
Wolstenholme M
Lincoln
Skinner M
Chelmsford
610
608
Skinner M
Chelmsford
McCormack M
Lancaster Uni
Gill S
Melton Mowbray
Smith A
Archery GB
Wood R
Barnsley
Davidson R
Wight
Jordan C
Chelmsford
Harris J
Barnstaple
Shipley S
Archery GB
Studholme G
Norton
West P
Rayleigh
Malins I
Crowthorne
Liaudanskas A
Cambridge Uni
Juniper K
Grays
Katris A
Bannockburn
592
590
577
577
567
563
563
562
560
560
558
554
552
550
556
WA SILVER TARGET
TARGET
Recurve
Piper E
Woking
629
Junior* Lady – White
Rogers T
Llantarnam Jnrs
Tinker M
Dearne Valley Jns
514
514
Junior Gentleman – Blue
Vobe O
Deben Jnrs
642
75
Thomasson A
Bowbrook Jnrs
Reid J
Telford Jnrs
563
560
Davies M
Evesham Jnrs
Thomasson A
Bowbrook Jnrs
Cooper J
Deben Jnrs
514
513
504
Compound
Codling M
Assheton Jnrs
Agar M
Melton Mowbray Jnrs
633
614
Bryan J
Bramcote Jnrs
568
Wright L
Bramcote Jnrs
539
WA ARROWHEAD
FIELD
American Flatbow
Senior Gentleman – Green
Hughes A
Archery GB
227
Recurve
Junior Lady – Brown
Tinker M
Dearne Valley Jns
232
Fairburn J
Panda Jnrs
325
Vobe O
Deben Jnrs
300
Junior Gentleman – Green
Brown R
Lough Cuan
230
Senior Lady – Green
Moore V
Gower
Ferguson G
Atkins
214
200
Senior Gentleman – Silver
Hall C
Lough Cuan
347
Senior Gentleman – Grey
Tinker M
Dearne Valley
Cramp R
Bath Uni
282
272
List S
Raven Field
225
Barebow
Thomas A
Pentref
254
Lady – Brown
Ruddy J
208
Pentref
Bell J
Ballyvally Jnrs
307
Hake S
Ballands
218
Senior Lady – Gold
Walker J
Archery GB
313
Senior Lady – White
O'Connor O
Ballyvally
277
Mead G
Mere
Tippins K
CMO
268
257
Senior Lady – Grey
McLean P
Ballyvally
239
Senior Lady – Green
Biddulph I
Oban & Lorn
194
Benton S
Lough Cuan
Thomas M
Pentref
Bowman M
CMO
Thompson G
Belfast
304
301
296
294
Wilson G
Ballyvally
Coombs C
Pentref
Airey L
Kendal
McGovern J
River Oak
McCarthy D
Belfast
242
209
208
197
203
Compound
Junior Gentleman – Grey
McCartney T
Lough Cuan
345
Datchler H
Bayeux Jnrs
308
Senior Lady – Silver
Barby V
Edinburgh Uni
380
Walker T
Atkins
342
Senior Lady – Brown
Beard J
Ditchling
303
Senior Gentleman – Gold
Horan C
Ashford
405
Baldwin S
Dark Side
Krusche M
Shetland
371
371
76
Mill R
Gower
Datchler J
Bayeux
356
352
Senior Gentleman – Grey
Krusche M
Shetland
Upfold L
Crawley
350
349
ROSE
TARGET
Recurve
Junior Lady – 800
Wilkins A
Raunds Jnrs
828
Gray V
Malvern
Aubrey W
Pendle & Samlesbury
Welsh R
The Foxes
Dunnighan K
Cleadon
1120
1116
1116
1114
Arkwright L
Norton
Wallwork D
Eccles
Slark A
Southampton Uni
Smith A
The Foxes
Neale K
Green Lane
Agnew S
Belfast
Hurst S
Bradford Uni
Fisher A
Bruntwood
George AJ
Danesfield
1086
1056
1047
1046
1034
1025
1019
1008
1001
Senior Lady – 900
Anderton C
Deer Park
Westley J
Goldcrest
D'Entrecasteaux R Farnham
Rose C
Sevenoaks
Nicholas L
Junction
Orme M
Supermarine
Miller A
Southampton Uni
Mills S
Warfield
Hardman S
Wight
Williams E
Danum
Ferguson G
Atkins
Fox V
Nonsuch
Bettany A
Cheltenham
998
998
990
962
947
946
938
931
926
918
915
906
900
Senior Lady – 800
Monteith S
York
Boatman C
Jolly H&W
Fox V
Nonsuch
Moore V
Gower
Sherwood K
Walker
Van Besouw R
Southampton
Noone T
Nuneaton
Hannemann A
Cambridge
Evans A
Dove Valley
Morris C
Colchester
Chaudhry S
Exeter
899
892
882
880
873
872
862
842
824
824
817
Hall T
Warwick Uni
1110
Shaxted S
Darenteford
Newman C
Andover
Harrison A
Anchor
Gadhok M
Glen
Shipley S
Archery GB
Clay P
Malvern
Suckling J
Mole Valley
Rogers J
Llantarnam
1056
1030
1024
1016
1008
1002
1002
1000
Gulliver M
Audco
West P
Rayleigh
Harrison A
Anchor
Davis S
Southampton
D'Entrecasteaux S Farnham
Scott M
Walker
Barrington C
Walsall
Cousins D
Lizard
Studholme G
Norton
Walker G
Gronant
Rowe N
High Weald
Lehmann-Mayne K Rickmansworth
Taylor P
Chichester
Nelms S
Audco
Beenham R
Nonsuch
Shepherd A
Audco
998
998
990
981
966
959
951
944
942
940
931
920
920
919
907
904
Fox L
Sheffield Uni
Bullen R
Bruntwood
Davie I
Farnham
Lazar O
Olde Colesdon
Kinnard R
Spelthorne
Harris J
Barnstaple
Cox P
Gravesend
Weenink T
Imperial College
MacMillan G
Windsor Forest
Dowling DE
Bradford Uni
Peatfield J
Stalybridge
Cudlipp M
Paignton
Garner P
Pastures
King V
Silver Arrow
Peers A
Loughborough Uni
Gould S
South Bucks
Read J
Brixham
Brewster L
Guildford AC
Purbrick M
Audco
Wong R
Bruntwood
899
897
892
878
873
866
862
859
848
845
837
827
820
817
817
814
808
806
806
801
Barebow
Gould J
Crown
1111
Senior Lady – 800
Wood M
Castle
Hubbard S
Fakenham
Taylor S
Harlequin
Atkins K
Bowflights
893
827
821
804
Longbow
Senior Lady – 525
Hudson S
White Rose
572
Senior Lady – 450
Crowe S
South Bucks
Mowforth P
East Riding
Mortimore C
Derbyshire
523
462
460
Senior Lady – 375
Woolcock S
Brixham
Walker J
Canford Magna
Cottee J
Lytchett
Arthur J
Eastbourne
Hammond K
Bath
435
434
421
405
397
Senior Lady – 300
Cottee J
Lytchett
Squillaci F
Abbey (Kent)
Woolcock S
Brixham
Bolt A
Torquay
347
337
322
321
Senior Lady – 225
Arthur J
Eastbourne
Pressner F
Old Basing
Gibbons K
York
Spencer C
St Mary's
Aconley D
York
293
282
271
267
250
Allan R
York
Kirkpatrick M
Rivernook
480
459
White G
Friskney
Twigg R
Exmouth
Benson C
Kendal
Baron M
Richmond
426
397
385
379
Sharratt S
Whiteleaf
Peters G
Deer Park
Benson C
Kendal
Chopping C
Exeter
Fleming I
Rochdale
Pressner T
Old Basing
Cartwright D
Hereford
Twigg R
Exmouth
Barton P
New Century
Sutherland K
Deer Park
Sandwell M
Leamington Spa
Williams D
Cymric
McArdle S
Woking
Murray-Playfair A
Richmond
Parsons J
Malvern
362
355
354
337
328
320
317
317
316
312
309
308
306
306
302
Jones M
Belvoir
Yates J
Old Basing
Chopping C
Exeter
Bancroft N
Torquay
King B
Redheath
Murray-Playfair A
Richmond
Kennedy K
Brixham
Sharratt S
Whiteleaf
Beckett D
Richmond
277
270
269
267
256
249
244
242
230
Compound
Duncan V
Meriden
Tideswell S
Norton
Prime C B
Archery GB
Neumann H
Welbeck
Rose M
Barnsley
Taylor M
St Mary's
Norfolk R
Bath
1238
1228
1222
1220
1212
1212
1204
Smith C
Melton Mowbray
Berckhan S
Grantham
Hotchkiss P
R.N. South Coast
Breeze R
New Century
Smith G
Barnsley
1192
1166
1146
1124
1124
Brown K
Southampton
Smith G
Barnsley
Butcher C
Southampton
1086
1068
1052
Senior Lady – 900
Drury S
Sittingbourne
979
Senior Lady – 800
Toman J
Killingworth
864
Duncan T
Meriden
1260
Tuck M
Woking
Warr N
Southampton
Chapman W
Glen
Parvess M
Spelthorne
Blogg A
Heugh
Wallwork C
Eccles
White J
Petersfield
Yeoman M
Yelverton
Thompson A
Spelthorne
Dale M
Warwick Uni
Aubrey M
Pendle & Samlesbury
1236
1234
1220
1220
1218
1208
1208
1208
1204
1203
1202
Goodes L
Southampton
Bramley D
Derwent
Datchler J
Bayeux
Waterfield L
Sherwood
Gray M
Tohovitis G
Welbeck
Harding C
Rutland
Williams C
Celtic
Thorn G
Walker
Tate A
Green Lane
Newnham C
Wight
Phillips A
Tenzone
I'Anson K
Durham
Colombo M
Wilford
Marling E
St Mary's
Qureshi S
Burton Joyce
Oakes M
Bramcote
Starkie D
Pendle & Samlesbury
Smith B
Wyke
Babbs M
Surrey
Crofts D
Totnes
Devanney A
Aire Valley
Woodward B
Olde Colesdon
Crow D
Cleadon
Lawley J
Southampton
1192
1180
1180
1176
1172
1172
1160
1160
1156
1144
1140
1138
1132
1130
1130
1128
1127
1122
1118
1117
1116
1116
1114
1107
1106
Moore R
Isle of Man
Lim S K
Leamington Spa
Price M
Celtic
Wilson S
St Mary's
Wright S
Bramcote
Wingate M
North Cheshire
Ingham L
Swansea Uni
Roberts P
Leamington Spa
Lee D
Leicester AOF
Curnock P
Melton Mowbray
Clifton C
Sutton Coldfield
Mill R
Gower
Clarkson M
Exmouth
Tate J
Green Lane
Pengelly G
Wells City
Butler K
Guildford AC
Drew R
Exmouth
Higham J
Maryport
Reynolds K
Barnsley
Tate A
Green Lane
Blackburn R
Deans
1098
1090
1086
1086
1086
1072
1069
1051
1047
1046
1044
1044
1040
1032
1025
1024
1022
1018
1001
1001
1000
Wright L
Warrington
Gray M
McLennan-Brown K Noak Hill
Drew W
Allington Castle
Himsworth P
Black & Gold
Tate J
Green Lane
Tarrant P
Andover
Ridler R
St Kingsmark
995
991
981
976
959
954
919
912
Himsworth P
Black & Gold
Hotchkiss M
R.N. South Coast
856
821
JUNIOR ROSE
TARGET
Recurve
Rogers T
Llantarnam Jnrs
Newby I
Braintree Jnrs
Hempsall C
Pendle & Samlesbury Jnrs
1266
1262
1256
Lady – 1200
Piper L
Newby I
Hempsall C
Matkin E
Titchener N
Turner L R
Evans H
1248
1238
1220
1206
1206
1202
1200
Woking
Braintree Jnrs
Lutterworth Jnrs
East Riding Jnrs
Wyre Forest Jnrs
Burleigh Jnrs
Piper E
Woking
Strugnell S
Braintree Jnrs
Belshaw E
Burleigh Jnrs
West E
South Oxon
Evans H
Burleigh Jnrs
Randall R
Melton Mowbray Jnrs
Devlin H
Warfield Jnrs
Jewkes L
Derbyshire Jnrs
1192
1174
1156
1156
1146
1144
1114
1112
Levy L
Guildford Jnrs
Duffin L
Rayleigh Jnrs
Howden J
York Jnrs
Chalmers M
Norton Jnrs
Goetzee E
Burton Joyce Jnrs
Gray G
Nethermoss Jnrs
Uddin P
Cheltenham Jnrs
Palmer H
Wyre Forest Jnrs
MacMillan I
Windsor Forest
Roberts O
Oakfield
Harrison K
Cleve Jnrs
Roberts S
St Helens Jnrs
Stone M
Bath
Hall J
East Riding Jnrs
Powell H
Crowthorne Jnrs
Morrell L
Furness
Grainger H
Hillingdon Jnrs
Peters M
Deer Park Jnrs
1090
1078
1064
1059
1050
1046
1045
1036
1028
1026
1025
1025
1020
1016
1015
1013
1010
1003
Junior Lady – 900
Gordon-Brown T
Southfields Jnrs
Howden J
York Jnrs
Power A
Guildford Jnrs
Belshaw E
Burleigh Jnrs
Powell R
Crowthorne Jnrs
999
987
987
970
960
Orme A
Myers-Bennett I
Rowley H
Supermarine Jnrs
Wigan & Orrell Jnrs
Nuneaton Jnrs
Junior Lady – 800
Rogers L
Nova
Kelsey H
Warfield Jnrs
Plummer G
West Essex Jnrs
Garrett S
Alton & Four Marks Jnrs
McFarlane J
Walker Jnrs
Eley AJ
Wilford Jnrs
Mason A
Hillingdon Jnrs
Hogan G
Aire Valley Jnrs
Peters M
Deer Park Jnrs
Trodd H
Bognor Regis Jnrs
Moran L
Richmond Jnrs
Barnes A
Oakfield
Powell R
Crowthorne Jnrs
Foster M
North Cheshire Jnrs
919
918
900
886
882
876
875
863
860
853
836
835
833
829
828
816
805
Fletcher A
Sellafield
Marshall C
Lace Town Jnrs
Jones P
Belvoir Jns
Stocks H
Danum Jnrs
1144
1126
1122
1102
Stocks H
Danum Jnrs
1055
Junior Lady – 800
Stocks H
Danum Jnrs
858
Thomas-Prause K Bayeux Jnrs
Bourne O
Ashford Jnrs
Datchler H
Bayeux Jnrs
Susca T
Goldcrest Jnrs
Ridding D
Millom Junrs
Rowberry A
Rayleigh Jnrs
1274
1244
1218
1218
1210
1208
McCartney T
Lough Cuan
Datchler H
Bayeux Jnrs
Ridding D
Millom Jnrs
Babbs B
Surrey Jnrs
Lansley H
Chichester Jnrs
1170
1160
1155
1130
1108
1104
1088
1039
1034
1001
Quinton R
Deben Jnrs
Jones G
Stafford Jnrs
Nairn T
Alsager Jnrs
Spencer-Nice R
Deer Park Jnrs
1232
1208
1204
1202
Gore W
Deer Park Jnrs
Wise A
Walker Jnrs
Harris A
West Essex Jnrs
Harrison A
Burleigh Jnrs
Seez J
Penicuik Jnrs
Brown N
Ivanhoe
Gordon-Brown O
Archery GB
Devlin J
Warfield Jnrs
Gadd O
Raven
Cooper J
Deben Jnrs
Costanza M
Gordano Valley Jnrs
1158
1152
1132
1132
1132
1117
1112
1106
1106
1102
1102
Broom M
Exmouth Jnrs
Babbs B
Surrey Jnrs
Kerr J
Canterbury Jnrs
Datchler J
Bayeux Jnrs
Williams S
Cymric Jnrs
Hall D
East Riding Jnrs
Gore W
Deer Park Jnrs
Cooper J
Deben Jnrs
Scully B
Hillingdon Jnrs
Nunn L
Old Basing Jnrs
Cannell M
Gordano Valley Jnrs
Dace D
Netherhall Jnrs
Khan I
Burton Joyce Jnrs
Tien T
Wilford Jnrs
1090
1082
1069
1062
1058
1056
1056
1050
1022
Junior Lady – Red
Jewkes L
Derbyshire Jnrs
Imeson L
Aubrey W
Nichols N
West Essex
Mickiewicz S
Archery GB
Rose J
Sevenoaks
Maddison W
Norton Jnrs
Reedy J
Goldcrest Jnrs
Stansfield H
Selby Jnrs
Matthews O
BruntwoodJnrs
Rowe A
Mounts Bay Jnrs
Harper R
Gronant Jnrs
Schofield T
Rochdale Jnrs
McAuley E
Archery GB
Sutlieff N
Holbrook Jnrs
Smith J
Gordano Valley Jnrs
Horspole J
Supermarine Jnrs
Grandin B
Warfield Jnrs
Alford S
Southampton Jnrs
Hardy W
Cleve s
Tapp H
Ely Jnrs
993
989
986
984
983
976
973
970
965
955
948
942
938
938
937
928
926
918
911
906
Joyce D
Burnham Jnrs
Norris G
Rayleigh Jnrs
Harper R
Gronant Jnrs
Cannell M
Gordano Valley Jnrs
Wise A
Walker Jnrs
Powell J
Llantarnam Jnrs
Sutlieff N
Holbrook Jnrs
Grandin B
Warfield Jnrs
Perry C
Black & Gold Jnrs
897
896
895
888
879
859
859
830
823
1019
Downward O
Frome
1126
Birdsall S
Rayleigh Jnrs
1008
Hake S
Ballands
Nicholas C
Junction Jnrs
Birdsall S
Rayleigh Jnrs
988
930
912
Longbow
Junior Lady – 375
Everington E
Sutton
392
Nagy L
Spelthorne Jnrs
499
Gentleman – 375
Auer J
Richmond Jnrs
397
Compound
Davis A
West Essex Jnrs
Williams J
Cleve Jnrs
ARROW AWARD
TARGET
Recurve
Perkins A
Cleve Jnrs
Compound
Junior Lady – Red
Bryan J
Bramcote Jnrs
Bryan J
Bramcote Jnrs
Gentleman – Blue
Taylor D
Lichfield Jnrs
GRAND MASTER BOWMAN
TARGET
Barebow
Senior Lady
Hubbard S
Thelwell A
Fakenham
Bebington
Longbow
Senior Lady
Charters C
Hudson S
Hinckley
White Rose
Senior Gentleman
Bale M
Rivernook
Ives T
Canford Magna
Compound
Senior Lady
Burfitt P
Townsend L
Chippenham
Club A.Z.
Compound
Senior Gentleman
Murrell B
The Hertford
Rudd M
Devizes
FIELD
Barebow
Thomas A
Pentref
Pine P
Deer Park
Annison A
Thorpe Hamlet Jnrs
Mallion E
Mayflower Jnrs
Knowlson W
Rayleigh Jnrs
1266
1256
1254
1212
1204
Barebow
Senior Gentleman
Annall J
Archery GB
Meehan J
High Weald
Recurve
Senior Lady
Lake M
Warwick K
Eastbourne
Kingsbury
MASTER BOWMAN
TARGET
Recurve
Senior Lady
Aubrey W
Reith J
Vines R
Welsh R
Pendle & Samlesbury
Green Lane
Supermarine
The Foxes
Senior Gentleman
Baigent C
Waterside
Dyke J
Llantarnam
MacRiner J
West Somerset
Piper J
Andover
Renouf M
Archery GB
Scott S
Norton
Wolstenholme M
Lincoln
Barebow
Senior Lady
Hubbard S
Taylor S
Fakenham
Harlequin
830
77
Longbow
Senior Lady
Browne S
Conisbee S
Cottee J
Cousins J
Crouch I
Woolcock S
Compound
Richmond
West
Lytchett
Pastures
Thanet
Brixham
Senior Gentleman
Evans H
Saints & Sinners
Kirkpatrick M
Rivernook
Twigg R
Exmouth
Malvern Jnrs
Junior Gentleman
Thomas-Prause K Bayeux Jnrs
JUNIOR MASTER BOWMAN U18
TARGET
Recurve
Junior Lady
Fraser S
Links Jnrs
Junior Lady
Martel E
Sargeant B
Malvern Jnrs
Canterbury Jnrs
Junior Gentleman
Chape F
Edinburgh Uni
Junior Gentleman
Bourne O
Ashford Jnrs
Senior Lady
Neumann H
Palmer L
Sullivan P
6 GOLD END SENIOR
TARGET
Welbeck
Bognor Regis
West Somerset
Senior Gentleman
Kempf W
Huddersfield
Martel D
Malvern
Thompson A
Spelthorne
Tuck M
Woking
Wallwork C
Eccles
Wayman D
Hinxworth
Webb K
Fast & Loose
White J
Petersfield
FIELD
Recurve
Senior Lady
Lake M
Eastbourne
TARGET
Recurve
Junior Lady
Devlin H
Ferguson E
Hempsall C
Peiris H
Strugnell S
Titchener N
Warfield Jnrs
Aire Valley Jnrs
Hillingdon Jnrs
Braintree Jnrs
East Riding Jnrs
Junior Gentleman
Cannell M
Gordano Valley Jnrs
O'Connor S
Grimsby Jnrs
Quinton R
Deben Jnrs
Tien T
Wilford Jnrs
Barebow
Junior Gentleman
Birdsall S
Rayleigh Jnrs
TARGET
Recurve
Junior Lady
Evans H
Matkin E
Perkins A
Rogers T
Rowley H
Burleigh Jnrs
Lutterworth Jnrs
Cleve Jnrs
Llantarnam Jnrs
Nuneaton Jnrs
Junior Gentleman
Boden J
Silver Spoon Jnrs
Cooper J
Deben Jnrs
Dace D
Netherhall Jnrs
Devlin J
Warfield Jnrs
Mullock H
2020
Tien H
Wilford Jnrs
Woodgate J
Woking
Compound
Junior Lady
Bryan J
Codling M
Mayflower Jnrs
Compound
Compound
Junior Lady
Martel E
Junior Lady
Mallion E
Bramcote Jnrs
Assheton Jnrs
Junior Gentleman
Taylor D
Lichfield Jnrs
Thomas N
Ditchling Jnrs
FIELD
Recurve
Junior Gentleman
Fairburn J
Panda Jnrs
TARGET
Recurve
Junior Lady
Bann L
Cole H
Coughlin E
Green J
Jewkes L
Maryon G
Pocock J
Rentell C
Rayleigh Jnrs
Gordano Valley Jnrs
Sleaford Jnrs
Ditchling Jnrs
Derbyshire Jnrs
Nethermoss Jnrs
Bath
Warfield Jnrs
Junior Gentleman
Harris A
West Essex Jnrs
Jones G
Stafford Jnrs
Lamprill S
Yeo
Wise A
Walker Jnrs
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Recurve
Junior Lady
Millington-Latham I Chichester Jnrs
Piper E
Woking
Pocock J
Bath
Junior Gentleman
Marston M
Bowbrook Jnrs
McFarlane C
Backworth
Senior Lady
Agnew S
Arkwright L
Banfield S
Coward S
Cusack S
Hurst S
Loader AH
Lott K
Nadarajah T
Sagoo J
Slark A
Smith A
Belfast
Norton
West Wight
Bingham
Junction
Bradford Uni
Andover
Isle of Man
C.E.D.A.K.
Oakfield
Southampton Uni
The Foxes
Senior Gentleman
Brown M
Old Basing
Clay P
Malvern
Collier K
Trent Valley
Coveney A
Loughborough Uni
Crickmore N
Bronte
Davidson R
Wight
Dexter K
Birstall
Donaldson G
Cleadon
Dowling DE
Bradford Uni
Dyke J
Llantarnam
Evans S
Allington Castle
Heaton D
Rickmansworth
Jacobs K
Netherhall
Klinkert M
High Weald
McCormack M
Lancaster Uni
Newman C
Andover
Nichols S
West Essex
Parker R
Crystal Palace
Probert P
Holbrook
Rogers J
Llantarnam
Rowland G
Wolverhampton
Scarman J
Bath
Seymour R
Supermarine
Shepherd A
Audco
Smith A
Archery GB
Webster D
Friars Gate
Wesley P
Raven
Wolstenholme M
Lincoln
Wood R
Barnsley
Norfolk
Junior Gentleman
Bourne O
Ashford Jnrs
Shaw J
North Cheshire Jnrs
Woodgate C
Woking
Senior Lady
Beer A
Berckhan S
Breeze R
Butcher C
Cunningham J M
Howells J
Jamieson K
Midrouillet C
O'Shea C
Rutland A
Smith C
Smith G
Smith S
Thompson K
Winning E
Danum
Warfield
Aire Valley
New Century
Llantarnam
Forest of Bere
Allington Castle
Forest of Bere
West Essex
Southampton
Forest of Bere
Jolly H&W
Sutton
Maryport
Friskney
Archery GB
King's Lynn
Bitton
Cheshire County
Cheshire County
Celtic
Barnsley
Swansea Uni
Wyke
Panda
Swansea Uni
Greenbank
Green Lane
Walker
Welbeck
Pilgrim Boston
Wilford
South Leeds
Tors
Leek
Celtic
Neath
Olde Colesdon
Yelverton
Rutland
6 GOLD END JUNIORS
TARGET
Recurve
Junior Lady
Devlin H
Duffin L
Evans H
Fraser S
Hardy A
Healey P
Hempsall C
Howe L
Humphries S
Jewkes L
Levy L
Matkin E
Orme A
Peiris H
Randall R
Roberts O
Roberts S
Shield E
Strugnell S
Warfield Jnrs
Rayleigh Jnrs
Burleigh Jnrs
Links Jnrs
Goldcrest Jnrs
Audco Jnrs
Totnes Jnrs
Wilford Jnrs
Derbyshire Jnrs
Guildford Jnrs
Lutterworth Jnrs
Supermarine Jnrs
Hillingdon Jnrs
Melton Mowbray Jnrs
Oakfield
St Helens Jnrs
Cleve Jnrs
Braintree Jnrs
Junior Gentleman
Cooper J
Deben Jnrs
Costanza M
Gordano Valley Jnrs
Devlin J
Warfield Jnrs
Gore W
Deer Park Jnrs
Hardy W
Cleve Jnrs
Reedy J
Goldcrest Jnrs
Seez J
Penicuik Jnrs
Spencer-Nice R
Deer Park Jnrs
Tucker J
Sleaford Jnrs
Reynolds F
Leeds Uni
Compound
Compound
Junior Lady
Annison L
Cresswell D
Davis C
Devanney A
Dooley M
Edwards S
Ellis A
Evans M
Foster B
Gardner M
Goodes L
Grant D
Gray L
Gray M
Gunstone N
Higham J
Kirk E
Lawless D
Martin M
Morgan R
Morris T
Pollitt A
Price M
Reynolds K
Shackley W
Smith B
Stoner P
Strachan H
Strong I
Tate A
Thorn G
Tohovitis G
Tugwell C
Wardle A
Watson P
Way S
Whittaker S
Williams C
Woods R
Woodward B
Yeoman M
Harding C
Audco
Grantham
Leek
Southampton
Pendle & Samlesbury
Pentref
Balbardie
Allington Castle
Redruth
Saints & Sinners
Melton Mowbray
Barnsley
Melton Mowbray
Malvern
Phoenix
Senior Gentleman
Babbs M
Surrey
Baptiste P
Andover
Biggs C
Supermarine
Bramley D
Derwent
Brett M
Queenborough
Cable D
Southend & District
Caffrey M
Meriden
Carpenter T
Barnsley
Chambers P
Royston
Clarke J
Danum
Colombo M
Wilford
Junior Lady
Da Silva A
Geddes R
Jones P
McDonald G
Newton E
Stocks H
Taylor-Thorn C
Walden K
Corby Jnrs
Lethen Jnrs Club
Belvoir Jnrs
Rayleigh Jnrs
Phoenix Jnrs
Danum Jnrs
Walker Jnrs
North End Jnrs
Junior Gentleman
Daley M
Crawley Crows
Edwards S
Friskney Jnrs
Hughes A
Royston
Kerr J
Canterbury Jnrs
McCartney T
Lough Cuan
Ridding D
Millom Jnrs
3 GOLD END (LONGBOW)
TARGET
Longbow
Senior Lady
Arthur J
Boddy T
Mowforth P
Sharkey J
Waterhouse D
Eastbourne
Heugh
East Riding
Stalybridge
Spen Victoria
Senior Gentleman
Allan R
York
Bond J
Redhill
Brennam E
Osprey
Davies J
Bere
Du-Crow B
R.N.South Coast
Gawler R
Thanet
Gingell B
Burnham
McArdle S
Woking
Parsons J
Malvern
Contact Details
Officers
Archery GB Historian
Derrick Lovell MBE
Arthur Credland
Chief Executive
Main Office No. 01952 602796
Email: president@archerygb.org
Email: historian@archerygb.org
Chief Executive
Executive Assistant to Chief Exec.
Vice President
Archery GB Press Officer
David Sherratt
Email: david.sherratt@archerygb.org
Marketing
Susan Walford
Tel: 01952 602796
Email: susan.walford@archerygb.org
Marketing Manager
Marketing & PR Officer
Sarah Booth
Charlene Coates
Tel: 07587 881722
Email: sarah.booth@archerygb.org
Tel: 01952 607965
Email: charlene.coates@archerygb.org
Finance
Finance Manager
Wendy Stead
Email: finance@archerygb.org
Finance Apprentice
Chloe Gallier
Lorraine Williams
Development
Head of Development
David Reader
Tel: 07760 770395
Email: david.reader@archerygb.org
Development Manager: Workforce
Hannah Bussey
Tel: 07525 233591
Email: hannah.bussey@archerygb.org
Development Manager: Participation
Arran Coggan
Development Manager
Young People
Kate Moss
Tel: 07587 133894
Email: kate.moss@archerygb.org
Development & Business
Support Officer
Hannah Lucas
Tel: 01952 602795
Email: hannah.lucas@archerygb.org
Tel: 07525 233592
Email: arran.coggan@archerygb.org
Commercial and
Information Systems
Commercial & Information
Systems Manager
Peter Dickson
Tel: 01952 602798
Email: peter.dickson@archerygb.org
Membership
Services
General Enquiries
Tel: 01952 677888
Email: enquiries@archerygb.org
Membership Services Manager
Freddie Collier
Rachel Watson
Tel: 01952 602794
Email: freddie.collier@archerygb.org
Tel: 01952 677888
Email: rachel.watson@archerygb.org
Membership Services Officer
Coaching Officer
01952 602790
Email: dawn.herley@archerygb.org
Tel: 01952 602791
Email: barbara.barrett@archerygb.org
Membership Team Leader
Helen Smedley
Barbara Barrett
Patsy Morrisey
Tel: 01952 677888
Email: helen.smedley@archerygb.org
01952 602791
Email: patsy.morrisey@archerygb.org
Membership
Database Administrator
Tournaments & Records Officer
Andrea Holmes
Tel: 01952 677888
Email: andrea.holmes@archerygb.org
Email: vice.president@archerygb.org
Board of Directors
Chairman
Dave Harrison
Email: chairman@archerygb.org
Karen Hodgkiss
Tel: 01952 602793
Email: karen.hodgkiss@archerygb.org
Child Protection/Insurance Officer
Anne Rook
Tel: 01952 602792
Email: anne.rook@archerygb.org
Harriet Jones, McCann
Tel: 01179 218120
Email: harriet.jones@mccann.com
Magazine, Ezine & Website Editor
Jane Percival
Tel: 07799 890673
Email: magazine@archerygb.org
Chief Executive
David Sherratt
Email: david.sherratt@archerygb.org
Elected Director
Muriel Kirkwood
Elected Director
Geoff Malyon
Email: geoff.malyon@archerygb.org
Elected Director
Bob McGonigle
Email: bob.mcgonigle@archerygb.org
Elected Director
Julie Ryan
Email: julie.ryan@archerygb.org
Elected Director
Alan Willsher
Associated Organisations
Army Archery Association
Capt Dave Cook
Email: Dave.Cook649@mod.uk
British Universities & Colleges Sport
Francessca Stirling
Email: francessca.stirling@bucs.org.uk
Civil Service Archery Association
Len Furbank
Email: secretary@csarchery.org.uk
English Archery Federation
Lynne Evans MBE
Tel: 01749 346944
Email:
secretary@englisharcheryfederation.org
Email: alan.willsher@archerygb.org
N.E.U.A.L.
Elected Director
Email: president@neual.co.uk
Email: bryan.woodcock@archerygb.org
Royal Air Force Archery
Co-opted Director
Email: rafarchery@hotmail.com
Bryan Woodcock
Michael Ward
Pete O'Loughlin
Simon Cordingley
Email: simon.cordingley@archerygb.org
Independent Director
Email: enquiries@archerygb.org
Dawn Herley
Richard Custance
Email: muriel.kirkwood@archerygb.org
Finance Clerk
Neil Armitage
Email: neil.armitage@archerygb.org
Mark Davies
Email: mark.davies@archerygb.org
Regional Secretaries
Southern Counties
Christopher Fletcher-Campbell
Tel: 01865 730467
Email: cfc47@btinternet.com
Web: www.scas-archery.org.uk
Northern Counties
Ann Shepherd
Email: chris.mortlock@archerygb.org
Tel: 01625 871527
Email: secretary@ncas.co.uk
Web: www.ncas.co.uk
Chris Mortlock
Committee Chairs
Target
Lee Miller
East Midlands
Lynn Fisher
Email: chairman.target@archerygb.org
Email: emas-secretary@live.co.uk
Web: www.emasarchery.co.uk
National Tournaments
West Midlands
Tim Pratt
Email: chairman.nationaltournaments
@archerygb.org
Field
Andrew Rees
Tel: 01747 860838
Email: chairman.field@archerygb.org
Geoff Beston
Tel: 02476 388562
Email: secretary@wmas.org.uk
Web: www.wmas.org.uk
Grand Western
Neil Lockhart
Judges
Tel: 01984 634 471
Email: secretary@gwas.org.uk
Performance Director
Paralympic Coach
David Tillotson
Michael Peart
Email: chairman.judges@archerygb.org
Scotland
Email: david.tillotson@archerygb.org
Tel: 01952 607967
Email: michael.peart@archerygb.org
Coaching
Tel: 07702 008557
Email: saa.membersvc@gmail.com
Performance
Events and Facilities Manager
Jon Nott
Tel: 07771 890367
Email: jon.nott@archerygb.org
Programme Manager
Hilda Gibson
Tel: 01952 603355
Email: hilda.gibson@archerygb.org
Pathway Manager
DIRECTORY
Honorary Officers
President
Ceri-Ann Davies
Tel: 07425 623339
Email: ceriann.davies@archerygb.org
Olympic Coach
Lloyd Brown
Tel: 01952 607964
Email: lloyd.brown@archerygb.org
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Performance Coach
Songi Woo
Tel: 01952 607967
Email: songi.woo@archerygb.org
Performance Co-ordinator
Stephanie Kelly
Tel: 01952 607962
Email: stephanie.kelly@archerygb.org
Performance Co-ordinator
Katy Cumming
Tel: 01952 607961
Email: katy.cumming@archerygb.org
Hannah Brown
Tim Swane
Tel: 01539 739176
Email: chairman.coaching@archerygb.org
Junior
Helen Woodcock
Tel: 01457 870200
Email: chairman.junior@archerygb.org
Disabilities
Helen George
Tel: 01912 375648
Email: chairman.disabilities@archerygb.org
Martin Symonds
Wales
Alan Canning
Tel: 01873 810280
Email: alancanning200@hotmail.com
Web: www.welsharcheryassociation.com
Northern Ireland
Tom Liddy
Email: tomliddy48@yahoo.co.uk
Web: www.niarchery.co.uk
Rules
Graham Potts
Email: chairman.rules@archerygb.org
County Secretaries
Dyfed
Bedfordshire
Tel: 01437 720580
Email: sianrichardson@mac.com
Web: www.dyfedarchers.org.uk
Marc Bax
Tel: 01480 381172
Email: secretary@archerybeds.com
Web: www.archerybeds.com
Berkshire
Celia Stoker
Email:secretary@berkshirearchery.com
Web: www.berkshirearchery.co.uk
Buckinghamshire
Brian Dickson
Email:secretary@
bucksarcheryassociation.org.uk
Web:
www.bucksarcheryassociation.org.uk
Cambridgeshire
Frank Moore
Email: secretary@
cambridgeshirearchery.org
Web: www.cambridgeshirearchery.org
Cheshire
Ann Shepherd
Tel: 01625 871527
Web: www.cheshirearchery.org
Cumbria
Stuart Burnett
Tel: 01946 841333
Email stu_and_chrissey@yahoo.com
Web:
www.cumbriaarcheryassociation.co.uk
Derbyshire
Yvonne Long
Tel: 07894 686102
Email: dcaasecretary@gmail.com
Web: www.derbyshirearchers.com
Sian Richardson
Essex & Suffolk
Marion Saville
Tel: 01787 373339
Email: ecaasecretary@btinternet.com
Web: www.ecaa.org.uk
Glamorgan
Pat Widger
Tel: 01446 735260
Email: widgerwaa@aol.com
Web:
www.glamorganarcheryassoc.org.uk
Gloucestershire
Malcolm Wootton
Tel: 01453 543502
Email: mrw25@tiscali.co.uk
Web: www.glosarchery.co.uk
Gwent
Ann White
Email: info@st-kingsmark.co.uk
Web: www.gwentarchery.co.uk
Hampshire
Pauline Hunton
Email: haasecretary@googlemail.com
Web: www.haa.org.uk/haaweb
Herefordshire
Lesley Grady
Tel: 01568 797890
Email: lesleygrady@btinternet.com
Web: www.herefordshirearchery.co.uk
Hertfordshire
Leicestershire & Rutland
Kirsty Robb
Email: alanptonge@hotmail.com
Web: www.lrcaa.org
Email: kerobb@hotmail.com
Lincolnshire
Scotland (Northern)
Lynne Fisher
Email: mike.alexander@zen.co.uk
London
Shropshire
Tel: 07979 694489
Email: hgparkes1@gmail.com
Web: www.claa.org.uk
Tel: 01694 722767
Email: sue@chelmickforge.co.uk
Web:
www.shropshirearcherysociety.co.uk
Dr Harry Parkes
Middlesex
Colin Okin
Tel: 0208 907 8700
Email: colinokin@hotmail.com
Web: www.middlesexarchery.org.uk
Norfolk
Jamie Lee
Tel: 01603 502949
Email: jamielee111@btinternet.com
Web: www.norfolkarchery.org
Northamptonshire
Angela Bray
Tel: 01536 519119
North Wales
John Sharpe
Tel: 01691 712609
Email: bestchoiceuk@msn.com
Web: www.northwalesarchery.org.uk
Nottinghamshire
Michael Thomason
Devon & Cornwall
Email: secretary@hertsarchery.org.uk
Web: www.hertsarchery.org.uk
Tel: 01392 877180
Email: secretary@dcas.org.uk
Web: www.dcas.org.uk
Isle of Man
Oxfordshire
Jane Forrow
Dorset & Wiltshire
Michael Vittles
Tel: 01793 854992
Email: mvittles@btinternet.com
Web: www.dwaa.org.uk
Durham & Northumberland
Sarah Rigby
Chris Fletcher-Campbell
Tel: 01624 624792
Email sarah.rigby@manx.net
Tel: 07889 131372
Email: cfc@abingdon.org.uk
Web: www.oxfordshirearchery.org
Kent
Kay Holliman
Tel: 01634 666898
Email: secretary@archerykent.org.uk
Web: www.archerykent.org.uk
Julie Ryan
Tel: 07948 002772
Email: darthjoolz@gmail.com
Web: www.dnaa.co.uk
Lancashire
Elaine Muncaster
Tel: 01925 819781
Email: tillymint.47@ntlworld.com
Mike Alexander
Email: j71fisher@tiscali.co.uk
Web: www.lincsarchery.co.uk
Tel: 01159 820470
Email:
michael.thomason@ntlworld.com
Web: www.nottsarchery.co.uk
Tracey Jackson
Scotland (Eastern)
Alan Tonge
Powys
Stephanie Nash
Tel: 01597 824766
Email: steph@nashlabs.co.uk
Web: www.sampaa.co.uk
Scotland (Western)
Vacant
Sue Williamson
Somerset
Rhiannon Norfolk
Email:
thesecretary@somersetarchery.co.uk
Web: www.somersetarchery.co.uk
Staffordshire
Julia Brooks
Tel: 07884 498200
Email: juliabro@sky.com
Web: www.staffs-archery.org.uk
Surrey
Rae Harder
Tel: 01372 276 612
Email: info@surreybowmen.co.uk
Web: www.countysurreyarchery.co.uk
Sussex
Doreen Cannon
Tel: 01903 238975
Email:
doreen@cannon94.freeserve.co.uk
Web: www.sussex-archery.org.uk
Warwickshire
Dawn Goding
Tel: 01926 741838
Email: secretary@cwaa.org.uk
Web: www.cwaa.org.uk
Worcestershire
Michelle Hall
Tel: 07973 864651
Email: michelle@eitmail.co.uk
Web: www.worcestershirearchery.co.uk
Yorkshire
Andrew Wilkinson
Tel: 01132 860110
Email: yaa.sec@googlemail.com
DIRECTORY
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And Finally
S
o much has happened this
summer that it’s hard to know
where to begin. One thing is
certain though – it’s been fantastic,
hasn’t it? There have been so many
great tournaments and so many superb
performances on home soil and
abroad as our sport continues to flourish
Our young archers and Para squad,
in particular, have done us proud. They
are a true credit to our sport, bringing
home medals and securing precious
quota places at Rio. And let’s not
forget, that’s less than a year away
now. It seems only yesterday that we
were preparing for our home games!
Among the home-grown highlights
this summer have been the Talent
Festival and the National Series. Both
are going from strength to strength
and have demonstrated, once again,
the depth of talent among the UK’s
archers and the potential we have to
look forward to.
The atmosphere and the shooting at
the National Series Finals were fantastic.
The finals are key in providing the
athletes with experience of competing
in a high-pressured head-to-head
environment. That skill is something
that the GB athletes will be hoping to
draw on at next year’s European
Championships in Nottingham.
As some of you will have already
heard, I will be stepping down as
Chairman of Archery GB at next year’s
Dave captures the action at the Nottingham
Building Society Archery GB National Series
Grand Finals. Photo: Robin Maryon
AGM. Until then I will be working closely
with the Chairman-Elect, Mark Davies.
Being your Chairman has been an
absolute blast. I have met so many
members and people that a lad from
Newcastle would not normally expect to
meet. I have visited a wide range of
counties to represent Archery GB and it
has a real pleasure. I have been
extremely proud to serve you all.
Our sport is in a better place, with
more members, a better service to us
the members and, of course, more
medal success. But of course that is not
down to me. You the members and
volunteers, working with our dedicated
staff, have achieved that.
There is a lot happening between now
and next April, not least the Combined
National indoor Championships which,
this year, will be heading to Archery
GB’s former headquarters at Stoneleigh
Park, Warwickshire.
If I don’t see you beforehand, I hope
to see you there. Come up and have a
chat. One of the best perks of the job is
catching up with old friends – and
making new ones. Until then I wish you
good shooting.
Chairman, Archery GB
We would like to thank the following sponsors and partners
For long term support of our core programmes:
FROM THE CHAIRMAN
National Series Finals Sponsor & Partner
Gold Sponsors
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Performance Sponsor:
For helping us raise standards:
Archery GB is the trading
name of the Grand National
Archery Society, a company
limited by guarantee
no. 1342150
Registered in England.
Silver Sponsors

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