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This year we would like to be as inclusive as possible so have picked a relatively short distance round for the seniors. We will be using the St. Nicholas round which is 4 dozen arrows at 40 yards and 3 dozen arrows at 30 yards on a 122cm face using imperial scoring. All seniors (18 and over) entering the competition will shoot this round. Juniors (under 18) will shoot a Long Metric V: 3 dozen arrows at 30 yards and 3 dozen arrows at 20 yards on a 122cm face using metric scoring.
An archer can make one attempt in the competition on either Wednesday 25th September or Sunday 29th September. An archer can shoot a second bowstyle if they shoot on both of these days.
All club members are eligible to shoot in the club championships. Enter on the day, normal target fees apply, score on paper provided (you can double up with your phone app), scoring each other in pairs and competition rules.
Please direct any questions to the Records Officer.
Happy shooting.
In the first week of August:
One of our compound women set a new club compound record with 72-596-12 in the Long Metric and in doing so scored the six-gold end pictured here at 90m.
A recurve woman set a new Long Metric IV record with 71-525-7 and gained her Archer 2nd Class badge.
A recurve man set a new Long Metric IV record with 72-562-6.
One of our senior barebow women shot a great Metric 122-50 round to score a third Bowman 2nd Class score and thus qualify for her badge.
And not to be left out – another recurve man set a new National 40 record of 72-518-23.
At our club competition on the 18th we also had five records set:
A compound woman set the Long Metric V to 69-388-2.
A barebow woman set the Long Metric III to 70-443-3.
A barebow U16 man set the Long Metric IV to 66-399-1.
A barebow U12 man set the Long Metric V to 47-235-0.
A recurve woman set the Long Metric IV to 72-599-12.
Brilliant shooting, archers, well done.
Due to unforseen circumstances, our event on September 7th 2024 has been cancelled. Our apologies to those who were looking forward to it. The Have A Go days will resume in the warmer months of 2025.
The opening of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris has had a very positive effect on our archers. During the course of this month we celebrate the following:
One of our very recently joined recurve women who has qualified for her Archer 3rd Class badge.
One of our recurve men who is making good progress through the awards and has gained his Archer 1st Class badge.
A recurve man who has set a new club record for the Western 40 at 96-764-51.
A compound man who has set a new club record for the Short Metric I round at 72-652-27.
The National 30 recurve women club record has been broken again by one of our very recently joined archers, just three days after setting the new record.
Two new records in the recurve women Warwick 30 round. First it was 48-370-25 and then it was pushed up to 48-372-23.
A new recurve men record in the National 40, now at 72-510-30.
A new compound men record in the Long Metric I, now at 72-634-16.
A new barebow women record in the Long Metric V, now at 72-494-8.
A new barebow under 12 women record in the Long Metric V, now at 58-324-1.
A new barebow women record in the Windsor 50, now at 107-717-36.
A barebow woman achieved her Archer 2nd Class.
A recurve woman achieved her Archer 3rd Class.
On a sunny Sunday 28th we had 15 targets out and 21 archers shooting.
Well done to all involved.
The club target day on Sunday 30th June will feature the National rounds. This event will be run as a club competition and archers can compete for a gold medal based on handicap. This allows us to compare across bowstyles, age groups and gender. Your handicap result will depend on how you compare to your current outdoor handicap.
A National round consists of 4 dozen arrows at one distance and 2 dozen arrows at a shorter distance, and uses 5 zone scoring on a 122cm target face. Archers can choose from the full range of National rounds. These are New National (100 & 80 yd), Long National (80 & 60 yd), National (60 & 50 yd), National 50 (50 & 40 yd), National 40 (40 & 30 yd) and the National 30 (30 & 20 yd). Scoring will be completed on paper and submitted to the records officer at the end of the round. Scoring must be checked and signed by another archer on the line, ideally your partner on the same boss. You can use phone apps to score but only after entering your score on paper. We hope to have a judge on the day to help make it more like a standard competition. If you do not wish to take part in the competition, you can still attend to shoot a different round or practice as usual.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Despite the very changeable weather over the past few weeks, with sunshine and showers, our archers have been doing some tremendous shooting and setting new club records.
One of our new recurve men achieved his Archer 2nd Class award.
One of our recurve men has retained his Archer 2nd Class award for the current season.
One of our barebow men achieved his Archer 3rd Class award.
One of our barebow women achieved her Archer 1st Class award.
One of our barebow women helped move the indoor season to a grand finale. She has broken the club Stafford record four times in a row over the past couple of weeks, setting a new record at 525 (a very good score) and also achieved her Indoor Bowman 1st Class badge. Congratulations on a tremendous achievement.
One of our longbow men, already holding Bowman 2nd Class in barebow, has now achieved the same level in longbow.
One of our most recent longbow converts has just achieved his 252 at 20 yards using his new longbow. This in just the few times that he has shot the bow. Great shooting and what a start to your longbow career.
One of our junior men achieved his 252 at 30 yards and has already moved up to 40 yards.
Barebow women’s Metric 122-40 is now 72-504-6.
Barebow women’s Metric 122-50 is now 69-389-0.
Compound men’s Metric 80-30 is now 72-628-13.
Compound men’s Metric 80-40 is now 72-626-20.
Compound women’s Metric 122-50 is now 72-651-20.
Great shooting to all of our archers who continue to make great progress.
A reminder that the 2023-24 indoor season ends on 30th June 2024 and the 2024-25 season begins on 1st July. Don’t forget that you can shoot indoor rounds outdoors on the archery field – still a few days left. Good luck with your shooting.
Congratulations to:
One of our barebow women on retaining her Archer 1st Class badge for the 2024 Season.
One of our very recently joined recurve men on achieving his Archer 2nd Class badge.
One of our youngest members who achieved his Red Feathers award. Over the past few weeks he has shot the required score on more than one occasion. He also covered the theory and demonstration and passed with flying colours.
A new club record in the women’s barebow Warwick 40.
A new club record in the women’s barebow National 50.
We also saw two archers from the most recent beginners course achieve their first successful score in the 252 at 20 yards.
Congratulations to our archers who have achieved awards this month.
A longbow archer achieved his Indoor Bowman 3rd Class, a barebow archer achieved her Indoor Bowman 3rd Class, and a recurve archer achieved his Indoor Archer 3rd Class.
On the 17th, our newest member achieved the first part of his 252 at 20 yards on his first ever shoot on the field.
Our secretary, usually shooting barebow, is storming through the Indoor Classifications with his longbow. In only his second round ever shot with a longbow he achieved his Indoor Archer 1st Class in the first week of February. On the 18th he achieved his Indoor Bowman 2nd Class award.
Also achieving Indoor Bowman 2nd Class was one of our younger longbow archers with a fine performance, improving steadily as he worked through the round.
And finally, we must mention our Junior Under 12 girl who shot a tremendous Portsmouth round to give her a Junior Bowman 2nd Class score. She just needs to do it again a couple of times to get the award. An amazing performance from one of our youngest club members.
Well done to our 17 Frostbite entries and our 2 Snowflake entries shooting the rounds last week. Wednesday was damp and blustery, Saturday was frosty and sunny, and Sunday was cool and cloudy but no wind. This year’s Frostbite competition was run as a handicap competition. This allows us to compare the performance of each archer with others of different age, gender and bow style. You effectively shoot against your handicap and gain a handicap competition score. Congratulations to our top three archers with adjusted scores of 1527, 1487 and 1455 who will be awarded gold, silver and bronze medals in that order. Well done to all archers who entered, three great shoots and thank you for participating.
Now the weather is improving we will hopefully see more of you coming out of the winter hibernation.
Despite the awful weather over the first few weeks of 2024, our archers are already gaining awards.
One of our barebow women retained her Archer 2nd Class badge within the first two weeks in January.
One of our recurve men has retained his Archer 2nd Class badge in addition to breaking the club record for men’s recurve Short Metric III.
Well done. Starting the new outdoor season in style.
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