Winter 2024 Awards
In November, we had two new Portsmouth records.U12 men’s Portsmouth barebow is now 52-200-3.Women’s Portsmouth barebow is now 60-471-9.Congratulations to both archers. In December, we had two new club indoor records.Our under 12 women’s Portsmouth barebow record is now 57-331-2, beating this archer’s own record which was set just a few weeks earlier.Our women’s WA […]
September 2024 Awards
Wednesday 4th afternoon Another successful afternoon on the archery field. One of our barebow women shot a tremendous Metric 122-50 to set a new club record of 68-487-7. One of our recurve women shot a great National 40 score of 72-560-34 to set a new club record and beat the old record set in 2016. […]
Website Maintenance – completed
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2024 Club Outdoor Championships
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 […]
August 2024 Awards
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 […]
September Have-A-Go cancelled
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.
July 2024 Awards
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 […]
Club National Round – Sunday 30th June
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 […]
Indoor Season 2023-24 & Awards Update
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. Awards 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 […]
