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. […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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