A bumper week of success
Great shooting by our archers as we close the shooting at Kings Priory School for this winter. Seven badges this week. Well done to all involved.
Archer First Class & a 252 badge
Congratulations to one of our very recent gents beginners who got onto the awards trail yesterday on a very windy day by shooting a second successful 252 round at 20 yards with a great score of 290 with 20 golds. Also to one of our gents recurve archers who gained his 50+ Archer First Class […]
Awards and Successes
Alongside the successes at the DNAA Novice and County Championships, the Bowmen of Backworth have gained more awards and broken more records in the past week. Congratulations to all involved.
DNAA 2023 County Championships
Held today at Whitburn Archers. Congratulations to our 2023 County Champions winning three gold medals in Junior Gentlemens Barebow, Ladies Compound, and Gentlemens Longbow while representing the Bowmen of Backworth. Well done to our three champion archers. A great result for our club.
Longbow archers’ awards
One of our longbow archers not only won the DNAA Novice Indoor Championships, he also shot his third blue Blaze score in doing so and thus qualified for his blue Blaze badge. Well done. Another of our longbow archers shot his third red Blaze score on Wednesday to retain his red Blaze badge.
DNAA 2023 Novice Indoor Championships
Two great performances for Bowmen of Backworth today. One of our longbow archers shot a Portsmouth 60-414-6 to take gold in his category at the Novice County Championships, and one of our recurve archers shot a Portsmouth 60-487-14 to take bronze in his category at the Novice County Championships.Great competition result for the Bowmen of […]
Another Record Breaking Week
Well done to our archers for another very successful week.One of our ladies barebow archers achieved her 50+ First Class badge after shooting two National 40 rounds, one of which set a new club barebow record of 71-409-11. The same archer also set a new record for the Bray II round which is now at […]
2022 – A Record Breaking Year
A record breaking year, on many fronts. Well done to our great archers on achieving so much on our return from the Covid pandemic. There were 482 rounds scored and submitted in 2022, resulting in lots of awards and many, many new club records. Our achievements for 2022 include: And it is all down to […]
2022 Club Championships
Many thanks to all who participated in the Club Championships today. We had 14 competitors shooting three classes of bow (recurve, barebow and compound) in three categories (senior, novice and junior). Great to see competition back at Bowmen of Backworth. The whole event was a very educational experience and will prove to be of value […]
