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On Dec 27th we held our annual post-Christmas fun shoot. Twenty-five archers showed up in what would otherwise have been an act of bravery had it not been so warm for a December morning.
Archers had a choice of shooting a Frostbite Round (3 dozen at 30m) or a Metric 80-30 (6 dozen at 30m), with the Chapatti trophies being awarded after three dozen. In the interests of levelling the competition, this year we introduced a handicap adjustment by bow type (Recurve 0, Compound -15, Barebow +28, Longbow +86), this meant archers of comparable shooting skill but different bow types were in with an equal chance of winning the trophies.
Congratulations to our Archer Supreme (keeper of the cake) - Chris Baigent, Champion Woman - Marie Perrott and Champion Junior - Max Errington. Congratulations also to the winners of the colour prizes with the associated blessings for their archery in 2025. A full list of 3 dozen results can be found here and complete rounds here.
Thank you to everyone who has organised, helped with, or participated in a fantastic year of tournaments. Good news! We can do it all again next year. The tournament calendar for 2025 can be found on the information page here along with some new 'outdoor challenges' for the coming season.
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Below are the results for the Outdoor Championships 2024
Individual Results by Bow Type and Distance
Handicap Trophy and Other Awards
Well done to all participants and congratulations to the winners.
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Two weeks ago (has it really been that long …) on Sunday the 12th of May, twenty-one archers gathered for the annual Line Cutter Tournament. Remarkably, the sun was also in attendance and certainly made for a brighter morning
Archers had the choice of shooting a Long Metric I (70m/60m), II (60m/50m), III (50m/40m), or IV (40m/30m). Well done everyone who shot longer distances than usual. The Line Cutter is slightly different to usual shoots as your overall score doesn’t affect your chance of winning – it’s all in the arrows that cut the line! (For those who are interested in the overall scores, please see the orange-coloured table below).
The 2024 Champion, with a grand total of 18 line cutters, was Dave Errington. Congratulations! Joint second place went to Lizzie Proctor and Matt Cooper, both of whom had 16. For the full list of results, please see the blue table below.
Thank you very much to Hannah Diffey for organising the event!
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On 24th September we held the Club outdoor championships. In a change to the round format of previous years all archers shot a 'Double 720' round, using the Archery GB National Ranking distances as the preferred round. The field saw a good mix of archers from different categories and it was great to see some of our beginners taking on a 12 dozen round for the first time.
Trophies and medals were awarded to our category winners shooting the required qualifying distances, 70m Recurve and Longbow, 50m Barebow, 50m-80cm face Compound, Junior distances as per AGB age categories.
There were also prizes awarded on handicap for Seniors, Juniors, Mixed Pairs, Couples and Parent and Child. We also gave out colour prizes and best golds. For a full list of the results and medal winners click here.
Jem Mason and Jodie Green shared the Lord Patron and Lady Paramount duties, with the Lord Patron prize being awarded to Ian Elcock. Well done Ian for being willing to stretch yourself, shoot the full 70m and put in a very creditable score at your first club champs.
All round it was great to see the hard practice of the summer season paying off and to recognise some different names will be added to the trophies this year.
Thank you to Amanda, Carl, Tamsin and team for providing hot food and drinks. A great day. We look forward to next year. You can see some photos in the gallery here.