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21 Archers were in attendance at Brockenhurst College last night, shooting a Bray I for Round 5 of the Winter League.
Well done especially to Jonathan Gay and Darren Firth who improved on their handicap and picked up some performance points. Darren now has a commanding league in Division 2. For the current league standings going into Round 6 click here.
Round 6 next Tuesday (6th December) will be a Bray II. We haven't shot this round in recent years so it will be new to many of us. 2.5 dozen at 25 yards on a 60cm face. A similar format to the Bray I, just further away and a slightly bigger target face.
Next Tuesday will be the last evening session before the Christmas Break. We will then reconvene on Tues 10th January with a practice night. If you have missed a league night then you can use Jan 10th session to put in a catch-up score if you wish. You need to let me (Jem) know that's what you are doing by the start of the session for it to count.
Don't forget we also have a 'weekend extra' on Sunday 11th December 3pm - 5:30pm when we will be shooting a Portsmouth.
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Hi all, please note that due to the unavailability of Brockenhurst College Sports Hall on 15th Jan, the club championships have been delayed one week and will now take place on Sunday 22nd January 2023 at 3pm. Please note that for the same reason there will be no indoor shooting on Tuesday 17th Jan. We will skip Round 7 and move straight to Round 8 on Tuesday 24th Jan.
Updated 2023 Calendar...
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Standings after Round 4 (22/11/2022), and current handicaps going into the next round can be found here
Round 5 will take place on 29/11/2022 will be a Bray I.
See you there
Jem.
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Well done to the fourteen archers who shot a Vegas round at Brockenhurst college this afternoon. 
If you have never shot this round then you will not yet appreciate how challenging it can be. Take the smallest target face we shoot (40cm) remove the outer 5 rings leaving only the 6 to 10 zones to aim at and stand at 20 yards, that's tough. But not nearly tough enough...so just to add some jeopardy, there are three of these tiny targets close together and you have to shoot at them in the right order with three numbered arrows. If the wrong arrow goes in the wrong target it's a miss.
There were winter league points on offer today for those who could outperform their current handicap. Single bonus points for the league were also awarded for shooting a three-gold end in the first and second halves of the round.
Here are the results in order of adjusted score to show the best performers of the day....
A special well done to our Silver (Steve Dance) and Bronze (Hannah Diffey) archers who came in very close to handicap. The Gold bragging rights of the day go to Maisie Ovenden who not only shot a huge 90 points above handicap and bagged a whopping 22 league points but stunned onlookers with an "X 9 9" three-gold end to claim an extra bonus point.
Here's how the league is looking after this event click here. Handicaps will be updated immediately before the next round.
Look out for the next 'weekend extra' coming up on Sunday 11th December when we will be shooting a Portsmouth round. In the meantime, don't forget that Tuesday nights at Brockenhurst College are open to all members, it would be great to see you.