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Contents: EXCLUSIVE! SHOOT REPORTS 4-7 CHRIS BOYTON MEMORIAL 8-9 Oakwood Bowmen 03/06/2018 12-16 FAN UK FEATURED ARCHER: 18-19 Cloth of Gold 24/06/2018 Megan Tinker!! 24-25 Muttley Crew 20/05/2018 46-47 FAN UK introducing presents 28-29 Delamere FA 10/06/2018 BLAIDD FIELD ARCHERS!! 34-35 All British Field Archery 52-55 “Out with the Old” by IAN FINCH Championship 2018 60 FAN UK - Stay Informed 36-37 Broadland Bowmen 62-65 FAN UK would like you to meet 30/06/2018 & 01/07/2018 COTTESWOLD MOUNTED ARCHERS! 42-43 Labyrinth Archers 10/06/2018 48-50 Druids 16 & 17/06/2018 58-59 Black Arrow FAC 01/07/2018 NEW FEATURES 68 Magic Dragon Archers 24/06/2018 30-31 MEET THE FAN UK CONTRIBUTORS!! 76-77 Pines Park Archers 08/07/2018 70-73 Catch up with SIBERIAN ARROW! 80-83 Elmtree Archers & 2018 South 94-95 SABHC 2018 in Brazil West Crown 88-89 Overton Black Arrows Annual Shoot SHOOT INFO/ENTRY FORMS 92-93 Wolfshead FA 10/06/2018 26 Aurora FAC 25-27/08/2018 97-98 Regent Archers 22/06/2018 32 IIAC Killygarry Archers 102-104 Labyrinth Archers Medieval Shoot 25 & 26/08/2018 01/07/2018 74 Delamere Field Archers 23/09/2018 106-107 Avalon Archers’ Avalon 80 shoot 01 & 02/09/2018 REGULARS 108-109 Yorkshire Archery Association 22-23 The Bowyer’s Diary 2018 Yorkshire & Open Field by Derek Hutchison Championships 27 & 28/10/2018 38-39 Hoods & Maids 111 Rednex 2019 Rednexstravaganza 44 A Superb Cartoon for you! shoot 20 & 21/04/2019 86-87 Archery on the Big Screen 100-101 Another Superb Cartoon for you! SPECIAL OFFERS 21 EXCLUSIVE OFFER FOR FAN UK PHOTOGRAPHY READERS ONLY! COVER SHOT Gez Davis The Archery Shop £25 OFF 27 Mark Service GREY ARCHERY RISER-AIX 41 Adam Browning RECURVE HANDLE 25 INCH 69 Doc Smith 84 Mark Service 66 & EXCLUSIVE FAN UK READERS’ REAR COVER Mark Service 78-79 10% DISCOUNT for England’s Medieval Festival 2018! 2

* FAN UK - for the love of field archery * A very warm welcome to this bumper August/September 2018 issue!! This issue has been another absolute labour of love & the sheer volume of submissions has overwhelmed me! I am so happy to feature each & every piece and thank you for supporting my dream of creating and sharing this, our magazine :-) Your editor, Hels. If you would like to contribute shoot reports, club info & contacts, photos, event calendar dates or other articles I would love to hear from you and, as always, please email [email protected] to do so or you can get in touch via the FAN UK website, our Facebook or on Twitter. The Editor reserves the right to edit any submissions received. 3

C H R I S B O Y T O N Bowyer and shaft-maker extraordinaire, th who passed away at 11.30pm on Sunday 8 July 2018. Eulogy by Carol Edwards 4

I knew Chris for 30 years or more, as he ‘took over’ making arrow shafts for the World when Acme Wood Products in Oregon were no longer allowed to cut POC. (You may remember the problem with the owl!)… even now POC isn’t cut, it is deadfall! He turned up at an evening class I was running with lots of arrow shafts made from different woods. We spent several weeks trying them all out ourselves and then letting the beginners have a go with them as well. Chris ended up using pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine) as it was a great arrow wood and, grown in Sweden, it was planted more than it was harvested. It meant it would (hopefully) never run out. He sold them all over the World, including America where they were sold by Three Rivers Archery shop. About 6 or 7 years later he started making the 9/32 and 1/4 inch shafts that for me became the biggest sellers. As far as I know Chris was the only person making these 'little' shafts that suit so many archers, including myself and my husband, Mick. Chris was an absolute fountain of knowledge when it came to all things arrow shaft and bow wise. I shall miss being able to ‘pick his brains’ for all sorts of things from how to get my planer thicknesser to work to what to wear at a medieval banquet! Chris’s first arrow shafts He helped my husband, Mick, with his bow-making and was always ready to show how to make things from wood. Chris made the folding saws for Ray Mears’ Woodlore shop for many years and did several films with Ray. One of those was when Chris made a bow using only flint tools. I expect a lot of you have watched it. Above - Chris’s first arrow shafts in yellow van 5

Chris tree hugging! Chris in 2017 Chris, tree and Alfie 6

For many years I sold Chris's beautiful longbows Chris on horse at my workshop, until they became so popular he couldn't keep up with my demands on his time and only made them to order for himself. I still have my own Boyton bow - it’s 22 years old now and still shoots as good as the day I first got it. It is only 24lb at 23\", but by golly it shoots so well. A while ago Chris had problems with his heart and had an operation to correct it. He took a while to recover, but had seemed really well for the last few years. Unfortunately, unbeknown to him, he had a melanoma on his face (the GP didn’t think it was a problem!!) and it ended up as a brain tumour that caused him to pass away after just 9 weeks from diagnosis. I can’t believe he is gone and when I spoke to his wife Helen, she said the family are still in shock over the speed it all happened. Our hearts go out to Helen and his three children - Dan, Charlotte and Jamie, as well as his grandchildren. Chris's workshop was only a few miles from mine and he and Alfie, his Jack Russell, were regular visitors. We spent many hours chatting about archery and medieval get-together's, while sitting in front of my workshop fire and drinking tea. I can't believe we will never do that again. Chris was one of the nicest people I've ever had the privilege to know and I'll miss him very much. Rest in peace Chris - Lots of love, Chris with bow Carol. 7

Oakwood Bowmen Del and Annie Newman HT Trophy shoot report rd 3 June 2018 by Mel Horne. Del and Annie Newman have been members of Oakwood Bowmen for twenty plus years and have both in the past dedicated much of their time to the running of the club. For several years Annie was our Treasurer and chief cake baker whilst Del took on the role of shoot secretary, taking bookings and laying out all our shoots. Although they both retired from Committee life a couple of years ago Del New- man still plays a pivotal role with meet and greet, a welcome briefing and organ- ising medals for our monthly shoots. Del is now a recycled delinquent teenager at the tender age of 81 and still shooting regularly home and away, he is also well known on the Archery circuit for his quick wit, banter and fabulous hand crafted leather work - a man of many talents and a much loved Honorary member of Oakwood Bowmen. The dedicated Trophies in Del and Annie's’ names and preferred shooting style go a small way to thanking them for all the hard work and loyalty to Oakwood. Thanks Del and Annie, we love you both. Happy shooting – Mel. 8

HT Gents AFB Gents LB Gents Steve Rand 802 Mark Oakes 640 Roger Grew 716 Tim Seed 648 Adam Browning 634 Mark Allen 660 Elric Mc Cloud 638 Alan Alstin 618 Keith Sharp 596 BB Gents BH Gents CL Gents Guy Van De Walle 730 Colin Rose 782 Duane Williams 874 Ken Sparham 724 Dave Sexton 762 Garry Fisk 670 Alan Rogers 760 UL Gents David Stone 878 FS Gents PV Gents Andy Williams 858 Paul Little 914 Kevin Button 692 David Lovell 858 Richard Gardiner 808 John Smith 702 TBH Gents HT Ladies Andrew Lehane 640 Jan Seed 702 AFB Ladies Jan Beckham 502 Emma Winning 488 LB Ladies Mel Horne 500 Julie Lawless 406 Pennie Grew 622 Theresa Hearne 358 Tina Maguire 596 BB Ladies Josie Allen 470 Theresa Little 654 BH Ladies Paris Currie 524 Olivia Morgan 606 TBH Ladies Vikki Motchman 508 Linda Lehane 622 Del is now a recycled delinquent teenager at the tender age of 81 and still shooting regularly home and away, he is also well known on the Archery circuit The dedicated Trophies in Del and Annie's’ names and preferred shooting style 9





FAN UK would like you to meet our FAN UK would like you to meet our FAN UK would like you to meet our FEATURED ARCHER FEATURED ARCHER FEATURED ARCHER * Megan Tinker * * Megan Tinker * * Megan Tinker * Highly accomplished and well respected field & target English, British, European and World Archery Junior; current holder of the 2018 titles of Senior Lady English Field Champion, Senior Lady British Field Champion & Senior Lady Yorkshire Target Champion; soon to represent Great Britain at the 2018 World Field Archery Championships in Italy this October in the Junior Women Individual and Team events, as well as full-time student!, she very generously gave Hels some of her time exceptionally rare spare time to share her experiences and future aspirations with us - thanks Meg! QUICK FACTS! Location: Doncaster Bow Class: Recurve Club: Dearne Valley Archery Club Junior County Records: 20+ Junior National Records: 2 Shoots for: Club, County, England, & Team GB 12

Hi Megan - can you tell us a little bit about who you are? Also, well done for fitting archery in with your studies etc. - you're a superstar! Thank you for saying I’m a superstar! I’m 18 years old and I’m a part of Dearne Valley Archery Club where I shoot recurve. I live in Doncaster but soon I am off to live in York where I’ll be studying Creative Writing! How did you get into archery and how long have you been shooting for? I’ve been shooting for roughly around 5 years. I first read and watched the Hunger Games – as well as the Olympics – where I completely fell in love with the sport. I then tried a have-a-go for my 13th birthday and 6 or so months later, I was on my beginners course at Dearne Valley being coached by Amy Oliver and her family! What is it about field archery What has been your biggest achievement that you love the most? in field archery so far? Also, in target? My biggest achievement is definitely being Everything. I find field archery to be an selected for the European Field Championships adventure of some sort. Every time I shoot at held in Slovenia last year, as well as winning a new course it is an adventure as you current holder of the 2018 titles of never know what to expect. I also love how senior British field champion at Overton at the each target is different as well as the process end of May. At both events I shot so well and had a strong mental process throughout. behind each shot you take. The environment is so calming and really helps For target it would be taking 3rd place at as well me focus on the routine of my last Junior Nationals last year, as well as becoming the my shots rather than the she very generously gave Hels some of her time senior county champion at outcome. Plus, everyone is so exceptionally rare spare time to share her experiences and future nice! the beginning of June. Which class do you shoot? Which competition would I’ve shot recurve for as long you like to win most? as I’ve been doing archery. I’ve Not including hopefully had a go at barebow which making it to an Olympics, is rather fun but quite I would really love to win a challenging and I’d like to world championships – target try it again. I’ve also tried or field. I feel like that would compound but I get too scared be the highlight of my life, when trying to anchor or set let alone my archery career. the trigger off! I’m happy with shooting my recurve for now. 13

continuous practise just focusing on the physical and mental shot routine as well as building up strength. Sometimes if my particular focus is practising slopes and I can’t get up to Dearne Valley’s woodlands to practise I shoot off of my shed roof! Despite being quite high up it’s a lot of fun and helps me a lot when it comes to shooting steep slopes, especially like the ones I found at Overton! If you could offer one piece of advice to new archers, what would that be? Enjoy your shooting, train as much as you can, take lots of advice. And try field archery! I don’t think many people want to shoot field – whether it be because they are scared of the unmarked rounds, they are scared of losing form or whether they just don’t like the look of it. I think you have to at least try it before you can develop an opinion of it. I hear all kinds of archers say they are scared of losing arrows or worried about Where have your competitive shoots losing taken you over the years and form, but that’s really not the case. If you where is your favourite location? miss an arrow it is found easily and not only that but One of my favourite places to visit is Wales. field definitely benefits your technique both physically and mentally as it helps you to build up The scenery there is magnificent and the people are so friendly too. Pentref and Wrexham strength and helps you to understand your bow are two of my favourite courses as the locations and form better. So for any beginners considering are phenomenal and the courses are amazing! trying field archery, do it! It’s seriously worth it. One of my other favourite places to shoot is at Avalon which is where I shot recently. The location of the shoot was beautiful with various different settings to shoot in. One of my favourite shots was a long shot that was in a small valley by the side of the road and on either side of the valley it was covered in bluebells. It was a stunning shot and a lovely laid out course too! What sort of things do you do to practice? Do you have a set training schedule or do you adjust your practice to suit different competitions? Over winter I do most of my technical changes where I focus on things I want to change or need to improve on. Then over summer I do a lot of 14

Do you have any routines when you and mental shot routine as well as building prepare for a big shoot - if so, up strength. Sometimes if my particular focus what are they and do they work?!!!! Prior to a competition I always make sure that Valley’s woodlands to practise I shoot off of my equipment and sight marks are fine as well my shed roof! Despite being quite high up it’s as focusing on my mental process, which I do a lot of fun and helps me a lot when it through a lot of visualisation. This helps me to comes to shooting steep slopes, especially like trust my shot if the weather is not good on the day as well as allowing me to concentrate more on simply shooting the shot rather than focusing on what to do to make sure the shot is good. If you could offer one piece of advice to What equipment do you rely upon to keep you on top form? I have three lucky items that I always make sure I have when I shoot... my towel on my quiver from Slovenia, my MyBo visor and my pair of red converse. I honestly don’t know why they are they just don’t like the look of it. I think you lucky, I just find that whenever I have them on me it improves my mental routine and the shots What is coming up for you in the next year? I’ve just been selected for the World Archery are scared of losing arrows or worried about feel better. With my bow, I’m currently shooting a pink Win and Win Inno Max which I’ve had for Championships later this year in Cortina, Italy. the past 4 years. Not only is it a stunning riser I’ve had a really strong and successful shooting but it is so lovely to shoot! season and I’ve had some really good shoots so was hoping I would be selected! Alongside this I’m looking forward to starting my education in York in September as well as continuing to improve in field and target. I still have lots to learn and there is always room for improvement so I’m just looking forward to that! Who inspires you? Is it your family, fellow archers or someone else? My parents are my biggest inspirations. My dad takes me to every competition we go to and is there either giving me pep talks, offering advice or simply just making me laugh. He’s taken me all over the country for the past 5 years and has watched me shoot, whether it be stuck in a tent or in the middle of forest, he’s supported me regardless. My mum has been there for me like my dad and always helps me figure things out regardless of what it is. She’s also really funny! She’s a very strong person who I aspire to be like in and out of archery. 15

Do you have any hobbies or do you not have time?! The past few months have been a struggle as I’ve had exams, so time is something that I have not had! However, I love to write which is something I’ve done since I was at least 6 or 7. Exam season has been so hard as I’ve had so much motivation to write but I’ve had to revise instead! Other than writing I love to read and watch films, as well as having a Saturday job at a fireplace shop in Doncaster. Do you have sponsors and if so, how do they support you? I’m sponsored by the lovely Merlin Archery in Durham! I was first sponsored in the about March 2017 and they have helped massively It’s been great getting to know with my equipment. When I needed to a spare you Meg - thank you for sharing bow for Slovenia they helped set it up and has your time & life with FAN UK. shot amazing since. I cannot thank them enough! We wish you all the very best of luck with your future archery competitions, in Italy at the Worlds later this year and with your literary studies! We are all behind you - Go Team Meg!! 16

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~ Cloth of Gold Master Hunter 2018 ~ 78 Archers took up the Master Hunter challenge on 24th June this year. 18 Master Hunter patches were awarded. It was a beautiful day with good attendance of archers, all of whom enjoyed the challenge. By Rose Goss. (* Name displayed like this = Patch Awarded) AFB Ladies AFB Gents BB Cubs/Juniors Jacqui Johnson 568 Ian Nuttall 1128 Omar Ulam 640 Darren Hawkins 1008 Muhammad Ibrahim 538 BB Ladies Felix Miller 972 Sharon Harris 724 Dana Chatoo 936 BB Gents Yasmin Rashid 632 Andy Doyle 880 Morton Allpass 1364 Milly Aziz 624 Rod Harris 848 Terry Stevens 1348 Nazma Rahman 424 Pedro Portela 784 Al Morrow 1060 Richard Fulton 732 TBH Gents Paul Hankin 688 BH Gents Steve Hipgrave 1204 Ian Ball 668 Phil Maher 1196 Jim Timberlake 1070 Mike Cullen 636 Nick Appleton 790 Adrian Mercer 742 Barrie Cooper 540 CUL Ladies HT Cubs/Juniors FS Gents Sue Dickenson 1532 Ashley Cammish 480 Tony Young 1380 John Hillsden 1276 CUL Gents HT Gents Terry Wentworth 1088 Mark Wiseman 1664 Steve Rand 1224 Andrew Gilprin 1008 Simon Willard 1620 Keith Burton 1072 John Holland 1572 Steve Dixon 968 HT Ladies Steve Dickenson 1532 Tim Seed 924 Jan Seed 836 David Stone 1486 Steven Taylor 908 Samantha Deburiatte 704 Andy Williams 1476 Michael Strong 824 Beverly 560 Carl Gibbard 1414 Roger Deburiatte 584 Georgia Lewis 536 LB Gents LB Ladies XB Gents Alberto Martineli 1048 Freda Marshall 756 John Newton 1580 Rob Slatem 860 Sylvia Marshall 732 Ian Blunsdon 1530 Dave Alvey 796 Bela De Freitas 688 Hugh Stalker 1508 Ian Stanley 756 Maggie Bremner 568 Chris Harwood 1128 Martin Sutton 692 Wai Cammish 400 Mark Allen 692 Jackie Willoughby 380 Keith Sharp 652 Dominic Healy 370 18

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Del The Cat’s “Bowyer’s Diary” ~ Arrows and stuff... ~ by Derek Hutchison (AKA Del the Cat on various archery forums!) A bow is no good without arrows, or a string for that matter; and when I talk about arrows I mean wood (or bamboo) shafts. Carbon fibre is (IMO) nasty stuff on environmental grounds with respect to the energy footprint to make them and the fact that they can splinter and stay in the ground with the potential to injure both human and animal. Let’s start with a few myths and misconceptions about arrows, let’s tackle some in no particular order… but I’ll try to remember that we’re talking about field archery! 1. You can’t shoot wooden arrows from a compound. Total nonsense - what do you think they shot from the first compounds they made back in the 1960s? 2. You should shoot arrows weighing 10gpp (grains per pound (of draw weight)). Again, no, it’s a useful guide for hunting weight arrows. But isn’t really applicable for all bow weights etc. If you want a flatter trajectory (or extra range) you can go much lower, say 5gpp is a safe minimum, but you can go even lower. Even 3gpp is nowhere near a dry loose. As under the huge acceleration that has a lot of inertia. The downside of going light is greater susceptibility to being deflected by wind or the odd leaf or twig that’s in the way and of course the greater chance of breakage. 3. Correct spine depends on the draw weight of the bow. Well, draw weight is a rough guide but that’s all. It depends on the bow style (does it have a cut away arrow pass and is it made of modern materials?) How fast it accelerates the arrow, also point weight and arrow length. 4. Over-spined arrows shoot left, under-spined arrows shoot right. Tricky one this as I’ve found over-spined do go left, but under-spined just waggle more in flight but don’t actually fly to the right. (All of this assumes a right handed archer shooting conventionally). (Just my observation, others may disagree.) 5. “Arrow Slits” in castles… next time you are in a castle, pretend you have your bow and draw up as if trying to shoot out from one of these. Chances are your imaginary upper limb will be pushed up through the roof and even if you could shoot your arrow would probably smash as was still flexing as it tried to go through the slit (assuming you hit it!) IMO the slits are to keep arrows out! Maybe you could shoot a crossbow from them, but even that’s going to be tricky. Talking of the arrow flexing as it leaves the bow, next time you have to shoot through a narrow gap provided by a sadistic course layer maybe try canting your bow over horizontal! That way the flexing will be up and down rather than left to right it will reduce the chance of the flexing causing the arrow to whack the tree. Before someone says “Ah! Maybe that’s how they shot through arrow slits” I still don’t think it’s practical as often the sits are in narrow alcoves though the thickness of the walls with no room for a bow canted or otherwise. 22

Strings… some people buy ‘em made, some like to make ’em. Personally I make them using a good quality Fastflite style string (I’m currently using AstroFlite). There are a lot of stories about Fastflite splitting nocks and damaging wood. I’ve only ever seen it on a crossbow prod, if the nock splits it was probably poorly made with the groove too near the end of the horn where it meets the limb. The problem I’ve noticed with modern string material is that it can slip when using a Bowyer’s knot, that’s why I make continuous loop strings with a served loop at each end. I’ve had a bit of a break over the Summer not making so many bows, but tinkering with the crossbow and flight arrows. I have to confess the crossbow prod was a failure despite many attempts. It did shoot a 200fps, but rapidly lost weight from 120# down to about 75#!!!! Let’s start with a few myths and misconceptions about arrows, let’s tackle some in no I’ll press on but with a fibreglass/Maple prod when my enthusiasm resurfaces (already work in progress!) My flight bow/arrow saga had better results with “Il Bastardo” a short ELB of about 62” nock to nock won the ILAA Mary Rose flight shoot by a decent margin (shot by my trusty test pilot John Turton). It started life as a 26” at which draw length it was difficult to control with no sensible anchor point, this led to it biting the archer’s bicep and gave rise to the name. We progressed to 28” and finally 30” draw with a little re-tillering. The bow garnered much interest and several other bowyers will be trying shorter bows next year. There was also some moaning from a disgruntled archer that it didn’t qualify as a longbow as it was short… total nonsense, it met every part of the ILAA spec’ and had it been shot by my wife it would have looked a perfectly good height :-) The warm weather didn’t help the distances achieved and 320 yards was the best; the others didn’t even get near 300. I s’pose you all want a picture, so here’s a few, one is of the bottom nock on a Yew primitive spined arrows shoot right. Tricky one this as I’m making. Black waterbuffalo horn with a 10mm long bone pin inserted, classy and elegant. It’s a bit of an in joke. I once had a similar become unglued on a very wet shoot don’t actually fly to the right. (All of this assumes a right handed archer shooting and someone said I should put a nail though it, I went home re-glued the nock and fitted a “nail” made of silver, it looked very good, so it’s a bit of motif I repeat now and then. down rather than left to right it will reduce the chance of the flexing causing the through arrow slits” I still don’t think it’s practical as often the sits are in narrow 23

th SHOOT REPORT ~ 20 May 2018 The shoot got off to a great start with the weather being very kind to us again (you can thank me another time for that). The 36 x 3D course was set by a small group of club members who had not set a course before, all done under watchful eyes and checked for safety by myself. Going by the comments received, I must congratulate the group members for a pleasing course, other than the over pond shot that caught a few people out. The catering and raffle went down well and again we must thank Lionel Rodrigues for the all day entertainment at admin. Huge thanks to all the attending archers for the comments made during and after the shoot, it makes it all worthwhile and encouraging for the course setters. Thanks for all the help in bringing the targets in after the shoot, it meant that I got home for tea at 6.30 (bonus). We have started to get bookings for our 2x20 3Ds on October 28th and we were at 35 % full as of 5/6/18 - and we hope to see many of you again, on another new route around the wood. Geoff Weldon. Ladies AFB Score/Spots Gents AFB Score/Spots Marie Blackhall Delamere 428, 1 Allan Carruthers North Lakes 618, 6 Colin Hall Butsfield 586, 5 Ladies BB Gus Gramauskas Olde Delph 586, 4 Lynne Harrison Centaura 570, 5 Richard Wright Butsfield 550, 4 Jackie Brookes Cobra Archers 560, 2 Andy Flint Stonebow 542, 4 Carol Pope Team Firebird 218, 1 Phil Nelson North Lakes 516, 3 Mark Gill Kendal 486, 3 Gents BB Mark Peet Centaura 460 Geoff Smith Wild Geese 622, 6 Stuart Bowdler Old Delph 444 Mick Kirkman Owlet Hall 620, 6 Tony Boone Delamere 414, 1 Chris Haddon Wild Geese 618,5 Mark Brookes Cobra Archers 616, 3 Ladies FS Marc Dellerba Kendal 614, 3 Zoe Chadwick Team Firebird 566, 2 Barry Dixon Team Firebird 522, 1 Matty Green Team Firebird 450 Gents FS Daniel Moore Team Firebird 642, 5 24

Ladies BH Score/Spots Gents BH Score/Spots Beki Bates Cheshire Oak 680, 11 Chris Smith Independent 646, 8 Kath Harrison Team Firebird 614, 5 Tim Jones Olde Delph 598, 4 Trish Gramauskas Olde Delph 588, 5 Phil Jaques Owlet Hall 504, 3 Ian Turner Team Firebird 442, 1 Gents CL Thomas Lawton Team Firebird 720, 12 Gents XB Kieron Van Der Schars Team Firebird 626, 6 Mike Williams Cheshire Oak 760, 19 Issac Smith Independent 526, 3 Harry Atkinson Kendal 638, 3 Ladies HT Gents HT Alison Rayson Dolphinholme 482, 1 Stuart Shaw Derwynd 590, 5 Alison Macrory Stonebow 466, 2 Joe Wood Hollywood 588, 4 Kathryn Dixon Team Firebird 464 Paul Caddick Duvelle 576, 2 Sarah Sheppard Hollywood 436, 3 Andy Baker Delamere 572, 3 Janet Wood Dolphinholme 400 Martin Leonard Dolphinholme 564, 2 Rachel Peak Independent 398 Peter Plunkett Derwynd 562, 4 Steph Brown Team Firebird 358, 1 Graham Bell Dolphinholme 554, 5 Sue Gill Kendal 260 Phil Peak Independent 516, 3 Ray Whitehead Butsfield 514, 2 Ladies LB Jim Hodge Seedfield 508, 1 Viv Guthrie Delamere 492, 5 Dave Peters Delamere 506, 4 Tony Cooper Cheshire Oak 472, 2 Gents LB David Lyons Independent 434, 1 Stephen Blackhall Delamere 594, 5 Jayendra Shankar Olde Delph 414, 1 Richard Beal Cheshire Oak 542, 3 Peter Wood Dolphinholme 410, 2 Alan Beatty North Lakes 472, 4 Jay Slaney Cheshire Oak 342, 2 Ladies UL Gents UL Hannah Pope Team Firebird 690, 8 Mark Duerden Team Firebird 800, 23 Ray Bell Cheshire Oak 784, 22 Gents PV Chris Wilkinson Team Firebird 784, 22 Pat Morrow Black Swan 540, 4 Dave Greenbank Stonebow 736, 13 Brian Robinson Dolphinholme 296 Gary Carney Stonebow 686, 10 Bob Miles Dragonfly 386 Mark Harrison Team Firebird 684, 7 Jonathan Chew Team Firebird 658, 6 Ladies TBH Toria Hough Independent 404, 1 Gents TBH Annette Jamieson Delamere 356 Chris Sharp Derwynd 678, 11 Richard Ford Delamere 650, 8 James Baxter Independent 624, 8 Duncan Jaques Owlet Hall 564, 3 Junior Results:- Derek Lawson Delamere 480, 2 Maddi Morrow, Black Swan, BH, 614 2 Spots Lilly Cousins, Team Firebird, BH, 534 2 Spots Ethan Holt, Team Firebird, BH, 538 3 Spots Morgan Lawton, Team Firebird, CL 596 3 Spots Phillippa Jameison, Delamere, TBH 450 2 Spots Mai Slaney, Cheshire Oak, BB 446 Megan Peak, Independent BB 364 Izzi Morrow, Black Swan, HT 330 25

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Photographer: Mark Service Location: Avalon Archers EFAA Classification 31.03.2018

Delamere Field Archers ~ Open Shoot 10th June 2018 ~ The Cheshire mosquitoes gathered in force on the morning of Sunday 10th June – they were obviously aware of the impending arrival of over 100 fit & tasty archers! Comments on the day, & since, indicate that they fed well, despite copious amounts of spray being applied! As always, archers started arriving before 08:30, so registration & catering were quickly busy. Archers continued to arrive for some time, so it was 10:30 before walk out commenced, & the shoot got underway. The new course is using parts of the wood that have not been used for some time (if at all), & several new targets had also been deployed so it was a new experience for all visiting archers. Thankfully, score cards started being handed in before 15:30 & all had been received by 16:30. Huge thanks have to go to our course laying team of Liz, Tony, Dave, Tom, & Ritchie for all of the hard work & ingenuity that they put into the design of the course, & the use that they make of natural features to provide challenging shots. Thanks also to the catering team of Phillipa, Derek & Viv, who kept up a steady supply of food & drink throughout the day. Mention must also be made of Pat Belfield who once again provided a wonderful selection of cakes, scones, & almond slices – all baked by her own fair hand! Finally, of course, thanks to all of the archers who travelled to Delamere on the day, some covering considerable distances in order to do so. We trust that you enjoyed the shoot & we look forward to seeing you again in September. The scores that follow do not represent every archer who attended, as some score cards were not handed in. ~ By Bernie Stafford ~ Barebow Gents Barebow Ladies Mick Kirkman 3 540 Gayle Spencer 1 488 Kieron Van Der Schans 3 520 Lindsey Davidson-Lloyd 1 344 Marc Dellerba 3 486 Carole Roberts 0 330 Rob Beal 2 486 Sheena Leader 0 262 Stephen Foulstone 1 402 Matt Dodds 0 342 Barebow Girls U12 Barry Dixon 0 310 Mai Slaney 1 290 Freestyle Gents Freestyle Ladies Daniel Moore 5 604 Ruth Wing 2 512 Anthony King 3 572 Ian Dicken 1 570 Lazza Hood 0 534 28

Longbow Gents Longbow Ladies Compound Limited Gents Richard Beal 3 478 Jan Booth 0 302 Tom Lawton 8 708 Neil Beeby 0 418 Wendy Young 1 292 Robert Pierce 6 688 Nathan Smith 2 402 Jane Hunt 0 268 Martin Barratt 6 662 Jay Slaney 0 374 Billy Walker 3 614 Tony Davies 0 348 Compound Limited Ladies Shane Barratt 1 474 Mark Tarbuck 1 346 Louise Harding Cousins 2 494 Ian Robinson 1 324 Primitive Gents Mark Overson 0 300 Primitive Ladies David Maynard 0 308 Ruth Breeze 0 256 Andrew Booth 1 294 Compound Unlimited Gents Mark Duerden As always, archers started arriving before 08:30, so registration & catering were 21 816 Compound Unlimited Ladies Compound Unlimited Boys U14 Tony Hunt 19 780 Janet Allen 5 672 James Witherington 4 606 Chris Wilkinson 15 764 Hannah Pope 4 670 Ray Bell 5 710 Chris Hall 4 648 Compound Unlimited Boys U12 Tim Chatfield 8 704 Benjamin Witherington 2 544 Colin Street 8 702 Bowhunter Gents Mike Kenna 8 694 Nigel Bell 1 524 Bowhunter Ladies Mark Harrison 8 682 Phil Jacques 1 492 Beki Bates 3 574 Bradley Hunt 4 680 Ian Turner 1 382 Kath Harrison 3 540 Jim Marsh 6 672 Kiri Francis 1 410 Lee Witherington 5 662 Hunting Tackle Gents David Shanks 6 658 Gareth Davies 0 504 Hunting Tackle Ladies Graham Lord 2 624 Jim Hodge 2 502 Kathryn Dixon 0 286 Tom Harris 0 610 Graham Akeroyd 1 500 Paula Owen 1 244 Jon Chew 2 608 Jeff Hall 0 452 Eileen Pass 0 240 Finally, of course, thanks to all of the archers who travelled to Delamere on the day, Scott White 5 602 Ray Whitehead 1 444 Victoria Foulkes 0 240 some covering considerable distances in order to do so. We trust that you enjoyed the Ken Witherington 1 578 Andy Brown 2 434 Steph Brown 0 232 shoot & we look forward to seeing you again in September. The scores that follow do not Patrick Kenny 1 410 Lynne Roe 0 214 AFB Gents Steve Smith 0 408 Susan Gill 2 198 Duncan Jacques 2 462 Alan Booth 0 388 Martin Reeves 0 418 Tony Cooper 0 352 Hunting Tackle Boys U14 Anthony McConnell 0 398 Stuart Bartram 1 326 Jamie Owen 0 392 Mark Gill 1 328 Les Bilbrough 1 264 AFB Ladies Traditional Bowhunter Gents Traditional Bowhunter Ladies Mary Jones 0 312 Ken Davies 0 492 Kathy Newall 1 402 Clare Akeroyd 0 308 Mike Eaton 2 486 Carol Pope 0 136 Lee Price 1 470 Rob Jones 1 452 Simon Cowans 0 424 We hope to see you at our next NFAS shoot on 23rd September 2018 - mostly 3Ds with a few 2Ds & the occasional face in woodland! 29

Meet the FAN UK Meet the FAN UK Meet the FAN UK Contributors! Contributors! Contributors! I am extremely excited to introduce you to a couple of my awesome regular contributors that help to make Field Archery News UK online magazine what it is. Over the next few issues you can get to know the faces & folk behind some of your favourite features & photos! I would like to say an enormous thank you to all of you for all of your hard work & generosity in sharing your creations with not only me but also the FAN UK readers, you’re all truly wonderful and I couldn’t do this without you - Hels. Meet our cartoonist/illustrator Meet our cartoonist/illustrator Meet our cartoonist/illustrator & occasional article writer:- & occasional article writer:- & occasional article writer:- Name: COLIN GREENWAY Name: COLIN GREENWAY Name: COLIN GREENWAY A.K.A. Via Verde A.K.A. Via Verde A.K.A. Via Verde Location: North Yorkshire ‘Archery About’: Got my first longbow in 1956 at the age of 15. Sixty plus years in archery; hoping to be good at it one day. Switched to field archery in about 1972 after reading about it in an American archery magazine. Set up a crude field shoot in a local woodland and found it to be much more fun than line shooting. Something unique about me: Prior to retirement, decrepitude and bits falling off I was a team member of Cave Rescue and Mountain Rescue for many years, specialising in trauma care; (the most memorable and unpleasant call out was to assist with the Lockerbie plane crash). Before the body gave up I caved, climbed, fell ran, mountain biked etc. etc. Now a sedate and grumpy old field archer. 30

Meet official FAN UK photographer Meet official FAN UK photographer Meet official FAN UK photographer & occasional article writer:- & occasional article writer:- & occasional article writer:- Name: ADAM BROWNING Name: ADAM BROWNING Name: ADAM BROWNING Location: Essex regular contributors that help to make Field Archery News UK online magazine what it is. Over the next few issues you can get to know ‘Archery About’: I've been doing archery for about 4 years, starting with target before moving on to field and joining hard work & generosity in sharing your creations with not only me Aurora (and not looking back!). I prefer traditional styles and started shooting longbow before I got a flatbow. When I'm not shooting I'm usually out taking photos for my website. Something unique about me: I once went swimming with sharks! It was a dive in the shark tank at Chester Aquarium and it was an incredible experience. I was also a zookeeper for a day at Colchester Zoo, looking after Komodo Dragons. Website/blog/links: www.etsy.co.uk/shop/fieldandfeatherphoto https://www.facebook.com/fieldandfeather https://fieldandfeather.wordpress.com/ Rescue for many years, specialising in trauma care; (the most Next time… Mark Service & David Hastings! Next time… Mark Service & David Hastings! Next time… Mark Service & David Hastings! 31

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Amarok Archery Email - [email protected] Tel: 01204 604630 (After 6.00 pm only) A home of TRADITIONAL Archery. All my bows are made to NFAS Primitive rules, but can be used in general purpose archery. I offer my Bows in natural or coloured (Green, Brown and Blue) Bamboo backings and Fast Flight strings. The Bows are as follows :- 1 - Flat Bow: 63ins nock to nock. Made from Bamboo and Ipe. Draw weights 45 – 80lbs with a Maple or Ash Handle. 2 – Reflex/Deflex: 63ins n2n. Made from Bamboo and Ipe. Draw weights 45 – 60lbs with a laminated handle made from Maple or Ash. 3 – Bamboo Recurve: 63ins n2n. Made entirely from Mozo Bamboo lams. Draw weights 40 – 65lbs. 4 – Bamboo Reflex/Deflex: 63ins n2n. Bamboo lams. Draw weights 40 – 65lbs. Please note, add £20.00 for a colour. I only offer the colours stated. Please don’t ask for a Pink one, or mixed coloured backings My Bows are finished with 4 coats of Marine varnish, either Satin or Gloss. If you want to finish the bow yourself, I will supply the bow sanded down ready for finishing, deduct £30.00 from the price. In order to maintain your Bow’s warranty you must to tell me in advance what finish you are using. I try to keep prices reasonable by not using additional materials for cosmetic purposes, however, if that’s what you want, you can email or phone me after 6pm and we can talk about it. Prices:- 1. £260.00 2. £400.00 3. £340.00 4. £400.00.

All British Field Archery Championships 2018 by Steve Allam, Chairman, Overton Black Arrows www.overtonblackarrows.org Photos by Mark Davies (club member) The “All British” is attended by the best archers from all corners of the United Kingdom; England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This year’s event was hosted by Overton Black Arrows at their field course in the North Wessex Downs AONB, near the village of Kingsclere in Hampshire. The courses set out on the “Warren, Coombe & Peter Hastings Memorial Woods” are well known to be some of the most challenging in the UK and this years was no exception. One competitor measured walking more than 15 miles and climbing the equivalent of a 120 storey building over the two days. Shots varied from an extremely steep 60m downhill onto an 80cm target to 5m ‘bunnies’ – triple 20cm target faces. The competition ran for two days with one hundred and forty competitors; archers shoot one day on an “unmarked” course of 24 targets; where distances to the targets were unknown, the other day on a marked course, where the distances are known but also longer. Awards were presented by Kirby Sinclair, MD of The Roasting Party (event sponsor). For Overton Black Arrows this was a huge event, and a great success. In addition to hosting st the event, four club members shot: Jodie Buckner was 1 in the U15 ladies recurve category, th her father Richard came 8 in the gents recurve and club chairman, Steve Allam, was 16 in th th the same category. Bill Jones shot in the Barebow category and came 17 . The team event was won by England this year. Full results can be found on the club website. 34

This year’s champions are as follows: ~ American Flatbow ~ Ian Brown and Emily Williams Under 18s: Anna Catling ~ Barebow ~ Jason Meehan and Jessica Nilsson Under 15s: James Walker-Mathews and Amelia Thomas Under 18s: Tom Mehaffey and Phoebe Rose ~ Compound Barebow ~ Simon Price and Marion Patterson Under 18s: Menna William known to be some of the most challenging in the UK and this years was no exception. ~ Traditional ~ One competitor measured walking more than 15 miles and climbing the equivalent of a Ceri Thomas and Michaela Lake ~ Longbow ~ Alex Newnes and Beth Duthie ~ Compound ~ Tapani Kalmaru and Hope Greenwood Under 18s: Finnlay Barret-Rees and Cyra Rawdin-Jones ~ Recurve ~ Mark Nesbitt and Megan Tinker Under 15s: Jodie Buckner Under 18s: Joe Fairburn ~ Top Veterans ~ John Davies, Jason Meehan, Victoria Williams, Marion Patterson, Bernie Dicks, Charlie Coombs, John Hartfield, Ceri Thomas and Michaela Lake ~ Top Married Couple ~ Tom & Victoria Duncan ~ Top Home Nations Team ~ England 35

Broadland Bowmen ~ 2-day shoot Results ~ st th 30 June & 1 July 2018 Gents AFB Sat Sun Total Gents BB Sat Sun Total 1st Adam Browning 598 618 1216 1st Andrew Burns 744 706 1450 2nd Mark Oakes 582 … 582 2nd Guy van de Walle 672 Ret 672 3rd Dexter Locke 518 … 518 3rd Garry Fisk … 634 634 Ladies BB Gents BH 1st Teresa Little 608 634 1242 1st Bob Maguire 742 732 1474 2nd Clare Whitcombe 552 534 1086 2nd David Sexton 728 676 1404 3rd Casey Burns 478 466 944 3rd Alan Rogers 692 644 1336 4th John Foster .... 634 634 Gents CL 1st Scott Ball 728 782 1510 Gents CUL 1st Zach Ball 834 856 1690 Ladies CUL 2nd Andy Williams 768 758 1526 (Broadland member score not entered for 3rd Carl Gibbard 714 708 1422 medals Linda Mellor ... 692 692) (Broadland member score not entered for medals Ryan Mills 806 844 1650) Junior Boy CUL 1st Cam Ball 628 722 1350 Gents FSR 1st Paul Little 804 820 1624 Gents HT 1st Harry Maguire 370 386 756 Gents TBH 2nd Colin Bonfield 712 .... 712 1st Owen Sankey 614 664 1278 36

Gents LB Sat Sun Total Ladies LB Sat Sun Total 1st Mark Allen 592 548 1140 1st Tina Maguire 442 468 910 2nd Keith Sharp 522 524 1046 2nd Clair Parfitt 374 376 750 3rd Alain Jacq .... 574 574 4th Peter Warner .... 444 444 Gents PV 5th Jon Broad .... 432 432 1st Kevin Button 654 658 1312 2nd David Noad .... 316 316 Next shoot:- 19th August 2018 EFAA Hunter Round Our FAN UK Embroidered Patches are available for you to buy! Our beautifully embroidered “Field Archery News UK” sew-on patches feature a pale cream background, our distinctive black logo and ruby red edging. Lovingly crafted for you they are superbly detailed and 65mm in diameter. ~ Only £3 each including postage & packaging (UK & worldwide) ~ To own yours simply go to http://fieldarcherynewsuk.wixsite.com/fanuk/patches or email [email protected], stating the quantity of patches you would like, your name and your address with full postal/zip/area code please. Once payment has been received your patches will be on their way to you. 37

Welcome to this issue’s “Hoods & Maids” - more fine souls whose talent, skills & panache reap wondrous and awe-inspiring results! First in this edition, we induct GRAHAM BELL into our “Hoods & Maids Hall of Fame”. Nominated by Alison Rayson thusly:- “I humbly submit the ‘grumpy hero’, Sir Graham of Bell for Hoods and Maids. This piercing was done over a 45 metre(?!) downhill shot at Hollywood FAC.” Taken on 24th June 2018 our new inductee was also presented with his club’s (the honourable Archers of Dolphinholme) ‘Hartley’s Award’! Arise Sir Graham of Bell - piercer of Hollywood, accessories advisor of the stars! Our second hero to enter the fray and the annals of “Hoods & Maids” is the venerable MIKE BROOME, whose self entitled shot - “I think his expression says it all!” - is a true masterpiece to be celebrated and perchance recreated by future generations of field archers the world over... All hail esteemed Sir Michael of Broome! Archer of the woods and revered marksman of the bear derriere in battle! 38

Thirdly this issue we induct ANDREW CORBIN who rightly commented upon sharing this shot:- “Oops! Think I've killed it :-)” Taken at Stonebow Field Archers on 3rd June 2018, Andrew told us a bit more about this piece of field archery Hoodness… “Yes, it was at Stonebow, on a walk around “Hoods & Maids Hall of Fame”. Nominated by Alison with my son who didn't see the shot as he “I humbly submit the ‘grumpy hero’, was looking away at the time. It was also the first time around with was done over a 45 metre(?!) downhill shot at my newer higher poundage bow Taken on 24th June 2018 our new (40# Cottonmouth).” inductee was also presented with his club’s (the Rise up Sir Andrew - or perhaps, Ichabod Crane the Second, striker twixt beheader of targets field! s piercer of Hollywood, Our final hero to enter the Hall of Fame this summer is TERRY RENDLE. This shot was taken from about 30 yards at his home club, Magna Carta, in June of this year. Terry proclaimed:- ”And there in the wood a piggywig stood with a pointy stick pointy stick in the end of his nose, his nose...” . Sir Terry - piercer of noses boar - we salute you! 39



Photographer: Adam Browning Location: Aurora FAC

~ Labyrinth Archers ~ th Open Field Shoot, 10 June 2018 Eastleigh Farm, Stratton, Cornwall A nice sunny warm day, beautiful mature oak woodland, lots of tea, burgers and cakes; that was the story of Labyrinth Archers’ field shoot. Despite being formed twelve years ago and having set three Champs/3D courses, four South West Challenge courses and several Medieval type shoots, this was our first open shoot. 72 archers from as far as Bristol enjoyed a tricky and deceptive course of 36 game faces laid out in sloping oak woodland with a carpet of bluebells. These bluebells were the cause of much extra hard work beforehand as paths had to be strimmed and raked through them to make it safe to walk. Many thanks to Brian, Dominic, James and Trevor who helped with the carrying and placing the butts; also thanks to the ladies in the tea tent who kept the archers well fed. A special thanks to Rixdale Archery who donated a dozen made to measure arrow shafts to the raffle. All who attended praised the course and venue and can’t wait for next time; so I suppose we will have oblige them and do it all again next year! Gents AFB Ladies AFB 1 Bob Scott Independent 458 1 June Cronk Independent 398 2 Bob Cronk Independent 418 2 Gail Reardon Thornbury 320 3 Stephen Moss Brixham 412 4 Andrew Shelton Tavistock 408 Junior Boy AFB 5 Daryl Butt Brixham 346 1 Michael Mudie Bude 356 6 Dave Reardon Thornbury 326 Gents B/B Ladies B/B 1 Warren Potier Bude 580 1 Marleen Toomer Ballands 546 2 Dave Andrews Cloth of Gold 554 2 Jenny Vaughan-Jackson Ballands 408 3 Dave Jeffery Ballands 548 3 Annemary Davies Elmtree 314 1 24s 4 Ralph Porteous Tavistock 534 4 Paula Harris Elmtree 314 0 24s 5 Robert Cain Yelverton 530 Junior Boy B/B Junior Girl B/B 1 David Harris Elmtree 452 1 Eirinn Harris Labyrinth 412 Gents B/H Ladies B/H 1 Trevor Walter Elmtree 686 1 Jane Walter Bude 544 2 Derek Sharland Ashcombe 566 3 Paul Farr Green Meadow 534 Gents C/L 4 Michael Sharland Independent 530 1 Jack Campbell Umberleigh 636 5 Graham Cawsey Independent 314 2 Phil Smith Ashcombe 572 Ladies C/L Junior Boy C/L 1 Jenny Bellinger Bude 620 1 Alex Harris Labyrinth 644 42

Gents F/S Junior Girl F/S 1 Dave Howell South Hams 640 1 Jessica Harris Elmtree 454 2 Tony Young South Hams 606 3 Colin Vaughan-Jackson Ballands 580 Gents H/T 1 Dominic Raffler Elmtree (Non-Comp) 536 Ladies H/T 2 Brian Bellinger Bude (Non-Comp) 480 1 Rae Gulliver Independent 506 3 Mike Burke Tavistock 372 2 Dian Kirby Independent 484 4 Donald Munroe Tavistock 338 3 Gina Finch Independent 468 5 Alan Tarrant Ashcombe 322 4 Ali Le Mar Independent 364 Ladies L/B Gents L/B 1 Pauline Wells Ballands 332 1 Tony Vowden Ashcombe 454 2 Lyn Potier Bude 310 2 Ian Mudie Bude 420 3 Ian Egerton Westcombe 380 Gents P/V 4 Alan Trim Ballands 374 1 Giles Spearing Independent 434 5 Richard Eddington Ballands 334 2 Nick Hawken Muscovy 374 6 Paul Clark Elmtree 272 7 Steve Bastyan Lamberts Castle 248 Junior Girl TBH 1 Kharinthip Boonrakange Muscovy 210 Gents TBH 1 Steve Hipgrave Independent 534 Gents U/L 2 Cain Criffield Bude 460 1 Mike Penrose Green Meadow 736 3 John Pamplin Brixham 426 2 Trevor Vanstone Elmtree 9 x 24s 714 4 Mike Colgrave Bude 398 3 Alan Hearson Umberleigh 8 x 24s 714 5 Graham Hatch Muscovy 394 4 Paul Inkpen Westcombe 706 6 Paul Garratt Muscovy 386 5 James Baker Independent 682 7 Steve Hiller Bude 372 6 Albert Hibbert Independent 636 8 Steve Rufus Windwhistle 344 7 Dion Cook Elmtree 566 Ladies U/L Ladies X/B 1 Nicky Lock Elmtree 466 1 Sheron Vowden Ashcombe 624 All who attended praised the course and venue and can’t wait for next time; Field Archery News UK’s Events Calendar is updated every day with shoots for the forthcoming year … don’t forget to keep checking in at - http://fieldarcherynewsuk.wixsite.com/fanuk/event-calendar 43

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FAN UK’s “Meet the Club” introduces:- BLAIDD FIELD ARCHERS!! Hels spent some time chatting with Marc Lovell about the newest NFAS club on the map, Blaidd Field Archers. We got to know the club pretty well so now it’s your turn! Here’s what Marc had to say:- Who are you & where are you based? What makes Blaidd Field Archers such a We are an NFAS club based just outside special club? What makes you different? Wrexham on Hope mountain. Blaidd FA is a new club with a positive and enthusiastic attitude to promoting our love Where did the idea for the club come from? of archery and cake. We are an AGB club who wanted to increase the use of our field course. We thought that Do you have any special events, as there are more NFAS clubs and archers targets or club activities? around us that the best way to do that I think it's our woodland that makes our was to create an NFAS club. course special. Over the 70 acres we have such a variety of terrain you can't help How many members do you have? but love to shoot it. We are on the side of We only have 3 members at the moment but as a mountain with some very steep shots, we now have a Sign-Off Authority we can get a couple of over-the-water shots and we more members, so probably a dozen by the time make great use of light and shade. The views you read this. from \"the rock\" are amazing and the shots aren't bad either. What types of shoot do We're trying to develop you do? some of the unused We have held areas but we might several AGB 2-day need some stair competitions and lifts! are holding our first NFAS Shoot on 2nd We've also got in September 2018. It's early with our going to be paper faces booking of a 2020 only because we don't have shoot on the 4th of May enough 3Ds at present. … it's “Star Wars”-themed! 46

How can people get in touch What is it about field to find out more and/or archery that you love join the club? the most Marc? You can find our I think there is a details on the FAN big kid playing Robin UK Club Contacts Hood in woods in page at http:// every field archer. f i e l d a r c h e r y n e w - Just being in the woods suk.wixsite.com/fanuk/ is good for my soul. It clubs-info-reports-1). We doesn't even matter if it's are also on the NFAS website if raining if you're in the woods you wish to contact us and our website shooting arrows. will be up and running shortly. What benefits does field archery give you? As a member, what does It has to be the best way to get fresh air and Blaidd FA mean to you? exercise. Even when you’re working on the Blaidd is our baby we want to see it develop course you have a smile on your face, and grow into a club amongst the “can't be especially when you find that tricky new shot. club on the map, Blaidd Field Archers. We got to know the club pretty missed” competitions of the calendar. Where does the name come from? What is the best thing about the club? Blaidd means ’gray wolf’ in Welsh. Come and find out!! Hopefully you'll stay for some cake too. And, finally, is there anything else you’d like to share? Blaidd FA is a new club with a positive and enthusiastic attitude to promoting our love Come and have a look at the possibilities we have on offer - maybe you'll want to be part of it. Do you have any special events, I think it's our woodland that makes our course special. Over the 70 acres we have such a variety of terrain you can't help but love to shoot it. We are on the side of a mountain with some very steep shots, water shots and we early with our Photos by Ken Davies & Marc Lovell shoot on the 4th of May 47

Druids Field Archers Summer Solstice weekend shoot th th 16 & 17 June 2018 AFB - M Club Total Score/Kills AFB - F Club Total Score/Kills Jones Mark Rednex 1390 11 Jones Sharon Briar Rose FA 1284 9 Jones Rob Briar Rose FA 1302 10 Cronk June Independent 1128 2 Hawkins Darren Airesford 1264 9 Anderson Sandra Afan Nedd 1056 6 Dingley Scott North Somerset 1230 0 Manix Alex Independent 1056 5 Thomas Garfield Spirit Green Man 1210 8 Reed Lisa Mari North Somerset 1034 2 Mitchell Nicolas Independent 1210 8 Blackhall Marie Delamere FA 894 0 Hancock Paul SVYF 1166 3 Dacombe Chris Independent 452 1 Crocker Allan TFRA 1156 2 Johnson Jacqui Centaura 450 2 Cronk Bob Independent 1120 3 Law Alison Holmbush 438 0 Devlin Steve High Cross 1114 6 Hooper Laura Independent 368 1 Hinton Steve Independent 1088 7 Wood Dave Robin Hood 1088 4 AFB - U16B Baker Graham Robin Hood 1084 3 Gilbert Archie Windwhistle 1004 3 Lynn Stephen Purbeck 980 2 Cullen Mike Black Eagle 954 2 BB - M Ives Terry Independent 914 1 Gibson York Thornbury 1492 16 Lavery Ian Hawk 892 1 Barcroft John Senlac 1448 16 Anthony Mark Thornbury 530 1 Vaughan-Jackson Huw Ballands 1396 11 Skipping Paul COPRA 1390 12 BB - F Jeffrey Dave Ballands 1378 10 Toomer Marleen Ballands 1360 14 Gilbert Rob Ballands 1340 6 Sullivan Jo Worcester 1354 11 Sargent Neil Ballands 1292 9 Panes Louise Thornbury 1288 7 Whitty Ian Artemis Archers 1268 10 Hake Sarah Ballands 1224 0 Kamm Kurt Salcey Bowmen 1260 10 Topps Sue Independent 1208 7 Marshall Keef Independent 1216 2 Whitty Emma Artemis Archers 1166 2 Robinson Ian Thornbury 1180 4 Laverick Clare Ballands 1088 5 Miller Frank SWAC 1162 7 Vaughan-Jackson Jenny Ballands 1076 3 Tuson Steve Salcey Bowmen 1156 8 Lindsay Ange Thornbury 1002 2 Topps Andy Independent 1148 2 Hall Karen Independent 466 1 Kamm Karl Salcey Bowmen 1102 2 Valovec Alison Independent 466 Hayball Matthew Warminster 494 3 Sutcliffe Alistair Salcey Bowmen - BB - U16B Jeffrey Harry Ballands 1268 8 BB - C Miller Carl SWAC 1076 1 Hawkins Lacey Warminster 926 1 Anthony Emily Thornbury 378 0 BH - M Jackson John Independent 1408 15 BH - U16B Maher Phil Independent 1346 5 Whitty Jacob Artemis Archers 594 1 BH - C CL - M Allsopp James Worcester 1394 14 Bullock Pete Worcester 1638 25 CL - F FS - J Brownless Dee Independent 1244 7 Hake Simon Ballands 1460 16 48

FS - M FS - M Howell David South Hams 1536 23 Wootton Mark Osprey Archers 762 6 Young Tony South Hams 1470 16 Vaughan-Jackson Colin Ballands 646 2 Fs - M FS - F Mullings Steve Independent 1180 3 Ward Sonya Ballands 1402 12 Wing Ruth Ye Old Delph 1330 10 HT - M Rimmer Georgina Osprey Archers 1204 9 Hepburn Steve Hawk 1492 24 Cox Penny Ballands 0 0 Massey Roger Archers of Battle 1432 15 Grayson Allen Independent 1324 5 Allsopp David Worcester 1308 6 Bishop Neil Thornbury 1306 14 Clarke Tom SVYF 1304 7 Taylor Steve Airesford 1274 12 Moon Chris RHL 1272 8 List Mike SWAC 1254 6 Barnatt Tony AOB 1252 9 Bristow Tony Thornbury 1212 5 Maple Simon Belvedere 1168 5 Burt Tony Warminster 1158 8 White Alan SWAC 1144 8 Rowston Chris Thornbury 1124 3 Cappello John Belvedere 1100 3 Sullivan Jim Independent 1078 6 Cottrell John Duvelle Bowmen 1064 3 Munro Donald TCA 936 2 Dingley Elliott Independent 794 3 Penm Keith Thornbury 584 1 Hawkins Mike Westcombe 576 0 HT - F Kirby Dian Independent 1272 7 Gulliver Rae Independent 1264 6 Wilden Cherry Hawk 1170 8 Sullivan Gail Independent 1068 9 Lynn Mary Purbeck 844 1 Gilbert Lucy Windwhistle 692 1 Bishop Annabel Thornbury 554 0 Moon Anne RHL 494 2 Monteiro Helena Longbow Heritage 0 0 HT - C Bishop George Thornbury 894 2 Bishop Arthur Thornbury 622 0 LB - M LB - F Blackhall Stephen Delamere F A 1282 5 Cottrell Elenore Duvelle Bowmen 1058 2 Tarbuck Mark DW Longbow 1238 5 Pearce Carol Longbow Heritage 1054 4 Corbett Stephen Thornbury 1228 9 Wells Pauline Ballands 982 0 Baily Mick Longbow Heritage 1148 6 Young Wendy DW Longbow 856 2 Hutchinson Patrick North Somerset 1126 5 Defreitas Bela Black Eagle 800 2 Anderson Graham Afan Nedd 1112 5 Innell Shauna SWAC 728 3 Thompson Gary HNA 1106 5 Thompson Georgina HNA 572 5 Radford Graham HNA 1100 1 Head Lindsay Independent 452 0 Eddington Richard Ballands 1092 4 Cramp Lucie Co of 60 392 4 Dyal Tony Long Eaton 1042 3 Framingham David Regent Archers 1022 2 Nicolls John SWAC 1020 1 Trim Alan Ballands 936 1 Ellerker Graham Regent Archers 892 2 Knight Paul Independent 518 0 Clarkson Vince Holmbush 514 0 Jones David South Wilts 504 2 Head Richard Independent 462 2 Thomas John Longbow Heritage 404 1 Cramp Terry Co of 60 384 4 LB - L Booth Jan Ye Old Delph 1054 3 49

PV - M Club Total Score/Kills Booth Andrew Ye Old Delph 1050 4 Ward Martin Windrush 860 1 Watkins Ian Independent 654 5 Johnson Philip Centaura 594 4 Miles Bob Dragonfly Archers 474 1 Watkins Ian Independent 0 0 TB - M Blake Roger Senlac 1308 8 TBH - F Allsopp Abby Worcester 1130 6 Field Denise South Wilts 1102 6 Brown Bev Thornbury 1046 3 TBH - M Club Total Score/Kills Treadwell Mark LEFA 1426 14 Holt Dave South Wilts 1362 14 Hipgrave Steve Independent 1356 9 Brown Mark Thornbury 1312 9 Field Brett South Wilts 1292 8 Shaw Paul LEFA 1282 7 Sluse Oli TRFA 1266 5 Rufus Steve Windwhistle 1056 3 Blake Steve South Wilts 692 6 Meredity Rhys Thornbury 612 4 Proctor Mark Thornbury 604 2 Cam Tim TRFA 582 2 Ingle Andrew Osprey Archers 560 6 UL - M Woolcott Tim SWAC 1788 54 Farnham Matthew LEFA 1734 49 Damesi Matteo Ballands 1706 43 Fletcher Wayne Independent 1686 36 Rowitt Kevin SWAC 1674 37 Ball Roger Independent 1674 32 Penrose Mike Westcombe 1662 36 Vanstone Trevor Elmtree 1652 35 Taylor Richard Osprey Archers 1634 28 Fenwick Stewart Senlac 1620 30 Valovec Ray Independent 1570 22 Witt Vince South Wilts 1538 22 Bulled Ben SWAC 1422 17 Howe Steve Orion 848 20 UL - F Crawford Andrew Raven 822 20 Farnham Kay LEFA 1540 21 Cook-Martin Dion Elmtree 716 5 Lock Nicky Elmtree 588 0 UL - U16G UL - J Farnham Harriet LEFA 1308 8 Crawford Archie Raven 1752 50 Witt Jacob South Wilts 1556 16 XB - M Thompson John Miller Bowmen 1606 25 XB - F Vowden Sheron Ashcombe Valley 1530 18 50