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for Peter as sadly he has to hang up his tab being no longer able to shoot. It was an honour to have him hand out the medals and for the opportunity to say thank you for everything he has done for our great sport. The Precision Hunter round followed the same format as last year making it a very different and hopefully exciting event for all those taking part. We maintained the same basic course as for the weekend but removed one of the targets from each of the double animal stands making it a 30 3D course. It was now two scoring arrows at each target from the same peg so For the second year we decided to host an August bank holiday weekend of archery fun consistency would be key. We changed the peg allocation too, removing the wasps and hav- ing all sighted classes now off Red, wooden arrow classes off the Blue and everyone else off the White with Juniors and cubs off their normal starting pegs. We used a scoring system based upon the IBO scheme in which the very tiny central pro-kill is worth 11 and counts as a spot, what we ordinarily refer to as a pro-kill is worth 10, a kill 8 and a wound 5, thus rewarding the super-accurate shots. To facilitate this we coloured the 11 spot with bright yellow paint to make it highly visible from all shooting pegs, thereby ensuring there could be no excuse for not knowing where to aim making it a genuine test of distance judgement and archery skill. forecast heavy rain making its appearance for most of Sunday so it was wonderful to To top it all off, we applied the handicap scheme used last year to find the overall precision Hunter champion from across all individual class and style winners. The prize to that champion was a beautiful, original wildlife picture drawn by our very own, super-talented Holly Stewart. A beautiful piece of artwork, thank you so much Holly. For the first time here at Aurora we even enjoyed Saturday and Sunday night musical As last year, we were overwhelmed by the massively positive feedback on the format, everyone enjoyed it with both traditional and sighted archers loved having the tiny, visible thanks guys, spot on which to focus. As for the overall Precision Hunter Champion, that accolade was shared by two HT shooters with exactly the same adjusted score and spots – Steve Rand and Steve Hipgrave, closely followed by Ian Watkins (reigning Precision Hunter Champion) amazing folks each and every one, never ceasing to amaze us with their generosity, shooting Primitive with the same score but 2 fewer spots, extraordinarily close. Top shooting and very well done to all of these folks. Finally a huge thanks to Queen Bee Margaret Rickard who kindly acted as our fabulous Lady Paramount. So on to our next Aurora event, we look forward to welcoming you to our one day, New Year shoot on 13 January, come along and join us to work off those excess Christmas calories th and to play with your shiny new toys. Until then, shoot straight, be safe and enjoy our wonderful sport. ~ By Martin Joy ~ mix it up a bit and keep everyone guessing. At this point our sincere appreciation must go 101

Results of 2 Day Shoot - Big Game Scoring, 40 targets: AFB - M Sat Sun Total AFB - F Sat Sun Total Score/Spots Score/Spots Score/Spots Score/Spots Score/Spots Score/Spots Jones Mark 708 5 674 4 1382 9 Morgan Joyce 470 1 488 4 958 5 Harris Rod 614 6 614 4 1228 10 Grew Pennie 474 4 480 2 954 6 Nuttall Ian 606 2 564 0 1170 2 Law Alison 470 3 426 0 896 3 Doyle Andy 590 3 526 4 1116 7 Johnson Jacqui 390 1 426 0 816 1 Hankin Paul 516 0 502 3 1018 3 Hunt Caroline 198 1 326 1 524 2 Maxen Mick 474 1 464 2 938 3 Hearne Theresa 168 0 212 0 380 0 Moore Bob 458 2 418 1 876 3 Cooper Barrie 410 2 408 0 818 2 BB - M Hunt Peter 308 1 260 1 568 2 West Robert 694 7 770 10 1464 17 Pyle Kevin - - 376 0 376 0 Barcroft John 680 8 722 8 1402 16 Stevens Terry 718 7 640 7 1358 14 BB - F Roffey-Bond Gary 682 7 644 6 1326 13 Lake Michaela 648 7 582 2 1230 9 Simmonds Dan 566 3 612 2 1178 5 West Maureen 668 6 538 4 1206 10 Fisk Garry 428 2 568 6 996 8 Parker Robyn - - 292 0 292 0 BB - U12G BH - M Simmonds Kalli 336 1 368 0 704 1 Maher Phil 678 9 678 8 1356 17 Morgan Peter 704 9 616 3 1320 12 BH - F Andrews Dave - - 610 4 610 4 Morgan Olivia 586 2 606 2 1192 4 Birch Sue 580 0 554 4 1134 4 CL - M Williams Duane 772 14 754 10 1526 24 FS - M Tricker Peter 614 2 - - 614 2 Young Tony 810 16 786 17 1596 33 Howell David 786 14 796 13 1582 27 HT - M Wentworth Terry 622 2 594 0 1216 2 Rand Steve 646 5 680 4 1326 9 Hillsden John - - 694 8 694 8 Hipgrave Steve 618 6 602 4 1220 10 Gilfrin Andrew 480 3 - - 480 3 Osborne Steve 550 5 490 2 1040 7 Sleight Rodger 496 3 492 2 988 5 HT - F Thompson Gary 532 2 406 2 938 4 De-Buriatte Samantha 440 2 402 1 842 3 Proehl Brian 394 2 488 0 882 2 Pilbeam Brenda 428 1 382 0 810 1 De-Buriatte Roger 422 2 378 1 800 3 Seaman Patricia 360 1 444 2 804 3 Birch Graham 382 0 390 1 772 1 Beckham Janet 330 326 3 656 3 Gamble Neil 660 5 - - 660 5 Bayne Barbara 374 1 198 1 572 2 Stevenson Stuart 566 2 - - 566 2 Cooke Bev 342 0 - - 342 0 Lightfoot Colin - - 562 1 562 1 Dixon Steve 556 3 - - 556 3 LB - M Wiles Lawrance - - 524 5 524 5 Grew Roger 504 1 598 8 1102 9 McCloud Elric 432 1 - - 432 1 Baily Mick 522 5 576 6 1098 11 Sharp Keith 512 0 560 4 1072 4 Clarkson Vince 484 1 478 3 962 4 Radford Graham 474 0 484 1 958 1 Pratt Simon 448 1 440 1 888 2 Stratton Phil 500 4 376 0 876 4 Hearne Ben 432 1 408 0 840 1 Powell Gary 492 1 320 1 812 2 Purdy Stefan 450 1 338 1 788 2 Thomas John 360 0 412 1 772 1 Beckham Shaun 332 2 406 1 738 3 Waldie Gordon 328 0 308 0 636 0 Allen Mark 524 1 - - 524 1 LB - F Parfit Clair 428 3 416 1 844 4 Purdy Monique 406 0 428 1 834 1 Fuller Julie 426 0 400 0 826 0 Chandler Cat 350 0 396 1 746 1 Thompson Georgina 174 0 230 0 404 0 Willoughby Jackie 372 0 - - 372 0 Dutton Lesley - - 192 0 192 0 102

PV - M Sat Sun Total PV - F Sat Sun Total Score/Spots Score/Spots Score/Spots Score/Spots Score/Spots Score/Spots Watkins Ian 606 3 626 4 1232 7 Freeman Karen 414 0 426 2 840 2 Johnson Philip 594 2 562 3 1156 5 Neville Carolyn 332 0 324 1 656 1 Button Kevin 536 3 518 4 1054 7 Neville Andy 400 1 426 1 826 2 TB - M Fuller Stuart 392 4 340 1 732 5 Blake Roger 610 5 624 5 1234 10 Hutchison Derek - - 420 0 420 0 Lehane Andrew 524 3 576 2 1100 5 Munro Donald 506 5 374 1 880 6 TB - F Pearson Gareth - - 606 6 606 6 Sleight Lesley 700 9 564 3 1264 12 Bolton Glenn 602 4 - - 602 4 Lehane Linda 436 3 420 0 856 3 Taylor Josh 548 2 - - 548 2 Roffey-Bond Karen 312 0 324 0 636 0 Fisher Roy 528 3 - - 528 3 UL - M UL - F Malcolm Ian 842 19 834 18 1676 37 Dickenson Sue 816 17 828 18 1644 35 Fenwick Stewart 836 18 824 13 1660 31 Davidson Soo 748 11 710 7 1458 18 Davidson Mike 796 15 820 16 1616 31 Service Stacey 718 13 706 8 1424 21 Mills Ryan 828 18 782 13 1610 31 Service Mark 788 13 812 13 1600 26 XB - M Dickenson Steve 756 10 838 19 1594 29 Rose Colin 764 10 834 15 1598 25 Smith Neil 688 3 - - 688 3 XB - F Rickard Margaret 746 10 762 12 1508 22 Results of Precision Hunter - using IBO Scoring 11(spot), 10, 8, 5 2 scoring arrows shot per target, 30 targets: Aurora Precision Hunter Champion 1st Joint Steve Hipgrave and Steve Rand both HT-M (Handicap award) 3rd Ian Watkins PV-M, 4th Mark Jones AFB - M AFB - M Score Spots HT - M Score Spots PV - M Score Spots 1 Jones Mark 461 4 1 Hipgrave Steve 472 6 1 Watkins Ian 400 2 2 Moore Bob 325 0 2 Rand Steve 472 6 2 Johnson Philip 371 0 3 Cooper Barrie 251 1 3 Sleight Rodger 352 1 3 King Scott 340 1 4 Cathmoir Tim 328 1 4 Button Kevin 283 1 AFB - F 5 Robinson Stephen 255 0 5 Neville Andy 224 0 1 Law Alison 264 0 2 Johnson Jacqui 233 0 HT - F PV - F 1 Pilbeam Brenda 279 0 1 Neville Carolyn 256 1 BB - M 2 Bayne Barbara 220 0 2 Freeman Karen 204 1 1 West Robert 448 1 2 Lehane Andrew 319 3 LB - M TB - M 3 Simmonds Dan 274 1 1 Baily Mick 362 2 1 Pearson Gareth 383 0 2 Sharp Keith 357 3 2 Pattison Ron 324 3 BB - F 3 Pratt Simon 349 2 3 Munro Donald 233 0 1 West Maureen 363 3 4 Stanley Ian 331 0 5 Wilby James 318 1 TB - F BB - U12G 6 Stratton Phil 315 0 1 Sleight Lesley 362 2 1 Simmonds Kalli 167 0 7 Thomas John 248 1 8 Waldie Gordon 170 0 UL - M BH - M 1 Service Mark 545 15 1 Maher Phil 393 0 LB - F 2 Davidson Mike 542 13 1 Parfit Clair 257 1 3 Malcolm Ian 528 13 FS - M 2 Smith Sally 242 0 4 Mills Ryan 508 3 1 Young Tony 476 3 Fisher Lynette 229 1 5 Dickenson Steve 479 5 2 Gardiner Richard 455 6 4 Dutton Lesley 161 2 3 Hillsden John 391 1 UL - F XB - F 1 Service Stacey 503 15 1 Rickard Margaret 438 5 2 Dickenson Sue 471 3 103

~ Product Review ~ “FieldTec” Paper Faces, new from Phoenix Archery Supplies. Field Archery News UK was asked to review the new Phoenix Archery Supplies “FieldTec” Target Faces. To ensure complete objectivity of this review Hels handed the targets over to fellow Audris-Hart Field Archers club members to test. The test consisted of a comparison to traditional paper faces against the following criteria: Durability Degradation Visibility Life Cycle Cost The targets were both shot 60 times with 40 x Carbon arrows with standard field tips from a 50lb Compound and 20 x wooden arrows with traditional field tips shot from a 48lb recurve. Both were shot at from a distance of 18yds. The test faces were both photographed at the 30 arrow mark and at the 60 arrow mark. Paper Faces: Most people know paper faces and their capabilities - they are inexpensive but are susceptible to the elements and the type 1 targets shot at close range do not last and need replacing. There are other paper-based alternatives on the market using waterproof paper and other paper composites types; these are more durable to the elements but still suffer from shot degradation. Phoenix “FieldTec” Polymer Vinyl targets: (Pictured right) > > > > > > These types of targets are relatively new to the market but with developments to the printing industry. There are many alterative composites that can now be printed on giving a wider range of different more durable and hardy targets. This development and availability has driven the price down give a better offer. So how do they compare..? 104

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FAN UK’s list so far regarding clubs and FAN UK’s list so far regarding clubs and FAN UK’s list so far regarding clubs and whether or not they allow Dogs & whether or not they allow Dogs & whether or not they allow Dogs & Crossbows… thank you to all clubs that Crossbows… thank you to all clubs that Crossbows… thank you to all clubs that have let me know so far, Hels :-) have let me know so far, Hels :-) have let me know so far, Hels :-) Club Dogs Crossbows Pines Park Archers Yes – on leads & with owners No, sorry – due to landowner at all times please restrictions Broadland Bowmen No Yes Rednex No Yes Stonebow Archers No No Kings Lynn Field Archers Yes Yes Ye Olde Delph Bowmen Yes Yes Delamere FA Yes – with well-behaved No owners! Briar Rose Field Archers No Yes Paget de Vesey Yes Yes Black Arrow FAC Yes Yes Ashcombe Yes Yes Spirit of Sherwood Yes Yes Cheshire Oak Bowmen No Yes Westcombe Yes – with advance Yes notification, on leads & with owners at all times please Archers of Dolphinholme Yes Yes Longbow Heritage Yes Yes Pennington Archers Yes Yes Redgauntlet Archers Yes Yes Draig Goch Field Archers Yes Yes Auld Kirk Bowmen Yes Yes Redoubtables Archery No Yes Toad Hollow Archers Yes - on at all times please Yes Stonebow Field Archers No – sorry No – sorry Oakwood Bowmen No – sorry No – sorry 110

Club Dogs Crossbows whether or not they allow Dogs & whether or not they allow Dogs & Butsfield Bowmen Yes Yes whether or not they allow Dogs & Druids Field Archers thank you to all clubs that Yes – on leads please Yes thank you to all clubs that thank you to all clubs that Lakeland Field Archers Yes Yes Raven Field Archers Yes Yes Brixham Archers No No Aurora FAC Yes Yes Black Sheep Archers Yes Yes Artemis Archers Yes Yes Centaura Bowmen Yes Yes Hanson Bowmen Yes Yes Long Eaton Field Archers Yes Yes You can let me know in a variety of ways, by letting me have your Club Name and a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ regarding Dogs and ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ regarding Crossbows at your shoots. You can contact me in the following ways:- 1. Email me at [email protected] 2. Contact me via the FAN UK website as a site member via Wix Engage message at http://fieldarcherynewsuk.wixsite.com/fanuk 3. Send me a Private Message via the FAN UK Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/FieldArcheryNewsUK/ 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 111





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Photo by Linda Sutherland - taken @ the STAFAA Outdoor Field Champs 2018 hosted by Beecraigs Archers