I hurriedly packed everything away in my rucksack and headed downhill. The way ahead soon became impossible with dozens of fallen trees making my progress slow and difficult. Having to negotiate about 50 yards of long, felled trees I lost sight of the animal track I was following but knew if I headed downhill I would meet the A55 which was roaring in the distance. I prepared a nice strong walking stick branch and began battering my way through dense bracken and thick pine needles on an almost vertical slope, and all the time the rain poured down heavier and heavier until I could barely see where I was going. If you've ever shot at Muscovy you'll know what vertical woodland is like - this was more vertical - and even using my stick as a machete I stumbled and fell twice, the second time over-bending my knee so badly I couldn't get up for nearly ten minutes. As I sat on the damp ground, soaking the forest into my undergarments, I thought I shouldn't be doing this sort of thing at my age. Why wasn't I sitting in front of the telly in the dry with a G & T and what if I fell and broke my leg? I could see and hear the river below me and eventually reached a barbed wire fence. Fortunately the river, which storey, was too deep to cross, flowed in a bend away from the direction I was going and all I had to do was negotiate the barbed wire fence that was between me and a barn. The fence wasn't high, probably about 4 feet so I put my left headed off to Wales, under the River Mersey, where I proffered a ten pound note to a chap in the toll booth foot in the second row of squares and hoiked my right leg over the barbed wire and into the neighbouring square. My boots were almost wider than the squares and as my left one was now twisted it stuck and I couldn't get it out. With a lot of grunting, all the while trying to keep my trousers from being impaled in sensitive places, I managed to dislodge the boot and lift it over the top of the fence which now seemed nearer five feet high. Wobbling dangerously and hanging on to the post for dear life I breathed a sigh of relief as my foot cleared the cycled from the campsite hoping to find a WHS, a book shop, or a TIC. I was sorely disappointed. The woman in a paper shop (didn't sell maps) told me there was a cycle track to Conwy behind Tesco's (didn't sell maps). fence… or so I thought: with my right boot still wedged in the lower square the barbed wire snagged the laces of Only about three miles she said. Not having a map and thinking (wrongly) that Rhyll was this side of Conwy my left boot and I was immovably stuck with my leg in the air at right angles. Try as I might, and giving the performance of a geriatric tight-rope walker attempting to prove to herself she could still do it, I could NOT so would be nearer, I set off for a short journey. Yes, Rhyll had the map I wanted but I had to cycle a round untangle my lace. In the end I had to take my foot out of the boot! Happily, though, my direction finding was still spot on as the barn belonged to the farm I had walked through at the start of the day! I went to bed that night after spending three days not achieving anything I'd set out to do, and came to the conclusion that I really shouldn't be allowed out on my own now. * Q u i z T i m e ! * Can you unscramble the anagrams to identify these detailed 3D targets? 1. Y e g g R o e S o 2. P e a h e n R a i l go into hospital (which was true as he had an appointment the following day) and blathering on about a 3. C o x I f T r a c 4. D e b B e d E d X i 5. R i c o t t a B r o n c o s shrieking and generally enjoying themselves. I parked as far away as I could and no sooner had I switched the 6. B o r a x H i n g e 7. W a l e L o g e 8. N i c k D u g F l y 9. F l a g o n M i photographic life just missing the shot of the century because I was using the 'wrong' lens. Of course, as soon as I moved they were off. I'd followed a footpath sign but the muddy, grassy track I was on didn't seem like a 10. B o w l e g I n f l o w M i r t h permitted path but I carried on because I now had my 'proper' lens on and could see the foxes occasionally in 51
Ballands Bowmen Major Archer Memorial Field Shoot Sat. 23rd & Sun. 24th July 2016 (GNAS Field/Archery GB) Ballands’ second shoot of the year was held at Pear Ash Farm, Penselwood, Somerset. This venue is well known to NFAS archers because the club has held shoots there for many years, but for the GNAS archers who came to our World Archery Field round this summer it was a new and testing course. As normal for our shoots held at Pear Ash, the event was in memory of the club’s founder, Major Archer. His family continue to take an interest in the shoots held on their land, take time out to watch the shooting and have a genuine interest in seeing the club develop. Ballands is now in its 46th year having formed during 1969, so a special anniversary is not too far away. Seventy archers attended the two-day shoot. Many were from local GNAS clubs such as Mere Archers, Osprey and South Wilts, but a number had travelled greater distances - Isle of Man, Scotland, Wales and the south east of England. The GNAS shoot map is smaller by comparison with NFAS but the archers are committed to travelling, especially if they are pursuing selection scores for international WA events. This year there was the attraction of a new venue, and we were pleased to receive good feedback about our course. As is usual for GNAS, the round was a 24 target unit with three arrows shot at each. Scoring on the black and gold face is 6 down to 1, with a potential 18 points per target, and an inspirational 432 points for the round! Its structure enables a national record score system and achievement award levels; one archer at the Ballands shoot broke a national record on both days of shooting! There is something in it for every archer, and a route to representing GB in field archery for the more ambitious. Good use is made of the land’s features, with up and down hill shots, slide slopes and hidden ground to test the archer’s skill. The shooting lane is clear - no branches, twigs etc - but peg positions can be just as awkward as at any other field archery shoot. Shooting distances are unmarked one day, and marked (in metres) the next. Peg positions are set within a range according to target face diameter. There are equipment rules as in all societies but clubs offer help to establish how best to adapt a bow style or shooting method. Penny Cox - Secretary, Ballands Bowmen. Pictured: On the 40cm face, the first pair of archers shoot the top two faces, left archer left face etc. 52
Gents Longbow Club Sat 6s 5s Sun 6s 5s Total 6s 5s Position Mr Steve Burke Archery GB 224 5 5 177 3 8 401 8 13 1st Mr Alex Newnes Castle Archers 138 1 4 100 0 4 238 1 8 2nd Mr Mike Beare Osprey Archers 126 1 0 92 0 3 218 1 3 3rd Mr Steve Wolfe Fort Purbrook 100 2 4 70 0 1 170 2 5 Ladies Longbow Miss Kayleigh Baylis Llantarnam 85 0 1 79 2 1 161 2 2 1st Mrs Sue Kenworthy Fort Purbrook 89 1 1 DNS - - 89 1 1 - Gents TRAD Mr Ceri Thomas Pentref 241 8 6 205 6 8 446 14 14 1st Mr Kevin Warwick Kingsbury 231 1 4 187 2 3 418 3 7 2nd His family continue to take an interest in the shoots held on their land, take time out to watch the Mr Jon Ryan Pentref 214 4 7 197 3 8 411 7 15 3rd Mr Charlie Coombs Pentref 148 3 2 130 0 2 278 3 4 Mr Roger Sleight Isle of Man 159 1 4 107 1 1 266 2 5 Gents REC Mr Jon Shales V ac 354 20 28 345 17 28 699 37 56 1st Mr Stuart Barby EVAP 329 10 30 326 6 30 655 16 60 2nd Mr Michael Klein Newport Parnell 327 19 20 307 14 14 634 33 34 3rd Mr Richard Fitzgerald Guildford 278 7 14 264 4 13 542 11 27 Mr John Hartfield Howard 269 7 9 257 7 8 526 14 17 Mr Duncan Elm Fort Purbrook 233 1 10 203 4 7 436 5 17 Mr Alex Hill * Osprey 244 5 7 244 5 7 *Sat only Mr Stephen List Fort Purbrook 233 5 5 DNS 233 5 5 Mr Colin Vaughan Jackson Ballands 148 0 3 DNS 148 0 3 Ladies REC Miss Joanne Humphreys Castle Archers 183 1 12 181 1 4 364 2 16 1st Mrs Jill Perry Castle Archers 167 0 7 123 3 3 290 3 10 2nd Junior Gent REC Mstr. Joe Fairburn Panda 310 10 21 295 11 15 605 21 36 1st Junior Lady REC Miss Louisa Piper Woking AC 256 4 15 275 9 14 531 13 29 1st Gents CUL Mr Tapani Kalmaru Castle Archers 402 48 19 404 48 20 806 96 39 1st Mr Matt Arnold Cleve 403 47 21 386 40 19 789 87 40 2nd Mr Pip Tunknott EVAC 393 42 21 372 32 22 765 74 43 3rd Mr Jake Bunce Cleve 377 34 22 371 27 30 748 61 52 Mr Owen Blackmore South Wilts 356 22 29 354 23 27 710 45 56 Mr John Foley Raven 366 26 28 340 23 24 706 49 52 Mr Mal Whitter Pentref 349 21 29 336 14 28 685 35 57 Mr Gary Bunce Cleve 342 18 23 322 13 24 664 31 47 Mr Paul Hawker Cleve 334 15 23 322 9 26 656 24 49 53
Gents CUL (continued) Club Sat 6s 5s Sun 6s 5s Total 6s 5s Position Mr Paul Lidden Pentref 343 21 21 309 15 17 652 36 38 Mr Colin Fairburn AGB 328 19 17 300 12 13 628 31 30 Mr Carl Day Pentref 304 11 15 278 7 15 582 18 30 Ladies CUL Mrs Victoria Barby EVAP 359 25 30 374 31 25 733 56 55 1st Miss Daisy Clarke CTR 366 22 36 342 16 28 708 38 64 2nd Mrs Francesca Hawker Cleve 326 15 20 307 6 26 633 21 45 3rd Miss Lizzie Richley South Wilts 321 16 19 309 12 19 630 28 38 Gents BB Mr Jason Meehan High Weld 315 12 24 289 11 12 604 23 36 1st Mr Mathew Thomas Pentref 301 10 16 285 8 14 586 18 30 2nd Mr Andrew Rees Ballands 307 10 24 271 4 15 578 14 39 3rd Mr James Annall Bath Uni 297 11 12 280 12 15 577 23 27 Mr Oliver Hartfield Howard 303 11 22 274 8 16 577 19 38 Mr Adam Strachan Ballands 310 15 14 260 6 12 570 21 26 Stephens Mr Mel Rawlings AGB 280 8 12 277 8 14 557 16 26 Mr Rei Kalmaru Castle Archers 263 4 13 261 6 12 524 10 25 Mr Luke Pritchard Chippenham 275 7 10 236 6 10 511 13 20 Mr Steve Hamilton High Weld 277 5 22 234 6 5 511 11 27 Mr Phil Bowen Pentref 267 5 13 236 6 6 503 11 19 Mr William Jones Overton 245 7 7 251 8 11 496 15 18 Mr Huw Vaughan Jackson Ballands 245 2 12 220 5 7 465 7 19 Mr Mal Williams RSM Archers 227 6 9 198 4 5 425 10 14 Mr John Inson Pentref 159 5 2 163 1 6 322 6 8 Mr Ash Niwaz Selby Archers 146 4 2 126 1 5 272 5 7 Mr Paul Kingston Osprey Archers DNS DNS Pictured: Archers adopting the best stance possible for a downhill shot. Archers also shoot in pairs. 54
Ladies BB Sat 6s 5s Sun 6s 5s Total 6s 5s Position Miss Jessica Nilsson Howard 320 15 20 312 11 23 632 26 43 1st Mrs Victoria Williams RSM Archers 290 5 17 284 10 14 574 15 31 2nd Miss Michaela Lake (BB inst) Eastbourne 260 6 10 207 4 9 467 10 19 3rd Miss Louise Rees Ballands 226 3 5 200 3 4 426 6 9 Miss Lizzy Rees* Ballands 259 3 14 259 3 14 *Sun only Mrs Karen Hall Chippenham 88 1 3 43 0 0 131 1 3 Mrs Jennie Vaughan Jackson Ballands 119 2 2 DNS 119 2 2 Gents AFB Club Mr Jim Catchside Fort Purbrook 165 2 5 117 0 1 282 2 6 1st Mr Richard Powell Chippenham DNS 218 5 10 218 5 10 Ladies AFB Miss Emily Williams Pentref 212 4 6 180 3 4 392 7 10 1st Mrs Lesley Sleight Isle of Man 174 1 7 122 2 2 296 3 9 2nd Junior Lady AFB Miss Anna Catling Fort Purbrook 145 1 6 103 0 0 248 1 6 1st Quick Shoot Fact File * Rounds: Saturday - 24 unmarked Sunday - 24 marked WA Field with British Record Status * Target face used in the competition and Scoring Zones: * Total number of arrows for 24 targets = 72 * Maximum possible score for 24 targets = 418 55
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Pines Park Archers 11th September 2016 On Sunday 11th September we held our Pre-Champs shoot, the weather was very kind to us considering we had torrential downpours the day before. We had 100+ archers booked in and everyone had a very enjoyable day. There were a few tricky shots that many of you had to deal with but the feedback we received was positive. Sadly, we had no ice cream this time but I’m sure she will be back with us next year. Many thanks to the work party on the Saturday in all the rain making it possible, to the marshals on the course throughout the day helping find arrows but mostly to all the archers for turning up and having a good day in the woods shooting. We look forward to seeing you all next year. Dawn Cullen (Shoot Secretary) & Sandra Reilly PV – GENTS UL – GENTS Paul Bailey Albion 552 Garry McMaster 100 Yard Club 768 Pat Morrow Pride Park 417 Pete Forrester Independent 732 Marc Thompson Albion 372 Lee Gardecki Black Sheep 724 Mark Corstin Black Eagle 362 John Whitehead Cobra Archers 710 Robert Hickey Pride Park 340 Steve Whaplington Sprit of Sherwood 708 Craig Clay Woodend 680 PV - U12G Percy Wells Independent 680 Izzi Morrow Pride Park 194 David Palmer Independent 676 Stephen Ayscouch Harlequin 670 LB – GENTS Nick Yeates Duvelle 643 Richard Davis Kings Norton 486 David Whaplington Spirit of Sherwood 610 Ken Adams Spirit of Sherwood 456 Cliff Kirkman Harlequin 508 Tony Whitehouse Independent 448 Mark Tarbuck DW Longbow 428 UL - LADIES David Barker Duvelle 410 Wendy Horobin Artemis 700 Nadeem Shabir Kings Norton 404 Clifford Davis Kings Norton 396 UK - U12B Richard Waters Albion 390 Kieran Horobin Artemis 678 Paul (Grot) Davis Independent 276 Derek Warriner Independent 260 LB - LADIES Kay-Leona Hodgkinson Artemis 504 Alex Williams Kings Norton 342 Wendy Young DW Longbow 292 Lynda Stevenson Independent 258 58
BB – GENTS BB - LADIES Roger Hands LEFA 646 Nicky McMaster 100 Yard Club 554 Chris Robson Wyre Hall 620 Emma Whitty Artemis 522 Mark Brookes Cobra 554 Julie Mosley LEFA 410 Jamie Smith Independent 538 Jacqui Johnson Centaura 380 Phillip Johnson Centaura 514 Katie Howarth Artemis 308 Mark Howarth Artemis 504 Andy Martin Duvelle 486 BB - U16B Jon Howarth Artemis 484 Joe Carr Harlequin 376 Bradley Hunt Forest of Arden 482 Jack Carr Harlequin 330 Ian Whitty Artemis 474 Martin Greenway Forest of Arden 446 BB - U16G Tony Hart Forest Bowmen 416 Lorna Brookes Cobra Archers 516 Mick Newell Castle Bowmen 348 Maurice Millard Independent 334 CL – GENTS Andy Key Artemis 328 Martin Stubbs Woodend 684 Brian Nash Wasp 326 Steve Brown Woodend 646 Michael Pratchet Black Sheep 284 Victor Thomas Harlequin 578 Ady Carr Harlequin 242 CL - LADIES HT – GENTS Shirley Donald Spirit of Sherwood 608 Simon Clarke Cobra 494 Paula Kimberley Pride Park 538 James Johnson Independent 452 Chris Babb 100 Yard Club 416 AFB – GENTS Alistar Constable Phoenix 400 Sam Ward Albion 534 David Brunning Albion 354 Andy Betts Artemis 530 John Hall Cobra 346 Andrew Stevenson Independent 400 Dave Barwell LEFA 306 Jason Wynne Cobra 344 Gary Thompson Albion 278 Mick Stansfield Independent 118 Steve Hall Phoenix 236 HT - LADIES AFB - LADIES Angela Kirk LEFA 478 Sue Walker Harlequin 452 Ruth Hanlon Cobra 348 Mandy Smith Independent 344 Emma Thompson Albion 346 Lana Lensselink Albion 270 Julie Bacon Harlequin 320 Rachel Kenny Cobra 256 HT - U16B Joan Adams Spirit of Sherwood 152 Joshua Smith Black Eagle 462 HT - U12B HT - U12B Rohan Clarke Cobra 370 Luke Wynne Cobra 360 HT - U9B Dylan Thompson Albion 420 FS – GENTS HT - U9G Scott Stanbury Artemis 640 Amber Thompson Albion 212 Dave Sanderson Woodend 456 Barry Withers Independent 348 BH – GENTS Phil Nadin Wasp 610 Steve Jenkinson Wasp 552 Mathew Jenenns Wasp 490 Joe Ward Albion 452 BH - LADIES Emily Smith Independent 472 Sam Haynes Harlequin 422 BH - U16G Chloe Nash Wasp 520 BH - U12G Maddi Morrow Pride Park 400 59
Pass me the batarang Robin, the archers utility belt. The archers quiver belt might not be quite as flexible as the infamous Batman utility belt, but chances are it is still a treasure trove of items of use which can still get you out of problems you might encounter on a day on a field course. In issue 105 of Bow International there was an article \"Escape to the country\" by Patrick Huston where he encouraged more people to give the field archery element of the hobby a go, so I thought it might be worth noting the sort of items that might be beneficial to carry. As a field archer in the UK I probably carry a little bit more than the average archer does on their belt. For me it ranges from spare arrow rests, bow string, tab, safety whistle, the list goes on. Okay, so I can hear you asking yourself - “Why weigh yourself down with all this gear?” “Do you really need it all?” Well as I am on my feet walking round a field course from arriving at 9am to maybe 5pm, or sometimes later at championships, I need to carry everything I might need for the day with me as there is no guarantee I will be anywhere near my car. If you aren't a field archer you are probably thinking what on earth am I talking about, the shooting line is only a few hundred yards if that from the car park. Well on a normal field course you are probably walking around woods for several hours, and a long way from your car. My own clubs car park is over a quarter mile from the woods entrance so if you do leave anything in the car its long walk to go back and get it. At more than one championship I've attended, the walk out to the course was over a mile away to the assembly point, that’s before you even start walking round the course. This means popping back to the car to grab something is not that easy or even possible in most cases. For those not familiar with field courses, leaving one normally requires being escorted off by a marshal and means walking around the complete course; at a minimum this is likely to mean you will not be able to shoot a lot of the targets. The thing is no matter how well you prepare for a competition, equipment can fail. More than once I have seen archers have to fix servings or fit a new arrow rest halfway round a course, so carrying what you need is important. Of course there are other archers who like to travel light and carry the minimum; all they need is a bow quiver, a few arrows, a shooting glove and arm brace (yes Jim, I do mean you mate!). It is entirely a personal choice of what feels right for you. What made it to the list? Okay so there is the obvious stuff like bow, arrows, quiver; but there maybe a few other things that you might find are useful to carry. I'm what a lot of you could call a traditional archer as I shoot wooden arrows with feather fletchings. I've seen archers go out with a quiver rammed full with arrows, me - I tend to carry 4 arrows in my quiver and the rest in an arrow tube on my back. This keeps them dry and stops weighing my quiver down. Feather fletchings and water don't mix and let’s face it, it rains in the UK no matter which season it is. 60
To keep hydrated I carry either a small water bottle or, in winter months, a thermos mug with a hot drink to keep you warm. In the quiver pouch I have a spare tab, bow string, stringer, couple of pens for score cards, snack bar or two in case I get hungry, on the belt there is always a Leatherman's multi-tool which can come in useful. When I used to shoot a take-down recurve I would carry a pocket Allen key set in case I needed to adjust the bow on the course. I’ve known a few people who carry a couple of spare nocks in their quiver, which can be handy, so they can replace any if needed along with a small tube of glue. Since I don't always hit the target, especially on a 3D course, my arrows will occasionally disappear into the undergrowth. As a field archer in the UK I probably carry a little bit more than the average archer does on their belt. To help search for those wayward arrows I carry an arrow rake to help scraping through the undergrowth. Okay so this is quickly beginning to sound really heavy and a lot to carry round as well as being somewhat cumbersome. That’s probably why some archers have started using the small day sacks which they slip off their backs when shooting. Some of these packs include a seat allowing for a quick rest break guarantee for the feet whilst waiting for your turn to shoot. In the summer months I carry a simple pac-a-mac which I can throw on if it rains. One last thing I’m going to mention is a first aid kit. Whether camping, skiing, hiking or enjoying field archery I always carry a simple first aid kit, either in my day sack when hiking or on my quiver belt. It's nothing fancy, just a simple kit you can pick up from most outdoor stores with a few extra items I've added over the years like antiseptic cream, spare micropore tape, something is not that easy or even possible in most cases. For those not familiar with field courses, antihistamine cream, dehydration sachets etc. I'm no medic but I have patched a few people up over the years and found it amazing how few people carry such a kit. It's one of those things you hope to never have to use but I am glad to carry. As it has been said sometimes you hope for the best but plan for the worst. important. Of course there are other archers who like to travel light and carry the minimum; all they need Every 6 months I go through the kit to make sure everything is within date as sterile dressings, antiseptic wipes etc. have a limited shelf life. When in Cotswold outdoors the other weekend I noticed they sell a refill pack for first aid kits, which is a good simple means by which to restock. One addition to the kit last year was a tick card, which is a small credit size card with a magnifying glass and simple prongs to help you remove any tick found. There have been a number of articles in the news over recent years about the spread of ticks and the increase in the number of reported cases of Lyme Disease. One thing that isn’t on the belt but worth considering if you are wanting to give field archery a go are a pair tend to carry of good walking shoes or boots. You are on your feet most of the day so getting a decent pair of boots is worth the money. Feather fletchings and water don't mix and let’s face it, it rains in the UK no matter which So whether you want to travel light or like me have a few items on the belt I hope you find this of use and maybe I will see you on a field course sometime soon. Thanks for reading - Rob Jones, S.V.Y.F. 61
Toad Hollow Archers 10th Anniversary Bank Holiday Shoot August 2016 This year was Toad Hollow’s tenth anniversary and Ian (King Toad) and the team wanted to make it a shoot to remember. Paul had been wanting a horse shot for a while so was given free ‘rein’ and ‘neigh’body seemed to mind, with it proving to be a novelty shot with not many long faces. 140 archers attended and the course setters - Brenda, Jay, Dean, Juliet, Paul and Simon - tried their devious best to design a course on Saturday consisting of 69 targets set as one, two, three or four groups shots, hoping to catch some archers out with sneaky settings. A complete course change on Sunday seemed to be appreciated by all. The weather was thankfully very good, with only a few spots on Sunday afternoon that some people didn’t even notice. A roast beef dinner on Saturday night fortified archers and marshalls for the next day. Specially commissioned medals were designed and pyro’d by hand by Sam Bond (Boulton) using wood from Toad Hollow’s practice woods. Thanks to all Toads for giving up their weekends to help, in addition to the above – Karen, Mary, Chris, Bryan, and Emily. Thank you to all archers who have supported Toad Hollow over the last ten years and here’s to the next ten! AFB Gents AFB Ladies Name Club Score Name Club Score Garfield Thomas Spirit of the Greenman 1243 Mandy Smith Independent 1063 Darren Hawkins Alresford Bowmen 1217 Vanessa Earith Centaura 948 Bob Cronk Cranmore 1070 June Cronk Cranmore 929 Brian Brown Buzzard 1064 Cathy Kerr Wight Co. of Archers 928 Ian Brown Black Eagle 1056 Jane Walter Independent 763 Mike Cullen Black Eagle 1017 Chris Haywood Bowmen of Bude 952 AFB Cub Boy Nicholas Mitchell Belvedere 944 Archie Gilbert Windwhistle 1001 Andrew Stevenson Independent 942 Richard Knightley Umberleigh 630 BB Gents continued Jem Friar Ashcombe 418 Brett Sentence Independent 870 Norman Tucker Cranmore 412 John Wedgwood Elmtree 804 Tony Hodge Brixham Archers 330 Josh Earith Centaura 724 Chris Acland Muscovy 785 BB Gents Paul Nicholas Paget de Vesey 1512 BB Ladies David Holmes Pines Park Archers 1413 Marleen Toomer Ballands 1304 Steve Lymath Druids 1377 Maureen West Pines Park Archers 1083 Robert West Pines Park Archers 1352 Mitzy Fry Druids 937 Rob Gilbert Ballands 1337 Karen Hall Druids 789 Jim Berry Druids 1296 Cally Bowers Muscovy 470 Dave Jeffery Ballands 1282 Nicola Macrae South Hams (NonComp) 1020 Jamie Smith Hanson Bowmen 1275 Mark Douglas Rebellion 1204 BB Cub Boy David Andrews Aquarius 1195 Harry Jeffery Ballands 1277 Andy Richards South Hams 1144 Adam Porter Druids 1096 BB Junior Girl Stephen Richardson Muscovy 1034 Maisy Wedgwood Elmtree 707 Graham Cawsey Umberleigh 982 62
BH Gents BH Ladies Name Club Score Name Club Score Trevor Walter Elmtree 1376 Emily Smith Hanson Bowmen 1101 John Jackson Fleet Ibex 1303 Moo Day Raven 800 Tony Young South Hams 1207 Paul Farr Green Meadow 1187 CL Gents Tom Farr Green Meadow 1074 Philip Smith Independent 1334 a shoot to remember. Paul had been wanting a horse shot for a while so was given free ‘rein’ Rich Timms Raven 804 and ‘neigh’body seemed to mind, with it proving to be a novelty shot with not many long faces. CL Ladies FS Gents Rae Gulliver Independent 1315 tried their Dave Howell Independent 1495 Jenny Bellinger Bude 542 Kevin Mullet Druids 1376 Andrew Rycroft Independent 1301 Mike Charlesworth Tavistock 1230 HT Gents A roast beef dinner on Saturday night fortified archers and marshalls for the next day. Bude 1297 Warren Potier Bryan Bellinger Bowmen of Bude 1288 Jed Cullen Raven 1249 Steve Hipgrave South Hams 1239 Andy Moore South Hams 1220 Charlie Taillard Ashcombe 1187 Steven Taylor Alresford Bowmen 1180 Dominic Raffler Elmtree 1028 Ken Whitiker Raven 961 Alan Trimm Ballands 945 Graham Davies Fleet Ibex 941 HT Ladies Stephen Lynn Frome Valley Archers 848 Dian Kirby Independent 1197 Dave Haynes Pride Park 831 Gina Finch Independent 1039 Roddy Jaques Independent 370 Alayne d’Attoma Hartspring 939 Bill Wallworth South Wilts 470 Anita Gibson Arms of Old 905 Anna Swan Wight Co. of Archers 755 Mary Lynn Frome Valley Archers 700 Lizzy Nicholas Paget de Vesey 670 Sheila Provins Hartspring 529 Michelle Maddern Elmtree 376 Lucy Gilbert Windwhistle 314 Karen Spray Windwhistle 210 LB Gents John Cottrell Duvelle 934 Mike Poile Umberleigh 930 Steve Bastyan Lamberts Castle 869 John Dorning Old Delph 850 Bob Scott Independent 839 Phil Stratton Longbow Heritage 786 David Jaques Independent 691 Tom Hart Windwhistle 500 Dominic Jaques Independent 322 LB Ladies Jill Haynes Pride Park 1059 Elenore Cottrell Duvelle 891 Karen Freeman Longbow Heritage 875 Pauline Wells Ballands 819 63
LB Ladies continued Name Club Score Bela De Freitas Black Eagle 684 Lynda Stevenson Hanson Bowmen 654 Lesley Passey Thornbury 575 Ellie Deekes Independent 278 Alison Pattemore Independent 295 PV Gents Nick Hawken Muscovy 917 Albert Hibbert Independent 813 Bob Miles Dragonfly 708 Norman Redclift Brixham Archers 642 PV Ladies UL Gents Lyn Dickason Spirit of the Greenman 643 Name Club Score Ash Woodward Westcombe 1906 Kevin Jackman Ashcombe 1730 Trevor Vanstone Elmtree 1694 Mark Hanson Black Sheep Archers 1686 Bryn Heanes Ashcombe 1678 Mike Penrose Thornbury 1624 Paul Inkpen Westcombe 1558 Paul Williams Audris-Hart 1505 Michael Lee Hartspring 1477 Donald Munro Tavistock 1422 Ken Scott Raven 1122 Dion Cook-Martin Elmtree 1071 Dee Brownless Fleet Ibex 887 UL Ladies Nicky Lock Elmtree 478 XB Gents Simon Wright Arms of Old 1787 Paul Provins Hartspring 1688 XB Ladies Sheron Vowden Ashcombe 660 64
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Azincourt Tribute Woodcarving - Archer’s Belt, Bracer, and Purse If you read the last Magazine edition, you may remember that OH Boyd is in the middle of carving a massive tribute woodcarving dedicated to the Agincourt 600 Archers, hand made from English yew wood. The completed life-size sculpture will be positioned at the Musee d’ Azincourt and represents a celebration of the camaraderie and ‘miracle’ win of this battle. It features three Archers standing back-to-back in a bubble of companionship formed by the Details are then added including the arc of their Warbows. The point where they stitchings that hold the strap to the leather touch at the top makes a shape of the cross of pad, these are undercut and the same is Saint George and together with the Archer’s done to roughly refine the buckle. stakes that are angled before them; the total montage looks like the crown they were fighting for. In the last Magazine, the complex body shapes and Archer’s stance, was determined and executed. Now we continue with - Azincourt Archer’s Tribute: Part 3 Carving the Bracer… The bracer is drawn in from a pattern used by archers of the time and roughly outlined from both sides with the single strap for the buckle on the outside of the arm. 66
Further details are added and the buckle is carefully undercut with details including strap holes put in. The shirt is ruffled to show the compression of the bracer on the arm. The sleeve at the hand is also undercut for realism and a natural effect. Belt, buckle and the Archer’s purse. Next was the belt with its buckle and the Archer’s purse. Drawn in and then roughly outlined, work gradually refines the shape more definitively. The belt is looped round the buckle in the traditional Mediaeval fashion, the purse has drawstrings to close its neck which dangle in a knot. Again, these are roughly drawn Details are then added including the in, roughly incised and further refined until they look natural. Tendons and veins on the back of the hand. In the next article I will show how to create the Archer’s sword how to develop the way it hangs on Work then took place on the tendons and the belt. veins on the back of the Archer’s hand, these To keep up with all my news about woodcarving, are carved in pretty deeply at first to allow the Masterclasses & the Azincourt Tribute, you can visit vein to show over the the News page of my website: www.ohboyd.com . tendons. Fingernails This will also enable you to follow the beginning of and finger creases the story, in case you missed it in the magazine. are then carved in to All requests for Commissions, appearances, Masterclasses or talks should be directed to my Agent: complete the effect. Tina Gayle, on : [email protected] OH Boyd 67
Broadland Bowmen Field Archery Club Shoot Report for the Crystal Shoot August 21st 2016 The day dawned bright and warm which helped boost spirits as the set up of the kitchen and admin got underway. Admin was set up in the new container recently bought by the club. The kitchen setup was in a gazebo …. an improvement on the old tin hut. We also have lovely new benches made for us by Lofty and new loos donated by Whitefriars so huge thanks to them also. Alfie as usual had set out an awesome course enjoyed by all our visiting archers. Many compliments all round on the course and the new look and set up of the club. Its all coming together gradually. Onwards and upwards. It was lovely to see all our regulars back again. Hugs all round. Also really good to see our esteemed NFAS president Trish shooting with us. As many are aware our Chairman Mark and his wife Stacey are raising money for Stacey to get a mountain trike to enable her more access ….. for archery obviously so when they reach their total you will all see the awesome shooting from her. Mark organised a raffle with the prize being a voucher for £75 pounds, very kindly donated by Clickers Archery. The prize was won by a very lucky Bob Keeley and a grand total of £98 pounds was raised so thanks to everyone who supported this worthy cause. Gents AFB Ladies AFB Gents BB Ladies BB Gus Gramauskas 694 Pennie Grew 478 Ian Desforges 680 Trish Jones 688 Roger Grew 564 Bridget Bellars 452 Roy Shelley 566 Nicky Desforges 626 Alan Alstin 502 Roy Mitchell 524 Andrew Manning 446 Gents BH Simon Bellars 432 Junior BB Mick Stansfield 292 Keith Moran 658 Armani Lee 514 Dave Arnold 644 Ladies BH Gents CL John Mcguinn Retired Sue Birch 624 Gents UL Duane Williams 796 Olivia Morgan 530 Lee Gardecki 876 Junior UL Colin Rose 814 Gents FS Amy Gardecki 822 Ladies UL Graham Birch 810 Mitch Hill 716 Jane Zachariades 736 John Heeley 790 John Smith 694 Gents HT George Zachariades 772 Paul Tucker 644 Gents LB Ladies HT Dexter Locke 608 Kevin Button 602 Ladies LB Trish Seaman 496 Chris Osbourne 536 Bob Keeley 452 Amanda Evenett 418 Gents PV Gents XB Ladies XB Cub XB Skippy Hammond 536 Mike Sawyer & Mac 852 Margaret Rickard 696 Logan Chapman 744 Rick Bellars 522 Steve Ward 494 68
Shoot Report for the Crystal Shoot The day dawned bright and warm which helped boost spirits as the set up of the kitchen and admin got underway. Admin was set up in the new container recently bought by the club. The kitchen setup was awesome shooting from her. Mark organised a raffle with the prize being a voucher for £75 pounds, very kindly donated by Clickers Archery. The prize was won by a very lucky Bob Keeley and a grand total
Wolfstar Archers Pencraig Classic Hunter Classification Round (SFAA) Sunday 14th August 2016 The Pencraig Classic was shot on Sunday 14th August at the home course of Wolfstar Archers. The round was an SFAA Hunter Classification Round and was the second of the club's open shoots this season. With a number of our members away on Scottish representative duties it was good to see archers from across Scotland attending. The Pencraig Classic is so named because it takes place in the ancient remnant of Pencraig wood on an exposed hilltop, where the classic weather conditions tend to be lateral rain, force 5 minimum gale and a somewhat chilly temperature. On this occasion the weather gods smiled on us and the conditions were calm, warm and dry. With many using the event to hone their form ahead of the upcoming SFAA Scottish Field Archery Championships, to be held on the weekend of 27/28th August at Inverness, a number of individuals progressed their personal bests. Special mention should go to Jon Dixon for achieving his A class status and to Eddie Stanley for a highly creditable 542. About Wolfstar Wolfstar Archers was founded in 1975 and is affiliated to the Scottish Field Archery Association [SFAA], the national governing body for IFAA style Field Archery in Scotland. Wolfstar have a 14 target Field Archery course set up in woodland on Pencraig Hill just outside East Linton in East Lothian and available to members 365 days of the year. The course is on the John Muir Way, a long distance coast to coast route commemorating the famous local man and renowned conservationist who established Yellowstone National Park in the USA. Wolfstar's indoor facilities - located at Newbattle Community Education Centre, Newtongrange, Midlothian - are open two nights a week on Mondays and Fridays during school term from September through to March. You can contact Wolfstar Archers at [email protected] Wolfie. 70
Pencraig Classic Hunter Classification Round Results CMFS[R] AMFS[R] Daniel Glass 290 Gold James Laing 476 Gold Caleb Ross 262 Silver Paul Machin 451 Silver Louis Groa t 231 Bronze Colin Witton 435 Bronze George Denholm 394 MFU Donald Groat 392 Eddie Stanley 543 Gold Martin Krusche 515 MFS [C] The Pencraig Classic was shot on Sunday 14th August at the home course of Wolfstar Ian Cowan 476 Veteran Sean Buchanan 447 Adult Mikey Linton 437 Junior Zac Hancock 354 Cub AMBL AMBU Rhys Shingler 469 Jon Dixon 485 Gold Gordon Jackson 467 AFBU Louise Shingler 477 AMBB [C] Fiona Dixon 470 Bob Tweedie 444 AMLB William Good 90 Archery Championships, to be held on the weekend of 27/28th August at Inverness, Quick Shoot Fact File The Hunter round is shot at black targets with white spot at distances from 11 yards to Wolfstar Archers was founded in 1975 and is affiliated to the Scottish Field Archery 70 yards. Four arrows are shot at each target with scoring being 5 for the spot, 4 for the inner scoring zone and 3 for the outer scoring zone. Wolfstar have a 14 target Field Archery course set up in woodland on Pencraig Hill just outside East Linton in East Lothian and available to members 365 days of the year. The round includes a number of fans shot from a set distance and a bunny shot from The course is on the John Muir Way, a long distance coast to coast route 11 yds with all other targets with one exception being \"walk ups\". commemorating the famous local man and renowned conservationist who established Shooting a total of 112 arrows the maximum score possible is 560. Community Education Centre, Newtongrange, are open two nights a week on Cubs shoot a maximum distance of 30 yds and Mondays and Fridays during school term from Juniors shoot the same pegs as adults up to 50 yds. Bow styles can either be shot in groups for head to You can contact Wolfstar Archers at head competition or in mixed groups for a more social experience. 71
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Field Archery - Part 2 It is a well known fact that ‘Essex is Southgate, before the Lady Deeper Involvement flat and boring’, but the club was Paramount, Mrs Eve May, owner of able to provide an interesting and the woodlands ---- saying that challenging course in the ancient After the euphoria of the Silver while many of her friends claimed to Jubilee WEFAC at Culford, it was woodland which constitutes Temple have ‘fairies at the bottom of their Grove back down to earth and to Essex Woods. The late summer leaf gardens’, she was very pleased to to prepare for the Silver Jubilee and subtle changes of have archers at the bottom of hers. cover National Champs in September. gradient, helped by variable sunlight Before the presentation of the major and occasional gusty winds, made awards, a series of Panther Birthday These were to be held at my own club, Panther Bowhunters, also each target a challenge. Many Awards were made to archers who had contributed to the weekend by archers found it difficult to settle into celebrating its Silver Jubilee. a proper rhythm under these their personal efforts, but had failed As EFAA Major Tournaments Officer conditions. ----- to gain recognition in the results. and Panther Secretary, I had no Saturday’s shooting consisted of The one regret was that Roy choice but to be very much involved. Fortunately, Roy Winkfield 28 Hunter targets, followed by 14 Winkfield, late Chairman of Panther Marked Big Game. Most archers and his wife Pat, had done a Bowhunters and General Secretary completed the long day with a sense great deal of the preparation work, of the EFAA, was not present to see of satisfaction and while many the results of his early planning for before he so sadly passed away. Our Course Officers had also been personal bests were achieved, very this event. Unfortunately, in May this very busy making sure the course few new records were established, year he lost his long fight against was properly laid out and chartered perhaps many were still suffering leukaemia, which was a sad loss and that the butts and foot markers from the after effects of the World to us all, but memories of his were all in good condition. I just Championships, held only three personality and love of archery will had to double check everything, weeks before. After a quick wash and remain an inspiration to us all.” EFAA medals, Panther Silver Jubilee brush-up, many of the archers and However, this was to be my last badges, hire of adjacent field for their families went off to the Marconi tournament as Major Tournaments Business Centre for a disco and hot practice butts and car parking, Officer. I felt that I lacked the long catering staff and food supply and buffet, provided to celebrate the term experience of archery, in joint Silver Anniversaries. Here a a good supply of target faces. particular Field Archery, and frequently found myself at odds Panther had been holding national strikingly iced cake, bearing the competitions for many years now insignia of EFAA and Panther, was with more experienced archers, cut by Dot Southgate, President of and we had a small group of including some Executive Officers, at these events. Also at this time members who knew just what was the EFAA and Dave Murdoch, needed, so we were hopeful this Chairman of Panther Bowhunters. I was getting more involved in would all come together for the Meanwhile the admin. Group was coaching and felt I could not give processing the day’s scores and weekend. How this all worked out my full attention to both activities. So, before the AGM in November, I would like to refer to in extracts establishing the target lists for I stepped down to allow someone from my report, which accompanied Sunday’s ‘Head to Head’ the results, in the Field Archer of competition. ------ with more relevant experience to January 1995: From a weather point of view, take over the office. I did not, “----, 1994 was the 25th anniversary Sunday turned out to be slightly however, intend to give up on the sunnier and warmer than Saturday, of the founding of the EFAA and sport, but widen my involvement in of Panther Bowhunters. It was fitting creating greater problems for the other ways. unlimited groups.---- therefore, that Panther should host the Silver Jubilee National This second day saw 14 previous Championships. A new 28 target records being surpassed which course had been laid out, using together with those from Saturday about half of the 26 acres available- gave a total of 18 new records -. A further 11 practice butts were (subject to ratification). The usual provided for warm-up and sight raffle was held, whilst the results setting ---. These were adjacent to were being computed and then the glade, which contained the came the presentation of medals and assembly area, administration awards. First there were a few choice facilities and refreshment hut. ----- words from the EFAA President Dot 74
One of the things I had noticed whilst shooting in the national and international competitions, was how Southgate, before the Lady many of the top archers were GNAS trained and joined the EFAA just for the major competitions. We believed that this could well be related to the superior coaching facilities available to them through 8 that organisation. 1995 Panther Allsorts, FITA Bunnies 1 For Panther therefore, we decided to form a pro-active coaching group within the club. The idea was to start by attracting more people to come along to beginners’ 1995 Panther Allsorts, EFAA Faces courses and then to offer more advanced coaching as they progressed within the sport. after joining the club. To this end we decided to put on something a The group was strengthened when a GNAS coach and judge from a little different to keep their interest. 1995 Panther Allsorts, Guess What local target club, decided to join. The committee agreed that it would He was very keen on promoting be worthwhile putting on a round Field Archery to Target clubs and containing a mixture of EFAA, GNAS archers within the county. He was and NFAS targets, which we would also qualified to train coaches at the call the “Panther Allsorts”. basic level, as well as carrying By keeping shooting distances fairly out advanced level coaching. short new members would not This was something we could utilise feel overwhelmed and not having to encourage existing members to too many targets, the round would become involved in the coaching not take too long to shoot. process. particular Field Archery, and This did prove to be popular To this end we started offering amongst many members who enjoy our services to put on archery archery but are not very interested demonstrations and “Come & Try” in serious competitions. at these events. Also at this time sessions at local school and village fetes., for example at an open day 1995 Panther Allsorts, Animal Face 1 at the historic Temple Barns at Cressing in North Essex, related to the mediaeval Knights Templar, earlier owners of the woods in which the club was based. take over the office. I did not, The process of taking our facilities off-site was made easier as we were now using layered foam bosses, rather than the older straw butts which had been used when I first joined the club. While this was aimed at gaining 1995 Panther Allsorts, FITA Faces 1 new recruits to the sport, we thought it might help if we were At Mayflower target club we to provide an addition to the were having similar problems regular monthly EFAA Classification with retaining membership. shoots. This was to be aimed Here, we had had a tradition at existing members, who seemed 1995 Panther Allsorts, FITA Bunnies 2 more or less since the club was to be drifting away too quickly formed, in providing “Come & Try” sessions at local schools and 75
Fetes, therefore recruitment was fine, but we still lost many members at renewal each year. We had regular club shoots using GNAS rounds, with rather indifferent support from members. So a small group of us who had had field experience, thought it might create interest if, during the summer, we were put on a “Fun Field Shoot”. This was approved by the Executive Committee, so we set out to organise it. 1995 Mayflower Fun Field Shoot, The Field We didn’t have any serious amount being on open ground everyone of woodland, but would have had a good view of several targets to spread our targets around the at any one time, so overshooting normal shooting ground. Astrid and I was not a problem. had a family friend who was 1995 Mayflower Fun Field Shoot, It so happened that it turned out to be a fine afternoon and Baby Dragon an archer, not with our club, a large number of members, but who was also an amateur old and new turned up to artist. He lived locally and we were able to persuade him to paint participate. up some suitably sized targets with the “Dungeons & Dragons” The event met with enthusiastic theme, popular at the time. support and “Fun Field Shoots” became a regular part of the These were then spread around club’s activities. the grounds, with shooting pegs at unmarked distances, to provide an NFAS style field shoot. We did, of course, make sure they did not overshoot each other, but By Mitch Vaughan. 1995 Mayflower Fun Field Shoot, Mad Hawk 1995 Mayflower Fun Field Shoot, The Whale These were pinned to our normal target butts, but mounted low down on the target stands. 1995 Mayflower Fun Field Shoot, Prize Giving 76
It so happened that it turned out to be a fine afternoon and a large number of members, old and new turned up to became a regular part of the
Birkhill Bowmen Field Archery Club Field Round Classification Shoot Sunday 7th August 2016 (SFAA) Birkhill Bowmen Field Archery Club are an SFAA affiliated club based in Fife, Scotland - to find out more about us please visit https://birkhillbowmenfife.wordpress.com/ Photos courtesy of Birkhill Bowmen. SURNAME FIRST NAME STYLE CLASS FIELD SCORE Adult Male Barebow Compound A Class TWEEDIE BOB AMBB(C) A 407 TASSIKER TONY AMBB(C) U 185 Adult Female Bowhunter Recurve A Class FRASER ISABELLA AFBH(R) U 124 TASSIKER LOUISE AFBH(R) U 20 Adult Male Bowhunter Recurve A Class YOUNG MARK AMBH(R) U 211 Adult Female Bowhunter Unlimited A Class MARR JULIE AFBU U 208 Adult Male Bowhunter Unlimited A Class BRILL KEN AMBU A 486 GOODWIN DAVID AMBU A 466 PULLAR ANDREW AMBU U 447 JACKSON GORDON AMBU A 415 DUFF BRIAN AMBU U 290 78
SURNAME FIRST NAME STYLE CLASS FIELD SCORE Adult Male Bowhunter Unlimited B Class DIXON JON AMBU B 438 Adult Male Freestyle Limited Recurve A Class LAING JAMES AMFS(R) U 453 MARR WILLIAM AMFS(R) A 421 Cub Male Freestyle Unlimited HAGGER TRISTAN CMFU - 312 Adult Male Freestyle Unlimited A Class KRUSCHE MARTIN AMFU A 514 DAVIDSON JOHN AMFU A 501 STANLEY EDDIE AMFU A 500 COOPER TOM AMFU A 492 Veteran Male Freestyle Unlimited COWAN IAN VMFU - 469 79
Well, what can I say except “Wow!!”? Since the last issue you have all been rather busy jostling for your places in the “Hoods & Maids” Hall of Fame! I have received an unprecedented number of nominations so this edition sees the induction of rather a large number of the field archery fraternity - massive congratulation to each and every one of you, particularly those who have managed to pull off multiple shots that would make both Robin of Loxley and Maid Marion jealous!! This edition we are proud to welcome... 1. PHIL MAHR: at Fleet Ibex, nominated by Liz Robertson, first is his green arrow into the crest of the boar; then, dissatisfied with that, he got a squeakier shot into the fox foot! 2. PHIL MAHR, ROB SLATEM & LIZ ROBERTSON: Also at Fleet Ibex, all 3 decided that hitting the “big area” in the middle of the Dino was too obvious so they went for the outlying bits…! 3. PHIL STRATTON: nominated by Rob Slatem, who said, “A hard earned 10 for Phil Stratton!” 80
4. PATRICK HUTCHINSON: Patrick told us, “David Holt always says there's no such thing as luck in field archery. I beg to differ! Two X 2 arrow shots at Westcombe and Dunkery, with the other two at Lamberts Castle and Ashcombe. Luck and ears seem to go together?” Well, what can I say except “Wow!!”? Since the last issue you have all been rather busy It certainly seems to be true, ears or not - sharp shooting good sir & welcome!! jostling for your places in the “Hoods & Maids” Hall of Fame! I have received an 5. ROB SLATEM & ADAM LYNN: nominated by Sheron Vowden, these were shot at the 2016 South : West Challenge on Day 2 @ Westcombe - the top Also at Fleet Ibex, all 3 decided that hitting the one was Rob's and the bottom one Adam's. Adam also managed a second “Lucky Leg” ... skills! For those new to FAN UK, here is the “Hoods & Maids” low-down: it is my way of celebrating stunning shots, both jammy & pure skill, that only Robin Hood or Maid Marion themselves would’ve been able to pull off. It was also my way of trying to celebrate the shots we all either dream of hitting or are so lucky that they need scoring before they fall out of the target! We all – no matter what age or ability – seem to rack up a couple of these shots so it was also my way of trying to include more people and show off their shots and give them a mention as stars – albeit having stood in a blob of Hartley’s or just from being a blooming good shot :-) 81
6. SHERON VOWDEN & ALUN VAUGHAN-JACKSON: (right) also from the 2016 SWC on day 3 @ Lamberts Castle - Sheron’s shot is the one at the bottom and Alun Vaughan-Jackson's is the one on the right. Lovely work both of you! 7. AADIN HOLNESS: (left) on Day 4 of the SWC @ Lambert’s Castle - nice back shot! 8. WILLIAM DUNSTAN: also shot on Day 4 of the SWC at Lambert’s Castle - welcome young man, you are now officially in the Hall of Fame so arise “William Hood Dunstan” and our most massive congratulations to you!!!! AND FINALLY WE WELCOME 9. STEVE FLIPPANCE: (left) ... You sir, are a legend, sir! You may have wanted to look a teeny bit less pleased at killing Sheron’s arrow but we completely understand why you’re smiling!!!! A genuine Robin Hood - welcome to the “Hoods & Maids” Hall of Fame Steve: this is simply awesome [AKA expensive!!] shooting, hurrah! :-) 82
The South West Challenge 2016 20th Anniversary The renowned 8 day shoot over 4 different venues (with just the one ‘rest day’ in the middle!) returned to celebrate it’s 20th anniversary across the South West and this year’s host clubs were: Westcombe Field Archers, Lamberts Castle, Dunkery Field Bowmen and Ashcombe Valley Archers. Each club laid on their own two-day shoot for the visiting archers, who came from far and wide - across the UK, Ireland and Europe, such is the popularity and draw of this unique celebration of field archery! All four clubs did themselves, the competitors and the competition proud and yet again it the Challenge proved why it has such beloved and favoured status within our fantastic sport - here’s to next year which is already being planned! 83
Name Club West West West Lamb’s Lamb’s Lamb’s Dunk Dunk Dunk Ash Ash Ash Grand 1 2 Total 1 2 Total 1 2 Total 1 2 Total Total AFB - G Matthew Wynne 100 Yard Club 472 560 1032 670 646 1316 464 566 1030 612 574 1186 4564 John Shiel Independent 432 488 920 554 574 1128 468 618 1086 596 538 1134 4268 Ian Brown Black Eagle 340 468 908 590 624 1214 448 508 956 584 572 1156 4234 Garfield Thomas Spirit of Greenman 332 506 838 620 604 1224 456 514 970 576 624 1200 4232 Brian Brown Buzzard 452 474 926 542 646 1188 500 532 1032 474 582 1056 4202 Steve Rufus Windwhistle 314 486 800 594 564 1158 396 490 886 558 562 1120 3964 Mark Paterson SCFA 370 520 890 570 526 1096 380 454 834 604 530 1134 3954 Bob Cronk Cranmore 376 546 922 520 618 1138 - 546 546 564 582 1146 3752 Mike Cullen - 256 502 758 562 454 1016 272 502 774 434 420 854 3402 Barrie Cooper Whitemark 192 448 640 432 492 924 336 382 718 472 532 1004 3286 Phil Anning Westcombe - - - 612 534 1146 412 466 878 510 590 1100 3124 Stefan Purdy Company of 60 324 490 814 494 - 494 292 356 648 490 418 908 2864 Ian Lavery Druids 248 456 704 444 508 952 264 342 606 426 386 812 2688 Clive Moss Independent 168 464 632 538 478 1016 340 412 752 - - - 2400 Norman Tucker Cranmore - 400 400 - 402 402 - 396 396 - 474 474 1672 Adam Lynn Frome Valley 214 446 660 - - - - - - - - - 660 Pasty Cain Yelverton - - - - - - - - - 520 - 520 520 Tony Hodge Brixham - - - - - - - - - 414 - 414 414 Peter Hunt Druids - - - - - - - - - - 412 412 412 AFB - L Lesley Sleight Bowderyn Vannin 412 550 962 626 576 1202 468 596 1064 628 586 1214 4442 Monique Purdy Company of 60 302 460 762 520 518 1038 384 404 788 456 600 1056 3644 Jane Walter Independent 330 522 852 476 514 990 312 398 710 482 268 750 3302 June Cronk Cranmore 274 472 746 488 470 958 - 432 432 422 436 858 2994 Caroline Hunt Druids 164 342 506 470 400 870 216 304 520 386 362 748 2644 Ann Bye Thornbury 76 366 442 392 - 392 196 348 544 302 300 602 1980 BB - G Rob Martin SVYF 592 720 1312 758 754 1512 712 680 1392 684 686 1370 5586 Keith Shiel Independent 580 710 1290 724 726 1450 636 670 1306 682 684 1366 5412 Dave Jeffery Ballands 540 656 1196 682 676 1358 648 654 1302 634 676 1310 5166 Rob West Pines Park 536 668 1204 664 702 1366 588 640 1228 686 644 1330 5128 Brett Field South Wilts 474 580 1054 686 632 1318 500 620 1120 644 714 1358 4850 Dave Andrews Aquarius 510 592 1102 596 614 1210 472 538 1010 602 584 1186 4508 Jason Budden South Wilts 460 574 1034 596 636 1232 440 550 990 538 600 1138 4394 John Thomas Company of 60 382 542 924 566 680 1246 484 532 1016 572 588 1160 4346 Martin Ruerup Cloth of Gold 348 586 934 558 532 1090 400 548 948 562 568 1130 4102 Aadin Holness London Archers 258 460 718 574 572 1146 388 492 880 522 406 928 3672 Graham Cawsey Umberleigh 272 522 794 512 492 1004 - 450 450 518 426 944 3192 Huw Vaughan-Jackson Ballands 524 634 1158 - - - - - - 684 698 1382 2540 Paul Skippins COPRA - 604 604 - 700 700 540 - 540 652 - 652 2496 Jim Berry Druids 466 698 1164 - - - - - - 672 - 672 1836 Richard Powell South Wilts - - - 638 678 1316 - - - - - - 1316 Ralph Porteous Toad Hollow - - - - - - - - - 624 606 1230 1230 York Gibson Thornbury 522 658 1180 - - - - - - - - - 1180 Steve Richardson Muscovy - - - - - - - - - 434 396 830 830 BB - L Lynn Ellingworth Independent 544 672 1216 676 654 1330 608 652 1260 712 736 1448 5254 Nicky McMaster 100 Yard Club 390 562 952 612 616 1228 508 570 1078 610 620 1230 4488 Melanie Morgan-West Harlequin 330 522 852 624 638 1262 416 546 962 570 540 1110 4186 Maureen West Pines Park 440 526 966 516 552 1068 356 530 886 520 520 1040 3960 Mitzy Fry Druids 304 500 804 560 548 1108 412 502 914 492 494 986 3812 Jenni Vaughan-Jackson Ballands 364 518 882 596 496 1092 224 276 500 258 316 574 3048 Marlene Toomer Ballands 466 648 1114 - - - - - - - - - 1114 Jo Sullivan South Wilts 382 582 964 - - - - - - - - - 964 84
Name Club West West West Lamb’s Lamb’s Lamb’s Dunk Dunk Dunk Ash Ash Ash Grand 1 2 Total 1 2 Total 1 2 Total 1 2 Total Total BB - L (continued) Helen Cohen-Quinn Audris-Hart - - - - - - 404 448 852 - - - 852 Karen Hall Druids 188 446 634 - - - - - - - - - 634 Nicola Macrae South Hams NON-COMP (314) (512) (826) (502) - (502) - - - (542) (454) (996) (2324) BB - Cub Boys Harry Jeffery Ballands 402 544 946 504 598 1102 424 546 970 512 556 1068 4086 Lewis Morgan-West Harlequin 306 504 810 528 442 970 296 498 794 608 590 1198 3772 BB - Junior Girl Tabatha Gibson Thornbury 280 444 724 - - - - - - - - - 724 BH - Gents Adrian Morgan Harlequin 596 716 1312 774 710 1484 708 714 1422 760 746 1506 5724 Tony Young South Hams 590 714 1304 724 704 1428 668 678 1346 680 702 1382 5460 John Jackson Fleet Ibex 496 620 1216 688 670 1358 620 676 1296 650 690 1340 5210 Phil Maher Independent 554 658 1212 704 656 1360 584 662 1246 648 698 1346 5164 Ray Valovec BM of Warminster 488 614 1102 634 628 1262 556 526 1082 660 582 1242 4688 Trevor Walter Elmtree 698 716 1414 754 748 1502 - - - 728 742 1470 4386 Steve Dale Thornbury 588 700 1288 - - - 648 684 1332 738 704 1442 4062 Stephen Barker London Archers 474 618 1092 608 620 1228 436 522 958 578 - 578 3856 Jeff Stamp Kodiak - - - - - - - - - 520 260 780 780 BH - Cub Boy Reece Morgan-West Harlequin 518 626 1144 544 548 1092 480 594 1074 634 664 1298 4708 CL - G Sam Walter Independent 654 710 1364 726 760 1486 768 706 1474 786 808 1594 5918 Derek Johns Independent 636 672 1308 730 716 1446 672 688 1360 718 764 1482 5596 Alex Smith Company of 60 720 790 1510 790 802 1592 - - - - - - 3102 Steve Flippance Druids 626 720 1346 714 716 1430 - - - - - - 2776 Tony Cox South Hams 534 632 1166 - - - - - - 688 670 1358 2524 Jason Quinn Audris-Hart - - - - - - 720 736 1456 - - - 1456 Pete Bullock South Wilts 686 736 1422 - - - - - - - - - 1422 CL - L Jenny Bellinger Bowmen of Bude - - - - - - - - - 676 650 1326 1326 CL - Junior Boy Alex Harris Elmtree - - - 622 692 1314 - - - 712 698 1410 2724 FS - G Dave Howell Independent 730 738 1468 730 788 1518 760 736 1496 740 804 1544 6026 Andrew Rycroft Independent 606 676 1282 724 700 1424 644 684 1328 712 708 1420 5454 Kevin Mullett Druids 572 650 1222 682 726 1408 576 576 1152 742 730 1472 5254 Colin Vaughan-Jackson Ballands 494 664 1158 668 684 1352 556 610 1166 656 700 1356 5032 Alun Vaughan-Jackson Ballands 500 614 1114 626 658 1284 584 634 1218 646 726 1372 4988 Stephen List Raven 574 648 1222 724 676 1400 692 644 1336 748 - 748 4706 Mike Charlesworth Tavistock 600 644 1244 688 702 1390 - - - 694 684 1378 4012 Steve Munnings Independent - - - - - - 560 568 1128 602 604 1206 2334 FS - L Linda Keen Independent 476 612 1088 656 674 1330 468 612 1080 664 630 1294 4792 Sally Cammann Tavistock - - - - - - - - - 620 552 1172 1172 FS - Junior Boy Archer Snow Ashcombe - - - - - - - - - 502 - 502 502 HT - G Andy Moore South Hams 514 632 1146 608 650 1258 552 596 1148 666 662 1328 4880 Jed Cullen Raven 362 570 932 626 630 1256 514 600 1114 622 632 1254 4556 Steve Hipgrave Thatado 446 536 982 608 636 1244 512 534 1046 672 588 1260 4532 Andrew Baker SCFA 388 542 930 684 612 1296 488 546 1034 628 624 1252 4512 Mike List South Wilts 476 606 1082 612 570 1182 488 554 1042 552 604 1156 4462 Alan White South Wilts 436 552 988 566 632 1198 448 424 872 528 516 1044 4102 Charlie Taillard Ashcombe 312 526 838 516 558 1074 460 498 958 624 586 1210 4080 85
Name Club West West West Lamb’s Lamb’s Lamb’s Dunk Dunk Dunk Ash Ash Ash Grand 1 2 Total 1 2 Total 1 2 Total 1 2 Total Total HT - G (continued) Chris Babb 100 Yard Club 438 522 960 584 590 1174 340 478 818 538 518 1056 4008 Dominic Raffler Elmtree 366 522 888 536 486 1022 368 516 884 654 550 1204 3998 Gary Mathison 100 Yard Club 294 484 778 548 544 1092 444 476 920 516 526 1042 3832 Graham Akeroyd Muttley Crew 392 584 976 514 566 1080 - 412 412 568 544 1112 3580 Stewart Strachan South Wilts 262 486 748 434 488 922 316 456 772 556 504 1060 3502 Stephen Lynn Frome Valley 328 374 702 528 - 528 448 444 892 504 470 974 3096 Gary Wilmot Frome Valley 348 446 794 476 456 932 316 504 820 544 - 544 3090 John Capello Belvedere 230 346 576 436 510 946 328 370 698 426 420 846 3066 Chris Brown Buzzard 206 428 634 418 484 902 224 390 614 422 470 892 3042 Ken Duffield Frome Valley 358 546 904 498 - 498 380 468 848 528 - 528 2778 Mark Brown Cloth of Gold 244 376 620 426 414 840 248 406 654 490 - 490 2604 Albert Hibbert Independent - - - 536 - 536 344 370 714 - 468 468 1718 Brian Bellinger Bowmen of Bude - - - - - - - - - 552 548 1100 1100 Dave Moore Yelverton - - - - - - - - - 564 - 564 564 Stefan Purdy Company of 60 - - - - 492 492 - - - - - - 492 Dominic Jaques - - - - 378 - 378 - - - - - - 378 Rod Jaques Independent - - - 342 - 342 - - - - - - 342 HT - L Dian Kirby Independent 434 632 1066 624 680 1304 424 546 970 586 596 1182 4456 Rae Gulliver Independent 326 548 874 536 574 1110 448 548 996 554 590 1144 4124 Cherry Wilden Hawk 388 502 890 540 540 1080 376 526 902 572 596 1168 4040 Gina Finch Independent 264 516 780 488 546 1034 400 480 880 504 606 1110 3804 Anita Gibson Arms of Old 326 462 788 518 486 1004 312 482 794 584 450 1034 3620 Anastasia Sichkarenko Cloth of Gold 218 366 584 484 440 924 330 346 676 514 500 1014 3198 Mary Lynn Frome Valley 210 396 606 386 356 742 228 346 574 390 380 770 2692 Clair Parfit Tendering FA 204 282 486 412 360 772 220 350 570 444 380 824 2652 Lucy McGregor South Wilts 114 342 456 326 418 744 256 390 646 390 - 390 2236 Stephanie Davies Cloth of Gold 126 262 388 246 236 482 124 186 310 194 312 506 1686 Ali Le Mar Independent 206 410 616 452 426 878 - - - - - - 1494 HT - Junior Boy Hector Dunstan Westcombe 404 478 882 664 562 1226 416 522 938 602 502 1104 4140 HT - Cub Boy William Dunstan Westcombe 226 426 652 464 560 1024 296 580 876 528 382 910 3462 LB - G Patrick Hutchinson North Somerset 302 526 828 532 572 1104 412 512 924 508 562 1070 3926 John Kewley Windwhistle 290 512 802 560 520 1080 412 526 938 492 550 1042 3862 Rob Slatem Celtic Harmony 280 490 770 486 586 1072 424 456 880 574 506 1080 3802 Clifford Davies KNTA 248 542 790 574 568 1142 308 442 750 490 542 1032 3714 John Dorning Ye Olde Delph 246 466 712 540 554 1094 424 468 892 496 520 1016 3714 John Cottrell Duvelle 360 430 790 496 548 1044 344 392 736 432 464 896 3466 Simon Maple Belvedere 254 464 718 472 508 980 328 492 820 432 442 874 3392 Tony Boone Delamere 312 458 770 478 432 910 304 394 698 460 432 992 3370 Phil Stratton Longbow Heritage 280 446 726 472 466 938 304 376 680 436 496 932 3276 Andrew Hooker Frome Valley 320 354 674 422 474 896 284 410 694 486 474 960 3224 Grahame Percival North Lakes 194 450 644 526 558 1084 402 538 940 - - - 2668 John Hodgson Frome Valley 164 312 476 376 426 802 196 296 492 344 332 676 2446 David Jaques Independent 108 260 368 386 396 782 244 344 588 366 340 706 2444 Joe Healey Panther 290 562 852 610 - 610 424 434 858 - - - 2320 Dominic Healy Avalon 218 414 632 476 - 476 284 372 656 - - - 1764 Brian Hannan Cobra 172 324 496 424 372 796 128 - 128 242 - 242 1662 Phil Nelson North Lakes - - - 510 470 980 332 - 332 - - - 1312 86
Name Club West West West Lamb’s Lamb’s Lamb’s Dunk Dunk Dunk Ash Ash Ash Grand 1 2 Total 1 2 Total 1 2 Total 1 2 Total Total LB - G (continued) Tony Vowden Ashcombe 388 544 932 - - - - - - - - - 932 Steve Bastyan Lamberts Castle 136 312 448 - - - - - - - - - 448 LB - L Karen Freeman Company of 60 254 470 754 502 534 1036 472 428 900 470 488 958 3648 Mary Hannan Cobra 208 344 552 478 476 954 272 360 632 454 442 896 3034 Viv Guthrie SCFA 184 420 604 422 386 808 204 432 636 460 450 910 2958 Liz Robertson Fleet Ibex 186 308 494 440 414 854 344 426 770 380 416 796 2914 Eleanore Cottrell Duvelle 180 292 472 412 398 810 240 378 618 432 434 866 2766 Bela DeFreitas Black Eagle 124 348 472 382 280 662 - - - 376 342 718 1852 Lesley Passey Thornbury 100 306 406 312 - 312 200 264 464 334 176 510 1692 Jackie Willoughby Whitemark 114 278 492 322 - 322 - - - - - - 814 Nikki Brown Druids 180 - 180 - - - 128 - 128 - - - 308 LB - Junior Boy Jasper Kewley Windwhistle 140 408 548 436 544 980 312 398 710 498 480 978 3216 PV - G Ian Watkins Windrush 340 526 866 562 596 1158 488 492 980 568 598 1166 4170 Bob McGregor Windrush 198 418 616 538 462 1000 236 446 682 522 430 952 3250 Bob Miles Dragonfly 172 448 620 430 366 796 280 306 586 352 412 764 2766 Giles Spearing Independent 212 434 646 504 538 1042 336 486 822 - - - 2510 Andrew Gilfrin Invicta 210 396 606 450 490 940 224 - 224 432 - 432 2200 Peter Whiteman Independent 112 - 112 380 384 764 200 334 534 - - - 1410 Nick Hawken Muscovy - - - - - - - - - 472 494 966 966 Steve Devlin High Cross 286 - 286 492 - 492 - - - - - - 778 Andy Neville Fleet Ibex - - - 390 352 742 - - - - - - 742 Norman Redclift Brixham 100 - 100 - - - - - - 334 - 334 434 Ian Blunsdon Windrush 126 306 432 - - - - - - - - - 432 PV - L Sue Blunsdon Windrush 236 396 632 466 436 902 264 410 674 418 412 830 3038 Morwenna Dunstan Westcombe - - - 428 420 848 232 408 640 394 456 850 2338 Carolyne Neville Fleet Ibex - - - 408 438 846 - - - - - - 846 UL - G Gary McMaster 100 Yard Club 748 748 1496 822 848 1670 848 820 1668 858 838 1696 6530 Tim Woolcott South Wilts 738 786 1524 834 786 1620 840 804 1644 808 856 1664 6452 Shaun Eldridge Thatado 694 790 1484 804 828 1632 824 822 1646 834 838 1672 6434 Kai Duverge Westcombe 652 728 1380 816 788 1604 764 738 1502 744 772 1516 6002 Tom Milner Thornbury 786 666 1452 872 816 1688 412 610 1022 900 908 1808 5970 Mike Penrose Thornbury - 818 818 858 804 1662 840 758 1598 860 850 1710 5788 Donald Munro Tavistock 580 690 1270 666 602 1268 506 622 1128 716 726 1442 5108 Ash Woodward Westcombe - - - 848 876 1724 908 828 1736 832 510 1342 4802 Ronald Honcoop Concordia 326 496 822 528 542 1070 248 524 772 506 532 1038 3702 Barri Penrose - - - - 858 824 1682 - - - 812 832 1644 3326 Paul Williams Audris-Hart 628 - 628 - - - 688 676 1364 - 792 792 2784 Steve Howe Orion 794 846 1640 - - - - 850 850 - - - 2490 Paul Inkpen Westcombe - - - - 736 736 - - - 766 758 1524 2260 Peter Jones Independent - - - - - - - - - 844 888 1732 1732 Andrew Middleton Westcombe - - - - - - - - - 794 808 1602 1602 Trevor Vanstone Elmtree 732 782 1514 - - - - - - - - - 1514 David Middleton-Gear Toxaris 728 746 1474 - - - - - - - - - 1474 Dion Cook-Martin Elmtree - - - - 720 720 - - - - - - 720 UL - L Clare Akeroyd Muttley Crew 554 708 1262 756 744 1500 - 642 642 736 744 1480 4884 Dee Brownless Fleet Ibex 392 544 936 650 - 650 544 570 1114 644 606 1250 3950 87
Name Club West West West Lamb’s Lamb’s Lamb’s Dunk Dunk Dunk Ash Ash Ash Grand 1 2 Total 1 2 Total 1 2 Total 1 2 Total Total UL - L (continued) Andrea Beddard Company of 60 712 776 1488 812 820 1632 - - - - - - 3120 Rachel Middleton-Gear Toxaris 644 762 1406 - - - - - - - - - 1406 Hazel Howe Orion - 688 688 - - - - 710 710 - - - 1398 Nicky Lock Elmtree - - - - 548 548 - - - - - - 548 XB - G Mike Cobban Oakridge 820 796 1618 912 864 1776 884 862 1746 888 862 1750 6890 Graham Eldridge Thatado 794 832 1626 850 876 1726 872 800 1672 820 822 1642 6666 Simon Wright Arms of Old 740 774 1514 806 834 1640 840 826 1666 870 890 1760 6580 Ian Blunsdon Windrush - - - 726 736 1462 604 634 1238 766 788 1554 4254 Alan Hearson Umberleigh 734 758 1492 826 - 826 - - - - - - 2318 Ken Duffield - - - - - 748 748 - - - - - - 748 XB - L Margaret Rickard KLFA 518 678 1296 730 670 1400 592 610 1202 602 732 1334 5132 Sheron Vowden Ashcombe 436 682 1118 776 778 1554 684 - 684 - - - 3356 Overall Winners on Handicap: Senior Lesley Sleight (AFB Ladies) 493.5 Junior Hector Dunstan (HT Junior Boy) 460 John Lincoln Trophy (for top Longbow scorer of the challenge): Patrick Hutchinson 88
Photo: Sheron Vowden’s “Spirit of Field Archers” #1 Pictured: Badgers, badgers, if I see another badger! These were the trophies that we made for Ashcombe's part in the SW Challenge a couple of years ago. Photo: Sheron Vowden’s “Spirit of Field Archers” #2 Pictured: This was such a lovely setting for the duck target and we all got good shots on it too! Taken at Toad Hollow’s August Bank Holiday shoot in 2014. 89
Aurora FAC 2 day shoot report 3rd/4th September 2016 Once again we welcomed a merry band of archers to Essex for a weekend of fun and frolics in the woods. Many thanks as ever to all of you who joined us – we really appreciate your support and receiving your feedback that was very positive indeed. We were blessed with some fine weather throughout, the only rain making an appearance on Saturday evening once the shooting had finished – perfect timing! The downside of this of course being the rather ravenous mosquitoes that came out to play… note to self, must be more generous with the bug spray next time! The course offered the usual 36 3Ds on each day however on this occasion we tried something a little different and adopted a walk-back format centred on the concrete road that bisects the woodland and one of the public rights of way. Judging by the comments we received this was a great success offering some seriously testing shots in a wonderfully sociable environment – it’s definitely good to talk! Highlights were the long grizzly bear, safari lion and red deer using the varied terrain with great deviousness and the much shorter skunk, woodchuck and spotty ball shots proving that short doesn’t necessarily mean easy. Big thanks to Linda Lehane for hand crafting a gaggle of Aurora egg cosy bunnies that sold out on the Saturday raising £55 towards Stacey’s mountain trike appeal – superb result everyone! These shows don’t happen by themselves and much appreciation as ever goes to the whole Aurora crew without whom none of this would be possible; Holly, Stew, Paul and Adam for setting the very tricky and at times technically demanding course; Teresa, Stu, Rich and Freddie dishing up some fabulous fare in catering; Lou keeping me in order in Admin and everyone else who made it run so smoothly, Phil, Simon, Rich B, Rich D, Neil, Ian, Mitch, Lisa, John and Andreas – we love you guys! Thank you to Lord Petre who owns the fabulous woodland and Mick and Maria Mitchell along with the whole Radical bikes crew for letting us take over their ground for the weekend and their truly amazing support. We look forward to welcoming many of you back to our New Year shoot on Sunday 15th January; a fabulous opportunity to work off the excesses of the festive period, address those archery withdrawal symptoms and try out any presents Santa may have left for you (only if you’ve been good of course!) - safe shooting one and all, see you again soon - Martin. AFB - M AFB - F Name Club Total Spots Name Club Total Spots Mark Jones Independent 1210 5 Denise Rayner Black Eagle 1048 5 Barrie Cooper Whitemark BM 872 2 Monique Purdy Company of 60 952 3 Roger Grew - 862 3 Pennie Grew TFA 922 5 Stefan Purdy Company of 60 744 4 Josephine Allen TFA 494 0 Graham Piercy HNA 398 1 Mick Maxen Cloth of Gold 396 1 BB - M continued Petre Moroca HNA 804 3 BB - M Alan Dullage - 610 4 John Barcroft Archers of Battle 1272 11 Steven Hursthouse Fleet Ibex 580 7 Gerry Tierney Company of 60 1178 11 Alan Roberts HNA 504 2 Roger Blake Senlac 1144 2 Barry Scott HNA 448 1 Mark Stockton Company of 60 1034 5 Mick Gregory HNA 1002 3 BB - F Iain Morris - 986 4 Barbara Roberts HNA 396 2 90
BH - M BH - F Name Club Total Spots Name Club Total Spots Scott Jones TFA 1344 17 Sue Birch Independent 1078 7 Bob Maguire Excaliber 1294 15 Tony Fuller Senlac 1288 11 CL - M Phil Maher Independent 1252 7 Duane Williams Totem 1330 17 Karl Tagg HNA 1084 7 Andrew Knott Oakwood BM 1246 11 Curly Fulton TFA 1074 9 Peter Tricker TFA 1076 2 Jim Gillespie Independent 914 3 we really appreciate your support and CL - F FS - M Joanne Healey Black Eagle 1312 10 Lawrence Goodall Company of 60 1254 10 John Hillsden Orion 1052 4 FS - F Lisa Fowler Company of 60 1200 10 HT - M Hilary Devaney Windrush BM 1116 5 Roger Massey Senlac 1294 9 Steve Hand Invicta 1114 7 HT - F and one of the public rights of way. Judging by the comments we received this was a great success Gary Thompson HNA 1060 8 Linda Lehane Independent 862 1 Steve Osborne TFA 1032 2 Jan Beckham TFA 818 5 Shanker Achari Cloth of Gold 966 5 Sue Kelly South Wilts 792 1 Andrew Lehane Independent 958 4 Clair Parfit TFA 718 6 Terry Cramp Company of 60 954 3 Carmel Bassett - 328 2 Ray Mckenzie Archers of Battle 952 4 Sheila Provins Cloth of Gold 220 0 Felton Kelly South Wilts 812 1 Colin Lightfoot Cloth of Gold 454 0 HT - U16B Sandy Barrett HNA 334 2 Jack Massey Senlac 1042 7 Bob Bassett - 330 1 whom none of this would be possible; Holly, Stew, Paul and Adam for setting the very tricky and LB - M at times technically demanding course; Teresa, Stu, Rich and Freddie dishing up some fabulous fare Kevin Button Priory BM 1050 3 in catering; Lou keeping me in order in Admin and everyone else who made it run so smoothly, Mark Allen TFA 1046 1 Andrew Vagg Independent 964 5 Gary Powell Independent 814 2 Chris Lowes HNA 736 1 Shaun Beckham - 660 1 Martin Watson Bridge Woods 570 5 15th January; a fabulous opportunity to work off the excesses of the festive period, address those Roy Wareham Celtic Harmony 526 2 James Wilby Independent 490 1 Laurence Wiles Cloth of Gold 460 1 John Lowe Celtic Harmony 428 1 John Evett Bridge Woods 424 1 Scott King HNA 412 1 Sean Haldane Avalon 386 0 LB - F Alex Tyler Oakwood BM 966 2 Julie Hawkes Longbow Heritage 876 6 Lucie Cramp Company of 60 738 2 Catherine Chandler Independent 696 0 Sue Lowes HNA 578 0 Georgina Thompson HNA 347 2 Sally Smith Company of 60 298 0 PV - M Andy Neville Fleet Ibex 786 3 Stuart Fuller Longbow Heritage 782 1 Derek Hutchison Independent 394 1 91
UL - M Name Club Total Spots Mark Wiseman Panther 1456 23 Arron Patterson HNA 1424 22 Trevor Barker Archers of Battle 1416 22 Dennis Ife - 1398 18 Stewart Fenwick Archers of Battle 1396 18 Simon Cowans Muttley Crew 1386 21 Howard Ife - 1362 16 Graham Birch Totem 1330 17 Graham Akeroyd Muttley Crew 694 9 Peter Humphrey London Archers 646 8 UL - F Karen Hillsden Orion 1356 17 Clare Akeroyd Muttley Crew 1328 15 XB - M Paul Provins Cloth of Gold 718 11 Don’t forget to visit the FAN UK website Site Members’ Only Areas (Clubs Info & Reports and FAN UK Magazine) for updates, shoot reports & brand new extras EXCLUSIVE to you, our subscribers! http://fieldarcherynewsuk.wix.com/fanuk 92
Photo: Paul Williams Pictured: Albert Hibbert @ Umberleigh Field Archers, Devon Don’t forget to visit the FAN UK website Site Members’ Only Areas (Clubs Info & Reports and FAN UK Magazine) for updates,
Photo: Paul Harrison Pictured: The Robin Hood Statue in Sherwood Forest
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