~ F o r t h e l o v e o f f i e l d a r c h e r y ~
October/November 2024
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Henry V - France campaign
Shoot Report by Andrew Brodley
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“Grassroot Hero”,
Black Arrow Field Archers
12-13
West Lothian Archers
Shoot Report, August 2024 2024 100 3D shoot by Doc Smith
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FAIRBOW WINTER SALE 2024
16-19
“A Canadian field
archery adventure” by Richard Thompson
22-31
Delamere Field Archers’
Instinctive Open Shoot Report,
September 2024
34-35
Photographs by
JIM GRANGER, Highland Open 2024
@ Inverness Field Archers
36-37
South Devon weekend
Bowhunter Style Shoot Advert 2025
38-40
Surrey University
shoot at Company of Sixty by Steve James
42-47
Dunbrody Archers’
50-53
“The Bowyer’s Diary”
by Derek Hutchison
54
Photographs by BILLY WILDING
56-61
Pennington Archers
Shoot Report, September 2024
by Jon Harrison
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Exmouth Archers 2025
Shoot Advert
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In this issue...
64-68
“The UK 4 Nations
horseback archery competition” oot report, September 2024
by Helen Barnes
70-71
The Clout Collective
2024 shoot dates
72-75
IFAF 3D Champs 2024
@ Laois Archery by Doc Smith
76
A Cartoon for You! by VIA VERDE
78-84
Clash of the Classics 2
Shoot Report
86-95
The Lincolnshire Wand
Shoot for the Marshal’s Cup by OH Boyd
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Photograph by HELEN BARNES
98-99
Jim Granger -
SFAA 2024 SBHC photographs
101
Archery Success app info
102-104
STAFAA WLA
s h
106
2025 Black Arrow FA Shoot Ad
108
Photograph by MARK SERVICE
110-113
Mayo Archery
50+ shoot 2024, report by DOC SMITH
118-119
Jim Granger -
SFAA 2024 SBHC photographs
120-121
Dogs & Crossbows List
(updated 11.11.2024)
122
National Association of
Disabled Archers (NADA)
contact information
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~ Front Cover picture taken by LINDA SUTHERLAND @ the STAFAA West Lothian
~ Front Cover picture taken by LINDA SUTHERLAND @ the STAFAA West Lothian
Archers’ Hunter Round & Club Champion shoot - Pictured: BRIAN CLAISSE. ~
Archers’ Hunter Round & Club Champion shoot - Pictured: BRIAN CLAISSE. ~
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HENRY V - France campaign
Event day: Saturday 21st September 2024
The brainchild of Andrew Brodley, the Henry V’s medieval
France campaign shoot was a roaring success!
Here is what Andrew had to say about it all:
For the shoot I named the archer group
"Henry V's Salop Retinue"
. Below are
the unfolding exploits of the 'happy few' that I reported the following
day - 22nd September in the year 2024 - and who made it a wonderful,
memorable experience . . .
Yesterday some 35 dysentery-ravaged English, led by HRH Henry V, captured
the city of Harfleur.
Following a gruelling skirmish against the French and marching with wooden
stake in hand, they billeted at Maisoncelle.
Exclusive Update!
“We happy few”.
“We happy few”.
“We happy few”.
“Archers with stakes”.
“Archers with stakes”.
“Archers with stakes”.
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English scouts reported thousands of 'fresh' French waiting astride the road ahead,
with many more due to arrive.
Hal ordered his army rest, eat, be silent and pray before rousing them to
action against overwhelming odds at Azincourt.
Then deciding to move his army forward to within bowshot of the French
line, Henry provoked them to charge.
The Retinue of archers deployed forward through woodland, flanking on both
sides the oncoming French cavalry.
Then goodly Sir Thomas Erpingham, throwing up his baton shouted -
"Now strike!"
and the English archers
loosed.
Best wishes to you,
Sir Thomas Erpingham (Andrew)
.
“Black Arrow”.
“Black Arrow”.
“Black Arrow”.
“Henry Loose”.
“Henry Loose”.
“Henry Loose”.
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“Destrier”.
“Destrier”.
“Destrier”.
“Harfleur - Rouen Gate”.
“Harfleur - Rouen Gate”.
“Harfleur - Rouen Gate”.
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“Blanchetaque”.
“Blanchetaque”.
“Blanchetaque”.
“Blanchetaque A”.
“Blanchetaque A”.
“Blanchetaque A”.
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“With very many thanks to Peter our great Film Director, who'll help us
with our memory to re-live a fun day, just click the link below to see
his 'final cut' of the event”
;
Andrew Brodley -
andrew.brodley@aol.com
.
https://youtu.be/JzS5JN3r5hw
“Speed Shoot Targets”.
“Speed Shoot Targets”.
“Speed Shoot Targets”.
www.blackridge-archery.co.uk
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www.thearcherycompany.com
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West Lothian Archers’
2D Shoot
25th August 2024
Pics & report provided by Linda Sutherland.
A fantastic 2D shoot! The weather was kind until 1.30pm - then the wind
and rain started, but that didn't dampen the spirit of archers today…
the banter and laughter was heard all through the course.
Thank you to all who attended. Special thanks to our catering team -
the menu choice was delicious.
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There were some very high scores today, congratulations to you all.
Also, a special mention to Hawkeye Targets for the wonderful animal faces.
www.shirearchery.co.uk
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FAN UK presents…
FAN UK presents…
FAN UK presents…
“A Canadian field archery adventure”
“A Canadian field archery adventure”
“A Canadian field archery adventure”
by Richard Thompson.
by Richard Thompson.
by Richard Thompson.
I have family in Niagara on the lake in
Canada and while I was there I was invited
to shoot at the Sportsmens Club in Galt -
https://galtsportsmensclub.com/
. They are
a part of the Ontario Archery Association.
The club boasts outside targets at a wide variety of distances
for practice and a fantastic shooting stand alongside a 22 x 3D
course in a woodland in which I shot 2 rounds. The second time
round I shot with a Canadian gentleman by the name of Bob -
what a nice guy!
New!
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I shoot freestyle and with a hard case I found it was easy
to get through customs with my bow.
I’d like to thank Karen of The
Sportsmens Club for sorting out
my guest pass. Karen also, very
kindly, gave me a club patch and
in
return
I
gave
her
a
50th
Anniversary NFAS patch which was
well received.
It was a real
privilege to shoot
in another country
so my thanks,
again, to everyone
at The Galt
Sportsmens Club.
By
Richard
Thompson.
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Delamere Field Archers
Delamere Field Archers
Delamere Field Archers
Instinctive Open Shoot
Instinctive Open Shoot
Instinctive Open Shoot
September 1st 2024
September 1st 2024
September 1st 2024
Sunday 1st September was the first (and definitely won’t be the last) of
our “Instinctive” Open shoots. Despite being restricted to “traditional”
styles only, 111 archers turned up for the event,
including a strong contingent from the rapidly-
growing “thumb draw” category.
They shot 36 targets on our newly laid “hunting
style” course and the feedback that we received was
unanimously positive, with many favourable comments
regarding shot length, target placement and shooting
stance. A frequent comment was how nice it was not
to be shooting “stretched” shots. Our tower shot was
definitely a favourite!
The second catering position in the centre of the course was well
appreciated and always busy.
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Report, pic
Report, pic
Report, pic
by Bernie
by Bernie
by Bernie
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As proof of the popularity of the course, at least one competing
archer has subsequently asked to join DFA – we must be doing
something right!
The shoot progressed smoothly and quickly, with the first group
finishing at 13:30.
As always, thanks go to our small, dedicated and hard-working
course laying team; to Jane, Derek, DC & Marian for the catering;
and to all of the club members who freely gave
of their time to help with car parking and
marshalling - Without you the day could not have
happened.
We look forward to welcoming all
competitors back next year!
Scores and pics on the
following pages...
cs & scores
cs & scores
cs & scores
Stafford.
Stafford.
Stafford.
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RESULTS
AFB LADIES
Trish Gramauskas
Redoubtables
510
spots 0
AFB GENTS
Andy Brown
DW Longbow
650
spots 7
Pete Plunkett
Derwynd
636
spots 8
Steve Foulstone
Redoubtables
542
spots 0
Paul Delves
Redoubtables
538 spots 2
Pete McGiffen
Ind
528
spots 0
Roger Birt
Worcester Woodland
526
spots 3
Phil Peak
Redoubtables
498
spots 1
Rob Pierce
Redoubtables
488 spots 2
Tony McConnell
Muttley
478 spots 0
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BB LADIES
Joanne Bennett
Blaidd
530
spots 3
Anne Moon
Briar Rose
520
spots 2
Wendy Hewkin
Dearne Valley
500
spots 2
Lindsey Davidson Lloyd
Redoubtables
456
spots 0
Nicola Cookson
Dolphinholme
434
spots 1
BB GENTS
Phil Johnson
Briar Rose
630
spots 6
Marc Dellerba
Pennington
616
spots 2
Steve Smith
Muttley
606
spots 4
John Berry
Blaidd
602
spots 4
Richard Perkins
Muttley
586
spots 4
Phil Lindley
LEFA
586
spots 1
Antony Chapman
Muttley
580
spots 4
Peter Whieldon
LEFA
580
spots 3
Nigel Bell
Cheshire Oak
572
spots 6
Lee Kellet
Cheshire Oak
572
spots 1
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BB GENTS contiuned...
Gary Gardener
Muttley
562
spots 2
Simon Ashworth
Seedfield
548
spots 1
Frank Hartshorn
Lyme Valley
544
spots 3
Peter Arnold
Seedfield
536
spots 3
Paul Roberts
Muttley
528
spots 3
Tony Adams
Redoubtables
518
spots 2
Chris Reeves
Seedfield
506
spots 1
Ian Coulson
Muttley
492
spots 3
Steve May
Foxhill
488
spots 1
Geoff Weldon
Redoubtables
450
spots 0
Joe Airey
Seedfield
446
spots 1
BB JUN U14Y
Lucy Adams
Redoubtables
314
spots 2
BH LADIES
Kath Harrison
Firebird
594
spots 4
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BH GENTS
Chris Plant
Foxhill
708
spots 8
Derek Fuller
Foxhill
616
spots 2
Andy Bennett
Ind.
614
spots 4
BH JUN U14
Sophia Henshall
Lyme Valley
568
spots 4
HT LADIES
Jacqui Johnson
Briar Rose
508
spots 0
Julia Baker
Ind.
500
spots 1
Beth Moody
Audley
492
spots 3
Susan Gill
Pennington
492
spots 2
Erica Williams
Dearne Valley
490
spots 2
Janet Wood
Dolphinholme
452
spots 1
Abi Cavanagh
Blaidd
360
spots 0
Sarah Cavanagh
Blaidd
330
spots 0
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HT GENTS
Paul Baker
Ind.
688
spots 9
Antony Wildon
Cheshire Oak
678
spots 7
Dan Smith
Lyme Valley
604
spots 6
Graham Lord
Firebird
600
spots 2
Craig Smith
Foxhill
598
spots 5
Chris Moon
Robin Hood Bowmen
596
spots 4
Stuart Dix
Lyme Valley
596
spots 0
Trevor Lakin
Audley
586
spots 3
Glenn Wood
Hollywood
560
spots 3
Alan Booth
Cheshire Oak
544
spots 2
Joe Wood
Hollywood
520
spots 2
Andrew Elliott
Derwynd
510 spots 1
John Rowlands
Derwynd
492
spots 2
Colin Cavanagh
Blaidd
306
spots 0
HT Jun U16
Chloe Livingstone
Foxhill
448
spots 0
Ben Cavanagh
Blaidd
410
spots 0
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HT Jun U14
Freya Allcock
Lyme Valley
416
spots 0
HT JUN U12
Grace Bailey
Lyme Valley
520
spots 2
LB GENTS
Russel Hannan
Cobra
594
spots 1
Stuart Bowdler
Muttley
552
spots 2
Ryan Watson
LEFA
532 spots 4
Paul Taylor
Blaidd
518
spots 3
Mark Harrison
Firebird
508
spots 2
Peter Wood
Dolphinholme
490
spots 2
Brian Chivers
Ronin
442
spots 1
LB LADIES
Mary Hannan
Cobra
518
spots 2
PV GENTS
Brian Robinson
Dolphinholme
534
spots 4
Martin Reeves
Muttley
526
spots 3
James McSweeny
Seedfield
518
spots 3
TBH LADIES
Toni Manwaring
Blaidd
480
spots 1
Deb Dixon
Audley
426
spots 1
TBH JUN 16+
Max Smith
Redoubtables
454
spots 0
Emily Curtis
Blaidd
564
spots 3
TBH JUN U12
Matthew Slater
Firebird
540
spots 1
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TBH GENTS
Paul Meeson
Salamander
712
spots 12
Marc Lovell
Blaidd
684
spots 9
Howard Roberts
Redoubtables
630
spots 8
Rick Cowap
Y.O.D
628
spots 4
Anthony Stagg
Pennington
626
spots 6
Simon Thomas
Y.O.D
622
spots 5
Dennis Lownds
Audley
618
spots 3
Phil Huburn-King
LEFA
614
spots 6
Paul Curtis
Ind.
610
spots 4
Mark Gill
Pennington
608
spots 2
David Sankey
Dearne Valley
602
spots 2
Colin Price
Blaidd
598
spots 4
Keith Dolman
Harlequin
578
spots 1
Tony Yearsley
Audley
568
spots 3
Tom Hodginson
Audley
548
spots 2
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TBH GENTS continued...
Nathan Smith
Redoubtables
540
spots 1
John Slater
Firebird
526
spots 0
Steve Mannwaring
Blaidd
510
spots 2
Hugh Davies
Y.O.D
478
spots 2
Anthony Commander
-
446
spots 1
TD GENTS
Israr Khan
Co.60
634
spots 6
Muhammed Mughal
Co.60
606
spots 4
Wagas Suleman
Riggwelter
588
spots 2
Mahmud Syed
Co.60
548
spots 1
Fasal Walayat
Riggwelter
540
spots 1
NON-COMP BH
Gary Hart
Salamander
714
spots 10
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Surrey University Shoot
at Company of 60.
Company of 60’s University Guests...
On the 5th October we welcomed the University of Surrey’s Archery department
(the Team Surrey Archery Club) to come to Company of 60 and have a go at
3D archery. Being used to target archery and knowing the distances, it came as a
bit of a shock to be thrust into the woods shooting at foam 3D animals from
varying distances, from different pegs and different standing/kneeling positions.
After a few shots they all seemed to start getting
the hang of it and suddenly the smiles started. Once
they got confident enough, the banter started flowing
and the competition really picked up.
They were split into two groups of 4 with Andy -
Club Secretary - and Emma, our Events Officer,
taking one group around; and Steve - our
Membership Secretary - and David, our Head Coach,
taking the second group.
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We broke for lunch (platters of sandwiches and wraps,
and chocolate donuts provided by our club) with hot
drinks on tap.
Everyone was trying to find out everyone else’s
scores as we had told them that we were
going to be giving medals to the top three scores.
They all picked up on the scoring quickly and
checked with us a few times that they had got it
correct.
All in all it was a great day and they all
thoroughly enjoyed shooting a different style
of archery; and they hope to come back again
in the future, which we would welcome.
It was an honour just being able to allow one
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the top university archery clubs to come and try out field archery on
our newly - laid courses and to shoot
around with them.
We would definitely recommend reaching
out
to
local
universities/
youth
archery clubs to come and shoot at
your grounds as it’s lovely to give
back and let people try new archery
experiences.
By Steve James,
CO60 Membership Secretary.
www.mandarinduck.net
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The Dunbrody Archers’
The Dunbrody Archers’
The Dunbrody Archers’
2024 100 3D shoot
2024 100 3D shoot
2024 100 3D shoot
by
by
by
Doc Smith.
Doc Smith.
Doc Smith.
This year's
Dunbrody Archers
100 3D Championships have to be the best
100 to-date and you did the late Martin Moylan very proud.
Outside of all the very hard work of dragging all those targets out onto
the course and cutting and strimming the lanes. There were little touches
that I liked, like Martin's memorial bench and
Andrew Wayland
's collection
of photos of the Club
members down through
the years.
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The water and sun cream stations dotted
around the course came in handy with the
brilliant weather that ye had arranged for
us as well
.
There were archers from every corner of Ireland
and archers from Germany
- (my good friend
Holger Wischhusen
, his
beautiful wife
Elke
, and their friend), as well as France
and Hungary
who had come for the competition.
We thank each and every club member who made this fantastic
competition possible. A big thank you to my shooting buddies for
the weekend - Deirdre, Victoria and me auld nemesis
Mick Seery
for making the whole experience better, if that was at all possible.
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The Bowyer’s Diary
“Boo, Yew Ipe Flight Bow
Part 2 - AKA
Some you Lose, Some You Win
”
by Derek Hutchison (AKA “Del the Cat”).
I was tillering the boo/Yew Ipe flight bow and the tiller looked wrong - closer
inspection revealed the Ipe belly had started to chrysal! It is supposed to be
very strong in compression, so why? Three possible reasons…
1. The grain runs diagonally at the failure point.
2. I’d simply made the belly lamination too thin.
3. The Yew core under that point was weak due to a splice there.
Oh, well, I’ve put it to one side... I may replace some of the belly and core
sometime.
I had another failure of a 35# Yew primitive that I’d made for a club member.
I suspect it may have been from some Yew which had been lying on the
ground for a while before being picked up and that the sapwood may have
been compromised, as I had another failure from the same timber (and yet
they were both fairly low stressed bows).
