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* Cont New Features Club News & S 6-7 “A day in the life of a Master 10-17 Aurora FAC 05 & 06.09 Fletcher” by John Potter 40-44 Birkhill FAC Field Class 58-59 Limerick Field Archery 20-23 “Coach’s Thoughts” 62-67 Blaidd Field Archers 23 78-80 Overton Black Arrows by Ken Brill 84-87 Overton Black Arrows 06.09.2020 26-29 “The birth of a weapon: 92-93 Limerick Field Archery Sting” by Bartek Grygiel, Dreamcraft Archery 72-76 “The 333 Bow…” by Phil Rockhauser 65 Product Information: Regu Archery Success - 18 Cartoons by Via Verde 36-37 “Archery on the Big Scr “Export your Journal entries 46-47 Cartoons by Via Verde to Excel” 50-53 Del the Cat’s “Bowyer’ 86-87 Cartoons by Via Verde Shoot Entry Forms 89-90 FAN UK’s Dogs & Cross 96-97 Cartoons by Via Verde 31-34 UKIFAC 2021 @ Wexford Archers 15 & 16.05.2021 2
tents * Photography Shoot Reports COVER PHOTOS Mark Service 9 Jason Quinn 9.2020 24 Bernie Stafford sification shoot 16.08.2020 55 Adam Browning y Club - Reasons to Celebrate!! 57 Fritz Grimm 3.08.2020 UK Record Status 05.09.2020 (Pictured: Armin Hirmer) s Hampshire WA 3D Championships 70 Jason Quinn 82-83 HBS Photography y Club Woodland shoot 13.09.2020 94-95 Adam Browning REAR COVER Jason Quinn ulars e reen” e ’s Diary” e sbows List so far! e 3
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~ A Day in the Life of a Master Fletcher ~ With my new book about to be published on how to make medieval arrows, here is a taster of the basic procedures that will be included – of course in much more detail and with illustrations… The start point is when a customer asks for a set of arrows and we then define the basics such as, draw length, bow weight, fletching length profile and colour scheme. Next any other preferences such as horn inserts at the nock and the type of binding and again colour and of course cost. Most people have a good idea of what they want and if they are a little unsure, I spend more time discussing what is going to work best for each purpose: e.g. if you want some hand-forged, barbed arrow heads to take to the new shooting club then alarm bells start ringing and you will be advised to check with the club first and start off with perhaps some target heads. When the order is fully specified, it is off to the workshop… Step 1: Timber selection - For this set it is Ash. The timber must suit the arrows to be made such for the correct spine weight and physical weight. Now for an experienced Fletcher, this is a fairly quick process, with lots of arrows already part worked into shafts: sawn into squares ready for scraping, or roughed out and with horn already glued in. These are all stored in groups by weight and further separated into groups of expected spine weight. Over the years I have established a working guide to the spine weight at differing sizes. Once selected I move onto roughing out. Step 2: Shooting board - The timber is now roughed out to a dowel, for this set which is going to be finished at 3/8 of an inch or 9.52mm, I work to a little over 10mm and then stop, mark out the slot for the horn which is to be glued in to strengthen the nock end. Cut the 2-inch slot and clean it up with sandpaper. Just glue in the horn and leave it to set. During the process there are certain points when work has stop for drying times and it is here, I move on to another set. Once dry, and I like to give the glue at least 24 hours to set. Back to the shooting board to bring the shaft down to the finished size. 6
Step 3: Nock and draw length - Next, it’s time to cut the nock and round off the end of the shaft. Using the base of the nock, measure out the draw length and this is where the head needs to be positioned. Take the chosen head and measure the inside of the cone, using and use this depth to mark the length of the cone required, then cut off the excess from the shaft and perform a Spine test. Step 4: Fitting the heads - Start by whittling down the cone and keep checking the process with the head to be fitted. The heads for this set are square bodkins and are machined which means a fairly simple job as machined heads are more consistent than hand forged cones. When a good fit is achieved, glue on and yes back to waiting… when the heads are set, remove any excess timber behind the head and hand sand the shaft. Step 5: Protecting the shaft - The first stage is to use Danish oil and this to be honest this is enough to protect the arrow shaft but can be improved upon. Waiting time again! Once dry, now apply a thin layer of exterior varnish and let it dry. So why go to this much trouble? Well the oil will keep the shaft from drying out and penetrate into the shaft whereas varnish will just sit on the surface. These arrows will be shot into a field with stones in the soil and the varnish gives the shaft a slightly harder exterior and helps to prevent some scratches. Now gently sand down the varnish. Step 6: Fletching - I mark out the shaft where the fletchings are going to be placed and scrape the surface with a knife as the fletching glue will not bond well on a varnished surface. The fletchings I cut to length but not the profile yet. Glue the fletchings on (more waiting time). Once all the shafts are fletched it is time to bind them on. The customer has asked for red silk, silk is good for getting right into the feathers but can fray more than linen which is also used. Binding does not take long to master but it is important to maintain tension or it becomes a waste of time. Now when the binding is complete, I cut the profile of the fletchings. One last coat of varnish and its job done, except for yet another wait to let the varnish dry. So, that is a small insight to what goes on in the workshop of a Master Fletcher. For the full details, you can reserve a copy by email to [email protected] or hang on while the Publisher completes the proofing process and look out for our advert closer to Christmas… 7
Photographer: Jason Quinn Location: Dunkery Field Bowmen June 2015
Aurora 2-day Shoot 5th& 6th September 2020 We are living in very challenging and worrying times and our thoughts go out to all of you who have been affected by this terrible virus. There is a constant tension and struggle to get back to some form of normality, whatever that may look like, and as a small step towards that we were fortunate and delighted to be in a position to host our Summer weekend shoot as originally scheduled, albeit on a very restricted basis. Being able to see old friends, shoot some arrows and hear laughter and banter in the woodland was an absolute joy and we sincerely thank everyone who joined us for two great days together. We really appreciate and value your support and trust, and your wonderful feedback makes it all the more worthwhile. As you would imagine, the 10
weekend was a seriously scaled-down event - where normally we would see 140 archers shooting each day, this year we welcomed just shy of 70 to our fabulous Parsons Spring woodland. Even so, we had to put in place several measures to fulfil our duty of care and ensure the safety of those attending, for example there was neither catering nor camping available. We made it on-line/phone booking only (no paper!) and pre-pay with the facility for card payment using iZettle - something we’ve been considering for some time but having had our hands forced, I would most certainly recommend it both for pre-payment and in the future, taking payments on the day (e.g. in catering). Top of the list of changes, however, was the need to maintain social distancing throughout and the only effective way to do that was to use a rolling start. The big plus-side of this approach is that it both suits the early birds and accommodates those who have further to travel or find it more difficult to roll out of bed in the morning. Every coin has two sides however, and having a rolling start means that, by design, you don’t have a mass gathering before the start nor a medal ceremony at the end - both will be missed but a small price to pay to get out shooting again. As always, it’s possible to overthink these things and in the end, keeping it simple and flexible was most definitely the answer. Try to pin things down too much and you risk becoming a hostage to fortune which is never a good place to be. As part of the booking process archers were asked to nominate their preferred starting time (having been offered 4 half hour windows, starting at 8.30am). Flexibility here was key and everyone duly obliged allowing an even split of groups across windows to be constructed – phew! Emails were sent before the shoot informing the archers of their allocated window along with all the necessary briefing notes. On the day, archers dutifully arrived in time for their window, booked in and then - once their group was assembled - were walked out to the course by one of our marshals, who gave them the pre-shoot briefing en route. We didn’t have practice bosses available and instead the first target on the course was a non-scoring, whopping grizzly bear at 20 yards allowing three practice arrows 11
per competitor, enough to blow away the cobwebs and brush up on the excuses! One particularly effective innovation was to ask archers during booking if they would be willing to act as scorer for their group. Then, rather than giving each archer their own cards only to hand them around to whoever was scoring, two packs were created per group containing a card for each archer. These were handed directly to willing scorers meaning that nobody else needed to touch them, thereby minimising contact and chance of Covid transmission through this route. Once finished, the scorecards were put into a box and left for a couple of days to decontaminate before processing and posting the results online. Medals were then posted out to all winners. And the result of all of this? Thankfully it all worked extremely well and was afforded a universal thumbs-up by those attending. In fact, it was such a success that we are seriously considering adopting them beyond the current crisis once normal shooting schedule and conditions resume. What would be changed? Well, we chose not to have catering on this occasion as we really wanted to take it one step at a time and getting the shoot format right in the first instance was the priority. We think we’ve done that now so next time, all things being equal, we hope to consider offering some form of catering. So, after all that preamble, onto the shoot itself… Photos by Tom Rushton 12
Photos by Peter Morgan The weather was very kind to us over the whole weekend, described by many as perfect archery conditions. As always, we had lots of laughter, delightful woodland, plenty of head scratching and of course, more than a fair share of baboon-related expletives aimed primarily at the course setters, excellent job boys! The 2 x 20 3D course was laid with each target double-pegged and archers shooting simultaneously from each side, swapping over after the first loop. Massive thanks and congratulations to Paul Little aided and abetted by Ken Sparham for designing the course. Some wonderfully positioned targets in realistic settings created a challenging and very deceptive track, taking full advantage of the amazing terrain at our disposal. Brilliant job guys and fully appreciated by all those who attended. On now to the traditional round of thanks to everyone that made the day possible and such a success. To every member of Aurora who helped in any way over the weekend and during the run up, a sincere thank you - you are all brilliant and we couldn’t do it without you. 13
Thanks to Tom and Molly from Radical Bikes for your wonderful support and humour in allowing us to take over your ground for the day, and to the Rad riders who put on a great show greeted with awe, respect and a few winces by all those watching! Last but no means least, a sincere thank you to Lord Petre for kindly allowing us all to enjoy his fabulous Parsons Spring woodland. What with the recent changes in Covid-19 guidance from the government, who knows where it might be heading but we are still planning on holding our New Year shoot as normal on 10th January next year. This will be another very restricted event and bookings will open on-line on 1st October so do look out for that. In the meantime, stay safe, keep well and we look forward to seeing you out in the woods very soon. ~ Martin Joy ~ Photo by Peter Morgan 14
Results:- Sat Score Sun ScoreTotal Score Sat Score Sun ScoreTotal Score & Spots & Spots & Spots & Spots & Spots & Spots AFB - M AFB - F Jones Mark 668 5 646 2 1314 7 Morgan Joyce 504 1 542 2 1046 3 534 3 1068 Young Anthony 534 2 494 2 1014 5 22 406 0 940 19 Maxan Michael 520 0 -- 684 2 BB - M 6 564 1 564 6 Cooper Barrie 534 2 2 Cullen Jed 796 11 788 11 1584 6 2 Nuttal Ian 684 4 4 Stevens Terry 784 12 744 7 1528 5 Joy Steve -- 1 Johnson Philip 628 1 690 5 1318 7 Fisk Garry 638 3 652 3 1290 32 BB - F Humphrey Peter 566 3 662 3 1228 27 26 Motchman Viktoria 484 1 474 3 958 4 Melton Neil 436 1 424 1 860 22 348 0 688 19 Hart Mel 340 0 0 5 BB - U16G 2 2 BH - M Simmonds Kalli 578 2 646 3 1224 1 Andrews Dave 678 5 Rushton Tom 588 1 736 9 1414 14 8 Gillespie Jim 532 1 628 3 1216 9 -- 532 4 BH - F 1 2 1 Birch Sue 596 2 642 5 1238 5 1 CL - M FS - M Knott Andrew 724 5 648 3 1372 8 Pleasants Chris 806 14 818 18 1624 15 FS - F 682 4 1332 Stanbury Scott 808 12 802 15 1610 Howard Karen 650 3 660 4 1326 Green Richard 798 14 778 12 1576 Hake Sarah 666 3 7 Gardiner Richard 774 12 772 10 1546 7 Hake Simon 738 12 758 7 1496 Doyle Andy 604 2 654 3 1258 HT - M 706 5 634 3 1340 8 HT - F Gamble Neil 678 5 650 2 1328 Rand Steve 616 4 642 2 1258 7 Morgan Olivia 502 1 528 1 1030 Rose Colin 652 3 566 3 1218 Moore David 518 2 510 0 1028 6 De-Buriatte Samantha 460 1 542 1 1002 Peet Mark 498 1 468 1 966 Proehl Brian 436 2 436 0 872 6 Parfit Clair 534 1 - - 534 Witt Richard 2 2 LB - M 2 Nash Cliff 628 5 584 3 1212 Stanley Ian 578 3 612 6 1190 LB - F Grew Roger 592 0 502 1 1094 Grew Pennie Tyler Alex 542 3 494 0 1036 3 Sharp Keith 562 2 518 0 1080 448 1 562 1 1010 2 Hill Kevin 524 2 528 3 1052 Walker James 504 1 462 0 966
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Sat Score Sun ScoreTotal Score Photos by Peter Morgan & Spots & Spots & Spots PV - M 606 3 598 2 1204 5 Button Kevin 502 2 508 2 1010 4 Neville Andy 510 1 478 0 988 1 Hankin Paul PV - F 4 Neville Carolyn 494 3 504 1 998 TB - M 672 4 1322 8 Simmonds Dan 650 4 628 1 1286 6 Lehane Andrew 658 5 660 5 1276 9 Wiseman Mark 616 4 616 4 1272 5 Morgan Peter 656 1 582 1 1260 5 Cathmoir Tim 678 4 424 0 946 2 De-Buriatte Roger 522 2 476 0 476 0 Robinson Steve - - TB - F 620 5 1176 8 Sat Score Sun ScoreTotal Score Johnson Jacqueline 556 3 498 2 998 2 & Spots & Spots & Spots Lehane Linda 500 0 UL - M Williams Andy 864 21 870 24 1734 45 790 12 1624 27 Hill David 834 15 762 10 1532 19 734 9 1492 19 Dickenson Steve 770 9 674 2 1404 6 654 4 654 4 Birch Graham 758 10 Hardy Barry 730 4 Mercer Adrian - - UL - F 36 Dickenson Sue 834 14 848 22 1682 Photos by Peter Morgan 17
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\"Coach's Thoughts\" - Part 3: * Don’t forget to breathe! * OK so on the face of it, the above statement sounds like an absolute no-brainer. In fact, most of us take it for granted that breathing just happens... and so it does... it is one of the body’s most basic and highly automated processes that, until we have difficulty with it, we take for granted. So coach, why do you want to talk about breathing? Your muscles require oxygen as part of the energy that they use for everything that they do. Deprive them of oxygen and what happens? The muscles lose their ability to function to their optimum performance and are weakened. In archery we depend upon our muscles to operate the levers (skeleton) that pull the bow back and store energy in holding, to release the energy into the arrow so that it flies straight and true into the X – Yes? Well…..yes that’s the gist of it. However as usual there is a bit more to it than that and that is what I would like to discuss with you. When you were taught to shoot, were you taught how to breathe? This is often overlooked in foundation training as it is felt that there is enough for the novice archer to absorb already. It is very common for archers to take a good breath before the shot and hold it throughout the entire shot cycle. They feel that this is the best way to not disturb what the body is trying to do and be able to hold & aim without unnecessary movement. This may well be the case and it is what they have become accustomed to, there is however a better way and it helps to provide the essential ingredient for muscle food…(Oxygen) at a time when the muscles most need it. A good breathing rhythm/pattern throughout the shot will not only provide that essential oxygen but will also facilitate the body’s shape and position to help to establish good form. So first let’s look at breathing: Breathing is a natural thing: breathe in, breathe out…not much to it, right? Well, guess what: there actually is a wrong and right way to get oxygen into your system through your lungs. Use Your Nose: There are two ways to breathe—through your mouth and your nose, but the nostrils filter, warm and humidify air in a way that the mouth cannot. \"At times, breathing through your mouth is necessary (increased physical activity, sinus congestion) but breathing in through your nose helps, especially in a very dry or cold environment\"; Figure 1- Simplified Mechanics of Belly Breathing And Your Belly: Humans are \"belly breathers,\" and just above your stomach is a major muscle in the respiration process, the diaphragm. Proper breathing starts in the nose and then moves to the stomach as your diaphragm contracts, the belly expands and your lungs fill with air. \"It is the most efficient way to breathe, as it pulls down on the lungs, creating negative pressure in the chest, resulting in air flowing into your lungs.\" 20
If you have an interest in breathing techniques, there is a great deal of information and it is worth taking a bit of time to look at the different techniques and benefits. Let’s look at what you can do to help improve your oxygen intake through your breathing pattern. Preparation and Training: Breathing as part of your shooting preparation and training is as an important factor in helping archers to keep calm and give the muscles a good supply of oxygen. A few cycles: 30 seconds to a minute of controlled diaphragm breathing is a good place to start: Breath in through the nose for six seconds. Out for six seconds. Repeat for about a minute, longer as you get more comfortable with the exercise. This will have the effect of an increased oxygen supply and will aid you to focus, shutting out distractions. As an added bonus it greatly assists in controlling anxiety and visual acuity. Lying on your back with your hands on your belly can help you to focus on the movement of your belly to reinforce diaphragm breathing… … maybe not on a muddy field course though! During the Shot Cycle: Throughout the shot cycle it is important to control your breathing so as to supply oxygen to the muscles and to assist with the rhythm of the shot. Deep breathing and out fully are detrimental to this process. The archer should be looking at using between 40-65% of lung capacity throughout the shot process. A good breathing pattern/rhythm will help to reinforce the flow of the shot process and provide the necessary energy to the muscles at the right time. It will also allow the body to adapt to the correct “shape” during the shot process reducing unnecessary tension in the chest area (Ref:- KiSik Lee; “Total Archery – Inside the Archer”). 21
The diagram above shows 2 breathing patterns during the shot process:- The first and incorrect method, shown The green line of the correct example by the red line, shows the archer shows the archer controlling their breathing deeply in to around 80% breathing by using diaphragm and holding breath until release, then technique: the breath is released. Breathing in to 65% during the This results in increased tension and set can result in a weak shot. Letting out slightly during set-up this allows the shoulders to settle. In again steadily through the draw to 70%, Then slightly out to transfer exhaling slightly to settle into the expansion and release and follow through. This allows the body to exert the greatest control over the process throughout the shot. Normal breathing can resume after follow through. Developing and practicing breathing during your shot will assist in developing a good shot rhythm. It reinforces the stages of the shot cycle, provides energy to the muscles when it is most needed and reduces tension in the body during the shot cycle. Just be aware that you may feel a little light headed as you practice this for the first few times, this is normal and will wear off. It is a natural by product of having an increased oxygen supply in your body. Archery requires focus and breathing helps you to establish focus and rhythm in your shot. Practicing a good diaphragm breathing technique and using breathing exercises in your training 22
regime will help you to improve your shot rhythm, reduce tension and control anxiety. If you do decide to try this, discuss it with your coach and see how you might incorporate it into your training regime. If you don’t have a coach then it is very useful to have a training partner to help you to re-enforce what you are doing and to assist you in applying changes to your shot cycle. Remember to just apply one change at a time as any changes need to be absorbed into the sub-conscious and be integrated seamlessly into your shot cycle. If you want to look at a video reinforcing this technique, Jake Kaminsky’s series on YouTube is excellent: “Jake Kaminsky Breathing” - (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8DzVJDsgzE&feature=youtu.be). Happy Shooting - Ken Brill, SFAA Coaching Director.
Photographer: BERNIE STAFFORD Location & Club: Delamere Field Archers
The birth of a weapon: “Sting” By Bartek Grygiel, Dreamcraft Archery. There is no better time to try some plums than lovely days of summer... that’s what I thought when I got my hands on impressive log of plum wood coming from my friend’s garden. It was wonderfully colored, both heartwood and sapwood sections. Being harvested just a few weeks / months earlier, it had to wait for its time for a while. So I sealed the ends and put the log in peaceful place in the workshop. I looked forward to starting the project and visited this beauty very often. When I couldn’t wait anymore I debarked it and investigated every curve and knot on the plum. Bark removal revealed it’s true character with complicated grain and many challenges… 26
Bow placement in the stave wasn’t as easy as I expected before taking a closer look. I struggled with it for a while but finally made a choice. My decision was to a build Mary-Rose-style longbow with a D-shaped belly. Originally it was made from yew with heartwood on the belly and sapwood on the back and that’s how I wanted my plum to look like; so I grabbed my faithful drawknife and got to work... shavings were flying for a few hours. It started to look like a bow. Unfortunately, I noticed the back (sapwood growth rings) is checked and I had no choice but to remove it and shorten the stick. The result I ended up with was a bow that was only 38” long! That is the shortest bow I have ever tried to build in my bowyer career! I wanted to give it a bit of a classy look so I decided to apply full nocks made from Zebrano wood – as a tribute to horn nocks medieval bows. 27
I always loved the idea of warbows and their fame. Sometimes I was thinking about strength and skills of warriors using them; and it had the impact on this bow. I made it pretty heavy for its length. It ended up drawing over 50lbs at 16” and what’s very surprising – it took almost no set. The choice of name wasn’t a problem for me. Short, quick and deadly – I named it “Sting”. I burned the name under the handle and wrapped the handle with flax twine. After applying a few layers of linseed oil true the amazing character of this bow was revealed. After building one bow from plum wood, I can say it’s one of the finest woods I’ve worked with in my bowyers career. It reminds me of yew a lot. I’m sure it can make amazing bows and compete with top bow woods. 28
Wonderful natural wood color, many spectacular knots and a wavy wood surface made this bow a piece of art. All I did it was to find the bow in the wood log and let it out of the stave. Nature is amazing, we just have to see it and understand that sometimes its beauty may be hidden. 29
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Birkhill Field Archery Club Field Classification shoot 16th August 2020 (SFAA) After what has seemed an age, the club has finally been able to safely host a classification shoot. We did this using the guidelines worked on by the SFAA to comply with the restrictions on public gatherings imposed on us by the Scottish Government. The guidelines can be viewed at http://www.scottishfieldarchery.scot/news/89- covid-19-updated-guidance-for-archers . A strict distancing regime was adopted along with a system of booking slots to turn up in a restricted group, shoot your round then leave the range - this was a bit alien to the normally very sociable Scottish Archer, but it worked well. Shooting was smooth and there were no hold ups or problems with the arrangements. Regrettably there was no muster or “prize” giving, but all entrants understood the need for the restrictions and the shoot went ahead without incident. 1: There's a target out At first it seemed we were going to get a rather there somewhere damp day on the banks of the Tay just to the South of Dundee, but the rain mercifully held off and the day was very pleasant for shooting. Everyone turned up at their planned time and were marshalled 40
Pictured: Palacerigg Field Archers ably demonstrating the ups and downs of Field Archery. into the very restricted parking by our venerated Senior Archer, Bert Robertson doing an excellent job of getting a quart into a pint pot. Each group consisted of four archers, with two archers per target and allocated to targets 1 & 2 for starting positions. There 2: A Fine example of distancing was a gap of 20 mins between the starting of the groups and this proved to be the optimum “flow” for the number who turned up on a 14 target Unit. The SFAA has relaxed the rules on recording of scores due to the necessity to keep shooting groups to a minimum to facilitate distancing. There were a few “returners” to the site at Course Brae near Wormit and a few Birkhill “virgins” - all found the course a bit of a challenge... the circuit is set on a North facing hillside and is 1 mile around. The climb is not severe but it is testing and provided our archers with a good Sunday workout. There have been no major changes to the course in the last year and the woodland has recovered from being cropped in 2018. The effect lets a lot more light in but promotes the grass growing, giving a more verdant feel to the course. As you will see from the photos, all is looking very lush after the recent rain. 41
The results were good, and some were happy, some not so… only to be expected given the lack of shoots this year - practice is never the same as a meeting and shoot. Taking “aim” at A big thank you to all the brave should who turned out the “Bunnies” for this shoot, travelling from as far as Inverness, Edinburgh and Glasgow. All were very welcome and are invited back for our future shoots. It’s the archers who make these events successful. Thank you also to the competitors who sent their photos in. ~ By Ken Brill ~ So proud of that X Willie 42
Division SURNAME FIRST NAME STYLE CLASS FIELD SCORE JUNIOR MALE BAREBOW RECURVE Fraser Evan JMBB-R U 160 ADULT FEMALE BAREBOW RECURVE Seez CarolAnne AFBB-R A 339 ADULT MALE BAREBOW RECURVE Havranek Stephen AMBB-R A 478 ADULT MALE FREESTYLE LIMITED RECURVE Witton Colin AMFS-R A 463 A 429 Laing James AMFS-R B 386 U 359 Marr William AMFS-R Seez David AMFS-R YOUNG ADULT FEMALE FREESTYLE LIMITED COMPOUND Sandilands Emily YAFFS-C U 370 ADULT MALE FREESTYLE LIMITED COMPOUND Angiolini John AMFS-C A 457 ADULT FEMALE FREESTYLE UNLIMITED Jennings Claudine AFFU U 524 AFFU A 485 Mcinnes Faye AFFU B 476 Sandilands Rose ADULT MALE FREESTYLE UNLIMITED Whittingham Alistair AMFU A 540 AMFU A 503 Sneddon John kerr VETERAN MALE FREESTYLE UNLIMITED Stanley Eddie VMFU A 504 ADULT FEMALE BOWHUNTER RECURVE Fraser Isabella AFBH-R B 262 ADULT MALE BOWHUNTER RECURVE Pedder Michael AMBH-R U 242 ADULT MALE BOWHUNTER COMPOUND Howe Brad AMBH-C U 341 ADULT MALE BOWHUNTER UNLIMITED Krusche Martin AMBU U 506 ADULT MALE TRADITIONAL RECURVE BOW Lush Charlie AMTR U 148 43
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“The Bowyer’s Diary” by Derek Hutchison, AKA ‘Del the Cat’! “Horse Bow, Horn Bow?” As a kid I’d read of the Turkish flight bow and the half mile distances they’d shot… it seemed unbelievable to me as a nipper, but then I couldn’t ever imagine shooting a longbow over 300 yards either. What was this horn and sinew they were made of? Where do you get horn and sinew? Well, to make that type of bow was on my bucket list. The problem is, to make a bow like that takes over a year as the sinew takes a long time to dry out after gluing and it’s not a simple process either, the wooden core being at least 5 pieces jointed together! My patience and skill have both improved over the years, but I felt it was still a bit too much. As an aside:- I should point out that a horn/wood/sinew composite bow of this type can be shot in the NFAS “Primitive” class however, a “horsebow” that you can buy for under £150 (some are under £50!) cannot, because despite being covered in leather and having wooden Siyahs (levers) showing at the tip, they are made of glass or carbon fibre (maybe solid glass, maybe glass laminations over wood). The untutored eye probably can’t tell the difference but unless you have made it yourself or paid well over £1000 for it, it will not be genuine horn and sinew. Last year I saw some bloke win the primitive class with one such bow… I said nothing, as I didn’t want to make a fuss, but it’s an insult to those who make bows. Back to the plot:- Ah! But then I saw a post on an archery forum from a guy who had made some horn bows - he had one part finished that had been sitting around for some years and wanted to sell it on to someone who could finish it, as he was moving on to other interests. I was on to it like a shot - he only wanted a token price, but I offered double. I don’t think he was too fussed, he just wanted it to go to 50
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