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* Anagram Answers from Dec.16 / Jan.17 Volume 2 * Hint: they were all related to bow making & arrow making! 1. HAD AN EX (4,3) = HAND AXE 2. FREAK WIND (4,5) = DRAW KNIFE 3. HAVE KE POSS (5,5) = SPOKE SHAVE 4. PANEL (5) = PLANE 5. REIGN LILT (9) = TILLERING 6. FINCH EGG JILT (9,3) = FLETCHING JIG 7. IF GOT ON (7) = FOOTING 8. A CORD FORD REPORT(4,6,5) = PORT ORFOD CEDAR 9. SEEN STING TIP (5,7) = SPINE TESTING 10. TEA FRESH (8) = FEATHERS >>>>>>>> You can find the NEXT anagrams challenge on page 76! >>>>>>>> 52
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FAN UK recently caught up with Ian Brown of the EFAA ... … here is what he had to share with us: From Humble Beginnings Originally the EFAA began as a practically coexist, principally because of the comparatively small group of clubs, primarily growing interest in Field archery. The NFAA in East Anglia, and affiliated to the National concept had brought about the formation of Field Archery Association (NFAA) in America. the International Field Archery Association The basic connection being many of U.S. (IFAA), whose constitution recognised only a Servicemen stationed over here who had single governing body for the sport in each also founded the Archery Association of country. As the EFAA was already a founder Europe (AAE). The type of Field Archery member, together with the Scottish and practiced at that time (mid-60s), was all Welsh Associations, it was decided that the unmarked distances, usually Animal rounds BFAA should amalgamate with the EFAA hence the two bows on the badge of the with bushes and similar obstructions between archer and target. Consequently, ‘new’ EFAA, to represent the amalgamation. the sport favoured both skill and the lucky At this time, the main shooting divisions, shot and, had a healthy appetite for wooden on styles, were Freestyle and Barebow, the arrows. former using the same equipment as Target archers, with the addition of a peep or string The Americans had other ideas. Their brand of Field Archery was to practice for what sight if desired. The Barebow archers used they considered to be the ‘real thing.’ an accurate combination of string finger Therefore, to achieve consistency, they used positions and anchorage positions (string the best, most accurate equipment and shot and face walking) to cater for the different at known distances with completely clear distances of the standard rounds, the best systems always using the point of the arrow shots. This gave a good formula for improving the most inconsistent part: the for direct aiming. archer, but could also be hard on the ego without the luck factor. However, those original English clubs were soon renowned for the shooting standard of their members, who always were well in evidence in comparison with the rival association, the British Field Archery Association (BFAA). By 1970, it was apparent that the two national bodies (EFAA & BFAA) could not Spring Champs 2016 @ White Mark Bowmen 54
FAN UK recently caught up with levels of concentration and a larger range of skills. Other attractions are the shoots are ‘turn up’ not booked and the range of incentives, badges for different achievements and the different classes of archer which help to show your improvement in Field Archery. As a member of the EFAA (£20 pa @ 2017) you can shoot in International competitions organised by the IFAA without the restrictions of having to qualify or be selected. International competitions are very Spring Champs 2016 @ White Mark Bowmen popular like the World Bowhunters 3D in What do we do? Italy this year filled up within days, they Despite its name, Field Archery is not increased the number of archers to 2000 and normally shot in a field. It means a day of the applications closed in December 2016. shooting in the woods, walking from one The IFAA is an archery association that was target to the next. The distances are formally founded 1970 (even though determined by the available space and it’s tournaments were already organised in the job of the course setters to lay out 14 or Europe from 1967) when a group of field 28 targets safely. There is a wide variety of archers from the USA, Sweden, England, rounds and distances. You could be Scotland, Wales and Canada agreed on a set shooting at monochrome, 3D or coloured of basic rules by which Field Archery pictures of animals and these are either from tournaments would be run. We now marked or unmarked distances. For example, represent over 50,000 field archers in 45 in a Hunter and Field round there are 28 member countries from all continents. targets each with four arrows at each target. These are shot from marked distances ranging from 20 feet to 80 yards. Most targets require the archer to move forward to the next distance between each arrow. The is a variety of point scoring too, in some rounds all the arrows score while in others it the first arrow out of 3 that scores. There are also clever ways of making the shots more difficult, for example clever use of peg Welsh archers at the UKIFAC 2016 positioning where the archer should estimate distance, gauge the slope of the land or even the incline of a tree which can all influence bow alignment. On top of that shooting in woods means dealing with different light conditions. All of these combined, the different terrain, shooting conditions and variety of rounds are the real attraction of Field Archery. It demands high UKIFAC 2016 Kings Forest Bowmen 55
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Additional styles recognized by the EFAA *AMERICAN FLAT BOW - One piece straight For more information about the English Field end bow of any material which when strung Archery Association why not take a look at displays one continued unidirectional curve; the following: Bow may contain window and arrow shelf; No sights; No stabiliser; One nocking point; Mediterranean loose; One consistent anchor All Club information and shoot dates point; and Arrows must be of wood fletched can be found on the EFAA website: with natural feather. www.efaafieldarcher.com * ENGLISH LONGBOW - Bow shall be of \"D\" section made entirely of wood; No sight window or arrow rest; No sights; No All International shoot dates stabiliser; String one colour only; One can be found on the IFAA website: nocking point; Mediterranean loose; One www.ifaa-archery.org consistent anchor point; and Arrows must be made of wood fletched with natural feather. EFAA Championship shoots * HUNTING STYLE - Recurve bow; No sights; and All IFAA shoots No stabiliser; String one colour only; One must be booked in advance. nocking point; Mediterranean loose; One consistent anchor point; and Arrows must be made of wood and fletched with natural ALL Club shoots feather. (unless otherwise stated) are just “turn up and enjoy a day in the woods”. To join the EFAA you need to show that you are a competent archer at your local club. The cost to join the EFAA is £20 per annum UKIFAC 2016 Kings Forest Bowmen (as of 2017). 57
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Well, the Christmas & New Year period certainly encouraged some superb field archery skills … we have quite the set of new inductees into our Hall of Fame!! In case you are new to FAN UK I shall explain - the concept of “Hoods & Maids” is my way of celebrating stunning shots – both jammy and pure skill – that only Robin Hood or Maid Marion themselves would’ve been able to pull off. It is 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. This edition we are proud to welcome... 1. ANDY FLINT: “My super lucky shot of the day - providing a stylish new nose piercing for the turkey at Spirit Of Sherwood on Sunday 4th December 2016!” Very impressive Mr., I mean SIR Andy of Flint!! 2. ALI MACRORY, nominated by Bruce Walton who told us: “There was a lot of it about to- day, the top one is Ali's!” This shot was also executed with style and class at SOS on 04.12.16). Terrific skill Maid MacRory / Lady Alison!! 3. ROB WEST, who told us: “It's not easy to pierce a zombie's ear ya know!” His body piercing shot took place at Pride Park Archers on 11.12.16. Body art for 3Ds could be catching on - arise Sir Robert, the Piercer of West!! 60
4. BERNIE STAFFORD: Welcome good Sir! the concept of “Hoods & Maids” is my way that only Robin Hood or celebrate the shots we all either dream of hitting or are so lucky that they need 5. LIZ DERBYSHIRE, nominated by BERNIE STAFFORD who said: stylish new nose piercing for the turkey at Spirit Of Sherwood “My shooting buddy, Liz, produced this pearler!” ... Maid Elizabeth / Lady Derbyshire - welcome!! And last but by no means least, 6. SIMON BANKS, CONGRATULATIONS!! If you have a nomination then please send it to [email protected] 61
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Noak Hill Archers’ Tony Wells shared the club’s Battle of Hastings 1066 Day from October 2016 with FAN UK... Apart from one short burst of rain the weather was great for us and defied some forecasts that had predicted a day long downpour. It was great to see so many of club members - including Paul, Brian and Andrew who had all passed their assessment only the day before. It was also good to see much time and effort going into the costumes, including Craig's time traveller outfit - very convincing. Although the theme was fun and socialising there was a competitive element but those of you who saw my score will know I think it was more about the taking part! That said there were battle honours who included: Sighted - 1. Richard 2. Paul (who joined the day before - well done Paul!) 3. Karen Unsighted - 1. Dave 2. Kathy (Dennis was a joint second but we all agreed that Kathy edged it for being the better looking!) 3. Graham S. Longbow - 1. Mark 2. Allan 3. Sharon Junior Unsighted - Honor Junior Sighted - Rhiannon Cub - Samuel 64
Well done to all those with battle honours! Well done also to our “His & Hers” Costume Winners including Paul, Brian and Andrew who had all passed their assessment only the day Sally-Anne and Allan! Before I go into the thank yous - there is an even bigger thank you for the money we raised with our “Stand Up to Cancer Clout” from which we collected a fantastic £75. These events don't just happen and it is through the work, time and effort people put in that we are able to enjoy these occasions; so I am going to name-check a few people which is always fraught with the worry that I will miss someone so apologies now if I miss your name... THANK YOU Elliott, Tony, Dennis; Ken for organising, concept and course design (and Dennis' artwork which the majority of you very thoughtfully missed); Laurence for all the printing; Ken and Jackie for keeping us supplied with cooked food, cakes and drinks; Kathy for her pies/Pavlova (big fan) and for other bakes and donations - sorry for not knowing who you are; John for photography; and to all of you unsung heroes who helped set up the course the day before and on the day, as well as taking it all down again. It's at times like these where you show how amazing you all are, so on behalf of everyone who attended, again, thank you. Well! Enough of me rambling on but I would like to say that if you enjoyed the competition and social element then be on the look-out for notices about the Frostbite comps etc and I look forward to seeing you on the line. 65
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~ Toxophilia Poetica ~ (A collection of what would have been if an archer had written some of the great works of poetry.) by Barry Johnson, Scarborian Field Archers. “If you can keep your head as you draw the arrow back And not let your shoulders go slack If you can trust the bow you bought off a lorry’s back And shoot before it splits and you hear a loud ‘crack’! If you can wait whilst Compound archers are aiming Whilst not looking forlornly at the queue behind you Then let others have the score they’re claiming And step around that same pile of badger pooh If you can dream – and can arrow mending master If you can think – but never when aiming You know the next shot is going to be a disaster So was the last shot – it’s always the same! If you can bear to see your score just shot Without breaking down in floods of tears To console you there’s always tea most hot Whilst you ponder how you missed that huge deer If you can make one heap of all your winnings Although you always seem to lose The next shoot will be a new beginning You’ll win by Jove! On that you’d bet your shoes If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To hold that damn bow at full draw Not to have target panic, ‘tis true, You’ll start hitting the target more If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue And accept that it’s not a line cutter If you finish the course without needing the loo And accept that the other bloke shoots better If you can’t bear to be without your bow for even a minute You know life with no archery isn’t fun The Field is yours and all the targets in it And – what is more – you’ll be an archer, by gum! ---------------------------------------------- 67
FAN UK’s Club Update - KLFA Happy New Year to you from the Kings Lynn Field Archers (KLFA). As a club we shoot 3Ds every Sunday from our new ground near Blackborough End in Norfolk (Postcode PE32 1NN) and we are on Google Maps. Any NFAS member can come along with a start time of 10:00 hrs but we are usually there at about 09:15 to set up a course… all dependant upon the weather. Our first Open Shoot (NFAS) is on Sunday 23rd April and you can book via our website at www.klfa.co.uk or you can contact our Secretary Nicola Desforges. If our first shoot is successful then we will hold another in September on the 24th. We have now been at our new ground for 6 months and have the ability to put out a 40 x 3D course, hold a rove shoot and cater for disabled archers. Our 2 x NFAS Coaches can cater for beginners and we have a selection of training bows and arrows for them to use free of charge. Colin Bonfield, K.L.F.A.
As a club we shoot 3Ds every Sunday from our new ground near Blackborough End Our first Open Shoot (NFAS) is on Sunday 23rd April and you can book via our website We have now been at our new ground for 6 months and have the ability to put out a
A Wheelchair for Tonya Tonya is a mother, a wife, an archer, and in general a lover of the great outdoors; she loves to take strolls in the countryside, maybe even forage a few berries and the like; she loves both field and target archery; a keen airsofter (if you haven’t come across airsoft, it’s very similar to paintball but with 6mm plastic pellets, and no paint); and an active LARPer (Live Action Role-Playing), and gardening. Tonya also has a degenerative spinal condition; Syringomyelia, which is slowly destroying her nerves from the waist down. Syringomyelia is a condition characterized by a fluid-filled cavity or cyst - a Syrinx - that forms within the spinal cord. Syringomyelia is a chronic condition and a Syrinx can expand over time, compressing or destroying the surrounding nerve tissue. In Tonya’s case it happened as the result of an incident that happened years ago and was only discovered during a routine MRI 4 years ago. When I met Tonya, she was very active and had no idea this time bomb was already ticking in her spine. We met through the hobby of Live Action Role-Playing (a hobby often likened to a cross between freeform ‘improv’ in a field and cross-country pantomime). We started taking part in local and national airsoft games, with Tonya joining the ‘National Airsoft Girls’ group and undertaking courses on tactics and room clearance as delivered by ex-soldiers, and engaging in games that take place on real military training areas. We also took up, as a family, the hobby of field archery; joining local clubs and taking part in shoots across the country, and enjoying being out in assorted woodland areas taking in the scenery during the shoots. As her condition began to worsen, she became less able to get around the course, and the most heartbreaking moment came when we tried to get her wheelchair around our local course and simply weren’t able to. That was when we had to put our field archery on hiatus until we had a way to get Tonya around the course. To keep the hobby up we turned to Target Archery, where we found a club willing to take us on and were very warm and welcoming. Even at a target club though, getting a normal wheelchair up to the shooting line, and then up to the boss and back across grass (either dry or muddy) takes significant effort and is very draining, but we refuse to give up. 70
Over time, Tonya has gone from being physically very active and outgoing to needing a stick to get around, then two sticks, and now relies on a wheelchair for mobility. The wheelchairs supplied through the NHS are functional for solid ground like pavements, but as soon as the terrain gets a little rough, like gravel, mud, grass, and uneven footpaths, it becomes almost impassable. So, Tonya has now had to cutback her outdoor activities. She can’t do field archery as there’s no way her wheelchair could get round a course, but still keeps her skills honed at our target club (where we’ve become sure she’s the only woman who shoots longbow from a wheelchair - can anyone confirm this? We’d really like to know if this is the case). We have since discovered that there is a model of wheelchair that will not only cope with the off-road terrain found in woodland walks and field archery courses, but was designed for it; the Mountain Trike. So in the Summer of 2016 after researching the Mountain Trike, we resolved to rai In Tonya’s case it happened as the result of an incident that happened years ago and was se the funds to get one for her. These wheelchairs, however, are not cheap and are beyond our means to buy outright, so we have setup a Go Fund Me to crowd-source help from the various communities we are a part of. To add more to our desire for one of these Mountain Trikes, Tonya has been diagnosed with Cancer. Because of this we want to make sure that Tonya is kept as healthy as possible while also keeping as active as possible and a Mountain Trike would be perfect for this as it would give Tonya the great outdoors as her gym and therapy room. But we need your help ... Our goal is the £4500 cost of the Mountain Trike wheelchair. Between ourselves, our friends, and the amazing good will of the communities we’re involved in, so far we have raised (as at the time of writing) £1886, so we still have a long way to go. The Go Fund Me can be found at https://www.gofundme.com/2hsnghgs Any help, no matter how big or small, is gratefully accepted. Thank you - Rob Sutherland-Smith. 71
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* Quiz Time! * Can you unscramble the anagrams to identify these items that you might use when making your own targets ? 1. S T A R P A Y P I N (5,5) 2. P E A C H P E R A M (5,5) 3. F A M I N E P O X D A N G (9,4) 4. L U G E (4) 5. C A R T E D L O P (3,6) 6. A G I G M A P O F N A C K (4,9) 7. P R Y S T O L E Y E N (11) 8. K E Y F A S T L I N E N (7,5) 9. A B A R D C O R D (9) 10. T I N A S H E B U R P S (5,7) You can find the answers in the next issue >>>> April/May 2017! 76
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Shoot Reports & Clubs’ Location Directory In response to feedback from one of our readers, who asked if it was possible to let readers know roughly where the clubs featured in the shoot reports are, we have decided to add this feature. The reader said that as the photos and shots in the reports look interesting, it’s frustrating thinking “I’d love to go there” and not actually knowing how close (or not) they are. FAN UK agreed! So - here is a list of the clubs featured in this edition and both volumes of the Dec. 2016/Jan. 2017 Christmas & New Year Special, as well as the clubs advertising their forthcoming shoots and those who have already asked for their information to be shared, with their general locations for your perusal. Thanks again to Mike Schofield for this terrific suggestion! :-) I have also included the locations of the clubs shown in the wonderful photographs throughout the magazine. Name Location Afan Nedd South Wales Apollo Field Archers Hampshire Artemis Archers Belper, Derbyshire Aurora FAC Chelmsford, Essex Avalon Archers Near Sandy, Beds. Bowmen of Bude Bude, North Cornwall Broadland Bowmen Norwich, Norfolk CSAA Open FA Champs Various, this shoot held at High Ashurst, Mickleham, Dorking, Surrey Company of Sixty Oxshott, Surrey Dearne Valley Archery Club Near Barnsley, South Yorkshire Delamere Field Archers Delamere, Northwich, Cheshire Elmtree Archers Near Hatherleigh, Devon English War Bows NZ New Zealand Foxhill Bowmen Pendle Hill, above Downham Havering Nalgo Archers (HNA) Ramsden Heath, Essex 78
Name Location King’s Lynn Field Archers (KLFA) Near Blackborough End, Norfolk Magna Carta Field Archers Lyne (near Chertsey), Surrey Mayo Archery Club Ballina, Mayo, Ireland Noak Hill Archers Romford, Essex Oakwood Bowmen Near Woodbridge, Suffolk In response to feedback from one of our readers, who asked if it was Raven Field Archers Based on the Sussex / Hampshire border Rebellion Archers St Austell, Cornwall Regent Archers Woldgate, Yorkshire South Hams FA Yealmpton, Devon Spirit of Sherwood Worksop, Notts Tavistock Company of Archers Tavistock, Devon Thornbury Field & both volumes of the Dec. 2016/Jan. 2017 Christmas & New Year Special, Roving Archers Thornbury, Bristol Umberleigh Field Archers Umberleigh, Devon Whitefriars Bowmen Between Westleton & Dunwich, Suffolk Field Archery News UK’s Events Calendar is updated every day with shoots for the forthcoming year … don’t forget to keep checking in at - http://fieldarcherynewsuk.wixsite.com/fanuk/ 79
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Photo by Jason Quinn @ Bowmen of Bude, 2016 SW Crown
Photo by Mark Service Avalon Archers’ 1st EFAA Classification shoot, January 2017
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