June July 2023 FAN UK magazine 04.07.23

June / July 2023 issue

6 Row Brow Field Archers shoot advert 30.07.2023 7 Regent Archers shoot advert 16.07.2023 8 Photograph by MARK SERVICE 10-15 West Lothian Archers 2D shoot report 26.03.2023 18-23 The Medieval Society 60th Anniversary shoot report 26-27 The Shrew Bow Challenge 2023 30-33 Company of Sixty April 2023 Bluebell shoot 35 Dunbrody Archers IFAF Bowhunter Champs shoot advert 02 & 03.09.2023 36-38 The Bowyer’s Diary 40-43 Killygarry Archers shoot report 14.05.2023 by Doc Smith 48-49 Hoods & Maids 50 Dearne Valley Field Archers shoot advert/dates 2023 52-55 Wolfshead Archers shoot report 04.06.202359 A Cartoon for You by Via Verde In this issue... In this issue... 2

60 The Clout Collective 2023 tournaments shoot advert 62-75 FAN UK introduces “The History of the Compound Bow” by Csaba Fenesi 78 NADA Update: Louis Van Wyngaards 79 Jim Granger - SFAA 2023 SBHC photographs 80 Delamere FAC shoot advert 03.09.2023 82 “A Cartoon for you” by Via Verde 84-85 “Archery on the Big Screen” by David Hastings 87 Photograph: MARK SERVICE 88 Row Brow Field Archers shoot advert 30.07.2023 90-99 Black Arrow FAC June 2023 shoot report100 Bowbrook Archers 24.09.2023 shoot info104 NADA contact info & details106-107 Dogs & Crossbows List (updated 30.06.2023) 110-113 West Lothian Archers shoot report 04.06.2023 ~ Cover pic by Doc Smith - pictured Fiona Smith ~ Cover pic by Doc Smith - pictured Fiona Smith @ Loughcrew Archers, 19th June 2022 ~@ Loughcrew Archers, 19th June 2022 ~ 3





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West Lothian West Lothian West Lothian Archers Archers Archers 2D shoot - 26 March 2023. 2D shoot - 26 March 2023. 2D shoot - 26 March 2023. thth thReport by Linda Sutherland Report by Linda Sutherland Report by Linda Sutherland & pictures by Eryn Jack. & pictures by Eryn Jack. & pictures by Eryn Jack. Well what a day! It was absolutely freezing but it didn't deter 44 archers who attended for the first shoot of 2023. The banter and atmosphere was amazing. 10

Thank you everyone for a great day and also to our new members for the lovely comments. Thanks also to our admin team Lesley Jack ; for the delicious soup & stovies; to our members for putting out faces & helping tidy away at the end and to Eryn Jack for capturing these wonderful photos!11

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18 THE MEDIEVAL SOCIETY’S 60 ANNIVERSARY SHOOT thby OH Boyd - Medieval Society Hon. Member & Woodcarver to the Palace. The Medieval Society‘s annual St George’s Day shoot was held at Belmont House nr Faversham. This event was special because it celebrated the Medieval Society’s 60 anniversary. thDespite the rain it went well and we welcomed our special guests - Dr Toby Capwell (plus bronze medallist son, Issac) and Deborah Lee, both from the Wallace Collection and now retired; and the French contingent of Annette, Sylvie, and Christian. The competing archers. The competing archers. The competing archers.

19 Above: The Members. Above: The Members. Above: The Members. On the Line 1. On the Line 1. On the Line 1. On the Line 2. On the Line 2. On the Line 2.

20 Pictured left: Pictured left: Pictured left: Wet but happy! Wet but happy! Wet but happy! Christian deservedly won the gold medal for most hits while Steve Gosling became Captain of Archers, winning the coveted cup exclusive to Medieval Society members. Gold medallist, Gold medallist, Gold medallist, Christian. Christian. Christian. Cup Winner, Steve Gosling - Cup Winner, Steve Gosling - Cup Winner, Steve Gosling - Captain of Archers.Captain of Archers.Captain of Archers.

21 Pictured above: Pictured above: Pictured above: Silver medallist, OH Boyd Silver medallist, OH Boyd Silver medallist, OH Boyd and pictured right: and pictured right: and pictured right: the medallists.the medallists.the medallists.“The future” of the “The future” of the “The future” of the sport & bronze medallist - sport & bronze medallist - sport & bronze medallist - Issac Capwell - under the Issac Capwell - under the Issac Capwell - under the supervision of his supervision of his supervision of his father, Toby Capwell.father, Toby Capwell.father, Toby Capwell.

22 The shooting was followed by mulled wine and excellent, steaks with salad and coleslaw - as always, beautifully cooked under difficult circumstances by the ladies who also shot between preparation. This 60 anniversary day was a day that followed firmly in the tradition of thcompanionship, brotherhood, friendship and the bonhomie of archers without stress or strain and with no agendas other than the fellowship of the Longbow, which was always the hallmark of the Medieval Society and is now fiercely protected by our able Marshal Gary Bourne who, despite his recent illness, bore the brunt of the work to organise the event. A truly memorable day despite the rain. The Medieval Society’s Annual St. George’s Day / John Waller Memorial Shoot This year’s St. George’s day/John Waller Memorial shoot was going to be something special, taking place in the 60 year of the Medieval Society. thI had sent out the invitations, the food was arranged and I had painted new red rose targets. On a more personal note however, out of the blue I collapsed at home one afternoon, just under 2 weeks before the date of the shoot on April 23 . rdAfter only a few minutes the ambulance arrived. The paramedics took my blood pressure and a drip was inserted into my arm. My blood pressure was 60/40!!! I was taken to the nearby Hospital where I ended up in the resuscitation unit with intravenous lines in both arms and blood being taken from both wrists. It turned out that I had suffered from an infection of some kind and after 24 hours in the hospital and 3 cardiograms I was allowed to go home on light duties. I had invited guests from hundreds of miles away, such as France, Hull, Suffolk & London - I could not let them down but I was still not 100% and found myself faced with the possibility of cancelling the shoot. I discussed this idea with my partner Hilary (who was in charge of the catering) who convinced me to see how I was in a few days’ time. Hilary was right! I felt

23 much better and decided it should go ahead. The weather was terrible - rain and wind all day - but everyone soldiered on and managed to have an enjoyable day as only the British can. We were able to celebrate St. George’s day and remember the founder after all. I was unable to complete the shoot, finding it too tiring to continue, but I stayed until the very end to present the medals. This will certainly be a 60th anniversary to remember. Gary Bourne, Gary Bourne, Gary Bourne, Marshal of the Medieval Society. Marshal of the Medieval Society. Marshal of the Medieval Society.



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Company of 60 April 2023 Bluebell Shoot Report, pics & scores provided by Shaun Bateman. Wet weather was predicted which no doubt accounted for some no-shows on the day, but fortunately 82 archers still turned up. Luckily they only had to endure some light rain before things dried up completely for the afternoon. Our bluebells, blooming later than in recent years, still managed a decent, if patchy display. The two 20-shot courses chosen offered a good mix of terrain for visitors, with the tower shot on Savannah and the across-the-pond crocodile shot on Bluebell being perhaps amongst the most memorable. Across the day a number of our regular medal winners complained of not shooting very well, but with the overall scores down across several bow styles compared to our last shoot, we’d like to think that it was some tricky course laying that was at play. Thanks to all those who came, plus the usual committed volunteers who made sure the day went smoothly. Our next shoot is our Club 50th Anniversary Friendly on September 10th. Although a friendly in format, with a rolling start and finish, we do plan to offer a 50 3D challenge course with scores being published afterwards. For those perhaps not wanting the competitive element, our other two courses will also be available to anyone wanting a more laid-back day. 30

PRIMITIVE GENTLEMEN HUNTING TACKLE LADIES Alan Jones Ratpack 486 Kim Lea Ratpack 574 Gerry May Longbow Heritage 286 HUNTING TACKLE GENTLEMEN LONGBOW LADIES Roger Massey 1066 FA 668 Sandra Anderson Afan Nedd 394 David Curwen Independent 592 Tracey Rodford Afan Nedd 332 Peter Parker Ratpack 514 Vicky Amies Independent 312 Charles Liston Independent 374 Ross Davis Bridgewoods 242 LONGBOW GENTLEMEN Ken Payne Magic Dragon 562 THUMBDRAW GENTLEMEN Ben Knight 1066 FA 462 Amaad Sultan Independent 476 Nick Murphy Independent 454 Kamil Paceiorek Independent 456 Hugh Watkins Afan Nedd 430 Artur Chmielinski Bisley Bowmen 380 Jeff Kluckers Ratpack 402 Matthew Li Ratpack 378 TRADITIONAL BOWHUNTER FEMALE Lauren Morse 1066 FA 560 AMERICAN FLATBOW GENTLEMEN Simone Young 1066 532 Nick Lea Ratpack 504 Shauna Innell South Wilts 506 Barrie Cooper Independent 402 Jan Seed Bridgewoods 504 Steve Wickenden Longbow Heritage 326 Linda Palmer Ratpack 442 Becca Leach Avalon 366 BAREBOW LADIES Rungnapha Redwood Bridgewoods 538 TRADITIONAL BOWHUNTER GENTLEMEN Kwan Byford Aurora 326 Tom Miller 1066 FA 708 John Barcroft 1066 FA 700 BAREBOW JUNIOR MALE Phil Adams Ratpack 664 Liam Sutton Bridgewoods 576 John Nicholls South Wilts 646 Musa Byford Aurora 448 Pat Wright Cloth of Gold 638 Peter Morgan Cloth of Gold 606 BAREBOW GENTLEMEN Jason Budden South Wilts 628 Jed Cullen South Wilts 824 Keith Burton Independent 590 Aaron O'Shea Wye Valley 698 Mick Maxen Cloth of Gold 588 Dave Berry Bridgewoods 672 Rick Young 1066 FA 586 Lee Sutton Bridgewoods 624 Scott Young 1066 FA 560 Paul Skippins Ratpack 620 Jeremy Ib-ngledwew South Wilts 532 Marcus Redwood Bridgewoods 614 Tim Seed Bridgewoods 528 Courteney Saunders Cloth of Gold 490 James Swaffer Bridgewoods 484 Ken Sparham Aurora 576 Dave Fitzsimmons Aurora 412 Neil O'Brien Cloth of Gold 462 UNLIMITED LADIES BOWHUNTER LADIES Heather Pearson Orion Bowmen 844 Lucy Murrel Cloth of Gold 310 Sarah Cope Black Eagle 794 Kelly Carson Fleet Ibex 616 31

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36 ~ The Bowyer’s Diary ~ by Derek Hutchison (AKA “Del the Cat”). “ Odds and Ends. ”I’ve been catching up on a variety of projects, making a primitive style bow from Rowan (another to add to the list of those I’ve used), which is pretty much like a cross between Hazel and Ash. Then I got an enquiry via an old friend to take some weight off a 130# laminate warbow. Well, it’s not really something that interested me, so rather than do that I asked what draw weight and draw length he actually wanted (100# @30”) and offered to make him a bow if I had a suitable stave - after all, it seemed silly to ship a bow back and forth at about £30 at time to do a weight reduction job I didn’t even fancy. Looking over my staves - they were alright, but not impressive. Ah! But once I put the drawknife into the wood it was a revelation! A scruffy looking stave of English Yew with poorly defined heart/sap wood was much better than it appeared and I was hooked into the sheer joy of working Yew. By the end of the week I’d made a lovely 100# @ 30” English Yew Warbow. Angled Sapwood Grain

37 Having finished that and done a couple of bow adjustments/repairs for some friends, I got back to tinkering with the Mkii Archer Automaton. I’m making this one mostly from steel so that I can get more precision, which will allow better control of finer movements. The plan is to get the individual movements working one at a time and then work on powering and coordinating the whole. The first tricky bit is trying to make the archer nock the arrow. If you analyse the action of correctly nocking an arrow it is ridiculously complex, so it’s necessary to make some sort of compromise. I will have the arrow standing upright as if stuck into the mud and the archer will push the bow downwards until the string catches the nock. Obviously, this will need some way of accurately locating the arrow to start with and some fairly precise movements, but I do enjoy a challenge! 100# Yew warbow - unstrung vs full draw

38 I went to a different field shoot venue (HNA - Havering Nalgo Archers) on Father’s Day... it’s one of those clubs that I was aware of but couldn’t readily find out where it was! After some good-natured teasing, one of my mates sent a map (rather than totally incomprehensible directions). I took ‘Twister’ - my regular Yew primitive - and the Yew character primitive with hole through the limb, featured in the Oct-Nov 2022 issue of Field Archery News UK. I’d hardly shot that bow at all and is it a bow if it never gets shot? It was with some trepidation that I shot it at first because of the hole in the upper limb, however it was fast and felt very much the same as ‘Twister’, upon which it was modelled. I shot surprisingly well first half but tired rather as the day wore on. We were a group of 5, the others all shooting longbow, good company and a fine shoot. One of the guys asked if I’d make him a Yew primitive, OK I said… but it didn’t start well! I had a promising stave roughed out and put it on the tiller for a first flex BANG!! The right limb broke about 8” from the tip. Examining it showed the grain on the back to be running across the limb at about 45 degrees! Why didn’t I see it before? Ah, that would be because I leave the bark on and let it pop off as the bow flexes. I can only assume the twisted growth was induced by the wind. There was also a weak ring which showed as splits down either side of the stave. There was no rot and the ring was just separating... again, maybe wind stress (the tree had come down in a storm). It just shows you can’t win them all!

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40 ““ “Killygarry Archers, Killygarry Archers, Killygarry Archers, 14 May 2023” 14 May 2023” 14 May 2023” thth thby Doc Smith.by Doc Smith.by Doc Smith. A fantastic day with Killygarry Archers and the weather played ball as well. Well done to Sean and the lads for all of your hard work setting out the woods with an SBG for us, especially with all of the bad weather we'd been having prior to the shoot... it couldn't have been easy.

41 It was good to see new faces enjoying themselves and - of course - the auld heads that we hadn't seen in a while.

42 Thanks to my shooting buddies today for the craic and good company ...

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Carol Archerywas 40 Years old on 8 August. thCan’t believe it…40 years (but I’m still only 21)!Lessons and arrow matching are now back in full swing…BUT…PLEASE, book before turning up as I’m really busy. Of course, I’m still doing mail order for those who know what they need. And if you don’t, book a time to visit and get lots of advice and a cuppa! ARROW MATCHING It really isn’t possible to sort your arrows over the phone or by email… so do book yourself an arrow matching session at my workshop. One thing though… PLEASE, do NOT buy a bow that is too heavy for you… or you will injure yourself and arrow matching is just not possible. I have arrows in 1/4, 9/32, 5/16 and 11/32 with most point weights, made up for you to try. Now I’m open again, book yourself a session and see the difference it makes to your shooting skills. Arrow Matching, £35. or book an hour’s help with your shooting, £49. My Carols Tri-Jig will help you make our own arrows really easily! Standard length £74 Long length £84 I also make leather ‘stuff’, including quivers and armguards, pouches and belts, plus handbags and shoulder bags. Craft Cottage, Bookham Lodge Stud, Cobham Road, Stoke D’Abernon, Surrey, KT11 3QG Carolarchery.com +44(0)1932 865181 07957 276892 [email protected]

Welcome to Hoods & Maids! If this feature is new to you - although due to Covid-19 I can completely understand if you’ve forgotten about this feature which is my unique way of celebrating stunning field archery shots (both jammy & skill-based, but mostly jammy!) that only Robin Hood or Maid Marian themselves would’ve been able to pull off. It is also my way of celebrating 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, regardless of age/ability, appear to rack up a fair few of these shots in our field archery careers so it is also my way of trying to include more people and show off their shots and celebrate them as the stars they are – albeit having stood in a healthy blob of jam or simply from being rather a fine shot, both are most welcome here! Ricochets, Barnes-Wallis classics, lucky legs, tree shots, “in-off”s, wind-assisted, carried into the target by well-paid woodland creatures, Robin Hoods, Pickering Awards (AKA the Pines Park Special!) … ALL are welcomed with open arms and appropriately celebrated!! Good shooting & please do share! You’re worth it ;-) Hels.48

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