Welcome to the September report of the 2023/24 shooting season.

In previous years we would now only focus on shooting indoors at the YMCA, however as there is one final round of the DCAS Summer Postal there were 4 outdoor evening sessions planned to allow archers to shoot these rounds.

Club Records

• Gary Wong – Senior Men’s Longbow
  • St. George – Score 218 (previous record 104)
• Linda Wright – 50+ Women’s Barebow:
  • WA50 – Score 488 (previous record 459)
  • WA50 (Double) – Score 924 (no previous record)

Classifications

The following Classification levels have been achieved, and badges are in the process of being awarded under the new Archery GB Classification Scheme:

• Gary Wong (Longbow) – Bowman 1st Class. Congratulations to Gary, this is the highest classification that can be awarded within the club.
• Phil Harley (Barebow) – Bowman 3rd Class.

More information on indoor and outdoor rounds and classification can be found here, or speak to me on a shooting night. You can start to shoot outdoor classification rounds once you have achieved your 20 yard 252, and start working towards your first Archer Classification.

Progress and 252 Awards

Badges were awarded to the following archers:

252 Awards

• Nathan Connolly (Longbow) – 20yd 252
• Josie Nuttall (Barebow) – 40yd 252
• Arron Nuttall (Longbow) – 40yd 252

AGB Progress Awards

• Phil Harley (Barebow) – 60yd Outdoor AGB Progress

More information on the two progress schemes can be found here, or speak to me at one of our club sessions.

Now that we have moved to indoor shooting during the week there is an opportunity for new archers to start to shoot for Indoor Archery GB Progress awards, please see me at your next session and I will explain.

Competitions

The club has entered the following teams into the DCAS Summer Postal Leagues:

• One Senior Recurve/Barebow Long Warwick team
• One Senior Compound Long Warwick team
• One Senior Longbow Warwick team
• Two Senior Recurve/Barebow Warwick 50 teams
• One Junior Mixed Style Warwick 30 team

There are three archers per team, and the club will collate the scores in descending order and the highest scores will be entered each month. Scores will need to be submitted on a club score sheet and signed as indicated. The rules for the competition can be found on the DCAS Postal Competitions page, and the associated score sheet on the Club Score Sheets page.

As you can see from above only 5 archers submitted scores across three of the six divisions entered in September, mostly due to the adverse weather conditions. Well done to all those who provided scores for this competition.

The following scores were submitted for the final round of the competition:

• Senior Recurve/Barebow Long Warwick team – Won Division 2
• Senior Compound Long Warwick team – Finished in 5th place in Division 1
• Senior Longbow Warwick team – Finished in 5th place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Warwick 50 team A – Finished in 2nd place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Warwick 50 team B – Finished in 3rd place in Division 2
• Junior Mixed Style Warwick 30 team – Finished in 2nd place in Division 1

The following archers held the highest scores for the round shot by bow style:

• Linda Wright (Ladies Barebow) Long Warwick (Mixed) – Score 223
• John Pengilley (Gents Barebow) Long Warwick (Mixed) – Score 214
• Neill White (Gents Longbow) Warwick – Score 304
• Finley Melia (U16 Boys Recurve) Warwick 30 – Score 370

Well done to all of you. DCAS medals have been requested and will be awarded in due course.

The final table positions are as follows:

A document containing all of August’s submitted scores can be found here.

Submission of a DCAS Summer Postal score sheet also gives you the opportunity to earn a Six Gold, Three Gold (Longbow) badge if you shoot the relevant score on the longest distance of your round. More information about this scheme can be found in the Award Scheme page of the club website.

DCAS Autumn Gold hosted by Redruth Archers (1st September)

Two Yelverton Bowmen archers travelled to Redruth for this DCAS organised competition shooting St George/Albion/Windsor rounds, and both shot well:

• Jill Hudson came 2nd in the Ladies Albion Longbow
• Gary Wong came 3rd in the Gents St George Longbow

Somerset County Archery Association Battle of Britain WRS WA1440 hosted by Burnham Company of Archers (15th September)

Gary Wong was the sole Yelverton Bowmen archer to make the trip to Somerset for this event. Gary shot very well and scored 546 (which is a Bowmen 1st Class score) to win the Gents Longbow competition by the small margin of 2 points. In addition to this Gary won the Highest score by a Longbow Tankard.

Well done Gary.

Grand Western Archery Society Intercounties Tournament hosted by Cleve Archers (22nd September)

Two Yelverton Bowmen archers were invited to represent the Devon and Cornwall Archery Society at the above competition. The competition was shot in really wet conditions, however both archers shot well.

• Alex Rowe shot in the Recurve team
• Linda Wright shot in the Barebow team

Both archers helped to ensure that the DCAS team achieved the following
results:

Paris 2024: Aim for Paris Virtual Challenge

Six Yelverton Bowmen archers submitted scores for the Aim for Paris Virtual Challenge and AGB badges are in the process of being awarded to the following archers:

• Jack Cunningham
• Steven Millard
• Corey Richardson
• Mic Richards
• Neill White
• John Pengilley

2024/25 Indoor Season

DCAS Winter Postal

The club have applied for entry of the following teams in the DCAS Winter Postal competitions:

Portsmouth (indoor)

• 3 in number Senior Recurve/Barebow teams
• 1 in number Senior Compound team
• 1 in number Senior Longbow team
• 1 in number Junior (U16) team

Frostbite (outdoor)

• 1 in number Senior Compound plus (1 compound archer + 2 other bow types)
• 2 in number Senior Recurve/Barebow
• 1 in number Senior Longbow
• 1 in number Senior Mixed non-Compound
• 1 in number Junior Mixed non-Compound

As with the summer postals these will be open to all club members. Archers scores should be submitted to the clubs records officer at the end of each month on a fully completed and signed club score sheet. However only one score should be submitted each month for entry into these competitions.

Both of these competitions start in November, however details of the competitions can be found here. If you have any questions please come and talk to me at one of our shooting sessions.

Scores submitted for these competitions will also qualify for individual Frostbite & Portsmouth badges.

Bray 1 League

Running alongside the DCAS Portsmouth Postal and Frostbite Postal Competitions we are also running an internal club competition shooting Bray I rounds. The competition will run from the beginning of October to the end of March, and as such this means that all indoor shooting sessions during this period are considered to be club Target days. This means that archers will be able to shoot rounds and submit scores towards the Bowmen classifications.

Details for this competition can be found here.

We are excited to announce that Yelverton Bowmen will be hosting an internal competition for our members on Sunday 15th September 2024. In case of unfavorable weather, the event will be rescheduled to the following Sunday 22nd September.

The chosen round for this competition will be the Nationals round. Participants will shoot a total of 6 dozen arrows, with 4 dozen at the longer distance and 2 dozen at the shorter distance.

Rounds will be entered according to the current 252 classification at the time of entry. For example, if you have a 40 yards 252 qualification, you can enter up to the National 50 round.

Please return the entry form to Neill White.

Welcome to the August report of the 2023/24 shooting season.

In previous years we would now only focus on shooting outdoors, however as we now have access to shoot indoors at the YMCA all year round archers can shoot indoor rounds if the weather prevents outdoor shooting.

Club Records

Once again Club Target days shot during August gave more archers the opportunity to shoot classification rounds. This has resulted in a significant number of improved or new club records being shot. Certificates are in the process of being awarded for the following archers:

• Neill White – 50+ Men’s Longbow
  • WA1440 (ladies) / (Metric I) – Score 741 (previous record 563)
  • WA1440 (ladies) / (Metric I) (Double) – Score 1450 (no previous record)
  • Short Metric/Short Metric I – Score 407 (previous record 144)
  • WA1440 (Gentlemen) – Score 668 (previous record 473)
• Andrew Axworthy – Senior Men’s Recurve
  • Warwick 40 (formerly Junior Warwick) – Score 422 (previous record 370)
• Linda Wright – 50+ Women’s Barebow
  • Short Metric/Short Metric I – Score 364 (no previous record)
• Finley Melia – U16 Mens recurve:
  • Warwick 30 (was Short Junior Warwick) – Score 370 (previous record 352)
• Phil Harley – 50+ Mens Barebow:
  • Metric 122 40m (New round) – Score 545 (no previous record)
  • Warwick 40 (was Junior Warwick) – Score 378 (previous record 374)
  • Short Metric II – Score 435 (no previous record)
• Mic Richards – Senior Womens Barebow:
  • Warwick 40 (was Junior Warwick) – Score 356 (previous record 322)
• Sarah Watson – Senior Womens Recurve:
  • Metric 122-40 (New round) – Score 433 (previous record 429)
• Corey Richardson – U21 Mens Compound:
  • WA1440 (ladies) / Metric I – Score 1203 (no previous record)
• Alex Rowe – Senior Mens Recurve:
  • WA70 – Score 579 (previous record 548)
  • WA70 (Double) – Score 1140 (previous record 1072)
  • WA1440 (Double) – Score 2232 (no previous record)

Classifications

The following Classification levels have been achieved, and badges are in the process of being awarded under the new Archery GB Classification Scheme:

• Neill White (Longbow) – Outdoor Grand Master Bowman. This has been awarded to Neill by Archery GB and was achieved by shooting at an exceptionally high level in external record status competitions. Congratulations to Neill, this is a significant achievement and is the second highest nationally recognised level.
• Alex Rowe (Recurve) – Bowman 1^st Class. Congratulations to Alex, this is the highest classification that can be awarded at club level.
• Corey Richardson (Compound) – Bowman 2^nd Class
• Gary Wong (Compound) – Bowman 2^nd Class
• Gary Wong (Longbow) – Bowman 2^nd Class. Congratulations to Gary, he is the first archer that I have awarded a Bowman level badge for multiple bow styles in the same season.
• Stan Axworthy (Recurve) – Archer 1^st Class
• Finley Melia (Recurve) – Archer 1^st Class
• Sarah Watson (Recurve) – Archer 2^nd Class
• Steve Murray (Recurve) – Archer 2^nd Class
• Tim Tatum (Recurve) – Archer 3^rd Class

More information on indoor and outdoor rounds and classification can be found here, or speak to me on a shooting night. You can start to shoot outdoor classification rounds once you have achieved your 20 yard 252, and start working towards your first Archer Classification.

Progress and 252 Awards

Badges were awarded to the following archers:

252 Awards

• Paul Warren (Compound) – 60yd 252
• Joe Maskell (Barebow) – 50yd & 60yd 252
• Phil Harley (Barebow) – 50yd 252 & 50yd Outdoor AGB Progress
• Phil Lomas (Barebow) – 40yd 252
• Sarah Legg (Recurve) – 20yd & 30yd 252
• Gary Still (Barebow) – 20yd & 30yd 252
• Chris Danson (Recurve) – 20yd & 30yd 252
• Tim Hall (Compound) – 30yd 252
• Robert Earl (Recurve) – 30yd 252
• Mark Armstrong (Recurve) – 30yd 252
• Georgina Baglow (Longbow) – 20yd 252
• Lorelei Armstrong (Recurve) – 20yd 252
• David Legg (Recurve) – 20yd 252

More information on the two progress schemes can be found here, or speak to me at one of our club sessions.

Now that we have moved to indoor shooting during the week there is an opportunity for new archers to start to shoot for Indoor Archery GB Progress awards, please see me at your next session and I will explain.

Competitions

DCAS Summer Postal League 2024

The club has entered the following teams into the DCAS Summer Postal Leagues:

• One Senior Recurve/Barebow Long Warwick team
• One Senior Compound Long Warwick team
• One Senior Longbow Warwick team
• Two Senior Recurve/Barebow Warwick 50 teams
• One Junior Mixed Style Warwick 30 team

There are three archers per team, and the club will collate the scores in descending order and the highest scores will be entered each month. Scores will need to be submitted on a club score sheet and signed as indicated. The rules for the competition can be found on the DCAS Postal Competitions page, and the associated score sheet on the Club Score Sheets page.

The following scores were submitted by members of the club and as you can see from the results below the club performed reasonably well:

In August we again managed to win in 4 of the 6 divisions we have entered. Well done to all those who provided scores for this competition.

The current standings are as follows:

• Senior Recurve/Barebow Long Warwick team – Remain in 1^st place in Division 2
• Senior Compound Long Warwick team – Remain in 5^th place in Division 1
• Senior Longbow Warwick team – Remain in 3^rd place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Warwick 50 team A – Remain in 1^st place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Warwick 50 team B – Moved up to 2^nd place in Division 2
• Junior Mixed Style Warwick 30 team – Remain in 2^nd place in Division 1

Currently the following archers hold the highest scores for the round shot by bow style:

• Linda Wright (Ladies Barebow) Long Warwick (Mixed) – Score 221
• John Pengilley (Gents Barebow) Long Warwick (Mixed) – Score 214
• Neill White (Gents Longbow) Warwick – Score 304
• Finley Melia (U16 Boys Recurve) Warwick 30 – Score 370 (new club record)
• Josie Nuttall (U16 Girls Barebow) Warwick 30 – Score 327 (new club record)

Well done to all of you.

A document containing all of August’s submitted scores can be found here.

September is the final round of the 2024 DCAS summer postal, so there is one final chance to improve, or secure, the clubs standing in all of the divisions.

Submission of a DCAS Summer Postal score sheet also gives you the opportunity to earn a Six Gold, Three Gold (Longbow) badge if you shoot the relevant score on the longest distance of your round. More information about this scheme can be found in the Award Scheme page of the club website.

Redruth Archers Double WA1440 Weekend (3^rd & 4^th August)

Several Yelverton Bowmen archers traveled to Redruth for this weekend competition shooting 90m or 70m WA1440 rounds, and all shot well with Alex, Jill & Neill shooting new club records:

Day 1:

• Alex Rowe came 3^rd in the Men’s 90m Recurve
• Gary Wong came 5^th in the Men’s 90m Compound
• Jill Hudson came 3^rd in the Ladies 70m Longbow
• Neill White came 1^st in the Mens 50+ 70m Longbow
• IANSEO | Redruth Archers Double 1440 Day 1

Day 2:

• Alex Rowe came 4^th  in the Men’s 90m Recurve
• Gary Wong came 6^th in the Mens 90m Compound
• Jill Hudson came 2^nd in the Ladies 70m Longbow
• Neill White came 1^st in the Men’s 50+ 70m Longbow
• IANSEO | Redruth Archers Double 1440 Day 2

Exmouth Archers WA Weekend (17th & 18th August)

Several Yelverton Bowmen archers made the trip to Exmouth for this competition. Day one consisted of a WA 720 seeding round, followed by Heads to Heads. Day Two saw archers shooting WA1440 Star & Metric rounds.

Day 1:

• Iain Lees came 7^th in the Compound Men category ranking round, and was eventually beaten in the head to head gold medal match by one point. Well done to Iain.
• Gary Wong came 5^th in the Compound Men category ranking round, and was knocked out in the head to head by the archer who went on to take third place.
• Corey Richardson came 8^th in the Compound Men category ranking round, and was knocked out in the second round of Head to Heads by the eventual winner.
• IANSEO | Exmouth Archers WA Weekend Day 1 (WA 720)

Day 2:

• Neill White secured the gold medal in the Men’s WA 1440 90m Longbow,
• Gary Wong switched bow styles on day 2 and took the bronze medal in the Men’s WA 1440 90m Longbow,
• Corey Richardson took the gold medal in the Men’s WA 1440 (70m) Compound.
• IANSEO | Exmouth Archers WA Weekend Day 2 (WA 1440)

Lizard Peninsula Bowmen Summer Bonanza (24th & 25th August)

Gary Wong was the only club member to make the trip to the Lizard peninsula and shot well on both days:

Day 1:

• Gary came 1^st place in the Men’s Single Hereford Longbow, and

Day 2:

• 2^nd place in the Men’s Single York Longbow

Well done Gary, great effort.

Paris 2024: Aim for Paris Virtual Challenge

The Aim for Paris Virtual Challenge offered archers of all levels the chance to shoot alongside the best of the best during the Olympics and Paralympics from wherever you are.

From the 26 July to the 8 September, archers were able to compete in the Aim for Paris Virtual Challenge and experience the spirit of international competition.

With distances ranging from 10 metres to 70 metres, each round presents a unique challenge, mirroring the intensity and precision of the Olympic and Paralympic events.

Participating in the Aim for Paris Virtual Challenge is easy and accessible to all. Simply shoot your chosen round, record your scores, and submit your entry via the online form.

Only a small number of archers took up this challenge and submitted internal score sheets, these will be assessed and discussed with those who entered.

Target Days

There will be no season long competition this summer so the club are introducing a number of target days each month, Rounds will be announced before the start of each month and will be tailored to give archers talking part in a number of external competitions a chance to practice the relevant rounds. Also designated rounds shot on Target Days will count towards the achievement of an archers Bowman Classification. These rounds will be released in the Events section of the club website. Score sheets and clipboards etc will be made available on the day, and the rounds will be shot & scored in accordance with Archery GB rules.

The Target Days for September will include:

• Sunday 1^st September: Long Metric / Warwicks
• Tuesday 3^rd September: Warwicks (in support of DCAS Postal competition only)
• Friday 6^th September: Warwicks (in support of DCAS Postal competition only)
• Sunday 8^th September : Warwicks
• Tuesday 10^th September: Warwicks (in support of DCAS Postal competition only)
• Sunday 22^nd September: Yelverton Bowmen internal Summer National Competition
• Sunday 29^th September: Warwicks – Final chance to shoot a round for entry into the DCAS summer Postal competition

A list of indoor target days will be published in due course.

2024/25 Indoor Season

DCAS Winter Postal

The entry details for the DCAS winter postal competitions (Portsmouth & Frostbite) have been issued to the club and we will look to enter a mix of teams in both competitions to cover all bow styles. As with the summer postals these will be open to all club members, with the highest scores each month being submitted. Scores submitted for these competitions will also qualify for individual Frosbite & Portsmouth badges. Both of these competitions start in October and the teams being entered will be confirmed next month, however details of the competitions can be found here.

Bray 1 League

Running alongside the DCAS Portsmouth Postal and Frostbite Postal Competitions we are also running an internal club competition shooting Bray I rounds. The competition will run from the beginning of October to the end of March.

Welcome to the July report of the 2023/24 shooting season.

In previous years we would now only focus on shooting outdoors, however as we now have access to shoot indoors at the YMCA all year round archers can shoot indoor rounds if the weather prevents outdoor shooting.

Club Records

Once again Club Target days shot during July gave more archers the opportunity to shoot classification rounds. This has resulted in a significant number of improved or new club records being shot. Certificates are in the process of being awarded for the following archers:

• Neill White – 50+ Men’s Longbow
  • Warwick – Score 304 (previous record 296)
  • National – Score 403 (previous score 379)
  • New Western – Score 173 (no previous record)
  • Warwick 50 (was Short Warwick) – Score 320 (previous record 305)
  • WA 60m – Score 362 (no previous record)
  • WA 70m – Score 276 (previous record 274)
  • Double WA 70m – Score 539 (previous record 516)

• Andrew Axworthy – Senior Men’s Recurve
  • Long Warwick – Score 376 (previous record 372)
  • Long National – Score 544 (previous score 522)

• Jill Hudson – Senior Women’s Longbow
  • WA1440 (70m) / Metric I – Score 424  (no previous record)
  • WA1440 (70m) / Metric I (Double) – Score 739 (no previous record)

• Emma Broadhurst – Senior Women’s Longbow
  • National 30 (Was Short Junior National) – Score 426 (no previous record)
  • Western 40 (was Junior Western) – Score 338 (previous record 332)
  • Warwick 30 (was Short Junior Warwick) – Score 269 (previous score 267)
  • Warwick 40 (was Junior Warwick) – Score 207 (no previous record)

• Dan Baxter – Senior Men’s Recurve
  • National 30 (Was Short Junior National) – Score 535 (no previous record)

• Kevin Hancock – 50+ Men’s Longbow
  • National 30 (was Short Junior National) – Score 393 (no previous record)
  • Western 40 (was Junior Western) – Score 305 (no previous record)
  • Warwick 30 (was Short Junior Warwick) – Score 285 (previous score 215)
  • Warwick 40 (was Junior Warwick) – Score 208 (no previous record)

• Philip Harley – 50+ Men’s Barebow
  • National 40 (was Junior National) – Score 500 (no previous record)
  • Western 40 (was Junior Western) – Score 649 (no previous record)

• Corey Richardson – U21 Men’s Compound
  • Western 40 (was Junior Western) – Score 828 (no previous record)

• Jonathan Ward – Senior Men’s Barebow
  • Western 50 (was Short Western) – Score 573 (no previous record)

• Mic Richards – Senior Women’s Barebow
  • Warwick 30 (was Short Junior Warwick) – Score 380 (no previous record)

• Linda Wright – 50+ Women’s Barebow
  • Warwick – Score 278 (previous record 267)
  • WA 50m – Score 459 (previous record 456)

• Stan Axworthy – 50+ Men’s Recurve
  • Metric 122-40 (new round) – Score 482 (no previous record)

• Sarah Watson – Senior Women’s Recurve
  • Metric 122-40 (new round) – Score 429 (no previous record)

Classifications

The following Classification levels have been achieved, and badges are in the process of being awarded under the new Archery GB Classification Scheme:

• Jill Hudson (Longbow) – Bowman 1^st Class. Congratulations to Jill, this is the highest classification that can be awarded at club level.
• Alex Rowe (Recurve) – Bowman 2^nd Class
• Iain Lees (Compound) – Bowman 2^nd Class
• Andrew Pearson (Recurve) – Archer 1st Class
• Kevin Hancock (Longbow) – Archer 1st Class
• Andrew Howie  (Recurve) – Archer 1st Class
• Jonathan Ward (Barebow) – Archer 1st Class
• Phil Lomas (Barebow) – Archer 2nd Class
• Emma Broadhurst (Longbow) – Archer 2nd Class
• Dan Baxter (Recurve) – Archer 3rd Class
• Sarah Watson (Recurve) – Indoor Bowman 3rd Class

More information on indoor and outdoor rounds and classification can be found here, or speak to me on a shooting night. You can start to shoot outdoor classification rounds once you have achieved your 20 yard 252, and start working towards your first Archer Classification.

Progress and 252 Awards

Badges were awarded to the following archers:

252 Awards

• Iain Lees (Compound) – 100yd 252 – This is the longest distance achievable, well done Iain
• Andrew Howie  (Recurve) – 50yd 252
• Ken Kingston (Longbow) – 40yd 252
• Tim Cunningham (Recurve) – 40yd 252
• Graeme Bullock (Recurve) – 40yd 252
• Arron Nuttal (Longbow) – 30yd 252
• Robert Earl (Recurve) – 20yd 252
• Nadine Still (Barebow) – 20yd 252
• Liz Harding (Recurve) – 20yd 252
• Beverly Lambert (Recurve) – 20yd 252
• Tim Hall (Compound) – 20yd 252
• Mark Armstrong (Recurve) – 20yd 252
• Lorelei Armstrong (Recurve) – 10yd 252
• Leyton James (Recurve) – 10yd 252

More information on the two progress schemes can be found here, or speak to me at one of our club sessions.

Competitions

DCAS Summer Postal League 2024

The club has entered the following teams into the DCAS Summer Postal Leagues:

• One Senior Recurve/Barebow Long Warwick team
• One Senior Compound Long Warwick team
• One Senior Longbow Warwick team
• Two Senior Recurve/Barebow Warwick 50 teams
• One Junior Mixed Style Warwick 30 team

There are three archers per team, and the club will collate the scores in descending order and the highest scores will be entered each month. Scores will need to be submitted on a club score sheet and signed as indicated. The rules for the competition can be found on the DCAS Postal Competitions page, and the associated score sheet on the Club Score Sheets page.

The following scores were submitted by members of the club and as you can see from the results below the club performed reasonably well:

In July we managed to win in 4 of the 6 divisions we have entered. Well done to all those who provided scores for this competition.

The current standings are as follows:

• Senior Recurve/Barebow Long Warwick team – Remain in 1^st place in Division 2
• Senior Compound Long Warwick team – Drop to 5^th place in Division 1
• Senior Longbow Warwick team – Drop to 3^rd place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Warwick 50 team A – Remain in 1^st place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Warwick 50 team B – Moved up to 2^nd place in Division 2
• Junior Mixed Style Warwick 30 team – Remain in 2^nd place in Division 1

Currently the following archers hold the highest scores for the round shot by bow style:

• Linda Wright (Ladies Barebow) Long Warwick (Mixed) – Score 221
• John Pengilley (Gents Barebow) Long Warwick (Mixed) – Score 214
• Neill White (Gents Longbow) Warwick – Score 304
• Finley Melia (U16 Boys Recurve) Warwick 30 – Score 352 (new club record)
• Josie Nuttall (U16 Girls Barebow) Warwick 30 – Score 327 (new club record)

Well done to all of you.

A document containing all of July’s submitted scores can be found here.

Submission of a DCAS Summer Postal score sheet also gives you the opportunity to earn a Six Gold, Three Gold (Longbow) badge if you shoot the relevant score on the longest distance of your round. More information about this scheme can be found in the newly updated Award Scheme page of the club website.

Dunster Archery Week (15th-21st July)

The Grand Western Archery Society holds it Annual Archery Championship Meeting at Dunster Castle Deer Park in June each year, set in the grounds of Dunster Castle which has been a fortified Tor since the late Anglo-Saxon period. The full results for this competition can be found on the GWAS website.

Alex Rowe and KT Pollington (associate member) took part in the competition.

Alex came 8th in the Gents Recurve WA 1440 (90m) with a score of 1091, 10th in the Big Game Round Field Shoot with 30 hits and a score of 444, 88th in the Longbow Two Way Western with 55 hits and a score of 197 after picking up a longbow for the first time on that very day and 8th in the Gents Recurve Clout with a combined  49 hits and a score of 118.

KT won the Ladies Barebow WA 1440 (70m) round with a score of 591, came 4th in the Big Game Round Field Shoot with 24 hits and a score of 274 and came 2nd in the Ladies Barebow Clout with a combined 32 hits and a score of 68.

Target Days

There will be no season long competition this summer so the club are introducing a number of target days each month, Rounds will be announced before the start of each month and will be tailored to give archers talking part in a number of external competitions a chance to practice the relevant rounds. Also designated rounds shot on Target Days will count towards the achievement of an archers Bowman Classification. These rounds will be released in the Events section of the club website. Score sheets and clipboards etc will be made available on the day, and the rounds will be shot & scored in accordance with Archery GB rules.

The Target Days for August will include:

• Sunday 4^th August: WA 720 (including Heads-to-Heads)
• Tuesday 6^th August: Warwicks
• Sunday 11^th August: Short Metrics
• Sunday 18^th August: Nationals / Warwicks
• Friday 23^rd August: Warwicks
• Sunday 25^th August: Westerns
• Friday 30^th August: Warwicks

Paris 2024: Aim for Paris Virtual Challenge

The Aim for Paris Virtual Challenge offers archers of all levels the chance to shoot alongside the best of the best during the Olympics and Paralympics from wherever you are.

From the 26 July to the 8 September, compete in the Aim for Paris Virtual Challenge and experience the spirit of international competition.

With distances ranging from 10 metres to 70 metres, each round presents a unique challenge, mirroring the intensity and precision of the Olympic and Paralympic events.

Participating in the Aim for Paris Virtual Challenge is easy and accessible to all. Simply shoot your chosen round, record your scores, and submit your entry via the online form.

Scoresheets can be downloaded from the Club Score Sheets page.

More details on the competition can be found here, and the dates that the rounds can be shot at the club are included on the clubs Events page.

Welcome to the June report of the 2023/24 shooting season.

In previous years we would now only focus on shooting outdoors, however as we now have access to shoot indoors at the YMCA all year round archers can shoot indoor rounds if the weather prevents outdoor shooting.

Club Records

Several Club Target days were shot during June which gave more archers the opportunity to shoot classification rounds. This has resulted in a significant number of improved or new club records being shot. Certificates are in the process of being awarded for the following archers:

• Dan Baxter – Senior Men’s Recurve:
  • Warwick 30 (Short Junior Warwick) – score 396 (previous record 288)
• Emma Broadhurst – Senior Womens Longbow:
  • Warwick 30 (Short Junior Warwick) – score 267 (no previous record)
• Kevin Hancock – 50+ Men’s Longbow:
  • Warwick 30 (Short Junior Warwick) – score 215 (no previous record)
• Iain Lees – Senior Men’s Compound:
  • Warwick 50 (Short Warwick) – score 428 (previous record 416)
•  Jeni Mattock – 50+ Women’s Barebow:
  • Warwick 40 (Junior Warwick) – Score 322 (= previous record 322)
• Neill White – 50+ Men’s Longbow:
  • Warwick – score 296 (previous record 275)
  • WA70 – Score 274 (previous score 192)
  • Double WA70 – Score 516 (not currently listed)
  • Long Metric – Score 235 (previous score 174)
  • National – Score 379 (previous score 305)
• Josie Nuttall – U16 Women Barebow:
  • Warwick 30 (Short Junior Warwick) – score 327 (no previous record)
• Finley Melia – U16 Men’s Recurve:
  • Warwick 30 (Short Junior Warwick) – score 352 (no previous record)
• Andrew Axworthy – Senior Men’s Recurve:
  • Long Metric I – Score 521 (previous score 470)
• John Pengilley – 50+ Men’s Barebow:
  • Long Metric II – Score 426 (no previous score)
• WA50 (Barebow) – Score 517 (no previous score)
  • Double WA50 (Barebow) – Score 992 (no previous score)
• Phil Lomas – 50+ Men’s Barebow:
  • Long Metric III – Score 405 (no previous score)
• Jonathan Ward – Senior Men’s Barebow:
  • WA900 – Score 446 (no previous score)
• Gary Wong – Senior Men’s Longbow:
  • WA900 – Score 311 (no previous score)
• Alex Rowe – Senior Men’s Recurve:
  • WA900 – Score 735 (previous score 589)
• Samantha Dalton – Senior Women’s Longbow:
  • National 50 (Short National) – Score 162 (no previous score)
• Tim Cunningham – Senior Men’s Recurve:
  • National 40 (Junior National) – Score 510 (no previous score)

Classifications

The following Classification levels have been achieved, and badges are in the process of being awarded under the new Archery GB Classification Scheme:

• Andrew Axworthy (Recurve) – Outdoor Bowman 2nd Class
• John Pengilley (Barebow) – Outdoor Bowman 2nd Class
• Gary Wong (Longbow) – Outdoor Bowman 3rd Class
• Alex Rowe (Recurve) – Outdoor Bowman 3rd Class
• Phil Harley (Barebow) – Outdoor Archer 1st Class
• Jonathan Ward (Barebow) – Outdoor Archer 2nd Class
• KT Pollington (Barebow) – Outdoor Archer 2nd Class
• El Green (Longbow) – Outdoor Archer 2nd Class

More information on indoor and outdoor rounds and classification can be found here, or speak to me on a shooting night. You can start to shoot outdoor classification rounds once you have achieved your 20 yard 252, and start working towards your first Archer Classification.

Progress and 252 Awards

Badges were awarded to the following archers:

Progress Awards

• Emma Broadhurst (Longbow) – Outdoor AGB Progress Black (30yd) award
• Tim Cunningham (Recurve) – Outdoor AGB Progress Black (30yd) award

252 Awards

• Gary Wong (Compound) – 80yd 252
• Jonathan Ward (Barebow) – 60yd 252
• Jenni Mattock (Barebow) – 40yd 252
• Andrew Pearson (Recurve) – 40yd 252
• Emma Broadhurst (Longbow) – 30yd 252
• Dan Baxter (Recurve) – 30yd 252
• Nathan Connolly (Barebow) – 30yd 252
• Kevin Hancock (Longbow) – 30yd & 20yd 252

More information on the two progress schemes can be found here, or speak to me at one of our club sessions.

Competitions

DCAS Summer Postal League 2024

The club has entered the following teams into the DCAS Summer Postal Leagues:

• One Senior Recurve/Barebow Long Warwick team
• One Senior Compound Long Warwick team
• One Senior Longbow Warwick team
• Two Senior Recurve/Barebow Warwick 50 teams
• One Junior Mixed Style Warwick 30 team

There are three archers per team, and the club will collate the scores in descending order and the highest scores will be entered each month. Scores will need to be submitted on a club score sheet and signed as indicated. The rules for the competition can be found on the DCAS Postal Competitions page, and the associated score sheet on the Club Score Sheets page.

The following scores were submitted by members of the club and as you can see from the results below the club performed reasonably well:

In June we managed to win in 3 of the 6 divisions we have entered. Well done to all those who provided scores for this competition.

The current standings are as follows:

• Senior Recurve/Barebow Long Warwick team – Remain in 1st place in Division 2
• Senior Compound Long Warwick team – Remain in 4th place in Division 1
• Senior Longbow Warwick team – Remain in 2nd place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Warwick 50 team A – Moved up from 3rd to 1st place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Warwick 50 team B – Remain in 3rd place in Division 2
• Junior Mixed Style Warwick 30 team – Dropped from 1st to 2nd place in Division 1

Currently the following archers hold the highest scores for the round shot by bow style:

• Linda Wright (Ladies Barebow) Long Warwick (Mixed) – Score 221
• Neill White (Gents Longbow) Warwick – Score 296
• Finley Melia (U16 Boys Recurve) Warwick 30 – Score 352 (new club record)
• Josie Nuttall (U16 Girls Barebow) Warwick 30 – Score 327 (new club record)

Well done to all of you.

 

A document containing all of June’s submitted scores can be found here.

Submission of a DCAS Summer Postal score sheet also gives you the opportunity to earn a Six Gold, Three Gold (Longbow) badge if you shoot the relevant score on the longest distance of your round. More information about this scheme can be found in the newly updated Award Scheme page of the club website.

External Competitions

Yelverton Bowmen Archers took part in one external competitions in June:

Bowmen of Wadebridge WRS Double WA720 (22nd June)

Six Yelverton Bowmen archers took part in day one of the competition, and all of them took home a medal. Well done to everyone who took part.

• Gary Wong came 1st, and Dominic Dalton 2nd place in the Men’s Longbow
• Neill White claimed 2nd place in the 50+ Men’s Longbow
• Sam Dalton came 2nd in the Women’s Longbow
• Steve Marsh came 2nd in the Men’s Barebow
• John Pengilley came 1st in the 50+ Men’s Barebow

Bowmen of Wadebridge Mixed Herefords (23rd June)

Gary Wong was the only Yelverton Bowmen archer to shoot on the second day at Wadebridge and took first place in the Hereford Mens Longbow, well done Gary.

Target Days

There will be no season long competition this summer so the club are introducing a number of target days each month, Rounds will be announced before the start of each month and will be tailored to give archers talking part in a number of external competitions a chance to practice the relevant rounds. Also designated rounds shot on Target Days will count towards the achievement of an archers Bowman Classification. These rounds will be released in the Events section of the club website. Score sheets and clipboards etc will be made available on the day, and the rounds will be shot & scored in accordance with Archery GB rules.

The Target Days for July will include:

• Sunday 7th July: York/Bristols/Nationals
• Tuesday 9th July: Warwicks
• Sunday 14th July: Westerns
• Tuesday 16th July: Warwicks
• Sunday 21st July: Warwicks
• Friday 26th July: Warwicks
• Sunday 28th July: Olympic WA 720 and Head-To-Heads

Welcome to the combined April & May report of the 2023/24 shooting season.

In previous years we would now only focus on shooting outdoors, however as we now have access to shoot indoors at the YMCA all year round archers can shoot indoor rounds if the weather prevents outdoor shooting.

Club Records

Having reviewed a number of shooting record cards, the following new club records have been set and certificates have been awarded:

•  Jamie Pruden – Senior Men Recurve
  • Worcester (Double) – Score 454 (No previous record)
• Sarah Watson – Senior Womens Compound:
  • Worcester – Score 237 (Previous 226)
  • Worcester (5 spot) – Score 184 (no previous record)
  • St Nicholas – Score 505 (no previous record)
• Iain Lees – Senior Men Compound:
  • Worcester (5 spot) – Score 300 (previous record 300) – Club record equalled.
  • Bray I (triple spot) – Score 281 (no previous record)
  • Vegas 300 – Score 291 (no previous record)
• Jonathan Ward – Senior Men Barebow:
  • Worcester (5 spot) – Score 164 (no previous record)
• Samantha Dalton – Womens Senior Longbow:
  • Bristol IV – Score 524 (no previous record)
  • Bristol III – Score 279 (no previous record)
  • Short Warwick (Warwick 50) – Score 90 (no previous record)
• Jill Hudson – Womens Senior Longbow:
  • WA70 – Score 109 (no previous record)
  • Hereford/Bristol I – Score 294 (previous record 279)
• Linda Wright – Womens Senior Barebow:
  • Bristol II – Score 885 (previous record 789)
  • WA50 – Score 456 (no previous record)
• Corey Richardson – U21 Men Compound:
  • WA 900 – Score 784 (no previous record)
• John Pengilley – 50+ Men Barebow:
  • Hereford – Score 608 (no previous record)
  • Long Warwick – Score 225 (previous record 198)

Classifications

The following Classification levels have been achieved, and badges are in the process of being awarded under the new Archery GB Classification Scheme:

• Linda Wright (Barebow) – Outdoor Bowman 1^st Class, this is the highest classification able to be awarded by the club, well done Linda.
• Jill Hudson (Longbow) – Outdoor Bowman 2^nd Class
• Steve Marsh (Barebow) – Indoor Bowman 3^rd class
• Phil Harley (Barebow) – Indoor Bowman 3^rd Class
• Dominic Dalton (Longbow) – Outdoor Bowman 3^rd Class
• Sam Dalton (Longbow) – Outdoor Archer 2^nd Class
• Andrew Howie (Recurve) – Outdoor Archer 3^rd Class
• Phil Lomas (Barebow) – Indoor Archer 3^rd Class
• Corey Richardson (Compound) – Reconfirmed Outdoor Bowman 3^rd Class
• Gary Wong (Recurve) – Reconfirmed Outdoor Archer 1^st Class

More information on indoor & outdoor rounds and classification can be found here, or speak to me on a shooting night. You can start to shoot outdoor classification rounds once you have achieved your 20 yard 252 (outdoor) or AGB Progress award (indoor & outdoor), and start working towards your first Archer Classification.

New Shooting Record Cards will be available from late April.

Progress and 252 Awards

Badges were awarded to the following archers:

Progress

• Dominic Dalton (Longbow) – Outdoor AGB Progress Blue (40yd), Red (50yd) & Gold (60yd) awards
• Laurence Nairne (Barebow) – Outdoor AGB Progress Red (50yd) award
• Andrew Howie (Recurve) – Outdoor AGB Progress Red (50yd) award
• Phil Harley (Barebow) – Indoor AGB Progress Blue award
• Phil Lomas (Barebow) – Outdoor AGB Progress White (20yd) & Black (30yd) award
• Tim Cunningham (Recurve) – Outdoor AGB Progress Black (30yd) award
• Emma Broadhurst (Longbow) – Outdoor AGB Progress White (20yd) award
• Millie Kerchey (Recurve) – Indoor AGB Progress Black (15yd) award
• Summer Kerchey (Recurve) – Indoor AGB Progress Black (15yd) award

252

• Neill White (Longbow) – 80yd 252
• Jamie Pruden (Recurve) – 60 yd 252
• Gary Wong (Compound) – 60yd 252
• John Pengilley (Barebow) 60yd 252
• Jonathan Ward (Barebow) – 40yd & 50yd 252
• Tim Cunningham (Recurve) – 20yd & 30yd 252
• Dominic Dalton (Longbow) – 40yd 252
• Phil Lomas (Barebow) – 30yd 252

More information on the two progress schemes, including the AGB Indoor Progress awards, can be found here, or speak to me at one of our club sessions.

Competitions

DCAS Summer Postal League 2024

The club has entered the following teams into the DCAS Summer Postal Leagues:

• One Senior Recurve/Barebow Long Warwick team
• One Senior Compound Long Warwick team
• One Senior Longbow Warwick team
• Two Senior Recurve/Barebow Warwick 50 teams
• One Junior Mixed Style Warwick 30 team

There are three archers per team, and the club will collate the scores in descending order and the highest scores will be entered each month. Scores will need to be submitted on a club score sheet and signed as indicated. The rules for the competition can be found on the DCAS Postal Competitions page, and the associated score sheet on the Club Score Sheets page.

The following scores were submitted by members of the club and as you can see from the results below the club performed exceptionally well:

In May we won in 5 of the 6 divisions we have entered. This is a fantastic achievement by all those who shot.

The current standings are as follows:

• Senior Recurve/Barebow Long Warwick team – 1^st place in Division 2
• Senior Compound Long Warwick team – 4^th place in Division 1
• Senior Longbow Warwick team – 2^nd place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Warwick 50 team A – 3^rd place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Warwick 50 team B – 3^rd place in Division 2
• Junior Mixed Style Warwick 30 team – 1^st place in Division 1

Currently the following archers hold the highest scores for the round shot by bow style:

• Linda Wright (Ladies Barebow) Long Warwick (Mixed) – Score 221
• Neill White (Gents Longbow) Warwick – Score 296
• Finley Melia (U16 Boys Recurve) Warwick 30 – Score 352 (new club record)
• Josie Nuttall (U16 Girls Barebow) Warwick 30 – Score 327 (new club record)

Well done to all of you.

A document containing all of May’s submitted scores can be found here.

Submission of a DCAS Summer Postal score sheet also gives you the opportunity to earn a Three Gold end (longbow) or Six Gold end badge if you shoot the relevant score on the longest distance of your round.

External Competitions

Yelverton Bowmen Archers took part in a number of external competitions in April/May including:

SWWU Leg 8 – Swansea (4th May)

• Corey Richardson came 3rd in Men’s Experience Compound WA 900 representing the University of Plymouth

DCAS Grand Day Out (5^th May)

• Two Way Senior Longbow National
  • Dominic Dalton came 8th in Gent’s Longbow Two Way National
• Afternoon National
  • Dominic Dalton came 6th in Gent’s Longbow National
  • Corey Richardson came 7th in Gent’s Compound National
  • Seraya Danes came 1st in Junior Ladies Recurve National 30

Well done to everyone for continuing to shoot despite the dreadful British weather, and especially to Seraya for medalling again!

Redruth Archers Spring Tournament (18^th and 19^th May)

• Day One – York, Hereford & Bristol rounds. The club had 8 archers shooting representing compound, Recurve, Barebow & Longbow with 6 of them securing medals:
  • Jamie Pruden came 2^nd (silver medal) in Men’s Recurve Hereford,
  • Ian Lees  came 4^th in Men’s Compound York
  • Linda Wright came 1^st (gold medal) in Women’s Barebow Bristol I
  • John Pengilley came 1^st (gold medal) in Men’s Barebow Hereford
  • Dominic Dalton came 3^rd (bronze medal) in Men’s Longbow York
  • Ken Kingston came 5^th in Men’s Longbow York
  • Jill Hudson came 2^nd (silver medal) in Women’s Longbow Hereford
  • Sam Dalton came 1^st (gold medal) in Women’s Longbow Bristol IV

• Day Two – Double WA 720 rounds. The club had 12 archers competing with 6 of them securing medals. Well done to everyone who took part.
  • Alex Rowe came 2^nd (silver medal) in Men’s Recurve WA 70m
  • Jamie Pruden came 10^th in Men’s WA Recurve 70m
  • Ian Lees came 4^th in Men’s Compound WA 50m
  • Corey Richardson came 7^th in Men’s Compound WA 50m
  • Steve Marsh came 3^rd (bronze medal) in Men’s Barebow WA 50m
  • John Pengilley came 4^th in Men’s Barebow WA 50m
  • Linda Wright came 1^st (gold medal) in Women’s Barebow WA 50m
  • Neill White came 2^nd (silver medal) in Men’s Longbow WA 70m
  • Dominic Dalton came 4^th in Men’s Longbow WA 70m
  • Ken Kingston came 7^th in Men’s Longbow WA 70m
  • Jill Hudson came 2^nd (silver medal) in Women’s Longbow WA 70m
  • Sam Dalton came 3^rd (bronze medal) in Women’s Longbow WA 70m

Brixham UKRS Open Rose (26^th May)

The round shot were York, Hereford & Bristol rounds, and as the competition was a UK Record Status medals and trophies were only awarded to archers competing in the rounds relevant to their category. The weather conditions, and in particular the ever changing wind made shooting difficult for all competitors.

Rounds were shot by Andrew Howie, Corey Richardson, John Pengilley, Linda Wright, Ken Kingston, Jill Hudson, Dominic Dalton & Sam Dalton.

In the end though only Linda Wright was able to secure a medal for her Barebow round in the Bristol II event. Well done Linda.

Target Days

There will be no season long competition this summer so the club are introducing a number of target days each month, Rounds will be announced before the start of each month and will be tailored to give archers talking part in a number of external competitions a chance to practice the relevant rounds. Also designated rounds shot on Target Days will count towards the achievement of an archers Bowman Classification. These rounds will be released in the Events section of the club website. Score sheets and clipboards etc will be made available on the day, and the rounds will be shot & scored in accordance with Archery GB rules.

Welcome to the March report of the 2023/24 shooting season.

This will be the final full indoor report before we move to outdoor shooting. As we now have access to YMCA all year round there may be an opportunity to record further indoor scores if the weather drives us indoors.

Club Records

Having reviewed a number of shooting record cards, the following new club records have been set and certificates have been awarded:

• Neill White – Men’s 50+ Longbow
  • Frostbite – Score 270 (Previous 268)
• Linda Wright – Women’s 50+ Barebow
  • Portsmouth – Score 479 (previous score 464)
• John Pengilley – Men’s 50+ Barebow
  • Bray I – Score 221 (previous score 213)
• Josie Nuttall – Women’s U14 Barebow
  • Portsmouth – Score 381 (previous score 355)
• Finley Melia – Men’s U16 Recurve
  • Bray I – Score 184 (previous score 176)

Classifications

The following Classification levels have been achieved, and badges are in the process of being awarded under the new Archery GB Classification Scheme:

• Linda Wright – Indoor Bowman 1^st Class, this is the highest classification able to be awarded by the club, well done Linda.
• Jeni Mattock – Indoor Bowman 2^nd Class
• Corey Richardson – Indoor Bowman 2^nd Class
• John Pengilley – Indoor Bowman 2^nd Class
• Dominic Dalton – Indoor Bowman 3^rd Class

More information on indoor & outdoor rounds and classification can be found here, or speak to me on a shooting night. You can start to shoot outdoor classification rounds once you have achieved your 20 yard 252 (outdoor) or AGB Progress award (indoor & outdoor), and start working towards your first Archer Classification.

New Shooting Record Cards will be available from late April.

Progress and 252 Awards

Badges were awarded to the following archers:

• Dominic Dalton (Longbow) – Outdoor AGB Progress Black award & 30yd 252 award
• Andrew Howie (Recurve) – 30yd 252 award

More information on the two progress schemes, including the AGB Indoor Progress awards, can be found here, or speak to me at one of our club sessions.

Competitions

DCAS Portsmouth Winter Postal League 2023/2024

The club has entered the following teams into the DCAS Winter Postal Leagues:

• Three Senior Recurve/Barebow teams
• One Senior Compound team
• One Senior Longbow team
• One Junior Mixed Style team

There are three archers per team, and the club will collate the scores in descending order and the highest scores will be entered each month. Scores will need to be submitted on a club score sheet and signed as indicated. The rules for the competition can be found on the DCAS Postal Competitions page, and the associated score sheet on the Club Score Sheets page. Submission of a score sheet also gives you the opportunity to earn a Portsmouth Badge.

The following scores were submitted by members of the club and as you can see from the results below the club performed exceptionally well:

In March we won in all 6 divisions. This is a fantastic achievement by all those who shot.

Well done to all those who submitted score sheets throughout the indoor season. We ended the league with a fantastic first place in two divisions and second place in the other four. This shows that the club is competing well with the other DCAS clubs.

• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team A – Won Division 4
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team B – Finished in 2^nd place in Division 5
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team C –  Finished in 2^nd place in Division 6
• Compound Team – Climbed up one place to finish 2^nd in Division 2
• Longbow team – Finished in 2^nd place in Division 2
• Junior U16 Mixed – Won Division 2

Furthermore, Josie Nuttall scored the highest Junior Girls Barebow score when she broke the club record this month – well done to Josie.

The following archers were awarded Portsmouth Badges:

• Darren Bennion – 580
• Mark Nightingale – Upgraded from 475 to 500
• Gary Wong – 500
• John Pengilley – Upgraded from 450 to 475
• Tim Tatum – 450
• Graeme Bullock – 450
• Dominic Dalton – 350
• Jill Hudson – Upgraded from 300 to 350

A document containing all of March’s submitted scores can be found here.

DCAS Frostbite Winter Postal League 2023/2024

As with the Portsmouth League there are three archers per team, and the club will collate the scores in descending order and the highest scores will be entered each month. Scores will need to be submitted on a club score sheet and signed as indicated. The rules for the competition can be found on the DCAS Postal Competitions page, and the associated score sheet on the Club Score Sheets page.

• One Senior Compound team
• Two Senior Recurve/Barebow teams
• One Senior Longbow team
• One Senior Mixed Non-Compound team
• One Junior Mixed Non-Compound team

The following scores were submitted by members of the club and as you can see from the results below the club performed reasonably well:

In March we once again won in three and lost in three divisions. Once again thank you for your scores, it has been a fantastic effort all season, so than you to all those who braved the weather at our outdoor shoots. As with the Portsmouth league we won in two divisions.

• Senior Compound Team – Finished in 5^th place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team A – Finished in 2^nd place in Division 2
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team B – Won Division 3
• Senior Longbow Team – Won Division 2
• Senior Mixed Non-Compound Team  –  Finished in 5^th place in Division 1
• Junior U16 Mixed Non-Compound Team  – Finished in 3^rd place in Division 1

Furthermore, Neill White has increased his highest Gents Longbow Score to 270 and finished as the highest scoring Gents Longbow archer. Well done Neill.

The following Frostbite badges were awarded:

• Iain Lees – Increased from 330 to 340
• Corey Richardson – 300
• Jason Scott – 225
• Gary Wong – 250
• Mark Nightingale – Increased from 225 to 250
• Dominic Dalton  – 150
• Ken Kingston – 150
• Arron Nuttall – 150

A document containing all of March’s scores can be found by clicking this link and the full results table can be found here.

The final results and high scores for both the Portsmouth and Frostbite Winter Postal Leagues can be found here.

Bray 1 League

Bray 1 League

In total 10 archers took part in the clubs inaugural Bray League, with 5 of those submitting 5 or more qualifying scores. The final results, including handicap adjusted totals, are as follows:

• First Place – Steve Millard (7244)
• Second Place – John Pengilley (7240)
• Third Place – Paul Horsley (7227)

Well done to Steve Millard, and all those who took part.

Full score details are as follows:

And finally…

April sees the club start to move into outdoor shooting so there will be no internal or postal competitions to enter next month.

However the club have made a submission to join the DCAS Summer Postal. This will once again be shot over five months from 1^st May. The club have elected to enter the following divisions:

• Long Warwick – Compound Archers
• Long Warwick – Archers shooting any style except compound
• Warwick – Longbow Archers
• 2 x Warwick 50 – Archers shooting any style except compound
• Warwick 30 – U16 archers, but only 1 compound archer

Any archer is able to submit scores for entry into the competition providing they are capable of shooting the required distances, and the top scoring rounds will be entered into each team. Full details of the competition can be found here.

The full Summer Postal rules can be found in this document.

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Regards,
John Pengilley,
Records Officer, Yelverton Bowman

Welcome to the February report of the 2023/24 shooting season.

February saw another busy month for the club with archers obtaining a number of awards, and recognition in the DCAS Indoor Championship. Keep up the great work everyone.

Club Records

Having reviewed a number of shooting record cards, the following new club records have been set and certificates have been awarded:

• Jonathan Ward – Men’s Barebow:
  • Bray I – Score 213 (Previous score 198)
• Jill Hudson – Ladies Longbow:
  • Bray I – Score 103 (Previous score 98)
  • Frostbite – Score 163 (Previous 97)
• Neill White – Men’s 50+ Longbow
  • Frostbite – Score 268 (Previous 264)
• Alex Rowe – Men’s Senior Recurve:
  • WA 18 (Single Face) – Score 547 (previous score 544)
  • Bray I – Score 279 (previous score 276)

Classifications

The following Classification levels have been achieved, and badges are in the process of being awarded under the new Archery GB Classification Scheme:

• Alex Rowe – Indoor Bowman 1^st Class, this is the highest classification able to be awarded by the club, well done Alex.
• Jill Hudson – Indoor Bowman 2^nd Class
• Paul Mattock – Indoor Bowman 2^nd Class
• Mark Nightingale – Indoor Bowman 3^rd Class
• Francesca Canale-Dow – Indoor Archer 1^st Class
• Dominic Dalton – Indoor Archer 1^st Class
• Mark Downing – Indoor Archer 2^nd Class

More information on indoor & outdoor rounds and classification can be found here, or speak to me on a shooting night. You can start to shoot outdoor classification rounds once you have achieved your 20 yard 252 (outdoor) or AGB Progress award (indoor & outdoor), and start working towards your first Archer Classification.

Progress and 252 Awards

Badges were awarded to the following archers:

• Gordon Thornton (Recurve) – Indoor AGB Blue award
• Laurence Nairne (Barebow) – Indoor AGB Gold award
• Finley Melia (Recurve) – Indoor AGB Gold award
• Dominic Dalton (Longbow) – Indoor AGB White award & 20yd 252 award
• Samantha Dalton (Longbow) – 20yd 252 award
• Summer Kerchey (Recurve) – Indoor AGB White award
• Millie Kerchey (Recurve) – Indoor AGB White award

More information on the two progress schemes, including the AGB Indoor Progress awards, can be found here, or speak to me at one of our club sessions.

Competitions

February saw the club take part in the fourth of five rounds of the two DCAS postal competitions, Portsmouth and Frostbite. Yelverton Bowmen were also the hosts of the 46th annual DCAS Indoor Championships.

DCAS Portsmouth Winter Postal League 2023/2024

The club has entered the following teams into the DCAS Winter Postal Leagues:

• Three Senior Recurve/Barebow teams
• One Senior Compound team
• One Senior Longbow team
• One Junior Mixed Style team

There are three archers per team, and the club will collate the scores in descending order and the highest scores will be entered each month. Scores will need to be submitted on a club score sheet and signed as indicated. The rules for the competition can be found on the DCAS Postal Competitions page, and the associated score sheet on the Club Score Sheets page. Submission of a score sheet also gives you the opportunity to earn a Portsmouth Badge.

The following scores were submitted by members of the club and as you can see from the results below the club performed exceptionally well:

In February we again had 5 wins and 1 loss. This is a fantastic achievement by all those who shot.

Well done to all those who submitted score sheets, please keep this up. Please remember this is open to all club members, so please take time to submit an entry to me because even if your score is not used it could count towards your next badge.

• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team A – Remain in 1^st place in Division 4
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team B – Moved up to 2^nd place in Division 5
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team C –  Remain in 2^nd place in Division 6
• Compound Team – Have dropped to 3^rd place in Division 2
• Longbow team – Remain in 2^nd place in Division 2
• Junior U16 Mixed – Remain in 1^st place in Division 2

The following archers were awarded Portsmouth Badges:

• Sarah Watson – 500
• Francesca Canale-Dow – 475

A document containing all of the submitted scores can be found here.

DCAS Frostbite Winter Postal League 2023/2024

As with the Portsmouth League there are three archers per team, and the club will collate the scores in descending order and the highest scores will be entered each month. Scores will need to be submitted on a club score sheet and signed as indicated. The rules for the competition can be found on the DCAS Postal Competitions page, and the associated score sheet on the Club Score Sheets page.

• One Senior Compound team
• Two Senior Recurve/Barebow teams
• One Senior Longbow team
• One Senior Mixed Non-Compound team
• One Junior Mixed Non-Compound team

The following scores were submitted by members of the club and as you can see from the results below the club performed reasonably well:

In February we won in three and lost in three divisions. Once again thank you for your scores, please keep this up, and lets see if we can get some junior scores in for the final month.

• Senior Compound Team – Have dropped from 3^rd to 4^th place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team A – Have moved up from 3^rd to 1^st place in Division 2
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team B – Remain in 1^st place in Division 3
• Senior Longbow Team – Remain in 2^nd place in Division 2
• Senior Mixed Non-Compound Team  –  Remain in 5^th place in Division 1
• Junior U16 Mixed Non-Compound Team  – Remain in 3^rd place in Division 1

Furthermore, Neill White has increased his highest Gents Longbow Score to 268 (264 shot in the November round), well done Neill.

The following Frostbite badges were awarded:

• Andrew Axworthy increased from 315 to 330
• John Pengilley – Increased from 225 to 250
• Andrew Howie – Increased from 200 to 250
• Stan Axworthy – 225
• Mic Richards – 225
• Jill Hudson – 150

A document containing all of February’s scores can be found by clicking this link and the full results table can be found here.

Please don’t forget that there are still two rounds left in these competitions so there is still time to take part.

Bray 1 League

Running alongside the DCAS Portsmouth Postal and Frostbite Postal Competitions we are currently running a new internal club competition which will continue until the end of March.

Full details of the indoor season long competition can be found here. A results table will be updated monthly.

With one month to go Steve Millard remains in first place, Paul Horsley in second and Jonathan Ward is now in third place.

DCAS 46th Open Indoor Championships

On Sunday the 25th of February 2024, more than 70 archers from across Devon, Cornwall and wider afield mustered at the YMCA in Plymouth for the Devon and Cornwall Archery Societies 46th Open Indoor Championship. Archers shot WA18m rounds over two sessions at this UK Record Status event, hosted by Yelverton Bowmen.

Whilst 18 clubs were represented in total, Yelverton Bowmen fielded 23 archers; almost 1/3 of the field, and shooting in all bow categories.

A great day was had by all those who took part and Yelverton Bowmen archers won several categories and medalled in all bow types.

Jenny Kerchey was the Lady Paramount for the event and handed out all of the trophies and medals.

The full tournament results can be found on IANSEO.

The full report for the event can be found here on the club website.

Thank you to all those who gave up their time to help and well done to all archers who took part!

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Regards,
John Pengilley,
Records Officer, Yelverton Bowman

On Sunday the 25th of February 2024, more than 70 archers from across Devon, Cornwall and wider afield mustered at the YMCA in Plymouth for the Devon and Cornwall Archery Societies 46th Open Indoor Championship. Archers shot WA18m rounds over two sessions at this UK Record Status event, hosted by Yelverton Bowmen.

Whilst 18 clubs were represented in total, Yelverton Bowmen fielded 23 archers; almost 1/3 of the field, and shooting in all bow categories.

A great day was had by all those who took part and Yelverton Bowmen archers won several categories and medalled in all bow types.

Jenny Kerchey was the Lady Paramount for the event and handed out all of the trophies and medals.

The full tournament results can be found on IANSEO, the following section summarises the clubs results:

Individual Awards

• Alex Rowe, 1st place Recurve Men (Trophy and Gold medal)
  
• Neill White, 1st place Longbow Men (Trophy and Gold medal)
• Neill shot an Indoor Grand Master Bowman score and was only 2 points off of the national record
  
• Jack Cunningham, 1st place Recurve Men U16 (Junior Trophy)
  
• Josie Nuttall, 1st place Barebow Women U15 (Junior Trophy)
  
• Iain Lees, 2nd place Compound Men (Silver medal)
• Iain had an arrow malfunction and still only finished 1 points behind the first place archer!
  
• Linda Wright, 2nd place Barebow Women (Silver medal)
  
• Steve Marsh, 2nd place Barebow Men (Silver medal)
  
• Seraya Danes, 2nd place Recurve Women U15 (Silver medal)
  
• Finley Melia, 2nd place Recurve Men U18 (Silver medal)
  

  

Team Awards

• 2nd place in the ‘Club Recurve Team of 4 Archers: Francesca Canale-Dow, Andrew Axworthy, Jamie Pruden and Alex Rowe
• 3rd place in the ‘Mixed Doubles Team Recurve’: Francesca Canale-Dow and Andrew Axworthy
• 2nd place in the ‘Mixed Doubles Team Barebow’: Linda Wright and Jonathan Ward

Yelverton Bowmen club members ensured the success of the event on the day by providing full support to the DCAS organisers and judging team, as well as running a significant raffle. This was further supported by a group of members who took time out from shooting at club nights to overhaul all of the target bosses etc. Your support to this event is greatly appreciated and was warmly recognised by Ann Gillbanks (DCAS Tournaments Officer) for ensuring that the day ran so smoothly.

Thank you to all those who gave up their time to help and well done to all archers who took part!

Welcome to the January report of the 2023/24 shooting season.

This month has seen an increase in the number of people achieving or bettering their indoor classification. It also saw the resumption of the award of Portsmouth & Frostbite badges.

Club Records

Having reviewed a number of shooting record cards, the following new club records have been set and certificates have been awarded:

• Neill White – Men’s 50+ Longbow records:
  • WA1440 (Gentlemen) 90m – Score 473 (no previous score)
  • WA1440 (Ladies) / Metric 1 70m – Score 563 (no previous score)
  • Worcester – Score 196 (previous score 144)
• Georgina Baglow – Ladies 50+ Compound
  • Portsmouth 3 spot – Score 571 (previous score 558)
• Josie Nuttall – Ladies U14 Barebow:
  • Portsmouth – score 355 ( no previous score)

Classifications

Archery GB have updated the Indoor Rounds and Classifications, including changes to the age groups to bring them in alignment with the recent outdoor changes.

This means that all previous indoor Classification have been archived and all archers will have to regain their classifications.

Everyone issued with the old style badge has now received a replacement new badge.

The following Classification levels have been achieved, and badges are in the process of being awarded under the new Archery GB Classification Scheme:

• Georgina Baglow (Compound) – Indoor Bowman 1^st Class
• Josie Nuttall (Barebow) – Indoor Bowman 2^nd Class
• Andrew Axworthy (Recurve) – Indoor Bowman 2^nd Class
• Jonathan Ward (Barebow) – Indoor Bowman 3^rd Class
• Jeni Mattock (Barebow) – Indoor Bowman 3^rd Class
• John Pengilley (Barebow) – Indoor Bowman 3^rd Class
• Stan Axworthy (Recurve) – Indoor Archer 1^st Class
• Philip Harley (Barebow) – Indoor Archer 1^st Class
• Finley Melia (Recurve) – Indoor Archer 1^st Class
• Stacey Warren (Conpound) – Indoor Archer 1^st Class
• Sarah Watson (Recurve) – Indoor Archer 1^st Class
• Jamie Pruden (Recurve) – Archer 1^st Class
• Andrew Howie (Recurve) – Indoor Archer 2^nd Class
• Laurence Nairne (Barebow) – Indoor Archer 2^nd Class
• Jenny Kerchey (Recurve) – Indoor Archer 2^nd Class
• Andrew Pearson (Recurve) – Indoor Archer 2^nd Class
• Jason Scott (Compound) – Indoor Archer 3^rd Class

More information on indoor & outdoor rounds and classification can be found here, or speak to me on a shooting night. You can start to shoot outdoor classification rounds once you have achieved your 20 yard 252 (outdoor) or AGB Progress award (indoor & outdoor), and start working towards your first Archer Classification.

Progress and 252 Awards

Badges were awarded to the following archers:

• Mark Nightingale (Recurve) – Indoor AGB Gold award
• Samantha Dalton (Longbow) – 20yd 252 award
• Dominic Dalton (Longbow) – 20yd 252 award

More information on the two progress schemes – including the AGB Indoor Progress awards – can be found here, or speak to me at one of our club sessions.

Frostbite and Portsmouth Score Badges

From January 2024 the club will be awarding new badges for the Portsmouth and Frostbite rounds. To qualify you will need to submit a score to the records officer for entry into the relevant DCAS postal competition. You will then be awarded the badge which the score equals or exceeds. All bow types and age groups qualify as long as the score is shot as part of a postal competition.

Your first badge will free, however as you improve you will have the option of trading in your old badge or paying a £1 contribution towards the new one.

Competitions

January saw the club take part in the third of five rounds of the two DCAS postal competitions, Portsmouth and Frostbite.

The club has entered the following teams into the DCAS Winter Postal Leagues:

DCAS Portsmouth Winter Postal League 2023/2024

• Three Senior Recurve/Barebow teams
• One Senior Compound team
• One Senior Longbow team
• One Junior Mixed Style team

There are three archers per team, and the club will collate the scores in descending order and the highest scores will be entered each month. Scores will need to be submitted on a club score sheet and signed as indicated. The rules for the competition can be found on the DCAS Postal Competitions page, and the associated score sheet on the Club Score Sheets page.

DCAS Winter Postal – Portsmouth Results

The following scores were submitted by members of the club and as you can see from the results below the club performed exceptionally well:

In January we again had 5 wins and 1 loss, with the compound team losing by a mere 3 points. This is a fantastic achievement by all those who shot.

Well done to all those who submitted score sheets, please keep this up. Please remember this is open to all club members, so please take time to submit an entry to me because even if your score is not used it could count towards your next badge.

• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team A – Remain in 1^st place in Division 4
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team B – Remain in 3^rd place in Division 5
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team C –  Remain in 2^nd place in Division 6
• Compound Team – Have dropped to 2^nd place in Division 2
• Longbow team – Remain in 2^nd place in Division 2
• Junior U 16 Mixed – Remain in 1^st place in Division 2

Furthermore Josie retains the highest Junior girl barebow score (358), well done Josie.

The following archers were awarded Portsmouth Badges:

• Iain Lees – 580
• Alex Rowe  – 575
• Andrew Axworthy – 550
• Georgina Baglow – 550
• Corey Richardson – 550
• Stephen Millard – 525
• Paul Mattock – 525
• Stacey Warren – 525
• Paul Horsley – 500
• Jonathan Ward – 475
• Jamie Pruden – 475
• Linda Wright – 475
• Mark Nightingale – 475
• Neill White – 475
• Jenny Kerchey – 450
• Andrew Howie – 450
• John Pengilley – 450
• Laurence Nairne – 400
• Finley Melia – 400
• Josie Nuttall – 350
• Ken Kingston – 350
• Jill Hudson – 300

DCAS Frostbite Winter Postal League 2023/2024

As with the Portsmouth League there are three archers per team, and the club will collate the scores in descending order and the highest scores will be entered each month. Scores will need to be submitted on a club score sheet and signed as indicated. The rules for the competition can be found on the DCAS Postal Competitions page, and the associated score sheet on the Club Score Sheets page.

• One Senior Compound team
• Two Senior Recurve/Barebow only teams
• One Senior Longbow team
• One Senior Mixed Non-Compound team
• One Junior Mixed Non-Compound team

In January we improved our position in two divisions as we won 3 and lost 3 matches. Once again thank you for your scores, please keep this up, and lets see if we can get some junior scores in for the future months.

• Senior Compound Team – Have dropped from 2^nd to 3^rd place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team A – Have moved up from 4^th to 3^rd place in Division 2
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team B – Remain in 1^st place in Division 3
• Senior Longbow Team – Have moved up two places 4^th to 2^nd place in Division 2
• Senior Mixed Non-Compound Team  –  Remain in 5^th place in Division 1
• Junior U16 Mixed Non-Compound Team  – Remain in 3^rd place in Division 1

Furthermore, Neill White continues to hold the highest Gents Longbow Score (264 shot in the November round), well done Neill.

 

The following Frostbite badges were awarded:

• Darren Bennion – 355
• Iain Lees – 330
• Alex Rowe – 315
• Andrew Axworthy – 300
• Jamie Pruden – 250
• Neill White – 250
• Linda Wright – 250
• John Pengilley – 225
• Sarah Watson – 225
• Philip Harley – 225
• Andrew Howie – 200

Please don’t forget that there are still two rounds left in these competitions so there is still time to take part.

Bray 1 League

Running alongside the DCAS Portsmouth Postal and Frostbite Postal Competitions we are currently running a new internal club competition which will continue until the end of March.

Full details of the indoor season long competition can be found here. A results table will be updated monthly.

External Competitions

We had a great showing at the Brixham Clipper this month with the following club members winning medals:

• Linda Wright (Barebow Women 50+)
• Neill White (Longbow Men 50+)
• Corey Richardson (Compound Men U21)

There were 12 Yelverton Bowmen taking part in the competition and whilst we did not all shoot as well as we could, we all had a great time; even those experiencing their first competition. Well done everyone.

Club participants included Ken Kingston, John Pengilley, Alex Rowe, Corey Richardson, Linda Wright, Neill White, Pippa Nightingale, Mark Nightingale, Sarah Watson, Iain Lees, Andres Axworthy and Jamie Pruden.

And finally, please don’t forget that we are hosting the DCAS indoor tournament on Sunday 25^th February; the target list can be found on IANSEO.

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If you have any questions please talk to me at one of our club sessions.

Regards,
John Pengilley,
Records Officer, Yelverton Bowman