Welcome to the combined October & November report of the 2023/24 shooting season.

October saw the start of the new indoor season, however outdoor shooting remains an option on Sundays.

Club Records

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

• Linda Wright Women 50+ Barebow:
  • Bray I – Score 195 (previous record 169)
• Neill White – Men 50+ Longbow:
  • Frostbite – Score 254 (previous record 235)
  • WA18 – Score 425 (previous score 374)
  • Bray I – Score 205 (previous score 139)
  • Frostbite – Score 264 (Previous score 254)
• Gary Wai Wah Wong – Mens Recurve:
  • Windsor 40 (formerly Junior Windsor – Score 900 (previous score 890)
• Mic Richards – Ladies Senior Barebow:
  • Bray I – Score 204 (Previous Record 195)
• Alex Rowe – Senior Men Recurve:
  • Worcester (5 spot) – Score 280 (no previous record) Shot at Cardiff University SWWU.

The club records will be reviewed against the age categories and round titles recently revised by Archery GB. However this may not be completed until we have reviewed the new Archery GB have Indoor Classification system.

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This means that all previous indoor Classification have been archived and all archers will have to regain their classifications.

The club will continue to issue the old style indoor classification badges (A to H) until a revised set have been sourced. Any old style indoor badges awarded this season will be replaced in due course.

The following Classification levels have been achieved, and badges awarded under the new Archery GB Classification Scheme:

• Paul Warren (Recurve) – Outdoor Bowman 3^rd Class
• Gary Wong (Recurve) – Outdoor Archer 1^st Class
• Neill White (Longbow) – Indoor Bowman 1^st Class
• Paul Horsley (Recurve) – Indoor Bowman 2^nd Class
• Bruce Cox (Recurve) – Indoor Bowman 2^nd Class
• Paul Mattock (Recurve) – Indoor Bowman 3^rd Class
• Paul Horsley (Recurve) – Indoor Bowman 3^rd Class
• Gary Wong (Recurve) – Indoor Bowman 3^rd Class
• Jeni Mattock (Barebow) – Indoor Archer 1^st Class
• Tim Tatum (Recurve) – Indoor Archer 1^st Class
• Mark Nightingale (Recurve) – Indoor Archer 1^st Class
• Jonathan Ward  (Barebow) – Indoor Archer 1^st Class
• Tim Cunningham (Recurve) – Indoor Archer 2^nd Class
• Philip Harley (Barebow) – Indoor Archer 2^nd Class
• Pippa Nightingale (Recurve) – Indoor Archer 2^nd Class
• Andrew Howie (Recurve) – 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 Awards

Badges were awarded to the following archers:

• Andrew Howie (Recurve) – Indoor AGB Blue award
• Jonathan Ward  (Barebow) – Indoor AGB Gold award
• Philip Harley (Barebow) – Indoor AGB Blue award & 30yd Outdoor AGB
• Gary Wong (Recurve) – Indoor AGB Gold award & 50yd 252
• Philip Lomas (Barebow) – 20yd 252 (badge already held for recurve)

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

November saw the club start is entry into the two DCAS postal competitions, Portsmouth and Frostbite. This will give us all an idea of how well our archers compare with the rest of the Devon and Cornwall clubs.

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 November we had 5 wins and 1 loss. A great start to the competition. 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 – 1^st place in Division 4
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team B – 3^rd place in Division 5
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team C –  2^nd place in Division 6
• Compound Team – 1^st place in Division 2
• Longbow team – 2^nd place in Division 2
• Junior U 16 Mixed – 1^st place in Division 2

DCAS Frostbite Winter Postal League 2023/2024

• 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

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.

DCAS Winter Postal – Frostbite Results

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

In November we had 3 wins and 3 losses, a solid start to the competition. 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 – 3^rd place in Division 2
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team A – 4^th place in Division 4
• Senior Recurve/Barebow Team B – 1^st place in Division 5
• Senior Longbow Team – 3^rd place in Division 2
• Senior Mixed Non-Compound Team  –  5^th place in Division 6
• Junior U 16 Mixed Non-Compound Team  – 4^th place in Division 2

Bray 1 League

Running alongside the DCAS Portsmouth Postal and Frostbite Postal Competitions we are introducing this new internal club competition.

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

To date 4 archers have submitted Bray scores post obtaining a handicap. The current leader with a total of 7236 after shooting 5 qualifying rounds is Steve Millard, well done Steve.

External Competitions

Club members took part in a number of competitions in October/November and a separate statement on their achievements will be provided in due course.

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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

 

Welcome to the September report of the 2023 outdoor shooting season.

Club Records

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

• Steve Marsh (Senior Men’s Barebow)
  • Warwick 50 (previously Short Warwick) – 350 (previous record 346)
  • Warwick 40 (previously Junior Warwick) – 374
  • New Warwick – 122
  • Long Warwick – 198
• Linda Wright (50+ Women’s Barebow)
  • Albion – 528 (previous Senior 521)
• Darren Bennion (50+ Men’s Compound)
  • Long Warwick – 422 (new age category)
• Iain Lees (Senior Men’s Compound)
  • St Nicholas 738

The club records will be reviewed against the age categories and round titles recently revised by Archery GB. However this may not be completed until we have reviewed the new Archery GB have Indoor Classification system.

Classifications

 The following outdoor Classification Badges were awarded under the new Archery GB Classification Scheme:

• Steve Marsh (Barebow) – Bowman 3^rd Class
• Iain Lees (Compound) – Bowman 3^rd Class
• Mark Nightingale – Archer 1^st Class
• Stan Axworthy – Archer 2^nd Class

More information on 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 or AGB Progress award, and start working towards your first Archer Classification.

Archery GB have now released the revised Indoor classification scheme, a link to the new tables can be found on the Rounds and Classifications page of the clubs website.

252 Scheme and Progress Awards

Badges were awarded to the following archers:

• Gary Wong (Recurve):
  • 40yd – 252
• Pippa Nightingale (Recurve):
  • 20yd – Progress

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

September marked the final month of the DCAS Summer Postal League. The following scores were submitted by members of the club and as you can see from the results below the club is performing exceptionally well:

In September we had 2 walk overs, 2 wins and 4 losses. So achieved a 50% win ratio.

• The Compound team lost against Brixham (965 – 1078)
• The Longbow team won against Tors (499 – 110)
• The Mixed ‘A’ team lost against Barnstaple (1064 – 1080)
• The Mixed ‘B’ team won against Brixham ‘A’ (1028 – 1012)
• The Mixed ‘C’ team lost against Brixham ‘B’ (876 – 940)
• The Mixed ‘D’ team won against St Austell ‘B’ by walk over (564 – 0)
• The Mixed Junior ‘A’ team won against Exmouth ‘B’ by walk over (619 – 0)
• The Mixed Junior ‘B’ team lost as they did not shoot

The final result of the competition is that our teams:

• Won three divisions (Short Warwick Divisions B & D and Junior Short Warwick Division 2).
• Finished in 2^nd place in three divisions (Long Warwick Compound, Warwick Longbow & Short Warwick Division 1)
• Finished in 3^rd place in two divisions (Short Warwick Mixed division 3, Junior Short Warwick Division 2).

 

• Long Warwick Compound Team – retained 2^nd place in Division 1
• Warwick Longbow team – retained 2^nd place in Division 2
• Short Warwick Team A – dropped to 2^nd place Division 1
• Short Warwick Team B – rose to 1^st place in Division 2
• Short Warwick Team C –  dropped to 3^rd place in Division 3
• Short Warwick Team D – retained 1^st place in Division 4
• Short Junior Warwick Team A – retained 1^st place in Division 2
• Short Junior Warwick Team B – retained 3^rd place in Division 2

Jack & Neill have retained their titles as the highest scoring U16 Boys Recurve Archer (390) and highest scoring Gents Longbow Archer (275) respectively. This is even more spectacular given that Neill has only been shooting for 18 months, and Jack for less than 12 months. Well done to both archers.

Coronation Competition – Results

The competition has now finished, well done to everyone who took part. 20 people submitted medal qualifying scores and the medals are currently in production and will be with me in due course.

And the winners are………………

DCAS Autumn Gold – Redruth

A great day out was had by the six archers from Yelverton Bowmen at the DCAS Autumn Gold competition, hosted in glorious sunshine by Redruth Archers.

Linda Wright, Jill Hudson, Corey Richardson, Steve Marsh, John Pengilley & Seraya shot either Albion or Windsor rounds.

 

The full results for the competition are as follows:

The day was capped off with Linda Wright winning the Ladies Barebow Albion, Steve Marsh winning the Gents Barebow Windsor and Seraya winning the Junior Windsor 30 competitions.

Linda Wright (Ladies Barebow) Albion – 528
Corey Richardson (Gents Compound) Albion – 836
Steve Marsh (Gents Barebow) Windsor – 663
John Pengilley (Gents Barebow) Windsor – 501
Jill Hudson (Ladies Longbow) Windsor – 289
Seraya Daines (Junior Recurve) Windsor 30 – 527

Well done to the winners and all the others who took part.

DCAS Winter Postals

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 Frostbite Winter Postal League 2023/2024

• 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

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.

Bray 1 League

Running alongside the DCAS Portsmouth Postal and Frostbite Postal Competitions we are introducing this new internal club competition.

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

Indoor Shooting Score Sheets

Club score sheets have now been produced for all indoor rounds and can be found here. They will need to be completed for entry into internal (Bray I League) competitions, external (DCAS Postal Leagues) competitions, and to claim any of the Bowmen Classifications.

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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

Welcome to the August report of the 2023 outdoor shooting season.

Club Records

Five new club records were shot during August and certificates were awarded to the following archers:

• Linda Wright – Ladies 50+ (new age category) Barebow:
  • Warwick 50 (previously Short Warwick) – 301
• Andrew Axworthy – Men’s Senior Recurve:
  • Warwick 50 (previously Short Warwick) – 404
• J Cunningham – Men’s U15 (new age category) Recurve:
  • Warwick 30 (previously Short Junior Warwick) – 390
• S Danes – Women’s U12 Recurve:
  • Windsor 30 (previously Short Junior Windsor) – 643
• Darren Bennion – Men’s 50+ (new age category) Compound:
  • Windsor – 966

The club records will be reviewed against the age categories and round titles recently revised by Archery GB.

Classifications

 The following Classification Badges were awarded under the new Archery GB Classification Scheme:

• O Pruden (Recurve) – Archer 3^rd Class
• Laurance Nairne (Recurve) – Archer 2^nd Class
• S Danes (Recurve) – Archer 1^st Class
• Steve Marsh (Barebow) – Archer 1st Class
• Arran Nuttal (Longbow) – Bowman 3^rd Class
• J Nuttal (Barebow) – Bowman 3^rd Class
• Linda Wright (Barebow) – Bowman 3^rd Class
• Steve Millard (recurve) – Bowman 3^rd Class
• Corey Richardson (Compound) – Bowman 3^rd Class
• Linda Wright (Barebow) – Bowman 2^nd Class

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

Archery GB have now released the revised Indoor classification scheme, a link to the new tables can be found on the rounds and classifications page on the clubs website.

252 Scheme and Progress Awards

Badges were awarded to the following archers:

• Terry Harris (Barebow):
  • 30yd – Progress
  • 40yd – 252
• Ken Kingston (Longbow):
  • 20yd – Progress
  • 30yd – 252
• Andrew Pearson (Recurve):
  • 30yd – 252
• Philip Harley (Barebow):
  • 20yd – Progress
• Gary Wong (Recurve):
  • 20yd – 252
  • 30yd – 252
• Philip Lomas Recurve):
  • 20yd – 252
• Berren Couch (Recurve):
  • 20yd – 252
• Stacey Warren (Compound):
  • 50yd – 252 & Progress
• J Cunningham (Recurve):
  • 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

The following scores were submitted, and as you can see from the results below the club is performing exceptionally well:

In August we had 2 walk overs, 5 wins and only one loss. So as a club you have performed very well again. Well done everyone who took part.

• The Compound team won against Tors by Walk Over (1166 – 0)
• The Longbow team won against Exmouth ‘B’ (559 – 139)
• The Mixed ‘A’ team won against Exmouth ‘A’ (1062 – 288)
• The Mixed ‘B’ team won against Tors ‘A’ (996 – 930)
• The Mixed ‘C’ team won against Exmouth ‘B’ by Walk Over (872 – 0)
• The Mixed ‘D’ team won against Tors ‘B’ (684 – 628)
• The Mixed Junior ‘A’ team won against Kryton (970 – 240)
• The Mixed Junior ‘B’ team lost against Wadebridge ‘B’ (193 – 712)

Jack & Neill have retained their titles as the highest scoring U16 Boys Recurve Archer and highest scoring Gents Longbow Archer with a score of 275, respectively.

After the fourth month, of the five month competition, the team standings are as follows:

• Long Warwick Compound Team – 2^nd place in Division 1 (up from 3^rd)
• Warwick Longbow team – 2^nd place in Division 2 (N/C)
• Short Warwick Team A – 1^st place in Division 1 (N/C)
• Short Warwick Team B – 2^nd place in Division 2 (N/C)
• Short Warwick Team C –  1^st place in Division 3 (N/C)
• Short Warwick Team D – 1^st place in Division 4 (N/C)
• Short Junior Warwick Team A – 1st place in Division 2 (N/C)
• Short Junior Warwick Team B – 3^rd place in Division 2 (N/C)

Once again can I please remind you all that this is a monthly competition so we all need to be shooting our Warwick rounds for entry into the final round in September, the final day to shoot your round is Sunday 24^th September. This is open to all club members who are currently capable of shooting the relevant distances.

Details of the competition can be found here.

Our teams are really well placed but we need your scores in order to keep the momentum up, and be in with a chance of winning a number of the Divisions.

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. Details will be posted on the website in due course.

Coronation Competition

A further large number of score sheets were submitted in August for this internal club competition, which means to date we have 19 people have taken part and will qualify for a medal.

The competition is open to all club members and we have decided to extend the closing date of the competition to Sunday 24^th September to give people more time to submit a round, and be in with a chance to win one of the following medals.

The competition details can be found here, anyone with a 20 yard 252 or AGB Progress award, or above, can shoot a Windsor round and be in with the chance to win a Coronation medal.

The Windsor rounds are as follows:

Shooting a successful Windsor round will also go a long way towards an Archer Classification.

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

Redruth Archers WA1440

Neill White was the sole club representative to make the trip down to Redruth Archers on the 6th August and bravely (lol) represented Yelverton Archers wearing a borrowed club top where “I’m not John” shot longbow in the 70m WA1440 round and scored his 2nd MB qualifying score of 542.

Exmouth Archers World Archery Weekend

On August the 19^th & 20^th three Yelverton Bowmen archers took part in the Exmouth Archers World Archery Weekend. Iain Lees braved the early conditions on the Saturday in the Compound WA50 round and scoring a respectable 500 which earned him a White WA target badge.

Sunday saw Linda Wright and Neill White join Iain to shoot the WA1440 rounds.

Iain shot again a highly respectable 1154 in the Men’s Compound WA1440 and gained another 2 awards of the Black Star 1100 WA badge and a Blue DCAS FITA star – well done!

Linda came in 2nd in the Ladies Barebow WA1440 with 599 points.

Neill managed 3rd in the Men’s Longbow WA1440 with a qualifying MB 50+ score of 473. Neill has subsequently put in a claim for is Master Bowman Classification, well done Neill.

Another great showing at an external competition for Yelverton Bowmen Archers, the full report can be found here.

Indoor Shooting

September marks the start of the indoor season and the club is in the process of reviewing the revised Archery GB Indoor classifications to determine what competitions will be run over the indoor season. Keep an eye on the website for details.

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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

Welcome to the forth report of the 2023 outdoor shooting season.

Club Records

One new club record was set and one existing club record beaten in July.

Certificates were awarded to the following archers:

• S Danes – U12 Women’s Recurve record for:
  • Warwick 30 (Short Junior Warwick) – Score 265 (previous record 263)
• Linda Wright – Senior Women’s Barebow record for:
  • Windsor – Score 618 (no previous record)

Classifications

 The following Classification Badges were awarded under the new Archery GB Classification Scheme:

• Paul Horsley – Bowman 3^rd Class,
• Steve Millard – Archer 1st Class.

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

252 Scheme and Progress Awards

Badges were awarded to the following archers:

S Danes:

• 30yd – Progress

Steve Hill:

• 30yd – 252

Nick Tripp:

• 50yd – Progress

Laurance Nairne:

• 40yd – 252 & Progress

Mark Nightingale:

• 40yd – 252 & Progress

Pippa Nightingale:

• 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

The following scores were submitted, and as you can see from the results below the club is performing exceptionally well:

Seven of our eight teams won their rounds this month, even Short Warwick team 4 and Junior Short Warwick team 2, who only had one score submitted each. Unfortunately only one score was submitted towards the Compound Long Warwick team, and they were beaten by Wadebridge who had only submitted two scores.

• The Compound team lost against Wadebridge (338 – 856)
• The Longbow team won against Barnstaple (500 – 452)
• The Mixed ‘A’ team won against Exmoor ‘A’ (1144 – 1133)
• The Mixed ‘B’ team won against Wadebridge ‘B’ (1028 – 688)
• The Mixed ‘C’ team won against Kyrton Archers ‘B’ (930 – 378)
• The Mixed ‘D’ team won against Junction ‘B’ (269 – DNS)
• The Mixed Junior ‘A’ team won against Wadebridge ‘B’ (851 – 150)
• The Mixed Junior ‘B’ team won against Exmouth ‘B’ (185 – DNS)

Jack & Neill have retained their titles as the highest scoring U16 Boys Recurve Archer and highest scoring Gents Longbow Archer with a score of 275, respectively.

After the third month, of the five month competition, the team standings are as follows:

• Long Warwick Compound Team – 3^rd place in Division 1 (N/C)
• Warwick Longbow team – 2^nd place in Division 2 (N/C)
• Short Warwick Team A – 1^st place in Division 1 (Up from 2^nd)
• Short Warwick Team B – 2^nd place in Division 2 (N/C)
• Short Warwick Team C –  1^st place in Division 3 (N/C)
• Short Warwick Team D – 1^st place in Division 4 (Up from 3^rd)
• Short Junior Warwick Team A – 1st place in Division 2 (N/C)
• Short Junior Warwick Team B – 3^rd place in Division 2 (Up from 4^th)

Once again can I please remind you all that this is a monthly competition so we all need to be shooting our Warwick rounds for entry into the August round. This is open to all club members who are currently capable of shooting the relevant distances.

Details of the competition can be found here.

Our teams are really well placed but we need your scores in order to keep the momentum up, and be in with a chance of winning a number of the Divisions.

Coronation Competition

A further 3 score sheets were submitted in July for this internal club competition, which means to date that only 8 people have taken part. Five of these have qualified for a gold medal and three for a silver medal.

The competition is open to all club members and we have decided to extend the closing date of the competition to the 22^nd September to give people more time to submit a round, and be in with a chance to win one of the following medals.

The competition details can be found here, anyone with a 20 yard 252 or AGB Progress award, or above, can shoot a Windsor round and be in with the chance to win a Coronation medal.

The Windsor rounds are as follows:

Shooting a successful Windsor round will also go a long way towards an Archer Classification.

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

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John Pengilley,

Records Officer, Yelverton Bowman

Welcome to the third report of the 2023 outdoor shooting season.

Neill White has offered to take over while I am away – he will deal with the 252, Archery GB Progress and DCAS Summer Postal score sheets in my absence. Thank you Neill.

Club Records

Two new club records were set and two existing club records beaten in June.

Certificates will be awarded to the following archers:

• Neill White – Senior Men’s Longbow record for:
  • Long Western – Score 367 (previous 152)
  • Warwick – Score 275 (previous 268)
• Jill Hudson – Senior Women’s Longbow Record for:
  • Warwick – Score 208 (previous 144)
  • Windsor – Score 364 (no previous record)
• Seraya – U12 Women’s Recurve Record for:
  • Warwick 30 (Short Junior Warwick) – Score 263 (no previous record)
• John Pengilley – Senior Men’s Recurve Record for:
  • Windsor 50 (Short Windsor) – Score 818 (previous score 781)

Classifications

The following Classification Badges were awarded under the new Archery GB Classification Scheme:

• Neill White – Bowman 1^st Class. This is the highest award than can be issued internally be the club and is a significant achievement given that Neill only joined the club 18 months ago. Well done Neill.
• Jill Hudson – Bowman 3^rd Class
• John Pengilley – Bowman 3^rd Class
• Jenni Mattock – Archer 2nd Class
• Steve Marsh – Archer 3^rd Class

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

252 Scheme and Progress Awards

Badges were awarded to the following archers:

John Pengilley:

• 50yd – 252
• 60yd – Progress

Nick Tripp:

• 50yd – Progress

Steve Marsh:

• 50yd – Progress
• 60yd – Progress

Steve Millard:

• 50yd – Progress

Corey Richardson:

• 60yd – Progress

Paul Horsley:

• 60yd – Progress

Bruce Cox:

• 50yd – Progress

Stacey Warren:

• 40yd – 252 & Progress:

Henry Munns:

• 20yd – 252 & Progress
• 30yd – 252 & Progress

Laurence Nairne:

• 20yd – 252 & Progress
• 30yd – 252 & Progress

Mark Downing:

• 20yd – 252
• 30yd – 252

Mark Nightingale:

• 20yd – 252 & Progress
• 30yd – 252 & Progress

Jake Downing:

• 20yd – 252

Jack:

• 30yd –  Progress

Seraya:

• 20yd – 252

A further three people completed their 252 award during their supervised sessions. Badges will be awarded once membership has been confirmed.

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

The following scores were entered for June:

This month saw wins for the Compound, Longbow, Mixed A, Mixed B, Mixed C, Mixed D (Bye), Yelverton A (Bye) and Yelverton B.

• The Compound team won against Lacetown Archers ‘A’ (1092 – 691)
• The Longbow team won against Lacetown Archers ‘B’ (598 – 374)
• The Mixed ‘A’ team won against St. Austell ‘A’ (1066 – 284)
• The Mixed ‘B’ team won against Junction ‘A’ (1003 – 986)
• The Mixed ‘C’ team won against Exmoor Archers ‘B’ (894 – 776)
• The Mixed ‘D’ team won via Bye. (583)
• The Mixed Junior ‘A’ team won via Bye. (882)
• The Mixed Junior ‘B’ team won against Kyrton Archers (179 – DNS)

Jack retains his title as the highest scoring U16 Boys Recurve Archer, whilst Neill White takes the title of highest scoring Gents Longbow Archer with a score of 275.

After the second month the team standings are as follows:

• Long Warwick Compound Team – 3rd place in Division 1 (N/C)
• Warwick Longbow team – 2nd place in Division 2 (Up from 4th)
• Short Warwick Team A – 2nd place in Division 1 (Up from 3rd)
• Short Warwick Team B – 2nd place in Division 2 (N/C)
• Short Warwick Team C –  1st place in Division 3 (Up from 2nd)
• Short Warwick Team D – 3rd place in Division 4 (Up from 4th)
• Short Junior Warwick Team A – 1st place in Division 2 (N/C)
• Short Junior Warwick Team B – 4th place in Division 2 (Up from 5th)

 

Once again can I please remind you all that this is a monthly competition so we all need to be shooting our Warwick rounds for entry into the July round. This is open to all club members who are currently capable of shooting the relevant distances.

Details of the competition can be found here.

DCAS Summer Postal League Scores – June 2023

DCAS Summer Postal League Tables – June 2023

Brixham Open Rose – National Record Confirmed

Corey, Neill and Linda all won competition medals. Linda and Neill won Rose Awards, and Neill shot a new Longbow 50+ National Record with his Hereford/Bristol I score of 561.

 

Neill’s national record has now been confirmed. Well done Neill!

A full report of the day can be found in the club news section.

Coronation Competition

So far only 5 score sheets have been submitted for the club Coronation Competition. Three have qualified for a Gold medal and two for silver.

The competition runs to the end of August and details can be found here, anyone with a 20 yard 252 or AGB Progress award, or above, can shoot a Windsor round and be in with the chance to win a Coronation medal. The Windsor rounds are as follows:

Shooting a successful Windsor round will also go a long way towards an Archer Classification.

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

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John Pengilley,

Records Officer, Yelverton Bowman

Welcome to the second report of the 2023 outdoor shooting season! Overall it has been a busy month with archers taking an active part in a number of competitions, as well as working their way through the 252 award and AGB progress schemes.

Success in both the Brixham Open Rose and DCAS Summer Postal shows that since restarting after ‘lockdown’ the club is performing well when compared to other DCAS clubs.

Club Records

Four new club records were set, one existing club record equaled, and four existing records beaten in May.

Certificates were awarded to the following archers:

• Jack Cunningham – U14 Men’s Recurve record for:
  • Short Junior Warwick (now Warwick 30) – Score 343 (previous record 326)

• Jill Hudson – Senior Women Longbow Record for:
  • Warwick – Score 144 (no previous record)

• Jenni Mattock – Senior Women’s Barebow record for:
  • Warwick 30 (was Short Junior Warwick) – Score 349  (no previous score)

• Corey Richardson – Senior Men’s Compound record for:
  • Windsor 50 (was Short Windsor) – Score 871  (no previous score)

• Neill White – Senior Men’s Longbow record for:
  • Long Warwick – Score 181 (previous record 58)
  • Long Windsor (Albion) – Score 451 (previous record 286)
  • Hereford / Bristol I – Score 561, which equals the current club record and so is jointly held.

• Steve Marsh – Senior Men’s Barebow record for:
  • Warwick 50 (was Short Warwick) – Score 346 (previous record 340)
  • Bristol V – Score 1178 (no previous record)

• John Pengilley – Senior men’s Recurve record for:
  • Bristol III – Score 1036 (previous record 904)

Classifications

 The following Classification Badges were awarded under the new Archery GB Classification Scheme:

• Nick Tripp – Archer 2^nd Class
• Corey Richardson – Archer 2^nd Class
• Paul Horsley – Archer 1^st Class
• John Pengilley – Archer 1^st Class

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

252 Scheme and Progress Awards

Badges were awarded to the following archers:

• John Pengilley:
  • 50yd – Progress
• Steve Marsh:
  • 40yd – Progress
  • 80yd – 252
• Corey Richardson:
  • 50yd – 252 & Progress
  • 60yd – 252
• Neill White:
  • 60yd – 252 & Progress
• Terry Harris:
  • 40yd – Progress
• Linda Wright:
  • 60yd – Progress
• Paul Horsley:
  • 50yd – 252 & Progress
• Paul Warren:
  • 50yd – Progress
• Graeme Bullock:
  • 30yd – Progress
• Stacey Warren:
  • 20yd – 252 & Progress
  • 30yd – 252 & Progress
• Josie:
  • 20yd – 252 & Progress
  • 30yd – 252 & Progress
• Jack:
  • 20yd – 252 & Progress
• Seraya:
  • 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

The club had a really great start to the DCAS Summer Postal competition with 5 out of our 8 teams winning, which shows that as a club we are at least on a par with most of the rest of the Devon and Cornwall clubs, and currently better than some. However, as this was the first round I am sure that we will start to see the scores improving as the season progresses.

The following scores were entered for May:

Unfortunately the Longbow team were beaten by Exeter, who shot the highest score in Division 2 (553) and the third highest across both divisions.

We only shot enough rounds to enter two scores in our 4^th Short Warwick team and they were beaten by Brixham ‘C’.

We also only had 3 juniors shooting in May, so we entered no score for the second junior team. However, the Junior A team are leading their Division so well done to Jack, Josie & Oliver.

Individually Jack is currently the highest scoring U16 Recurve Boy archer, so well done Jack.

After the first month the team standings are as follows:

• Long Warwick Compound Team – 3^rd place in Division 1
• Warwick Longbow team – 4^th place in Division 2
• Short Warwick Team A – 3^rd place in Division 1
• Short Warwick Team B – 2^nd place in Division 2
• Short Warwick Team C – 2^nd place in Division 3
• Short Warwick Team D – 4^th place in Division 4
• Short Junior Warwick Team A – 1^st place in Division 2
• Short Junior Warwick Team B – 5^th place in Division 2; we currently do no have enough juniors to shoot this round, but we could in the coming months

We need to build on this success so can I please remind you all that this is a monthly competition so we all need to be shooting our Warwick rounds for entry into the June round. This is open to all club members who are currently capable of shooting the relevant distances.

Details of the competition can be found here.

DCAS Summer Postal League Scores – May 2023

DCAS Summer Postal League Tables – May 2023

Brixham Open Rose

Five Yelverton Bowmen archers took to the field in the Brixham Open Rose Competition on Sunday 28th May. The constantly changing wind and hot conditions made it challenging for all competitors who took part in the well organised event. The event was attended by clubs all over Devon and Cornwall, and included a full range of experience levels from Archery GB team members to one person who had been shooting for 12 weeks. Despite the changeable wind conditions all of our archers performed very well.

Corey, Linda and Neill all won competition medals. Linda and Neill won Rose Awards, and Neill shot a new Longbow 50+ National Record with his Hereford/Bristol I score of 561.

A full report of the day can be found in the club news section.

All the Yelverton Bowmen archers who took part have been encouraged by their participation and are looking forward to entering more external competitions. Details of forthcoming competitions can be found on the club events page.

Coronation Competition

So far only 5 score sheets have been submitted for the club Coronation Competition. Three have qualified for a Gold medal and two for silver.

The competition runs to the end of August and details can be found here, anyone with a 20 yard 252 or AGB Progress award can shoot a Windsor round and be in with the chance to win a Coronation medal. Shooting a successful Windsor round will also go a long way towards an Archer Classification.

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

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John Pengilley,

Records Officer, Yelverton Bowman

Welcome to the first Records Officer Monthly report for the 2023 outdoor season. There is a lot of news to include in this report so it is substantially longer than I intend it to be for future months.

Firstly for those new to the club, or archery in general, the outdoor season runs from 1st January to 31st December every year. Which means that Classification and progress/252 rounds can be shot at any club outdoor session.

Outdoor Classifications

Archery GB have this season revised the outdoor classification and handicap schemes, and linked them to a revised set of age categories. Details of these changes. More information on classifications and handicaps can be found here.

A copy of each of the classification tables can be found in the Records Officer folder in the storage cabin at Widewell.

In order for the Records Officer to assess your classification level and handicap you will need to complete your Yelverton Bowmen Record Card and return it to me at the end of each month.

These cards should only be used for Classification rounds shot at either club shooting/target days or other Archery GB affiliated competitions (including DCAS). They should not be used for recording 252 or Archery GB Progress scores.

If you do not have your record card yet and are intending to shoot classification rounds please come and see me at a club shooting session.

Archery GB Progress Awards

Archery GB have also introduced a new progress scheme. This has not superseded the 252 scheme; the club has decided to run both schemes in parallel. Both schemes are designed to focus new and improving archers on progressing though their archery journey to the point of being able to commence classification rounds as soon as possible, and then rising up through the Archer and Bowman ranks.

More details of this scheme can be found here and score sheets and be obtained from here or can be collected from the records officer folder in the storage cabin at Widewell School. Completed score sheets should be signed by the archer and a witness, and handed to the Records Officer for assessment before a badge can be awarded.

252 Scheme

The 252 Scheme is still running and score sheets are available to print from here or can be collected from the records officer folder in the storage cabin at Widewell. Completed score sheets should be signed by the archer and a witness, and handed to the Records Officer for assessment before a badge can be awarded.

Competitions

DCAS Postal Competition

The club have re-joined the DCAS Summer Postal competition and have 8 teams included in the event which runs from May to August. More information can be found on the DCAS Postal Competition page on the club website.

Any club member can take part in the competition providing they are able to shoot the relevant distance, i.e. have a 40 yard 252 to allow a Warwick 50 (previously Short Warwick) to be shot.

Scores must be recorded on a club Warwick score sheet, signed by the archer and a witness, as well as the field captain, and returned to me by the end of the month. We will need at lease 3 Long Warwick Compound individual scores, 3 Warwick Longbow individual score, 12 short Warwick combined (but not compound) individual scores and 6 Junior short Warwick combined (max 2 compound) individual scores each month. So please get your May scores in as soon as possible.

Note – DCAS have confirmed that scores submitted for the Summer Postal do not automatically count towards a Bowmen, however as they are intended to be shot on a club Target Day I see no reason why the club cannot count them.

Yelverton Bowmen King Charles III Coronation Competition

The club has also introduced a outdoor season long Coronation Competition offering every club member the opportunity to win either a bronze, silver or gold medal. Medals will be awarded at the end of the season.

 

Details of the competition can be found on the Coronation Competition page on the club website.

As the club has declared that all outdoor sessions up to the end of the Coronation Competition are effectively classed as Target days in accordance with Rule 313, all scores shot in accordance with AGB rules and filed on a completed club score sheet can be counted towards Bowman classification.

April Results

Club Records

Certificates were awarded for the following club records:

• John Pengilley – Senior Men’s Recurve record for:

• • Junior Warwick (now Warwick 40) – Score 370 (no previous record)

• Jenny Kerchey – Senior Women’s Recurve:

• • Short Windsor – Score 748

• Steve Marsh – Senior Men’s Barebow:

• • Windsor – Score 802
  • Short Warwick – Score 340
  • Warwick – Score 314
  • Long National – Score 336

• Neill White – Senior Men’s Longbow:

• • Long National – Score 230
  • Portsmouth (Single Face) – Score 490
  • Short National – Score 431
  • Short Warwick – Score 305
  • National – Score 305
  • Short Windsor – Score 618
  • WA18 (Single Face) – Score 374

• Corey Richardson – Senior Men’s Compound:

• • Portsmouth (single face) – Score 547
  • Junior Warwick (now Warwick 40) – Score 414

• J Nuttall – U14 Women’s Barebow:

• • Short Junior Warwick (now Warwick 30) – Score 252

• J Cunningham – U14 Men’s Recurve record for:

• • Short Junior Warwick (now Warwick 30) – Score 326 (previous record 294)

Classifications

Badges were awarded for the following classifications:

• Indoor:

• • Corey Richardson – D
  • Steve Marsh – E
  • Tim Tatum – F

• Outdoor:

• • Jamie Pruden achieved a Archer 1^st Class with 2 National scores of 454 & 448.

252 Scheme and Progress Awards

Badges were awarded to the following archers:

• Corey Richardson:

• • 30yd – 252 & Progress
  • 40yd – 252 & Progress

• Steve Marsh:

• • 20yd – Progress
  • 30yd – Progress

Competitions

St George’s Day Competition

On 23^rd April 11 archers took the field to compete in the Yelverton Bowmen St Georges day competition. On a good day for shooting some impressive scores were shot, including 4 club records. The majority of archers shot either Archer or Bowman qualifying scores. The results card is shown below and due to the variety of ages, bow styles and rounds shot the club have awarded the following medals:

·        Best Overall Score & Handicap – Corey Richardson – Score 414, Handicap 43

·        Best Classification Ranking score – Linda Wright – Bowman 2^nd Class

·        Best Junior Score – J Cunningham – Score 326

An additional prize was awarded on the day of the competition to Steve Millard for the best outfit.

 

Grand Day Out

Only one Yelverton Bowman competed in this years DCAS Grand Day Out. Jamie Pruden shot a National round in testing, wet conditions and posted a score of 502. This saw Jamie placed 9^th overall in the Senior Men’s Recurve category and gives him 6 dozen arrows towards his Bowman 3^rd Class.

Congratulations to Jamie.

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And congratulations to all of those who set records or received awards this month.

John Pengilley,

Records Officer, Yelverton Bowman

Our current indoor classification scheme only caters for Recurve and Compound shooters, leaving other bow styles at a disadvantage and struggling to compete.

With this in mind the committee and club have decided to extend the classifications to Barebow and Longbow for Portsmouth scores.

The Longbow classification will include other traditional bows without a shelf.

The usual rules apply for a classification rating; three separate qualifying (witnessed) scores must be submitted to the Records officer to gain an award and ultimately what everyone wants, a badge. Make sure you get a score card from Paul if you don’t have one already.

You can now download the updated score sheets from the records page

Welcome to the final League Report (and report in general) of the Indoor Season. This will also probably be the last report for a while (for obvious reasons).

March proved to be chaotic for shooting in general and the Postal Leagues in particular, with many clubs not being able to enter any scores at all. Fortunately, many Yelverton members managed to get in their Grand Prix and Portsmouth scores before the lockdown came into effect. Unfortunately though, only a few were able to shoot a Frostbite.

In the wider scheme of things, the indoor Postal Leagues are now finished, as is the inaugural Grand Prix and the Indoor Season in general. Below are the final results from those, as well as a couple of things that would normally be dealt with at the AGM.

DCAS Indoor Postals (Portsmouth) – March – Complete

For those unfamiliar with the format; Archers shoot a Portsmouth round under competition conditions and the top three scores for each bow type form a team (and the following archers form the ‘B team’, ‘C team’, etc if a club enters multiple teams). These scores are sent to DCAS and clubs compete against each other from November to March.

In March, we won two of our matches (Recurve A and B) and lost three (Recurve C, Compound and Longbow). Below are the final results tables from DCAS and a table that I keep myself for progress within the club.

As you can see, we had a mixed bag of results this year. I’m confident though that we will do well next year, as our Compound, Longbow and Recurve contingents all have either new talent or existing members have made great improvements this year (for example, at least three Recurve shooters have broken that magical 500 boundary this season).

DCAS Outdoor Postals (Frostbite) – March – Complete

The Frostbite teams are selected in the same way as the Portsmouth, with the top three scores forming each team. As with the Indoor Postal, archers shoot a Frostbite round and the top three scores form a team. Unlike the Portsmouth, teams are not bow specific (with the exception of the new Longbow team). Archers from any bow style can contribute to the teams, although there is a maximum of one Compound allowed per team.

In March, we won our Longbow match but lost the other two (technically we lost one and entered no scores for the other). This is unsurprising due to the lockdown hitting early in the month, so few people had a chance to score. Below are the final results tables from DCAS as well as the table that I keep myself.

As with the Portsmouth, we had a mixed bag. The lockdown (plus the terrible weather in February) really caused problems for people scoring. A lesson to take away from this (also applicable to the Portsmouth but especially for the Frostbite), is to get scores in early in the month. We can’t guarantee the weather or otherwise uninterrupted shooting. Another observation is that our Compound shooters (unsurprisingly) make a huge difference to the Frostbite teams. I would encourage more of them to put in scores next year.

AGM Items

The following sections would normally be announced and presented by me at the Annual General Meeting but given the current situation, I will report them here.

Yelverton Bowmen Grand Prix – March – Complete

I mentioned the Grand Prix results in last month’s League Report but I would have announced them at the AGM, so here’s the post again.

The Grand Prix has now concluded. Based on the popularity of the inaugural event, I shall look at running it again next season (assuming I’m re-elected at the AGM).

The use of handicaps has made it very interesting to watch the leader board change over the months, especially as the eventual winner was actually placed quite low after the first month but climbed ever higher as the rounds progressed.

Congratulations to Jamie and thank you to everybody who took part.

Yelverton Bowmen Tavistock Trophy – March – Complete

The Tavistock Trophy is an internal competition run using the scores entered in the Indoor Postal. The highest cumulative score for each category over the five months wins. In the event of a category only having a single participant, they are included in the most appropriate alternative (normally forming a unisex bow category).

The individual category winners are:
Compound – Darren Bennion,
Longbow – Alister Smith,
Ladies Barebow – Linda Wright,
Ladies Recurve – Sarah Watson,
Gentlemen Barebow – Pasty Cain,
Gentlemen Recurve – Darren Bennion,

Congratulations to all. The full scores and standings can be seen on the table below.

Handicap Improvement Medal

This is an award given to the person who has improved their handicap the most between two outdoor seasons (scores from the indoor season don’t count unfortunately). Your best three handicaps of the year are averaged and compared with the previous year (in this case the 2018 outdoor season compared to 2019). The winner receives an official medal (the one in the image). This must be returned to the club by the next AGM, as it actually belongs to Archery GB and is on ‘permanent loan’ to the club.

This year, the winner of the Handicap Improvement Medal, with an improvement of seven points is Linda Wright. Congratulations.

Indoor Handicap Improvement Award

As mentioned above, the official Handicap Improvement Medal doesn’t recognise scores and development indoors. I thought we’d rectify this and introduce an indoor specific handicap award.

Unbeknownst to everybody (well… most of you), I’ve been keeping an eye on the 2019/20 indoor handicaps and comparing them to 2018/19 in the same way as the outdoor handicaps work.

The inaugural winner of the Yelverton Bowmen Indoor Handicap Improvement Award (working title) is Sarah Watson with an improvement of 15. Congratulations. This was highly entertaining for me, as Sarah and Andy were unknowingly locked in battle for this award. They spent much of the season with equal improvements and only near the end of the season did Sarah enter the deciding score.

Finally

As a final note, I received 442 scores from all members this indoor season, compared to 347 last year and even less the year before. I’m glad that things are picking up and more people are choosing to pursue their handicaps and classifications. The introduction of the Grand Prix contributed to this total and also exposed members to rounds other than the Portsmouth (and occasional WA18). Thank you to everybody who supported the Grand Prix.

I also awarded in the region of 70 new club records and 23 new classification badges (some beating previous records and others filling previously empty spaces on the record tables). Congratulations to all the recipients. I hope there are many more to come.

Welcome to the (very late) March Report.

This will be the last Records Report for a while (for obvious reasons). I had a few scores come in before the lockdown and I was able to fill most of the Postal teams. Fortunately, March was the last month of the Postals and very close to being the end of the Indoor Season, so we haven’t lost much in that regard… although no Outdoor shooting for the foreseeable future.

Keep an eye out for a League Report in a couple of weeks, where I will present the final results from the Postal League.

If you are unsure about anything, feel free speak to me via records@yelvertonbowmen.co.uk or the club Facebook page.

Here’s what members achieved in March

Indoor Classifications

• Jinine Cox earned her ‘E’
• Jonathan Ingram regained his ‘D’ for Compound
• Iain Lees earned his ‘B’
• Heather Poole earned her ‘E’

Club Records

• James Baker (Gentleman Senior Longbow): Frostbite – 235
• Darren Bennion (Gentleman Master Recurve): Bray 2 – 251
• Bruce Cox (Gentleman Master Recurve): Bray 1 – 241, Bray Combined – 478
• Jonathan Ingram (Gentleman Senior Recurve): Bray Combined – 526
• Karen Ingram (Ladies Senior/Master Longbow): Bray 1 – 73, Bray 2 – 96, Bray Combined – 169
• Jenny Kerchey (Ladies Senior Recurve): Bray Combined – 417
• Alister Smith (Gentleman Senior Longbow): Bray 1 – 139, Bray 2 – 121, Bray Combined – 260
• Jim Start (Gentleman Senior/Master Barebow): Bray 1 – 198, Bray 2 – 186, Bray Combined – 384
• Linda Wright (Ladies Senior/Master Barebow): Bray 1 – 169, Bray 2 – 183, Bray Combined – 353, Portsmouth – 464

The most recent tables of club records can be found here.

Remember to keep training in whatever way you can to maintain your fitness and skill level. Please bear in mind though, that none of us are covered by the Archery GB insurance if we shoot at home (the club is insured at registered facilities). If you want to shoot at home, the responsibility is yours alone, so ensure that the area is safe.

Thus ends the Records Report for March. Please let me know if there are any errors, omissions, etc and I hope that you continue to provide me with material to put into these reports once the lockdown is lifted. If you don’t want to be mentioned in reports, please let me know.