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.