Records Officer Monthly Report – June 2023

1 July 2023

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 1st 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 3rd Class
  • John Pengilley – Bowman 3rd Class
  • Jenni Mattock – Archer 2nd Class
  • Steve Marsh – Archer 3rd 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.


John Pengilley,

Records Officer, Yelverton Bowman