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