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