Records Officer Monthly Report – October and November 2023
December 1, 2023
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This means that all previous indoor Classification have been archived and all archers will have to regain their classifications.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 3rd Class
- Gary Wong (Recurve) – Outdoor Archer 1st Class
- Neill White (Longbow) – Indoor Bowman 1st Class
- Paul Horsley (Recurve) – Indoor Bowman 2nd Class
- Bruce Cox (Recurve) – Indoor Bowman 2nd Class
- Paul Mattock (Recurve) – Indoor Bowman 3rd Class
- Paul Horsley (Recurve) – Indoor Bowman 3rd Class
- Gary Wong (Recurve) – Indoor Bowman 3rd Class
- Jeni Mattock (Barebow) – Indoor Archer 1st Class
- Tim Tatum (Recurve) – Indoor Archer 1st Class
- Mark Nightingale (Recurve) – Indoor Archer 1st Class
- Jonathan Ward (Barebow) – Indoor Archer 1st Class
- Tim Cunningham (Recurve) – Indoor Archer 2nd Class
- Philip Harley (Barebow) – Indoor Archer 2nd Class
- Pippa Nightingale (Recurve) – Indoor Archer 2nd Class
- Andrew Howie (Recurve) – Indoor Archer 3rd 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 – 1st place in Division 4
- Senior Recurve/Barebow Team B – 3rd place in Division 5
- Senior Recurve/Barebow Team C – 2nd place in Division 6
- Compound Team – 1st place in Division 2
- Longbow team – 2nd place in Division 2
- Junior U 16 Mixed – 1st 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 – 3rd place in Division 2
- Senior Recurve/Barebow Team A – 4th place in Division 4
- Senior Recurve/Barebow Team B – 1st place in Division 5
- Senior Longbow Team – 3rd place in Division 2
- Senior Mixed Non-Compound Team – 5th place in Division 6
- Junior U 16 Mixed Non-Compound Team – 4th 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.
If you have any questions please talk to me at one of our club sessions.
Regards,
John Pengilley,
Records Officer, Yelverton Bowman
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