Welcome to the September report of the 2023 outdoor shooting season.

Club Records

Having reviewed a number of shooting record cards, the following new club records have been set and certificates are being awarded:

• Steve Marsh (Senior Men’s Barebow)
  • Warwick 50 (previously Short Warwick) – 350 (previous record 346)
  • Warwick 40 (previously Junior Warwick) – 374
  • New Warwick – 122
  • Long Warwick – 198
• Linda Wright (50+ Women’s Barebow)
  • Albion – 528 (previous Senior 521)
• Darren Bennion (50+ Men’s Compound)
  • Long Warwick – 422 (new age category)
• Iain Lees (Senior Men’s Compound)
  • St Nicholas 738

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

 The following outdoor Classification Badges were awarded under the new Archery GB Classification Scheme:

• Steve Marsh (Barebow) – Bowman 3^rd Class
• Iain Lees (Compound) – Bowman 3^rd Class
• Mark Nightingale – Archer 1^st Class
• Stan Axworthy – Archer 2^nd Class

More information on 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 or AGB Progress award, and start working towards your first Archer Classification.

Archery GB have now released the revised Indoor classification scheme, a link to the new tables can be found on the Rounds and Classifications page of the clubs website.

252 Scheme and Progress Awards

Badges were awarded to the following archers:

• Gary Wong (Recurve):
  • 40yd – 252
• Pippa Nightingale (Recurve):
  • 20yd – Progress

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

September marked the final month of the DCAS Summer Postal League. The following scores were submitted by members of the club and as you can see from the results below the club is performing exceptionally well:

In September we had 2 walk overs, 2 wins and 4 losses. So achieved a 50% win ratio.

• The Compound team lost against Brixham (965 – 1078)
• The Longbow team won against Tors (499 – 110)
• The Mixed ‘A’ team lost against Barnstaple (1064 – 1080)
• The Mixed ‘B’ team won against Brixham ‘A’ (1028 – 1012)
• The Mixed ‘C’ team lost against Brixham ‘B’ (876 – 940)
• The Mixed ‘D’ team won against St Austell ‘B’ by walk over (564 – 0)
• The Mixed Junior ‘A’ team won against Exmouth ‘B’ by walk over (619 – 0)
• The Mixed Junior ‘B’ team lost as they did not shoot

The final result of the competition is that our teams:

• Won three divisions (Short Warwick Divisions B & D and Junior Short Warwick Division 2).
• Finished in 2^nd place in three divisions (Long Warwick Compound, Warwick Longbow & Short Warwick Division 1)
• Finished in 3^rd place in two divisions (Short Warwick Mixed division 3, Junior Short Warwick Division 2).

 

• Long Warwick Compound Team – retained 2^nd place in Division 1
• Warwick Longbow team – retained 2^nd place in Division 2
• Short Warwick Team A – dropped to 2^nd place Division 1
• Short Warwick Team B – rose to 1^st place in Division 2
• Short Warwick Team C –  dropped to 3^rd place in Division 3
• Short Warwick Team D – retained 1^st place in Division 4
• Short Junior Warwick Team A – retained 1^st place in Division 2
• Short Junior Warwick Team B – retained 3^rd place in Division 2

Jack & Neill have retained their titles as the highest scoring U16 Boys Recurve Archer (390) and highest scoring Gents Longbow Archer (275) respectively. This is even more spectacular given that Neill has only been shooting for 18 months, and Jack for less than 12 months. Well done to both archers.

Coronation Competition – Results

The competition has now finished, well done to everyone who took part. 20 people submitted medal qualifying scores and the medals are currently in production and will be with me in due course.

And the winners are………………

DCAS Autumn Gold – Redruth

A great day out was had by the six archers from Yelverton Bowmen at the DCAS Autumn Gold competition, hosted in glorious sunshine by Redruth Archers.

Linda Wright, Jill Hudson, Corey Richardson, Steve Marsh, John Pengilley & Seraya shot either Albion or Windsor rounds.

 

The full results for the competition are as follows:

The day was capped off with Linda Wright winning the Ladies Barebow Albion, Steve Marsh winning the Gents Barebow Windsor and Seraya winning the Junior Windsor 30 competitions.

Linda Wright (Ladies Barebow) Albion – 528
Corey Richardson (Gents Compound) Albion – 836
Steve Marsh (Gents Barebow) Windsor – 663
John Pengilley (Gents Barebow) Windsor – 501
Jill Hudson (Ladies Longbow) Windsor – 289
Seraya Daines (Junior Recurve) Windsor 30 – 527

Well done to the winners and all the others who took part.

DCAS Winter Postals

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 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.

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.

Indoor Shooting Score Sheets

Club score sheets have now been produced for all indoor rounds and can be found here. They will need to be completed for entry into internal (Bray I League) competitions, external (DCAS Postal Leagues) competitions, and to claim any of the Bowmen Classifications.

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If you have any questions please talk to me at one of our club sessions.

Regards,
John Pengilley,
Records Officer, Yelverton Bowman