Please accept my apology for the lateness of this report covering September to December 2025.

Club Records

A large number of club records have been scored in the period due to the number of target days, interior and exterior competitions held.

Records shot between September 2025 and January 2026:

Emma Broadhurst – Senior Womens Longbow:

• Frostbite – Score 227 (Previous record 184)
• WA 1440 (Ladies) / Metric I – Score 449 (Previous record 424)
• Bray I – Score 169 (Previous record 149)

Samantha Horton – Senior Womens Longbow:

• National 50 – Score 260 (Previous record 201)
• WA 18m – Score 304 (no previous record)
• Frostbite – Score 184 (Previous record 173)

Jeni Mattock – Senior Womens Barebow:

• Bray I – Score 249 (Previous Record 204)

Maya Hojat- Womens Under 16 Recurve:

• WA 18m – Score 385 (no previous record)
• Bray I – Score 181 (no previous record)

John Pengilley – Senior Mens Barebow:

• Frostbite – Score 307 (previous record 304)

Classifications

The following Classification levels have been achieved, and badges are in the process of being awarded under the new Archery GB Classification Scheme.

September Classifications:

• Alan Horton (Recurve) – Indoor Archer 1st Class

October Classifications:

• Samantha Horton (Longbow) – Indoor Bowman 1st Class

November Classifications:

• Alan Horton (Recurve) – Indoor Bowman 3rd Class
• Timothy Thornton (Recurve) – Indoor Archer 2nd Class
• Phil Lomas (Barebow) – Indoor Bowman 2nd Class
• Phil Harley (Barebow) – Indoor Bowman 2nd Class
• Maya Hojat (Recurve) – Indoor Archer 1st 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:

252 Awards (September to December 2025)

• Eddie Mulligan (Recurve U14) – 20yd
• Josie Nuttall (Barebow U16) – 60yd
• Brent Wright (Barebow) – 20yd

AGB Indoor Progress Awards (September to December 2025)

• Alan Horton (Recurve) – Indoor Gold
• Samantha Horton (Longbow) – Indoor Gold

More information on the two progress schemes can be found here, or speak to me at one of our club sessions.

Just a quick reminder that Outdoor Archery GB awards are no longer being issued by the club. We have chosen to concentrate on the 252 Scheme for outdoor progress.

Competitions

DCAS Summer Postal 2025

The club entered the following teams into the DCAS Summer Postal Warwick Leagues which ran between May & September 2025:

• One Senior and Junior over 16 Mixed (non-Compound) Long Warwick team
• One Senior and Junior over 16 Compound Long Warwick team
• One Senior and Junior over 16 Longbow Warwick team
• Two Senior and Junior over 16 Mixed (non-Compound) Warwick 50 teams
• One Junior U16 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 for the final round of the competition in September:

The final team positions are as follows:

• Senior and Junior over 16 Mixed (non-Compound) Long Warwick team – Finished in 2nd place in Division 1
• Senior and Junior over 16 Compound Long Warwick team – Finished in 2nd place in Division 1
• Senior and Junior over 16 Longbow Warwick team – Finished in 2nd place in Division 1
• Senior and Junior over 16 Mixed (non-Compound) Warwick 50 team ‘A’ – Finished in 1^st place in Division 1
• Senior and Junior over 16 Mixed (non-Compound) Warwick 50 team ‘B’ – Finished in 2nd place in Division 3
• Junior U16 Mixed Style Warwick 30 team – Finished in 1st place in Division 1

 

 

The following archers scored the highest individual score for their bow style and division and DCAS medals have been awarded.

• Iain Lees (Compound) – Long Warwick score 420
• Linda Wright (Barebow) – Long Warwick score 231
• John Pengilley (Barebow) – Long Warwick score 280
• Emma Broadhurst (Longbow) – Warwick score 253
• Josie Nuttall (Barebow) – Warwick 30 score 354
• Maya Hojat (Recurve) – Warwick 30 score 344

The full tables for Summer Postal leagues can be found here.

Submission of a DCAS Summer Postal score sheet also give 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.

DCAS Portsmouth Winter Postal 2025/26

The club has entered the following teams into the DCAS Winter Postal Portsmouth Leagues:

• Three Senior Recurve/Barebow team
• One Senior Compound team
• One Senior Longbow team
• One Junior U16 Mixed Style team

The following scores were submitted for the November round of the competition:

Unfortunately all of our teams lost in November. The team positions after round one are as follows:

• Senior Recurve/Barebow team ‘A’ – 6th place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow team ‘B’ – 6th place in Division 3
• Senior Recurve/Barebow team ‘C’ – 6th place in Division 5
• Senior Compound team – 6th place in Division 2
• Senior Longbow team – 6th place in Division 2
• Junior U16 Mixed Style team – 3rd place in Division 1

The following scores were submitted for the December round of the competition:

Unfortunately all of our teams also lost in December. The team positions after round two are as follows:

• Senior Recurve/Barebow team ‘A’ – 6th place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow team ‘B’ – 6th place in Division 3
• Senior Recurve/Barebow team ‘C’ – 6th place in Division 5
• Senior Compound team – 6th place in Division 2
• Senior Longbow team – 5th place in Division 2
• Junior U16 Mixed Style team – 3rd place in Division 1

The following archers hold the highest score for the round shot by bow style:

• KT Pollington (Ladies Barebow) – Score 495
• John Pengilley (Gents Barebow) – Score 557

The following Portsmouth Badges have been awarded up to December 2025:

• Alan Horton (Recurve) – 475 & 500
• Emma Broadhurst (Longbow) – 425
• Samantha Horton (Longbow) – 375 & 400
• Tim Thornton (Recurve) – 425
• Phil Lomas (Barebow) – 475
• Phil Harley (Barebow) – 500
• John Pengilley (Barebow) – 550
• Paul Horsley (Recurve) – 525
• KT Pollington (Barebow) – 475

DCAS Frostbite Winter Postal 2025/26

The club has entered the following teams into the DCAS Winter Postal Frostbite Leagues:

• One Senior Compound + two of any other style team
• Two Senior Recurve/Barebow team
• One Senior Longbow team
• One Junior U16 Mixed non-compound team

The following scores were submitted for the November round of the competition:

With 3 of our 5 teams winning the team positions after round one are as follows:

• Senior Compound + two of any other style team – 2^nd place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow team ‘A’ – 3^rd place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow team ‘B’ – 3^rd place in Division 2
• Senior Longbow team – 3^rd place in Division 1
• Junior U16 Mixed Style team – 3^rd place in Division 1

The following scores were submitted for the December round of the competition:

With 2 of our 5 teams winning the team positions after round two are as follows:

• Senior Compound + two of any other style team – 2^nd place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow team ‘A’ – 3^rd place in Division 1
• Senior Recurve/Barebow team ‘B’ – 3^rd place in Division 2
• Senior Longbow team – 3^rd place in Division 1
• Junior U16 Mixed Style team – 3^rd place in Division 1

The following archers hold the highest score for the round shot by bow style:

• Emma Broadhurst (Ladies Longbow) – Score 218
• John Pengilley (Gents Barebow) – Score 309

The following Frostbite Badges have been awarded up to December 2025:

• Emma Broadhurst (Longbow) – 225
• Alan Horton (Recurve) – 275
• Jonathan Hui Recurve) – 275

External Competitions

Exmouth Archers Indoor Tournament – 16th November

This was a World Archery UK Record Status event shooting WA 18m rounds. 12 Yelverton Bowmen archers took part and achieved the following results:

• Recurve Open:
  • Andrew Axworthy finished in 1^st place
  • Jon Day finished in 4^th place
  • Andrew Howie finished in 5^th place
  • Alan Horton finished in 7^th place
• Recurve Women:
  • Grace Addicott finished in 8th place
• Recurve Junior Women:
  • Maya Hojat finished in 1^st place
• Compound Open:
  • Iain Lees finished in 4^th place
  • Corey Richardson finished in 6th place
  • Gary Wong finished in 8^th place
• Barebow Open:
  • John Pengilley finished in 1^st place
• Longbow Open:
  • Neill White finished in 6^th place
• Longbow Women:
  • Samantha Horton finished in 3^rd place

The full results can be found here on IANSEO.

South West and Wales University League Leg 3: Bath and Aberystwyth – 29th November 2025

Two Yelverton Bowmen shot for the University of Plymouth at Leg 3 of this academic years SWWU League in Bath in November, shooting a Portsmouth round.

Corey Richardson placed 3rd, taking the bronze medal, in the Compound Experienced Open category with a score of 551. Grace Addicott score 496, a new competition personal best, placing in 4th, narrowly beating out the 5th place archer with the same score with the tiebreak being decided on number of tens!

National Indoor Championships – 5th to 6th December 2025

Six Yelverton Bowmen archers travelled to Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire to compete in Archery GB’s National Indoor Championships in December, and shot a WRS WA 18m round.

• Recurve Open:
  • Alex Rowe finished in 95th place
• Recurve Women:
  • Grace Addicott finished in 92nd place
• Compound Open:
  • Corey Richardson finished in 69th place
• Barebow Open:
  • Harry Clemence finished in 69th place
• Barebow Women:
  • KT Pollington finished in 17th place, after being knocked out in the first round of Head-To-Head matches
  • Jorja Reid finished in 45th place

Results from the Indoor Championships can be found on IANSEO.

And Finally…

As we have now moved indoors, we will continue to shoot the Yelverton Bowmen Bray I League until the end of March. Details of the competition can be found here and will effectively make every indoor session, from the beginning of October to the end of March, a target day. Rounds shot on club Target days will allow archers to submit scores in support of a Bowman classification.