Welcome to the Yelverton Bowmen Records Officer report for June to September 2026.

Club Records shot June to September 2026:

June:

Emma Broadhurst – Senior Women’s Longbow:

• Long Western – Score 235 (no previous record)

Samantha Horton – Senior Women’s Longbow:

• Canadian – Score 326 (no previous record)
• WA 900 – Score 283 (no previous record)

Alan Horton – Senior Men’s Recurve:

• WA 60m – Score 539 (previous record 487)

Carmen Bottrell – Senior Women’s Barebow:

• Metric 122-40 – Score 515 (previous record 327)

Jeni Mattock – Senior Women’s Barebow:

• Warwick 30 (was Short Junior Warwick) – Score 394 (Previous record 380)

John Pengilley – Senior Men’s Barebow:

• WA 50m (Barebow) – Score 599 (previous record 589),
• Long Warwick – Score 331 (previous record 290)

July:

Phil Lomas – Senior Men’s Barebow:

• Windsor 50 – Score 668 (no previous record)
• Western 50 – Score 623 (previous score 573)

Samantha Horton – Senior Women’s Longbow:

• WA 70m – Score 141 (previous score 139)

Alan Horton – Senior Men’s Recurve:

• WA 1440 (Ladies) / Metric I – Score 852 (no previous record)

August:

KT Pollington – Senior Women’s Barebow:

• WA 1440 (Ladies) / Metric I – Score 861 (previous score 596)
• 140yd Clout – Score 48 (no previous record)
• 140yd Clout (Double) – Score 94 (no previous record)
• Hereford / Bristol I – Score 748 (previous score 668)
• Hereford / Bristol I (Double) – Score 1452 (no previous record)

Jeni Mattock – Senior Women’s Barebow:

• Warwick 30 – Score 395 (previous score 394)

Carmen Bottrell – Senior Women’s Barebow:

• Warwick 50 – Score 319 (previous score 301)

John Pengilley – Senior Men’s Barebow:

• WA 50m (Barebow) – Score 605 (previous record 599)
• WA 50m (Barebow) (Double) – Score 1196 (previous record 1144)

Alan Horton – Senior Men’s Recurve:

• WA 1440 (Ladies) / Metric I – Score 995 (previous score 852)
• Hereford / Bristol I (Double) – Score 1677 (no previous record)

Samantha Horton – Senior Women’s Longbow:

• WA 70m – Score 150 (previous record 141)
• Hereford / Bristol I (Double) – Score 538 (no previous record)

September:

John Pengilley – Senior Men’s Barebow:

• Long Warwick – Score 339 (previous record 331)

Carmen Bottrell – Womens Barebow:

• Long Metric III – score 483 (no previous record)

Classifications

The following Classifications have been achieved and badges have been or are in the process of being issued:

• Alan Horton (Recurve) – Outdoor Bowman 2nd Class
• Tim Thornton (Recurve) – Outdoor Archer 1st Class
• Tim Thornton (Recurve) – Outdoor Bowman 3rd Class
• KT Pollington (Barebow) – Outdoor Bowmen 1st Class
• Carmen Bottrell (Barebow) – Outdoor 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

• Alice Burgoyne (Recurve) – 40yd 252
• Dan Baxter (Longbow) – 40yd 252
• Octavia Harwood-Roe (Barebow) – 10 & 20yd 252
• Willow Harwood-Roe (Longbow) – 20yd 252
• Antony Corke (Barebow)– 20yd 252
• Emily Corke (Barebow)– 20yd 252
• Bebe Wilson (Barebow)– 20yd 252
• Emma Broadhurst (Longbow) – 80yd 252
• Alan Horton (Recurve) – 60yd 252
• Paul Mattock (Recurve) – 50yd 252
• Maya Hojat (Recurve) – 40yd 252
• Timothy Thornton (Recurve) – 40yd 252
• Sam Horton (Longbow) – 80yd 252
• Gary Wilkes (Recurve) – 20yd 252
• Carmen Bottrell (Barebow) – 50yd 252
• John Pengilley (Barebow) – 100yd 252
• Martin Jackson (Recurve) – 60yd 252
• Mark Armstrong (Recurve) – 60yd 252
• KT Pollington (Barebow) – 80yd 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

The club entered the following teams into the DCAS Summer Postal Warwick Leagues which will run between May and September 2026:

• 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 final team positions are as follows:

• Senior and Junior over 16 Mixed (non-Compound) Long Warwick team – 2nd place in Division 1
• Senior and Junior over 16 Compound Long Warwick team – 5th place in Division 1
• Senior and Junior over 16 Longbow Warwick team – 6th place in Division 1
• Senior and Junior over 16 Mixed (non-Compound) Warwick 50 team “A” – 1st place in Division 1
• Senior and Junior over 16 Mixed (non-Compound) Warwick 50 team “B” – 4th place in Division 2
• Junior U16 Mixed Style Warwick 30 team – Equal 1st place in Division 1

The following archers have finished as the current highest individual scorers:

• KT Pollington (Barebow) – Long Warwick (228)
• John Pengilley (Barebow) – Long Warwick (339)
• Carmen Botterell (Barebow) – Warwick 50 (319)

Deer Park Archer WA 720 and Heads to Heads – 6^th June 2026

John Pengilley was the only Yelverton Bowman archer shooting at this competition. John shot a Senior Master Bowman score of 582, and ranked in first place going into the Head-To-Head section. John had a Bye in the first round and won the quarter-final 6-0. He was pushed to a fifth end in the semi-final but ended up managing to win 6-4.

John managed to secure first place in the final, 6-0.

The results for this competition can be found here.

Archery GB National Tour Stage 3 (Surrey) – 21^st June 2026

John Pengilley was the only Yelverton Bowman archer at this event. This was John’s second National Tour event. John qualified in 7^th place with his first Senior Grand Master Bowman score of 599. John beat Rene Bekker 6-4 in the quarter-final, and then lost 6-2 in the semi-final against Philip Lawrence.

However, John went on to win the bronze medal match 6-2 to take third place, and his first National Tour podium.

The results for this competition can be found here.

Exmouth Archers / DCAS WA 720 and WA 1440 – 4^th & 5^th July 2026

Alan Horton, Sam Horton and John Pengilley made the trip to Exmouth for this competition. The competition is a combined Exmouth and DCAS competition with DCAS medals awarded for the WA 1440 only. Exmouth trophies were awarded for combined WA 1440 and Double WA 720 scores.

On Day 1, Alan shot a Recurve Double WA 60m round and scored 861. Sam shot a Longbow Double WA 60m round and scored 317. John shot a Barebow Double WA 50m round and scored 1129.

On Day 2, Alan shot a Recurve WA 1440 (70m) round and scored a club record of 852. Sam shot a WA 1440 (70m) round and scored 248, and John shot a Barebow WA 1440 (90m) round,and scored 914.

All three of them won DCAS gold medals for this round, and Sam won the Rosebowl. Well done Sam.

Sam and Alan both won Gold Exmouth combined double awards, and John won a silver.

The results for this competition can be found here.

GWAS Dunster Week – 13^th to 19^th July 2026

Dunster Archery week is a prestigious event with archers taking part from all areas of the British Isles.

There are seven separate rounds available to be shot with Dunster medals and trophies available for all rounds as well as the Victor Ludorum trophy awarded to the best archers who shoot the required qualifying rounds.

Yelverton Bowmen had five archers taking part: KT Pollington, Alex Rowe, John Pengilley, Harry Clemence and Gary Wong.

• KT had a very successful tournament and finished 1^st in the Ladies Barebow WA 1440, 3^rd in the Ladies Barebow Big Game Round, 121^st in the combined Longbow two-way Western, 5^th in the Ladies barebow double two-way Clout, and 1^st in the Ladies Barebow Double York/Hereford. This combined set of results meant that KT won the First Lady Barebow, as well as the prestigious Ladies Barebow Victor Ludorum.
• Alex finished 10^th in the Gent’s recurve WA 1440, 2^nd in the Gent’s Freestyle Big Game Round, 83^rd in the combined Longbow two-way Western, and 15^th in the Gent’s Recurve Double York.
• John finished 6^th in the Gent’s Barebow WA 1440, 2^nd in the Gent’s Barebow Albion, 72^nd in the combined Longbow two-way Western, and 4^th in the Gent’s Barebow double two-way clout.
• Harry came 15^th in the Gent’s Barebow Big Game Round, 1^st in the Gent’s Barebow 140yd Clout, and 1^st in the Gent’s Barebow National Round.
• Gary came 14^th in the Gent’s Longbow Double York.

The results for this competition can be found here.

Archery GB National Tour Stage 5 & WRS Double WA 720 (Barnsley) – 18^th & 19^th July 2026

John Pengilley was the only Yelverton Bowman archer shooting at this competition. On Day 1, John shot a WA 50m (Barebow) score of 584, giving him a ranking of 9^th place. John was then knocked out by Rene Bekker (6-0) leaving him ranked 8^th overall.

On Day 2, John shot a Double WA 50m (Barebow) score of 1115, leaving him in 11^th place.

The results for this competition can be found here.

Bowmen of Wadebridge WRS Double WA 720 – 25^th July 2026

Sam Horton, Alan Horton and Gary Wong were the Yelverton Bowmen archers who took part in this event on the Colquite Estate just outside Wadebridge. All shooting WRS Double WA 70m rounds.

• Sam shot in the Senior Women’s Longbow and came 1^st, scoring 222 points.
• Gary shot in the Senior Men’s Longbow, and came 3^rd, scoring 410 points.
• Alan shot in the Senior Men’s Recurve, and came 7^th scoring 852 points.

The results for this competition can be found here.

Bowmen of Wadebridge Mixed Herefords Open tournament – 26^th July 2026

Sam, Alan and Gary also shot Wadebridge’s Mixed Hereford tournament on the following day.

• Alan came 6^th in the Men’s Recurve, scoring 832.
• Sam came 1^st in the Women’s Longbow, scoring 172.
• Gary came 2^nd in the Men’s Longbow, scoring 387.

Redruth Archers Summer Tournament Double WA 720 and WA 1440 – 1^st and 2^nd August 2026

Gary Wong, Sam Horton, Alan Horton, Alex Rowe and Martin Jackson all shot on Day 1 of this tournament, and they were joined by Alice Burgoyne on Day 2.

On Day 1:

• Alex shot in the Recurve Open Double WA 70m round and came 7^th, scoring 1047.
• Alan also shot in the Recurve Open Double WA 70m round and came 10^th, scoring 793.
• Martin came 1^st in the Recurve Open Novice Double WA 60m, scoring 752.
• Gary came 2^nd in the Longbow Open WA 70m, scoring 349.
• Sam came 1^st in the Women’s Longbow Open WA 70m, scoring 241.

The results for this competition can be found here.

On Day 2:

• Alex came 5^th in the Recurve Open WA 1440 (90m), scoring 1088.
• Alice came 3^rd in the Recurve Women’s WA 1440 (70m), scoring 576.
• Alan came 1^st in the Recurve 50+ Open WA 1440 (70m), scoring 995.
• Martin came 3^rd in the Novice Recurve Open WA 1440 (60m), scoring 943.
• Gary came 3^rd in the Longbow Open WA 1440 (90m), scoring 345.
• Sam came 1^st in the Longbow Women’s WA 1440 (70m), scoring 297, securing a gold medal and trophy. Well done Sam.

The results for this competition can be found here.

Archery GB 50+ Championships (Evesham) – 2^nd August 2026

John Pengilley shot a Master bowman score of 587 in the initial WA 50m (Barebow) round to see him ranked 4th going into the Head-to-Head phase.

John made it through three rounds of Head-to-Heads, before losing in the semi-final. This meant that he shot against Mark Shore in the bronze medal match, unfortunately losing 6–0, as Mark only dropped 5 points across the three ends.

John therefore finished in 4^th place.

The results for this competition can be found here.

British Target Championships and National Tour Stage 6 (Lilleshall) – 08^th & 09^th August 2026

John Pengilley shot a personal best WA 1440 (90m) score of 924 to finish in 12^th place out of the 45 Barebow archers that took part in Day 1 of the British Target Championships.

Day 2 was the National Tour Stage 6, where John shot a Master Bowman score of 584 leaving him ranked 13^th out of 45 going into the Head-to-Head phase. Unfortunately John was knocked out in the quarter-finals by the eventual winner.

This meant that John finished the competition ranked in 5^th place.

These results were combined to give an overall ranking for the British Target Championships, which saw John finish the competition in 8^th place.

The results for this competition can be found here and here.

Exmouth Archers WA weekend – 15^th and 16^th August 2026

Sam Horton, Alex Rowe, Alan Horton and Martin Jackson all shot on Day 1 of this competition, which consisted of a WA 720 ranking round followed by Head-to-Head matches.

In the Women’s Longbow, Sam scored 135 points and was ranked in 2^nd place behind Sue Elkings of Wells City Archers. However, Sam won her semi-final match 6-4, going on to beat Sue 6-0 in the final to secure the gold medal. Well done Sam.

In the Open Recurve category:

• Alex scored 566 and was ranked in 6^th place going into the Head-to-Heads. Unfortunately Alex was knocked out in the first round in a very tight match and finished in 11^th place overall.
• Alan scored 489 and was ranked in 14^th place. Alan got through the first round but was beaten in the quarter-finals, and finished in 8^th place overall.
• Martin scored 308 and was ranked in 15^th place. Martin was knocked out in the first round by the eventual silver medallist, and finished in 15^th place overall.

Day 2 of the competition saw Alex Rowe, Alan Horton and Martin Jackson shoot the Recurve Open WA 1440 (90m), Alice Burgoyne shot in the Recurve Women’s WA 1440 (70m) , Gary Wong shot in the Open Longbow WA 1440 (90m) and Sam Horton shot in the Women’s Longbow WA 1440 (70m).

Alex scored 1096 and finished in 6^th place, Alan scored 819 and finished in 15^th place and Martin scored 499 and finished in 16^th place.

Alice shot really well at 30m and eventually scored 478 to finish in 7^th place.

Gary scored 425 to finish in 7^th place.

Sam scored 346 and finished in 2^nd place, picking up a silver medal. Well done Sam. But also well done to Alan, Martin and Alice as this was the longest round that the three of them have ever shot in competition.

The results for this competition can be found here.

SWWU Open 2026  – 22^nd and 23^rd August 2026

Grace Addicott took part on Day 1, whilst Alex Rowe and Corey Richardson took part in both days shooting a WA 720 round followed by Head-to-Head matches.

Day 1 saw the Yelverton Bowmen archers achieve the following:

• Alex, shooting in the Recurve Open category, scored 589 in the WA 70m qualification round which gave him a ranking position of 7^th. Alex was knocked out in the 1/8 round in a closely fought match. This placed Alex 10^th overall.
• Grace, shooting in the Recurve Women’s category, scored 316 in the WA 70m qualification round which gave her a ranking position of 8^th. Grace was knocked out in the 1/4  round by the eventual gold medallist and was placed 8^th overall.
• Corey, shooting in the Compound Open category, scored 599 in the WA 50m (Compound) qualification round which gave him a ranking position of 8^th. Corey was knocked out in the 1/8 round in a closely fought match (120-124), placing Corey in 9^th overall.

Day 2 saw the Yelverton Bowmen archers achieve the following:

• Alex, shooting in the Recurve open category, scored 560 in the WA 70m qualification round, giving him a ranking position of 8^th. Alex made it through to the quarter-final where he was knocked out by the eventual gold medallist, placing Alex in 6^th overall.
• Corey, shooting in the Compound Open category, scored 600 in the WA 50m qualification round which gave him a ranking position of 8^th. He won his 1/8 match on a one-arrow shoot-off (131-131, 9-8) before being knocked out by the first-seed qualifier and eventual gold-medallist, placing in 8th overall.

The results for this competition can be found here and here.

Bowmen of Lytchett World Archery Weekend – 22^nd and 23^rd August 2026

John Pengilley shot on both days of this competition, which saw archers shooting Double WA 720 rounds on each day.

Day 1 saw John shoot a Senior Grand Master Bowman score of 605, and a Senior Master Bowman score of 591, giving him a total of 1196. This placed John in 1^st place on Day 1.

On Day 2, John shot scores of 577 and 600 giving him a total of 1177. This left John in second place for Day 2. However, when both days scores were combined John finished in 1^st place overall.

The results for this competition can be found here.

Lizard Peninsula Bowmen Summer Bonanza – 29^th and 30^th August 2026

This non-record-status competition was shot in extremely testing conditions, with periods of strong, gusty, wind and heavy rain on both days. Sam Horton, Alan Horton, Martin Jackson and John Pengilley all had a great weekend at this really friendly and welcoming club.

• Sam came 1^st in the Ladies Double Hereford Longbow scoring 272 on Day 1, and 266 on Day 2 totalling 538.
• Alan came 1^st in the Gent’s Double Hereford Recurve scoring 840 on Day 1, and 835 on Day 2 totalling 1675.
• Martin came in 1^st place in the Gent’s Double Bristol II Recurve scoring 856 on Day 1, and 764 on Day 2 totalling 1620.
• John came 2^nd in the Gent’s Double York Barebow scoring 704 on Day 1, and 760 on Day 2 totalling 1461.

GWAS Intercounties (Bowmen of Lytchett) – 20^th September 2026

Alex Rowe, Sam Horton and John Pengilley were all selected to shoot for the DCAS County team.

All three of them shot Double WA 720 rounds, helping toward the DCAS team taking the overall team trophy with a combined score of 19,704! Over 1400 points more than Gloucestershire who came second.

Alex shot in the Recurve Open and Combined teams, scoring a total of 1052 points. His score helped the DCAS Recurve team secure the Janet Faralewski Salver for the combined Gents and Ladies.

Sam shot in the Longbow Combined teams, scoring a total of 215 points.

John shot in the Barebow Combined team, scoring a total of 1156 points. His score helped the Barebow team secure the team trophy.

The results for this competition can be found here.

National County Team Tournament – 26^th & 27^th September 2026

Sam Horton, KT Pollington and John Pengilley were all selected to shoot for the DCAS county team.

The competition requires archers to shoot a combination of WA 720 rounds and team Head-to-Heads.

Day 1:

• Sam scored 137, ranking 10^th out of 26, in the WA 70m round, which helped the DCAS Womens Longbow team rank in 6^th place out of the 9 teams. The team had a Bye in round 1, but were knocked out 6-2 by Essex in the quarter-final. This left the team ranked 8^th overall.
• KT scored 528, ranking 16^th out of 45, in the WA 50m (Barebow) round ,which helped the DCAS Womens Barebow team secure a team ranking of 6^th out of 15 teams. The team won 6-0 in the 1/8 round, but were then knocked out by the eventual bronze medal team Lrcaa. This left the team ranked in 6^th place overall.
• John scored 577, ranking 17^th out of 60, in the WA 50m (Barebow) round, which helped the DCAS Open Barebow team secure a team ranking of 1^st place. The team lost 6-2 to the eventual winners in the semi-final securing a Bronze medal play off. In a hard fought match the team lost (4-5, 28-26) in a one arrow shoot off.

Day 2:

• Sam scored 67, ranking 19^th out of 26, in the WA 70m. For the Head-to-Heads, Sam was shooting in the Mixed Longbow team. Her score helped them secure a ranking of 5^th out of the 11 teams. Sam and Tony Aplin reached the Semi final with a one-arrow shoot-off in the quarter-final. They were then beaten by Gloucestershire which meant they faced Yorkshire in the Bronze medal match. Despite taking the match to 4 ends they lost 6-2 to finish in 4^th place overall.
• KT scored 536, ranking 14^th out of 60, in the WA 50m (Barebow) round. For the Head-to-Heads, KT was shooting in the Mixed Barebow team the score helped secure a ranking of 9^th out of the 19 teams. KT and Bill Wilson reached the quarter-final where they were knocked out by the eventual winners in a very hard fought contest, to finish in 5^th place overall.
• John scored 581, ranking 15^th out of 60, in the WA 50m (Barebow) round. For the Head-to-Heads, John was shooting in the Open Pairs team with Chris Putman and the score helped secure a ranking of 3^rd out of 20 teams. John and Chris, supported by KT who spotted for them, made it to the gold medal match via a one-arrow shoot-off in the semi-final where they beat Bedfordshire 17-16. They won 5-3 against Staffordshire to secure the Open Pairs team gold.

KT and John also helped the DCAS Mixed Barebow team to secure the overall bronze medal.

The results for this competition can be found here and here.

Indoor Bray I League

The competition is run from the beginning of October to the end of March, and as such this means that all indoor shooting sessions during this period are considered to be club Target days.

This means that archers have been able to shoot rounds and submit scores towards the Bowmen classifications.

Details for this competition can be found here.

National Rankings

One of the outcomes of shooting in the majority of the above competitions is that the record status events count towards an archers National Ranking. The following archers have achieved an outdoor National Ranking position of:

Senior Longbow Women (76 athletes with a ranking):

• Sam Horton ranked 17th

Senior Longbow Open  (167 athletes with a ranking):

• Gary Wong ranked 27th

Senior Compound Open (306 athletes with a ranking):

• Corey Richardson ranked 138th

Senior Recurve Women (303 athletes with a ranking):

• Alice Burgoyne ranked 167th
• Grace Addicott ranked 205th

Senior Recurve Open (601 athletes with a ranking):

• Alex Rowe ranked 90th
• Alan Horton ranked 190th
• Martin Jackson ranked 329th

Senior Barebow Open (354 athletes with a ranking):

• John Pengilley ranked 11th
• John Pengilley also ranked 8th on the National tour (97 athletes with a ranking)

Please accept my apologies if I have missed anyone or anything off this report.

Regards,

John
Records Officer