2017 Autumn Archery UK Magazine



2017 Autumn Archery UK MagazineCoverOfficial magazine of Archery GBCover teasersWorld class: Disability Championship, Youth Festival and much more.Big Weekend 2017: it's our biggest yet.Get a fantastic deal with our partners Volvo.Archery Foundation: how you can help.Inside: what's new with you? All your latest regional news updates. Cover photo credits:Title: The Worshipful Company of Fletchers Disability Championships.Picture: Derek Sizeland.Editor's letterWelcome.Wow what a summer. We have been inundated with news of achievements, smashed records and blistering performances both at home and abroad. To reflect this, we have bumper tournaments and performance sections and we take a closer look at the 2017 Youth Festival, the very first Worshipful Company of Fletchers Disability Championships, the National Series and, of course, another record breaker: our Big Weekend.We also have reports on the BUCS outdoors plus all the latest from the regions, our partner Volvo, your pictures and plenty of timely advice from our experts.It's officially autumn; but there's still plenty going on before the indoor season and we want to know about it. Send your stories and pictures to magazine@ and we will do our best to get you into the next edition.In the meantime, enjoy, and have a great autumn.Jane PercivalEditorContents4 News: Northern Counties6 News: Southern Counties9 News: Wales, EMAS, WMAS11 News: Scotland12 News: Northern Ireland14 News: General15 News: Obituaries16 Partner update17 Big Weekend18 History19 Juniors22 Field24 Clout25 Feature26 Performance34 Tournaments40 Experts50 Mailbag53 Universities54 Your Pictures57 New Products60 Development63 Membership65 Board67 Disabilities70 Records and Achievements107 And Finally108 SponsorsSeparate documents2017 Autumn Tournament Diary: Archery UK Magazine2017 Autumn Directory: Archery UK MagazineProduction informationPublisherProduced on behalf of Archery GB by: TRMG Ltd, 1 Forum Place, Hatfield, Herts AL10 0RN. Tel: 01707 273 999. 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No responsibility can be accepted for illustrations, photographs, artwork, editorial or advertising material in transmission or with the publishers or their agents, although every care will be taken to ensure safe return of items requested to be returned.? 2017 Archery GBNews: Northern CountiesA new era: Cracking start after upheavalAfter a year of uncertainty and upheaval, St George's Archery Club, Harrogate, is preparing to celebrate its 40th anniversary in a brand new home. It had been based at a school but had to make way for a new all-weather pitch. So the search was on; while still providing members with target and clout opportunities. And local landowner Lord Mowbray came to the rescue, offering a 20-year lease for a parcel of land on his farm at Allerton Park, near Knaresborough.It took months of hard work to lay the foundations of what promises to be a first class archery venue but members were rewarded in July when the first shoot opened with a traditional Agincourt Volley.One area that has not been neglected though is the club's community work. Members have been out and about at local fêtes and shows offering a taste of the sport to anyone who wants to have a go. The club scored a significant hit at the Northern Shooting Show in May providing archery for around 20,000 show visitors and will be at the Countryside Live show at the Great Yorkshire Showground next month.An offer they couldn't refuseWhen Burscough Archers were given the chance to improve their technique, 10 members could not resist the offer. Their reward? Expert coaching by four members of the Lancashire coaching group.Even the weather was kind: dry and sunny with light winds creating the ideal conditions for coaching. It resulted in a stimulating, inspiring and instructive day which the participants later said exceeded all their expectations.The aim of the coaches was to develop individual improvements, keeping the archers focused by giving them clear, structured guidance. And they came up with an easily understood plan to maintain and embed the newly-learned techniques so that they could build on what they had learned.And if anyone needed proof of its effectiveness, one very recently-joined member managed his first six golds at 20 yards and then went on to get six golds at 30 yards on his first session after the event.By public demandWhen villagers in Lonsdale, North Yorkshire banded together to raise funds for a new sports pavilion, they knew exactly what they wanted: and archery was at the top of the list.That was four years ago and in the following months they worked with Northern Archery to provide taster days. They proved a massive hit and the momentum for a village-based club grew. Six local people took out personal loans, secured grants and went on a fundraising drive which, last August, led to the launch of Lonsdale Archers.Since then one experienced club member and a novice have qualified as Level 1 coaches, and are supported by two more very experienced archers in running club sessions. The club has run its first beginners' course as well as more taster sessions and a Big Weekend event.Two members, Brian Lewis and Mark Christie, have had their first taste of competitions and the club is now hoping to grow to 30 members, including a strong junior section.All loans have been paid off and the next step is to offer two beginners' courses each year and to prepare for its junior and senior championships.News: Southern CountiesA ?8,000 stunner: Club raises hospice cash (and even the mayor joins in)Photo: Southampton's Mayor, Les Harris, takes aim.When Claire Oakley died aged only 35, her father-in-law Martin knew that he wanted to do something to recognise those who cared for her through her final days.So Martin, head coach at Southampton Archery Club, asked fellow members for help. They agreed to give all the charity donations raised during the rest of the year to the city’s Countess Mountbatten Hospice, where Claire spent her last two weeks.But both Martin and the club wanted to do more, so he came up with the idea of a 24-hour shoot. The aim was to raise ?1,000 at the event and ?1,000 throughout the year.They did slightly better than that. They raised ?8,000 in one day.More than 100 archers aged from eight to 73, gathered at the shoot, which was opened by the Mayor of Southampton, Les Harris, and Maggie Preston?representing the hospice.In total, more than 4,000 arrows were shot at a custom-made golden frame and target faces created by local schoolchildren, which included flashing LEDs and glow-in-the-dark paint.Shooting times varied from one to eight hours and included all bow types; and three Robin Hoods.Martin said: "Claire was a much-loved wife and mother to my two grandchildren. She was so brave right up till the end and we all still miss her. So I wanted to do something as a thank you to the hospice staff – they did a great job. And I am staggered by the generosity and commitment of the members in making this occasion such a success."Club Chairman James Wilson added: "What better way is there to spend a day?"Band of brothersGusty conditions led to some interesting scores and shots as Oakfield Archers hosted its 11th annual fun York longbow shoot. The tournament, next to Hainault Forest in Essex, began with the Agincourt address, delivered by Ian Crabbe, and the sound of a horn, blown by Brent Davies, the event organisers.Then the archers got down to the serious work of shooting. Most managed to hit 100 yards. Some even managed to hit the gold. The first to achieve this was Peter Evans but, unfortunately, it was in the wrong target and Harry Grove managed to repeat the feat soon after.After a quick banquet break, the archers managed to rattle off the 80 and 60 metre distances with enough time left to honour Joan and Tony Ikel for their tireless work for the club.The top three finishers were Steve Morkus, Bob Attalia and Max Room who each received prizes. A fresh angle: Can ancient skills improve modern performance?What's the best way to give yourself the edge when it comes to archery? One way might be to study another form of the sport to see what lesson you can draw from it. Stephen Walker, a level two coach at Bromley Archery Club certainly thinks so.He has been exploring kyudo, the ancient Japanese martial art of archery. It translates as the way of the bow and Stephen is convinced it is benefiting both his performance and his coaching.He said: "The style of kyudo is dramatic to watch but there are many similarities with western archery. The main difference is that within kyudo no part of the shot sequence is hurried or unconsidered, from the placing of the feet to the follow through. Everything has its own importance."The bow is drawn extended upright above head height and, from this position, full draw can only be achieved by engaging the correct back muscles. The nock of the arrow (ya) finishes past your ear. Once in full draw you can feel the stability of the posture almost compound in the way the powerful back muscles take all the strain away from your arms. The release comes from a groove in the glove when the fingers are rotated and the draw hand is flung backwards. If you have done everything correctly you will hear a pop as your arrow pierces the target, which is exactly 28 metres away, 36 centimetres in diameter and 10 centimetres off the floor."As the arrow is released, the bow spins around in the hand until it faces backwards. This is achieved by a remarkable technique called tenouchi and, apparently even after years of practice, the effect is very hard to master. The reason for the bow turning round is so the archer can grab the reins of his horse without the string getting in the way. Unbelievably the Samurai used to wield these enormous bows while at full gallop towards the enemy."And he believes British archers can learn something from kyudo."How many times have you seen archers struggling with poor posture and unstable full draw? I coach 'never practice poor form' and I believe kyudo has much to offer. If every time you nocked an arrow you actually considered every part of your shot sequence from start to finish you would see an improvement."I'm now six months into my kyudo journey. I have gained my first grading, wear the funny costume and do my best to not look out of place. My recurve archery has improved in leaps and bounds and my understanding of kyudo has focused the way I coach, moving towards a holistic view of the shot and ignoring the score."Tenouchi is still a mystery; but I have seen it, so I know it's real."Happy anniversaryBowmen of Darenteford Archery Club celebrated a special milestone, and its new home,?with a well-attended Ruby Anniversary National shoot.It was the first chance for members to shoot officially at the new ground in Northfleet and there were specially created target faces for a short novelty shoot, 40th anniversary badges and a barbecue. Right on targetWhen Alison Ward took part in her first wand shoot, the Mole Valley Clout and Wand Shoot in Leatherhead, Surrey, she was not expecting to do well. She could not have been more wrong.Alison, a member of the Leaves Green Bowmen of Biggin Hill, Kent, scored four hits in one end at 80 yards with her longbow. And nobody was more surprised than her. In fact all her fellow competitors were so thrilled they insisted on recording the feat for posterity, and this is the result.News: Wales, EMAS, WMASMatthew's mission: RAF veteran aims for Invictus gloryMatthew Neve of Perriswood Bowmen has been shooting for a year. Now he is in Toronto and about to compete in the Invictus Games. His mission? "To bring them medals home."The RAF veteran served between 2001 and 2004. The things he saw while on deployment left him suffering from depression, PTSD and other mental illnesses.The turning point came last year when he picked up a recurve bow for the first time. As well as being fun, he found that it helped to calm him, took away his stress and allowed him to focus purely on the target and where the arrow is going. Matthew joined Perriswood Bowmen and, coached by Brian Williams, quickly found his form.? After some intensive training, Matthew attended the Invictus Games trials. He came away with the highest score on the field and later found out he had been selected for the Games.The immediate result has been a massive sense of achievement, meaning and self-worth. Matthew fully appreciates the way sports recovery has helped him and encourages anyone who is suffering mental or physical disabilities to have a go at archery or any other sport to find out how beneficial it can be.Now we just have to see what impact he can have in TorontoThe best kind of battleWandering minstrels, Agincourt volleys, fancy dress, sunshine, food, drink and laughter, what more can you ask for when you are celebrating a battle?Ninety archers took part in the inaugural Battle of Burton Bridge Tournament, shooting at larger than life targets, and many actually managed to build up decent scores. But one, the appointed King's Archer, Paul Garner, won a very special trophy for best score from the volleys and another, Richard Dennison was awarded the King's Purse of ?50 for the best shot in the final volley.Feedback from the event was so overwhelmingly positive that the club is going to do it all over again next year.Even heroes can't resistHave-a-go events bring people flocking; even, it seems, heroes and superheroes. Among those who could not resist having a go at a recent taster session hosted by Harworth Archers at a local school were firemen, Superman and Pikachu.Just dropping inIt was a strange old week at Belvoir Archers once again. First the club had an unexpected visitor, a very oversized ladybird, as Sheila Worth was beating her husband David at its midsummer handicap shoot.Then, a couple of days later, Nigel and Barbara Wood took a couple of strings out of the boss tie box and ended up with a lot more than they bargained for. After a couple of hours of untangling, Nigel said: "It is actually quite therapeutic."News: ScotlandSpot the hot shots: Record entry at Transplant GamesA?record number of entrants, 140, battled for archery glory as part of this year's multi-sport British Transplant Games in North Lanarkshire.The aim of the Games is to celebrate the successes of transplant teams around the country and the lives they save, as well as honouring those who gave their organs by being transplant donors. And this year's entrants did not petition was fierce among the experienced archers, with medals decided by two or three points. Then the beginners took to the line under the watchful eyes of coaches, volunteers and Archery Sports Manager Kath Fitzpatrick. They shot at 10 metres at an 80cm face, with archers scoring a minimum of 18 arrows or 24 if they had the time.Kath said: "All the competitors are out to have a good time and the coaches and judges made sure that they not only had fun but successful archery experiences too. Many asked about clubs they could join as they had enjoyed it so much."It was a mammoth organisational task. I would like to thank all the volunteers, organisers, sponsors and Scottish Archery which promoted the event and assisted with recruitment."Next year the games will be in Birmingham and the volunteer coach and judge list is already open. This is such an inspirational event and a great way to introduce some very deserving people to our sport."A date with historyBlazing sun and windy conditions added to the challenges at Scotland's historic inter-county Pentangle shoot.It was part of the two-day Penicuik Challenge and teams from the Scottish Archery eastern and northern areas and the Cumbria County Archery Association rose to the occasion, shooting a World Archery 1440 round. And there was a lot to shoot for. The overall team title was based on the cumulative score of the best three longbows, female recurves, female compounds, male recurves and male compound archers from each region.Eastern Area almost managed a clean sweep of all categories but Cumbria won the male compound competition with a score of 3,811, just edging the Northern area archers who finished on 3,786. News: Northern IrelandOpen to all: Clubs answer the challengeThirty-four archers from five clubs took part in the Archery NI Inter Club Championship and for some it was their first chance to be part of a major competition.After a misty start the archers, from Ballyvally Archers, East Belfast, Lisburn City, Maiden City and Muckamore Company of Archers tackled 16 ends at a range of distances.The format allowed the final totals to be reached from teams' best four scores from each of the morning and afternoon sessions. The scores of each archer were factored to account for their age, bow style, gender and distance shot. This allowed for teams with a wide spread of ages and abilities to shoot competitively, with archers ranging from primary school age to masters; as well as those fresh from beginners' courses.Stiff breezes made shooting difficult but, once all the numbers were crunched, along with complementary crisps, Ballyvally's Angela Cowan, Romaine and Tom Mehaffey, Craig McCreery and Kim Pegrum were crowned champions. East Belfast's first and second teams completed the podium.The best kind of buddyMore than 60 Ballyvally archers turned out to raise much-needed funds for the Buddy Bear Special School in Dungannon.Brendan McConville, chairman of the school, which helps severely handicapped children, was among the guests, who included parents and pupils from the school. He shot the first arrow, and hit the target.The shoot helped to boost the coffers of the school, which relies solely on fundraising to finance its teachers, assistants, and the upkeep of the building.Both the club and the Buddy Bear School would like to thank everyone who shot or brought raffle prizes, club officials for organising the event and Molly Dunne and Sinead Byrne who organised a special knock out at the end. News: GeneralLynn's longbow firstWhen recurve archer Lynn Young tried her hand at longbow, that was it. She was hooked and all thoughts of going back to her recurve fell by the wayside. She wanted to try instinctive shooting but struggled until she received some expert tuition from Ann Conifey of Riverside Archers. Last year she achieved Master Bowman status. So when she heard that David McCullogh of Norton Archers was developing indoor longbow 'Blaze' classifications for the Durham and Northumberland Archery Association, she was intrigued. So intrigued that she took part in the county competition and was presented with the first ever Purple Blaze badge, equivalent to Grand Master Bowman, by County President Bill Lee. Look what Julie didCoach Julie Warren demonstrated grouping a little too accurately shooting at 50 metres at St Kingsmark Bowmen, Chepstow. It was her first Robin Hood and she damaged her own arrows, but she's still smiling.Inclusive? Yes we areArchery is for everybody, no matter what; and Austrey Archery Group proved more than up to the challenge when an unusual visitor arrived at one of its taster events.The group, which shoots near Tamworth, has been busy all summer introducing the sport to the local community by holding regular have-a-go events. This one was at Thorpe Country Fair in Staffordshire and shows clearly that archery may be practised by people of all heights. It might help to aim a little lower though.News: ObituariesDerek BellamyDerek Bellamy, a founding member of Paddock Wood Archery Club, has passed?away. He was the club treasurer from the start in 1994 until he stepped down in 2014.? He remained an active member however. He was the club's main coach and always on hand to help.?He will be sadly missed by everyone.Geoffrey MachinGeoffrey Machin, a former Chairman and committee member at Old Basing Archers, has passed away, aged 80. The compound archer, who had been a member of Basingstoke Bowmen, helped to introduce an annual two-day record status shoot and the club's Western Challenge. His vast knowledge, experience help and excellent eye for detail will be greatly missed.Martin McKenzieMartin McKenzie, a longstanding member of the Valley Bowmen of Huddersfield, has passed away. He was a keen longbow archer and was last seen at the club enjoying a newly-acquired bow. His wife, Janice, and his adult children Martin, Hannah and David have offered to donate a bench in his memory to the club which they hope will offer a peaceful spot for new archers to sit and reflect.?Partner updateAdvertisement feature: A meaningful connectionThanks to archery GB's affinity partnership with Volvo Car UK, you can get a car equipped with a range of the latest life-enriching Sensus Connect technology.Sensus Connect, Volvo's cutting-edge in-car connectivity solution, puts your digital world at your fingertips, whether that means finding your next meeting location or your next escape, texting your boss or calling your family.And with Affinity offers at your fingertips too, Archery GB members can also benefit from an initial member discount, Volvo discount and free Metallic Paint on models across the range, with Sensus Connect featuring as standard on many of them.On top of this, you can get discounted accessories and further offers on insurance and servicing. Buy a Volvo car through Personal Contract Purchase and you'll soon discover how Sensus Connect can enrich the way you organise everything that's important to you:Sensus navigationVolvo Cars' own navigation system lets you connect to the internet for real-time traffic updates, weather reports and more. The built-in voice control feature means you can set your destination without disrupting your driving.Smartphone integrationIntuitively access your smartphone's most useful functionalities through Sensus Connect with specially created in-car interfaces for both Apple CarPlay (TM) and Android Auto.Send to carSend destinations directly to your Volvo car from your browser or the Volvo On Call app. When you get into the car, your route will be ready and waiting for you.Volvo on call appVolvo On Call gives you the power to check fuel level and mileage, lock or unlock your car, and even set the heater at the tap of a button. Whilst the location feature means you can quickly find your car in a crowded car park.Volvo Car Business Centre:03333 204 147.Big WeekendThe biggest yet: Fun in the sun at the Big WeekendEvery year clubs around the UK unite to dedicate one weekend to introducing as many members of the public to archery. Each year the Big Weekend gets bigger and better and 2017 was no exception as 94 clubs introduced more than 6,500 people to the sport.Sunshine greeted visitors who joined Maiden City Archers in Derry, along with food and drinks. There was even a chance to take part in a coaching session delivered by the Director of coaching and performance for Archery NI, Damien Lennon.Archery GB Chairman Mark Davies visited Guildford Archery Club and was more than impressed as he watched lots of people queueing to test their potential.Bowmen of Walker provided the added temptation of a barbecue, but one of the best sights was watching member Rachel, who joined the club as a junior and is now a coach, helping the next generation get into archery.It was the first time South Bucks Archers had taken part in the Big Weekend, which this year was supported by Volvo. And there were no regrets; they had a great day and so did the people who flocked to the event.Bowmen of Backworth has an unusual claim to fame. It meets at Backworth Miners' Welfare; and that's licensed for marriages. So this year the club had perhaps the best-dressed participants as members of a wedding party took advantage of a lull in proceedings to have a go.The Bowmen of Adel held its event at a local fair and quickly attracted the attention of Keith Galloway and Mitch Garbutt of Leeds Rhinos Rugby League club. Neither had tried archery before and both left with huge grins on their faces. The event generated lots of interest in beginner's course but, said organiser Nick Beeson, "the biggest pay-off was the sight of so many happy people who will remember the day they tried archery for a long time".Glorious sunshine greeted visitors who took part in Harworth Archers' event while Marshland Archers successfully raised the club's profile in the community.More than 150 people joined Bowmen of Warfield and many asked about signing up for beginners' courses. Bowmen of Rutland had a similar result, as did Caldy Bowmen and Eagle Bowman of Bedford.Six Towns Company of Archers worked with its local Volvo dealership to introduce both the cars and the sport to the community while Louth and District Archery Club, Telford archers,?Greenbank Archers and Merdon Bowmen all had great days. And Bowmen of Warfield and Burleigh joined forces and introduced archery to 150 people in the community. A fantastic day with a true team spirit.HistoryMeet the master: Clarence Hickman, 'father' of the modern bowArthur Credland is Archery GB's official historian, and he wants to hear from you. Contact him at historian@.Photo: Hickman shooting his bow of 'Radical Design'.The main claim to fame of Clarence N. Hickman (1889-1981) is probably his work in military science, including the development of recoilless rifles, and invention of the bazooka. He is, however, also widely recognised as the as the father of the modern bow.Studying for his master's degree at Clark University, Massachusetts, he came under the tuition of US rocket pioneer Robert Goddard and joined him as a research assistant in 1918. But he had learned to shoot, native American-style, as a child and when he was recovering from tuberculosis later in life, he rediscovered archery. He turned his mind to understanding of the function of the bow and propulsion of the arrow.In 1930 he was able to capture the Archer's Paradox on film. It showed how the impact of the string on the arrow causes it to curve around the bow stave and continue to oscillate as it flies towards the target.Five years later he registered a patent for his bow of Radical Design which was claimed to be 100 per cent more efficient than the traditional longbow. It was a recurve bow of composite construction with a narrow cylindrical grip which reduced the degree to which the arrow had to bend and made it close to being centre-shot.At full draw the limbs straightened so that the string made an angle of 90 degrees with the tips and allowed the use of a relatively long arrow with a bow of short limbs. This gave a resultant gain in cast. He marketed Fortisan, a form of silk sheeting, as a backing material to wooden bows but, after the 1950s, this was replaced by fibreglass.These composite bows are the ancestors of the bows now universally used in field, target and flight archery, the fibreglass has been replaced by carbon fibre. The original Hickman bow was of the take-down type enabling him to carry his bow conveniently in a case, a feature which later became a regular part of bow design. Archery, The Technical Side, published in 1947 by the National Field Archery Association of the USA, gathers together the key scientific papers on the theory, construction, use and performance of bows and arrows by Hickman, Forrest Nagler, and Paul E. Klopsteg.JuniorsSo much fun: Cracking start to Amy's outdoor careerAmy March has not been shooting for very long and this year took part in her very first outdoor tournament. She did not know quite what would happen.This is her story:"As I stood on the line and drew into full draw, taking sight at the target, I should have felt like Katniss Everdeen or Robin Hood. In fact I felt more like a drowned rat. The May Day shoot at Fakenham Bowmen was my first official outdoor shoot and although there were disastrous winds and it started pouring with rain, I have never had so much fun."Six months ago my dad dragged me down to Wymondham Archers and I haven't looked back since. When I started it was the indoor season so the May Day shoot was my first outdoor competition. Although the weather was not that great, wind blew your arrows off target and made it impossible to aim, it made it even more fun."I was extremely nervous. I was mainly shooting 40 metres which I had only shot at about twice so had no idea how it would go. I shouldn't have worried. I came away with first in my category, top junior and an Archery GB award for a six gold end at 40 metres. I was amazed."Even without the awards I still would have loved the day. Everyone was so kind and made me laugh constantly. I had an amazing day which I will always remember. I am really looking forward to more outdoor shoots to come and hopefully returning next year for the May Day shoot. I can’t wait."Worth the wait: Delight as team bags the winWhen you haven't had any success for a while it can get, erm, a bit frustrating. So when you eventually do win, after 17 years, well you can see what it meant to Nottingham's juniors.Each year they take on teams from Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire in the annual Sydney Bond Memorial Trophy shoot and, to be honest, they have not been very successful. But this year was different.Sydney Bond, who ran the Sherwood Archery Club, died in the 1980s, and was a friend of Nottinghamshire coach Charlotte Attwood. So she and her club, Wilford Bowmen, offered free coaching to any junior from any Nottinghamshire club who wanted to improve. It paid immediate dividends.Now she is hoping to build on this success to get Nottinghamshire back where it belongs; among the winners.Rivals? Who? Us?There's always a little bit of rivalry between sisters but after this year's JNOC, both Heike and Freya Palmer had plenty to smile about.Freya won the National title for?Metric 3 and finished fourth in the Bristol 3 while Heike was second at both Metric and Bristol 5.Freya, who is on the National Age Group Academy and coached by Kieran Slater, said: "I had wanted to do archery but was really inspired by London 2012. I had to change to left handed after two years but since then I have gone from strength to strength."I always congratulate and support Heike, but I love it when I beat her. Even though we are at different distances, I always check our scores."Heike, who is on the talent development programme, said: "I couldn't wait to start archery as my sister was already shooting and it looked really fun. I loved going to our club, Wyre Forest Company of Archers, even just to watch. I love to break county records, particularly Freya's. I cheer for my sister when she is doing head to?heads but always try to get higher scores than she did at my age."A successful partnershipDuring the past 18 months Invictus Bowmen has built up close links with Vivacity Disabled Archery and it is proving a successful partnership for two young talents.Oliver Young and Cheyanne Ferreday began shooting with Vivacity but have now joined Invictus where they have been busy winning badges and certificates.Nine-year-old Oliver, who likes the routines and structure of archery, became the club's first member to shoot at neighbouring Jolly Archers' outdoor tournament. It paid off when he came home carrying medals.And Cheyanne is about to have a poem, Archery in America, published. She won a school competition and her acrostic poem, where the first or last letter of each line spell something out, talks about her dream of having the royal family watch her compete for Britain in the USA.Medals all roundCongratulations to Noak Hill's Rhiannon Easton, Samuel Gulvin and Andrew Lock who put in a fantastic performance at the Havering Youth Games.Rhiannon won the female recurve short national title while Andrew finished second in the boys' category.Samuel, who had earlier broken the county record, took silver in the junior short national.The Games finished with a one-arrow knockout and all three Noak Hill Archers reached the final round where the trophy was won by Samuel with a near perfect shot.That's the way to do itMeet Megan O'Connor. She has been shooting for about five months now and she has already claimed her first six-gold end badge.It happened at the JNOC when the seven-year-old compounder also managed to score 1,160 points in her first Bristol 5. But she has had a little help. She tells everyone that she is taught by the best, her big brother Nathan Thomas.First Robin HoodThis is 13-year-old Katie Tonkinson of Audco Archers, Shropshire, still smiling after shooting her first Robin Hood.FieldFive medals: Brits put on a show at Euro championshipsBritain's squad brought five medals home from the European Field Championships: two silvers and three bronzes.Recurver Patrick Huston powered his way to a gold medal showdown with Marco Morello of Italy. They were evenly matched throughout but the Italian managed to edge two points ahead to take the title. Sophie Benton put on a cracking show to reach the barebow junior women's gold medal match, and it was close. There was only one point in it but Sweden's Sara Liljestrom edged the title 44 to 43. Italy's Natalia Trunfio beat Britain's Caoimhe Heeney to seed Bryony Pitman lost out by one point in the recurve junior women's semis, so she was in no mood to go home empty-handed when she faced Slovenian Iva Rusjan in the battle for bronze. And there was no mercy as she chalked up a convincing 59 to 41 win to take the medal.There was plenty of drama for Jason Meehan in his barebow bronze final as he and Germany's Michael Meyer finished their match tied on 50 points. That meant a shoot-off. The German scored three but Jason took the medal with a five.Patrick, compounder Tapani Kalmaru and Jason also faced Sweden in the men's team bronze medal match. It came down to a single point, but it was enough to give Britain its first medal.The 2017 British champions are:Challenges were faced and overcome as archers gathered at for the 50th All British Open Field Championships hosted by Pentref Bowmen and incorporated the 15th junior championships.This year's longbow champions are Alex Newnes and Beth Duthie. Richard Powell and Emily Williams won the senior American flatbow categories with Anna Catling taking the under 18s title. Owen Rawdin-Jones is the under 12s champion.The 2017 barebow champions are: Jason Meehan and Jessica Nilsson (senior), Tom Mehaffey and Becky Chilcott (under 18s), Simon Hake and Amelia Thomas (under 15s).The senior compound barebow titles went to Simon Price and Marion Patterson while Menna Williams took under 18s honours. Kevin Bridgman is the men's compound limited champion.Matthew Arnold and Tracey Hill won the 2017 compound senior titles while under 18s honours went to Zachary Ball and Cyra Rawdin-Jones. Thomas Groom was the under 15s winner.Olympians Patrick Huston and Naomi Folkard proved they are just as skilled in the field by taking the senior recurve titles. And junior honours went to Joe Fairburn (under 18s), Finnlay Barrett-Rees (under 15s) and Amy Pagan (under 12s).Michaela Lake and Glenn Thompson won the traditional categories and Pentref's Ceri Thomas and John Davies took the trad team event. The top married couple were Stuart and Victoria Barby. Deep in the hollowsClose to the real Watership Down and hidden in a fold in the Hampshire hills, something very important has been going on: the English Field Archery Championships.Seventy-four archers took part in the tournament, which was hosted by Overton Black Arrows as part of its open field competition and the Hampshire Championships. Their ages ranged from under-15s to over-77s and between them they shot American flatbows, barebow, compound, compound barebow, traditional, recurve and longbows.At the end of two days shooting in perfect weather and a stunning location the medals were presented. And there were special congratulations for Phoebe Rose who achieved a new national under-15s barebow record with a score of 570. You can find all the results at Overton Black Arrows: .CloutWhat a result: Spectacular shooting and added dramaMore than 80 archers lined up for Cumbria's two-day World Archery Clout competition and, for once, the weather was kind. But there was plenty going on.There was drama when an archer had to be taken to hospital because of a leg injury sustained while gardening earlier in the week. He was released from hospital five days later. There was also some spectacular shooting leading to claims for nine UK records, four purple tassels, three red tassels, three blues and one white.The leaders after the first day were recurvers Erin Mayer and Ray Chaplin, compounders Jane Lomas and Gareth Beeby, barebow archers Carol Fairbrother and Mick White and longbowers Nancy Ryder and Ian Stowell. The big question was where they would finish on day two.In the end the winners were:Recurve: Kath Hall and Danny pound: Jane Lomas and Paul Lomas.Barebow: Carol Fairbrother and Mick White.Longbow: Nancy Ryder and Ian Stowell.There were also strong performances by juniors. Finlay Heydon won the overall junior recurve section, Bradley Ridpath took compound honours, Freddie Lear the barebow title and Matthew Foreman was the longbow champion.And there was a special gift for Judge Karen Winsett, who was retiring after many years of devoted service to archery and Cumbria clout competitions.FeatureEveryone's a winnerHow to help the Archery Foundation, and yourselfDo you want to win guaranteed entry into all six stages of the 2018 Archery GB National Series? Then checking out the Archery Foundation's website might be a good idea.It is holding a raffle to win the entry, given by Archery GB, at The archery Foundation: .uk.So what is the Archery Foundation?It is a registered charity and it aims to help find and provide funding for projects to help all people enjoy archery. That includes the disabled, elderly, people with health issues and disadvantaged individuals and communities. Why? Because we are a sport for all.The foundation is providing equipment for Hall Green School in Birmingham and Portland College in Mansfield to allow more of their students, who have a wide range of disabilities, to enjoy archery. It is also in talks with other groups and organisations to help them bring their projects to fruition.It is now actively looking for supporters and volunteers to help raise funds and make people aware of its activities. If you are interested in helping, want to find out what kind of projects it supports, are looking for help, or want to donate any proceeds from club activities, you can get in touch via the website.Among those who are already supporting the foundation are Deer Park Archers which holds raffles for the charity, St Kingsmark Bowmen which ran a have-a-go, Chippenham Archers, Muckamore Company of Archers and Restormel Company of Archers. Its patrons are Olympian Larry Godfrey and Paralympic silver medallist Mel Clarke.Personal donations have come from Mrs D. Davies and from Trish Bridgeman after the sudden passing of her son Alex Bates, a modest and dignified young man who quietly supported various charities. Thanks also go to Graham Potts, Head Judge at the Rio Olympics and Hilda Gibson for giving memorabilia to auction.If you want to help, you can make a donation through the Virgin moneygiving account on the Foundation's mercial supporters include Arrow Socks, The Archery Company, Clickers Archery, Merlin Archery, Quicks Archery, TRMG Ltd and Wales Archery. It has also received donations from Archery GB and the Agincourt 600 Fund.So what is next for the Archery Foundation?It will be holding another raffle at the National Indoor Championships; and there will be exciting prizes up for grabs. Last year it included an auction for Mike Schloesser's target face; the one on which he shot a perfect 600 at the Back to Back Tournament.PerformanceOne to remember: Watch out for these future starsThe best of Britain's young archers, plus entrants from Ireland and the Netherlands, have helped make the 2017 Archery GB Youth Festival one to remember.Friendships were forged and potential rivals sized up as more than 180 of the sport's brightest prospects took part in the week-long world record status competition. The aim was to give young archers the opportunity to compete in the international World Archery target format, including team and mixed team head to heads. But most of all, it was fun.Individual finals brought the festival to a fitting climax, and there was plenty of drama in some hotly-contested matches.The junior men's recurve title went to Dutch archer Nick Roos who beat Richard Birkby 6 to 2. And it took a shoot-off to decide bronze. Keith Hammond faced Morgan Donaldson. Keith shot an eight but Morgan hit the nine to take the medal. The women's title went to Tamara Mitchell with a 6 to 0 win over Lizzie Warner. Emily Bryant beat Eva Henderson-Hirst to bronze.There was a tough battle for recurve cadet gold. In the end it went to Jacob Reid who beat Thomas Nairn 6 to 4. Alex Wise took bronze with a 6 to 4 win over Louis Perkins. And Alyssia Tromans-Ansell beat Louisa Piper into second place with the same scoreline.The bronze went to Ruby Paul.Imogen Newby retained her recurve cub title, beating Penny Healey 6 to 2. She said: "I'm so happy, ecstatic. It was close and Penny is such a great friend. I'm still shaking a little bit." The bronze medal went to Shaimaa Abdelhalim with a 6 to 0 victory over Leah Ferriday.Harry Wright took the gold in the men's competition, defeating Samuel Birdsall 6 to 2. Joshua Smith won a shoot-off for bronze, scoring eight to Ryan Leathem's pound youth honours went to Jacob Caine with a 146 to 142 win over Kai Thomas-Prause while Lucy Mason beat Sarah Moon to the women's title. Adam Carpenter and Layla Annison claimed bronze.In the team competitions, Richard Birkby, Keith Hammond and Adam Power beat Ryan Holden, Callum Platt and Nick Roos to recurve junior men's gold in a shoot-off.?The women's champions are Leah Bannister, Eva Henderson-Hirst and Lauryn Jewkes who defeated Emily Bryant, Eugenia D'Arcy and Lizzie Warner.Hayden Setchfield, Luke Stocks and Jonathan Tate defeated Oliver Buckingham, Will Maddison and Thomas Nairn in the final of the recurve cadet men's competition. A shoot-off decided the women's title with Nicole Burdett, Lucy Clarke and Thea Rogers gaining the advantage over Rhiannon Easton, Aspen Salisbury and Alyssia Tromans-Ansell.Dru Ridding, Nathan Thomas and Matthew Wong took the gold in the compound youth men's category after defeating Jamie Harris, Liam Peake and Alexander Taylor. The women’s title went to Hallie Boulton, Iulia Petre and Abbie Spinks with a 222 to 195 win over Maddison Codling, Saffron Cullen and Sharon Murphy.Penny Healey, Mollie Perrett and Harry Wright beat Ryan Leathem, Imogen Newby and Heike Palmer to gold in the recurve cub mixed gender team match. The mixed team title went to Imogen Newby and Joshua Smith who beat Samuel Birdsall and Heike Palmer.In the tiered mixed teams competition, the champions are:Recurve juniors. Tier 1: Keith Hammond and Nell Piper. Tier 2: Struan Caughey and Roisin Mooney.?Recurve cadets: Tier 1: Louis Perkins and Louisa Piper. Tier 2: Molly McCormick and Monty Orton. Tier 3: Megan Costall and Joshua pound youth. Tier 1: James Howse and Sarah Moon. Tier 2: Finnlay Barrett-Rees and Sharon Murphy. Another clean sweep: Classy women boost GB paras' medals haulBritain's W1 women have once again proved they are at the top of their game with a spectacular clean sweep at the Para Archery European Cup world ranking event in Nove Mesto.Jo Frith set the tone in the bronze medal match. She faced Korea's Kim Ok Geum. It was nip and tuck in a really tense match but Jo led all the way to claim a 131 to 130 win, and ensure British gold, silver and bronze.It was the perfect scene-setter for the showdown between teammates Jess Stretton, who had earlier smashed her own world record, and Victoria Rumary. Both were determined to bag the gold and neither was prepared to give the other any chance. The result was inevitable: a 135 to 135 tie which forced a shoot-off. And both athletes shot a nine, but top seed Jess's arrow was marginally closer to the centre, giving her the medal.There was more shoot-off drama in the men's compound gold medal match. John Walker faced Jere Forsberg of Finland and there was little to separate them as the advantage swung both one way and then the other. In the end both archers finished the match on 142 points, forcing the shoot-off. Fosberg hit the X but John's arrow strayed into the eight, earning him silver.That brought Britain's medals total at the event to eight: two golds, four silvers and two pounders Jodie Grinham, Phoebe Pine and Jess Stretton, who set a new European record earlier in the competition, were the top seeds and, after making short work of Ukraine, they faced second seeds Germany in the gold medal match. It was close, there were only two points in it, but our archers were in no mood to be denied and clinched the title with a 220 to 218 win.Second seeds Nathan MacQueen, Bradley Stewart and John Walker, who had also set a new European record, breezed past Austria and Ukraine to secure their shot at gold. They faced top seeds Iran and came so close but in the end came away with silver.There was silver too for Jess Stretton and John Cavanagh in the W1 mixed team final. The favourites took on Russia in the final and, although they shot well, Russia managed to pull four points ahead to claim gold.John Walker and Phoebe Pine won a well-deserved bronze in the compound mixed team competition. The pair, who defeated Poland and France before being narrowly beaten by Iran, faced Slovakia in the final. And there was no stopping them as they stormed to a 147 to 144 win.Plus, there were honours from an unofficial open mixed team trophy with teams made up of archers from different nations. Jess Stretton and Romania's Bogdan Raicu took gold in the W1 competition with Victoria Rumary and Peter Kinik In bronze spot. There was compound gold for Jodie Grinham, shooting with Malaysia's Hohd Zafi Mat Saleh and Hazel Chaisty took the recurve silver medal with Iran's Somayeh Rahimi Ghahderijani.World Cup medal: Team brings home bling after long campaignBritain's Lucy Mason, Hope Greenwood and Lucy O'Sullivan will be bringing home a little extra luggage when they return from the Hyundai Archery World Cup in Berlin: compound team silver medals.There was no lack of drama as the trio, ranked ninth, battled American second seeds Cassidy Cox, Paige Gore and Lexi Keller. The teams tied the first end then the USA pulled four points ahead. Britain fought back in the third to come within one point of their rivals but a blistering performance by the Americans, 10, 10, 10, 9, X, 9, in the last end put the gold medal out of reach.Lucy O'Sullivan later summed the occasion up when she told World Archery: "It was great. I found this is one of the funniest teams I have been on for so many years. The weather was awful today but we went out there to have fun and smile. We still have to choose our team for the World Championships, but we are hoping to better it in Mexico."And recurvers Sarah Bettles, Naomi Folkard and Bryony Pitman came so close to achieving team bronze. They qualified in seventh spot, went head to head with Russia and tied the first two sets in tricky conditions. But then the fifth seeds won the third set 56 to 52 and the fourth 57 to 54 to clinch the medal.British athletes came tantalisingly close to medals in the other stages of the competition too.Olympians Patrick Huston and Naomi Folkard came within touching distance of success in the first leg in Shanghai while British athletes were involved in epic second stage battles in Antalya. Tom Wood and Ashe Morgan and Bryony Pitman each made it through to the last 16, only to be denied quarter-final places at the very last minute. The recurve mixed team of Patrick and Bryony were beaten by top seeds Chinese Taipei in the quarter final and the men's team of Patrick, Ashe and Tom were denied a quarter final place by a shoot-off against Malaysia.There were major upsets at the third leg of in Salt Lake City and Britain was at the heart of one of them. Twelfth seeds Tom Hall, Patrick Huston and Michael Judd defeated the Netherlands, ranked fifth, 6 to 0, to reach the quarter finals of the men's recurve team competition. There they met Malaysia, who had earlier knocked out highly-fancied USA. The hard-fought match ended in a shoot-off. Tom, Patrick and Michael shot 23, but Malaysia edged it.Britain tops medals table: Spectacular results at European Youth CupBritain crowned a spectacular week at the European Youth Cup in Porec by topping the table with 12 medals: six golds, three silvers and three bronzes.We started the competition in style as compounders Lucy Mason and Jake Walsh swept to cadet mixed team gold and juniors James Howse and Izzy Carpenter brought home bronze.Then our teams blazed into action. Both cadet recurve teams hit gold, Louisa Piper, Thea Rogers and Alyssia Tromans-Ansell dominating the field to beat top seeds France and Jacob Reid, Jonathan Tate and Alex Wise claiming victory in a dramatic shoot-off against Russia.Cadet compounders Adam Carpenter, Kai Thomas-Prause and Jake Walsh also took top honours, beating Belgium 222 to 212 while Layla Annison, Lucy Mason and Hollie Smith finished in silver spot, just edged out by Estonia. And there was bronze for junior women Izzy Carpenter, Rebecca Lennon and Sarah Moon.And Britain finished in style, winning five individual medals.There was always going to be an all-British showdown in the recurve men's cadet gold medal match after Alex Wise and Jacob Reid crushed all opposition in the eliminations. In the end it was Alex who took the honours with a hard-fought 7 to 3 win over Jacob.There was gold too for Layla Annison. The second seed beat the top ranked Russian Elizaveta Koroleva by a single point to win the compound cadet title.Bryony Pitman came with a hair's breadth of landing the junior recurve title. She faced Sylwia Zyzanska and, although she battled hard, in the end the Pole edged it, leaving her in silver medal spot.And there was bronze for recurve cadet Louisa Piper who defeated Ukrainian Iryna Rusin 6 to 2 to take the medal. Cadet compounder Adam Carpenter almost added another bronze but Liechtenstein’s Stefan Zacharias proved too powerful, winning 147 to 138 to take the honours.All Britain's 32 athletes at the competition performed really well on an international stage, but they could not have achieved such a stunning result without sterling support behind the scenes. Archery GB would like to thank all the volunteers, clubs, judges, parents and coaches for their continued support, plus the team in Croatia. They included team manager Naomi Gibson, coaches Alberto Zagami, Naomi Folkard, Nicky Hunt, Jon Nott, Simon Scott and chaperone Cait Leach.The perfect ambassadorJoshua Smith has autism; but it has never held him back when it comes to archery. Now the National Age Group Academy athlete has been recruited by Sport Birmingham to help on diversity days it is holding across the city. He was invited to Timberley Academy where he gave two presentations about how his condition was not going to stop him from achieving his archery ambitions and ran have-a-go sessions for all the students. The Academy was so impressed it has already ordered archery targets and equipment and has asked Josh if he will run a weekly archery club.Selection and being internationally competitive?Over the past decade Archery GB has had unparalleled success at a Paralympic level. This is down to a range of factors, not least the significant support that we receive from UK Sport. This investment enables us to run the?World Class Programme and ensure athletes have access to outstanding support personnel and training environments to enable them to be among the best prepared in the world.UK Sport's priority is to?maximise the performance of UK athletes in the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the key milestone events which precede them. Success is measured by the medals won, the number of medallists developed and the quality of the systems and processes in place to find and support the nation's most promising future champions.In an attempt to be internationally?competitive across all our programmes,?our selection policies for World Championships, which are our key milestone events, are consistent with many other Olympic and Paralympic sports. The principle objective is?to meet the agreed medal target objectives with UK Sport and the Archery GB board. There is one key milestone event for each year of the cycle which is identified in order to assess whether the programme is on target to deliver against its Tokyo medal target.Behind the Olympics and Paralympics, World Championships are the pinnacle of the sport and as such the standard and demands on athletes are higher. This is why they are identified as key milestone events with UK Sport and the Archery GB board. The selection policy and subsequent process is therefore designed to benchmark the athletes against what it takes to medal at a World Championships so as to ascertain, on the weight of evidence, who is a probable medallist.A medal focus on World Championship events is not a?position unique to archery. Across the Olympic and Paralympic landscape this is commonplace, with sports required to demonstrate a return on UK Sport investment and provide confidence that it is on track to meet its objectives at the respective Games. It is therefore common for sports to not fill all quota spots if it is deemed that athletes are some way off a medal. To illustrate this in another sport; for para swimming, athletes are required to equal or better a?qualifying time which is set at 1 per cent of the third placed time in the World Para Swimming rankings for each event and classification. Four national able-bodied champions did not make the Team GB Swim team for Rio as their performances were not close enough to being internationally competitive.Key milestonesEach year for the key milestone event, a selection policy and process is published. For example, the process for the Para World Championships in Beijing was:Athletes were invited to submit scores for consideration to be a part of Selection Shoot 1 in line with the minimum scores in the selection policy.Those who were accepted in to the process attended Selection Shoot 1 as part of the National Series event at Surrey.Following that, athletes were invited to Selection Shoot 2 meaning 11 athletes progressed to Selection Shoot 2.Selection Shoot 2 was a standalone, closed event, that was run by Archery GB. The format was a finals style head to head event where all the athletes shot against the others within their categories. The scores they achieved at this shoot were then considered as part of the wider criteria in the selection policy.After the second shoot, the selection panel met on Monday to agree who was chosen, in line with the selection policy. Chris Furber (Para Swim PD) was a part of the panel as an independent representative.Athletes were informed of selection/non-selection on Tuesday and those not selected were directed to their right of appeal.We received one appeal against selection which was referred to independent arbitration by the Sports Disputes Resolutions Panel as per our procedures. The selection panel's decision was upheld and the appeal was rejected.On the back of this approach we have been successful across each of the programmes: the Paralympic team topped the medal table in Rio and is consistently delivering at major international events, the national recurve and compound programmes are becoming increasingly competitive internationally and the youth team recently topped the medal table at the Europeans.World Games silver for NaomiFour British archers travelled to Wroclaw, Poland, to compete in the 2017 World Games and one of them, Naomi Folkard, came home with a medal.The defending recurve field champion powered to a place in the gold medal final, seeing off Jindriska Vaneckova of the Czech Republic, narrowly beating teammate Bryony Pitman in the pool rounds and defeating Austria's Laurence Baldauff in the semis. That put her in the gold medal match with top seed Lisa Unruh of Germany.Naomi took the first two ends to build a four-point lead but then Unruh pulled back to tie the third. Both shot 13 in the fourth, forcing a shoot-off. In a truly dramatic finish, Unruh shot a five but Naomi's arrow strayed into the three, handing the German the title.World Games debutant Mark Nesbitt made it into the second round of the recurve field pool competition but could not get past the Croatia's Matija Mihalic who finished the competition in fourth spot. And sixth seed Jessica Nilsson was edged out of the barebow competition despite putting up a spirited fight against France's on-form Eliette Lalouer.Tough battles in SardiniaThree British athletes travelled to Sardinia for the first stage of the European Para Archery Cup in Sardinia. They battled hard, but they were up against tough opposition.John Cavanagh fought off a determined challenge by Italy's Demetrico Salvatore to land a place in the W1 quarter final. That brought him face to face with Omer Asik of Turkey. And there was no stopping the top seed. He won 127 to 118 and went on to secure a place in the gold medal pounder Carl Harding qualified in 15th spot and dominated Romanian Bogdan Raicu. Then he faced second seed Ivan Kozlov. He shot well but the Russian was on fine form and took the match 137 to 124.? And fifth seed Hazel Chaisty was denied a place in quarter final in a tense battle against Ukrainian Svitlana Shatkovska.TournamentsSomething special: Young stars shine at JNOCRecords tumbled, six and three gold ends were shot and there was even a Robin Hood, but it was the smiles, excitement and a real sense of achievement that marked out the 2017 Junior National Outdoor Championships as something special.Paralympic champion Jess Stretton demonstrated just why she is the world number one at the age of 17 by smashing three W1 world records before 11am on Saturday. Daniel Dace from Netherhall Archers managed to group a little too precisely, wrecking two of his arrows during sighters. And both days were peppered with calls about new national records as well as archers' achievements. More than 280 archers from 130 clubs competed in the Junior National Championships and the 2017 titles went to:RecurveSamantha Roberts and Darragh Joyce (under 12s), Imogen Newby and Kian Watkins (under 14s), Hannah Rowley and Joe Fairburn (under 16s), Lizzie Warner and Alex Wise (under 18s). The recurve men's and women's titles went to Ryan Pinder and Louisa poundMatilda Craven and Elliot Ede (under 12s), Hallie Boulton and Ajay Scott (under 14s), Jenny Bryan and Lewis Haslam, joint winner with Nathan Thomas, (under 16s), Ella Gibson and Matthew Wong (under 18s). The compound men's title went to Kai Thomas-Prause.BarebowMeghan Robertson and Mikolaj Radosz (under 12s), Dylan Fyfe (under 14s), Eden Grundy and Thomas Oakley (under 16s), Becky Chilcott and James McKay (under 18s). The barebow men’s and women’s titles went to Harry Stew and Elisa Ball.?LongbowAnja Rawlings (under 12s), Rosie Elliott and Samuel Kellett (under 14s), Rayelle Ennels-Smith (under 16s). The longbow men's title went to Samuel Homewood.Round winnersOn Saturday, our rising stars took part in world record status World Archery 1440 Star rounds and UK record status Metric rounds. The winners included:Men's 1440: Ryan Pinder (recurve), Kai Thomas-Prause (compound), Samuel Homewood (longbow), Harry Stew (barebow).Women's 1440: Lizzie Warner (recurve), Jessica Stretton (compound).Metric 1: Alex Wise (recurve), Liam Peake (compound), Lukas Burton (barebow).Metric 2: Jacob Reid (men's recurve), Nathan Thomas (men's?compound), Sophie Castle (women's recurve), Ella Gibson (women's compound), Becky Chilcott (women's barebow)Metric 3: Thomas Susca (men's recurve), Dru Ridding (men's compound), Samuel Kellett (men's longbow), Dylan Fyfe (men's barebow), Freya Palmer (women's recurve), Holly Clifford (women's compound), Rayelle Ennels-Smith (women's longbow), Eden Grundy (women's barebow).Metric 4: Darragh Joyce (men's recurve), Elliot Ede (men's compound), Harvey Birdsall (men's barebow), Imogen Newby (women's recurve), Chloe A’Bear (women's compound), Rosie Elliott (women's longbow).Metric 5: Samantha Roberts (women's recurve), Matilda Craven (women's compound), Anja Rawlings (women'’s longbow), Meghan Robertson (women's barebow).Pure mastery: The crème de la crème areThe sun shone, records fell and the names of this year's UK Masters champions were unveiled after two days of tough competition.The two days at Lilleshall included three competitions: qualification, head to heads and a World Archery 1440 round. The results from all three then decided the eventual titles and prizes. And they went to:Women's recurve, Ogden Trophy: Sarah Bettles with Naomi Folkard second and Lisa Cooper third.Men's recurve, Petty Trophy: Patrick Huston with Tom Hall second and Alex Smith third.Women's compound, the White Rose silver salver: Sarah Prieels. Lucy O’Sullivan was second and Izzy Carpenter third.Men's compound, the Red Rose silver salver: Tom Duncan with Daniel Tompkins second and Mark Rudd third.Women's longbow: Sheila Hudson followed by Julie Cousins and Justine Canham.Men's longbow: Cliff Gadd took the title ahead of Barry Du-Crow and Alex Newnes.Women's barebow: Sarah Ruth Hubbard, followed by Karen Atkins.Men's barebow: Steven Lancaster, ahead of Brett Stringer.Naomi Folkard took all the recurve women's WA distance and long metric awards, while Patrick Huston took all but one of the men's. The Nettleton Cup for the highest 50 metre score went to Sonnie Emeney. Izzy Carpenter, Andrea Gales, Victoria Barby and Sarah Prieels took the compound women's trophies and the men's were shared between Tom Duncan, James Howse and Daniel Tompkins. Southern Counties won both the Petty Trophy Challenge, beating Northern Counties by 117 points and the Tankard for a mixed team of four compound archers. Izzy Carpenter, Sheila Hudson and Tania Nadarajah all broke UK records at the event, subject to ratification.Head to head at EuronationsArchers gathering at Royal Navy South Coast Archers' ground at HMS Sultan for the 2017 European Commonwealth Archery Championships and Euronations were treated to a new experience: the inaugural English Archery Federation Series shoot. Fifty archers representing England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland took part in the European Commonwealth and Euronations competitions. The new champions are:European Commonwealth:?Recurve: Lisa Cooper (England) and Connor Hall (Northern Ireland).Compound: Hope Greenwood (Scotland)and Carl Richards (England).Euronations:Recurve: Lisa Cooper (England) and Connor Hall (Northern Ireland)Compound: Hope Greenwood (Scotland) and Carl Richards (England)Recurve team: England women and Northern Ireland menCompound team: Scotland women and England menCompound combined team trophy: ScotlandRecurve combined team trophy: Northern IrelandOverall combined team trophy: EnglandNomads titles went to recurvers Pip Taylor and Sonnie Emeney and compounders Claudine Jennings and Darren Bennion.Sixty archers also took part in the new federation series world record status shoot. The recurve WA 720 champions were Lisa Cooper and Scotland's Stuart Barby.? Compound honours went to Hope Greenwood and Tapani Kalmaru of Wales and the barebow champion was Llantarnam's Darren Cooke.In the head to head competitions, recurve gold went to Kayleigh Baylis of Wales and England's Michael Judd. The compound winners were Scotland's Kirsty Robb and Harrison Ooi.Showing how it's done: Stunning shooting at Junior MastersSeventy of our finest young archers lined up at the 2017 Junior Masters in Oxford with only one goal on their minds: to be named champion of champions.The format was simple: a 72-arrow ranking round followed by head to heads. It resulted in some spectacular shooting, particularly from barebow archer Lidia Stamp whose 549 in the under 12s' 30-metre ranking round smashed the UK record; by 101 points.After a day of tough competition in blustery conditions the 2017 champion of champions were decided. They are:Boys' recurve: Riley Spencer-Nice.Girls' recurve: Heike Palmer.Boys' barebow: Alfie Richards.Girls' barebow: Lidia Stamp.Boys' compound: Adam Carpenter.Girls' compound: Sarah Moon.Tournament Organiser Nat Merry said: "The day went very well, with some very impressive scores posted despite the wind in the second half of the ranking round. It was great to see such professionalism and technical skill from our young archers."I have to thank Oxford Archers, and all the local clubs that provided helpers: Wallingford Castle, Oxfordshire Army Cadets, and Silver Arrow. Thanks also to our sponsors and suppliers and to assistant Tournament Organiser Chris Charlesworth. We look forward to seeing everyone back at Oxford for the Junior Masters in 2018."Flight records smashedArchers fought through flooding to be part of the 2017 National Flight Championships at Leeds Airport (East). They were rewarded with perfect conditions for smashing records; and smash them they did.Tony Osborn of Pepperstock Archers set a new world record for a target recurve not exceeding 50lbs with a shot of 552.66 metres while junior Ryan Fallon set a new footbow record of 610.60 metres.There were national records too. Tony Osborn claimed the target recurve honours with a shot of 604 yards, one foot two inches. Brian Todd of Whitburn Archers set two records: for crossbow with a shot of 653 yards and eight inches and for American longbow not exceeding 50lbs at 348 yards, one foot 11 inches. And junior Matthew Scrivens set a new American longbow unlimited record at 247 yards and seven inches.The event also saw one of the furthest distances ever shot on UK soil as Tony Osborn shot an incredible 1034.57 metre with a 33 kilo compound flight bow.Hot stuff at DunsterIt was the week the weather gods turned the heating on. Archers taking part in the 62nd Dunster Week basked in perfect conditions with a moderate breeze, apart from Thursday when the traditional Dunster wind blew.But it was a chance to catch up with old friends, make new ones and to indulge in seven days of archery against the stunning backdrop of the National Trust-owned Dunster Castle in Somerset, or shoot field events at Allercott Farm. The week included clouts, field, Western, World Archery 1440, Albion and National rounds and ended with the Grand Western Archery Society Championships.Kathryn Sartain smashed the UK longbow Albion record, a feat repeated by junior Charlie Nicholas who was shooting barebow double Hereford.The 2018 Dunster Week runs from 17 to 24 June and you can find this year's results at Grand Western Archery Society (GWAS): .uk.All eyes on: Birmingham for the 2017 National Series finalsEastside City Park, right next to Millennium Point, Birmingham. That's the setting for the climax of one of 2017's most hotly contested competitions: The Archery GB National Series Grand Final.The event, on 23 to 24 September, was happening as Archery UK went to press but the last eight in each category were:RecurveGents: Tom Hall, Ashe Morgan, Patrick Huston, Alex Wise, David Timmins, Michael Judd, Jack Masefield, Keith Harding.Ladies: Sarah Bettles, Johanna Meyer, Lizzie Warner, Bryony Pitman, Naomi Folkard, Sally Gilder, Jaspreet Sagoo, Sarah poundGents: Adam Ravenscroft, James Howell, James Mason, Chris White, Simon Froggatt, Daniel Tompkins, Carl Richards, Michael Kells.Ladies: Lizzie Foster, Lucy Mason, Lucy O'Sullivan, Abbie Spinks, Nat Merry, Susan Corless, Sarah Prieels, Daisy Clark.How they got thereSecuring that place was no easy task for any of the finalists, even if Lizzie Foster did dominate the women's compound competition, winning four of the six stages to secure her place at the top of the rankings. After staking her claim by winning the first two stages, she consolidated her position at the home of Bronte Archers by taking the stage 5 and 6 titles as well.Susan Corless hit unstoppable form at Kingston University to take the stage 3 honours while Hope Greenwood secured a stage 4 win in a dramatic shoot-off against Nat Merry.In the men's compound competition, Carl Richards and James Mason took the first two stages, hosted by Evesham Archers. Daniel Tompkins claimed stage 3 with a 147 to 142 win over James Mason and Chris White took stage 4 after a shoot-off against Adam Ravenscroft, who then went on to win stage 5. The final title went to Simon Froggatt.Sarah Bettles proved a major force in the recurve women's competition with victory in stages 2, 3 and 4. Johanna Meyer took stage 1 while Naomi Folkard and Bryony Pitman, back from international duty, claimed the final two titles.Recurver Ashe Morgan claimed two wins along the way, stages 2 and 3, after David Timmins had taken first blood. Patrick Huston took the fourth and the fifth went to Alex Wise after a shoot-off against Tom Hall, who then went on to claim the final victory. GNAM: the latest chapterGlorious weather combined with the chance to write the latest chapter in one of British archery's most historic competitions brought archers flocking to the 163rd Grand National Archery Meeting.The GNAM was first shot in York in 1844 but Lilleshall is now the regular host, allowing some of Britain's best to shoot UK record status Rose York, Hereford and National rounds plus a UK record status long National round over three days.The Spedding Challenge Cup for the highest aggregate score with a recurve or wood bow over three days went to Shelly Hurst of Bronte Archers and the top handicap day awards went to Tina Grace of the Wight Bowmen Archery Club and Sterphen Williams of the Longbow Club.Double Hereford basic score titles went to: Shelley Hurst (recurve), Sophie Twigg (longbow), Sharon Tideswell (compound), Tina Grace (barebow).Double York basic score titles went to: Neil Crickmore (recurve), Robert Twigg (longbow), Julian Pretlove (compound), John Jones (barebow).You can find all the results and trophy winners on the Archery GB website under Compete>National Tournaments.Experts: Welcome to Archery UK's Advice ZoneIf you have any questions, this is the place to be.In every issue our experts are on hand to give recurve, compound, barebow and longbow advice. So if you want to know something, email your question to magazine@ and we will pass it on to our experts.Do your homework: Compound star Lucy O'Sullivan offers some top tips on designing your archery-focused gym programmeOne of the best things you can do at home this autumn as the days get darker, is blank boss shooting. Even if you have a little target two metres away in your bedroom, it is one of the easiest ways to keep your arrow count up while working on technique.However, if you are looking for some strength exercises that you can practice this autumn and winter, it can be as easy as sitting down watching TV and practising your internal and external rotations. You can do this holding a tin of beans or soup, a resistance band or a light weight. Practice internal and external rotations for 30s to start, and then work up to a heavier weight; or increase the time, a whole advert per arm for example.For more advice go to: @LucyOSullivanArchery.?Thanks to and to Alice Hadcroft for their help with images in the following sections.External rotationFigure 1: Starting position. With weight or resistance band in one hand, fold that arm at the elbow across the front of your waist while keeping the elbow tucked into the side of your body.Figure 2: End position. Keeping the elbow tucked into the body, and your forearm parallel to the floor, rotate your arm forward so that you make a 90 degree arc. Your hand should now be in front of your elbow.Internal rotationFigure 3: Starting position. With weight or resistance band in one hand, and your elbow tucked into your side, bend your elbow so that your hand is in front of it and your forearm is parallel to the floor.Figure 4: End position. Keeping the elbow tucked into your body and your forearm parallel to the floor, rotate your arm in a 90 degrees arc across your waist. Your hand should now be in the starting position for the external rotations.Leg exercisesSome other great sofa exercises are single leg or double leg squats, make this exercise harder by just touching the sofa and standing up straight away. Try not to use your arms at all to help you get up.Figure 5: Squats. Lucy demonstrating the lowest part of the squat. Her bottom is barely touching the seat.Another exercise for your legs includes rear foot elevated split squat, if this is too hard however, then just do ordinary split squats or lunges on the floor.Figure 6: Starting position. Stand with one leg slightly bent and the other pointing behind you so that the top of that foot is resting on a raised bench.Figure 7: End position. Dip both knees as low as you can go.Arm exercisesMore arm exercises you can practice would be over head presses, or straight arm holds, again challenge yourself to increase the time you hold your arms out to the side or increase the weight.Overhead pressesFigure 8: Starting position. With a weight in each hand, both upper arms parallel to the floor and to the sides of your body, bend your elbows at 90 degrees so that your hands are at head height.Figure 9: End position. Extend your arms straight upwards so that your hands end up above your head.Side straight-arm holdFigure 10: Starting position. With weight in each hand, arms by your sides rotate your wrist so that your thumbs are at the front of your hand.Figure 11: End position. Keeping your arms straight; lift your arms up and out sideways so that your hands end up at shoulder height.Front straight-arm holdFigure 12: Starting position. With weight in each hand, arms by your sides rotate your wrist so that the backs of your hands are facing forward.Figure 13: End position. Keeping your arms straight; lift your arms up forwards so that your hands end up in front of you at shoulder height.PlanksOne more exercise you can do in your living room would be the plank it is incredible for your core muscles, not just your abs, so your back shoulders and arms get a full work out. Practice different types of planks to make this harder.Figure 14: Straight-arm plank. Lie face down on the floor. Your weight is on your toes and hands (arms are straight) so that your body is off the floor. Keep your back flat, pull your shoulder blades together and keep the ribs tucked towards your hips (brace the core). Figure 15: Bent-arm plank. Lie face down on the floor. Your weight is on your toes and forearms (arms are underneath your body, with hands clasped), so that your body is off the floor. Keep your back flat, pull your shoulder blades together and keep the ribs tucked towards your hips (brace the core).Back to basics: Embrace variety with the help of nutrition expert Jackie WilkinsonWhen I'm out in the woods on a field shoot I’m usually picking something to eat, much to the surprise of my companions. If they pluck up courage to accept a taste, they marvel at the citrus freshness of young wood-sorrel leaves and the sweet nectar you can suck from the base of red clover flowers.?I can often be seen chewing on the stems of sorrel or wild grasses. Later in the summer, some woods will have wild strawberries and raspberries too. Come the autumn it's time for blackberries and bilberries (which put blueberries in the shade, both as a super food and for intensity of flavour). These deserve a dedicated collecting trip. A couple of bags in the freezer lasts for months as a topping for Greek yoghurt at breakfast or the magic ingredient in a lilac smoothie.Your body thrives on variety. So with 75 per cent of the world's food provided by just 12 plants and five animal species, it's no wonder that food allergies, intolerances and digestive difficulties are increasing.Urban lifestyles and screen addiction mean that few children can name trees and flowers and don't know what can be eaten and, most importantly, what's poisonous and shouldn''t be touched. Richard Louv (author of Last Child in the Woods) named it 'nature-deficient disorder'. Although I've read more about foraging in recent years, I learned most of what I know as a child out with my parents and grandparents. And we were always picking something for wine making including sticky dandelions, delicate gorse petals (ouch) and foamy white heads of elderflower. In the war our grandparents put dandelion leaves in salad, perhaps with the resurgence of stronger tasting leaves like rocket, today's generation would again find them appealing. Try it. You might like tip: Teach your grandchildren what you know.Find more advice from Jackie Wilson's Nutrition Coaching website: learntoeatwell.co.uk.Ask the experts: Questions and AnswersCompoundEuropean compound field champion Duncan Busby is here to help with queries on form, equipment and technique.Which bow should I get?Q I have just completed my beginner's course and I've chosen to take up compound archery. I've been advised to get an adjustable bow until my draw length settles in but I'd like to use competition level equipment as soon as possible, what bow do you suggest I get?A Buying your first bow can seem daunting and confusing with so many different models on offer all boasting different technologies and benefits. The most important factor to consider when choosing a bow is how well it fits you. Shooting with the correct draw length and poundage will make it easier to develop correct shooting form and will help prevent injury.Many compound bows have a fixed or modular draw length adjustment, which means you will either need to change the cams or cam modules to go up or down in draw length, so it can get costly if you are unsure about your fitment. It is important to choose one that will grow with you as your form and strength develops.Several manufacturers now offer competition level equipment with a good range of draw length adjustment already built in. This doesn't mean you'll have to settle for low quality as a lot of companies include this feature on their flagship models, offering draw length adjustments of up to 5.5in on a single cam or module choice.Most compounds will also enable you to reduce the draw weight of the bow by up to 10lbs from peak weight. Make sure your choice allows you to begin shooting with a sensible poundage before you even attempt to pull the maximum competition limit of 60lbs.Your beginner's course should have given you a good idea of what draw length and weight you need. Invest in a bow that allows you to make adjustments either side of these so you can fine tune your shooting as your form and strength develop. And choose the highest quality competition equipment you can afford, so it will grow with you and serve you well for years.Back tension: what am I doing wrong?Q I made a big commitment to shoot with a back tension release aid and it seemed to be going really well and my shot settled in after only a few weeks. But I now find I can't cope if there's even a breath of wind. When I get blown around a lot I can't get the shot to break, it's really demoralising especially having spent so long working on it. What am I doing wrong??A Most back tension shooters will experience this at some point. Basically you are hanging up on your shot because your sight is moving around the target. Your mind is telling you that it is not possible to hit the middle of the target while your sight is moving and it causes you to tense up.It can be solved but you need practice and trust in your form. Go back to blank boss shooting to get the feel and flow of your shot back without the added complication of aiming. This will help to build your confidence and your muscle memory.Work on your mental discipline. When shooting in the wind stop trying to control your aim, look at the centre of the target but allow your sight to move around without fighting it. If you are constantly looking at the centre of the target your sight will always go back to this point.The secret to a clean and easy shot execution in the wind is a quick release. Your sight will be fairly well centred during the first few seconds of your shot so make this time count. The longer you spend the tenser you will become and the harder it will be to make the shot.You may still make a bad shot but that will be far outweighed by the percentage of well executed releases that hit the centre of the target. But don't rush it. A forced release will never be as accurate.If it is taking too long, draw down and start again. Remember that your release should be strong and confident whether you're shooting in calm or windy weather.With a bit of patience and confidence you will find shooting a back tension will be just as easy as shooting with a trigger.?Further readingYou can find more advice at Duncan Busby Archery: .Recurve Olympian Patrick Huston answers your recurve questions.What’s the right split?Q What split do you recommend between blank boss and aimed target and does this vary coming up to competition?A This will vary from archer to archer.?Blank boss is a very useful tool for building technique and form without the stress and distraction of aiming.?I would pretty much recommend you shoot blank boss for this technique work and for increasing arrow volumes when you feel you need to shoot more arrows in a short period of ing up to a competition I would definitely taper off the blank boss and work towards scoring rounds at the distance you are going to be shooting.?After all we should be practising what we are going to compete; and that's not blank boss.?Clicker transitionQ?When is the best time to start using a clicker; and what's the best way to transition?A?I would wholeheartedly recommend that every recurve archer uses a clicker.?The important thing is to train yourself to shoot instantaneously when the clicker drops.?I would recommend going to a short distance boss and training your reflexive reaction to the clicker dropping.?You want to set up to full draw with about 5mm in front of the clicker and then expand from the rear arm and front arm through the shot.?When the clicker falls you let go straight away (very important). Spend a while doing this, maybe a week or more to really ingrain it into your shot. This way, when you start shooting at a target you have already programmed the response to let loose the arrows rather than worrying the sight is not on the middle when it clicks.Coping with the British weatherQ In wet and/or windy conditions do you keep adjusting your sights or do you aim off to deal with challenging weather?A?I leave my sight centred for calm weather as much as I can. Given our climate we can very rarely rely on the weather being consistent.?I have frequently known the wind to change directions entirely or gust up and down in a day.?If I adjust my sight for the wind then I have many more calculations to do when it changes, giving more opportunities to lose points due to conditions.Further readingYou can find more advice at Patrick Huston: .Mail bagSubmissionsWrite to: Mailbag, Archery UK magazine, Archery GB, Lilleshall National Sports & Conferencing Centre, Newport, Shropshire TF10 9ATEmail: magazine@Please note we cannot print letters sent to us without a name and address or an email address (although we can withhold the address if you wish). Letters may be edited for publication. Please try to keep them to 250 words if possible. Letters containing personal attacks will not be published.Star LetterPrizeAn IS 60 R 15-45x60 scope by Opticron. Look out for some special offers on the Opticron IS R scope range. For more details visit the Opticron website: prize is worth over ?270.Archery is pure goldI am writing to say how thrilled I am that my family and I have discovered archery. It was our son, Joseph, who initially expressed an interest in the sport but when my husband accompanied him on his beginners' course, he soon found himself participating too. My daughter and I have recently completed our beginners' course and so now we may be spotted, en famille, lining up along the shooting line, trying, and sometimes succeeding, to gain that all important 252.In an age where screens and devices of various descriptions dominate and young people cannot imagine a world without wi-fi, it is an absolute pleasure to be able to spend time together, outside being active and taking part in a sport which is not only all inclusive but pots of fun.I would also like to thank the Bowmen of Glen Archery Society for making us all feel welcome and for all of the superb help and support we regularly benefit from. I do not know how we will progress, or how many golds we might manage to achieve, but archery has given us a precious bubble of time together, something shared, something apart from whatever little stresses may be lurking in our heads.? And that, for me, and I think, for all of us, is pure gold in itself.Stacey Chamberlain, Bowmen of Glen Archery SocietyOther lettersThank you TonyLike a lot of us, I discovered archery late in life after taking my son to his local club, Killingworth Archers. It wasn't long before I noticed that while some members did not want to help, others seem to be everywhere doing their bit to support the club.We have a human dynamo in our club by the name of Tony George. He shoots every chance he can indoors but not that often outdoors. Yet he is at all of our competitions, making sure bosses are good to go and remain in good order and with a strange ability to find elusive lost arrows. He is on the go from start to finish and in between. While most would be resting during ends, you will find him either controlling the lights, timers or in our container creating or improving something archery-related.Often I have turned up at the field for a session to find him carrying out repairs or line marking without even stopping to do a bit of shooting. If he is not doing work at our club he is away supporting his wife, Helen George, down at Lilleshall or some other location.We have others who regularly volunteer but Tony is just there. It will be a big wake-up call for a many when he decides to say enough is enough. It will take several of them to replace him.I just wanted to say thank you Tony.Andy Waddle, Killingworth ArchersEditor writes:If you want to recognise and reward dedicated volunteers, why not nominate them for one of Archery GB's awards? Check out the Membership: nomination time, of this edition to find out more.Which boss is best?There is much written about different types of equipment within your magazine and the reviews of new equipment are really helpful. There does however seem to be a gap in the information and I think it is one of the most important pieces of equipment that we have.I have never seen anything which looks at the various types of boss which are now available. There is one advert for straw targets but not much else about bosses.?From looking at the photographs in the latest edition of the magazine, it would seem that straw bosses are still in use along with layered and one piece bosses. What, however, are the advantages and disadvantages of each one? Can the same stands be used for all of them or would different ones need to be purchased if you switch from one sort to another? How cost effective is each sort?I appreciate that there are many variables but maybe there is scope for some analysis being done and reported back to assist clubs in the purchase of this significant piece of equipment? The guidance might also mean that clubs have something to base their choice on rather than doing it on basically a trial-and-error basis which may end up costing the club a lot of time and money to get the bosses ready for shooting.Andrew Checkley, South Leeds ArchersEditor writes:Great point. We will get somebody on the case and, hopefully, publish something in the next edition.Can we speed things up?I shot a 1440 the other week, it was a hot sunny day but with the usual challenges of the wind blowing about a bit.Practice started at 8.30am. Despite having a reduced lunch break, the final whistle didn't go till nearly 6.30pm; 10 hours later. By this time archers were anxiously clock-watching as many faced long journeys and work the next day. Quite a number left before the results were published or the awards given.Last year I was lucky enough to be invited to the Masters where there were three people per target shooting in one detail. We didn't change to shoot in threes at 50 and 30 metres but kept going in sixes. The round was completed just after 3pm which was great as it had been a very hot day. It prevented competitors suffering from the heat, and everyone was able to hit the road much earlier.I appreciate that shooting three per detail would reduce the number of spaces available at a shoot, but the speed in which the round could be completed would be a great advantage. All bow types were catered for at the Masters with target faces as necessary to reduce the risk of arrow damage at the closer distances. Participants suffered less in the heat and everyone went home at a reasonable hour. Bearing in mind that most people have to work on a Monday, why aren't more 1440s run in the same way as the Masters?Carrie MortimoreWhy change handicaps?I was disappointed to read that the handicap tables are to be changed. David Lane's formulae have served us well for 22 years and work very well. They measure accuracy achieved based on angular deviation and the tables are reproducible using his formulae.The existing system is used as a reliable measure of progress by those that have taken the trouble to understand it. It does not seem to me to be a good use of resources to change something that is not broken.David PriceTarget Chairman writes:There had not been a review of the tables for about 10 years. Updates were required to sort out some anomalies which currently sit the tables. In addition, the process will allow for handicap tables to be reviewed on more frequent basis and, in time, it will allow us to produce tables to better suit our disability and VI archers.UniversitiesStudent showdown: Spectacular shooting at BUCS outdoorsTwo hundred and sixty students from 42 universities and colleges went into battle at the BUCS outdoor championships at Lilleshall; and it resulted in spectacular shooting, as well as broken records.The event was split into the championships and a head to head the following day. Edinburgh's teams topped both the men's non-compound and the compound championship titles, with Birmingham edging them out of top place in the women'’s competition. The novice title went to Warwick.The recurve champions were Edinburgh's Vlado Hurban and Jaspreet Sagoo, who matched the men's score to take her third BUCS title. The compound crowns went to Staffordshire's Andrew Brooks and Sarah Prieels of Edinburgh while Bath's Paul Cobee and Exeter'’s Suzannah Boardman are the barebow champions. Longbow honours went to Aberystwyth students Alex Newnes and Beth Duthie.In the novice categories, the top recurvers were Warwick's Sam Armstrong and Sarah Allaway, Nottingham's Zhen Yuan Liew took compound honours while the barebow titles went to William Croydon of Loughborough and Aberystwyth's Helen Scharf. The longbow champion is Southampton's Hamish Woodland.There was plenty of drama in the head to head event too. After topping the medals list at the championship, Edinburgh also managed it on day two; just. Pip Tucknott contributed open compound gold, with Johanna Meyer and Guy Matzkin adding recurve titles and Edward Pike longbow silver, beaten by Aberystwyth's Alex Newnes. Bath's Paul Cobee and Anna Blanchard picked up the barebow titles.You can find out more at British universities and Colleges Sport: .uk and all the results are available at Ianseo: .?World Student Games: So closeSix British students travelled to the 2017 World Student Games in Chinese Taipei in search of medals but, despite solid performances, it was a case of so close yet so far.Recurvers Tom Hall, Jack Masefield and Ashe Morgan were thwarted in the team competition by sixth seeds Mexico while compounders Hope Greenwood, Andrew Brooks and Rebecca Blewett lost to top seeds Korea.In the individual competitions, compounder Hope, a student at the University of Edinburgh, reached the last 32 but was edged out by Alexandra Savenkova who had earlier defeated Nottingham University's Rebecca. Staffordshire student Andrew was denied a place in the last 32 by Mexico's Antonio Hidalgo Ibarra.Edinburgh's Sarah Prieels, shooting for Belgium, reached the quarter finals where she was narrowly defeated by top seed So Chaewon of Korea.Both Warwick's Tom Hall and Birmingham student Ashe Morgan's dreams of an individual recurve title ended in shoot-offs, while a spirited performance by Derby's Jack Masefield just failed to pay off.And Hope and Andrew's mixed team ambitions were thwarted by hosts Chinese Taipei.Your PicturesSilly faces, portraits, moody silhouettes and unseasonal weather have inspired the photographers among you over the summer. And we even have a compilation of shots.If you want to see your handiwork displayed in Archery UK, it couldn't be easier. Simply send your photograph – it must be in jpg format, high resolution and at least 1MB – with details of where you took it to magazine@.Full drawArchers frozen in time inspired Steph Roy of Crowthorne Archery Club, Berkshire.And the winner is Malcolm Rees caught onlookers Margaret Harris, Hazel Chaisty, Mel Clarke and Richard Hennahane pulling silly faces at the Worshipful Company of Fletchers Disability Championships.BUCS silhouetteMilly Williams caught a stunning silhouette at this summer's BUCS Championships.Rain or shineThe vagaries of Britain's summer weather were snapped by Frances Bull.Deep in thoughtJen Weston captured a thoughtful moment at the Junior Masters. (J & S Shoot Photography.)Frozen in timeArchers frozen in time inspired Joe McDonald of Robins Reach Archery.Arrow compilationAnd finally, an arrow-themed compilation thanks to John Raffin.New ProductsPerfeX Resistance release aidIntroduced by Stan to go with its PerfeX Platform, which was first introduced with a thumb style release aid. This is the resistance activated version. For more information, go to Stanalawski: .Costs: Around ?200.Last Chance Pro parts kit?Three box set loaded with 440 screws, bolts, stabiliser studs, washers, cam spacers, e-clips, bolt spacers and a guide telling you the exact size, and name, of each part.Available from Last Chance Archer: .Costs: Around ?200.Shrewd mini mag scopeAllows for a lens to be run either side of the scope. Comes with spare bubbles and a variety of optional sunshades can be threaded into the front and rear.Available from Wales Archery: .Costs: ?58.The KG FalconNew bow from KG. Unwinds smoothly to full draw producing incredible energy. Pistol type grip puts bow hand in correct position for maximum comfort and control.Available from K G Archery: .Costs: ?540.Shrewd sun shadeCan be angled to whatever the archer requires to block unwanted sun glare. Comes in a variety of colours.Available from Wales Archery: .Costs: ?15.Egertec target pinWider, longer and more durable than similar pins. Easier to retrieve and shatters when hit, leaving arrows undamaged. Great for all targets. 50mm long, 5mm wide, 15mm round head.Available at Egertec Targets: egertectargets.co.uk.Costs: ?18 for 100.Meet the winnerCongratulations to Alec Thomas of Cleve Archers. He's just received his brand new Halon X Comp bow courtesy of Mathews, Clickers and Archery UK. His name was first out of the hat in our fantastic summer issue competition. And he couldn't be more pleased. "I just can't wait to shoot it," he said. "It looks and feels amazing."DevelopmentGood for the soul: Added benefit of being a sports club memberIt's official. As well as making you fitter, being an active member of a sports club has a positive effect upon mental health. A recent study by scientists and the Austrian Federal Sports Organisation?shows that sports club membership helps to stop young people going down the wrong path and helps people be generally (more) content with their lives. Why? Because it is fun and provides socialisation which, in turn, leads to more regular sporting activities. The health benefits were observed in all age groups and in both genders.The report says social aspects and the positive impact upon health are often underestimated. Often sports clubs and National Governing Bodies concentrate on the sporting features of a club like coaching and competition but it is clear, going forward, that the importance of social activities in the club environment needs to be recognised.Research about archers' motivation always repeats their desire to socialise with other archers, as well as practice. Strong clubs nearly always have a well-supported social programme. Clubs, with the support of Archery GB, should provide leadership in this area to create a social offer suited to their members.Club activitiesDoes your club have issues with members not knowing many people, bow types sticking together or a lack of a social programme? These are all common complaints. But someone has to be responsible for organising activities, they will not just happen. Committee members can certainly take the lead, but it could be a chance to get other members and non-shooting volunteers involved. Carry out a skills and interests audit to find talents that can be used to develop the social side.?Things to try:Refreshments at practice sessions. Tea, coffee, cold drinks and biscuits send a message that the club cares and its members matter. If money is a problem, ask for a small donation. Minimal effort, lots of benefit. And get volunteers and parents involved.Themed shoots that involve the family: Easter shoots with egg hunts for younger members and siblings, Christmas shoots etc.Skittles or tenpin bowling, but ensure volunteers and family are invited.If a lot of members are shooting at a competition, encourage car sharing and get together at lunch time or afterwards.Hold an end-of-year awards evening but ensure there is something for all the family.Hold a family and friends have-a-go.At practice sessions, move people to different bosses to stop cliques forming.Get different bow styles to pair up and try each other's discipline. Or organise a multi skills day, shooting rounds with club bows and doing field and clout and combine it with a barbecue.Arrange fundraising events and give all members a chance to help.A junior disco with a side room for parents to socialise.A club meal out and a film: easy to organise, fun and excellent to develop that social factor.?Clubs have successfully used social activities to achieve increased levels of participation at practice sessions. The rewards can be amazing: shared success, friendships, volunteers, increased club funds, lower loss rates, more members. The list is endless.Want to become a judge?Judging is a fantastic way of experiencing archery, developing leadership skills, becoming part of a team and being at the heart of some of the sport's biggest events. Interested?We will be delivering another candidate judge scheme in early 2018. We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers of all ages who get on well with people and enjoy learning to join our team of Judges. You don't need any previous knowledge of judging or have to worry about how good you are at shooting.The scheme is led by experienced officials. It involves:Learning basic officiating skills at a weekend workshop.Putting your skills into practice, assisting at tournaments and being supported by a mentor.When you are ready, taking the assessment to formally qualify.For further details and book your place, please go to Judging Pathway section of the Archery GB website: judge.Visible and vibrant: New plan to develop coaching in archeryStaff and volunteers responsible for coaching have been going through a process of reflection on the role coaching plays in archery, particularly in respect of the enjoyment and satisfaction of members.They were particularly interested in how coaching can be better shaped to provide people of all levels of experience with the opportunity to fully connect with the sport, their surroundings and those around them.The influx of new members every year makes this an important question. They need time, attention and care from fellow club members to allow them to wholeheartedly engage with the best archery has to offer, particularly if the club wants to enjoy the benefits of a happy and fulfilled club membership.When asked, some former members said changes in life circumstances led them to leave. Many others cited a lack of progression and skill development as important factors.Archery GB believes great coaching enables better enjoyment and achievement in archery as well as wider benefits including physical and mental well-being and individual and social development. Quality coaching also allows more archers to make progress. It gives them a better foundation to technique and increases the likelihood of being successful, opening up opportunities to perform at higher levels.Coaches are essential and valued pillars of support that improve a person's experience of sport and physical activity. With this in mind the Development team arranged eight workshops across the UK to discuss how coaching can be better supported in future.Following this consultation process the team and volunteers have agreed a number of priority areas that need addressing and have designed a coaching plan for archery to make sure coaching is visible and vibrant.? In future, the focus will be on increasing?quality coaching experiences and improving the quality of support available to coaches and clubs. The Coaching Plan for Archery will be published this winter and will include more details about what action will be taken to meet these aims. Work has already started, in particular on refining a British technical model for recurve and compound, and developing a modernised coaching methodology, so that archers are consistently taught the safest and most effective shooting style in engaging ways. New workshops are being designed for coaches to explore this and other content with Archery GB's national coaches.Funding boost for clubsMore than ?16,000 has been provided to archery clubs across England in the latest round of Archery GB's ontarget small grants programme.The grants support clubs' development, young people, coaching and social activities. Clubs were asked to identify projects supporting the growth of archery clubs and activity, retaining archers and increasing the opportunities for more people to take part in archery.Caldy Bowmen was awarded ?850 towards a project worth ?6,000. It will be working towards the ontarget Young People specialism. It needs more coaches to provide more sessions and professional support. The aim is to encourage young archers make new friends, be confident around their peers and elders and to become coaches, mentors and role models for future generations.Kirton in Lindsey Archery Club will train more members to become qualified Level 1 coaches. The ?600 it was awarded will allow the existing coaches to carry on delivering, but not at the cost of their own archery development."Through ontarget we have been able to provide a small amount of funding to clubs. This is always an enjoyable part of the job, allowing us to give something back as part of the programme," said Arran Coggan, Development Manager (Participation).Is your club in need of funding?Funding is available to archery clubs across the UK. National Lottery funding is available each year through Sport England, Sport Wales, Sport Scotland and Sport NI. Each of these provide funding programmes to not-for-profit organisations to deliver new community projects to either grow or sustain participation in sport or to support talent development.Clubs are encouraged to put together a project plan and work out the outcomes and outputs for what you are trying to achieve. Ask for help from Archery GB or approach other clubs that have been successful recently. There are many organisations that can support archery clubs including County Sports Partnerships, local Sports Councils, Local Authority Sports Development Officers or local Councils for Voluntary Services.Further information on funding is available on the Archery GB website; visit the funding section of the Archery GB website: funding where you can download the Handy Guide to Funding or contact the Development Team on 01952 602795 or email development@.MembershipNomination time: Who are your unsung heroes?Does your club or organisation have dedicated volunteers you that just can't do without? It's time to nominate them for an Archery GB award.We are very keen to recognise our unsung heroes, and we need your help. The next gold, silver and bronze plaquettes for services to archery will be presented at the 2018 AGM on 21 April at the Crowne Plaza, NEC Birmingham.What you need to do is write a short citation about your nominee before 1 January, the forms are on the website, and we will do the rest.There are also specific awards: The Hartwell Trophy for exemplary service to archery, the Gussy Trophy for the wheelchair archer of the year, the Toxophilus Trophy for the best archery magazine, e-zine or online newsletter and two Archery GB Trophies for the best websites.Parents in Sport week Help us promote Parents in Sports week, which this year runs from 2 to 8 October. The main focus will be on the positive influence they can have on ensuring young people enjoy sport and develops to their full potential. The CPSU will publicise details of resources and how to get involved very soon but, for starters, you can promote Parents in Sport Week 2017 via Twitter by including the hashtag #sportsparents.Giving victims a voiceThe Voice project aims to combat sexual violence in sport. It is based on the principle that policy generated from the accounts of those that have experienced sexual violence in sports settings will be highly valued and most effective in reaching the sports community and promoting knowledge-transfer, education and development. For more information see Voices for truth and dignity: voicesfortruthanddignity.eu.We need your helpIt is membership renewals time, and we need your help. When you, or your Club Secretary, fill in your form or application we need you to supply your date of birth. Why? Because we can no longer process applications without that information.Having your date of birth helps us:?To drive the different membership categories, entries at tournaments, awards, and classifications.Enables us to target services and support in the appropriate places.To create a unique membership record (especially important when dealing with hundreds of thousands of records) preventing the creation of duplicates on the database which cause significant issues and delays to the member.To understand the duration of a membership, identify trends, and track moves between clubs.The current membership system will not allow a membership to be issued without a date of birth for all the reasons above.To enable us to have accurate demographic information to help support funding applications to Sport England and UK SportArchery GB takes data protection very seriously, and as of 1 October, we will need to comply with the new General Data Protection Regulations.?The Archery GB Privacy Policy is available at Archery GB: . We promise that your data is kept securely and will only be released to third party contacts if you have given us your permission.?If any members wish to discuss this with Archery GB, you are welcome to contact Membership Services.Missing card?If your membership card is missing, please contact Membership Services:Tel: 01952 677888.Email: enquiries@.Correction: Page 56, spring issueAt the bottom of the income and expenditure report on page 56 of the spring issue of Archery UK, it incorrectly stated that there had been a ?122,462 'surplus' for the year 2016. This should of course, have read 'deficit'. We apologise for any confusion this might have caused.BoardJoin the Board: Play a crucial role in future of our sportWould you like to help shape the future of our sport? Have you ever wanted to be in the driving seat at Archery GB? Do you have the skills and determination to drive our sport forward? If the answer is yes, now is the time to speak up.Archery has always been the most inclusive of sports and we would like our Board to reflect this. We are producing some of the best disabled athletes in the world. More women, young people and students are taking up the sport. More athletes are coming through our Performance Pathways and Academies, and all your voices need to be heard. The only condition is that you are 18 or older. We are interested in applications from all abilities, gender, race and religions. All you need is the knowledge and skills to input into the strategic direction of Archery GB.Things are changing fast, and if you think your background, skills and experience could make archery in Britain even stronger, more successful and help it face future challenges, then it’s time to think about standing for election to the Board.You will be helping to move the strategic plan forward; changing the way Archery GB operates and, potentially, be in at the start of a new beginning for archery in the UK. Further information on how to become an Elected Director can be found on the Elected Director Vacancy page of the Archery GB website: agm2018.From the Chief ExecutiveWith our aims of making things simpler, with clear accountability and a direct connection across the whole spectrum of the sport, we are coming closer to achieving some of this aim through our new sport delivery structure.It is about reorganising the way we deliver our sport. Previously we had separate units: Performance, Development, Talent Identification and Pathway. We now have one individual unit, the Sports Team, with Director of Sport, David Tillotson at the helm. David, who has a clear line of sight over all aspects of the sport, is responsible for developing archery from grass roots, through competition and coaching to elite Olympic and Paralympic levels.This is a new approach but one thing remains constant: the importance of volunteers and working closely with our operational committees. We cannot achieve our aims without their and your input and experience along the way.One thing our sport has is a real sense of community. Recent visits to the Bowmen of Walker and Bowbrook Archers further illustrated this to me. I very much enjoyed watching archers from a spread of generations as they helped each other out by cascading tips, expertise and knowledge. I was also very honoured to be part of the opening ceremony of Bowbrook's indoor facility. Our development team helped Bowbrook with an application for funding from Sport England which eventually resulted in a grant for the shell of the building but it was the members who had the vision and came together to create such a fantastic club facility for the benefit of their club members. It was great to see how that community worked together to create such a result.This spirit was also reflected in two other very special events at Lilleshall: The Archery GB Youth Festival and the first Worshipful Company of Archers Disability Championships. Both events were fiercely competitive but promoted social contact, fun, friendship and, once again, proved that archery is a sport for all.We are still hard at work on meeting future challenges and making sure that Archery GB is less reliant on funding partners in the future. The Board has just approved Archery GB's first commercial strategy. We will be actively seeking to work with sponsors, affinity arrangements and external organisations so that we can achieve financial independence.And we need your help. If any members have good contacts within prominent brands and think they might benefit from working with Archery GB, then please let me know. I would be happy to discuss areas of mutual benefit.In the meantime, we are still working with UK Sport to negotiate Olympic funding. Have you spotted #everysportmatters? This is a campaign set up by the 11 National Governing Bodies of the unfunded sports which recently resulted in a very productive meeting with the new chair of UK Sport, Dame Katherine Grainger. As a highly successful athlete, she has brought a new perspective and fresh outlook and is open to dialogue and listening.? We spent four hours in talks with her and Chief Executive Liz Nicholl. The discussions were very positive, and are ongoing.May I take this opportunity to wish you all good shooting indoors (as I know Bowbrook will in their new indoor facility).Neil ArmitageChief ExecutiveDisabilitiesWorld class: Outstanding performances launch new champsPhoto: Guests from the Worshipful Company of Fletchers with Archery GB Directors and President, Trish Lovell.Britain produces world-class disabled archers, so it is only fitting that that they should have a world-class showcase. And now we do have one: The Worshipful Company of Fletchers Disability Championships.The first championships were held at Lilleshall. The event was the latest step in long partnership between the Worshipful Company of Fletchers, which has helped many disabled archers and members of the para squad over the years, and Archery GB. It was open to all World Archery classified athletes as well as archers with a physical impairment, and the results were outstanding.Thirty-five archers took part, watched by Master of the Worshipful Company of Fletchers, Clare James, Past Masters, including Chairman of Trustees Chris Brown and Freemen of the Company, Paralympians John Cavanagh and Mel Clarke.The first medals of the championships went to our visually impaired archers. World number one Steve Prowse added to his titles by winning VI 2/3 gold, beating second seed Peter Price 6 to 0. Phillip Tranter won bronze with a hard-fought 6 to 2 win over Carmel Bassett.The VI open title was won by Debora Wright who defeated John Cunningham 6 to 2 in a thrilling match.And the top two seeds, Wayne Evans and Grace Chappell, went head to head in the disability compound mixed gold medal final. Wayne took the title with a 142 to 136 win while Stuart Champion beat Gwenda Humphreys to bronze.Day two saw the finals of competitions featuring World Archery classified athletes.David Phillips beat Paul Browne to mixed recurve gold in a stunning performance. Hazel Chaisty took the bronze medal with a 6 to 2 win over Tamas Gaspar, and received the Fletchers Cup by chalking up the biggest improvement in her competition personal best.Paralympic champion and world number one Jess Stretton continued her winning ways with a 134 to 129 victory over Victoria Rumary while Jo Frith beat fellow Paralympian John Cavanagh to bronze.Jodie Grinham, who won mixed team Paralympic silver, beat top seed David Bramley to gold in the compound open mixed competition. And the bronze medal went to Jamie Harris, of Evesham Junior Archery Club, who had just competed in the Archery GB Youth Festival. He beat Ben Edwards by a single point.Jodie later said: "I think the whole event has been run fantastically. It's felt like an international. Thank you to everyone: the Worshipful Company of Fletchers, the organisers and volunteers. This event wouldn't have happened without all of you."A spokesman for the Worshipful Company of Fletchers said: "The aim was to provide a fitting platform for all athletes to take part in a showcase competition, to get more Fletchers involved and to show how their Fletchers' Trust operates and benefits others. I am so grateful that all the athletes and the personnel from Archery GB. We learned a lot, we laughed a lot and made many new friends. We had a ball."Shining light: Outstanding volunteer Mark wins PM's awardPhoto: Mark receives his award from Archery GB Chief Executive, Neil Armitage. With them is coach, Gaynor Hutchinson.For the past 18 years Mark Pattenden has been tackling the toughest challenges to raise charity cash. Now the work of the 54-year-old, who is hoping to eventually represent Britain at the Paralympics, had been recognised with the Prime Minister's daily Point of Light Award.The award, which goes to outstanding and innovative individual volunteers, was presented to Mark by Archery GB's Chief Executive Neil Armitage.Mark's voluntary work began after he lost his lower left leg in a workplace accident. The shock also left him with PTSD and cost him much of his hearing.One way of fighting back was to set himself challenges to help others. These have included jumping out of aeroplanes, marathons, driving a Land Rover to 14 capitals in 14 days and leading a team to Everest base camp. Last year he set a world record, and raised ?7,000, by becoming the first amputee to run the Great Wall of China marathon for charity.He also became one of 300 disabled gym instructors through a Sport England funded programme. It led to him becoming a personal trainer with disability specific qualifications and an athletics coaching qualification. He now volunteers with a squad of six athletes including Vanessa Wallace who finished fifth in the recent Para World Championships.It was during the course that he became aware of the Discover your Gold EIS programme. He was invited for trials with Archery GB, and was hooked.He said: "I completed various tasks and was invited to classification and the athletes profiling day. A few months later I was invited to an intensive training course with Gaynor Hutchinson who is a national coach with Archery GB. I now train six days per week between three to six hours a day with a coaching session once a week."I have a large social media following and I think a lot of people are motivated by what I have achieved so far. I believe that I have what it takes in terms of commitment and drive to focus on my aim to now represent my country at international and Paralympic level as a world-class archer."Records smashed at BWAA champsPhoto: Steve Prowse in action.Demand for this year's British Wheelchair Archery Association National Championships was so high that late entries had to be turned away. And if demand was high, so was the standard with seven new World, European and UK record claims made.The first were by Phoebe Pine and Jo Frith who managed to withstand searing heat to break UK records, and Victoria Rumary only just missed out. But it was the visually impaired archers who really hit form. Steve Prowse set new world, European and UK records in the B2/3 category while Roger Rees-Evans broke both the European and UK B1 records.The other champions were: Paul Browne, Phil Spink, Michael Hall, Marc Purslow, Tania Nadarajah, Hazel Chaisty and Annette Skuse. Junior Hannah Blaxall became the Short Metric Champion with a score of 596.The head to head competition decided the winners of the WRS competition. International athletes came through to win most categories, with one exception: new member Tamas Gaspar. He beat Paul Browne 6 to 2 in the men's recurve final.? The other winners were Phoebe Pine, Michael Hall and Tania Nadarajah.Andorran adventureTwo British archers, Stuart Rodgers and Carmel Bassett, took part in the Andorra international open visually impaired tournament and came home with a little extra baggage. Carmel and her spotter Bob Bassett and Stuart, with spotter Rick Smith, competed against archers from France, Spain and Andorra.Stuart shot in the VI B1 class and claimed bronze, just edged out by host nation archer Jordi Casellos Albeol and Didier Roule of France who claimed gold.There was drama as Carmel went head to head against Bernard Gastrin in the VI B2/3 class. He pulled 4 to 0 ahead but the Briton fought back to 4 to 4 until the final arrow when the Frenchman went through to the gold medal match. That left her facing Samantha Wedeux of France in the battle for bronze and there was no way she was coming home empty handed, winning 7 to 3. Gastrin was pipped to gold by Christophe Gerarding of France.The VI open competition (for competitors who do not need a tactile sight) was won by Olivier Toulouzan of France, who beat teammate Thomas Cornier.Jose Fererro of Spain won bronze.Records and achievementsRecordsWorld records: Target outdoorPara Archery Women: Women W1Jessica Stretton, 1440, 1347Jessica Stretton, 70m – 36 arrows, 332Jessica Stretton, 60m – 36 arrows, 350Jessica Stretton, 50m – 36 arrows, 325Para Archery Men: Visually Impaired 2/3Steve Prowse, 30m – 72 arrows,671Compound Team: Cadet WomenHollie Smith, 50m – 216 arrows, 2019Lucy Mason, 50m – 216 arrows, 2019Layla Annison, 50m – 216 arrows, 2019UK records: Target outdoor imperialRecurve, Junior LadiesSophie Castle, Double Bristol II, 2282Recurve, Junior GentlemenJoe Fairburn, Double Bristol II, 2498Joe Fairburn, Bristol II, 1268Alex Wise, Hereford, 1234Darragh Joyce, Short Junior Windsor, 942Recurve, LadiesHazel Ede, National, 604Janet Ross, Long Warwick, 354Compound unlimited, Junior LadiesHarriet Fletcher, Short Western, 840Holly Hunter, Short Warwick, 400Holly Hunter, Short Warwick, 390Compound unlimited, Junior GentlemenElliot Ede, Short Junior Windsor, 968Matthew Wong, Albion, 966Oliver Robinson, Short Junior Warwick, 408Longbow, Junior LadiesRosie Elliott, Bristol IV, 975Rose Elliott, Junior National, 379Rosie Elliott, Double York, 306Amethyst Chopping, Short Junior Warwick, 266Rosie Elliott, Long Western, 229Longbow, Junior GentlemenRemy Lloyd, Short Western, 459Longbow, LadiesKathryn Sartain, Albion, 466Sheila Hudson, Long Western, 413Michelle Loxley, New Western, 159Barebow, Junior LadiesMaia Daborn, St George, 280Barebow, Junior GentlemenCharlie Nicholas, Double Hereford, 692UK records: Target outdoor metricRecurve, Junior LadiesLouisa Piper, Metric III, 1351Louisa Piper, Long Metric III, 659Imogen Newby, 10m distance, 360Recurve, Junior GentlemenKian Watkins, Double Metric III, 2641Jacob Reid, Metric II, 1358Joe Fairburn, Metric II, 1334Louis Perkins, Long Metric II, 679Joe Fairburn, Long Metric II, 660Roman Quinton, Long Metric III, 648Alex Wise, 60m distance, 339Compound unlimited, Junior LadiesMatilda Craven, Metric 122-30, 686Isabelle Carpenter, Compound WA 50m, 684Lucy Mason, Compound WA 50m, 683Lucy Mason, Compound WA 50m, 680Robyn Geddes, Long Metric II, 670Robyn Geddes, Long Metric II, 613Jessica Stretton, 60m distance, 350Compound unlimited, Junior GentlemenHarry Bottle, Metric 80-30, 515Longbow, Junior LadiesRosie Elliott, Double Metric IV, 2146Rosie Elliott, Metric IV, 1075Rosie Elliott, Metric IV, 1002Rosie Elliott, 40m distance, 244Rosie Elliott, 40m distance, 206Rosie Elliott, 30m distance, 278Rosie Elliott, 30m distance, 256Rosie Elliott, 10m distance, 318Rosie Elliott, WA 60m, 133Longbow, Junior GentlemenRemy Lloyd, WA 60m, 255Remy Lloyd, WA 60m, 149Longbow, LadiesSheila Hudson, WA 70m, 348Sheila Hudson, 50m distance, 206Longbow, Junior LadiesBecky Chilcott, Long Metric II, 393Maia Daborn, Long Metric II, 299Lidia Stamp, 20m distance, 334Longbow, Junior GentlemenHarvey Birdsall, Long Metric IV, 425Zeyd Ajraou, 10m distance, 337Harvey Birdsall, 10m distance, 336Longbow, GentlemenMark Robertson, WA 70m, 591UK records: FieldRecurve, Junior LadiesLouisa Piper, WA Combined Red, 524Louisa Piper, WA Unmarked Red, 260Louisa Piper, WA Marked Red, 264Recurve, Junior GentlemenJoe Fairburn, WA Marked Red, 343Compound unlimited, Junior LadiesSinead Byrne, WA Combined Blue, 508Sinead Byrne, WA Unmarked Blue, 260Sinead Byrne, WA Marked Blue, 248Barebow, Junior LadiesAmelia Thomas, WA Unmarked White, 294Compound Barebow, LadiesMarion Patterson, WA Combined Blue, 569Marion Patterson, WA Unmarked Blue, 311American Flatbow, Junior LadiesAnna Catling, WA Unmarked Blue, 180UK records: CloutBarebow, Junior LadiesJasmine Simpson, Double Metric 90m, 308Barebow, LadiesCharlotte Baigent, Double Two-Way 180 yds, 147Charlotte Baigent, Single Two-Way 180 yds, 68AchievementsWA Star: TargetRecurveJunior Lady – 1200Piper L, Woking, 1216Junior Lady – 1100Maryon G, Nethermoss, 1124Junior Gentleman – 1200Nairn T, Alsager, 1240Junior Gentleman – 1000Cotillard M, Jersey, 1039Senior Lady – 1200Hirst F, Links, 1235Nicholas L, Cambridge University, 1215Brug E, Cambridge University, 1204Barton A, Oxford, 1202Cossade E, Archery GB, 1200Senior Lady – 1100Larkins Y, Crystal Palace, 1182Whitworth E, Redhill, 1142Baylis K, Llantarnam, 1139Booth I, Long Mynd, 1135Orme M, Supermarine, 1125Baigent C, Waterside, 1121Stephenson R, Rochdale, 1120Rose C, Sevenoaks, 1113Mitchell H, Archery GB, 1111Imrie G, Penicuik, 1107Sinnett-Smith L, Nottingham University, 1105Povey K, Delco, 1102Bebbington-Trengove M, Pendle and Samlesbury, 1100Senior Lady – 1000Booth I, Long Mynd, 1097Wilkinson J, High Weald, 1097Jones G, Loughborough Students, 1079Dallas L, Links, 1067Logan M, Archery GB, 1061Tutuianu A, Archery GB, 1051Armitage P, Abbey Herts, 1042Webster C, Aber University, 1038Smurthwaite A, Aycliffe, 1035Clarke A, Furness, 1033Van Besouw R, Southampton, 1020Lewin A, Coastal, 1006Senior Gentleman – 1200Ip S, University of Warwick, 1225Learoyd J, Warfield, 1212Johnstone A, Andover, 1210Webb P, Malvern, 1202Berti F, University of Birmingham, 1200Senior Gentleman – 1100Wozencroft A, Loughborough Students, 1182Hodgkinson A, Llantarnam, 1178Learoyd J, Warfield, 1173Devonport C, University of Warwick, 1152Hill A, Osprey, 1134Rahman J, University of Birmingham, 1129Frost J, Sevenoaks, 1122Hinckley P, Hampstead, 1119Trudgill B, University of Exeter, 1114Evans S, Allington Castle, 1111Nightingale A, Netherhall, 1110Barnes L, Fakenham, 1110Thomas A, Cleve, 1104Rowe A, Mounts Bay, 1103Davis P, Whiteleaf, 1102Holland S, Glen, 1100Senior Gentleman – 1000Devonport C, University of Warwick, 1091Browne G, Green Dragon, 1087Taylor P, Melton Mowbray, 1080Jackson J, University of Sussex, 1074Gusa Lavan S, New Century, 1071Frost J, Sevenoaks, 1061Richardson D, University of Warwick, 1057Wilson T, Lancaster University, 1053Shipley A, St Helens, 1050Ross P, Banchory, 1049Neve M, Perriswood, 1045Dowsett J, Castle, 1039Williams P, Royston Heath, 1036Atkinson R, Hinxworth, 1035McKeag S, St Georges, 1034Klinkert M, High Weald, 1033Bell SPriory, 1030Holmes D, Kestrels, 1029Finn D, Wyre Forest, 1025Dent J, Wyresdale, 1023Gardiner M, Bradford University, 1022Parry M, Supermarine, 1022Berrill D, Chippenham, 1018Storey L, New Century, 1013Charlesworth C, Oxford, 1012Shaw D, University of York, 1009Wilson N, Lutterworth, 1004Dukes J, Thirsk, 1001BarebowSenior Gentleman – 1000Holder A, Forest of Bere, 1015LongbowSenior Gentleman – 1100Royal S, Oxford, 1109CompoundJunior Lady – 1300Gibson E, Deer Park, 1302Junior Lady – 1200Perry L, Oxford, 1230Junior Gentleman – 1300Taylor D, Lichfield, 1313Senior Lady – 1400Prieels S, Edinburgh Alumni, 1405Senior Lady – 1350Blake E, Links, 1354Gray Z, Guernsey, 1352Senior Lady – 1300Gray V, Meriden, 1328Meering S, Archery GB, 1317Prime C B, Archery GB, 1313Smith C, Melton Mowbray, 1307Senior Lady – 1200Keith B, Aycliffe, 1270Goodes H, Burnham, 1269Williams A, Deer Park, 1260Boynton R, Stortford, 1253Laywood L, Leicester, 1233Davis P, Cheshire, 1226McCullock A, Eagle, 1222Duncanson P, Heugh, 1208Wakefield A, Milnes High, 1202Shaw M, North Cheshire, 1200Senior Lady – 1100Richardson N, Isle of Man, 1181Wakefield A, Milnes High, 1171Shaw T, North Cheshire, 1138Mahe M, Jersey, 1123Senior Lady – 1000Hall A, Southampton University, 1025Senior Gentleman – 1350Sanghrajka M, Harrow, 1370Goodes L, Burnham, 1360Rees S, University of Birmingham, 1360Hall M, Croesoswallt, 1354Senior Gentleman – 1300Pedziwiatr J, Archery GB, 1348Powell L, Colchester, 1346Bray, Eagle Bedford, 1336Morris R, Oxford University, 1327Jones E, Gravesend, 1321Cutri F, Welland Valley, 1320Giles S, C M O, 1315Bainton A, St Mary's, 1314Rocha F, Jersey, 1312Haydock R, Belvoir, 1308Mill? R, Gower, 1307Bourne O, Ashford, 1307Gill S, Leicester, 1306Moore E, Isle of Man, 1306Tebbs B, Kestrels, 1304Humphries M, Gordano Valley, 1300Wark P, Chippenham, 1300Senior Gentleman – 1200Shaw J, North Cheshire, 1290Lock O, Cheshire, 1287Kinsella S, Maryport, 1285Swart D, Moray Archery, 1284Flint J, Petersfield, 1272Guerin C, Archery GB, 1261Upfield D, Portsdown, 1256Pollitt A, Cheshire, 1255Dark T, St Kingsmark, 1253Smith S, Andover, 1248Guo Z, Southampton University, 1232Labuschagne A, C M O, 1231McLean C, Durham, 1225Squire R, Kingston, 1219Duncanson K, Heugh, 1211King L, Kendal, 1207Senior Gentleman – 1100Hall M, Ponteland, 1189Boucher S, Wells, 1177Temple C, Ditchling, 1171Smith A, Fakenham, 1167Chan E, Crystal Palace, 1166Jackson T, University of Warwick, 1153Duncanson K, Heugh, 1133Williams D, Cymric, 1131Williams D, Cymric, 1129Trott A, Liverpool University, 1114Horner B, Liverpool University, 1109Reed T, Southampton University, 1102Senior Gentleman – 1000East S, Aycliffe, 1096Cooper T, Norton, 1089Davis J, Cheshire, 1088Nightingale J, Durham, 1063York A, Surrey University, 1043WA Silver Star: TargetRecurveJunior Lady – 1200Tonkinson K, Audco, 1240Castle S, Canterbury, 1222March A, Wymondham, 1201Junior Lady – 1100Seaton H, Rutland, 1194Hughes H, Nethermoss, 1176Peters M, Deer Park, 1105Junior Lady – 1000Pascall M, Wolverhampton, 1096Orme A, Supermarine, 1083Clarke J, Guernsey, 1041Junior Gentleman – 1200Charlesworth M, Arundown, 1221Shirley K, St Helens, 1216Junior Gentleman – 1100Buckingham O, Aim4Sport, 1113Vaughan M, Redhill, 1111Gadd O, Archery GB, 1107Junior Gentleman – 1000Harris M, Netherhall, 1057Skilton P, Blue Arrows, 1040Senior Lady – 1100Bannister L, Wolverhampton, 1180Senior Lady – 1000Homer N, Brighton, 1087Senior Gentleman – 1100Barnett E, Fox, 1130Cater R, High Weald, 1123Senior Gentleman – 1000March D, Wymondham, 1046Klinkert M, High Weald, 1014LongbowJunior Lady – 1000Elliott R, Chantry, 1002CompoundJunior Lady – 1400Gibson E, Deer Park, 1382Codling M, Assheton, 1375Geddes R, Lethen, 1351Junior Lady – 1300Hunter H, High Weald, 1307Millar F, Eastbourne, 1307Junior Lady – 1200Nash C, Anchor, 1252Junior Gentleman – 1200Hey H, Leicester, 1282Edwards S, Friskney, 1244Russell D, Supermarine, 1224Junior Gentleman – 1000Crow D, Walker, 1171Senior Lady – 1400Loader V, Andover, 1353WA Target: TargetRecurveJunior Lady – WhiteHughes H, Nethermoss, 534Senior Lady – BlackRubio S, Dark Side, 576Mackinnon T, Wolverhampton, 567Cossade E, Archery GB, 566Burnage H, University of Warwick, 565Senior Lady – BlueDunnighan K, Cleadon, 615Nadarajah T, C.E.D.A.K., 611Senior Lady – WhiteEyres E, Bramcote, 538Van Besouw R, Southampton, 535Page A, Derbyshire, 532Thomason E, Wilford, 529Gradwohl E, University of Birmingham, 519Orme M, Supermarine, 513Hodgkinson L, Lancaster University, 511Page E, Meriden, 510Chaudhry S, Exeter, 507Nairn A, Beeston Rylands, 500Watkins K, Walsall, 500Senior Gentleman – BlueLeeson J, Birmingham, 610Twidale T, Trackside, 600?Ip S, University of Warwick, 566Senior Gentleman – BlackNicholas D, Junction, 595Gallagher C, Nonsuch, 588Dowsett J, Castle, 574Devlin P, Hertford, 572Devonport C, University of Warwick, 568Learoyd J, Warfield, 568Borrill J, Loughborough Students, 567Nightingale A, Netherhall, 567Shipley A, St Helens, 566Wilson T, Lancaster University, 566Browne G, Green Dragon, 561Trudgill B, University of Exeter, 561Armstrong S, University of Warwick, 560Evans C, Nuneaton, 559Keeler C, Archery GB, 557Botchett P, St Sebastian, 554Graham P, Durham, 553Clark A, Whiteleaf, 552Senior Gentleman – WhiteBond A, SportsAble, 750Learoyd J, Warfield, 549Lessimore A, Llantarnam, 549Botchett P, St Sebastian, 545Borrill J, Loughborough Students, 543Baker A, Wyresdale, 540Chong M, Aquarius, 537McKeag S, St Georges, 535Richardson D, University of Warwick, 525Aplin A, Redruth, 522Lakhiani H, Warfield, 521Dent J, Wyresdale, 520Gardiner M, Bradford University, 515Sims D, Darenteford, 513MacFarquhar S, Southampton University, 510Huff S, Abbeydale, 505Longrigg D, Maryport, 502BarebowSenior Lady – BlueEames H, Ivanhoe, 622CompoundJunior Lady – RedGibson E, Deer Park, 653Junior Lady – BlueDavis A, West Essex, 621Geddes R, Lethen, 611Junior Lady – BlackBoulton H, Pendle and Samlesbury, 577Junior Gentleman – RedThomas N, Worthing, 666Junior Gentleman – BlueRidding D, Millom, 637Senior Lady – RedPine P, Deer Park, 671Neumann H, Welbeck, 654Blake E, Links, 653Senior Lady – BlueKeith B, Aycliffe, 638Watson R M, Peacock, 637McCullock A, Eagle, 601Rumary V, Lincoln, 621Senior Lady – BlackReith J, Walker, 599Skuse A, Abbey Herts, 568Senior Lady – WhiteBooysen de Jong E, Abbey Kent, 547Hall A, Southampton University, 531Norwood N, Archery GB, 500Senior Gentleman – GoldWalker J, BWA, 687Moore R, Isle of Man, 681Bolou C, Allington Castle, 680Powell L, Colchester, 680Brooks A, Six Towns, 676Guo Z, Southampton University, 676Senior Gentleman – RedTate A, Walker, 673Moore D, Isle of Man, 670Tohovitis G, Welbeck, 667Rocha F, Jersey, 658Moore E, Isle of Man, 656Perrett H, Jersey, 652Blewett A, Hertford, 650McLean C, Durham, 650Nippers J, Guernsey, 650Senior Gentleman – BlueVarnam A, Archery GB, 649Duncanson K, Heugh, 648Upfield D, Portsdown, 648Skivington J, Sellafield, 647Brazier D, Wyre Forest, 629Cooper T, Norton, 624Pares L, Loughborough Students, 624Rocha F, Jersey, 619King L, Kendal, 617Colledge S, Ivanhoe, 613Smith S, Andover, 607Scott A, Eagle Bedford, 607Bashford L, Nonsuch, 605Pye A, Aycliffe, 602Moore C R, Hingham, 601Norwood B, Archery GB, 600Senior Gentleman – BlackNorwood B, Archery GB, 599Smith S, Andover, 599York A, Surrey University, 597King L, Kendal, 593Boucher S, Wells, 585East S, Aycliffe, 571Senior Gentleman – WhiteReed T, Southampton University, 540York A, Surrey University, 509WA Silver Target: TargetRecurveJunior Lady – BluePiper L, Woking, 642Junior Lady – BlackPalmer F, Wyre Forest, 553Junior Lady – WhitePalmer F, Wyre Forest, 537Healey P, Audco, 536Coughlin E, Sleaford, 517Lessimore M, Llantarnam, 511Junior Gentleman – RedWise A, Walker, 660Junior Gentleman – BlueVaughan M, Redhill, 624Quinton R, Deben, 618Boden J, Silver Spoon, 604Tucker J, Sleaford, 604Junior Gentleman – BlackTien H, Wilford, 570Vaughan M, Redhill, 558Junior Gentleman – WhiteWatkins K, Sleaford, 535Skilton P, Blue Arrows, 509BarebowJunior Lady – BlueA'Bear C, Deer Park, 613CompoundJunior Lady – BlackNash C, Anchor, 598A'Bear C, Deer Park, 554Junior Gentleman – BlackRidding D, Millom, 573WA Arrowhead: FieldRecurveJunior Lady – GreyTinker M, Dearne Valley, 269Piper L, Woking, 260Senior Lady – WhiteLupton S, Forest of Bere, 302Senior Lady – GreyCross T, Goldcrest, 260Senior Lady – BrownCross T, Goldcrest, 237Senior Gentleman – BlackLaing J, Links, 296Senior Gentleman – GreyPrince R, Dearne Valley, 271Senior Gentleman – BrownDavies A, Goldcrest, 250Recurve BarebowJunior Lady – GreyChilcott B, Audco, 229Junior Lady – BrownHeaney C, Ballyvally, 210Junior Lady – GreenTeggart H, Ballyvally, 218Senior Lady – GoldCowan A, Ballyvally, 317Senior Lady – GreyLeonard S, Ballyvally, 227Senior Lady – BrownMehaffey R, Ballyvally, 199Senior Lady – GreenHenry K, Ballyvally, 221Senior Gentleman – WhiteHavranek S, Perth, 299Morrow T, Ballyvally, 294Senior Gentleman – BlackDalton J, Deer Park, 293Senior Gentleman – GreyBlair G, Banbridge, 256Dalton J, Deer Park, 251Senior Gentleman – BrownMcComb T, Yew Tree, 254Pagan J, Blackburn, 239McLoughlin G, Ballyvally, 238Houston R, Ballyvally, 191Senior Gentleman – GreenToland F, Ballyvally, 218Barclay T, Wrexham, 200Gilmore P, Lough Cuan, 199CompoundJunior Gentleman – BrownNewman A, Anchor, 337Senior Lady – BlackBreeze R, New Century, 343Senior Gentleman – BlackDooley M, New Century, 362Senior Gentleman – GreySargeant J, Canterbury, 348Newman E, Anchor, 341Rose: TargetRecurveJunior Lady – 1100Piper L, Woking, 1140Senior Lady – 1100Stocker C, Windsor Forest, 1102Senior Lady – 1000Morris C, Colchester, 1086Evans B, Andover, 1058Mitchell H, Archery GB, 1055Mills D, Rivernook, 1038Baigent C, Waterside, 1028Tavlin L, North Cheshire, 1022Chaudhry S, Exeter, 1014Flint H, Newcastle University, 1005Glover K, Lichfield, 1002Hodgkinson L, Lancaster University, 1000Senior Lady – 900Elsworthy G, Exeter, 981Mason H, Wolverhampton, 948Waterhouse D, Bronte, 934Dallas L, Links, 920Eyres E, Bramcote, 916Spence N, Reading, 905Senior Lady – 800Mason H, Wolverhampton, 899Geddes D, Lethen, 889Cusack S, Junction, 884Hall A, Phoenix Essex, 880Nairn A, Beeston Rylands, 875Boucher H, Wells, 851Waterhouse D, Bronte, 849Kennedy S, Pendle and Samlesbury, 848Jones G, Loughborough Students, 832Sweeney R, North Cheshire, 816Hull A, Walker, 814Llewellyn A, Buscot Park, 810Giddings R, Archery GB, 807Senior Gentleman – 1100Coveney A, Loughborough Students, 1121Senior Gentleman – 1000Beckett J, Bowbrook, 1089Wozencroft A, Loughborough Students, 1088Body A, West Essex, 1088Johnstone A, Archery GB, 1048Harper K, Harrow, 1031Hinckley P, Hampstead, 1004Stephenson O, Rutland, 1003Senior Gentleman – 900Ross P, Banchory, 986Thomas A, Cleve, 981Rowe A, Mounts Bay, 955Wilson T, Lancaster University, 936Davis P, Whiteleaf, 931James D, Soar Valley, 930Jones D, Olde Colesdon, 929Pearson G, Thirsk, 917Kendera G, Gravesend, 914Senior Gentleman – 800Jones E, Lethen, 896Shaw D, University of York, 884Barnett E, Fox, 875Lakhiani H, Warfield, 872Shipley A, St Helens, 868Hunter S, Ardleigh, 848Smart R, Thirsk, 845Spink P, Leamington Spa, 828Darling R, Brixham, 825Dukes J, Thirsk, 825Ashby S, Andover, 811Lowe D, Hart Sherwood, 809LongbowJunior Gentleman – 225Hunton A, Durham, 245Senior Lady – 525Sartain K, Racketts, 595Mortimore C, Archery GB, 564Senior Lady – 450Canham J, South Wilts, 458Senior Lady – 375Lawrence S, Noak Hill, 435Duthie B, Aber University, 416Senior Lady – 300Woodcock H, Pennine, 372Canham J, South Wilts, 367Senior Lady – 225Rutledge H, Atkins, 279McLenaghan K, Nonsuch, 248Senior Gentleman – 600Gadd C, Archery GB, 645Senior Gentleman – 525Kelly N, Southampton, 581Newnes A, Aber University, 570Senior Gentleman – 450Merritt G, Eastbourne, 454Senior Gentleman – 375Lawrence M, Noak Hill, 398Senior Gentleman – 300Heydon K, Torquay, 328Marshall G, Thirsk, 306Senior Gentleman – 225Phillips P, West, 265Hall S, Links, 258Murray E, Kingsfield, 257Jephcott I, Colchester, 252CompoundJunior Lady – 1200Bryan J, Bramcote, 1206Junior Lady – 1100Bryan J, Bramcote, 1100Senior Lady – 1250Blake E, Links, 1266Senior Lady – 1100Keith B, Aycliffe, 1172Shaw M, North Cheshire, 1166Mason L, Wolverhampton, 1122Duncanson P, Heugh, 1101Loader V, Andover, 1100Senior Lady – 1000Wakefield A, Milnes High, 1088Chadwell A, University of Salford, 1075Langdon-Ward N, Brixham, 1032Senior Gentleman – 1250Sanghrajka M, Harrow, 1260Senior Gentleman – 1200Czerniak CJ, Soar Valley, 1214Barber S, Stortford, 1214Powell L, Colchester, 1210Fitch M, Nonsuch, 1208Wark P, Chippenham, 1206Chan KC, Beeston Rylands, 1204Pedziwiatr J, Archery GB, 1200Senior Gentleman – 1100Cousins D, Lizard Peninsula, 1190Trojek M, Eagle, 1176Kinnard R, Spelthorne, 1173Charlesworth S, Minchinhampton, 1162Upfield D, Portsdown, 1156Mitchell J, Banchory, 1127Radomski S, Bramcote, 1124Swart D, Moray Archery, 1123Bashford L, Nonsuch, 1108Bradshaw L, Teme, 1108Duncanson K, Heugh, 1108Pengelly G, Wells, 1104Senior Gentleman – 1000Parker B, Clacton, 1098Rogers G, Chessington, 1098Trott A, Liverpool University, 1098Dargue M, Kirton in Lindsey, 1091Bradshaw L,Teme, 1080Steventon W, Lichfield, 1060Horner B, Liverpool University, 1047Senior Gentleman – 900Toth N, Deans, 979Boucher S, Wells City, 960Ambrus J, Deans, 950Turner E, Fast and Loose, 924Senior Gentleman – 800Turner E, Fast and Loose, 895Hall M, Ponteland, 889Junior Rose: TargetRecurveJunior Lady – 1250Roberts S, St Helens, 1258Junior Lady – 1200Harper B, Bowbrook, 1224Palmer H, Wyre Forest, 1212Ferguson E, Aire Valley, 1208Haslam H, Anchor, 1200Junior Lady – 1100Medley D, Beeston Rylands, 1190Dale J, Cleve, 1174McKeag C, St Georges, 1174Barker P, Bramcote, 1166Seaton H, Rutland, 1166Buckner J, Overton, 1164Darling L, Wilford, 1146Eyres L, Bramcote, 1144Pagan A, Blackburn, 1131Houghton S, Pendle and Samlesbury, 1126Luceau C, Castle, 1126Barrett E, Howard, 1118Havers M, Hinckley, 1116Mantravadi M, West Essex, 1113March A, Wymondham, 1106Tonkinson K, Audco, 1104Vinall E, Eastbourne, 1104Junior Lady – 1000Morris-Brown O, Oakfield, 1084Sinclair B, Crown, 1075Hammond J, Woking, 1071Haimes S, Kingston, 1067Devlin H, Warfield, 1064Ahmad Z, Southfields, 1059Baughan J, Frome, 1056Lowe A, Selby, 1041Wadsworth J, Rochdale, 1035Wells H, Lace, 1034Roadknight K, Redhill, 1032Blundell F, Perth, 1027Beagley S, Lintman, 1023Crook H, South Wansdyke, 1021Donlon H, Wigan and Orrell, 1021Junior Lady – 900Levy L, Guildford, 996Raupp G, Darwen, 994Ackland-Snow H, Wallingford Castle, 967Roadknight A, Redhill, 966Foreman C, Preston Grasshoppers, 963Hardy E, Cleve, 957Ahmad Z, Southfields, 951Middleton A, Perth, 946Shaw D, Burleigh, 940Perring E, Wallingford Castle, 916Blythe A, Wilford, 913Gardiner H, Wigan and Orrell, 908Guntripp F, Evesham, 907Morrison S, Anchor, 902Junior Lady – 800Clarke I, Sway, 894Tedore G, Rayleigh, 877Webb C, Rochdale, 862Loh L, Darwen, 828Smith F, Andover, 827Junior Gentleman – 1200Woodgate J, Woking, 1220Joyce D, Burnham, 1206Junior Gentleman – 1100Mickiewicz S, Southfields, 1140Thompson W, Huddersfield, 1129Dace D, Netherhall, 1115Vaughan M, Redhill, 1114Hardy W, Cleve, 1109Junior Gentleman – 1000Wylie L, Blackpool, 1092Smith J, Gordano Valley, 1090Moir S, Braintree, 1086Parker A, Deer Park, 1077Gulvin A, Noak Hill, 1074Mickiewicz S, Southfields, 1066Orton M, Meriden, 1066Medhurst C, Redhill, 1060Weston B, Llantarnam, 1056White H, Southfields, 1044Moir B, Braintree, 1030Jaques L, Dearne Valley, 1028Ali Y, Leicester, 1025Cowell D, Rayleigh, 1002Junior Gentleman – 900Parker A, Deer Park, 993Oakes W, Wilford, 968James J, Soar Valley, 967Scully B, Hillingdon, 962Salmon A, Stortford, 947Jaques L, Dearne Valley, 916Partington A, Rochdale, 905Junior Gentleman – 800Shemmans J, Guildford, 890Salmon A, Stortford, 879Jones L, Olde Colesdon, 866English L, Phoenix, 864Lucas J, Glen, 864McGinnis M, Abbey Scotland, 860Lock A, Noak Hill, 855Parker A, Deer Park, 849Routledge L, Sellafield, 831Shehata-Morgan A, Evesham, 830Perring O, Wallingford Castle, 813BarebowJunior Lady – 1000Robertson M, Chessington, 1002Junior Lady – 900Abdelhalim A, Crystal Palace, 925Junior Gentleman – 1000Radosz M, Southfields, 1012Junior Gentleman – 900Radosz M, Southfields, 985Junior Gentleman – 800Radosz M, Southfields, 888Oakley M, Adel, 856LongbowJunior Lady – 600Joyce M, Burnham, 748CompoundJunior Lady – 1250A'Bear C, Deer Park, 1290Gibson E, Deer Park, 1272Chappell G, Deer Park, 1272Geddes R, Lethen, 1266Jones P, Belvoir, 1264Williams J, Cleve, 1258Junior Lady – 1200Charlesworth J, Minchinhampton, 1220Preece R, Deer Park, 1214Titchener O, East Riding, 1210Junior Lady – 1100Preece R, Deer Park, 1191Titchener O, East Riding, 1174O'Connor M, Worthing, 1160Raffan C, Milnes High, 1127Junior Lady – 1000Raffan C, Milnes High, 1076Dixon A, Millom, 1070Webster R, Ebbsfleet, 1000Junior Lady – 900Webster R, Ebbsfleet, 981Wood E, Ebbsfleet, 963Junior Lady – 800Humphries S, Wilford, 867Junior Gentleman – 1250Haslam L, Anchor, 1276Scott A, Canterbury, 1260Junior Gentleman – 1200Robinson O, Blackburn, 1210Junior Gentleman – 1100Uzzell J, Deer Park, 1191Pride E, Milnes High, 1156Brayshaw T, Bronte, 1118Junior Gentleman – 1000Balciunas M, Ebbsfleet, 1088Ridding A, Millom, 1068Croft O, Darwen, 1028Junior Gentleman – 900Davis T, West Essex, 984Ridding A, Millom, 927Arrow Award for Juniors: TargetRecurveJunior Lady – BlackEyres L, BramcoteSeaton H, RutlandJunior Gentleman – BlueOrton M, MeridenThompson W, HuddersfieldGrand Master Bowman: TargetBarebowSenior LadyHubbard SR, WymondhamHunt J, KestrelsLongbowSenior LadyCanham J, South WiltsCousins J, PasturesHudson S, White RoseMortimore C, Archery GBYoung L, RiversideSenior GentlemanBale M, RivernookEllis C, High WealdEvans H, Saints and SinnersFreeman H, AsshetonKelly N, SouthamptonTwigg R, ExmouthNewnes A, Aber UniversityCompoundSenior LadyFlack V, Leaves GreenBlake E, LinksSenior GentlemanRudd M, DevizesShaw A, CleveGrand Master Bowman: FieldRecurve BarebowSenior LadyCowan A, BallyvallyCompoundSenior LadyBrown H, Kent PoliceSenior GentlemanDuncan T, MeridenRichards C, MeridenMaster Bowman: TargetRecurveSenior LadyCossade E, Archery GBHaines L, EveshamMackinnon T, WolverhamptonNicholas L, JunctionPayne S, NuneatonNadarajah T, C.E.D.A.K.Senior GentlemanEvans S, Archery GBHarper K, HarrowMcDermott E, Jolly H and WEmeney S, Archery GBLongbowSenior LadyGraham S, BalbardieLawrence S, Noak HillSarratt R, EcclesDuthie B, Aber UniversitySenior Gentlemanllan R, YorkKirkpatrick M, RivernookMurray-Playfair A, RichmondPeters D, CheshireRosenberg B, StalybridgeStowell I, CheshireCompoundJunior LadyBryan J, BramcoteSenior LadyBreeze R, New CenturyChenery J, BurleighSmith C, Melton MowbraySenior GentlemanBarber S, StortfordBennion D, YelvertonDale M, MeridenDuncan T, MeridenFox P, RutlandGunstone N, SwanHaynes S, Jolly H and WKerr R, ChippenhamLane N, BramcoteMallion C, West EssexMartel D, MalvernPeake S, North CheshirePotter S, Wyre ForestPowell L, ColchesterPretlove J, Phoenix EssexTohovitis G, WelbeckWark P, ChippenhamWhite J, PetersfieldYeoman M, YelvertonBramley D, DerwentClayton-Smith O, Melton MowbraySanghrajka M, HarrowMaster Bowman: FieldRecurve BarebowSenior LadyCowan A, BallyvallyLongbowSenior GentlemanNewnes A, Aber UniversityJunior Master Bowman U12: TargetRecurveJunior LadyBarker P, BramcoteEyres L, BramcoteHavers M, HinckleyPagan A, BlackburnPalmer H, Wyre ForestSeaton H, RutlandWells H, LaceJunior GentlemanHewitt R, EveshamParker A, Deer ParkWhite H, SouthfieldsBarebowJunior GentlemanOakley M, AdelRadosz M, SouthfieldsLongbowJunior GentlemanSmart J, ThirskCompoundJunior GentlemanRobinson O, BlackburnJunior Master Bowman U14: TargetRecurveJunior LadyDarling L, WilfordFerguson E, Aire ValleyHammond J, WokingLevitt F, NetherhallLevy L, GuildfordTonkinson K, AudcoTurner L R, Wyre ForestJunior GentlemanO'Connor S, GrimsbyOrton M, MeridenThompson W, HuddersfieldWeston B, LlantarnamWright H, DustonWylie L, BlackpoolCompoundJunior LadyBelmonte G, Alton and Four MarksJunior GentlemanScott A, CanterburyJunior Master Bowman U16: TargetRecurveJunior LadyEvans H, BurleighHoughton S, Pendle and SamlesburyLessimore M, LlantarnamMarch A, WymondhamMatkin E, BirstallPalmer F, Wyre ForestRowley H, NuneatonJunior GentlemanDace D, NetherhallMickiewicz S, SouthfieldsVaughan M, RedhillWoodgate J, WokingCompoundJunior LadyBolou A, Allington CastleBryan J, BramcotePerry L, OxfordJunior GentlemanCrow D, WalkerRussell D, SupermarineJunior Master Bowman U18: TargetRecurveJunior LadyHughes H, NethermossGreen J, DitchlingCompoundJunior LadyLoader V, Andover6 Gold End Senior: TargetRecurveJunior LadyWarner L, Kirby MuxloeSenior LadyAlexander J, NonsuchBrug E, Cambridge UniversityCade N, SleafordChaudhry S, ExeterPage A, DerbyshirePayne S, NuneatonRobertson K, WalkerRoss J, WellingtonTavlin L, North CheshireVan Besouw R, SouthamptonBaylis K, LlantarnamCoy M, FriskneyEvans B, AndoverGray L, GuernseySenior GentlemanBryan N, DerbyshireDevonport C, University of WarwickFleisig T, AtkinsHarper K, HarrowHaye K, LeekJibrail J, ParadoxLehmann-Mayne K, RickmansworthMarshall P, BerkhamstedRoy R, MeridenSpykerman J, SupermarineBroadley A J, LichfieldAvins C, University of BirminghamNorth A, Abbey HertsCompoundJunior LadyBryan J, BramcoteEde B, BathGibson E, Deer ParkSenior LadyDavis P, CheshireDuncanson P, HeughEarle T, ExeterGray A, AycliffeHill S, BrixhamMason L, WolverhamptonIvanov K, BalbardiePowe H, University of LeicesterShaw M, North CheshireWakefield A, Milnes HighSenior GentlemanBrown N, LeicesterClark I, WykeClark R, South LeedsCornford J, GreenbankDevine L, BlundellsandsDuncanson K, HeughEllis J, SouthamptonFrench T, Castle Moat and FolkestoneGuerin C, Archery GBHamer G, WykeHaydock R, BelvoirHonour P, Great RissingtonHumphries M, Gordano ValleyJordan M, Abbey KentLewington R, NuneatonMcLean C, DurhamMill? R, HinghamParker B, ClactonPayne D, NuneatonPayton S, Meridian ArcheryPotter K, CanterburyRichards C, RedruthRocha F, JerseyRogers G, ChessingtonRowbotham D, CanterburySquire R, KingstonSwart D, Moray ArcheryTeml R, TockingtonUpfield D, PortsdownWright? T, Melton MowbrayEast S, AycliffeGill S, LeicesterHare J, FoxCzerniak CJ, Soar ValleyMoore J, Swansea UniversityRelf A, MalvernTaylor A, Silver Spoon6 Gold End Junior: TargetRecurveJunior LadyBarker P, BramcoteBaughan J, Frome TownBlythe A, WilfordBuckner J, OvertonChadwick L, RichmondCole A, Alton and Four MarksDale J, CleveEyres L, BramcoteMantravadi M, West EssexMarch A, WymondhamMedley D, BeestonPetre E, CorbyRawlings L, BowbrookSeaton H, RutlandShaw D, BurleighStott E, HuddersfieldTaylor K, MeridenWadsworth J, RochdaleWebster C, CastleJunior GentlemanCowell D, RayleighGulvin A, Noak HillJoyce D, BurnhamMickiewicz S, SouthfieldsRadosz M, SouthfieldsShehata-Morgan A, EveshamSmart J, ThirskThompson W, HuddersfieldVaughan M, RedhillWeston B, LlantarnamWylie L, BlackpoolBarebowJunior LadyNash C, AnchorStamp L, LlandaffCompoundJunior LadyGibson E, Deer ParkGreen Z, DitchlingHerdsman R, WykeKeeling R, CorbyO’Connor M, WorthingPoll G, Dover CastlePreece R, Deer ParkRaffan C, Milnes HighTitchener O, East RidingWright L, WisbechJunior GentlemanAlmond T, BostonBlake O, PortsdownBond G, NorthamptonBrayshaw T, BronteClark F, WykeCrow D, WalkerLane T, BramcotePride E, Milnes HighRidding A, MillomScott A, CanterburyTatum T, Walke3 Gold End (longbow): TargetLongbowJunior LadyCuthbertson J, KillingworthJoyce M, BurnhamJunior GentlemanForeman M, Killingworth?Lloyd R, LytchettSenior LadyEastgate J, Lamorbey ParkGraham S, BalbardieLawrence S, Noak HillRobinson S, Archery GBDuthie B, Aber UniversitySenior GentlemanNewnes A, Aber UniversityAndrews A, SwanBellamy G, Green DragonBetts J, Archery GBBlumensath T, SouthamptonKelly N, SouthamptonPeters G, Deer ParkRoberts W, St HelensRosenberg B, StalybridgeShearer B, RiversideSpragg S, Noak HillStockwell A, Deer ParkTuffs P, BathReay P, WaspsAnd finallyThere's an interesting book by an American sociologist called Jonathan Haidt that argues that unless we try very hard, we all naturally respond to things on the basis of instinct; and that once we have, it takes a Herculean effort to persuade us of anything else.None of us realises we do it, but we all drive each other mad as a result. The moment anyone has a different opinion, we try to persuade each other with logical argument, not realizing that nature dictates that we are up against it.This scientific theory is put to good commercial use by the magician David Copperfield, who relies on the instinct of his audience to nudge people into decisions they aren't even aware that they have made. And it came to my mind when I saw the reaction on social media to our recent advert for applications for an independent director. One specific line in the advert came under attack. It was: 'Archery GB has a diversity policy in compliance with the government's Code for Sports Governance, and particularly encourages applications from the BAME community for this position.'What was interesting about it was nothing to do with racial prejudice, as (while we're discussing jumping to conclusions) you might immediately think I am implying. No; it was what it said about people's views of Archery GB.The proportion of non-white members in our sport is 10 per cent lower than census numbers would lead you to expect. This implies that it makes up a generally more reluctant cohort of people where archery is concerned.Any logical analysis of the statement we made would show that we were encouraging that shyer group to get involved, while making no suggestion that their applications would be treated any differently from others.But the logical mind never got to rationalise: the instinctive bias, as posted, was that Archery GB must be doing something wrong.The same words spoken by two different people will provoke different reactions, depending on your opinion of who you heard saying them. I know from my mailbag that it takes no more than the sight of Archery GB's brand on any document for some people automatically to assume the worst. It's science: I get it. But we are on the same side in wanting the best for our sport. I'd encourage people always to start with that assumption.Mark DaviesChairmanSponsorsWe would like to thank the following sponsors and partners.Long term support of our core programmesLottery Funded Sport EnglandLottery funded UK sportExcellence in Sports CoachingHelping us raise standardsThe Equality Standard: A Framework for SportGold+ SponsorsDoinker StabilisersWin & Win ArcheryGold sponsorsArizona Archery Enterprises IncEastonWIAWISHoytMyboLeupoldStanislawskiSilver sponsorsMerlin ArcheryMatthewsFuse AccessoriesShibuyaPrime ArcheryTrading nameArchery GB is the trading name of the Grand National Archery Society, a company limited by guarantee number 1342150 Registered in England. ................
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