Category: Field Archery

It’s a bit late, but it’s been a hectic week. Below are the final positions for all the members of Artemis Archers that competed at the 2014 3D championships. Well done to everyone that braved the weather and the mud!

• Kay-Leona Hodgkinson – 1st Ladies Longbow
• Sam Gascoigne – 1st Ladies Bowhunter
• Ben Straw – 1st Under 16 Barebow Boys
• Jacob Whitty – 1st Under 12 Barebow Boys
• Mark Taylor – 4th Gents Compound Limited
• Andy Betts – 5th Gents AFB
• Kate Meeson – 5th Ladies AFB
• Celeste Batten – 6th Ladies Compound Unlimited
• John Bloomfield – 6th Gents Crossbow
• Paul Wooliscroft – 8th Gents Compound Limited
• Emma Whitty – 9th Ladies Barebow
• Wendy Horobin – 9th Ladies Compound Unlimited
• John Horobin – 12th Gents Compound Unlimited
• Jim Metcalfe – 13th Gents Compound Unlimited
• Helen Surman – 15th Ladies Compound Unlimited
• Ian Whitty – 21st Gents Barebow
• Andrew Horobin – 30th Gents Barebow

Next up is the EFAA Bowhunter Champs on the 7th and 8th June, closely followed by the EBHC in Confolens. Good luck to everyone competing in those competitions.

Artemis archers carried on where they left off in Scotland on Sunday, at the Duvelle Bowmen open shoot. Every member of Artemis that attended the shoot was placed in the top 3 of their respective categories.

• 1st – Ladies Longbow – Kay-Leona Hodgkinson
• 1st – Gents Crossbow – John Bloomfield
• 1st – Gents Freestyle – Richard Thompson
• 2nd – Ladies Bowhunter – Sam Gascoigne
• 2nd – Ladies Compound Unlimited – Celeste Batten
• 2nd – Gents Freestyle – John Straw
• 3rd – Junior Boy Barebow – Ben Straw
• 3rd – Gents AFB – Andy Betts

Well done everyone, keep it up. Only 4 weeks to the 3Ds

This was our third shoot and we hoped for good weather but it did not look good all week, but we consider ourselves lucky we had a very fine morning and early afternoon, and then the rain came. Copied this paragraph from last years report, uncanny eh?

The weather forecast did inevitably create the last minute cancellations but balanced by new requests, leaving us with a very respectable 126 archers walking out.

The course was set comprising of 27 new faces from makers

Normandie Archerie, 5x3D’s, 2x 2D’s & 2x Original Canvasses from Paul Summerfield (Druids). A lot of excitement over them all, being the first time many had seen them. The Iguana up the wall generated some laughter.

The extra 3D Targets this time, excluding Kay’s Boar in the field like Ian’s Badger on the mound were inside the wall (with backstops) hopefully giving more variety and a chance to retrieve your arrows in one piece.

We have had many compliments on the day and after, so a great success.

So a huge Thank You to Catering, Admin, Marshalls, Target Pasters, Work Parties, support workers and Course setters for all your hard work on the day, in the weeks leading up to it and working behind the scenes.

Finally, a big Thank You to all the archers. Particularly Nicola (hard terrain but you did it. Well done), Ian and Brenda who also travelled all the way from the south coast showcasing the exciting new Austrian 3D’s. We enjoyed sharing our wood with you all and for conquering our slope between 19 and 21. Not easy!

Mark Taylor

Secretary

 

It is with regret that we have had to cancel our EFAA Field Round on the 5th May.

Our next EFAA shoot will now be the Hunter Round on the 2nd June. We hope to see you there.