Official Magazine of Archery GB | Autumn 2020 | £4.95 BRITISH BLIND SPORT ARCHERY SECTION How clubs can give visually impaired archers a warmer welcome Horseback archery Shooting from the saddle? Winning at clout Improve your long game HOW TO TAKE BETTER Techniques and tips to capture that fleeting moment PHOTOS INSIDE: COMPOUND BLUNT ARROWS POOR-WEATHER SHOOTING RECURVE BOW SET-UP AUTUMN 40 2020 NEWS / FEATURES News 06 Indoor archery plans, AGB award winners, Rebuild funding, club competitions and more RIGHT: Jonathan Club spotlight Davies 33 Southampton Archery Club on shares the benefits of their latest achievements blunt arrows How to: P64 34 Take better photos ARCHERY GB Mailbag 36 Have your say Rule changes 27 Latest updates History 38 The rise and fall of the Royal Day in the life British Bowmen 52 Meet our Paralympic Technician Horseback archery 60 Coaching Shooting from the saddle with 40 Archery GB coaching webinars the Knights of Middle England 56 – our presenters feed back British Blind Sport PRACTICAL Directory 44 Archery Section 68 How to get in touch Ways to offer VI archers a warmer welcome to your club Club people 54 Historical re-enactor Clout Jonathan Davies talks 52 50 Clout expert Peter Gregory runs about traditional archery through the need-to-know Compound 59 Peep sight problems Shooting in 60 poor weather How to bear chillier, wetter conditions Back to basics 62 Recurve bow set-up Blunt arrows 64 The benefits of blunt slow-flight arrows Kitbag 67 The latest new products AUTUMN 2020 Malcolm Rees EDITOR'S WELCOME National Tour Final 2020 Final Tour National Picture by: Cover: s the seasons change, along with government health updates, it has been a difficult few weeks Ahaving to reassess return-to-sport plans and ensure archers’ safety, particularly in relation to indoor PUBLISHED FOR: shooting. We hope you have by now been reassured by Archery GB guidance, in line with DCMS, that archery can continue. Please check the Covid-dedicated page of www.archerygb.org for all related information. Archery GB, Lilleshall National Sports & Conferencing Centre, Newport, Despite the circumstances we have plenty of good news to share from clubs Shropshire TF10 9AT Tel: 01952 677888 overcoming the pandemic’s challenges, staging competitions both virtual Web: www.archerygb.org and actual, and generally showing a wonderful sense of unity. Archery Email: [email protected] GB is keen to help where possible and would like to remind clubs to take advantage of our Rebuild Activity Fund (see page 8), designed to give a Correspondence with regard to Archery UK @archerygb including mailing list queries and enquiries boost to those that are struggling the most. On another note, we'd also about advertising, should be addressed to like to take a moment to congratulate the winners of this year’s Archery GB Archery GB at the address above. annual awards – see a long list of names in lights on page 32. While every effort is made to ensure the SOCIAL: For something a little different, we visited the Warwick base of equestrian accuracy of this publication, the organisers stunt team, The Knights of Middle England, to find out what it takes to be a Archery GB and the Pensord Design cannot accept liability for any statement or error E horseback archer (page 40). Lessons are available to the general public, so contained herein © 2020. Where printed give them a call if you think you can handle a horse and bow. Back at ground the paper used for printing this magazine level, Goldcrest Archers’ Peter Gregory talks us through his tried and tested has been sourced from sustainably D managed forests in accordance with the tips for winning at clout – and if you’re a fan of the discipline, you might ISO 14001 and EMAS (Eco-Management consider joining the Midlands-based Clout Collective, on page 51. and Audit Scheme) standards, which are Q We also asked prolific archery photographer Malcolm Rees to give us internationally recognised and externally audited integrated environmental some key advice for taking great pictures (page 34). His images are often management systems. used on Archery UK’s cover, including this one of Bayley Sargeant at the PRODUCED ON BEHALF National Tour Final at Lilleshall last month, so he knows a thing or two! OF ARCHERY GB BY : On page 44, British Blind Sport Archery Section explain how clubs can help provide a warmer welcome to visually-impaired archers – and it’s not just the sole responsibility of clubs but those within them who have Tel: 07525 422065 an opportunity to help new members feel like they belong. Our coaching www.pensord.design webinar article on page 56 had feedback from one member who feels that Archery GB can do more to include VI archery content – thank you, your COPY DEADLINE FOR THE WINTER EDITION: point has been noted by our teams. 1 November 2020 With autumn’s traditional weather, we could be blessed with fine days as well as grim ones. Our practical pages also cover solutions for whatever Archery UK is the Official Magazine of Archery GB comes as many archers prepare to shoot outside for as long as possible. and is read by all members. While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, no responsibility can be Finally, you'll notice that we've redesigned the magazine and very much accepted for inaccuracies, however caused. Letters, articles and features do not necessarily represent hope you'll like the new look. the opinion of Archery GB. The decision whether or not to include material submitted for inclusion (whether advertising or otherwise) shall be entirely Keep us posted on all your news and views at 5 [email protected] at the discretion of the Editor and/or the Marketing Manager. No responsibility can be accepted for illustrations, photographs, artwork, editorial or advertising material in transmission or with the Vicky Sartain publishers or their agents, although every care will be taken to ensure safe return of items requested to Communications Editor be returned. © 2020 Archery GB When you have finished with this magazine please recycle it. E D Q Social media: @archerygb Website: www.archerygb.org Accessible magazine: www.archerygb.org AUTUMN and search 'Magazine' NEWSGet in touch If you or your club have any news you’d like to share in Archery UK, we would love to hear it. Drop us a line at 5 [email protected] COVID-19 GUIDANCE Obituaries Winter archery Shooting this winter will be a For competition, please see our challenge. We know how archery competition guidelines: www. supports both the physical and archerygb.org/shoot-compete/ mental wellbeing of archers. Being compete/return-to-competition a sport where close person to Archers should not mix targets person contact can be avoided, it is or groups and should ensure social a good example of an activity that distancing at all times. can be undertaken in a way that is Whether it is indoor or outdoor compliant with social distancing shooting, please arrive at your restrictions. club ready to shoot and depart as Following the government’s soon as you are finished. Please updated Covid-19 regulations in look after your fellow archers by September and October, archery maintaining social distancing, can take place – indoors and washing your hands and if you Bev Detoeuf outdoors – provided the guidance are displaying any symptoms of It is with great sadness that we announce is adhered to, and taking into Covid-19, by staying at home. the death of Bev Detoeuf who passed consideration local restrictions. Elite archery, as defined by the away suddenly on 13 August 2020. Bev We update the club, archer and government, continues to comply was an enthusiastic and accomplished coach guidelines regularly, which with the Step 1-5 guidelines and is archer and coach, and joined The Archery can be found on our dedicated currently operating safely and in Foundation’s Board of Trustees in March Covid-19 information page: www. line with Step 2. 2019 and immediately demonstrated archerygb.org/shoot-compete/ Please continue to follow her commitment to the objects of the archery-gb-updates-on-covid-19 updates on our social channels Foundation with overseeing the start-up Individual targets should be @ArcheryGB on Facebook and of support for Endeavour Archers, who booked by an archer, a single Twitter, and remember to keep an were awarded a grant by the Foundation household, or a maximum of two eye on the Covid-19 information in 2019/2020. Bev will be sorely missed archers from different households. page on the Archery GB website. by the archery commumity. 6 AUTUMN 2020 CLICK TO SEE OUR MANUFACTURING YOUTUBE VIDEO Get in touch If you or your club have any news you’d like to share in Archery UK, we would love to hear it. Drop us a line at 5 [email protected] INDUSTRY-LEADING SUPERIOR CONCENTRICITY MACHINED TOLERANCES FOR A TRUE SPIN IN HOUSE Guaranteed ± 0.25 gns Guaranteed concentric Manufactured at of specifi ed weight within 0.001” (0.0025cm) the Bohning facility Rebuild Activity Fund gives clubs a boost! • Pay for a coach to come into the club • Hire of a new facility to run a beginners’ course or coaching sessions • Purchase additional equipment and/or social distancing measures • Support a club’s reopening • Enable members to re-integrate (especially those from deprived communities, at risk, or vulnerable persons) So far, a total of 28 clubs have applied and been assessed, of which 24 applications met the criteria and were successful. We have invited all County and Regional Associations to join in supporting any clubs who apply from their respective areas, while recognising some County and Regional Associations may have their own grant schemes in place.