SPRING 2014 £4.95 InIn a att thethe deepdeep end!end! Walchboystakeon the world TheThe casecase Countdown starts forfor changechange to the Big Weekend! Why Governance vote is crucial Jones turns the tables The ‘haunted’ vaults Equality G Classification G GNAM update CONTENTS 3 PICTURE: COVER: Welcome to SPRING 2014 £4.95 The Walch family with Jake Kaminski. John Percival In at the deep end! Walchboystakeon the world The case Countdown starts for change to the Big Weekend! Why Governance vote is crucial Jones turns the tables The ‘haunted’ vaults Spring’s here and it is time to get outside and shoot! Equality G Classification G GNAM update At last! There is plenty to look forward to in this issue of Archery UK too – plus a look back on a very busy Cover Story few weeks. 37 In at the deep end As the AGM in Derby approaches we look at the issue that looks set to dominate proceedings: governance.We also have special features on equality, communication and competition in clubs Features and, in the wake of the Danielle Brown decision, 34 Equality in archery classification. We look back on the stunning success of the 36 European Archery Festival European Archery Festival and ahead to three of 41 Governance this summer’s highlights: the Big Weekend, the GNAM and the bigger and better 42 National Series National Series. Plus, we hear from some very determined juniors! And we want to hear from you too. If you have a picture, story, achievement or 43 Big Weekend question, get in touch! Have a wonderful summer and I hope to meet many of you at the AGM. 4 News 16 Juniors 22 History 24 Development Editor 28 Performance 44 Foresters: Partners Update 46 Finance PRODUCED ON BEHALF OF ARCHERY GB BY: PUBLISHED FOR: 48 Experts 50 Mailbag Archery GB,Lilleshall 52 Talent National Sports & Conferencing Centre, TRMG Ltd,1 Forum Place,Hatfield,Herts AL10 0RN 54 Operations Newport,Shropshire TF10 9AT Tel: 01707 273 999 www.trmg.co.uk Tel: 01952 677888 55 Board Web: www.archerygb.org 56 Judges Publishing Director: Email: [email protected] Jon Fellows See also the Directory on p80 for individual staff 57 Coaching Operations Director: contact details. 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No responsibility internationally recognised and externally audited integrated can be accepted for illustrations, photographs, artwork, editorial or 78 Records and Achievements environmental management systems. advertising material in transmission or with the publishers or their agents, although every care will be taken to ensure safe return of 80 Directory items requested to be returned. © 2014 Archery GB 82 From the Chairman SPRING 2014 • ARCHERY UK 4 LONGBOW ALL’S WELL that ends well for raid-hit archers ll seemed lost when raiders we can carry on with our have-a-go happened and another good thing to ransacked a club storage sessions and schools programmes. come out of this was that our secretary A compound and stole all its “I would like to thank all the clubs here Lisa Hill received enquiries from archery equipmentjustasitbegana in Yorkshire that offered to help with the clubs wanting to know who our insurers beginners’ course. loan of bosses and gear. It was a real were. Lisa passed the enquiries on to our The thieves stole gear worth £11,000 feel-good factor knowing that other clubs equipment officer Pete Rollin and he from the Archers Of Bridlington and empathised and rallied to our support. was happy to help, supplying the Burton Agnes, including all the bows and “Our insurers were great when the raid relevant information.” G arrows the club uses for beginners courses, school visits and taster sessions. A club spokesman said:“The heartbreaking thing was that we were one week into a beginners’ course. It was awful having to ring everybody up, tell them about the raid and give them the option of having their money back or waiting to see what happened.” They all waited, and the course resumed on 10 November.Only one dropped out, three later joined the club and four more said they would join in spring. Club coach Terry Jones said:“We can now look forward with renewed confidence and it is our intention to replace all the stolen equipment so that FIFTY...AND FUN! NOW urton Bridge BArchers is about THAT’S to turn 50 and it is celebrating by SCARY! throwing its eet one of doors open. the ghouls It is kicking off M who really celebrations by holding an open day on 26 April and inviting all former got into the spirit at members to join in the fun and, perhaps, pick up a bow again. Southampton If you want to go along, catch up with old friends and share some Archery Club’s first memories, contact Club Secretary Geoff via the club’s website at Hallowe’en Shoot. www.burtonbridgearchers.co.uk. Therewillbeahaveagoforthe Itwasagreat community and to raise funds for club’s local Mencap Crest group. success with That will be followed by an Open Western Shoot on 22 June – entry juniors, novices and forms are on the website - and the club American handicap shoot seniors making the and barbecue. most of some The club has had a number of names over the years. It started as unusual targets. Burton Archery Club, then became Burton and South Derbyshire Archery And according to club, based in the grounds of Marston’s Brewery.Then it moved to the Club Secretary Dan grounds of a sausage factory and became Robirch Burton Bowmen Courtnall, the before arriving at its current home at the Washlands Sports Club.A shooting was not G bridge over the River Trent inspired the name Burton Bridge Archers. too shabby either! G NEWS 5 THE ULTIMATE AIM Why archery and the Tube share a common goal traight and true. It’s the ambition of Severyarcheras he or she releases an arrow. But it’s a goal shared by her journey and Crossrail others too, such as the launched a competition people who built the to put items into a time London Underground. capsule to be buried The ideal for any alongside Phyllis’s front can transport system is speed, which will be left in Farringdon.” efficiency, targets and, where She offered one of her arrows as a possible, straight lines.And the parallels competition entry and was quietly opened. It represented the advance of with an arrow’s flight have not been lost confident she would succeed.Why? fast trains on the line. on transport bosses. So when Helen Because she is from Finchley and knows “I would like to readdress this balance Paszyn heard about a time capsule something about the Tube’s connections and put an arrow back into the London competition to mark the end of work on a to archery. Tube Network and hope this arrow new Crossrail tunnel under London, she Her case for including the arrow was: would represent speed, efficiency, had an idea. “There is a sculpture at East Finchley accuracy, all traits that were needed for Helen, a member of London Archers, Tube station by Eric Aumonier of an engineers, BFK and Crosssrail staff to said:“I work for a sub-contractor involved archer. It points towards (central London complete this huge achievement. in the new Crossrail project. It’s a and) the entrance to the tunnel which Because we were on target!” completely new rail/tube line running runs for 17.3 miles.At the time it was the Helen’s argument succeeded and from west to east and we have been longest tunnel in the world (serving north the arrow, with which she won her first mining a tunnel underneath London from to south on the Northern Line).There was clout title, will now become yet another Royal Oak Portal (west) to Farringdon. originally an arrow at Morden Station to link between archery and London’s “One of our tunnels and tunnel boring match the archer at East Finchley but it transport system. G machines called Phyllis has completed was stolen soon after the station was DIARY DATE The countdown to the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt ARCHIE’S JUST has begun. If you want to be part of the anniversary, go to CHAMPION! www.azincourt2015.info to find out more about how to get involved. eet Archie Clifton, the man who Mhasheldawardsfromhis club, county, region and Now he has been awarded Archery Archery GB – all at the same time! GB’s Jack Flinton Helping Hands Trophy for Archie,afoundermemberofNew services to coaching.