AUTUMN 2015 £4.95 The official magazine of The tournaments edition! National Series: spectacular climax to summer of drama Youth Festival: Medals galore... Meet your new special report find out more inside! Chairman-Elect Why it’s always better to say ‘yes you can!’ CONTENTS PICTURE: PICTURE: COVER: 3 AUTUMN 2015 £4.95 Patrick Huston Huston Patrick The official magazine of Robin Maryon The tournaments Welcome! edition! National Series: spectacular climax to summer of drama Youth Festival: Medals galore... Meet your new special report find out more inside! Chairman-Elect Autumn is here and it is time to look back on what has been a quite Why it’s always better to say ‘yes you can!’ spectacular summer! PRODUCED ON BEHALF OF There have been medals, thrills, spills – and in this issue we are ARCHERY GB BY: celebrating your achievements by cramming in as much coverage as possible of the outdoor season. That’s why it is the tournaments edition! And of course we have had huge success internationally. You will find full coverage of that too – along with the proof that archery can make a real difference to people’s lives. TRMG Ltd, 1 Forum Place, Hatfield, Herts AL10 0RN To fit everything in, a few things have had to give, including our regular Tel: 01707 273 999 Your Pictures feature. But don’t worry – it will be back with a bumper www.trmg.co.uk edition in the winter issue. We are also trying out a new Publishing Director: Jon Fellows approach to obituaries in this issue. We need a format that Operations Director: recognises the achievements of much-valued members Andrew Stevens but is fair to everyone. We hope we have achieved it but Head of Production: would welcome your feedback. Jamie Ringrose The sun is still shining (sometimes!) so get out there and Project Manager: Kelsey Champion take full advantage. Design: Linsey Cannon Good shooting! 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No responsibility can be accepted for illustrations, Directory photographs, artwork, editorial or advertising material in 34 Talent Festival 80 transmission or with the publishers or their agents, although every care will be taken to ensure safe return of items 36 National Tournaments 82 And Finally... requested to be returned. © 2015 Archery GB ARCHERY UK SPRINGAUTUMN 2015 2015 Truly inspired! How to grab public attention hen Derwent Bowmen decides to run a have-a-go, it likes to offer a Wlittle bit extra. So when members were invited to the grounds of picturesque Haddon House, near Bakewell, they decided tradition was the best way forward. They staged a demonstration of longbow archery next to the have-a-go targets. There were two aims: to entertain the waiting public – and to inspire them. Club members Wayne Hibbard and Dean Hirst donned their version of traditional gear and shot at a distance of about 145 yards. It brought the crowds flocking – and kept everyone manning the have a go incredibly busy. G Photos: David Randall In at the start he chance to be in at the to start a round of four-dozen arrows at start of the first Flexi-Shoot 30 metres. And it’s not the first score that Tproved such a draw that one counts but the best score. That allows archer made a 600-mile round trip archers to test equipment and try new to be part of it. things under competition conditions. And it was worth it for Pentref Another factor Bowmen’s Emily Williams. She with weather went home with gold medals in fluctuating the compound, longbow and between calm barebow categories! and sunny to The Flexi-Shoot was hosted by downpours and Thorpe Hamlet Archery Club. The windy was format allows archers to arrive choosing the best NEWS 4 anytime between 9am and 3pm time to shoot. G 5 NEWS Just excellent How Arrows kit helped hospice kids ne of the first people to get confined to wheelchairs and have All of it was accompanied by his hands on Archery GB’s limited access to sport. whoops of laughter! Ohighly successful Arrows kit “The Arrows kit, with the addition of a “The sun shone on a day of when it was launched in 2012 was few larger fibreglass bows for the older achievement, excitement and fun. Jon Sims. He has been using it to children, proved hugely popular and, on Thanks again to the designers of introduce youngsters to the sport a very steep learning curve, they soon this excellent resource and to ever since – but something showed me the best way to teach them Archery GB for giving me the happened recently to prove just to shoot from a seated position. Some of opportunity to inspire young minds how good a resource it really is. the shooting was remarkably accurate. in our sport.”G He said: “I was lucky enough to win an Arrows set through a competition in Archery UK. Since then, I have had the fun of using it to teach the basics of archery to Beaver and Cub Scouts, Brownies and to countless children at have-a-go sessions with our club, Romsey Archers. “Possibly the most rewarding session, however, was when Hampshire Scouts ran a day of activities at Naomi House, a children’s hospice at Sutton Scotney. Many of the young people receiving care in this wonderful establishment are Passed with flying And the colours trophy goes to... edication to his sport has new one-day county earned Chris McGuirk the Soar coach assessment DValley Archery Club Rosebowl Ahas been trialled in trophy for most outstanding archer. York – and four candidates He only started shooting just over two passed with flying colours. years ago but has quickly established They are: David Anderson of himself as one to watch. Derbyshire Archery Club, Joe Club Chairman Steve Ward said “His Brown of North East Archers, dedication to his competition training Danny Cameron of Thirsk as well as his support for club events Bowmen and Andy Howe of and fellow archers is only matched by the Archers of East Riding. G his friendly and helpful manner.” G Angie Bray and James Mason retrieve their arrows tea, bacon rolls and cake donations. And special mention must go to three From dawn to dusk juniors: 11-year old Alex, Morgan, 11 and Millie, nine, who shot for the entire event Archers shoot in memory of Chris without complaint. County records were broken, hundreds of arrows were shot during hris Mason was a devoted held at Daventry and District Sports Windsor rounds and a short Warwick. dad, a rugby fan and a big Club. More than 30 archers turned up County Chairman Glenn Taylor Cpart of the archery community at 6.30am and it all kicked off with thanked everyone who shot, in Northamptonshire. So when he died, Angie Bray and James Mason shooting volunteered and helped to organise archers rallied to pay tribute and at a Cancer Research target. and run the event. He said: “We raise cash for Cancer Research UK in The sun shone, some teams shot for know that a massive amount of his memory. the whole day, bolstered by other money has been raised – approaching The result was the Chris Mason Dawn archers who could only commit to an £10,000 so far - and we will post a figure to Dusk Endurance Shoot, which was hour or two as well as copious cups of once we have a total. Thank you to all who have made a donation – and if you haven’t there is still time. Just visit our just giving page at Battle lines drawn up www.justgiving.com/NCASArchery1 “Finally I would like thank the one person who the whole event was about: hen there is a prestigious He was the Lord Mayor of London Chris Mason, Chris touched all of our trophy up for grabs, at the time.