01 Cover_DC_SKC_V2_APP:Archery 2012 22/9/14 14:25 Page 1 AUTUMN 2014 £4.95 Passion and glory! Spectacular $nale to National Series Fields of victory At home and abroad Fun as future stars shine Medals galore! Longbow G Talent Festival G VI archery 03 Contents_KC_V2_APP:Archery 2012 24/9/14 11:44 Page 3 CONTENTS 3 Welcome to 0 PICTURE: COVER: AUTUMN 2014 £4.95 Larry Godfrey wins National Series gold Dean Alberga Passion and glory! Spectacular $nale to National Series Wow,what a summer! It’s been non-stop.And if the number of stories received over the past few Fields of victory weeks is anything to go by,it looks like it’s been the At home and abroad same for all of us! Because of that, some stories and regular features Fun as future have been held over until the next issue – but don’t stars shine Medals galore! worry,they will be back. Longbow G Talent Festival G VI archery So what do we have in this issue? There is full coverage of the Nottingham Building Society Cover Story National Series Grand Finals at Wollaton Hall, including exclusive interviews with Paralympians John 40 Nottingham Building Society National Series Finals Stubbs and Matt Stutzman.And, as many of our young archers head off to university,we take a look at their options. We have important – and possibly unexpected – news for tournament Features organisers, plus details about Archery GB’s new Nominations Committee. 34 Big Weekend There have been some fantastic results at every level, both at home and abroad.We have full coverage of domestic successes as well the hoard of 38 Field Archery international medals won by our 2eld, para and Performance archers. 45 Scouts And of course we have all your latest news.All that left for me to do is to wish you the best of luck for the indoor season and good shooting. 46 Archery at University 4 News Editor 16 Juniors 20 Development PRODUCED ON BEHALF OF ARCHERY GB BY: PUBLISHED FOR: 24 History 26 Performance Archery GB,Lilleshall 37 Foresters: Partners Update National Sports & Conferencing Centre, TRMG Ltd,1 Forum Place,Hat<eld,Herts AL10 0RN Newport,Shropshire TF10 9AT Tel: 01707 273 999 49 New Gear www.trmg.co.uk Tel: 01952 677888 50 Web: www.archerygb.org Experts Publishing Director: Email: [email protected] Jon Fellows 53 Talent See also the Directory on p80 for individual staff Operations Director: contact details. 54 Mailbag Andrew Stevens Head of Production: Correspondence with regard to Archery UK 56 Board Jamie Ringrose including mailing list queries and enquiries 58 Disabilities Project Manager: about advertising,should be addressed to Kelsey Champion Archery GB at the address above. 61 Judges Design: David Colderley Copy deadline for winter edition 62 Membership & Rules Senior Commercial Manager: 10 October 2014 Steve Chambers Archery UK is the Of<cial Magazine of Archery GB and is read by all 65 National Tournaments members.While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, no While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this publication,the responsibility can be accepted for inaccuracies, however caused. 67 Diary organisers Archery GB and the publishers TRMG cannot accept liability for Letters, articles and features do not necessarily represent the opinion any statement or error contained herein © 2014 of Archery GB. 74 Achievements The paper used for printing this magazine has been sourced from The decision whether or not to include material submitted for sustainably managed forests in accordance with the ISO 14001 and inclusion (whether advertising or otherwise) shall be entirely at the 80 Directory EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) standards,which are discretion of the Editor and/or the Chief Executive. No responsibility internationally recognised and externally audited integrated can be accepted for illustrations, photographs, artwork, editorial or environmental management systems. advertising material in transmission or with the publishers or their 82 From the Chairman agents, although every care will be taken to ensure safe return of items requested to be returned. © 2014 Archery GB AUTUMN 2014 • ARCHERY UK 04-15_News_KC_APP_V2:Archery 2011 24/9/14 12:21 Page 4 4 NEWS A CLOSER LOOK Unexpected visitor drops in on shoot very club has to Carry on regardless: shooting do a risk continues as recovery work goes on Eassessment... but at a safe distance how could anyone have predicted this? After all, it’s not like the usual balloon shoot, is it? Bristol Bowmen and Golden Phoenix Archers were making the most of the evening sunshine at their range at Keynsham Rugby Football Club when the unexpected visitor dropped in. It was one of hundreds of balloons taking part in the Bristol International Balloon Festival mass /ight – but things did not quite go to plan. But it was a case of carry on regardless and, once the recovery team had done its Just dropping in, the hot-air balloon descends on to the work and moved the balloon to a safe distance, members got shooting eld back to the serious business of shooting. There was another bonus. One of the recovery team was a longbow archer and has been invited to shoot with the club. G A BIRD ON THE ARROW IS WORTH...A PICTURE ometimes you just wouldn’t believe it.That’s when you need proof – just like this picture of a baby blue tit that landed on an arrow being held by Steve STrinder during a have-a-go session. Steve’s club, Havant and Hayling Bowmen, was hosting the session at a Fit Beat Event at Emsworth Recreation Ground, Hampshire, when the bird was spotted walking a few feet from the targets. Steve had just been collecting arrows and pointed it out to the young girl who had been shooting. It /ew up and landed on one of the arrows and, luckily,a quick-thinking member of the public was on hand to record the event and give Steve the proof he needed – just in case. G 04-15_News_KC_APP_V2:Archery 2011 24/9/14 12:21 Page 5 NEWS 5 OPEN SPRINGBOARD Stunning scenery – and great results allyvally Archers hosted this year’s spectacular British Open – and it Bproved a great springboard for the season.As a result of their performance in this and other events, nine Northern Irish archers were selected to shoot for Great Britain at the World Field Championships in Croatia – and six of those were from Ballyvally. They were: Seniors: Mark Nesbitt, Robert Mallon. Juniors: Rebecca Lennon, Dean Hamilton, Craig McCreery,Morgan Russell-Cowan.The other three juniors were Patrick Huston (East Belfast), Jordan Mitchell (Muckamore) and Sophie Benton (Lough Cuan). There has been lots of other good news And the results were not too bad either! from Ballyvally.Damien Lennon and Craig came home with team gold and Andrea Hamilton did the double, winning individual silver medals and there was the British Open traditional team trophy an individual bronze for Rebecca. for the second time.Andrea also claimed the women’s traditional trophy with an outstanding performance. archery championships in Kendal where Craig McCreery,Neil Gordon and Orla she tackled one of the steepest courses O’Connor won British barebow honours in England and even shot across a river. and Ashley Russell-Cowan took the This year’s summer school proved a big women’s title at the Northern Ireland success for the club but, with the nights Archery Society Combined drawing in,the indoor season is now under Championships.And nine-year-old way – and the club is hoping for great Eleanor Walsh was determined to make things when it plays host to the Northern her mark at the UK Junior Field Ireland Indoor Championships. G SMILE PLEASE! here was fun for all the Middlesex County Championships and Open – and some of the Tbroadest smiles were on the faces of Aquarius Archery Club juniors who won several categories. Recurve honours went to Kam Poon, Mei Lan Poon,Alex Ferdenzi and Hannah Dembina. It was Hannah and Alex’s :rst outdoor county event and they,along with Mei Lan, also took the Bristols junior Kam Poon, Mei Lan Poon, Lord Paramount county team trophy as well as gaining black and blue Eric Murray,Hannah Dembina, Joseph rose awards. Fellow debutant Joseph Dembina gained Dembina and Alex Ferdenzi a white rose award. G 04-15_News_KC_APP_V2:Archery 2011 24/9/14 12:22 Page 6 6 NEWS THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM wenty members of Foresters Friendly Society,Archery GB’s Performance Partner,visited Derbyshire Archery Club to :nd Tout more about the sport and try it for themselves. It was third time the club had hosted the event at its Milford headquarters and, as always, the competition was keen.There was sunshine, smiles, plenty of club badges for worthy winners – and a generous donation to the club from Foresters. G THE VIEW FROM THE TOP Competitors demonstrate fort-itude! he course for the English National Field And they had to cope with the weather Championships was a little unusual this as sunshine and breezes gave way to Tyear.Instead of wooded glades and gale force winds, torrential rain and a rough terrain, entrants had to cope with the lightning storm. Judges quickly redesigned challenges of shooting in a Victorian fort. the course to keep the archers safe in It was hosted by Fort Purbrook Company the soggy and slippery conditions and the of Bowmen at the club’s base just outside entrants were rewarded by late sunshine Plymouth and was part of its annual that helped to dry them out. open tournament. There were some good results for the The club uses the parade ground or dry club.