Recent News
Warwickshire Indoor Championships
14 members of our club shot at the annual Warwickshire Indoor Championships which were held this year at Quantum Archers' indoor venue. All archers shot the Portsmouth round and for the juniors it was combined with the West Midlands Junior Indoor Championships.
Chris Earp won the Gents Coumpound with a score of 567 and Brian Tustin was second in the Gents Recurve with 565.
Caitlin McCarthy was 2nd in the girls under-18 recurve with 529 (3rd WMAS) and Bethany Roberts won the girls under-16 recurve (CWAA & WMAS) with 455. Michael McCarthy won the boys under-12 recurve (CWAA & WMAS) with 470 and Isobel Roberts won the girls under-12 recurve (CWAA & WMAS) with 464. Caitlin, Bethany, Michael and Isobel won the CWAA team award for the best junior team.
Also shooting were Rachel Smith, Angela Cave, Tammy Earp, Paul Roberts, Glenn Owen, Pete Hunnisett, Jon Chalmers and Daniel Chalmers.
6 February 2012
Juniors shoot at National Indoor Championships
Four of our juniors took part in the annual Indoor Championships which were held in Telford on Saturday 4 December. All archers shot the Portsmouth round (6 dozen at 20 yards).
Bethany Roberts came 9th in the under-16 girls recurve with a score of 509 and Caitlin McCarthy was 15th with 461.
In the under-12 recurve categories Isobel Roberts was 3rd in the girls with 487 and Michael McCarthy was 4th in the boys with 489.
7 December 2011
Novelty Halloween Shoot
We held our first Halloween fun shoot and barbeque this week with half a dozen excellent taget faces, designed by Chris Earp. We started at 7 o'clock on a fine autumn evening with the targets illuminated by floodlights powered by the new generator.
We shot 3 dozen arrows at the targets scoring points for the 3 zones or sweets for the pumpkins. Steve Partridge won the points competition, even though he shoots barebow. Rachel Smith was top lady and Niall Joy was top junior. However, some archers won a lot of sweets instead of points!!!
Afterwards there was food on the barbeque and drinks and cakes from the kitchen, presided over by Dot.
Everybody agreed that it had been a huge success and we expect this to become a regular event in the RLSAS calendar.
28 October 2011
Compound Success at Hinckley
Chris and Tammy Earp took their compounds to Hinckley's annual Open Portsmouth on Sunday 23 October.
Chris put 10 points on his pb, scoring 581 and taking the Gents Compound trophy.
Tammy also improved her pb by shooting 544 which earned her the Ladies Compound 'D' class award. She also got her first 'Robin Hood' with her third scoring arrow of the match.
24 October 2011
Medals at Evesham's Open Stafford
Five archers took part in Evesham's open Stafford (6 dozen at 30 metres) on Sunday 16 October.
Brian Tustin qwas a close second in the Gents Recurve with a score 672. Pete Hunnisett (615) and Angela Cave (605) completed the club recurve team which came second. Angela also won the ladies 'C' class medal.
The compound tournament was also very close and Chris Earp put in an excellent 666 which earned him the 'C' class medal. Tammy Earp scored 636 completing the club compound team which also came second.
16 October 2011
Isobel wins twice in July Nationals
Five of our juniors took part in this summer's July Nationals tournament in which archers shoot rounds based on the series of National rounds (4 dozen at the longer distance and 2 dozen at the shorter).
Isobel Roberts won the under 12 girls recurve (20 yards and 10 yards) with a perfect score of 648 and then decided to have a go at shooting it again in the barebow category. Her score of 575 was good enough to win that category too!. Well done Isobel.
Michael McCarthy was 2nd in the under 12 boys recurve (30 & 20 yards) with a score of 600. Caitlin McCarthy was 4th in the under 16 girls recurve (40 & 30 yards) with 614. Niall Joy and Ben Thompson were 12th and 13th in the boys under 18 recurve (60 & 50 yards) with 500 and 470 respectively.
5 October 2011
Success at Meriden's Open Windsor
Eighteen club members took part in Meriden's annual Open Windsor on Sunday 2 October. The weather was unseasonably hot with temperatures in the high 20s and very little wind. Some very good scores were shot with many of our archers shooting personal bests.
Chris Earp won the gents compound trophy with an excellent score of 968 (maximum score 972). Brian Tustin was 2nd in the Gents Recurve with a score of 928. Pete Hunnisett won the 1st class recurve archer award with a score of 912.
Margaret Nixon was 3rd in the ladies compound with a score of 930. Four of our ladies won classification awards: Tammy Earp, compound 1st class (868); Angela Cave, recurve 1st class (766); Sandy Rice, recurve 3rd class (627) and Rachel Smith, recurve unclassified (739).
Our juniors also did well. Bethany Roberts won the award for the junior girl shooting the full Windsor with a score of 624. Caitlin McCarthy won the girls Junior Windsor with 914 with Martha Parsons 2nd with 627. In the Short Junior Winsor Isobel Roberts won the girls trophy with 890 and Michael McCarthy won the boys trophy with 926.
4 October 2011
Starlight Shoot
Our annual starlight shoot was held in the best conditions we have ever had, with little wind and unseasonably high temperatures. The only thing missing was moonlight although it was a good evening for star spotting. We all shot 3 dozen arrows at an 80cm target at 30 metres. After the shoot we had a barbeque and eventually all went home.
For those interested Angela Cave put in the highest lady recurve score (285), Pete Hunnisett the highest gents recurve score (298) and Brian Fennell the highest longbow score (142). Jon Nixon's was the highest gents compound (313) and Margaret Nixon's the highest ladies compound (304). Best score from a junior boy was 281 from Niall Joy and the best girls score was 159 by Martha Parsons.
1 October 2011
Club Outdoor Championships
Sixteen club members took part in the annual club outdoor target championship shoot on 25 September. Archers shot the 12-dozen FITA or Metric rounds. The weather was good with little wind and we had a barbeque half way through the round.
Brian Tustin won the Gents Recurve with a score of 1189, followed by Steve Partridge on 1106 and Pete Hunnisett on 1048. The Ladies Recurve was won by Deborah Owen with 891. Gents compound was won by Chris Earp with a score of 1288 and the Ladies compound by Margaret Nixon on 1219.
The Junior Gents recurve was won by Michael McCarthy (Metric 4) with a score of 1191 and the Junior Ladies recurve was won by Isobel Roberts (Metric 5) with a score of 1261.
Full results are shown here
29 September 2011
County Outdoor Championships
Nine club members took part in the Warwickshire Outdoor Target Championships on Sunday 11 September, held at Quantum. Rounds shot were the ladies and gents FITA with Metrics for juniors. The day was extremely windy with the occasional rain shower, so scores were not high.
Chris Earp won the gents compound trophy, Caitlin McCarthy won the girls recurve Metric 3, Michael McCarthy won the boys recurve Metric 4 and Isobel Roberts won the girls recurve Metric 5. Also shooting were Brian Tustin, Pete Hunnisett, Paul Roberts, Rachel Smith and Tammy Earp.
Full results are on the county website
17 September 2011
County Clout Championships
Several Leamington archers took part in the annual Warwickshire County Clout Championships held on 4 September in conjunction with Bowflights Open Clout shoot. This is a double one-way clout to GNAS rules shot at 180 yards for men and 140 yards for ladies.
Rachel Smith came first in the ladies recurve with a score of 165 and Brian Tustin came third in the gents recurve with a score of 141. Tammy Earp came second in the ladies compound with 178 setting a new club record. Pete Hunnisett and Angela Cave also shot recurve and Chris Earp was shooting longbow.
Caitlin and Michael McCarthy were our only juniors shooting. Caitlin shot an excellent 222 at her distance, 100 yards, and Michael shot 124 at 80 yards, both setting new club records.
Full results are on the county website
17 September 2011
Quantum's Open Windsor
Bank Holiday Monday, 29 August, saw nine of us shooting at Quantum Archers' annual open Windsor.
The ladies did well with Deborah Owen winning the recurve section with 748 and Tammy Earp the compound with 801. The gents did almost as well with Chris Earp winning the compound with 944 and Brian Tustin getting third place in recurve with 900. Pete Hunnisett and Glenn Owen also shot recurve.
Sadly our three juniors were the only entrants for the Junior Windsor, but all shot very well. Caitlin McCarthy scored 884, a new club and county record for under-16 girls, and Michael McCarthy scored 812. Martha Parsons, shooting her first ever tournament, scored a very creditable 660.
1 September 2011
Club Summer Clout and BBQ
On Sunday 21 August we held our annual summer clout and barbeque. 16 of us turned up to shoot on what was a rather windy day but, nevertheless, some good scores were made. We shot a double one way GNAS clout with a barbeque during the break beween, ten of us shooting the full double.
Brian Tustin won the gents recurve shooting 180 yards, setting a new club record of 87 for the single. Chris Earp shot longbow at 180 yards setting new club records of 30 and 37 for the single and double.
At 140 yards there were four ladies shooting and the double was won by Rachel Smith with 150. Nial Joy shot the single and set a new club record of 44 for under-18 boys. 3 of the men shot longbow at this distance, Brian Fennell winning with 26.
Curtis Earp managed to shoot 80 yards and set new club records of 11 and 19 for under-12 boys.
1 September 2011
Records Tumble at Junior National Championships
Three of our juniors took part in the Junior National Championships held at Lilleshall at the weekend. It's a two day event with archers shooting the FITA and Metric rounds on Saturday and the York, Hereford, Bristol rounds on Sunday. The weather on both days was almost perfect being warm and sunny with only a light breeze so there were some very good scores shot and many records broken.
Michael McCarthy, in the boys under-12 recurve category won both the Metric 4 on the Saturday, with a score of 1237, and the Bristol IV on Sunday with a score of 1113. His Metric 4 score sets a new club and county record.
Isobel Roberts, in the girls under-12 recurve category came second in the Metric 5 with a score of 1289, setting a new club and county record, and only losing to Lizzie Warner who set a new national record of 1320. However, on the Sunday she beat Lizzie to win the Bristol V round with a new club, county and national record of 1262. She was also part of the West Midlands team that won the Regional trophy that day.
Caitlin McCarthy set a new club record for the girls Metric 3 round with a score of 1185 and all three juniors are now classed as Junior Master Bowmen. We seniors had better watch out!!
6 July 2011
Medals for Leamington at Droitwich
Four Leamington archers took part in the Droitwich annual Albion / Windsor shoot on Sunday and came away with medals. The day was hot and sunny with a bit of a cross wind. Chris and Tammy Earp were shooting compound while juniors Caitlin and Michael McCarthy shot recurve.
Caitlin won the Short Windsor with a score of 848 which is a new club and county record. Meanwhile her brother Michael won the recently introduced Short Junior Windsor with a score of 920 setting a new club and county record, and subject to ratification, this could also be a new national record. Well done both. Chris Earp won the 1st Class classification medal.
The photograph shows Chris, Tammy (just), Caitlin and Michael receiving medals and the team trophy for the club with the best combined 4-archer score.
27 June 2011
Club Field Shoot at March Hare
Saturday saw a dozen members of the club travel to the March Hare field course near Pershore, where we had a very enjoyable afternoon shooting a 14 target EFAA course. This is a mostly flat course in woodland and scrub with targets at up to 80 yards for seniors and shorter distances for juniors. We spent a while on their practice butts checking sight marks and familiarising ourselves with the EFAA target faces and then went round the 14 target course. Here there were a range of targets including a number of walk-ups and one fan. Archers shot 4 arrows at each target with a maximum score of 20 per target.
There were some good scores on the day and competition was very tight. Pete Hunnisett got the top gents recurve score just beating Martyn Ellis and Brian Tustin into second and third. Similarly in the junior gents recurve Ben Thompson narrowly beat Niall Joy.
We ended the day with a barbeque and everyone agreed that it had been a thoroughly enjoyable event which we would all like to do again.
Our thanks go to Martyn Ellis for organising the shoot and to March Hare for putting up with us. Steve Partridge and Glenn Owen took photos which can be seen in the gallery.
27 June 2011
Leamington & Midland Counties Tournament
The 160th Leamington and Midland Counties Tournament was held at our ground on the weekend of 4th and 5th June. The weather was warm and sunny but there was a strong and gusty tailwind, which was especially tricky on the second day. Nevertheless, there were some reasonable scores and a number of archers claimed Rose awards on each day. The event went without a hitch and was clearly enjoyed by all who took part, with several of the visitors making a point of saying how much they enjoyed it.
Out thanks go to all the people who helped to prepare for the event and to those who worked hard throughout the weekend to ensure that the event ran smoothly, especially Jules and Will who got the results out in record time again. Also to the tournament organiser, Brian Tustin.
This year's mens champion was Bob Lowe from Meriden and the lady champion was Natalie Gee from Sutton Coldfield.
24 June 2011
Warwickshire County Clout Champs
This year's County Clout Championships will be hosted, as usual, by Bowflights on Sunday 4th September.
Download the entry form here.
13 June 2011
Folkard Takes National Record
Leamington’s GB international archer Naomi Folkard last weekend broke the national record for the ladies’ long metric round, while competing in the World Record status FITA Star at Meriden’s Forest Ground.
The competition which attracted some of the country’s top archers, involved 3 dozen arrows at each of four distances (90, 70, 50 and 30 metres for the men and 70, 60, 50 and 30 metres for the ladies). The cold wet weather resulted in 12 archers not starting the event and a further 20 retiring before the end.
Folkard made an excellent start with 326 for 70m and 343 for 60m, giving her 669 for the long metric, to put 3 points on the national record set in 2003 by Alison Williamson. With 322 for 50m and 350 for 30m Folkard finished with an excellent 1341, well ahead of the rest of the field.
6 June 2011
Caitlin and Michael shoot Westerns in Wales
Caitlin and Michael McCarthy shot Western rounds in Wales on the Bank Holiday Monday. The North Wales Archery Welsh Whit Westerns was shot in rather wet and cool conditions
Caitlin shot the Junior Western and although she had some setup problems at the start, managed a score of 806, which is a club and county record.
Michael shot the Short Junior Western which he won with a score of 807.
1 June 2011
Naomi selected for World Championships
After four days of intense competition over two weekends of Selection Shoots, Naomi Folkard has secured her place in the team for the Archery World Championships in Italy in July.
Each weekend included a 12-dozen FITA round and head-to-head matches and in the final reckoning Naomi came second in the Ladies Recurve, so joins Amy Oliver, Alison Williamson and Charlotte Burgess in the team to go to Italy.
A full report appears on the Warwickshire County website.
23 May 2011
Caitlin and Michael win again
Juniors Caitlin and Michael McCarthy were in action again this weekend, shooting FITA 900s at Bromyard where conditions were cold damp and gusty.
Caitlin shot the full FITA 900 (30 arrows at each of 60, 50 and 40 metres) winning the junior trophy with a score of 626, a new club record. This is expected to be a new county record too.
Michael shot a non-standard junior FITA 900 at 40, 30 and 20 metres, winning with a score of 713
17 May 2011
Seniors shoot well at Stratford
A few of our senior archers shot at the annual Stratford Shakespeare shoot on Sunday. Although mostly dry and sunny the famous Stratford wind made shooting very tricky.
Shooting the Albion round, Chris Earp won the gents Longbow class, setting a new club record, and Brian Tustin came second in the gents recurve. Angela Cave won the ladies recurve class shooting the Windsor round.
13 May 2011
Juniors win at Bowman of Glen
Juniors Caitlin and Michael McCarthy shot at the Bowman of Glen York/Hereford shoot on Sunday, where the weather was warm and dry but quite breezy.
Caitlin won the Bristol 3 round for under-16 junior lady recurves with a score of 1150 which is a new club record and Michael won the Bristol 4 round for under-14 junior gentlemen recurves.
13 May 2011
Four Club Records fall in League Match
Last night saw the first of the Summer league matches, the Short Metric series for the WMAS league. We had a good turnout with 18 archers putting in scores for a total which improved on last year's by a good margin. Among the excellent scores were four new club records:
Short Metric - Compound - Chris Earp - 664
Short Metric III - Recurve - Caitlin McCarthy - 601
Short Metric IV - Recurve - Michael McCarthy - 634
Short Metric V - Recurve - Isobel Roberts - 656
Well done to all these and if you did not shoot this round, do try to shoot the next match (this Friday) - it's only a Warwick, so nice and easy, even for novices.
See also League teams and Recurve and Compound records
7 May 2011
Field Shoot planned for 25 June
Martyn Ellis has arranged a field shoot for us on Saturday 25 June at March Hare. This is field archery club based in Throckmorton, Worcestershire, and they have a website with details of how to get there.
We plan to start with a practice session in the morning, followed by a short refreshment break. We will then shoot a 14 target course which will take us to about 3 o'clock when we will have a Bar-B-Q (bring your own food). The cost will only be £6 per archer so please let Martyn know if you are intending to go.
There will be distances to suit all abilities so juniors and novices are equally welcolm to attend. We don't get too many chances to do a field shoot so do have a go. More details will be available soon.
3 May 2011
Work starts on the Toilet Block
Work starts today on the next phase of our development plan. Contractors are on site for the next few days constructing a base and putting in pathways for the new toilet block behind the clubhouse. This building will house 2 toilets, a general store and a generator room to supply electricity to the clubhouse.
If you are shooting during the day while the contractors are working please do not use the shooting shelter and ensure that you shoot at targets that are well away from where the contractors are working.
The provisional program of work is:
3-13 May - groundwork and paving
w/c 16 May - erection of building
early June - plumbing etc.
w/c 4 July - installation of generator
w/c 11 July - completion of electrics etc.
3 May 2011
Sandy & Niall win Trophies at WMAS Novices
Leamington hosted the West Midlands Archery Society annual Novices shoot on Sunday. Archers shot the Western round (4 dozen at each of 60 and 50 yards) with shorter distances for juniors. The weather was glorious except for a rather strong cross-wind which caused a few problems for some.
Leamington archers did well with Sandy Rice taking the Ladies Recurve Trophy and Niall Joy winning the Junior Trophy for the highest recurve score for any age group. John Barnes just missed out on a medal by coming 4th in the Gents Recurve. Also shooting were Ben Brown and Tammy Earp.
You may view the full results and some photos.
2 May 2011
RLSAS Newsletter Launched
Fi Kemp has volunteered to edit a newsletter which will be sent to all members every so often (when there is sufficient news). A trial version was produced at very short notice and sent out recently to test the waters and since then Nick Green has volunteered to add some graphics to it which has resulted in this full colour version. We look forward to future editions.
24 April 2011
More Wins at Droitwich
While some of us were shooting the American at Meriden, the Roberts family were shooting Warwicks at Droitwich with equal success.
Paul Roberts won the gents recurve Long Warwick (2 doz of each of 80 and 60 yards) with a score of 354. Bethany won the Junior Warwick (40 & 30 yards) with 328 and Isobel won the Short Junior Warwick (30 & 20 yards) with 402, which is only 8 points short of the National Record currently held by Bethany.
23 April 2011
Leamington Recurve Success at Meriden
Twelve Leamington archers shot at the annual 'American' shoot at Meriden on Sunday and came away with a satisying number of medals and trophies. Adults shot the American round which is 30 arrows at each of 60, 50 and 40 yards. It was a glorious day with warm sunshine and very little wind.
In the Gents recurve we got a clean sweep, Brian Tustin (762), Malcolm Griffin (735) and Steve Partridge (724) taking all the medals and along with Pete Hunnisett, the recurve team trophy as well. Angela Cave and Deborah Owen won classification medals and Chris Earp came 3rd in the Longbow class. Niall Joy, our only junior competing, elected to shoot the full American, despite this being his first outdoor target competition, and shot an excellent score of 601 gaining him the junior recurve trophy.
21 April 2011
Brian Tustin Elected as New Chairman
Brian Tustin was elected as the new chairman of RLSAS at Monday's AGM. Brian has been an active member of the club for the last decade and has put in an enormous amount of effort into contributing to the smooth running of the club. We wish him all success in his new role.
Pete Hunnisett was elected Vice-chairman, Angela Cave took over as Social Secretary and other members of the committee were re-elected into their existing roles. New members of the committee are Paul McCarthy, who takes over as Juniors Coordinator, Chris Earp and Paul Roberts, who also takes on the role of Beginners Organiser.
Details of the full committee can be seen on the Committee page.
15 April 2011
Naomi wins First Major Shoot of the Outdoor Season
Folkard at the World Cup 2010, Ogden USA
Leamington GB international recurve archer Naomi Folkard made a spectacular start to the outdoor season last weekend at Meriden’s world record status FITA Star tournament, both winning their class. This first major event of the season attracted numerous top GB archers, making competition fierce.
All archers shot the 12 dozen FITA rounds (3 dozen arrows at each of 70, 60, 50 and 30 metres for the ladies; and 90, 70, 60 and 50 metres for the men). Weather conditions were generally good, although there was a slight breeze with rain and hail towards the end.
In the ladies’ recurve event Folkard led throughout to finish with an excellent 1316, ahead of Rebecca Martin (Trent Valley) 1260 and Jeanetta McLean ( Brent Valley) 1246. As well as first place she took all four distance awards.
Folkard is currently in Antalya, Turkey where she hopes to do well in the first leg of the European Grand Prix.
Also shooting from Leamington was Brian Tustin who put a good score of 1188, sadly missing his MB score by only two points. The Men's Recurve was won by international archer Simon Terry with an excellent 1354, way ahead of the competition.
11 April 2011
National Record for Folkard
Folkard preparing to shoot in the
Commonwealth Games last year
Leamington’s Naomi Folkard used the West Midlands Indoor Archery Championships last week to warm up for the European Indoor Championships in Spain later this month. She won the ladies’ recurve event and put two points on to her own national record.
The tournament held at Evesham, and combined with the Worcestershire County and Open Championships, was well attended and attracted some top international archers to shoot the world record status FITA 18 round (5 dozen arrows at a 3 spot 40 cm face over 18 metres).
Folkard shot two rounds, one in each session. (Although both scores count for national record purposes only the first score counts for the championship.) Her first score of 577 was excellent, easily enough to earn her first place, ahead of Rebecca Martin (Trent Valley), a very promising Staffordshire junior 564 and Sue Davis (Redditch) 550. In her second round Folkard shot a superb 588, beating her own national record of 586 achieved at the World Championships in March 2007. She is now hoping to reproduce this form next week in Spain.
(The European Indoor Championships start on 21st March near Tarragona, Spain.)
14 March 2011
Leamington win Medals at County Field Championships
Folkard shooting in the 2009 World Games
on a wooded hillside in Chinese Taipei,
where she won the bronze medal
The County Field Championships were held at Meriden’s Forest Ground last Sunday. Despite the somewhat uninviting cold wet weather, there was a good turnout of archers with some excellent scores for the 24 target FITA round (a variety of target faces at distances up to 60m with maximum score 432). It was an interesting, largely wooded course, although fairly flat.
The ladies’ recurve championship was won by Leamington's two-times Olympian Naomi Folkard with an excellent 352. Naomi is primarily a target archer, but nevertheless excels at field archery and last year won silver in the World Field Championships in Hungary. Second place went to Angela Cave.
Brian Tustin won the men’s recurve competition with an excellent 320. beating Meriden’s Bob Lowe and Stuart Wood-Edens. Steve Partridge, who shoots barebow but is classed as recurve under GNAS rules, came fourth with a score of 267.
Three of our juniors also took part in the shoot, making a total of 13 Leamington archers, quite a good turnout for what was a very enjoyable day despite the rain showers.
3 March 2011
Naomi wins in Las Vegas
Leamington's Naomi Folkard was among the archers entering the prestigious annual 3-day indoor archery tournament in Las Vegas. A massive event which attracted over 1500 archers from all parts of the world, it involved a large number of competition categories covering all bow types. Archers shot just 2½ dozen arrows each day over 18 metres, at a special 40cm ‘Vegas’ face in the form of a 3 spot triangle.
Naomi scored very consistently, amassing 289 points each day (maximum 300). After the first day she was in second place behind Carina Christiansen (Denmark) who shot 292, the only day score during the event to top Naomi’s. On the second day Christiansen could only make 279 giving a total of 571, and dropped down to third position behind Folkard 578 and Jennifer Nichols (USA) 573. On the final day Folkard increased her lead finishing on 867. Christiansen pulled back into second place with 858 and Katuna Lorig (Russia) made third, also with 858 but fewer ‘X’s. Nichols with 857 ended up fourth. GB’s Athens bronze medallist Alison Williamson, with 850, pulled up from 6th to 5th place.
Naomi is delighted with this result and will be working hard to further improve her indoor scores before the European Indoor Championships to be held in Spain next month.
15 February 2011
Caitlin sets new Junior Club Record
On Sunday Leamington junior Caitlín McCarthey took part in the North Wales Archer Association Record Status Indoor championships and Open Portsmouth at Deeside Leisure centre in Flintshire.
She shot a double Portsmouth shooting 519 in the morning and 522 in the afternoon giving her a total for the double of 1041. She won the Junior Ladies visitors single Portsmouth trophy and medal for the morning score and the double Portsmouth award for the 1041. This creates a new Junior Ladies Recurve record for the club - well done Caitlin.
14 February 2011
More success for Isobel
Seven of our juniors entered the GNAS November challenge, a national competition shooting 3 dozen arrows at the Portsmouth target. Isobel Roberts repeated her performance in the July Nationals by winning the Junior Ladies Under 12 Recurve category with an excellent score of 290. Caitlin McCarthy was 6th in the under 16s, Niall Joy 13th in the under 16 boys and Michael McCarthy 15th in the under 12s.
Isobel was also nominated for the recent Stratford District Council “Junior Sports Person of the Year” award and although she didn't win she was commended and also presented with a "Passport To Excellence" which entitles her to free membership of some sports facilities. These were only presented to people who had won National competitions or represented England. Well done Isobel and thanks to all the people who voted for her.
17 January 2011
