Announcing the Summer Handicap League for the 2012 season. The league runs from 1st May to the AGM in September. See the attached flyer for details or speak to Paul Henty.
Summer Handicap League 2012 Rules
EDIT: Just to make it clear if you don’t have a handicap at the moment then to have the best chance in the competition you need to shoot 3 simple (e.g. Warwick) rounds to gain a handicap and THEN shoot your first round for the competition BEFORE 31st May.
Members of St George’s Archery Club had their most successful ever Yorkshire Championships last weekend taking four individual titles, a team title and a number of other medals and awards. 18 members of the club took part in the Championships which were held at the Archers of East Riding’s ground near Driffield in very difficult blustery and changeable conditions including intervals of snow, rain and sunshine with a very strong and variable tail/crosswind throughout.
St George’s won gold and silver in the gent’s barebow competition with Club President Clive Roebuck regaining the title he previously won in 2009 and Gary Street (featured left) shooting a personal best score to claim second place.
The club also took two medals in the ladies’ barebow category with Carol Fairbrother winning by a margin of over 50 points to become Yorkshire Champion for the 7th consecutive year. Lesley Wallace continued her excellent form from last season taking the bronze medal.
In a high scoring gent’s longbow competition Clive Woolley was awarded the bronze medal.
The club’s junior archers shot particularly well. Joe Wallace won the u14 compound competition improving his own club record for the double 100 yard clout round. Tom Ketley came second in the u14 barebow class with a club record score for the double round and Harry Street was third having shot superbly in the first half of the competition to post a new Yorkshire record score for the single clout.
Ben Daniel won the u12 barebow championship and Chris Hill, who was taking part in his first open competition, shot exceptionally well to claim third place and a black tassel award for his score of 89 points.
St George’s barebow team of Carol Fairbrother, Clive Roebuck and Ben Daniel won the barebow team championship, adding the Yorkshire title to the Northern Counties and British team trophies that the club already hold.
A record turn out of 37 members of St George’s Archery Club took part in the 10th Barbara Williams Memorial Clout which was held on the club’s ground at St John Fisher School last weekend.
Barbara was a much-loved club member with a great enthusiasm for archery, particularly Clout, and her estate kindly donated a silver tankard to be used as a prize for a club competition set up in her memory.
Once the early fog lifted conditions were perfect and some excellent scores were recorded with a handicap system enabling archers of different bowstyles and experience to shoot against each other.
Novice barebow archer Mike Stretton was the winner of the gent’s competition with club President, Clive Roebuck, in second and Roger Honeysett, who only completed his beginners’ course last weekend, shooting exceptionally well to claim third place.
Tournament organiser Carol Fairbrother won ladies’ section and also the Ted Mallet Award for the best arrow of the day. Carol Spencer was second and Moira Salmons third whilst Natalie Webster narrowly outscored Sylvia Bear in the beginners’ category.
Tom Woolley, who holds five Yorkshire records for clout archery, continued his fine form from last season by winning the u18 competition with Joe Wallace and Inez Tully second and third. John Backshall put in an excellent score to win the beginners’ award.
Scoring in the u13 section was particularly close with Ben Daniel claiming first place closely followed by Tom Ketley, Chris Hill and Harry Street. Tom’s base score of 48 was confirmed as a new club record for the 100 yard barebow round.
The Barbara Williams Memorial Trophy for the best overall score was presented by Guest of Honour, Mandy Hill, to Mike Stretton and the clout competition season gets underway in earnest next month with the Yorkshire Championships which are being held near Driffield.
We’re delighted to offer you the chance to improve your Archery skills and technique. Harrogate Archery Club has teamed up with Leeds Trinity University College to deliver two courses aimed at Coaches and Archers. The courses will take place at the College on Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth, Leeds.
The First Course will focus on Motivation, Imagery, Visualisation and Anxiety Control. Date: 24th April 2012 6:30-9:30 p.m. £15
The second is about Energy and Nutrition and will take place on Tuesday 22nd May 2012 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. £15
Numbers for each course limited to 25. Bookings and payment must be made in advance .
TO BOOK YOUR PLACE contact Bill Spencer on 01423 507752 or email wspencerc144@talktalk.net or Andy Arnold on 0113 2504907 thearrowmaster@hotmail.com
Download: Archery course information
Download: Archery Course Poster
Members do join us at the 10th Barbara Williams Memorial Clout Club Shoot on Sunday 25th March. Sighters at 10:00 a.m. and we’ll be serving food and drinks. This is a great opportunity for newer members to come along and have a go at Clout. Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to approach the organiser Carol Fairbrother or Bill.
See you on the shooting line!
Come and join us in The Hobnob Challenge
Overall winners will be announced and trophies presented at the Barbara Williams Memorial Clout on 25th March
You’ve got to be in it to win it … come along and take the biscuit!
A record equalling turn out of 52 archers braved the freezing conditions on the 29th to take part in St George’s Archery Club’s 8th annual Snowman Shoot which was held on the club’s ground at St John Fisher School. Members of the Harrogate club were joined for the shoot by guests from neighbouring clubs Riggwelter Field Archers and Thirsk Bowmen.
The round was four dozen arrows shot at specially designed target faces and the shoot was handicapped according to bow-type and experience so that all of the archers could compete against each other. The scoring was exceptional with the records for three of the shoot’s four classes being broken and the other being equalled.
Guest of Honour, Kath Street, presented Chris Francis with the prize for the highest senior score of the day. Novice archer Jeanette Ives claimed second place and Brian Hiscutt third. Chris’s score of 255 beat the existing club record, set by tournament organiser Carol Fairbrother back in 2008, by 25 points.
In the under 18 category novice recurve archer Sarah Richardson took first place and also claimed a club record with her score of 233. Karl Sierevogel of Thirsk was second closely followed by Inez Tully.
The scoring in the under 13 class was particularly close. Novice Joshua Baron shot superbly and his score of 204 was the third club record of the day. Second place went to Tom Ketley and third to Ben Daniel, with Harry Street, Chris Hill and Lewis Francis being only a handful of points behind.
Other prizewinners were Jacob Greenwood for the best white and Charles Rawson who equalled the club record set last year by fellow compound archer Jon Overfield for the most golds.
Sunday 29th January is our Snowman Shoot which is our biggest fun target shoot of the year.
Sunday 17th June 2012: Club Open Western. Download: Western Entry Form 2012
July – Date T.B.A - Tri-Club Shoot – St G’s, Thirsk and Scorton
Saturday 18th August 2012: Club ‘Ted Mallett’ Open Clout Download: Open ‘Ted Mallett Memorial’ Clout entry form
Sunday 2nd September 2012: Club hosting the NCAS Clout Championship
Sunday 28th October 2012: Club Halloween Spook Shoot
Sunday 25th March 2012: ’Barbara Williams’ Club Clout. Download: 2012 Barbara Williams Clout flyer
Sunday 16th December 2012: Club Christmas Pudding Shoot
Regional and national websites where details of other events can be found:
NCAS Clout Championship 2012
Club Halloween Spook Shoot
Club Christmas Pudding Shoot 2012