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BoA
News Archive page SEPTEMBER 2011 The annual Open Tournament
went ahead successfully on Sunday, with numbers of entrants pleasingly
high. Conditions were near perfect, with only a slight breeze. A
constant supply of food kept the archers satisfied, especially at lunch
where our new venture of serving chilli proved popular. Many club
members turned out to lend a hand, with the result that just about
everything ran impressively smoothly – even when, at the first end,
several arrows were found embedded in the fence. Many thanks to our
Lord Patron, Mike Bartram, and our judges, Amanda Bartram and Gareth
Beeby. ..... We recently hosted what has become an annual event for a group of the "Catenians", a church group from Cookridge. A group of ten hardy souls braved the chill of a July evening, to start with a brief refresher on archery technique after their first attempt last year. This proved what good teachers we had been, as all the old skills were in evidence. Then on to competition. A dozen arrows at a shortish distance laid the foundations, and saw some very good scores. Having warmed our guests up gently, we brought them down to earth by asking them to shoot at Mr Grunt, three single arrow each. The rubber pig need not have worried too much, as there were only three hits in total, and none in the "kill zone". Finally, back to the bosses, as the archers had to shoot at apples of various sizes – which proved even trickier than the pig.
The Custodians are pleased to announce that the Shoot-off for the Royal Armouries Arrow was won by Lewis Mitchell of Arrowflight. The Bowmen of Adel hosted the competition again with the Royal Society of St.George at the Morley Rugby Ground, Scatcherd Lane, Morley, West Yorkshire on Sunday 17th April 2011. Many thanks to the small field team led by Cedric Abbott of himself, David Aikin and Bruce Knights. The results for Adel longbowmen were:
David
Aikin
68-5-312
David Hood 69-2-297 Bruce Knights 66-4-276 Cedric Abbott 37-3-159
APRIL 2010 THE ST.GEORGE
LONGBOW TOURNAMENT The first of the outdoor competition following Easter got off
to a
great start weatherwise with the St.George
Longbow Tournament at Morley on Sunday 18th April run by BoA
members. Many thanks to all those who took part and helped with the setting up of the field and the have-a-go. Results to follow.
Virtual Archery
League Paul Winfield has started the year well in first place in his division in the Virtual Archery League. DECEMBER 2009 Christmas Cracker
- 6th December 2009 Paul
Winfield
brought
home
the
bronze recurve medal from the ever popular
Aire Valley Christmas Cracker. He was only ten points behind the winner
Les Newsome of Bronte. Elli Lawson won the Junior Girls Under 12 and Darren Clarkson trying his hand at Barebow came fourth. Junior National
Indoors Joe Fairburn shot a personal best of 332 in the
OPEN TOURNAMENT - 6th September The
Bowmen
of
Adel
outdoor
tournament
was held today (6/9/9). With 58
entries (and only four non-arrivals) there was plenty of good
competition in all adult categories. The weather held off until the
presentations – this is, of course, traditional – and all the archers
seemed to be having a good time. This was enhanced by the catering
effort, which started with bacon sandwiches at 09:00, went on to a
barbecue at lunchtime, and rounded off with cakes and Danish pastries
at tea time. In
fact, the day went without a major hitch, thanks in no small part to
the large number of club members who came to assist at one point or
another. Though it is invidious to single out individuals, we should
note that the maestro of catering, Guy Sansby, was first to arrive,
before 8am, and was almost the last to leave at 5pm. Thanks also to our
two judges, Amanda Bartram and Pat Lightowler, and our Lady Paramount,
Samantha Baker, who felt it worth her while as she snaffled the Jack
and Jill, the Family and Compound team trophies, as well as coming
third in her class. All round another typical Adel tournament. NB
JULY 2009 STRAWBERRY SHOOT Yes, it finally happened.
Having been postponed from the previous week, when it turned out sunny,
the Strawberry Shoot took place on Sunday 26th under a grey
and leaden sky. At first only five turned up – 1.6 boxes of
strawberries each, then – but numbers soon flooded in. Archers shot at the
traditional variety
of
targets – The Pig (from kneeling), animals
(left-handed), a pointy target (normal), a mini-clout, and, of course,
The Snake (from on the trolley). Heading the scores was new member Paul
Honeyman – fresh from the Beginners’ course, but he had to leave so his
prize went elsewhere. Participants and scores
were: Paul
Honeyman 99 Helena
Beeson 93 (particularly good at the Pig,
with
4 Kills a wound and a squeal) winning
the Pack of Jelly Nick
Beeson 83 (a
rare talent for left-handed
shooting) winning the Jam Nick
Beech 81
winning the NutriGrain bars Bruce
Knight 69 Paul
Winfield 66 Sue
Beech 33 Joe
Fairburn 32
(half
of which came on the Snake) It turned out that
several archers present could not eat strawberries
ARCHERY RANGE
MARKINGS The
archery
range
has
now
been
accurately measured and marked out using the
Plifix marker system (little tufted brushes sunk in the ground). The
distances that Cedric and Paul have fixed these markers are 30,
40, 50,60, 80 and 100yards also 30 and 50meters (coloured yellow). The
shooting line is also marked with a Plifix at either end, if there are
any left Paul will put in one half way for when there are only a few of
us shooting. All the yardage
markers are white at present, but at the groundsman's request we
will spray them a different colour so as to
differentiate from the football markers which use the same
system.We
will still need to use flags for aligning the bosses, but we now know
that the flag position will be accurate and we
don't need to measure out shooting distances every
time the grass is cut! JUNE 2009 BEESONMANIA MAY 2009 NOCK The Nock was a success, with 16 taking part, and several
spectators. The barbecue was fired up at lunchtime, and kept going all
afternoon, so we browsed – and still Nick returned home with over a
kilo of sausages. Gold Nock– Carol Wood 1615; Silver Nock- Phyl
Abbott – 1578; Bronze Nock - BLBS WELSH
CHAMPIONSHIPS Lis O'Carroll returned to Margam Park in South Wales to secure the BLBS Ladies Welsh Championship, and honour which had been denied her the last time, as she did not live in Wales. This time there was no argument and the trophy is now installed in her new home on the Gower. HARVESTERS The only Adel contestant was Joe who won the Short
Junior Western. Boys Recurve
ADEL AT SELBY Full results. APRIL 2009 YORKSHIRE CLOUT
CHAMPIONSHIPS & THE ST.GEORGE LONGBOW TOURNAMENT The first of the outdoor competitions following Easter got off
to a
great start weatherwise with the YAA clout at Bronte and the St.George
Longbow Tournament at Morley on Sunday 19th April, both attended by BoA
members. Club Secretary Nick Beeson scooped the last place in the clout
barebow section by one point, beaten by his arch rival Tim Mason of
Phoenix Bowmen. Although Nick had been only 9 points adrift from the
leaders after the completion of the single clout he could not repeat
his performance
in the second session. Meanwhile, over in Morley, Lis and David O'Carroll had
travelled back from Wales to join David Aikin, David Hood and Bruce
Knights at the longbow tournament hosted by the Bowmen of Adel on
behalf of the Royal Armouries. Bruce got off to his usual flying start
which would have seen him to the finals if it had been maintained. Lis
and David's journey was rewarded with the winning of the Jack &
Jill trophy. Meanwhile... members of the Bowmen of Adel were kept busy
throughout the day in providing a taster of archery for the gentle folk
of Morley. They did a busy trade which will help replenish the club's
coffers. BoA scores were (hits,score,golds): Lis O'Carroll
49-199-5
Bruce Knights 65-299-3 David O'Caroll 64-278-4 David Aikin 64-257-7 David Hood 54-218-3
Many thanks to all those who took part and helped with the
setting up of the field and the have-a-go. MARCH 2009 CLUB INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS The club championships were held on Sunday 15th March.JANUARY 2009 YORKSHIRE AWARD Cedric Abbot of the Bowmen of Adel has become the latest
recipient of the new Yorkshire Award. The Yorkshire Award is intended
as recognition of individuals and couples who have performed
outstanding service to their clubs over many years - and there can be
few better exemplars than Cedric. The
Bowmen
of
Adel
would
like
to nominate Cedric Abbott, of our club, for
the Yorkshire award.
Cedric has been an active member of our club since the mid-seventies. At low times, it has seemed as if he was the only active member. During that time he has filled just about every committee post in the constitution, and several more besides. He is currently the Equipment Officer, and it is hard to imagine a suitable replacement; certainly no one could equal his dedication and energy, burrowing away behind the scenes. Many will have come across Cedric as the immaculately dressed Field Captain at the club's open tournaments; at every tournament he will also have almost single-handedly set out the field the evening before. For our indoors, it is Cedric who transports all the bosses to Quarry House. When we have beginners' courses, who is ever-present, advising archers and mending equipment as it gets used - Cedric. When we had to erect a fence to protect our indigenous hockey players, who was first to start designing, purchasing and building - Cedric. Who provides all the Danish pastries at club events - Cedric. Who is the only diplomat who can manage our tricky relations with our host association - Cedric. And sometimes he actually shoots. This may give the impression that our club
members are lazy and leave everything up to him. This is only partly
true, and it would take a braver man than I to tell Cedric that he is
not needed and should take a rest. But a more caring, honest and
upright ambassador for archery could never be found. We recommend him
to the County.
The club Indoor
Tournament was a great success on Sunday. We had 100 entrants – both
sessions full – and, to be honest, space was at a premium. There was
still some very good shooting, as the results testify. In addition,
Barnsley took the compound team trophy, The day was a landmark
for three of our stalwart club members. At the between-session break,
Cedric was presented with the Yorkshire Award – only the second
recipient – a separate report will be posted. Our Lord Patron for the
day was David O’Carroll, who, with Lis (who was our Lady Paramount at
our outdoor) is leaving the club to move to MAny thanks to all those who helped with the
set up of the hall and to Nick and Helena Beeson who organised the
tournament. RESULTS
Whilst
the
nation
was
glued
to
the box watching the athletes of the dance
floor there was more serious stuff going on in Keighley. Over thirty
longbowmen from seven Yorkshire clubs were contending for the monthly
honours of the Airedale Longbow League. The BoA team were hot
contenders all shooting at their best during the previous week, but
alas, as one member found his form another one floundered. But if
taking part is more important than winning then it was a great success
and the sherry and mince pies and the cake were a big additional plus
to the success of the afternoon. And who wants to sit watching the
telly? With
fifteen club members taking part, the Bowmen of Adel was one of the
largest club contingents and we had high hopes of bringing back
the silverware and medals again. The recurve and longbow teams had
strength and depth but on this occasion too much depth! Still Helena
won her age group and Bruce even with 417 was pushed into third place.
Spot prizes were won by Lis and Paul and Helena made many journeys to
collect raffle prizes. It was good to see Amy, Angie and Morag taking
part in their first competition as well as Cedric and Phyl who had not
been seen at the Cracker for many years. RESULTS JUNIOR NATIONALS
- 6th December
Joe shot at the Junior National Indoor
Archery Championships
on Saturday 6th December and came Third in the under 9's
Junior
Gentlemen Recurve category. He shot a round of 159 - not his best but
then not his worst! The most important thing is however,
that thanks to kind and generous archers around Yorkshire Joe has
raised in excess of
£500Tfor the Yorkshire Air Ambulance Charity, and with gift aid
the figure will
be in excess of £600. The
club
held
its
AGM
after
the 2pm Sunday
session.
The
Chairman,
Alastair
Cameron
addressed
the meeting saying farewell to
Lis and David O'Carroll who are shortly off to Wales and thanking
Cedric Abbott, Richard Clarkson and Robert Finch who left the
committee. The club has had a successful year with members taking part
at regional and national level as well as at many local competitions.
The highlight of the year was the well attended club championships
which had been very well attended and sharpely contested. Changes
were
made
to
the
constitution
to allow new members to take part on the
committee and to include a representative for members new to archery.
The new President is Bob Key who is ex officio a member of the
committee. Bob is a long standing member of the club and was a member
of the committee in the 90s before work commitments down South gave him
less time for archery......but he is back! Other changes in the
committee are Pete who takes over a Treasurer; Chip and Pin swapping
roles and the arrival of Ian Haslam as the representative of new to
archery members. The
committee
is
now: Chairman: Alastair Cameron
Secretary: Nick Beeson Treasurer: Pete Thurlow Training: John Mirfield PRO: Chris Furminger Social Secretary: Guy Sansby New archers rep: Ian Haslam Junior rep: Helena Beeson Ordinary members: Paul Winfield and Som de Silva The
competitions
organiser
is
Nick
Beeson;
the Child Protection Officer and
Webmaster is Chip Furminger. If you want to know what the committee
members look like click here for a handy spotters
guide. A
number
of
awards
were
made
including the GNAS handicap medals, Selby
postal badges for the two recurve teams and the 2nd longbow team;
the awards for highest scores at 100 yards in a York or Hereford round,
the Chip'n Pin trophy for beginners, the Taxidermy Tankard for most
improved
first year archer and a certificate for the only club record broken
during the year. Thanks to Paul for the pictures of the awards ceremony. Airedale Longbow
League - 15th November Latest medals -
9th November Frostbite madness Latest
achievements OCTOBER Selby Postal
results The "2 o'clock" session was at
full
capacity and the only scored rounds were by the archers who shot later. The President's
challenge for members to win 60 medals in the club's sixtieth year has
now been surpassed. Well done to all who have been competing in
competitions this year. The tally is now 70 and there are still quite a
few more competitions to be won in 2008! Have a look at the 60th anniversary page for a breakdown of the medals and their winners.
Next year we hope to see many more
club members taking part. The clout is the only national competition
held in Yorkshire so there really is no excuse for not turning up and
taking part. There were well over 120 archers with a goodly contingent
from Yorkshire - so nag Nick to arrange clout training.
The scores for the Icicle
demonstrate a resurgeance of skill at 30 metres which should stand the
club well in this coming winter season in the BA Frostbite postal
shoots. results BoA archers at
Penrith - 4th/5th October Bronte Back End
Westerns - 14th September The Ascham - 13th
September 2008 We hope everyone had a good time. Our thanks to Amanda Bartram our judge and Lis O'Carroll our Lady Paramount as well as to the BoA club members who made everything happen. Full results here and team winners here.
Joe Fairburn has
achieved his First Class badge. - Well Done! Its not
too late for you to put in that score for a classification badge. All
you need is three qualifying scores for any qualifying round. Guy Dixon
achieved a six gold end during the club championships. Late news. Its
just been confirmed that the longbow New National record set by Graham
Potter in 1992 has fallen to DOC taking it by 32 points and a Bowman
score.
Pomfret 60 30th
August
2008
It was great to see so many returning members- the entire Pearce clan - John, Mandy, Lee and Daniel last seen shooting a decade ago and Steve Bush who was using the same sight marks he had in the last century. And there were a fair number of new members as well. We were also pleased to welcome Philipa who was making sure dad John Armitage was behaving himself. The best
achievement of the day must be Big Guy's six gold end which he shot at
80 yards. His claim will be winging its way to GNAS Towers. Our thanks to Nick for organising and scoring; DOC for field captaining; and Pete for wrestling some heat out of the charcoal. Thanks to Alison and Phyl behind the counter and all members who helped out. The
club's photo album is now on photobucket The club champions
for 2008 are:
Conditions:
dull
day
with
wind
strengthening
throughout the afternoon. Latest
achievements New members
spotted Morag Clunie, Ruth
Dent,
Joel Dent, Jillian Dorrington, Peter Dorrington, Alice Fox, Aaron
Furminger, Ian Haslam, Lisa Kitto, Irfan Labbar, Jack O'Nions, Amy
Sansby, and Helen Wood
. All well
taught and eager to shoot—so please could experienced members help them
out. We also welcome
back to the fold several old members who have been taking a break for a
couple of years: John and Mandy Pearce, with
their sons Lee and Daniel, and Steve Bush. Having seen all
these shoot, I think all current members will have to look to their
laurels. NB
YAA Longbow
championships 9th August 2008 This year's competition
was held at the Aire Valley shooting venue near Keighley- the second
time there. The weather was atrocious and after two dozen arrows many
men had yet to score. At four dozen arrows it was decided that the
competition should be changed from a York to a New National for men and
a single National for ladies. Adel archers Lis and
David O'Carroll took the coverted Dennis Whiteman trophy awarded for
the highest scoring married couple and David also won the Best Gold at
100 yards. Three more medals towards the club's 60th anniversary target
making 9 medals for Adel in the space of a week! Full
results. doc
Harvesters 3rd August 2008 IIn
near
perfect weather conditions the Adel recurve team swept
aside the opposition at Harvesters on Sunday 3rd August and took the
team shield and gold medals. Bob
- 772
Chris - 756 Paul - 648 Joe 464 (Short Junior Western) Colin
Fairburn
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