The St.George Longbow Tournament for the Royal Armouries Arrow
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The St.George Longbow Tournament for the Royal Armouries Arrow
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News St.George Longbow Tournament 2011 The tournament was held on Sunday 17th April 2011 at Morley. 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.  For once the weatherman got his forecast spot on and we
enjoyed a very
sunny start to the Easter holiday period. The crowds attending the
St.George's Day celebrations at Morley were already in festive mood and
there were plenty of spectator for the archery throughout the day.The numbers shooting were down on last year but the standard of shooting remained high with Colin Hope winning most hits with only one miss equalling the tournament record. Patrick Revell won the gentlemen's highest score with 528 and Lewis Mitchell most golds. The Ladies' competition was won by Jane Motson with 66 hits, highest score Beverley Young with a score of 283 and most golds Sue Hand. The trophies were awarded by the Lord Paramount and his wife Geoff and Cathy Walker St.George Longbow Tournament 2010 The tournament was held on Sunday 18th April 2010 at Morley. The Royal Armouries' Golden Arrow was won by Sean Mullins an independent archer. The weather held out long enough for the award ceremony to be held on the field. Our thanks to the Lady Paramount Julia Madelin who oversaw the prizegiving. Club members received a certificate of thanks from Dr Ingrid Roscoe, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire. This year we instigated a new trophy made by Sean Mullins for the best gold at 50 yards. This was won by Bob Brown. ST.GEORGE LONGBOW TOURNAMENT 2010 RESULTS St.George Longbow Tournament 2009  The
Royal
Armouries'
Golden
Arrow
was
won
by Trevor Astley of Adwalton
Moor Archers. The tournament was held
again at Morley on Sunday 19th April 2009. Previous
winner Joyce Tune consented to be our Lady Paramount. For once the weather followed what the forecasters had predicted and we were rewarded for our efforts with very pleasant Spring temperatures. I lost count at the number of archers wearing traditional garments. So many in fact that we decided to reward three with golden chocolate rabbits. The Mayors of Morley and Wakefield together with our Lady Paramount presented the trophies and medals. Full results on results page. This was the first year that we awarded a gold medal to the winner of the Golden Arrow. We also introduced bronze medals for team trophy winners Our thanks go to Bob Key for keeping the scores, the Bowmen of Adel field party, and the judges Karen Winsett and Pat Lightowler who were accompanied by Candidate Judge Carl Morgan. St.George Longbow Tournament 2008 The Royal Armouries' Golden Arrow was won by Geoff Walker of Selby Archery Club. This broke the three year run of lady winners.  The competition for the Arrow was closely contested, the archers having had to qualify first by being in the top of their class (ladies, gentlemen or juniors) after a day-long two-way Western. The organisers had devised a test of all archery skills for the shoot off for the golden arrow. First they had to shoot at a wand painted with red and white barber-pole stripes set up against a target face. Next they had to shoot at a 3-D pig. And finally they had to shoot through the arrow slit at the knight inside the castle wall. The weather can only be descibed as cold and windy, but the tournament was brightened by a number of archers dressed in traditional costume. The tournament organisers awarded the prize of a pewter cup to Chris Key of Wakefield Archery Club who shot in his half armour narrowly beating Trevor Astley who certainly had the most colourful costume. The Mayor of Morley, Councillor Joyce Sanders awarded the golden arrow to Geoff Walker. He will have his name engraved on a small shield attached to the arrow and on the reverse a skilled engraver from the Armouries will reproduce his club emblem. The arrow is on permanent display at the Royal Armouries in Leeds (in the tournament room). The results were announced by the Honourable Keeper of the Scores- Bob Key. The Mayor and Lady Paramount Mavis Reynolds presented the other trophies and medals. Full results on results page. Our thanks go to the field party, and the judges Karen Winsett and Stephen Howard who were accompanied by Candidate Judge Pat Lightowler.
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Do I have to be a GNAS member? The
tournament is organised by David O'Carroll in charge of the competition
and
Lou Radcliffe in charge of off field activities. If you have any
queries
send an e-mail to: dsocarroll
@ o2.co.uk |
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