Results for 2007

Name	Score	Position
Ray Harris	539	First Senior Gent
Chris Brown	530	Second Senior Gent
Tony Gibby	526	Third Senior Gent
Dave Hall	509	Fourth (13 Golds)
Graham Bowen	509	Fifth (11 Golds)
Ron Gerrard	488	Sixth
Nathan Abrams	475	First Junior
Ken Staves	451	Seventh
Simon Burgess	384	Personal Best Score
Stuart Edwards	379	Long Bow

As is our custom, we ended our official outdoor competition season with a fun shoot.

The format for this year was for all members to shoot a Short Warwick round consisting of two dozen arrows at 50 yards and another two dozen at 40 yards. However, to make things a little more interesting, all archers with a handicap of 40 or less shot at an 80cm face and everyone else shot at a full-size face. To make it even more difficult, the Bowmen were only allowed to score up to the blue ring. Blacks and whites counted as misses.
We organised three teams of seven archers with the Chairman standing down so as to act as arbiter.
Teams and scores are listed below.

Team One	Score	Team Two	Score	Team Three	Score
Simon Burgess	174	Lloyd Scott	179	Phillip Burgess	207
James Armstrong	142	Jess Hackett	196	George Inskip	131
Ken Staves	252	Nathan Abrams	228	Stuart Edwards	243
Ann Hackett	244	Sue Davies	260	Karl Hertel	328
Ray Harris	182	Ron Gerrard	328	Garry George	362
Graham Bowen	298	Chris Davies	332	Mark Summerland	322
Tony Gibby	298	David Cochlin	338	Chris Brown	347
Total	1590	Total	1861	Total	1940

After the round, the faces were removed and three bosses were decorated with identical patterns of twelve balloons. Each archer started with ends three arrows and, in turn, they tried to burst as many as possible. Once all team members had shot their two ends of three arrows, the 'dead' balloons were removed and the process repeated.

At the end of two complete rounds, Team One had burst 9 balloon; Team Two eleven and Team Three had burst ten. Ten points were awarded for each one that had been burst. This made the scores as follows:-
Team One 1680; Team Two 1961 and Team Three 2040

The score sheets were given to the Webmaster to total. He then passed them to the Records' Officer to check. They were then handed to the Chairman who assumed that the scores were correct.

Next, after a short break, it was time to execute the Chairman in the usual manner.
The club owns a working guillotine with which to execute an effigy of the Chairman. It is triggered an arrow smashing a disk made of plaster of Paris which is attached to the boss. This is linked by a cord to the blade which is held in the 'UP' position. Once smashed, the blade falls and decapitates the effigy of the Chairman.
Each member began shooting three arrows until everyone had shot six.
The blade fell for Nathan, Ron, Mark, Graham and David Cochlin.

After clearing the field, the Chairman announced the results and presented the winning team with boxes of sumptuous chocolate biscuits.
Whilst loading the car, the Chairman was approached and asked to check the scores. He found that an error had been made by the Record's Officer and the Webmaster. He was quick to offer his apology to the members who had requested a recount and explained that he would make good the prizes and present them to the true Champions on the following Sunday.
The Webmaster and Record's Officer would foot the bill!

There was also a new trophy which was presented for the first time this year. It was made and presented to the club by Stuart and his wife and was in the form of a miniature washing line with petticoats hanging from it. It was awarded to the person who had obtained the most petticoats. This was Graham with five!

New club records were shot by the following archers:-
Phillip for Junior Boys Under 16; Nathan for Junior Boys Under 14; Jess for Junior Girls Under 16 and Stuart for Longbows.

Rose Bowl Shoot
9th September, 2007

		Score	H/Cap Score
Ann Hackett	National	353	1604	First Place
Jess Hackett	Short National	308	1533	Second Place
Ken Staves	National	291	1516	Third Place
Garry George	National	485	1502
Phillip Burgess	Short National	312	1488
Sue Davies	National	305	1475
Chris Brown	National	588	1473	Highest Scorer
Ron Gerrard	National	498	1468
Dave Cochlin	National	586	1464
Stuart Edwards	National	291	1461
Nathan Abrams	Short National	378	1458	New Club Record
Simon Burgess	Short National	128	1451
Tony Gibby	National	535	1441
Karl Hertel	National	375	1434
Chris Davies	National	506	1428
Dave Hall	National	561	1427
Graham Bowen	National	486	1417
Don Bettis	National	368	1412
Ray Harris	National	494	1408
Phillip Harris	National	313	1386
Sue Brown	National	339	1383
Lloyd Scott	Short National	303	N/A

We had a lovely day for shooting. It was warm with some sunshine and a gentle breeze. There were some excellent scores. In fact thirteen out of the twenty-two archers shot above their handicaps. Nathan shot a new club record for his age group and Jess shot a First Class round with her new bow. She had no sight marks and so missed with her first six arrows.
The new members all shot really well. Lloyd shot his second qualifying score for a third class archer.
Once again, Chris Brown shot well and was top scorer by two points over Dave Cochlin.
During the presentation, the Chairman handed out certificates from the Dyfed Archery Association for new County Records that had been claimed by club archers. Robyn received five (Short Metric III; Portsmouth; Junior Windsor; Bristol IV and St. Nicholas) and Stuart scooped eight for his prowess with a longbow (Long National; New National; York; Hereford; Western; St. George and Gents FITA). Congratulations to both archers.

The Annual Club Championships, 2007
Rounds Shot:- St. George, Albion and Windsor's

First Gent - St. George	Argent Silver Cup and Gold Medal	Chris Brown	699
Second Gent - St. George	Silver Medal	Tony McIntosh	695
Third Gent - St. George	Bronze Medal	Dave Cochlin	660
First Lady-Albion	Quoits Silver Cup and Gold Medal	Sue Brown	477
Second Lady -Albion	Silver Medal	Ann Hackett	185
First Junior Boy -Short Windsor	Silver Cup and Gold Medal	Lloyd Scott	537
First Junior Girl -Junior Windsor	Silver Cup and Gold Medal	Robyn Hall	794
Second Junior Girl -Short Windsor	Silver Medal	Jess Hackett	542
Highest Dozen Middle Distance	RNLI Trophy and Gold Medal	Robyn Hall	94
Most Golds Shortest Distance	Mediaeval Crossbow and Gold Medal	Robyn Hall	27
Best Gold Longest Distance	Forester's Horn and Gold Medal	Dave Cochlin	N/A
Worst White Longest Distance	Wooden Spoon and Gold Medal	Ann Hackett	N/A
Handicap Winner	Laurel Leaf Trophy and Gold Medal	Jess Hackett	1611

There were some excellent results for this competition, especially from the newer members of the club. Lloyd was shooting in his first competition and shot a third class round. Jess shot well above her handicap to achieve her first First Class score. Ann decided to try the long distance round and shot above her handicap.

The Gents had a very close result. Chris and Tony were on the same target which must have added some pressure.
Robyn excelled herself with her new bow and beat her own Dyfed County and Club record score by over 40 points. She also had three six-gold-ends at the shortest distance and walked off with much of the Club silverware!

Here is Robyn with her trophy for winning the Welsh Archery Association Championships with a new Dyfed County Record score.
This was one of her ends of 6 arrows at the 20yard distance at our club Championship shoot.

The Anniversary Shoot
FITA and Metric Rounds
Sunday, 22nd July, 2007

	Score	Handicap Results	H/c Score
Chris Davies	849	First	1603
Chris Brown	1002	Second	1396
Dave Cochlin	1013	Third	1388
Sue Brown	599	Fourth	1311
Graham Bowen	774	Fifth	1303

The Mary Rose Shoot
Sunday, 24th June, 2007
York/Hereford Rounds

	Actual Scores	Adjusted Scores
Nathan Abrams (Bristol III)	779	1526
Garry George	534	1524
Stuart Edwards (Longbow)	226	1472
Tony Gibby	771	1454
Chris Brown	851	1401
Mark Summerland	811	1386
Tony McIntosh	840	1367
Sue Brown	545	1353
Ray Harris	618	1272
Graham Bowen	510	1222

Chris Brown was top scorer and was awarded the trophy for outright winner.
Nathan was shooting in the Junior Boy Under 14 event for the first time and shot a First Class Score
to win the Mary Rose glass replica for top scorer on handicap.

Robbie & Elsie Memorial Shoot
Sunday, 3rd June, 2007
(Postponed from 27th May)
St.George/Albion Rounds
Owing to the rain, this shoot was curtailed after 6 dozen arrows.
An adjustment was made to determine the winning score.

	Actual Scores	Adjusted Scores
Stuart Edwards (LB)	96	1363
Tony Gibby	360	1185
Chris Brown	434	1169
Sue Brown	246	1160
Mark Summerland	372	1123
Ron Gerrard	145	1120
Ray Harris	309	1114
Dave Hall	321	1011

	Actual Scores	Adjusted Scores
Dave Hall	702	814
Ray Harris	676	788
Ron Gerrard	591	778
Dave Cochlin	730	767
Graham Bowen	654	729
Donald Bettis	577	689
Chris Brown	688	688
Sue Brown	565	672
Phil Harris	461	648
George Inskip	204	466
Stuart Edwards (LB)	404	404