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Agincourt Shoot
Fourteen
of us gathered one Sunday to shoot an Agincourt. Organised by
Roy Darkes , bosses and shields were set on the French side ,120
paces from the English flag. All shooting was without sights,
with commands given in the form of Load, draw, shoot. The top
score with an amazing 27 points was Jim Parker, followed on 20
points by John Morton.
Tilly managed, not once, but twice, to shoot the French flag.
No points were awarded for this.
Coastal Archers Jelly Shoot Competition
The
Wellington Bowmen club took up the challenge from the Coastal Archers
jelly Bow Competition. After assembly each team choose target Captains
and Lieutenants, these were then issued with hats as in the photo.
Each Lieutenant also had L plates to wear. All team members were required
to wear something red or face loosing points before the competition
even started.The shooting distance was four dozen arrows @ 60 yards and then two dozen at 50 yards. Scoring depended entirely on what the Judge decided after all the arrows had been shot. For example: if you scored a gold worth 9 points the judge may well decided that all the 9's were worth just 1 point.
On top of all that those who scored more then 100 points had to then take the 1digit from the score and reverse the final amount. For example: A score of 104 - delete the 1 gave you 04, reverse it then gave you a score of 40 points. Proving you did not have to shoot well to win.
Three of our junior archers received certificates – well done. A raffle
was organised with gifts brought by fellow archers which raised £100.
This was donated to the new Children's Hospice near Bristol. We would
like to thank the Coastal Archers for this superb event and rather
hope the Mendip Archers will take up the challenge and host next year’s
event. This will leave us to organise an event the following year.
Annual club championships held on Sunday 9th Sept
Wellington Bowmen held their annual club championships at Court Fields Community School on Sunday 9th September with events covering Long bows, Compound and Recurve styles. Roy Darkes and Mark Braddick worked hard to set up the field on what was a lovely day. Mark also acted as Field Captain and Judge.
A Western Round was shot, consisting of four dozen arrows at 60 yards and four dozen at 50 yards.
Awards were presented by The Lady Paramount, Rachel Fenwick.
Longbow Martin Redwood 143. Senior gents, 1st and Champion Roy Darkes 657, 2nd Alan Shepherd 551, and third Joyhn Morton with 526.
ladies Champion Madelaine Meatyard with a score of 551 .
Junior winners were 1st Robert Harwood who scored 612 with 25 gold’s followed by Philip Rowe with the same score but only 22 gold’s. Third place went to Josh Llewellyn with a score of 602 .
Refreshments were served and an enjoyable day was had by all. We move to indoor shooting on 25th Sept at Wellington Rugby Club, starting at 6.30. Outdoors will continue on Sunday afternoons.
For further information regarding the club and its activities go to www. wellingtonbowmen.co.uk
Visually impaired Championships
Results
Tilly
was shooting at Lillershall over the past weekend. Lillershall is
the Archery Championships for the Visually impaired, where Tilly
won a gold medal, as well as the trophy for the Novice Champion.
All the Wellington bowmen members are delighted and would like to
congratulate her on here efforts.
Tilly achieves a Robin Hood
Tilly attending a coaching weekend at St Dunstans, an establishment for blind ex service personnel. The picture left is her being shown her magnificent Robin Hood.
Tilly has since been invited to take part in the Dunster week starting in June.