David Poyner won the Christie Award at the BBS national outdoor archery championships at Lilleshall for the most improved score from the previous year, with an improvement of 131 points.
Six other archers also improved their scores. Reward badges based on improvement of score each year were awarded to Harry Docherty and Clive Jones (400), Lewis March and Patrick Sidnell (550), Peter Hammond (650), Joan Toman (800), Dorothy Cooper and Steve Moseley (1200).
We had three new categories this year, ladies’ B2/3 and open compound and men’s Open Compound. We have received offers to sponsor trophies for two of these events, one from Marjorie Scott and another from the March family, and we are extremely grateful for these.
If anyone would like to donate a trophy for the third category, please contact Roger Rees-Evans or any member of the archery committee.
Last year we included a Blackout Round to encourage archers to take part in this discipline. This year a second trophy was donated for this round for archers who preferred not to shoot with blackouts.
It was based on improvement of handicap from the previous day’s allocated handicap for shooting on the 80cm target face. The winner, with a score of 177 for 36 arrows was Melissa Carter and the handicap-based Blinkie Trophy went to David Poyner’ who improved by four.
New national records were set in their respective categories for the VIIR 1 FITA: by Tilly Trotter with 166, Melissa Carter 785 (B3), Dorothy Cooper 1241 and Steve Moseley 1243. Peter Hammond set a new record for B1 Compound with 654.
We welcomed two new faces, Trina Brown and Tilly Trotter. On Saturday evening we held a quiz night made up of randomly-selected teams of two spotters and two VIs, giving everyone a chance to get to know each other better.
I would like to thank our two judges, John Goad and Andrew Tizard-Varcoe, results man Graham Rees-Evans, Lynn Wilson, Zoe Rees-Evans and Mavis Goad who between them did all the running about, Colin Dickinson for his help with the work party and everyone else who helped out.
Ladies B2/3 Recurve: 1 Melissa Carter, 785, 2 Trina Brown 171, 3 Marjorie Scott 144. B2/3 Compound (Novice) 1 Tilly Trotter 166. Open Recurve: 1 Joan Toman 825. Open Compound: 1 Dorothy Cooper 1241.
Men B1 Recurve: 1 Lewis March 552, 2 Clive Jones 426, 3 Harry Docherty 424. B1 Compound 1 Peter Hammond 654. B2/3 Recurve: 1 Patrick Sidnell 487. B2/3 Compound: 1 David Poyner 690, 2 Terry Ottewell 603. Open Recurve: 1 Tom Roddy 976. Open Compound: 1 Steve Moseley 1243, 2 David Schofield 811.
Burntwood Frostbite (Black-Out): 1 Melissa Carter 177, 2 Peter Hammond 174, 3 Lewis March 165, 4 Terry Ottewell 159, 5 Clive Jones 113, 6 Harry Docherty 103. Burntwood Frostbite: 1 Tom Roddy 298, 2 David Schofield 256, 3 Joan Toman 247, 4 Patrick Sidnell 191, 5 David Poyner 153, 6 Marjorie Scott 88, 7 Trina Brown 85, 8 Tilly Trotter 43.
The Worshipful Company of Bowyers kindly supported The BBS Archery National Outdoor Championships, attended by the Master Bowyer, Richard Model KCMCO. The Archery Committee would like to thank the Bowyers and hope that Richard and Ann had an enjoyable time meeting everyone. We would also like to thank Tom Williamson, President of GNAS who acted as Lord Patron for the day and handed out all the medals and trophies. The committee must also thank Robin Hall for all his hard work in preparation for the event and his continuing support.
10 BBS Archers were invited to attend the Fletchers’ sponsored day for disabled archers at the Royal Toxophilite ground, Burnham, Bucks on Sunday, 20th May.
The round for the V.I. archers was the Burntwood Albion round, consisting of a total of 9 dozen arrows shot at 30 metres. 3 dozen arrows on a 60cm face, 3 dozen on a 80cm face and the final 3 dozen shot on the
122cm face. The weather this year was very kind as compared to the atrocious conditions we had to put up with in 2006.
Steve Prowse took the Gentlemen’s trophy and Melissa Bubb the Ladies’ trophy. Congratulations to both of them and to all the other archers and spotters who made the day such an enjoyable one.
We would also like to thank the organising members from the Royal Tox for the organisation and the food, and to the Fletchers for their continued sponsorship.
The results were as follows:
HITS |
SCORE |
GOLDS |
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| 1 | Mellisa Bubb | 78 | 378 | 10 |
| 2 | Dorothy Cooper | 72 | 342 | 8 |
HITS |
SCORE |
GOLDS |
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| 1 | Steve Prowse | 101 | 663 | 27 |
| 2 | Terry Ottewell | 92 | 492 | 14 |
| 3 | Lewis March | 91 | 473 | 13 |
| 4 | Peter Hammond | 85 | 453 | 13 |
| 5 | Roger Rees-Evans | 81 | 383 | 7 |
| 6 | Harry Docherty | 82 | 336 | 5 |
| 7 | Martin Tonge | 37 | 16 | 6 |
The following two archers shot without blackouts and were discounted FOR MEDAL PURPOSES
Joan Toman
David Schofield
Nineteen archers attended this year’s event, two short of the original list due to illness but it was another good turn out. Once again we had three new archers on the scene, Trina Brown, Leslie Culf and Peter Hazelhurst all from Sheffield Blind Archers.
The tournament was again heavily sponsored by The Worshipful Company of Fletchers who were represented on the day by Mr.Desmond Clarke (Master of the Fletchers) and Mr.Christopher Brown (Chairman of the Charity Committee). The archery section would like to thank them for their continuing support. We would also like to thank ‘Clickers’ who kindly supplied us with the target faces. As with our outdoor championships last year it was decided to include a ‘Blackout’ Round on the second day to encourage archers to take part in the discipline. The outdoor trophy for this shoot was donated by John and Margaret Schofield but as reported in the last issue of Target John unfortunately has since passed away, in John’s memory Margaret and his son David presented a further trophy for the indoor blackout round.
The Championship Round shot on Saturday was a Double Portsmouth consisting of 10 dozen arrows at 20 yards, in two sessions, the Sunday Round was an indoor FITA which was 5 dozen arrows at 25 metres.
The results of the main competition are as follows:
Ladies
(B2/3 Recurve)
1st - Melissa Bubb - 861
2nd - Majorie Scott - 376
Ladies
(Open Recurve)
1st - Joan Toman - 929
2nd - Judith Wilson - 664
Ladies
(Open Compound)
1st - Dorothy Cooper - 1081
Gentlemen
(B1 Recurve)
1st - Lewis March - 509
2nd - Harry Docherty - 406
Gentlemen
(B1 Compound)
1st - Peter Hammond - 685
2nd - Roger Rees-Evans - 511
3rd - Norman Perry - 458
Gentlemen
(B2/3 Recurve)
1st - Patrick Sidnell - 759
2nd - David Schofield - 724
Gentlemen
(B2/3 Compound)
1st - Terry Ottewell - 644
Gentlemen
(Open Recurve)
1st - Wayne Thompson - 1075
2nd - Keith Broadbent - 548
Gentlemen
(Open Compound)
1st - Steve Prowse - 1123
Ladies Novice
(B2/3 Recurve)
1st - Trina Brown - 574
Gentlemen Novice
(Open Recurve)
1st - Leslie Culf - 890
2nd - Peter Hazlehurst - 801
The ‘Christie Award Handicap Trophy’ which is taken from the first session single Portsmouth was won by Melissa Bubb who improved her handicap by 8 and the ‘Thomas’ Trophy for the most increased score from the previous year went to Judith Wilson with a massive jump of 379, seven other archers also increased their scores from last year. Reward Badges, again based on a single Portsmouth, were awarded to Lewis March, Patrick Sidnell, Melissa Bubb, Joan Toman and Dorothy Cooper. These badges are based on improvement of score each year for this particular Round and start at 150. First time badge winners were Trina Brown, Judith Wilson, Leslie Culf, Peter Hazlehurst and Steve Prowse.
Congratulations must also go to the following who set new National Records in their respective categories:
Single Portsmouth Dorothy Cooper (540) and Steve Prowse (563)
Double Portsmouth Dorothy Cooper (1081) and Steve Prowse (1123)
The John Schofield Memorial Trophy competed for on the Sunday in the ‘Blackout Round’ was won by Peter Hammond with a score of 367, in second place was Terry Ottewell with 271 and third place was Roger Rees-Evans with 243.
I would also like to thank our two Judges John Goad and Andrew Tizard-Varcoe, and Graham Rees-Evans who has now produced a computer program enabling a very efficient result system for both the indoor and outdoor championships. Lynn Wilson for helping Marjorie Scott by spotting and scoring all weekend, Zoe Rees-Evans and Mavis Goad who ran the raffle, Colin Dickinson for his help in setting things up and everyone else who helped out.
Robin Hall (Tournament Organiser)
Lilleshall National Sports Centre 09th & 10th September 2006
This was a complete change from last year’s event weather wise, for a change it was hot and sunny, although a little windy at times. We had three new archers join us in April for the Indoor Champs, Judith Wilson, Patrick Sidnell and Lewis March (Junior B1) and all were present for this weekend.
Rounds shot - VIIR 1 FITA (Saturday) and a Burntwood Frostbite (Sunday)
It was decided last year to include a ‘Blackout’ Round on the second day to encourage archers to take part in this discipline. Archers selected to represent Great Britain at IPC International Tournaments are required to wear blackouts and selection is taken from such Rounds. This was not a selection Round but has been introduced so as to give archers an opportunity to try it out. The winner with a score of 171 for 3 dozen arrows was Roger Rees-Evans who was presented with a nice new trophy donated by Margaret and John Schofield, a gesture very much appreciated.
Roger set a new National Record on the Saturday (B1 Compound), but it was a very close thing. Roger’s score was 586 with 108 hits and 4 gold’s, Peter Hammond scored 585 with exactly the same amount of hits and gold’s and their score sheets had to be checked to ensure no mistakes were made. Both shot extremely well.
Results of the VIIR 1 FITA as follows:
Ladies
(B2/3 Recurve)
1st - Melissa Bubb - 857
2nd - Majorie Scott - 324
(Open)
1st - Dorothy Cooper - 1001
2nd - Joan Toman - 786
3rd - Judith Wilson - 514
Gentlemen
(B1 Recurve)
1st - Clive Jones - 364
2nd - Harry Docherty - 323
(B1 Compound)
1st - Roger Rees-Evans - 586
2nd - Peter Hammond - 585
(B2/3 Recurve)
1st - David Schofield - 809
2nd - Terry Ottewell - 618
3rd - Patrick Sidnell - 487
(B2/3 Compound)
1st - David Poyner - 559
(Open)
1st - Wayne Thompson - 1126
Junior Boy
(B1 Recurve)
Lewis March - 442
Other Awards
The ‘Christie Award’ for the most improved score from the previous year went to Melissa Bubb with an improvement of 180 points, seven other archers also improved their scores. Reward Badges based on improvement of score each year for this particular Round were awarded to Majorie Scott 300, Lewis March 400, Patrick Sidnell 450, Judith Wilson 500, Roger Rees-Evans and Peter Hammond 550 and Melissa Bubb 850.
Congratulations must also go to the following who set new National Records in their respective categories for the VIIR 1 FITA:
Roger Rees-Evans - 586
Lewis March - 442
I would also like to thank our two Judges, John Goad and Andrew Tizard-Varcoe.
