The dates for the following competitions are all 'weather permitting'. Rounds to be shot will be Nationals for all experienced adults with shorter distances for juniors and beginner adults, followed by a BBQ and the presentation of awards. Lady/Santa Paramounts to be confirmed - anyone fancy wearing either of the pointy hats?

Best gold. There will be no warning as to when this will be done. The club captain will suddenly tell everyone to leave all gold arrows in the target. The arrow closest to the center of the target will win the archer a medal.

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To be confirmed, but likely to be Friday 17 December.

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Sunday 5 September, featuring the Vic Williams shield for the member who has done most for the club during the preceding year.

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Sunday 27 June, featuring the Andy Friend Challenge Trophy for the highest handicap adjusted score.

Beautiful weather although equipment failure ruined the day for two of the members. Sheena's string failed and so did Frank's washing machine. With two children and work uniforms that, as Frank said, had to take priority.

The results were:

National:

Gents' recurve: 1 Rob Morgan.

Gents' barebow: 1 Steve Ludwell; 2 Nick Griffin.

Gents' longbow: 1 Paul Wilcox.

Ladies' Recurve: 1 Carolyn Twist.

Short National:

Gents' recurve: 1 Gary Avery; 2 Mark-Jan Dielemans.

Gents' barebow: 1 Rodney Luton.

Gents' longbow: 1 Dave Fullerton.

Junior National:

Gents' under 12 recurve: 1 Tom Francis.

Short Junior National:

Gents' under 12 recurve: 1 Nathaniel Morris.

Very Short Junior National:

Gents' under 12 barebow: 1 Tim Morgan; 2 Kieran Griffin.

Andy Friend Challenge Trophy: Rob Morgan.

Midsummer 2010 full results (PDF: 127 KB).

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Sunday 4 April - And the weather was, windy, windy, very, very windy, so very windy. So much so that the shoot was abandoned after the first four dozen and Sheena elected not to even try and shoot due to her balance issues.

Although no one is expected to shoot wearing their Easter Bonnet, Paul decided that as his was a wooly hat with little chickens on it and it was so cold, he would do, until, that is, he realised it was so windy that the little chicks were moving around to much and breaking his concentration.

Still, with 34 Easter eggs as prizes and only ten people shooting we got very creative with the competitions within the competition:

Everyone shooting got an egg - Ben Francis, Harry Francis, Tom Francis, Roger Hobbs, Rodney Luton, Rob Morgan, Tim Morgan, Hossein Tavakoli, Bob Taylor and Paul Wilcox.

Best Golds:
60yds Hossein Tavakoli (compound) and Paul Wilcox (other bow types).
50yds Harry Francis.
40yds Roger Hobbs.
30yds Tim Morgan.

Target with most Golds in one end - Paul Wilcox and Hossein Tavakoli.

Target with most Blues in one end - Harry Francis, Rodney Luton and Bob Taylor.

Easter best Gold junior trophy - Harry Francis, who decided to share it with the other juniors, Tim Morgan and Tom Francis.

Easter bonnet competition - Sheena McCullagh and Paul Wilcox.

And the prizes were presented by the Lady Paramount, Sam Morgan, who also got an egg.

Easter tournament 2010 full results (PDF: 53.5 KB).

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If you are looking for details of competitions to take part in during the year, try these two sites:

• Gloucestershire Archery Society Events Calendar. It covers a much wider area than Gloucestershire.
• Somerset County Archery Association. Select 'Tournaments' from the left hand links (you may need to scroll down).

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