For news about competitions, please see the 2010 competitions page.
March 6 - The club gained two new level 1 coaches today - Rob Morgan and Mark Pollard. Congratulations and very well done to you both. Congratulations also go to Hossein Tavakoli who passed his final assessment as a coach as well. However he was a very late applicant for the course so all the paperwork hasn't yet caught up with itself. Once that is in place he will also become one of our club coaches.
February 7 - With six people shooting the New Year best gold trophy was finally competed for. And the winner was Ben Francis. Congratulations Ben.
Congratulations go to:
- Harry Francis for setting a new overall 2010 record (07/02).
- Tom Francis for setting a new overall 2010 record (07/02).
January 1 - Happy New Year everyone. And we start the year with something slightly different, a trip back in time and a jump in location. Archery has long been an inclusive sport for disabled people and this Pathé news clip of 'Amateur Robin Hoods', 1957 at Southend-on-Sea shows just that. Unfortunately we hadn't quite reached gender equality at that point, the women's competition followed the men's. Many thanks to Philip Rolls, the web editor for The society of archers and the ancient silver arrow, aka 'The Scorton Arrow', for the link.
Meanwhile, back at the outdoor venue, four hardy souls took to the line for the first shoot of the year, Nick Griffin, Mel and Scott Hilton and Steve Ludwell. They were supported by representatives of the Morgan and Wilcox clans. With the temperatures so low, only Nick and Steve completed their rounds, both getting their first reclassification score of the year. Congratulations both. However, with only two people finishing the shoot it was decided to hold over the New Year best gold trophy until the first full Sunday outing of the year.
Handicap Improvement Medal - this is awarded annually to the club member who has achieved the highest handicap reduction in the previous year. There are very strict eligibility criteria set by the GNAS, so for 2009 those were:
- Being a club member by 1 July 2008 and still being a member on 31 December 2009, and
- Holding a starting handicap in the relevant bow type on 1 January 2009, and
- Having submitted a minimum of eight scores during 2009.
And the winners were:
- Bristol Bowmen Juniors - in first place, shooting recurve, with a handicap reduction of two points, Harry Francis.
- Bristol Bowmen - winner with a handicap reduction of one point Rob Morgan (recurve).
- Golden Phoenix Archers - winner with a handicap reduction of two points Nick Griffin (barebow).
Congratulations go to:
- Trevor Lapham for setting a new overall 2010 record (03/01).
- Steve Ludwell for setting a new overall 2010 record the first new record of the year (01/01). Then beating that same record, which was his third submitted score of the year so making him the first person in either club to reclassify for the year (24/01).
- Rob Morgan for setting a new overall 2010 indoor record and reducing his handicap by two points (22/01).
- Greg Smith for setting a new group 2010 indoor record and reducing his handicap by one points (29/01).
Created: 1 January 2010
Updated: 6 March 2010
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