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Latest News 2-way National Round Results Click here to see the results of the 2-way national rounds shot earlier this year. Indoor Handicap Improvement Table 2009-10 Click here to see the Handicap improvement table for the indoor season 2009-10. The Coaching Team Expands Saturday 8th May Following on from the success of Paul Allan who recently qualified as a Level 1 Archery Coach, Brixham Archers now have another Level 1 Qualified Archery Coach in Andy Jackson. Along with seven other successful candidate coaches from Devon and Cornwall, Andy took his final external assessment at the Brixham club's facilities over the weekend of the 16th / 17th April. Well done Andy. Having another qualified coach within the club continues Brixham Archers' policy and determination to offer "best practise training" to both new and improving archers. The club was fortunate to succeed with a grant application from the "Awards For All" body, which funded all the coach training over the last twelve months. Anyone interested in attending a beginners course with Brixham Archers in 2010 can contact Malcolm Grant on 01803 843097 for further booking information. Brixham hosts a Stag Party! Saturday 8th May We were asked to organize an archery session for a group on a Stag Party weekend. The session started with a safety talk and quick training using the barebow technique. After sufficient practise the “Target Tournament” began. Plenty of prizes were awarded for “best golds” and “worst whites”. The eventual winner was awarded a rather larger than normal medallion whilst the archer with the least score was awarded the “Arrow through the head”. The next section of the session was arranged to be the “Stag Hunt”. A couple of practise ends were allowed in order to get some sort of ranging experience. The final “hunt of the “Stag” then took place. The Robin Hood hat went to the winner of this event. The loser was presented with a plastic bone. Thanks to the “Stag lads” for their excellent behaviour. Brixham Pirate Festival Saturday 1st May During the May Bank Holiday weekend Brixham holds a Pirate festival. As part of the festival this year Brixham Archers organized free archery sessions for “Pirates”. The pirate theme was present throughout the day. The archers dressed in pirate outfits and the pirate related targets were prepared by Brixham archer – Lucy. Captain Hook’s crocodile was also lurking by the targets, just waiting to catch Hook unawares. The “Ransom” paid by all “non pirates” will be given to charity. Brixham on TV again! Brixham travel to Plymouth & Redruth On 7th March, 7 Brixham Archers travelled to Redruth for Archers of the West's open Portsmouth Tournaments. We all had a great day, with David Jackson picking up a medal for 2nd in Gents Compound and Andrew Jackson finishing a superb 7th in Gents Recurve. Novice Lucy Mackay finished a splendid 4th, and even did a Robin Hood (picture to follow)! Tracey Prosser, Kane Kennedy, David Howard and Mike Jackman also took part. Well done to you all! The previous Sunday Dave & Andy, Chris & Josh Noakes, Mike Jackman and Will Wetherall travelled to Plymouth for the DCAS Indoor County Championships. Josh is now the Under 12 compound DCAS indoor champion, while Will finished 2nd in his under 15 compound category. Andy, David and Mike all shot well. Well done to you all! A new member of the Coaching Team
After many years of
instructing beginners and helping archers up to MB standard, Paul has
finally received his Level 1 Coach certificate and a
nice shiny new badge.
Paul, not being one who seeks
pomp and glory for himself can be justifiably proud of his achievement.
Certainly, I for one have appreciated Paul's dedication to helping the
club, not only with coaching but in all other club matters for many
years.
Paulipoos - I am proud and
chuffed for you.
Well done!
~Malcolm~
Archery Workshops during School Exams During the two week closure of the school facility due to school exams, a series of workshops were organized by Malcolm. At each of the workshops all the members had the opportunity to practise the skills for themselves. Topics that were covered were:
Pictures in the gallery. Ten Pin Bowling Torquay Ten Pin Bowling Centre was the venue for the recent social night for members of Brixham Archers. I don’t think anyone cared if there was a winning team or not but here are the results: Lane 7: Tracey, Wendy, Lucy, Amanda and Paul. Game 1 547, Game 2 519. Lane 8: David H, Mike J, Malcolm, Mike P and Dave P. Game 1 484, Game 2 593. Lane 9: Marie, Jerry, Kane, Adrian and Jal. Game 1 487, Game 2 538. Lane 10: Will, Kevin, Andy, Barbara, Vicky and Steve. Game 1 552, Game 2 593. Looks like everyone raised their game on the second game! An enjoyable day had by all. Pictures in the gallery. Previous News | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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We had two 2-way national shoots during the summer, which were very enjoyable.
The results of these are below:
1st Shoot - 12th June 2010
2nd Shoot - 17th July 2010
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15th August 2010 Handicap Improvement table is below for the 2009-10 Indoor Season:
Highest handicap improvement was Bill Wallworth, so well done to him! These archers set new Handicaps: |
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Brixham Archers introduce Matthias Kurth of West Country TV to Field Archery. Malcolm Grant's report We were recently approached by Matthias Kurth of West Country TV enquiring as to whether we could be filmed introducing him to the pleasures of 3D Field Archery. Real bow hunting is banned and not allowed in this country. 3D archery is a popular variation of archery where animal like targets made of dense foam are set around a woodland course and shooting takes place in a safe and controlled manner. This growing branch of the sport is enjoyed by many people of all ages throughout the UK and many other countries. Matthias is regularly seen on the West Country regional news programme trying out and experiencing a range of different sports and activities. It seems that the world of TV works to pretty tight and last minute schedules. We were originally contacted by Matthias on a Tuesday. He wanted to film the action two days later on the Thursday! I said I would phone back in an hour or so as I would have to make phone calls to see which of our club members were available. Fortunately, I was able to rustle up some experienced field archers who were prepared to face the TV camera. The gang arrived at our Target shooting field at the appointed time and awaited the arrival of the TV crew. This time it was not to happen. Matthias phoned to apologize – He was in hospital expecting the sudden and early arrival of his new son!!!! |
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However the event was re-scheduled for a couple of weeks later. What luck! This particular day seemed to be the start of summer. Beautiful blue skies and plenty of sunshine were to stay with us throughout the whole day. We arrived at our target field early on the appointed morning and set up a 3D target and appropriate equipment for the TV crew to have ultra fast training and a safety talk. When I say training – I mean almost as quick as “wriggle your body to warm up, hold the bow this way and point it that way before letting the string go!” I must say that the task was made much easier due to the natural aptitude of both Matthias and the cameraman, Roger. Training over, we travelled the few miles to our private regular training woods where the “Field Course 3D Targets” were already in place. This is quite a challenging course to carry heavy camera equipment around, but Roger made the task look easier than it must have been. At this time of the year the wild garlic creates an abundant and aromatic green carpet throughout the whole woods. In another couple of weeks the colour would be changing to the mass blue of countless bluebells. Walking through these types of surroundings are just another of the delights and benefits of “Field Archery”. First target and Norman was the first to be filmed shooting three arrows at a rubber javelina…. “hit, hit, hit”. What a fantastic start to set the scene. In fact I think Norman managed to perform all his ensuing shots to a high degree of accuracy. That takes some doing when being filmed! Matthias also hit this target. He is now a member of the gang! |
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Filmed interviews to the camera took place between some of the active shooting takes. This again is quite a nerve-racking experience for those of us not used to speaking before the camera.
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Now that everyone, particularly newbies - Matthias and cameraman Roger, was competent and feeling confident we all faced the challenging shot across the lake to the rubber warthog. Matthias and Roger each threw down the gauntlet and had a wager of a cup of coffee resting on the outcome of this particular shot. I believe the wager still has to be settled!
After a body count just to make sure no-one was missing we trudged back to the cars and made our way to the local pub for refreshment and to debate over which of us produced the best shot of the day. Due to the ease of Westcountry TV’s Matthias and cameraman Roger we all enjoyed the outing to the woods and hopefully will manage to convey the joy and challenge of field archery to the TV audience. |
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17th January 2010 Handicap Improvement table is below for the 2009 Outdoor Season:
Note: Handicap improvement medal winner to be announced soon, following a shoot off in accordance with GNAS rules. Rules state that only archers who have shot at least 8 rounds are eligible for the award. These archers set new Handicaps: |
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