Congratulations to Henry, Mimi, Tobias, Sarah and Lois who have all been selected to shoot for Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands inter county tournament on 24th July. Yet again Wilford juniors make up more than half the team.
Well done everybody and good luck on the day.
After a very windy day at the County Championships Wilford last Sunday members did us proud, in the medals were:
Steve 3rd Notts Gent,
Henry Junior Champion,
Tobias won highest scoring Junior boy shooting the junior rounds Sarah won highest scoring Junior girl shooting the junior rounds.
Lois, Mimi, Jack and O’ran also all shot well for the club.
Well done Wilford.
Well done to everyone that completed the July beginner’s course last weekend. Everyone enjoyed and thank you for the many positive comments. We hope to see you at the club soon.
And as a reminder the next course starts on 30th July, for more details look here
Last Saturday at Lilleshall in Shropshire Henry shot 1191 for a Metric 2 in very windy conditions to finish 9th out of 35, it was also a personal best (PB) score for Henry. Sarah also shot put in a PB for the Metric 2.
And then on Sunday at Lilleshall it was the Junior National Championships, where Henry finished 8th with yet another PB and his second Junior Master Bowmen (JMB) score and he beat 2 of the GB Academy students). Tobias was 6th in the Under12 category, also with a PB and his third JMB score. Sarah also had a good day with yet another PB.
While the action was taking place at Lilleshall, seven members were shooting at Sherwood Archers, where Lois and Rochelle were 1st and third respectively. The adults had a good time.
Well done to everyone. It shows how far the club has progressed in a relatively short time.. 
A pleasant evening shooting at bramcote. Calm all evening. Finished shooting as the sun set.Emma Thomason was 2nd lady recurve.
We were well represented with Mike Thomason, Mike Sanchez, Sharon Sanchez, Adam Dewsbury and Steve Attwood also shooting.
On Saturday Sallie and Sharon both won Dunster Horns at the Golden Arrow shoot at Sherwood Archers in Southwell.
Well done to all our Medal winners yesterday at the 60th Oregon challenge match.
Senior Oregon Team: Sallie Kirk (also winner of the Ladies Oregon Cup), Steve Attwood, Compound Team: Mattia , Junior Oregon Team: Sarah Humphries (also Highest scoring Junior), Jack McGuire and Henry Tien. Sharon Sanchez got the Highest Unrewarded Lady.
Brilliant result, well done to all 16 that shot and braved the downpours.
We had a great day at the Nottinghamshire FITA at Sherwood Archers in Southwell on Sunday. The conditions were good: warm and sunny with just a light breeze.
We had a good turnout and were well represented in the awards, including 1st lady -Sallie, 2nd lady -Emma. Henry, Tobias and Lois all won their age groups and we won the team trophy. Well done also to Mattia who shot another Bowman score.
Back to Sherwood Archers on Saturday for the Golden Arrow and Sunday for the Oregon.
Busy, busy, busy
Well, it was only a day actually, due to the availability of the Walled Garden. There was steady stream of people wanting to try archery and plenty of interest. More details at the new Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Wilfordbowmen/.
Its been very busy at Wilford Bowmen lately. Firstly we hosted a World Record Status competition on 22nd May, which was well attended (see previous post). Immediately after that we were helping all week at the European Archery Championships at the University Sports field on University Boulevard, with the exciting finals in the Old Market Square. As well as that we had a good turnout at the Welbeck York/Hereford on Sunday (which was also a County team selection shoot) where several members shot well and won medals.
And then next weekend there’s the Big Archery Weekend in the Walled Garden on Saturday 4th June, another County team selection shoot at Sherwood Archers on 5th June followed by the Golden Arrow and the Oregon and Notts League the following weekend.
Here are the results from the double World Record Status 720 round that we hosted on 22nd May Results Wilford WRS Double 720 22May2016
There were some of the top UK archers taking part as well as a member of the Zimbabwe Olympic team. Several of the archers taking part in the European champs on the University Sports Ground came to have a look at our shoot. Competitors travelled significant distances to take part, from Exmouth, Worthing, Reading, Ipswich, Manchester and Yorkshire to list a few of the further places. Many of the competitors that are relatively local have visited us before, but a significant number were new to us and are likely to return. All in all we have raised our profile and reputation significantly, by running a world record status event to a high standard. The weather did help.
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