Congratulations to Tom and Sophia on the birth of their daughter, Lilly.

Perhaps in due course she will be joining…

Congratulations to Mimi Tien and Henry Tien who have been selected for the East Midlands training squad and a match against Northern Counties early next year.

Last Sunday we hosted the third and final Notts League shoot that was rescheduled from 10th August when the tail of tropical storm Bertha came through along with heavy rain. By contrast Sunday 24th was a dry, calm day allowing for a good day’s shooting. Numbers were down compared to the original date, but we still had a field of twenty two targets. Everything went very smoothly.

Wilford junior teams were first and second and Mimi Tien and Henry Tien won the respective junior sections. (Just need to get the adults shooting better!)

Thank you to everyone who helped, especially the work party who were at the ground at 7 am on Sunday.

Well it wasn’t as busy as expected at Wilford Bowmen at the weekend, as the league shoot was cancelled due to prolonged heavy rain and weather warnings associated with tropical storm Bertha.

We are re-arranging the shoot, date to be announced.

Last weekend was busy, we provided all the bosses, stands etc for use at the Junior Masters shoot on the University ground at Highfields. It all went very smoothly and ArcheryGB have thanked us and the club members who helped – Sharon and Mike Sanchez and Kevin Salmon.

Mimi Tien shot in the Junior Masters having gained her Junior Master Bowmen earlier this year. She did really well in the ranking round in the morning finishing 15th. In the head to head sessions, she was narrowly knocked out early on by a more experienced archer. Good experience for the future, well done Mimi.

On the same day at Loscoe in Derbyshire Sallie Kirk and Steve Attwood were shooting for Notts against Derbyshire and Warwickshire. Conditions were tricky with a difficult wind and scores were lower all round. Despite being one team member short, Notts recurve team were a creditable second.

The activity continues this weekend as we are hosting the third and final leg of the Notts inter club league which growing in popularity. This means an early start in order to get the equipment set up. And it looks like we will have deal with the remnants of hurricane Bertha.

Well done to Mimi Tien, Sarah Humphries, Henry Tien and Arjun Narula who all shot well in a tricky wind at the East Midlands junior inter county challenge last Sunday. Despite this Nottinghamshire were fourth overall. Both Mimi and Henry got the highest scores overall on the day.

The Nottinghamshire County Championships last Sunday were the final selection shoot for the County Teams.

Sallie Kirk and Emma Thomason will be shooting for Nottinghamshire at the Tri County match (vs Warwickshire and Derbyshire) on 3rd August and the Thoresby Trophy tournament on 7th September. Steve Attwood will also be shooting at the Tri County match.

Well done indeed.

Following the Nottinghamshire County Championships last Sunday, which was the final selection shoot for the County Teams, the Junior County team has been announced.

Mimi Tien, Sarah Humprhies, Henry Tien and Arjun Narula have all been selected for the East Midlands Inter County shoot which takes place on 27th July at Loscoe.

We wish them luck and hope for good weather.

Wilford Bowmen had plenty to celebrate at the end of the Nottinghamshire County Championships last Sunday. Despite the difficult wind Sallie Kirk was recurve County Champion and Mimi Tien, Sarah Humprhies, Henry Tien, Toby Tien and Arjun Narula all won their divisions.

There were several personal best scores, and in addition Henry Tien obtained his third and final Junior Master Bowmen score.

Ed Wilson and Steve Attwood also competed.

Well done everybody.

There was a record attendance at a club session last Sunday when 28 archers turned out for the June summer postal league shoot. There were some impressive scores, including Robert Duda scoring 660 with his compound.