The provisional target list for our double WRS 720 shoot on 22nd May at Nottingham Hockey Centre is now available: Provisional target list Wilford WRS double 720 22May2016

The dates for the June beginner’s course have been changed due partly to the Big Archery Weekend on 4th and 5th June. The course will now run on June 18th, 25th, July 2nd and 9th.

Now that the clocks have changed, we’re now into the summer schedule, with club sessions on Wednesday and Friday evenings (depending on the weather of course) usually from about 5pm, possibly earlier depending on when keyholders can get there. This is in addition to the informal and coaching sessions on Saturday mornings and the formal club sessions on Sunday mornings when shooting starts at 11am.

We held the annual birthday shoot today along with the usual fuddle for the club competitions. There was a record turnout for a club session with 34 members shooting Warwick rounds. It shows just how the club has grown over the past here years. There were several personal bests, but as the overall result was determined on handicap it was open to anybody that shot well. The top four (in no particular order) were Andy W, Eleanor, Laura and Holly. The final result will be announced at the AGM. What’s more the weather was calm, warm and sunny, just like it should be – ideal shooting conditions.

A good time was had by all at yesterday’s Easter Egg shoot. The targets were set up as in a competition, with numbers, flags  and there was a proper target list. The weather was kind – it was sunny and warm with just a slight breeze. And there was a good turnout, 26 members took part. Everyone contributed to the food table so there was a fantastic selection of savoury and sweet items, which gradually disappeared during the shoot. 

We all shot variants of the National round and as the awards were done on handicap adjusted scores, it was open to anyone. Well done to Lisa, who got the highest overall score, followed by Chris and Eleanor. There were also prizes for each round, so a good number of Easter Eggs were distributed. 
Thank you to everyone that took part.

We will be holding an Easter Egg shoot for club members on Sunday 20th March, arrive at 10.30 for a 11.00 start. Please let Sharon Sanchez know if you want to join in so that we can be organised and have a target list, and bring a small quantity of food, to share – we don’t want loads left over. Hot drinks will be available, but bring your own mug. 

Make a note 10.30 Sunday 20th March and let Sharon know (just reply to the notification email).

See you there.

Last week, we ran the first indoor coaching session for club members at the High School, this provides a good learning environment as there isn’t the competitive aspect of shooting a round and its a lot warmer than running a coaching session outdoors.

The next session will be on 10th February.

The entry form for our double 720 shoot in May is now available Wilford WA720 Entry 2016

We look forward to seeing you in May.

12 keen archers got the year off to a good start, by shooting on New Year’s Day. Conditions were good, although on the cool side, with frost underfoot. Several archers decided to challenge themselves by shooting longer distances than they’ve been used to. A good sign for later in the year, when we hope to have a very good presence at local shoots.

Despite today’s rain, there were several really keen members who turned up and shot. I stayed at home in the warm and kept dry.

Last Sunday there were 31 members of all ages shooting the second monthly frostbite shoot (3 dozen arrows at 30m, 80cm face). This means that we had plenty of scores to make up the teams for the winter league shoot that we have entered.

Of course the large turnout might also have had something to do with the opportunity to win a Christmas pudding. Instead of working on just the score for the 3 dozen arrows, Sharon came up with the devious idea of awarding the pudding to the person with the highest reverse score (i.e. an actual score of 123 would become
321). This produced some interesting results, with archers working out what they needed to score with the last three arrows, in order to have an actual score ending in 9.

One of the compound archers finished with 299 (992), the highest practical reverse score for the frostbite, but this was deemed too easy, another archer stopped shooting once he had got to 199 (991), which was deemed a little unsporting. In the end, Emma and Kevin tied on 289 (982), but it turns out that Emma doesn’t like Christmas pudding, so Kevin was the proud recipient. Eleanor was unanimously judged to have the best Christmas hat.

Members also brought along a fantastic spread of food, both savoury and sweet, most of which was homemade. Very little was left. Yum

A good time was had by all.

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.