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The big news of the weekend was the National Indoor Championships held at Stoneleigh near Coventry. A two-day event, the biggest in the Indoor calendar, with the Adults Championships taking place the Saturday and Junior Championships on the Sunday. The Adult Championships comprised of a WA18 three-spot qualifying round followed by head-to head knockout rounds … Continue reading National Indoor Archery Championships 2025

The Hub at Onchan was less crowded than usual with a number of regulars absent through various reasons, but those who did attend tackled the Worcester target in either it’s single or five-spot format. The Worcester is shot in groups of five arrows, on a target face that scores from 5 down to 1 on … Continue reading Club Report 23rd November 2025

With the Northern Counties Championships just a week away, the Records Officer gave those attending a last chance to shoot a full distance Portsmouth by way of practice. Danny Cowin managed to turn up for the second week in a row much to everyone’s surprise, to join Johnathan Gordon, Richard Hainge, Tom Rogers and David … Continue reading Club Report 9th November 2025

Numbers were low on Sunday; a combination of half-term holidays and illness meant a lot of the usual faces were missing. Those who did turn up tackled a WA18, with the majority electing to shoot the three-spot version. The Gents Recurve provided a three-man competition between Danny Cowin, Jonathan Gordon and Chris Addy, with Danny … Continue reading Club Report 2nd November 2025

With the Records Officer running through the available Indoor rounds, it was the turn of the Vegas on Sunday. The Vegas of comprises a three-spot target arranged in a triangle which has to be shot in a specific order – low left, top, bottom right. It is challenging both mentally and physically. The Barebow/Longbows contented … Continue reading Club Report 19th October 2025

The Onchan hub was packed on Sunday with sixteen archers squeezing themselves onto 6 bosses in the morning session. The round of the day was a Portsmouth 3-spot with scoring zones ranging from 10 down to 6 for the Compounds and Recurves and a larger single face for the stick and string merchants. Rhys Moore … Continue reading Club Report 12th October 2025

With the action settled Indoors for the winter, the Club tackled their least favourite round the WA18. This is 60 arrows, shot in groups of three. The Compounds had to take on the smaller three face option but most of the Recurves elected to do so as well. With Rhys Moore absent the Gents Compound … Continue reading Club Report 5th October 2025

Having gone Indoors the previous week, the Club popped outside again to complete the last of the Outdoor Trophies. The round in question was the Windsor Trophy shoot. This consists of three dozen arrows, shot at each of three distances: 60/50 & 40 yards. It uses five zone scoring: 9,7,5,3,1 and is divided simply by … Continue reading Club Report 28th September 2025

With the weather looking unsettled at the weekend, the decision was taken to start the Indoor season early. To that end fifteen archers assembled at the Onchan Hub to shoot a Portsmouth round. The Compounds are required to shoot on the smaller three-spot target face but three of the Recurves also elected to do so: … Continue reading Club Report 21st September 2025

Rain stopped play again at the weekend, so ten Club members assembled on Tuesday evening to shoot the annual Nev Mason Long Haul Trophy. This is another special club round shot over distances of 60 and 40 yards using Barebows, in memory of the late, great Nev. The call to hold the shoot was made … Continue reading Club Report 16th September 2025