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Greeba was blessed with one of the most beautiful days of the year for the Senior Club Championships on Sunday. The gusting breezes added a bit of a challenge to the shooting, but it kept the midges at bay and made the heat bearable. The Championships are based on a full day’s WA 1440 round … Continue reading Isle of Man Archery Club Senior Championships 2021

Sunday’s WA1440 was the last chance to shoot a full day’s round ahead of the Senior Club Championships on the 25th. The usual suspects turned up to find that while the temperatures were high, there was a tricky wind blowing across the field at the target end that made things challenging to say the least. … Continue reading Club Report 18th July 2021

Heavy rain in the early part of the day meant the proposed 1440 shoot had to be abandoned and another single distance round was shot in the afternoon instead. The turnout was disappointingly low with only six seniors and one junior making it to Greeba. Those who did turn up expected poor weather with a … Continue reading Club Report 4th July 2021

Competitors were a little short on the ground at Greeba on Sunday with only five archers making it to the morning session, with four others turning up in the afternoon. The round of the day was a 720 – 72 arrows shot at a single distance (70m for Recurve, 50m for Compound). The weather was … Continue reading Club Report 27th June 2021

The weather forecast made it look as though shooting would have to be cancelled, but by the time Sunday rolled round things had improved and the round went ahead as planned. There was a general feeling that enough rounds had been shot to get everyone up to speed and this was the week to produce … Continue reading Club Report 20th June 2021

The archers were promised blue skies and bags of sunshine, what they got was mugginess and clouds of midges. The round of the day was a WA 1440 – 36 arrows at each of four distances 90/70/50/30 for the men and 70/60/50/30 for the women. Other rounds were available for those who could only stay … Continue reading Club Report 13th June 2021

An even dozen Club members took the opportunity to shoot on what would have been ‘Mad Sunday’ in a normal year. The weather was pleasant enough but the fluffy seeds blowing out of the trees at the far end of the field were hitting the hitting the archers full in the face and made it … Continue reading Club Report 6th June 2021

Finally a hot, sunny day found it’s way to Greeba and the archers looked forward to both high temperatures and high scores. The round of the day was a WA 1440 for those shooting all day, a Long Metric for the morning only, or a Short Metric for the afternoon session. Covered in sunscreen and … Continue reading Club Report 30th May 2021

The Records Officer’s weather app predicted persistent rain for most of Sunday. The Chairman’s weather app predicted light, intermittent showers clearing by mid morning. The Chairman made the call to shoot, but as everyone knows – the Records Officer is always right. Rain caused a twenty minute delay but the Chairman insisted it was just … Continue reading Club Report May 16th 2021

For once the micro-climate that exists at Greeba field worked in the archers’ favour on Sunday. Protected from the strong southerly winds and with only one short, sharp shock of a shower at 11am, the small number who turned up were able to enjoy the WA 900 round scheduled for them by the kindly Records … Continue reading Club Report 9th May 2021