Author: iomarchery

There was another excellent turn out at Onchan on Sunday with eighteen archers lining up to have a go at a Portsmouth. Compounds and Recurves were given the three-spot to shoot while the Barebows and Tradbows stuck to the larger single face target. It was a day of surprises: Danny Cowin arrived before the Records … Continue reading Club Report 29th January 2023

It was standing room only as nineteen archers turned up to tackle a WA 18, with some archers three to a boss. The Compounds had to shoot the smaller three-spot targets, but all the Recurves elected to follow suit. The Barebows, Longbows, and junior Erin Hainge shot the larger single face. Having shot largely unopposed … Continue reading Club Report 22nd January 2023

While Rhys Moore was busy getting battered at a Snooker tournament, the Records Officer took the opportunity to run another Worcester without having to listen to his whinging. The Worcester is unique among the Indoor Rounds in that arrows are shot in groups of five instead of three and the monochrome target scores only from … Continue reading Club Report 15th January 2023

The Indoor season resumed at Onchan after the Christmas break with a nice laidback Portsmouth round courtesy of the Records Officer who couldn’t be bothered to shoot anything else. One or two of the usual suspects were missing but it still a reasonable turn out. The largest field of the day was in the Gents … Continue reading Club Report 8th January 2023

The main action took place off island last weekend as Junior Club member Erin Hainge travelled to Stoneleigh to take part in the National Indoor Championships. Erin had taken first place for her age group in every UK competition she had entered so far but the Indoor National Championships was the biggest stage yet. Shooting … Continue reading Club Report 4th December 2022

It was showtime at Onchan as the Records Officer unleashed the first Vegas of the season to the ‘delight’ of the Club members. The Vegas is the most difficult of the Indoor rounds, comprising of three small faces (scoring from 10 down to 6) arranged in a triangle. The faces have to be shot in … Continue reading Club Report 27th November 2022

There was action on and off the Island at the weekend with two Club members going to the Northern Counties Indoor Championships at Bamber Bridge. Both they and the archers who stayed at home tackled a Portsmouth round. The two who travelled off island were Peter Howland and rising star Erin Hainge. Peter Howland put … Continue reading Club Report 20th November 2022

Numbers were again a little disappointing on Sunday, though it was nice to see newcomer Liam Keary pop in during the afternoon session to shoot before having to dash off at the interval to go to work. Hopefully it won’t be his last appearance. The round of the day was a WA 18, the least … Continue reading Club Report 13th November 2022

With a shortage in variety of target faces, it was back to a Portsmouth round on Sunday. The usual suspects turned up, with the addition of Barebow specialist Chris Crompton and Tradbow aficionado Laura Forrest. Colin Moore and Stan Gorry went head-to head in the Gents Tradbow Division. Colin had ironed out his problems of … Continue reading Club Report 6th November 2022

The last two Sundays of October were quite eventful, so it was a pity the Records Officer was away on holiday and missed it all. The 23rd saw a handful of archers turn up for a Portsmouth. Numbers were so low that the only direct competition came in the Gents Recurve where Ralf Mitchell, Danny … Continue reading Club Report October 23rd & 30th 2022