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It was obvious from last week’s shoot that the latest lockdown had taken a heavy toll on everyone’s form and fitness. The Records Officer took the unusual decision to schedule a Short Metric round (50 & 30m) in the hope that the less fatiguing shorter distances would allow the archers to get back up to … Continue reading Club Report 2nd May 2021

Never, with the possible exception of the Glastonbury Festival, have a group of people been so delighted to gather in a cold, damp field as those members of the Isle of Man Archery Club who turned out at Greeba on Sunday. Along with every other sport on the island successive Covid lockdowns have played havoc … Continue reading Club Report 25th April 2021

With the Junior Championships just a week away, Sunday was the last chance the younger club members had to practice a full round. To that end the Juniors shot a Portsmouth round. The Seniors were lumbered with a three-spot WA 18 round to give them one last chance to crack the most difficult of the … Continue reading Club Report 21st February 2021

It may have been Valentine’s Day but ten Club members preferred to play Cupid in a more practical sense by pinging arrows at targets rather than hearts. The round of the day was the dreaded WA 18 – triple face for Compound, single face for Recurve but, mindful of the approaching Club Championships which utilize … Continue reading Club Report 14th February 2021

Having barely started after the Christmas break, the Club’s activities were brought to a halt by the second Covid lockdown. Sunday’s relaunch of the Indoor season meant that most people were woefully out of practice and as such the Records Officer was ordered by the Club Chairman to be ‘nice’ and let everyone shoot a … Continue reading Club Report February 7th 2021

The final shoot before Christmas was Portsmouth round, though at first it looked like it might have to be cancelled, like the Vegas of the week before, due to faulty lights. Thankfully, the emergency electricians rode in to save the day, for which the Club were extremely grateful. Amazingly, Danny Cowin somehow summoned up enough … Continue reading Club Report 20th December 2020

It was back to the dreaded WA 18 on Sunday with the Recurves being given the option of shooting on either the single face or three-spot version. Attendance continued to be low with only eight members turning up for the morning and a further two juniors making it to the afternoon session.  Barbara Harris got … Continue reading Club Report 6th December 2020

Only ten of the usual suspects turned up on Sunday to shoot a Portsmouth 3 spot at part of the Club’s Scratch League but the standard was generally high. The Gents Compound division saw the return of Dave and Rhys Moore after a break of several weeks. Rhys hit the ground running, leading from start … Continue reading Club Report 29th November 2020

An even dozen archers turned up on Sunday to test their skill against a WA 18 – single face for Recurves, triple face for compounds. It was a day of mixed fortunes, with four archers achieving personal best scores, one or two being happy with their progress and the rest just notching the shoot up … Continue reading Club Report 22nd November 2020

A total of thirteen archers turned up over the course of Sunday to shoot a Worcester as part of the Club’s Scratch Leagues. The Worcester is unique in that arrows are shot in groups of five, the target has only five scoring zones (5,4,3,2,1) and is monochrome, although the white centre spot is still referred … Continue reading Club Report 15th November 2020