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The Records Officer unleashed the first Vegas of the season on Sunday at Onchan. The round isunusual in that it is shot at a triple target face arranged in a triangular shape, which must be shot in aspecific order: bottom left, top centre, bottom right which after a while plays havoc with the brain. Ifthat … Continue reading Club Report 12th November 2023

It was back to a scratch Portsmouth at Onchan on Sunday. Sixty arrows shot on a single target facefor the Recurves and Barebows, a three spot for the Compounds. The Portsmouth is technically the easiest of the Indoor rounds, but Barbara Harris found it anythingbut. No matter how much she adjusted her sights she just … Continue reading Club Report 5th November 2023

Having given everyone the chance to warm up over the last three weeks, the Records Officer unleased the WA 18 upon them. The WA 18 Target face is the same size as the Worcester but for some reason the archers find it harder. The Recurves, Bare and Tradbows all got the luxury of a full- … Continue reading Club Report 22nd October 2023

With the sport’s governing body Archery GB revamping the Handicap system and introducing classifications for the Indoor season, everyone had to re-establish their handicap. Three rounds are required to get an initial handicap, so Sunday represented the first time that archers, or at least some of them, could take part in a handicap round. The … Continue reading Club Report 15th October 2023

It was Worcester time in this week at Onchan. The Worcester is an unusual round with arrows shot in groups of five, on a black and white target and scoring from 5 down to 1. The Compound target is even more unusual – a five spot arranged like the face of a die, with only … Continue reading Club Report – 8th October 2023

The Indoor season got underway at Onchan on Sunday with a modest turnout of archers. After being rained off for the last two weeks of the Outdoor season, it was inevitable that it would be a gloriously sunny day. The round was the customary Portsmouth – three-spot for Compound/single face for Recurve, Barebow and Tradbow. … Continue reading Club Report 1st October 2023

There was a brilliant turn out for this year’s Long Haul Competition. The Long Haul was devised by the late Nev Mason – shot over two distances of 60 and 40 yards but with metric scoring and was designed to test the archers Barebow skills. It is generally accompanied by a lot of barracking and … Continue reading Long Haul Competition – 10th September 2023

A replacement sight after the one she was familiar with broke, a lack of field time due to the Manx GP and a last-minute change of limbs was not exactly the build-up to a major event that Erin Hainge was looking for. The change of limbs had the most impact. The youngster was left with … Continue reading Club Report 3rd September 2023

Due to the Grand Prix starting in the early afternoon, the decision was made to try host an early morning session for those keen to fling some arrows. Due to holidays, marshalling duties and peoples love of their bed on a Sunday morning, only 5 souls assembled at the field at 8am. The round of … Continue reading Club Report – 20th August 2023

On Sunday the Club shot another of their annual trophy rounds at Greeba in great weather. This time it was for the Windsor trophy which is shot over 9 dozen arrows shot at distances of 60yds, 50yds and 40yds, 3 dozen at each distance. Setting up the field was relatively easy with everyone electing to … Continue reading Club Report 13th August 2023 – Windsor Trophy