Author: iomarchery

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

It was Worcester time on Sunday. An unusual round with arrows shot in groups of five, on a black and white target with zones scoring from 5 down to 1 – maximum score of 300. The target face is exactly the same size as the WA 18 which gives everyone so much trouble, the archers … Continue reading Club Report 16th October 2022

After easing into the season with last week’s Portsmouth, the Records Officer hit everyone with the dreaded WA 18 round. Shot on the smallest of the Indoor target faces, it is the round archers find hardest to cope with. Compounds as usual were on the three-spot face, Recurves on a single. After a good turnout … Continue reading Club Report 9th October 2022

The Indoor season got underway at Onchan on Sunday with the traditional opening Portsmouth. This consists of 60 arrows shot at the largest of the Indoor target faces-single for Recurves and three spot for Compounds. The Records Officer opened proceedings by calling for a round of applause for Danny Cowin who had found his way … Continue reading Club Report 2nd October 2022

Several days of glorious weather culminated in a gorgeous summer Sunday at Greeba. Conditions could not have been more perfect: warm, sunny and without a breath of wind; the stage was set for high scores and good times. Unfortunately, for most of the archers the day turned out to be a colossal disappointment which couldn’t … Continue reading Club Report 14th August 2022

It was trophy time again on Sunday at Greeba with the Annual Windsor Shoot. The Windsor is divided purely by bow type with no gender differentiation. Everyone shoots the same distances 60, 50 and 40 yards (three dozen arrows at each distance) and the highest score in each division wins. The weather was reasonably decent … Continue reading IoM Archery Club Annual Windsor Trophy Shoot 2022

It was Trophy time again at Greeba as the Club held the annual York/Hereford shoot. At one time the York/Hereford was held every other week but was so loathed by the archers that the Records Officer decided to limit the misery to once a year. As it was, none of the Gents fancied trying the … Continue reading Club Report 31st July 2022