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It looked as though there would be no shooting at all on Sunday as torrential rain saw the cancellation of the morning session. Fortunately, the skies cleared towards lunchtime and a handful of archers gathered for a 1pm start, hoping to conclude a single distance metric round before the next weather front hit. With Rhys … Continue reading Club Report 1st May 2022

The sun turned up at Greeba on Sunday and amazingly so did Danny Cowin. Having somehow escaped the gravitational pull of the Whitestone, Danny’s arrival confounded the Records Officer plans to use his chair in his absence, but everyone else seemed happy to see him. The round of the day was scheduled to be a … Continue reading Club Report 24th April 2022

The Records Officer was confident that things could only get better, and, for some, they did. As a change from the full day’s shoot of a 1440 the archers tackled a WA 720, a single distance round with the distance determined by age/bow type. The weather was an improvement on the previous two Sundays, relatively … Continue reading Club Report April 17th 2022

The beautiful weather over the last few weekends of the Indoor season had everyone longing for the Outdoor season to begin. Naturally the second the Club went Outdoors the weather turned arctic and the day became an experiment in how many layers an archer could wear while still being able to shoot. The round of … Continue reading Club Report April 3rd 2022

It was the Senior’s turn to go for glory at the Indoor Championships on Sunday. The round was a WA 18, with Compound/experienced archers shooting the smaller triple face target and Bare/Trad and inexperienced archers on the larger single face. There was a good turnout with some archers opting to compete twice in different disciplines … Continue reading Isle of Man Archery Club Senior Indoor Champions 2022

Sunday was the first time in three years that the Junior Indoor Championships took place, Covid restrictions having prevented the previous two. Sadly, the field was not large with only three Juniors taking part, a fourth having to pull out at the last moment having tested positive for Covid. The Championships were based on the … Continue reading Club Report 13th March 2022

The Records Officer was feeling charitable on Sunday and scheduled a Three-spot Portsmouth, with Barebow and Trad bow archers on the Single face target. This gave everyone the chance to relax after the tension of the WA 18 Three-spot the week before. Rhys Moore was feeling particularly well following a trip to the chiropractor, and … Continue reading Club Report March 6th 2022

With the Indoor Championships fast approaching, the Records Officer gave everyone a chance to practice on the round they would be shooting then, namely the WA 18 for Seniors and the Portsmouth for the Juniors. There was a good turnout with sixteen archers making the trek to Onchan. It was a three-horse race in the … Continue reading Club Report 27th February 2022

Club archers were in action both at home and across at the weekend. On home soil they took on the dreaded WA18 round – single face for Recurve and Barebow, triple face for Compound. It comprises 60 arrows, shot in groups of three. As usual the results were mixed. The Club would like to congratulate … Continue reading Club Report 6th February 2022

The old guard were joined by some of the newer club members for the last Portsmouth round of January. Eleven archers shot over the course of the day which was packed with the usual levels of incident, banter, and fierce competition. With Rhys Moore devoting his energies to the All-Island Snooker Competition, the Gents Compound … Continue reading Club Report 31st January 2022