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The IOM Archery Club competition at The Hub, Onchan on Sunday was a Portsmouth Round which was being shot as part of the Handicap League. This comprises of 60 arrows shot from a distance of 20 yds at a 60cm target face with the compound archers shooting at a vertical three-spot version of the same … Continue reading Club Report 24th Oct 2021

Eleven archers turned up on Sunday at Onchan to have a crack at the first Handicap round of the season. The round in question was the dreaded WA 18 - triple face for Compounds, single face for all other bow types.  The Scratch scores are transmogrified by the wizardry of the Records Officer so that … Continue reading Club Report 17th October 2021

Archers were eased gently back into the Indoor season at Onchan with a Portsmouth round courtesy of the kind-hearted Records Officer. The round consists of 60 arrows shot on the largest of the Indoor targets – triple face for Compounds and single face for all other bow types.  For once Joy Gough had some competition … Continue reading Club Report October 3rd 2021

Sunday’s shoot was designated as Yankee Doodle Day, as those with the stamina shot a Western (4 dozen arrows at each of two distances: 60 and 50 yards) in the morning session and an American (2 and a half dozen at each of three distances 60, 50 and 40 yards) in the afternoon. Pete Mumford … Continue reading Club Report 19th September 2021

Sunday saw a ‘double header’ at Greeba with two different rounds being shot across the day. The morning session was given over to the “We don’t shoot that!” round, an obscure round rarely shot at the Club and chosen at random by the Records Officer. While the afternoon was given over to the actual round … Continue reading Club Report 12th of September 2021

The final month of the Outdoor season got underway with the annual York/Hereford shoot. These are National rounds - shot over yards rather than metres, using five zone scoring 9,7,5,3,1. Comprising of 100yds/80yds and 60yds for the Gents (the York) and 80/60/50yds for the Ladies (the Hereford), with six dozen arrows at the first distance, … Continue reading Isle of Man Archery Club York/Hereford Trophy 2021

Sunday saw the running of the annual Windsor Trophy shoot. The Windsor is unique in that it is divided by bow type rather than gender with the highest score taking the win in each bow category. The round comprises three dozen arrows shot at each of three distances: 60, 50 and 40 yards. Being an … Continue reading IoM Archery Club Annual Windsor Trophy

With the Euronations competition at Lilleshall looming on August Bank Holiday Weekend and the squad short on practice, it was decided to hold Sunday’s shoot no matter what the conditions. Major Competitions are rarely cancelled for bad weather except in cases of lightning storms or extreme wind conditions and, with a couple of team members … Continue reading Club Report 15th August 2021

Rain and the threat of lightning caused the morning session at Greeba to be cancelled but, since the thunderstorms proved to be non-existent and the rain dried up, the afternoon shoot was able to go ahead. As the scheduled round was a single distance metric, what used to be designated a 720, no adjustment was … Continue reading Club Report 8th August 2021

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