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After the traditional torrential rain of (what would have been) Senior Race Day, the weather gods relented and blessed the island with a gloriously hot weekend. Shooting conditions were perfect on Sunday at Greeba and gave the archers a chance to work on both their form and their suntans. Barbara Harris, having misjudged how hot … Continue reading Club Report 14th June 2020

After being given the go ahead for the sport to resume by government on the 12th of May, archery finally resumed at Greeba on Sunday. The delay was caused, in part, by the social distancing laws which meant that the Club’s bosses had to be re-engineered, put on wheels essentially, so that they could be … Continue reading Club Report 7th July 2020

The Hub at Onchan played host to the IoMAC Senior Indoor Championships at the weekend. The Championship round is a WA 18 three-spot target for Compound and Recurve, with Barebow shooting on the larger single face version. The shoot was run under strict AGB rules – two minutes to shoot three arrows, with line changes … Continue reading Isle of Man Archery Club Senior Indoor Championships 2020

There was another good turnout at The Hub on Sunday, which just proves what masochists archers are as the round of the day was the dreaded Vegas – a three-spot target, arranged in a triangle, which has to be shot in a specific order. Sounds easy but isn’t. The Juniors got to have a go … Continue reading Club Report 8th March 2020

With the Club Championships fast approaching, numbers were up on Sunday morning, with some shooting three to a boss. The round of the day was a WA 18 shot as part of the Club’s Scratch League. Recurves and Juniors were on the larger single face, with Compounds on the smaller three spot target. With lambing … Continue reading Club Report 1st March 2020

Fourteen archers turned up over the course of the day, with some interesting results. The Juniors once again showed the Seniors the way home, with both u18’s setting personal best scores. The round of the day was a Portsmouth three-spot, though Ralf Mitchell, Chris Addy and Kristen Joughin opted for the single face. The round … Continue reading Club Report 23rd February 2020

Seventeen archers took on a Portsmouth at the Onchan Hub on Sunday. The round of the day was shot as part of the Club’s Handicap League, the scratch scores being adjusted by means of handicap tables to give the overall result. The handicap system allows all bow types, ages and genders to shoot against one … Continue reading Club Report 16th February 2020

There was plenty of shooting, but competition was restricted to the Cake BakeOff this weekend as Onchan played host to the Club’s annual coaching workshop. The Juniors did have some results from one of the many postal competitions they are involved in. The November Challenge is organized by Archery GB and covers the whole UK … Continue reading Club Report 8/9th February 2020

An even dozen archers turned up for the Worcester shoot at the weekend. The Worcester is unique among Indoor rounds in that it has scoring zones from 5 down to 1 (instead of 10 – 1), and arrows are shot in groups of five rather than the standard three. Compound archers utilize a five- spot … Continue reading Club Report 2nd February 2020

Even with a contingent of archers off island at the Wigan and Orrell shoot, there was still a decent turnout at Onchan on Sunday. The round of the day, both on and off the island, was a Portsmouth. The Recurve archers shot on a single face target and the Compounds on a triple-face, though Recurvers … Continue reading Club Report 26th January 2020