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A baker’s dozen of archers turned up at the Hub, Onchan on Sunday to compete in a Portsmouth round as part of the Club’s Handicap League. It was nice to see young Brandon Gough, the Club’s only junior Compound, and Recurver Jacob Brookes in action again in the Sunday Leagues. Recurves shot on a single … Continue reading Club Report 27th October 2019

The first Handicap round of the season took place at Onchan on Sunday. The round was a WA 18 three spot for all archers except the juniors and those shooting barebow. The triple face targets are smaller, consisting of only the centre portion of the full-size WA 18 target with 6 being the lowest score … Continue reading Club Report 20th October 2019

There was an excellent turnout at The Hub, Onchan on Sunday for the first Worcester of the season. The Worcester comprised of 60 arrows, shot in groups of five with a single face for Recurve and a five-spot target for Compound. A Gold scores 5 – with the maximum score being 300. The round was … Continue reading Club Report 13th September 2019

The first Sunday of the Indoor Season saw the archers tackling their least favourite target, the WA 18. The round consists of 60 arrows, in groups of three, and was shot as part of the Club’s Scratch League. In the Gents Compound division, Pete Mumford was hoping to repeat his success of Tuesday night when … Continue reading Club Report 6th October 2019

Under grey skies, a small group of dedicated archers turned up to shoot what is, arguably, the Club’s most entertaining competition - The Long Haul. Devised by the late Nev Mason, the round is unique to the Isle of Man and consists of three dozen arrows shot at each of two distances – 60 and … Continue reading Club Report 15th September 2019

There was action both on and off the island for the Club’s archers this weekend. A group of four took part in a Double W1440 at Meriden in the UK, while half a dozen others tackled a WA 720 round on home soil. Dave and Rhys Moore, along with Barbara Harris, braved the buckety seas … Continue reading Club Report September 8th

Once again, the weather proved to be a bit of a challenge at Greeba on Sunday. Gusting winds that hit just as the archers were at full draw, made life very difficult everyone concerned. The round of the day was scheduled to be a Metric 1 – 70/60/50 and 30m, but as conditions worsened and … Continue reading Club Report 1st September 2019

Quality rather than quantity was the order of the day at Greeba this week. With adverse weather conditions and road closures which restricted access to and from the field ( a pressing need to inconvenience everyone on the weekend of the Castletown Festival and the Peel Carnival so that a bunch of bicycles could go … Continue reading IoM Archery Club Annual Windsor Trophy 2019

There was a lower turnout for the Club Championships at Greeba on Sunday than had been hoped, with no entries into the Barebow or Longbow categories. However, nine archers did make it to the shooting line to compete in a WA 1440 (36 arrows at each of four distances -90/70/50/30m/for the Gents, 70/60/50/30m for the … Continue reading Isle of Man Senior Club Championships 21st July 2019

Sunday afternoon was devoted to the annual Junior championships but while the rest of the island was baking in the sun, Greeba remained resolutely overcast and dank. The gloomy conditions did not cast a damper on the Juniors’ spirits however and the shoot was good humoured throughout. The Championships were based on a Short Metric … Continue reading Isle of Man Archery Club Junior Championships 14th July 2019