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An abrupt change in the weather, which had curtailed training during the week, unexpectedly allowed the archers to shoot on Sunday. Initial forecasts had predicted rain all day but by Friday the forecast had changed to sunny spells, turning cool in the afternoon. The handful of archers who turned up on Sunday were treated to … Continue reading Club Report – August 20th

The IoM Archery Club met up at Greeba to shoot a metric round as part of the Club’s Handicap League. Shooting conditions were near perfect as possible and while the ground was soggy underfoot, temperatures were high and there was no wind. The round of the day was a Metric I (3 dozen arrows at … Continue reading Club Report – 13th August

Archers from the Isle of Man were in action at home and abroad at the weekend. Tilly Ashton travelled to Oxford to compete in the UK Junior Masters, while Dave and Rhys Moore went over to Scotland to take part in the 68th Scottish Championships. This only left a handful of archers at home to … Continue reading Club Report – 6th August 

The holiday season took its toll on the number of archers left on Island to compete in the competitions on Sunday.  The weather was almost perfect with a very slight breeze but plenty of sunshine and the round of the day was a WA1440 (36 arrows shot at each distance of 90m, 70m, 50m, and … Continue reading Club Report – 30th July 2017

With the threat of rain and the holiday season underway, it was a select few who turned up on Sunday to shoot the first National round of the year. Nationals are shot over yards rather than metres and employ a five zone scoring system of 9/7/5/3/1, so that the maximum score per six arrows is … Continue reading Club Report 23rd July

Shooting conditions were nearly perfect for the Senior Club Championships at Greeba on Sunday. Temperatures were high but there was a tricky breeze that blew for most of the morning. The turnout was the lowest in recent times with only ten archers competing in the WA1440 (90/70/50/30m for the gents, 70/60/50/30m for the ladies) round … Continue reading Senior Club Championships – 16th July

There was a great turn out for the IoMAC Junior Championships on Sunday, two of whom had never even shot in the Sunday Leagues before. The Championships are shot on a Short Metric round adjusted for distance by age group. In the U16 category ( Short Metric II - 36 arrows at each of two … Continue reading Junior Championships & Club Report – 9th July

Ravhagen, Visby hosted four days of intense competition as archers from all over the world fought for medals. The Isle of Man fielded a team of mixed experience; on the Compound side only Rhys Moore was the only IGAM debutante – father David and older brother Ethan had done it all before. Billy Lightfoot had … Continue reading Island Games Archery Report

Only a handful of Junior archers turned up on Sunday at Greeba. They shot a Short Metric round according to their age groups as practice ahead of next week’s Junior Championships. It was a little cold and blustery to start with conditions improved over the morning. Joseph Reaney, Toby Young and James Hill shot a … Continue reading Club Report – 2nd July