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There was action both on and off the Island at the weekend. Dave Moore and sons Ethan and Rhys traveled to the Aim4Sport World Record Status Shoot where they shot a Vegas round on day 1 and a Portsmouth round on day 2. Ethan was employing his new bow for the first time in competition … Continue reading IoM Archery Club Report 23rd October

There was an excellent turnout at Onchan for Sunday’s shoot. The round of the day was a Worcester (60 arrows shot in groups of 5 with scoring zones from 5 down to 1) shot as part of the Club’s Scratch League. The standard was generally high with fourteen out of the twenty archers taking part … Continue reading IoM Archery Club Report October 16th

There was a good turnout for the first Handicap shoot of the new Indoor season. The round of the day was a WA18 (single face for Recurves – triple face for Compounds). The usual suspects were joined by Nathan Kinrade for his first Indoor shoot and Simon Jennings for his first shoot ever. The archers … Continue reading IoM Archery Club Report 9th October

The new Indoor season got underway at Onchan on Sunday with a Portsmouth round. The largest of the indoor target faces the Portsmouth gives everyone chance to ease back into the swing of things. In the Gents Recurve, Danny Cowin and Josh Trafford were neck and neck with Danny taking the win by just 2 … Continue reading IoM Archery Club Report October 2nd

The Outdoor season came to its traditional close on Sunday with the annual Nev Mason Long Haul Trophy. The shoot was devised as a bit of fun by the late Nev Mason and comprises of three dozen arrows shot at each of two distances - 60 and 40 yards. The scoring is metric ten zone … Continue reading Isle of Man Archery Club Report 18th September

There was an excellent turnout at Greeba for the Annual Windsor Trophy Competition. The Windsor Trophy consists of three dozen arrows shot at each of three distances 60/50 and 40 yards. The Junior archers shoot distances according to their age group. There were three trophies up for grabs: Compound, Recurve and Junior with the highest … Continue reading IoM Archery Club Report 11th September

With a large contingent of Seniors away at Meriden and most of the Juniors gearing up for a return to school, numbers were down at Greeba on Sunday. The round of the day was a 720 (72 arrows shot at a single distance – 70m for Recurve, 50m for Compound) shot as part of the … Continue reading IoM Archery Report 4th September