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Sunday marked the return to shooting of the Club’s Records Officer after a string of health and personal issues had kept her out of play since early December’24. The shooting rota indicated it was either to be a Vegas or a Worcester and the Records Officer, mindful of her lack of practice, decided to be … Continue reading Club Report 19th January 2025

The heavy snow forecast for the weekend having failed to materialize, shooting resumed on Sunday after the Christmas break with a WA18. The Compounds and more experienced Recurves shot at a three-spot target while the Bare, Tradbow and junior Erin Hainge elected to shoot the single face version. As usual indoors, it was 60 arrows, … Continue reading Club Report 5th January 2025

In the absence of the Records Officer, the Club decided to shoot a WA18 round, with everyone on three-spot faces with the exception of Erin Hainge who, as a junior shot the single face version. The Barebow/Tradbow contingent elected to shoot a Portsmouth round, as did the more inexperienced archers. In the Gents Recurve division … Continue reading Club Report 15th December 2024

The biggest news of the week was provided by Erin Hainge who, miraculously, managed to make it off the island ahead of the storm to go to the National Indoor Championships at Stoneleigh in Warwickshire. Competing in the u15 Girls Category, which due to a high turn out was split into three separate sessions, Erin … Continue reading Club Report 8th December 2024

There was a low turn out on Sunday but some high-quality shooting. The round of the day was the Worcester, shot as part of the Club’s Handicap League. The Recurves shot on the standard single face monochrome target - scoring zones of 5 down to 1, while the Compounds tackled the 5-spot target which has … Continue reading Club Report 1st December 2024

It was the turn of the punishing 3 spot WA18 on Sunday. The target, made up of three faces arranged vertically, is even smaller than the dreaded single face and only has scoring zones from 10 down to 6. It was supposed to be part of the Handicap League, but the Records Officer caught between … Continue reading Club Report 24th November 2024

There was action on and off the island at the weekend, with the Hainge family travelling across to take part in the Northern Counties Indoor Championships, while those on home soil tackled the Vegas as part of the Handicap League. It Marie Hainge’s first major competition and she made things a little difficult for herself … Continue reading Club Report 17th November 2024

The round of the day at Onchan was a WA18, which was scheduled to be shot as part of the Cub’s Handicap League. Unfortunately, the Records Officer went down with the norovirus before she could convert the scratch scores, so the handicap result is currently unknown. There will be an update in a later report. … Continue reading Club Report 10th November 2024

It was back to a Portsmouth round on Sunday at Onchan, but this time it was shot as part of the Club’s Handicap League. Here the scratch scores are adjusted according to each individual’s handicap rating, which allows archers of all bow types, ages and genders to shoot against each other. It also allows each … Continue reading Club Report 3rd November 2024

The latest rotation of the Indoor targets brought up the Worcester. The Worcester is unique among the Indoor rounds in that arrows are shot in groups of five, the target is black and white, and the zones score from 5 down to one, giving a maximum score of 300. Most archers enjoy shooting the Worcester … Continue reading Club Report 27th October 2024