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There was action both on and off the island at the weekend, with Erin Hainge travelling across to the Cheshire Junior Championships, while the Club held the Roger Brown Memorial Trophy shoot on home soil. Erin did not enjoy good weather in Cheshire, but a little rain in the afternoon was not enough to put … Continue reading Club Report 1st September 2024

With shooting brought to a temporary halt by the Manx GP, which was itself derailed by the weather, all the action happened off island at the weekend. A group of intrepid archers braved the high seas, and the vagaries of the Steam Packet, to travel across to Greenlane Archery Club near Ashington on Tyneside to … Continue reading Club Report 24/25th August 2024

The annual Windsor Trophy took place in somewhat inclement weather on Sunday. Conditions were soggy underfoot, the air heavy and damp with a threat of rain. However, after a quick review of all the weather apps, it was given the go ahead. As it was, the small number of archers who turned up got away … Continue reading Club Report 4th August 2024

There was lots more action both on and off the island for the Clubs archers at the weekend and beyond. Erin Hainge made her debut at the Youth Festival across the water at Lilleshall, while the rest tackled a WA1440 at Greeba. The 5 day Youth festival, held at Archery GB’s headquarters, represented the biggest … Continue reading Club Report 28th July 2024

Isle of Man archers were in action both on and off the island at the weekend with Rhys and David Moore travelling to Penrith and Charlotte George competing at Barnsley in round 2 of the National Tour. At home, Greeba played host to the annual York/Hereford/National Trophy shoot. Meeting up with son/brother Ethan, who is … Continue reading Club Report 21st July 2024

It was the last chance to get a full day’s shooting in over yard distances ahead of the annual York /Hereford Trophy to be shot on the 21st of the month and the archers took full advantage of the decent weather to lay down some scores. In the Ladies Recurve division, Charlotte George was unexpectedly … Continue reading Club Report 14th July 2024

With the York/Hereford and Windsor Trophies up for grabs in the coming weeks it was time to practice some National rounds at Greeba. National rounds are shot over distances measured in yards rather than metres and have Five zone scoring, that is 9/7/5/3/1. This also gave Erin Hainge the opportunity to get comfortable with the … Continue reading Club Report 29th June 2024

The Junior Club Championships were held amid scorching temperatures at Greeba on Sunday. The best weather of the year so far saw three of the Club’s young archers go for glory in a Short Metric round differentiated by age, gender and bow type. Sadly, with all the children in different age categories there was no … Continue reading Club Report 23rd June 2024

With the forecast looking bleak all week, it was a relief when Sunday dawned bright and clear allowing the annual Senior Club Championships to go ahead. With everyone prepared for inclement weather, the surprisingly warm conditions had many removing thermal layers before the round even began. Everyone was glad to be back in action after … Continue reading Club Report 16th June 2024

A small contingent of archers made their way across the water to Tyneside to compete in a Double 1440 hosted by Cleadon Archers in Bolden near Sunderland at the weekend. The group comprised of Compound archers Rhys Moore, Aalin George and Dave Moore with Ethan Moore joining the team on route. The Recurve side of … Continue reading Club Report 24/25th May 2024