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With the sport’s governing body Archery GB revamping the Handicap system and introducing classifications for the Indoor season, everyone had to re-establish their handicap. Three rounds are required to get an initial handicap, so Sunday represented the first time that archers, or at least some of them, could take part in a handicap round. The … Continue reading Club Report 15th October 2023

It was Worcester time in this week at Onchan. The Worcester is an unusual round with arrows shot in groups of five, on a black and white target and scoring from 5 down to 1. The Compound target is even more unusual – a five spot arranged like the face of a die, with only … Continue reading Club Report – 8th October 2023

The Indoor season got underway at Onchan on Sunday with a modest turnout of archers. After being rained off for the last two weeks of the Outdoor season, it was inevitable that it would be a gloriously sunny day. The round was the customary Portsmouth – three-spot for Compound/single face for Recurve, Barebow and Tradbow. … Continue reading Club Report 1st October 2023

There was a brilliant turn out for this year’s Long Haul Competition. The Long Haul was devised by the late Nev Mason – shot over two distances of 60 and 40 yards but with metric scoring and was designed to test the archers Barebow skills. It is generally accompanied by a lot of barracking and … Continue reading Long Haul Competition – 10th September 2023

A replacement sight after the one she was familiar with broke, a lack of field time due to the Manx GP and a last-minute change of limbs was not exactly the build-up to a major event that Erin Hainge was looking for. The change of limbs had the most impact. The youngster was left with … Continue reading Club Report 3rd September 2023

Due to the Grand Prix starting in the early afternoon, the decision was made to try host an early morning session for those keen to fling some arrows. Due to holidays, marshalling duties and peoples love of their bed on a Sunday morning, only 5 souls assembled at the field at 8am. The round of … Continue reading Club Report – 20th August 2023

On Sunday the Club shot another of their annual trophy rounds at Greeba in great weather. This time it was for the Windsor trophy which is shot over 9 dozen arrows shot at distances of 60yds, 50yds and 40yds, 3 dozen at each distance. Setting up the field was relatively easy with everyone electing to … Continue reading Club Report 13th August 2023 – Windsor Trophy

The Club gathered this weekend for the 2nd annual Rodger Brown Memorial Shoot. This round is a club special designed specifically in memory of Rodger. Using the club “Jelly” Bows, consisting of 72 arrows split over 50m & 30m, it is one of the rare occasions that every archer attending is in direct competition. While … Continue reading Rodger Brown Memorial Shoot 2023

Slightly later than usual due to Island Games, the Isle of Man Archery Club held their annual Club Championships. Shot in brutally windy conditions, it was to be a day of firsts and lasts. The first ever 50+ contests in the Gents Compound and Recurve, and the last ever appearance of Joy Gough in the … Continue reading IoM Archery Club Championships 2023

As the excitement builds towards the NatWest Island Games in Guernsey, training has intensified for the Archery Team from the Club. With the kind permission of the Trustees, the Squad were allowed to use the Greeba range on Saturday as well as Sunday. Saturday was a 9am start to allow Danny Cowin time to shoot … Continue reading Club Report 24/25th June 2023