Author: iomarchery

For once the sun was shining at Greeba, but a constant northerly wind blew into the archers faces allday and made shooting a chore. The field had dried out enough to allow for full distances to be shotand the round of the day was supposed to be a full 1440 – 36 arrows at each … Continue reading Club Report 28th April & 21st April Results

After a dreadful start to the Outdoor season, weather wise, the archers of IoMAC finally got a break and enjoyed near perfect shooting weather on Sunday at Greeba. Ground conditions were very soggy but nothing that appropriate footwear couldn’t handle. With the field waterlogged at the far end, shooting distances were restricted to 70m so … Continue reading Club Report 14th April 2024

In what turned out to be the last shoot of the Indoor Season, the archers tackled a Vegas. This mind-bending round consists of a three-spot target face, arranged in a triangle, and shot in order: bottom left, top centre, bottom right. It is easily the hardest of the indoor rounds and requires an even higher … Continue reading Club Report 24th March 2024

Following the coaching weekend of the previous week, which saw international coaches Clive Jeacock and Tony Drabble make their annual visit to the island, the Records officer gave everyone the chance to show what they had learned by scheduling a Portsmouth three-spot round. Fourteen archers turned up to goes through their paces, though only twelve … Continue reading Club Report 17th March 2024

The last two Sundays have seen the Onchan Hub host the Indoor Club Championships. The JuniorChampionships takes the form of a Portsmouth round, while the Seniors had to tackle thetrickier 3 Spot WA 18, with the Bare and Tradbow taking on the larger single face.Only three juniors entered their Championships on the 25 th February … Continue reading Isle of Man Archery Club Indoor Championships 2024

The Sports Hall at the Onchan Hub was packed out on Sunday morning as everyone rushed to get some practice in ahead of the Club Championships in two weeks’ time. The round of the day was a WA 18, the least loved round of the Indoor season, unless you are Rhys Moore in which case … Continue reading Club Report 18th February 2024

Knowing that he would be safely in Rome watching the Italy v England game in the 6 Nations Tournament, Rhys Moore had more or less ordered the Records Officer to make Sundays round a Worcester (which he loathes). The Worcester is unusual in that the target is black and white, arrows are shot in groups … Continue reading Club Report 4th February 2024

Eleven archers turned up on Sunday to tackle a Three-spot Portsmouth, shot as part of the Handicap League. Under this system the scratch score is added to an allowance, based on the archers’ individual handicap, which can be found in an eye-watering table provided by the sport’s governing body, Archery GB. It is the Records … Continue reading Club Report 28th January 2024

Numbers remained high at Onchan on Sunday, where the round of the day was a three-spot Portsmouth. The Trad and Barebows had the option of going for the larger single face. Rhys Moore was once again ‘smokin’ in the Gents Compound dropping just 9 points short of a maximum 600 on his way to inevitable … Continue reading Club Report 21st January 2024

Club members came out of the woodwork and the hall was packed on Sunday morning at Onchan. Archers were shoe-horned in three to a boss to face the challenge of the WA18, which formed the round of the day. Three spot for Compound – single face for Recurve/Barebows. Danny Cowin must have held onto his … Continue reading Club Report 14th January 2024