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A cloudy start turned into a pleasantly sunny at Greeba on Sunday. The occasional gusts of wind were more of a problem on the shooting line than at the target faces and were consequently easier to deal with. The scheduled round was a WA 1440 (three dozen arrows at each of four distances – 90 … Continue reading Club Report 2nd August 2020

The IoM Archery Club were once more hostages of the weather on Sunday. Rhys Moore’s assertion that conditions would permit a full day’s shoot proved hopelessly optimistic. The persistent drizzle at Greeba was unpleasant and no one wanted to get soaked setting up the field. The proposed WA 1440 was cancelled, and everyone reconvened at … Continue reading Club Report 26th July 2020

The weather forecast for Sunday predicted light wind, sun and high temperatures. The archers got that at precisely 4pm when they were packing up to go home, prior to that they had to endure the coldest, most challenging conditions of the season so far. Several Club members turned up in shorts, wondering if they had … Continue reading Club Report 19th July 2020

Favourable weather conditions finally allowed a full day’s shoot to take place at Greeba on Sunday. The round of the day was a WA 1440, three dozen arrows at each of four distances (90/70/50/30m for the Gents, 70/60/50/30m for the Ladies). Most of the archers viewed it as an endurance test, hoping to get through … Continue reading Club Report 12th July

The weather was against the archers yet again on Sunday, this time it was the wind. The forecast was grim for Greeba, gale force 6 winds from the west scheduled to worsen from 10am and rain coming in at 1pm. Temperatures were in the low teens with wind chill making it feel much cooler. It … Continue reading Club Report July 5th 2020

After a delay of nearly three months, competitive archery got underway at Greeba on Sunday though the weather did its best to spoil things. Early morning rain meant a later start and while it remained quite warm there were sporadic showers. On the plus side, the wind direction meant that the field was mostly sheltered. … Continue reading Club Report 21st June 2020

After the traditional torrential rain of (what would have been) Senior Race Day, the weather gods relented and blessed the island with a gloriously hot weekend. Shooting conditions were perfect on Sunday at Greeba and gave the archers a chance to work on both their form and their suntans. Barbara Harris, having misjudged how hot … Continue reading Club Report 14th June 2020

After being given the go ahead for the sport to resume by government on the 12th of May, archery finally resumed at Greeba on Sunday. The delay was caused, in part, by the social distancing laws which meant that the Club’s bosses had to be re-engineered, put on wheels essentially, so that they could be … Continue reading Club Report 7th July 2020

The Hub at Onchan played host to the IoMAC Senior Indoor Championships at the weekend. The Championship round is a WA 18 three-spot target for Compound and Recurve, with Barebow shooting on the larger single face version. The shoot was run under strict AGB rules – two minutes to shoot three arrows, with line changes … Continue reading Isle of Man Archery Club Senior Indoor Championships 2020

There was another good turnout at The Hub on Sunday, which just proves what masochists archers are as the round of the day was the dreaded Vegas – a three-spot target, arranged in a triangle, which has to be shot in a specific order. Sounds easy but isn’t. The Juniors got to have a go … Continue reading Club Report 8th March 2020