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With the Club Championships fast approaching, numbers were up on Sunday morning, with some shooting three to a boss. The round of the day was a WA 18 shot as part of the Club’s Scratch League. Recurves and Juniors were on the larger single face, with Compounds on the smaller three spot target. With lambing … Continue reading Club Report 1st March 2020

Fourteen archers turned up over the course of the day, with some interesting results. The Juniors once again showed the Seniors the way home, with both u18’s setting personal best scores. The round of the day was a Portsmouth three-spot, though Ralf Mitchell, Chris Addy and Kristen Joughin opted for the single face. The round … Continue reading Club Report 23rd February 2020

Seventeen archers took on a Portsmouth at the Onchan Hub on Sunday. The round of the day was shot as part of the Club’s Handicap League, the scratch scores being adjusted by means of handicap tables to give the overall result. The handicap system allows all bow types, ages and genders to shoot against one … Continue reading Club Report 16th February 2020

There was plenty of shooting, but competition was restricted to the Cake BakeOff this weekend as Onchan played host to the Club’s annual coaching workshop. The Juniors did have some results from one of the many postal competitions they are involved in. The November Challenge is organized by Archery GB and covers the whole UK … Continue reading Club Report 8/9th February 2020

An even dozen archers turned up for the Worcester shoot at the weekend. The Worcester is unique among Indoor rounds in that it has scoring zones from 5 down to 1 (instead of 10 – 1), and arrows are shot in groups of five rather than the standard three. Compound archers utilize a five- spot … Continue reading Club Report 2nd February 2020

Even with a contingent of archers off island at the Wigan and Orrell shoot, there was still a decent turnout at Onchan on Sunday. The round of the day, both on and off the island, was a Portsmouth. The Recurve archers shot on a single face target and the Compounds on a triple-face, though Recurvers … Continue reading Club Report 26th January 2020

There was another good turnout at Onchan on Sunday, with fourteen archers in action over the course of the day. The round of the day was a Vegas for the adults and a Portsmouth for the Juniors, shot as part of the Handicap League. The Vegas is a notoriously difficult round to shoot, in that … Continue reading Club Report 19th January 2020

There was a decent turnout at Onchan for the round of the day which was a WA 18. The Compounds as usual shot a triple face target, the Recurves were only required to shoot the larger single face but of couple of them opted for the three-spot anyway. Juniors of all bow types shot the … Continue reading Club Report 12th January 2020

The Records Officer allowed the membership to ease into the New Year with a Portsmouth round. The compound archers as usual utilized a triple face target, while the recurves stuck to a single face. With Christmas out of the way there was a slightly better turnout, and the round was shot as part of the … Continue reading Club Report 5th January 2020

Only a handful of archers turned out for the last shoot of 2019. The round of the day was a Portsmouth (single face for Recurves – triple face for Compound) shot as part of the Club’s Handicap League. On the compound side of things Joy Gough went toe to toe with Pete Mumford for scratch … Continue reading Club Report 29th December 2019