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Archers from the Isle of Man were in action at home and abroad at the weekend. Tilly Ashton travelled to Oxford to compete in the UK Junior Masters, while Dave and Rhys Moore went over to Scotland to take part in the 68th Scottish Championships. This only left a handful of archers at home to … Continue reading Club Report – 6th August 

The holiday season took its toll on the number of archers left on Island to compete in the competitions on Sunday.  The weather was almost perfect with a very slight breeze but plenty of sunshine and the round of the day was a WA1440 (36 arrows shot at each distance of 90m, 70m, 50m, and … Continue reading Club Report – 30th July 2017

With the threat of rain and the holiday season underway, it was a select few who turned up on Sunday to shoot the first National round of the year. Nationals are shot over yards rather than metres and employ a five zone scoring system of 9/7/5/3/1, so that the maximum score per six arrows is … Continue reading Club Report 23rd July

Shooting conditions were nearly perfect for the Senior Club Championships at Greeba on Sunday. Temperatures were high but there was a tricky breeze that blew for most of the morning. The turnout was the lowest in recent times with only ten archers competing in the WA1440 (90/70/50/30m for the gents, 70/60/50/30m for the ladies) round … Continue reading Senior Club Championships – 16th July

There was a great turn out for the IoMAC Junior Championships on Sunday, two of whom had never even shot in the Sunday Leagues before. The Championships are shot on a Short Metric round adjusted for distance by age group. In the U16 category ( Short Metric II - 36 arrows at each of two … Continue reading Junior Championships & Club Report – 9th July

Ravhagen, Visby hosted four days of intense competition as archers from all over the world fought for medals. The Isle of Man fielded a team of mixed experience; on the Compound side only Rhys Moore was the only IGAM debutante – father David and older brother Ethan had done it all before. Billy Lightfoot had … Continue reading Island Games Archery Report

Only a handful of Junior archers turned up on Sunday at Greeba. They shot a Short Metric round according to their age groups as practice ahead of next week’s Junior Championships. It was a little cold and blustery to start with conditions improved over the morning. Joseph Reaney, Toby Young and James Hill shot a … Continue reading Club Report – 2nd July

We've all arrived safe in Gotland. Some of us drove here   (IoM, Heysham, Hull, Rotterdam, Hannover, Copenhagen, Vaxjo, Oskarshamn, Visby) and the other caught the chartered flight from Ronaldsway.  We've been down to look at the range this morning ahead of tomorrows open practice session before we start on Monday with the WA1440.  Schedule … Continue reading Travel to the Island Games in Gotland

This weekend David, Rhys and Ethan Moore travelled away to the Penrith WA1440 on the Saturday and a Double WA50 on the Sunday.  The Saturday saw some very changeable weather with high temperatures, wind, rain and thunderstorms. After a challenging day for all archers,  Rhys finished 2nd in the Men's compound,  David 3rd and Ethan … Continue reading Penrith WA1440 & Double WA50 and Meriden WA1440  

Only seven archers turned up at Greeba to shoot on Sunday. Conditions were difficult, with a stiff breeze blowing diagonally across the field right to left. This meant that the right handed archers had the wind blowing directly into their faces making their eyes water which naturally had an impact on their ability to aim. … Continue reading Club Report 28th May