Following the Committee’s decision to begin raising funds for the purchase of a county ground, Bob Darling has volunteered to run a 200 Club for the County.

The concept of a 200 Club is well-known and quite straightforward.  Members of the Club pay £2 per month to be entered into a draw with three cash prizes amounting to 50% of the entry fees.  The remaining 50% of the entry fees will be deposited in a savings account, ring-fenced for the sole purpose of raising funds towards the purchase of a permanent home for Sussex archery.

Anyone aged 16 or over can join the 200 Club, except officers of the SCAA and their families. If you would like to sign up, please print this form and send it with your cheque to Bob, who hopes to be able to make the first draw this month.

The County records have been updated and can be downloaded from the Sussex Archery Records page.

New records set in November 2009 can be viewed by clicking this link.

The County records have been updated and can be downloaded from the Sussex Archery Records page.

New records set in October 2009 can be viewed by clicking this link.

The County records have been updated and can be downloaded from the Sussex Archery Records page.

New records set in September 2009 can be viewed by clicking this link.

The 2010 Southern Counties AS and Sussex County AA Indoor Championships will take place on Sunday 7th March, 2010 at the K2, Pease Pottage Hill, Crawley, West Sussex, RH11 9BQ.

Further information and entry forms can be found on this page.

The tournament has been awarded national record status and has been generously sponsored by Perris Archery, whose website link can be found on the Archery Shops and Equipment page.

More information on the 2010 Sussex Indoor Team Championships will follow in a few days.

As you may be aware the County has reviewed the trophies and awards made during the Championship weekend.

Documents were sent to members for review earlier in the year for comment. As a result of the comments received (disappointingly from only 3 members) and discussion in Committee, the Committee now presents the results of this review.

The documents show the options as presented earlier with the members’ comments and the final committee decision. These were implemented for the tournaments held this year.

There are three documents comprising the Saturday FITA, Sunday Sussex Champs and the Sunday Visitor Champs awards.

SCAA FITA Awards

SCAA Champs Sussex Awards

SCAA Champs Visitors Awards
 
Any queries to the Secretary, Doreen Cannon.

Six Sussex archers, including five from Arundown AC, travelled to the GNAS National Clout Championship at Barnsley on 17th October, and Liz Bowyer came back as the 2009 UK Lady Recurve Champion.

2009 National Ladies Recurve Clout Champion - Liz Bowyer of Arundown AC

The wind was cold and variable, and hard to read because the shooting line was protected by trees. Liz found the first round hard work and at lunchtime was trailing in sixth place with 87, six points behind the leader, but she hunkered down in the afternoon and scored 109, fifteen more than the lunchtime leader, to win by nine points.

Another Sussex archer, Graham Brown, took the Bronze in the Gents Longbow division.

Liz was one of six National Champions from the Southern Counties Region, as against five from Northern Counties and two from Grand Western, which shows that interest in Clout archery is now spread quite proportionally between the larger regional associations, and not just in the North. There were seven archers from Scotland, but none from Wales or Northern Ireland.

Northern Counties do a great job putting on this shoot, they manage to find an exceptionally good-natured group of officials, and the whole mood is friendly and inclusive, with the most competitive and accomplished clout archers always ready to advise and assist and encourage anybody, whether it’s first-timers or serious opponents. And like most Northern clout tournaments, there were nearly as many ladies as gents on the field.

Full results from the championship can be downloaded by clicking here.

Rod Brown, Arundown AC