Newhaven AC’s Annual Western Tournament on Sunday 10th May saw notable performances from two juniors.

Emily Darling of Ditchling AC scored 726 in the Junior Ladies Barebow to record yet another new Sussex record, while Philip Gower of Canterbury Archers shot 858 out of a possible maximum of 864.

Full results from the tournament can be found here.

Cheshire is the very Heartland of Clout archery, and their County May Day Bank Holiday FITA Clout was the first ever FITA Tassel Award shoot, and so was also their largest-ever shoot with entry numbers approaching the size of the Nationals.

Liz Bowyer, Jon Stafford and Russ French showed their National Recurve Clout Team win last October wasn’t a flash in the pan by beating last year’s Cheshire FITA champions Stalybridge by one point to take the Team award home with an aggregate score of 900.  Jon was also the highest scoring recurve Gent with new Sussex County Single and Double Round scores, and Liz was First Visitor and Third Lady Recurve overall, with a new Sussex Double Round record score.

Individual Results for the shoot may be seen here

It was very cold and gloomy with a strong wind and occasional rain – hence Liz’s wet-weather gear in the picture below – if you look carefully you can see her arrow heading down-range.

Three Sussex archers shooting the Windsor round came away with medals from the Stag Hill Archers shoot on Saturday 2nd March.

From Worthing AC, Bo Stone took first place in the Novice Gent Barebow with a score of 712, while Wendy Sinclair’s score of 473 took first place in the Novice Lady Barebow.  Joining them among the medallists was Pip Tucknott of Ditchling AC with a score of 814 in the Junior Gents Recurve.

Full results from the shoot can be found here.