The SCAA Committee have decided to publish the rankings of Sussex archers.

For a trial period of this season, it is proposed that the Records Officer runs a ranking table for all archers who shoot FITA/York/Hereford or Bristol rounds, shot at tournaments.

These Tables will then be used as the primary source of archers performance for county team selection. Scores for the GNAS rounds will be converted to an equivalent FITA score using the handicap tables. FITA & equivalent FITA scores will be used to determine the total of each archer’s best three rounds.

Tables will be run for Ladies, Gentlemen, Junior Ladies & Junior Gentlemen in the following categories: Recurve, Compound Unlimited, Barebow & Longbow.

Junior archers are eligible for consideration for the Senior team but must submit scores for their respective senior rounds.

Whereas the rankings tables will form the prime basis of the county team selection, the selectors reserve the right to consider other factors as necessary.

Each individual archer is responsible for submitting their scores to the County Records Officer.

These tables will be updated regularly.

Any queries to the Records Officer

Three shoots organised by Guildford AC for your diary this Summer:

• Wednesday 10th June, Take A Break Shoot (St George and Albion rounds)
• Saturday 20th June, Little Acorn Shoot for Juniors (Western rounds)
• Monday 31st August, Acorn Shoot (record status, Hereford and Bristol rounds)

Entry forms can be downloaded by clicking this link.

Crowthorne Archers are holding their annual Nationals shoot on Sunday 26th July at Edgbarrow School, Crowthorne, Berkshire.

This is a record status shoot.  Single and double rounds are available.  More information and entry forms can be found on the Crowthorne Archers website.

SUNDAY 16TH AUGUST – York/ Hereford

Eclipse Archery have very kindly agreed to host an archery competition in order to raise money for “Help for Heroes”

Help For Heroes does wonderful work for soldiers and other servicemen and women both directly and through its support of other service charities

An entry fee will be charged, along with food being charged for.

There will be a raffle, depending on the donations for this, it may turn into an auction, we have many prizes already including Madame Tussands tickets, Carbofast Longrod, Beiter Accessories, Bow Magazine Subscripions, Glade Magazine Subscriptions plus much much more.

ALL MONEY RAISED WILL BE MATCHED BY BARCLAYS BANK.

Click here for an entry form and here for a sponsorship form or email enquiries@eclipsearchery.com.

Also available are bookmarks with an Archery theme (generally 3 targets in a vertical row) these are not for sale as such but all that is asked is that a donation is to be made to Help for Heroes, please contact gemunderwood@hotmail.com for more information.

Lintman Archery Club hosted the 3rd Alan Roberts Memorial Junior Shoot on 16th May.

Despite the severely windy conditions, Pip Tucknott of Ditchling AC took first place in the Western Round and second place overall with a score of 658.

Full results from the tournament can be found here.

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.