The first Sussex Barebow and Longbow Open shoot with record status and 26 entrants took place at the Holbook Club, Horsham on 30th May.

The weather was a lot kinder than the day before and the ranks were swelled with additional recurve and compound archers who had dried out from the day before.

Penny Cockerton was our Lady Paramount who enjoyed a very relaxing day doing her duties and catching up with friends.

The shoot went very quickly with only 3 to a target and the first 6 dozen were done by midday; it was the recurve and compounds who held things up! This came as a shock to the cafeteria who were expecting a 1pm finish! The whole shoot finished with the presentations by 4.30!

As this was the first shoot of its kind the winners of the main senior categories were presented with bottles of champagne, the juniors with chocolates.

Seven people applied for Rose awards.

The judges were Mark Davis – in fine vocal form as usual having just flown back from Guernsey for his 40th wedding anniversary -, Roger McMullan and Richard Hillier.

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Rod Woodhatch again kept a tight control of the field with help from Malcolm Parsons (Plumpton), Graham Stevens (Holbrook) and Bob Darling (Ditchling).

Rod Brown’s computerised scoring was well tried out for the second time which augurs well for the championships in July. Zillah McMullan and Diane Hillier again provided help in the scoring room.

This was a very relaxed shoot.

This was a new venture for the County – an early season record status tournament challenging the archers of the East v the West of the County. It was not for the faint-hearted; of the 58 entrants only 27 finished to tell the tale due the intemperate weather conditions.

The shoot ended with honours even; a recurve win for the West and a compound win for the East. All the entrants who finished the shoot were awarded a medal for their endurance.

And there was one Rose award for 1100 claimed from Chris Keate – well done!

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Results of Adults shooting Junior Rounds

Judges Richard Hiller and Roger McMullan received the Lord Patron’s endurance awards from Roger Wolff.

This year the Commitee decided to split the tasks into manageable chunks.

Rod Woodhatch excelled as Field Captain ably assisted by Katie O’Brien, Richard Britton, Chris Jennings and Adam Jennings. The County has invested in new target numbers and metal detectors which proved invaluable.

Rod Brown provided the results using his own software package assisted by Zillah McMullan and Diane Hillier.

Chris Tucknott handled all the entries and had done most of the tournament prepraration work.

Doreen handled the on-site registration.

Jean and Alan Ruby ran the tombola.

John Humphrey organised the equipment transfer to Holbrook.

The Holbrook Club provided welcome shelter from the rain and their cafe ran out of bacon before lunch!

A big thanks to all!

Please note that the adjustments to the scores have changed for this year following a review as a result of the classification changes.

These were agreed by the SCAA Committee at its last meeting.

The Adjustments have been changed to -100 for Compound and +260 for Barebow.

Further information about the Sussex CAA Albion League can be found on this page.