The target lists for the 2010 SCAS and Sussex CAA Indoor Championships has been published.  To see the target list, click here.

There is a full entry with archers from 13 of the 14 counties in the SCAS region.

Two archers are on the waiting list for session A, with a further eight hoping for a place in session B. If you will not be able to shoot on 7th March, please contact the Tournament Organiser asap at indoor2010@googlemail.com.

Look forward to seeing everyone on 7th March.

The target list for the 2010 Sussex CAA Indoor Team Championships has been published.  To see the target list, click here.

There is a full entry of 32 teams, with 17 from Sussex and 15 from neighbouring counties. 16 clubs are represented: eight from Sussex, three from Surrey, two from Hertfordshire and one from each of Berkshire, Hampshire and Middlesex.

Four teams are on the waiting list so, if your team is unable to take part, please contact the Tournament Organiser asap at indoor2010@googlemail.com.

Look forward to seeing everyone on 7th March.

Sussex Archers put in some very commendable performances at the Junior National Indoor Championships held at the National Sports Centre, Lilleshall in December 2009.

Maybe the most spectacular was 12 year old Bryony Pitman (Recurve, Worthing) who won her age group by a margin of nearly 50 points and beat two-thirds of all the girls shooting recurve bows, of all ages up to 18.

Thomas Hooper (Recurve, Bognor Regis) took the bronze medal in the under-18 age group just three points behind the two archers who shared first place.

Jamie Cole (13 years, Compound, Chichester) took a good second place in the under-14 Compound group, and barebow archers Vivienne Foord (13, Newhaven) and Dominic Bodle (12, Newhaven) both won their age-group.

Other Sussex archers at the Championships were Hayley Foord (13, Newhaven. Recurve), Stevie Kent (12, Friars Gate, Compound), and Cameron Temple (13, Ditchling, Compound).

Click this link to download the full results.

The Virtual Archery League, an Internet-based winter league for individual archers, now has a recurve barebow competition.

More details for barebow, recurve, compound and longbow archers on the Virtual Archery League website.

Team Championships

Nine places remain available in the Sussex Indoor Team Championships, which will take place at the K2 Crawley on Sunday 15th March, 2009.

Entries to date are as follows:

• Abbey Bowmen (Hertfordshire)
• Andover Archers (Hampshire)
• Arundown AC A
• Arundown AC B
• Bognor Regis AC A
• Bognor Regis AC B
• Bognor Regis AC Junior A
• Bognor Regis AC Junior B
• Bowmen of Warfield A (Berkshire)
• Bowmen of Warfield B (Berkshire)
• Chichester Bowmen A
• Chichester Bowmen B
• Eastbourne Archers
• Friars Gate Archers
• Hellingly AC A
• Hellingly AC B
• Hellingly AC C
• Holbrook Archers
• Mole Valley Bowmen (Surrey)
• Plumpton Bowmen A
• Plumpton Bowmen A

Many thanks to the clubs who have once again supported this tournament, especially the five from our neighbouring counties.

If your club would like to enter one or more teams entry forms can be downloaded by clicking here or obtained by calling Roger Wolff on 01273 204428.

Individual Championships

32 places are available in the Individual Championships.

19 entries have been received this week and entry forms have been distributed to local archery shops within the last few days. At this rate the target lists will be full this time next week, so don’t miss out! Download your entry form by clicking here or call Roger Wolff on 01273 204428.

Last weekend’s world record status 25m FITA at Guildford saw Dawn Rowlands of Holbrook Archers score 414, a new National Ladies Longbow record.  Congratulations, Dawn!

Another notable performance by a Sussex lady came from Gillian Wood of Chichester Bowmen, whose score of 537 secured second place in the Ladies Recurve.  And Pam King of Old Colesdon Archers took third place with a score of 1031 in the Ladies Compound Double Round.

Sussex men provided a strong showing, with Ron Smith of Newhaven AC (422) and Mike Rowlands of Holbrook Archers (322) taking second and third place respectively in the Gents Longbow. A score of 1114 gave Stephen Allen of Horsham third place in the Gents Compound Double Round.

Among the younger folk, Thomas Hooper of Bognor Regis AC shot 528 to take first place in the Junior Gents Recurve.  Well done, Thomas, and well done also to Daniel Phillips of Holbrook Archers for his fifth place in the same competition.

Full results from the competition can be found here.

Junior archers from Sussex attended the 2008 Junior National Indoor Championships at Lilleshall on the weekend of 6th – 7th December.

Daniel Phillips of Holbrook Archers scored 561 to claim ninth place in the Junior Gentlemen U-16 Recurve competition, while Hayley Foord of Newhaven AC shot 446 to finish 24th in the Junior Ladies U-16 Recurve.

Hayley’s sister, Vivienne Foord, took 1st place in the Junior Ladies U-14 Barebow competition with a score of 400.  Congratulations and well done, Vivienne.

The Home Nations team competition took place during the first session on Sunday 7th. Representing England for the first time was Thomas Hooper of Bognor Regis AC. His score of 575 was a significant contribution to England’s winning score of 3,351 and also proved good enough to take 3rd place in the Junior Gentlemen U-16 Recurve.  Congratulations on an excellent performance, Thomas.

Click here to see full results from the competition in pdf format.