Scores from the Southern Counties Individual Championships, the Sussex Open Double Portsmouth and the Sussex County Indoor Championships be seen by using the links on the SCAS-SCAA Indoor 2011 Webpage

http://www.sussex-archery.org.uk/indoor-championships-2011/

Links to the Team Event Scores are now also on the webpage

Guildford’s FITA 25 tournament on 16th January saw some good returns from Sussex archers.

Peter Moore (High Weald) made an excellent start to his competitive year with second place in the Junior Gents Compound.

Adele McPeake (Friars Gate Archers)  took third place in the Ladies Recurve, followed by first place in the double round ahead of England international Samantha Meadows.

Mandy Linn (Bognor Regis AC) finished third in the Ladies Recurve double round.

Steve Allen and Dave Wakeford (Chichester Bowmen) finished second and third respectively in the Gents Compound. The two swapped places in the double round, with Heath Saxby (Bognor Regis AC) fourth.

John Humphrey (Ditchling AC) finished second in the Gents Barebow.

Gavin Sutherland (Hellingly AC) took first place in both the single and double rounds in the Gents Recurve.

Well done!

Just two Sussex archers made the trip to this year’s Clophill AC FITA 18, but both came away from the shoot with medals.

Gavin Sutherland (Hellingly AC) shot the best four scores in the Gents Recurve to take first place.

And Pip Tucknott took first place in the Junior Gents Compound with a score of 575, following up with 574 in his second round.

A victorious conclusion to an outstanding year for both Gavin and Pip.  Well done!

Full results from the shoot can be found on the Clophill AC website.

Atrocious weather during the week before this year’s National Junior Indoor Championships made the attendance of Sussex archers at the International Centre in Telford a touch-and-go affair. Those who were able or inclined to do so, however, came up with some excellent performances.

Bryony Pitman of Worthing AC successfully defended her title in the Under 14 Recurve competition. Despite the twin hindrances of being unable to practise in the week before the shoot and being a little bleary-eyed after an early start, Bryony’s score of 526 was still enough to ensure victory by 14 points.

To round off an eventful day, Bryony was invited to join the GB Junior Recurve Squad at its next training session in mid-December.

Worthing AC's Bryony Pitman collects her trophy for winning the Under 14 Recurve competition from Commonwealth Games gold medallist Duncan Busby

Eventful is the only way to describe Jamie Cole’s journey to Telford on the Friday evening before the Championships.

Less than three miles from their destination, the car in which Jamie and his father Nick were travelling broke down. The remainder of the journey lasted over two hours, but a good night’s sleep left Chichester Bowmen’s  little battler up for the challenge and he took first place in the Under 14 Compound with a season’s best score of 561.

Well done, Champ!

Ladies Compound World number 1 Nicky Hunt congratulates Jamie Cole of Chichester Bowmen on taking first place in the Under 14 Compound

The silver medal in the Under 16 Barebow went to Viv Foord (Newhaven AC), while twin sister Hayley Foord finished a creditable seventh in the Under 16 recurve competition.

Third place in the Under 16 Compound went to Pip Tucknott, who was also representing England for the first time in the Home Nations match. That resulted in a comfortable win for England in a three-cornered contest after the withdrawal of the Scottish team. A few days after the Championships, Pip received an invitation to join the GB Junior Compound Training Squad for 2011 and 2012.

So there you have it: another great day at the end of a successful year for Sussex’s junior archers.  Well done!

Full results and photos from the shoot can be found on the Archery GB website.

Allington Castle Archers‘ annual Worcester/Portsmouth tournament at the Agricultural Hall in Maidstone saw Sussex recurve archers in fine form.

In the Ladies Recurve, Adele McPeake (Friars Gate Archers) took first place in the Worcester round and second place in the Portsmouth to take first place overall.

In the Gents Recurve, Gavin Sutherland (Hellingly Archers) took first place in both rounds and, hence, first place overall ahead of Justin Ross (Eastbourne Archers).

Full results from the tournament can be found on the Allington Castle Archers website.

John Humphrey of Ditchling AC extended his recent run of form to take first place in the Gents Barebow at the County of Surrey AA Indoor Championships.

Steve Allen and Jamie Cole (Chichester Bowmen) picked up second place in the Senior and Junior Gents Compound respectively.  Steve also secured first place in the double round.

Linda Palmer (Bognor Regis AC) shared third place in the Ladies Compound with her clubmate Michelle Randall.

It was a nearly day for three other Bognor members. Phil Adams and Heath Saxby finished fourth in the Gents Recurve and Gents Compound respectively, while Mandy Linn also finished fourth in the Ladies Recurve but persevered to take home a medal for first place in the double round.

Click here to download the full results from the shoot.

This year’s Arundown AC Portsmouth proved as popular as ever, with a full entry that included many of the County’s top archers.

Full results from the tournament can be viewed by clicking this link, but here is a summary of the single round scores.

Adele McPeake (Friars Gate Archers) continued her strong run of form with first place in the Ladies Recurve, more than 20 points ahead of Diane Billenness (Eastbourne Archers). Third place went to 13 year old Bryony Pitman (Worthing AC).

Debbie Pierce (Bognor Regis) and Angela Biles (Chichester Bowmen) took first place in the Ladies Barebow and Ladies Longbow respectively.

A close contest in the Ladies Compound saw Linda Palmer (Bognor Regis AC) emerge triumphant ahead of Sylvia Baldwin (Eastbourne Archers) and Julie Pede of Chichester Bowmen.

The Gents Recurve saw a visitor, Richard White of Chessington, take first place ahead of Gavin Sutherland (Hellingly AC) and Ben Green (Ditchling AC).

A tight struggle in the Gents Barebow was decided on golds, with John Humphrey (Ditchling AC) pipping Steve Baldwin (Eastbourne Archers) to first place.

Alan Smith (Newhaven AC) romped away with the Gents Longbow competition by a margin of over 300 points.

The Gents Compound threw up no surprises.  First place went to Gary Kinghorn (Worthing AC), with Steve Allen second and Pip Tucknott third.

Click here for full results from the shoot.

Four Sussex archers attended this year’s Berkshire AA Indoor Championships and left with a clutch of medals from the visitors’ competition.

First place in the Gents Barebow went to John Humphrey (Ditchling AC) with a score of 523.

Second place in the Gents Compound was secured by Steve Allen with a score of 567.

Pip Tucknott took first place in the U16 Compound with 570.

And in the U14 Compound, 557 was good enough for Jamie Cole (Chichester Bowmen) to take another first place for Sussex.

Full results from the tournament can be downloaded from the Berkshire Archery website.

Adele McPeake of Friars Gate Archers followed up her first place at the previous weekend’s Crookhorn Tournament with third place at the Kent AA Indoor Championships.