A strong contingent of Sussex archers entered the Hawks AC FITA 18 on 30th and 31st October.

Worthing archers were among the medals, with Bryony Pitman taking third place in the Ladies Recurve with a score of 510 and Gary Kinghorn finishing second in the Gents Compound with a score of 582.

Pip Tucknott rounded off a busy 10 days with scores of 567 and 574. With his scores from the previous weekend’s Combined FITA at Droitwich AS, these proved enough to secure a place in the England team at the forthcoming Home Nations match on 4th December, where he will be joined by Thomas Hooper of Bognor Regis AC.

Sussex compound archers shot some fine scores at the Hampshire AA Outdoor Championships on Sunday 19th September.

Michelle Randall (Bognor Regis AC) scored 1111 to take second place in the Visitors Ladies Compound.

The Visitors Gents Compound was a three way shoot-out between three Sussex archers, with first place going to Terry Maskell of Hellingly AC followed by Heath Saxby (Bognor Regis AC) in second place and Steve Allen in third.

Full results from the tournament can be found here.

Sussex archers returned from last weekend’s Kent AA Open Target Championships with an excellent tally of medals.

Gavin Sutherland of Hellingly AC romped home into first place in the Gents Recurve by the substantial margin of 47 points with a score of 1102.

Terry Maskell, also of Hellingly AC, took the silver medal in the Gents Compound with 1208, just six points behind Justin Phillips (Reigate Priory Bowmen).

Jamie Cole (West Sussex Youth Archers) set a new Sussex county record of 1282 in the Junior Gents Bristol III Compound.

Second places were also achieved by Tom Winkworth (Bayeaux Bowmen) and Sam Randall (Bognor Regis AC).

Full results from the tournament can be viewed using this link.

Well done to you all!

CMO Bowmen’s 44th Annual York/Hereford Tournament on Sunday 8th August saw Sussex archers on fine form.

The Gents Recurve was won by Gavin Sutherland (Hellingly AC), while Mykola Prysnyak (Chichester Bowmen) took third place.

Stella Wilson (Bayeaux Bowmen) added another medal to her enviable collection from this season with third place in the Ladies Recurve.

Linda Palmer of Bognor Regis AC also collected another medal by finishing second in the Ladies Compound.

In the Gents Compound Steve Allen took the silver medal, while Pip Tucknott (Ditchling AC) and Stevie Kent (Friars Gate Archers) finished first and second respectively in the Junior Gents Compound York round.

Full results can be found on the CMO Bowmen website.

A surprising and unforecast drizzle started the proceedings but this soon cleared to a fine, cloudy but breezy day.

Peter Hammond shooting the Burntwood VI York broke the UK National record.

The Lady Champions in Recurve – Diane Billenness – and Compound – Jacki Beard – won convincingly.

In the Gents Recurve Gavin Sutherland took the honours but only 6 points separated the first 3. For the Gents Compound, Barebow and Longbow the respective Champions were Gary Kinghorn, Phil Reay and Ron Smith who all won comfortably.

For the Junior Ladies Recurve Bryony Pitman was the Champion with a score of 1216. Rebecca Davis won the Barebow with a score of 798. Zara Green on her Sussex debut aged 8 years scored a very creditable 598.

For the Junior Gents Compound Jamie Cole was crowned champion with a score of 1264 which amazed Ken Bearman. For the Junior Gents Recurve William Martin won with 1238 and Dominic Bodle won the Barebow with 670.

Rose awards were claimed by the following people:

Sue Koch (1000)
Julie Arthur (800)
Abigail Goacher (800)
Jodie Green (900)
Jon Stafford (800)
Ian Martin (900)
Elizabeth Bowyer (800)
Sylvia Baldwin (1000)
Lindsey McBride (1000)
William Martin (1200)
Robert Martin (800)
Sean Crease (1100)
Darren Galley (900)
Andrew Galley (1000)
Paul King (900)

Congratulations!!

Our Lord Patron was Ken Bearman who also played an active role as a helper.

Thanks to all those who helped setting up the field on the Friday for the two-day shoot – Bob Darling, John Humphrey, Peter Merryweather and Mike Rowlands.

Thanks also to the working party helpers on the day Bob Darling, Peter Merryweather, Katie O’Brien, Ian Neale, Ivor Knight, Malcolm Parsons and to the results party of Rod Brown, Stella Wilson, Christine Bearman, Zillah McMullan and Diane Hillier.

A big thanks to Chris Tucknott who processed all the entries and produced the target lists, and to Rod Woodhatch as Field Captain.

The judges complimented the field party on their efficiency in their report.

To View and Download the Provisional Results of the tournament,
please click on >> Sussex 2010 Championship Results

To see more pictures please click on >> Sunday Championships Picture Page

This was a glorious day with a slight cooling wind that brought out some excellent scores, especially from the Juniors.

William Martin broke the recurve UK Metric II national record with a score of 1303 fresh from his success at the UK nationals. Pip Tucknott also did well shooting compound with a score of 1360. Rebecca Davis (716 – Metric 2 Barebow) and Bryony Pitman (1304 – Metric 4 Recurve) both added around 50 points each to existing Sussex County records.

The Ladies Compound was hotly contested with 4 points separating the top three, won by Sally Du Feu.

Chris Ellis broke the 30m County Longbow Record.

The awards were presented by Alan and Jean Ruby, as Lord Patron and Lady Paramount, who were also helping that day with the tombola.

Thanks also to the helpers on the day – Peter Mitchell (Plumpton), Dave Howard (COAC), John Booker (COAC), Peter Merryweather (Holbrook), Tony Tutt, Stella Wilson (Bayeux) as well as to Zillah McMullan and Diane Hillier, the respective wives of judges Roger McMullan and Richard Hiller.

Mark Davis as chief judge as usual gave clear instructions.

To view, download and print the provisional results of today’s shoot….

please click here >> Metric Tournament Results

To see more pictures please click on >> Saturday FITA Picture Page

Brian Temple (Barebow) pins the Flag down

A fine day in Angmering greeted the 18 archers entered for the County Clout. This was a one-way clout with Tassel status (the Clout equivalent of the Rose awards) and a double round was shot with 2 gents clouts, one ladies and one junior.

Joshua Britton, the only junior shooting his distance, on his first clout shot a very creditable 118 for the double round and earned himself a tassel. Emily Cobden, a junior shooting barebow for the Gents senior round scored 6 which must be a record of some sort!

The Gents recurve winner was Jon Stafford with 154; the barebow winner was Brian Temple with 171 and longbow winner was Graham Brown with 42.

Four people claimed the tassel awards:
Graham Stevens – Black
Andrew Holdsworth – Black
Joshua Britton – White
Kevin Doswell – White

Congratulations to all!

This was a first time for many and the chief judge, Mark Davis, gave clear instructions to all on how to determine and organise the arrow scores. A recent ruling to ensure no quivers were taken into the scoring circle was also enforced.

This was a very relaxed shoot with tea and biscuits being served at the end by Kate O’Brien of Plumpton Bowmen.

The Lady Paramount was Liz Bowyer who presented the awards as well as winning the ladies recurve with a double round score of 199.

A big thanks to Rod for organising the Tournament and enabling a last minute change of venue and to the judges Mark Davis and Roger McMullan.

The County had purchased strings, flags and poles for this event. These are available for use by any Club wishing to hold a Clout shoot of their own.

To view Results of the Double Round Click here

To view Results of each Round Click here

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.

To view the Results please Click here

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!

To view the Results please Click Here

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!