Tournaments

The club had a fantastic turn out for the second match in the Hert's County Summer League which was against Chiltern Archers. Shooting in some very strong gusty winds which made the match far more interesting but we still just managed to take the victory. Well done to all those taking part, especially those shooting in a competition for the first time. Also a big vote of thanks to the members who set the field up it looked superb! (30th June 2008)

Congratulations to Sue Matthews who won the Newport Pagnell Archers double Hereford/York Longbow event walking off with a superb trophy. Oh and Sue's score also beat all the guys scores too !!!! (29th June 2008)

The clubs first friendly shoot which was against Westcott Archers turned out as a great success even though the Australian National round caused a bit of confusion at the start. I must extend a big thank you to Westcott for such a great turn out and entering into the spirit of the evening. I think everybody will agree that the people certainly make the evening. Oh who won ? Well I guess we could claim a draw as over the 4 bow disciplines being shot it was equal spoils. Some pictures are available in the gallery. (22nd June 2008)

The club had yet another successful weekend at the Bowmen of Burleigh's Open Western's Tournament. Medal winners were as follows: Ladies Longbow (Long Western), Sue Matthews - Gold, Alison de Burgh - Silver. Men's Longbow (Long Western) Gordon Hurn - Gold. Men's Recurve (Long Western), Phil Hodgins - Gold. Again members shot PB's and Sue's score for the ladies longbow is a new county record which is a superb performance. (15th June 2008)

Over a dozen members turned out to shoot the Windsor at Windsor hosted by Windsor Forest Bowmen. Yet again our members did us proud with the following medals being picked up. Jo Cooper - Gold in Ladies Barebow, Sue Matthews - Silver in Ladies Longbow, Gordon Hurn - Silver in Gent's Longbow and Sue Gardner Silver in Ladies Recurve. Fergus Bradfield also came 3rd in the Gent's Compound but no medal was awarded. Fantastic shooting everybody and well done to those archers who shot PB's and improved their classifications. Some photos from the day are in the gallery. (8th June 2008) UPDATE You can see additional photos from the day on the Windsor Forest Bowmen web site and a full list of results. (13th June 2008)

A good contingent of the club decided at the very last minute to book in and shoot the Diana event at Harlequin Bowmen. As it turned out this was a fantastic success for the club with the following members walking away with Wins and gold medals. Sue Matthews - Ladies Recurve (Windsor), Janice Blades - Ladies Longbow (Windsor), Jo Cooper - Ladies Barebow (Windsor), Gordon Hurn - Men's Longbow (Windsor), Men's Recurve - Phil Hodgins (Windsor). We also won medals for the following best gold's, Sue Matthews - Recurve & Gordon Hurn - Longbow. Fergus Bradfield also shot a fantastic Albion, setting a new Bucks County record for compound and a new PB to boot. Well done everybody a great days shooting but next year we want the BIG trophy !! (1st June 2008)

The club started off in the best way possible by beating Stortford Archers in our first match of the Herts County summer league. Congratulations to Mike Philliskirk, Sue Matthews, Sue Gardner, Nigel Lassman, Steve Evans and Phil Hodgins. (25th May 2008)

Well Done to Sue Gardner for placing a superb 5th in the Green Dragon Windsor held on the 11th May. Mike Philliskirk also finished a strong 10th out of a field of over 30. (17th May 2008)

A large contingent of members attended the Kestrel's Open tournament this weekend and again we walked away with a number of awards. Ladies Longbow - 1st Place Sue Matthews & 2nd place Alison de Burgh. Team Longbow - Peter Grand, Sue Matthews & Alison de Burgh. Gents Compound - 3rd Place Fergus Bradfield. Men's Recurve 2nd place Phil Hodgins. There we also 2 county records shot to be claimed and a good number of PB's scored. Great shooting everybody !!!! (12th May 2008) UPDATE - A couple of pictures from the shoot have been added to the gallery (27th May 2008)

Continuing our amazing first year we have won both the Longbow and Recurve Hert's Winter Leagues. We also placed well in the Portsmouth Leagues. Very well done everybody amazing performance. Results - Portsmouth Round & Frostbite Round (19th April 2008)

Last weekend saw members shooting at the RRAC Pagoda shoot (Results) and the Whiteleaf Longbow Double National event (Results). Weather was a bit awful for both shoots but the Longbow Chapter made up for it by taking advantage of the club catering department and held a banquet. I knew I was at the wrong shoot !!!! (18th April 2008) - Updated - (20th April 2008)

For those who are desperately waiting for Photo's from the Siege I'm afraid to say there will be a bit of delay as I have a huge number of pictures to go through. However you can view the full results here. I will update the gallery as soon as possible once all the pictures have been sorted. (7th April 200) Update - Siege Pictures are now available on the gallery (12th April 2008)

Despite the weather the clubs first open target competition was very successful and full results can be found here. Well done to all the winners and thanks to everybody for making it a enjoyable shoot. Photo's from the day have been added to the gallery (7th April 2008)

The SCAS Indoor Championships proved to be a fantastic end to the clubs first indoor season. We walked off with 5 of the trophies and 9 gold medals. Trophies picked up were as follows: Ladies Longbow - Sue Matthews. Men's Longbow - Gordon Hurn. Team Longbow - Sue Mathews & Gordon Hurn. Ladies Recurve - Sue Matthews. Team recurve - Sue Matthews, Sue Gardner, Mike Philliskirk & Phil Hodgins. Great shooting everybody and many congratulations. A Special Thanks to Peter and Tango for awesome support over the 2 days. Pictures can be found here (1st April 2008) Full Results (19th April 2008)

Following an extremely successful Inaugural club Indoor Championships, the full set of results can be obtained using the following link Indoor 2008. Thanks to everybody for making it a very enjoyable evening and a special thanks to Peter Grand for all his hard work behind the scenes.

Results are now available for the Hert's County Winter Leagues and can be downloaded using the following links Portsmouth & Frostbite. (24th March 2008)

Sue Matthews and Peter Grand walked off with the Ladies and Men's Longbow titles at the 2008 Westcott Indoor Club Championships. A big well done to both. (16th March 2008)

Well I keep saying it, but another improvement in all the Winter League scores, so again very well done to all those who were shooting. This was in spite of the horrendous wind we had to contend with during the Frostbite. A full list of who did what in February is available here. (6th March 2008)

Please note the March rounds for the Hert's Winter Leagues will take place on the following dates. Portsmouth - Thursday 27th (Club Champs) & Frostbite - Sunday 16th. (5th March 2008)

Mike Philliskirk again had the honor of shooting for the County in the match against Middlesex this weekend just gone. Hert's won the match, well done Mike !!! Further details can be found on the Hert's county web site. (3rd March 2008)

The updated Hert's County Indoor League results are now available for the Portsmouth Round and the Frostbite Round (22nd February 2008)

Due to a dispute with the County, I have currently held back posting the scores for the Hert's Indoor Champs as it is possible the results could change - yet again ! The results have been entered into the club records system and both the club Winter Records and the Archers Classifications have been updated. (15th February 2008) Full Results now available here (21st February 2008)

Please note the February rounds for the Hert's Winter Leagues will take place on the following dates. Portsmouth - TBA & Frostbite - Sunday 24th. (10th February 2008)

We had further success at the Kestrel's Double Worcester shoot which was held near Sandy. Sue Matthews took home the Silver medal for the ladies longbow event. Team recurve did very well and placed 3rd overall, which was down to some great shooting by our archers. A Chairman's WELL DONE to everybody. A full results sheet for the shoot can be downloaded here (7th February 2008)

Well yet another improvement in all the Winter League scores, so again very well done to all those who were shooting. A full list of who did what is available here. (4th February 2008)

The updated Hert's County Indoor League results are now available for the Portsmouth Round and the Frostbite Round (16th January 2008)

Please note the January rounds for the Hert's Winter Leagues will take place on the following dates. Portsmouth - Thursday 17th & Frostbite - Sunday 27th. (6th January 2008)

You can now download the list of winners following a very successful Wand shoot on New Years day, pictures will follow in the gallery shortly. (2nd January 2008) **Updated** Photo's have now been added to the Gallery page. My thanks to Alison and Janice who very kindly let me have copies of all their pictures to sort through. (6th January 2008)

Results are now available for the Hert's Winter league rounds shot in November and if you want to see how we got on, click on the following links - Portsmouth & Frostbite (30th December 2007)

The December rounds of the Hert's winter leagues have now been completed. We have improved our scores in all rounds, so a big well done to everybody shooting. A complete list can be downloaded here. (22nd December 2007)

We are organising a Wand Shoot for New Years Day. Details can be found here. This will be a magical way to start the new year and to get away from all that left over turkey. (19th December 2007)

Please note the December rounds for the Hert's Winter Leagues will take place on the following. Portsmouth - Thursday 13th December & Frostbite - Sunday 16th December. (12th December 2007)

In April 2008 there are a couple of competitions that will be great fun for members to participate in. Entry forms can be downloaded from the links below. If you want to know the history of the Siege of Edlesborough read the flyer (10th December 2007)

TAWUK Open Warwick - Entry Form

Siege of Edlesborough - Entry Form

The Hert's County winter leagues are now underway and full club results for the November rounds for both Longbow and Recurve can be found here (26th November 2007)

The club had a fantastic day at the Hert's County Indoor Championships. We managed to walk away with the county longbow champions award, which was down to an awesome performance from Sue Matthews, Peter Grand and Gordon Hurn well done everybody. Sue made it a double helping of gold by winning the ladies longbow event. Sue Gardner also got the Lady Paramount award, again well done Sue. Looks like the recurve team has to pull its socks up ! Pictures can be found using the link on the gallery page. UPDATE - Full results can be found here (18th November 2007)

A number of club members were shooting in the Green Dragon 500 and the results can be downloaded here. Well done to all, especially those members who were shooting in a competition for the first time. Congratulations especially go to Mike Philliskirk who shot an awesome 571 to put him in 4th place in the men's recurve. (11th November 2007)