Volume 6 Issue 1 July / August The benefits are beginning to show

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The benefits are beginning to show T he advantage of having our new indoor shooting range and being able to shoot any time is beginning to have its effect on our members.

Members are also reaping the benefit of coaching being available throughout the year, instead of just during the summer and more and more people are now asking for help to improve their archery.

pendleandsamlesbury.org.uk Charity Shoot T he Club was pleased to welcome Martin Mycock, who was travelling from club to club to raise money for Help 4 Heroes.

Club Chairman Di Clarke was pleased to welcome Martin and 14 members joined him to shoot a National or Warwick round. A few other members came along, too, to give support and 81.

Firstly Wendy Aubrey became Ladies Recurve champion, then Lewis Imeson and Charlotte Hempsall followed suit at the junior championships a couple of weeks later.

1 The benefits are beginning to show T he advantage of having our new indoor shooting range and being able to shoot any time is beginning to have its effect on our members. Standards of shooting are on the up, as shown by improved scores and winners at competitions. Members are also reaping the benefit of coaching being available throughout the year, instead of just during the summer and more and more people are now asking for help to improve their archery. If you are unable to come to one of the Tuesday night session, please ask one of the coaches if they can help you at another time. Diane Clarke, Chairman Log onto our Web Site at or Charity Shoot T he Club was pleased to welcome Martin Mycock, who was travelling from club to club to raise money for Help 4 Heroes. His mission was to shoot at as many clubs as he could during his 3 week journey and encourage the members of each club to make a donation. Club Chairman Di Clarke was pleased to welcome Martin and 14 members joined him to shoot a National or Warwick round. A few other members came along, too, to give support and was raised for the charity. Champions W e are proud to have a few Lancashire champions at P & S. Firstly Wendy Aubrey became Ladies Recurve champion, then Lewis Imeson and Charlotte Hempsall followed suit at the junior championships a couple of weeks later. A couple of weeks later, Lewis, Charlotte and Martha Blinkhorn went off to the Junior Nationals at Lilleshall. Martha suffered badly from hay fever, but held her own in the Bristol 2. Lewis had set himself the goal of achieving over 1000 for both the Metric 3 and the Bristol 2, which he did. Charlotte just wanted to improve her already impressive scores and she did just that in the process of winning the bronze medals on both days. Congratulations To Wendy Aubrey, who has been selected to shoot for England at the British Target Championships in August. Inside this edition: Boost Course Welcome to New Members The Eyes Have It Reminder Postal Leagues Dates for Your Diary Novice Tournament On Target Late news Club Competition results Page 1

The coaches intend to run a similar course in the future and hope to open it to all members.

2 Boost Course S ome new members, who had completed their beginner course in March, were able to take part in a new course, instigated by Archery GB. The members learned how to tune their new bows and put on a nocking point (see picture), repair arrows and strings, develop their shooting and take part in a competition. The coaches intend to run a similar course in the future and hope to open it to all members. Welcome to New Members T he following people have joined the Club since March Senior members: Michael Ainscough Andrew Berryman Sam Haslope Tom Haslope Rachel Holden Andrew Mercer Jack Millward Neil Phillipson Anthony Wildman Huw Bristowe Andrew Butcher Matthew Goodall Paddy Bourne Junior members: Grace Ross Non shooting members: Janet Ross We hope that you all enjoy shooting with us. The Eyes Have It! H arry looked pleased with himself at the Western shoot. Postal Leagues Both compound and recurve bows had successes in the Portsmouth Leagues last winter. The Compound A and B teams won divisions 8 and 13, whilst the Recurve A and B teams won divisions 11 and 27. The juniors didn t miss out, either, with the B team winning division 8. Several members were mentioned in the final results as they had achieved the highest score in their division in February or March. They were: Compound: Jane Cunningham, Craig Holmes; Recurve: Di Clarke, Gary Barnes, Dave Worden, Mel B-T, Alan Banks, Matt Threlfall and Martha Blinkhorn. Well done to the members who were in the winning teams. Medals will be presented at the AGM. Reminder Don t forget that fees for 2015 / 16 are now due. If you haven t paid by the end of July, you must not shoot. If you haven t paid by the 15 th August, your name will be removed from the database of members and, should you wish to rejoin, there will be an administration fee to pay. Dates for your diary: August 8 th Clitheroe Food Festival (have a go) 11 th Handicap Shoot 16 th York / Hereford 30 th Gregson Green Gala (have a go) September 5 th Beginners course starts 6 th Novice Tournament 13 th Club Championships 22 nd Handicap shoot 27 th American October 17 th Workday 18 th Workday 20 th Handicap Shoot 27 th AGM (tbc) Page 2

On Target During the summer, we have been taking part in a competition organised by Archery GB On Target team. The competition involved shooting at 50 metres against another team.

3 On Target During the summer, we have been taking part in a competition organised by Archery GB On Target team. The competition involved shooting at 50 metres against another team. The team comprised 2 compound and 2 recurve archers, preferably a male and female archer in each pair. Our first match involved a visit from Saxon Archers (Thornton Cleveleys) in April. Saxon only had one compound archer, so put in a bare bow instead. They also only had one lady, who had never shot further than 20 yards. It turned into an excellent development day for Saxon, but needless to say that our team of Wendy Aubrey, Gary Barnes, Jane Cunningham and John Holmes won in style. In the next round we played host to Bruntwood Archers from Cheshire. This proved to be a much closer affair, but Wendy Aubrey, Gary Barnes, John Holmes and Deirdre Stepto came out victorious. In the next round we received a bye, so head straight to the quarter finals, against Derwent Bowmen (Derbyshire). This match is scheduled for the 9 th August and we wish our team the best of luck. Novice Tournament O n the 6 th September we will be holding our 5 th Annual Novice tournament. Entitled the John Allison Shoot, this is held in memory of John, a judge and member of the Bowmen of Pendle & Samlesbury, who died in It is open to any archer, including Club members, who have been in archery for less than 2 years and who have not yet achieved 2 nd Class. Entry forms are available in the clubhouse, or from Di Clarke (di@bowmen.co.uk). On the day of the shoot, we will need help from other club members to help with running the shoot car park marshalling, field party, scoring, refreshments etc. if you are free and willing to help, please see Di. Late News Wendy for England! N ot only did Wendy Aubrey shoot for England, (who won), she was placed 6 th at the British Target Championships. Well done! More good news from the Hempsall hot line whilst shooting at Wetherby, on the 25 th & 26 th July, Charlotte has claimed a National Record for a Double Bristol 5, with a score of Well done! Charity Shoot Update Its two months on from the Help for Heroes Archery Tour so I thought I d give you a quick update. The cheque for all the sponsorship form money has been received and cashed by HfH. There have also been one or two late contributions so the fund now stands at I m leaving the fund open for now as I ve written a letter to Archery GB magazine. Hopefully it ll get published in the September mag and there might be a chance of a few more donations. If they don t publish it then I ll close the fund and call it a day I ve eased my way back into my archery and have just sent in an entry for 2 days of the Cheshire Tri Clout competition. I m wondering if I might run into a familiar face or two from the tour while I m there. Martin Mycock Page 3

4 Some Competition Results: Monthly Handicap Competitions GENTS COMPOUND (St G) 1 st Mike Aubrey nd Darren Starkie April 2015 (Warwick round) Ladies Recurve: Wendy Aubrey 1453 JUNIOR BOY (SW) Gents Recurve: Dave Worden st Lewis Imeson Gents Compound: Mike Aubrey 1446 Ladies Compound: Di Clarke 1444 Junior Girl: Charlotte Hempsall 1584 Junior Boy: Will Aubrey 1465 May 2015 (National round) Ladies Recurve: Mel B - T 1468 Gents Recurve: Ray Parker 1578 Gents Compound: John Holmes 1433 Ladies Compound: Di Clarke 1440 June 2015 (Short Metric round) Ladies Recurve: Wendy Aubrey 1439 Gents Recurve: Mark Blinkhorn 1474 Gents Compound: Darren Starkie 1456 Ladies Compound: Di Clarke 1458 Gents Longbow: Harry Dunstan 1383 Junior Girl: Charlotte Hempsall 1474 Junior Boy: Lewis Imeson 1491 July 2015 (National round) Ladies Recurve: Mel B - T 1441 Gents Recurve: Tom Bebbington 1516 Gents Compound: Mike Aubrey 1434 Ladies Compound: Jane Cunningham 1458 Gents Longbow: Harry Dunstan 1486 St George St George (St G) Albion (A) Windsor (W) Junior Windsor (JW) Short Junior Windsor (SJW) Hits Golds Score LADIES COMPOUND (A) 1 st Jane Cunningham GENTS RECURVE (St G) 1 st Mark Blinkhorn nd Phil Morris JUNIOR GIRL (SJW) 1 st Charlotte Hempsall Best Golds: Dave Worden & John Holmes Worst White: Dave Worden Veteran: Alan Murphy Handicap: Mel Bebbington Trengove (1509) FITA (WA 1440) LADIES RECURVE 1 st Mel B-T LADIES COMPOUND 1 st Di Clarke nd Jane Cunningham GENTS RECURVE 1 st Mark Blinkhorn nd Phil Morris JUNIOR GIRL 1 st Charlotte Hempsall (M5) nd Martha Blinkhorn (M2) Best Gold: Paddy Bourne Novice Award: Rob Hempsall Handicap: Jane Cunningham (1543) Western LADIES RECURVE 1 st Wendy Aubrey nd Sharon Kennedy LADIES COMPOUND 1 st Jane Cunningham GENTS RECURVE 1 st Gary Barnes nd Alan Banks Page 4

GENTS COMPOUND 1 st Mike Aubrey 96 92 856 2 nd John Holmes 96 91 854 LADIES LONGBOW 1 st Di Clarke 74 4 340 GENTS LONGBOW 1 st Harry Dunstan 67 5 285 JUNIOR BOY 1 st Charles Wallis (30 m) 72 9 544 2

5 GENTS COMPOUND 1 st Mike Aubrey nd John Holmes LADIES LONGBOW 1 st Di Clarke GENTS LONGBOW 1 st Harry Dunstan JUNIOR BOY 1 st Charles Wallis (30 m) nd Will Aubrey (50 m) Best Golds: Charlotte Hempsall & Dave Worden Novice Award: Robert Hempsall Veteran: Harry Dunstan Head to Head: LADIES BAREBOW 1 st Danielle B-T JUNIOR BOY 1 st Will Aubrey (W) nd Charles Wallis (JW) Worst White: Di Clarke Novice: Ray Parker Handicap: Charles Wallis (1732) Jubilee This year we had a change of format for the Jubilee Shoot. Members had asked that we include an extra metric round, so this year we shot a WA 70 m (with shorter distances for ladies, novices and juniors), followed by a Head to Head, based on handicap. LADIES RECURVE 1 st Wendy Aubrey (70 m) nd Mel B-T (60 m) LADIES COMPOUND 1 st Jane Cunningham (60 m) nd Di Clarke (60 m) GENTS RECURVE 1 st Dave Worden (70 m) 70 2 nd 538 Mark Blinkhorn (70 m) GENTS COMPOUND 1 st John Holmes (70 m) nd Mike Aubrey (70 m) JUNIOR GIRL 1 st Charlotte Hempsall (30 m nd Martha Blinkhorn (50 m) Gold Medal: George Cotton Silver Medal: Mark Blinkhorn Bronze Medal: Jane Cunningham Clout Shoot On a very wet and blustery day, no one hit the Clout. Hits Score LADIES 1 st Mel B-T nd Di Clarke rd Jane Cunningham GENTS 1 st Darren Starkie nd Simon Stepto rd Paddy Bourne 8 19 JUNIORS 1 st Lewis Imeson (100 yd) nd Grace Ross (100 yd) rd Martha Blinkhorn (120 yd) 5 12 Contributors to this edition: Di Clarke Sue Jackson Sharon Kennedy Martin Mycock. Photographs: Mike Aubrey and Di Clarke Layout & Design: Di Clarke Nocking Point Editor: Sharon Kennedy The Bowmen of Pendle & Samlesbury Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee Number Registered Office: 7 Saxifield Street Burnley BB10 2ET Page 5

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