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Indoor Shooting 2024/2025

Indoor sessions will commence in October at Lacey Green village hall. As last year, we have a mix of Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Sessions (ready to shoot) are at: 1730, 1930, and, with prior notification on the Whiteleaf Indoor WhatsApp Group, at 2130. If you are not already a member of the group and would like to be added, please contact Paul with your name and phone number: treasurer@whiteleafbowmen.org.uk

For those of you who are new to indoor shooting, each session we will be shooting a Portsmouth round (5 doz @ 20yds, ends of 3 arrows).

Cost per session is: £3 adult club members, £5 visitor, £2 junior.

Please note there will be no cash payments. You will need to sign in for every session that you shoot (please make sure your full name is clearly written). You will be billed twice – once at the end of December, and again at the end of the season, electronic bank transfer is the preferred method of payment.

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Whiteleaf Bowmen Club Champs Results – 8th Sep 2024

Firstly, many thanks for entering the Whiteleaf Club Championships. We had 21 entries, with 19 archers shooting, which is slightly down from last year’s entries. However, I’m sure you will all agree that it was an enjoyable day, and the weather held out for us (just).

Attached are the results from the day; if there are any club records, John will let you know. Congratulations to all of the medal winners and those of you who received some of the club silverware. Also, to Rose for achieving her 40y (Blue) 252 award.

I want to express my gratitude to Katherine and Elijah for their invaluable assistance with preparing the bacon rolls, looking after the cake and refreshment table, and general assistance throughout the day. Their help was truly appreciated.

Neill, Tournament Organiser

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Toria Greening

Toria had been member of Whiteleaf Bowmen for almost 45 years.  During that time she had been Club and County Champions, not to mention medallists at the National Indoor Championship, The Grand  National Archery Meeting and The Southern Counties Archery Meetings and regularly shot for Buckinghamshire.

At the club she had held all the major offices including Chairman when the club was forced to moved from “The Rose and Crown” at Saunderton in 2003.  Fortune was with us when we found our present home at Walter’s Ash.  In the early 1990’s she was made Honorary Vice President and Life member to reward her for her endeavours for the club.

Toria was a regular at Beginners classes, Fun Shoots and Work Parties where she was famed for her Rock Cakes at the rest intervals.

Toria’s son Paul came down from Coventry to plant an ornamental cherry tree at the far end of the field along the bottom fence,  with a plaque commemorating both Toria and Ken Greening.  Jan O’Keefe, Francis Gerrard, Susan and Barry Tutty, and Tony White were there from the club.

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Archery Beginners Course – February 2024

Why not try something new this year? We’re putting on our first Archery course of the year.

Led my qualified instructors, you will learn the basics of archery technique, equipment and range safety.

The course will commence on Saturday the 3rd of February and will run for 4 weeks. 

Timings: 9:30am to 12pm.
Venue: Lacey Green Village hall (HP27 0QT).

For further information please email Beginners@whiteleafbowmen.org.uk 

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The Barrel Trophy – Best Gold at 80 yards

The Whiteleaf Bowmen Barrel Trophy for best gold at 80 yards at our annual club tournament. It was was first awarded in in 1967. The complete list of winners for each year is as follows

YearName
1967C. E. Saunders
1968P. Tuffnell
1969Mr P. Morrison
1970J. Bradmore
1971Not Awarded
1972R. Shales
1973P. Morrison
1974R. Shales
1975R. Waldron
1976Mr A. Bridges
1977J. McCallun
1978J. McCallun
1979R. Brewer
1980P. Elkington
1981B. Funge
1982J. Fair
1983J. Fair
1984R. Woodhouse
1985S. Burford
1986D. Purcell
1987A. McCallum
1988Julie Johnson
1989B. Childs
1990J. Wyborn
1991Ann McCallum
1992P. McCarthy
1993F. Gerrard
1994B. Clifton
1995Mrs MO Morris
1996F. Gerrard
1997G. Whiteman
1998R. Gay
1999Jon Taylor
2000T. Greening
2001Susan Tutty
2002D. Evans
2003D. Evans
2004S. Rayment
2005Not Awarded
2006R. Stamp
2007G. Sutherland
2008T. Griffiths
2009T. Griffiths
2010P. Jay
2011B. Cornwell
2012S. Fowler
2013S. Bradshaw
2014J. Morling
2015C. Roberts
2016J. Morling
2017J. Morling
2018Not Awarded
2019Not Awarded
2020Not Awarded
2021A. Kirschner
2022I. Rehman
2023I. Rehman

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Whiteleaf Bowmen Club Championships 2023

We will be holding the Club Championships on 20th August 2023. Sighters will commence at 10:00 PROMPTLY, registration will be from 09:30. We would be grateful for any members that would be willing to help setup prior to this.

This year we will be shooting variants of the National rounds, with the round for the Club Champion being a Long National. These are six dozen rounds, 4 dozen at the longer distance and 2 dozen at the shorter.

Long National                  80y & 60y

National                            60y & 50y

National 50                       50y & 40y

National 40                       40y & 30y

National 30                       30y & 20y

To encourage new members to participate we will also offer a “National 20”, this is not an official AGB round, but at 20 & 10 yards is ideal for those who are new to Archery.

In order to plan for the day can you please complete the form below to enter. Entries to be received no later than Monday 14th August 2023.

https://forms.gle/wfDfCcSAEv8DwRhC7

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the club Tournaments Officer

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Whiteleaf Bowmen Open Shoot 2023 Results

The day finally arrived for the first Whiteleaf Bowmen Open Shoot post pandemic with 28 archers due to compete across all 9 targets.  The ground party arrived early to set up the field with mist swirling around but the prospect of a dry, maybe sunny shoot.  Some sterling work soon had the field ready for the shoot and it was great to see a full field of targets with pristine targets on, ready to greet the archers.

As our Chairperson Julie welcomed the archers and went through the admin, the sun started to appear and 27 archers prepared themselves for the challenge ahead.  The shoot went really smoothly under the control of the judges David and Meera and helped by the fact we only had one missing arrow the whole day.

At the end of a very enjoyable shoot, the top archers in each category received their medals from our Lady Paramount, Jan, and a hastily arranged raffle (thanks to those who provided prizes) raised over £100 for club funds.

Thanks to Neill for arranging the tournament and those archers who helped on the day.

Whiteleaf Bowmen classifications shot on the day
Master Bowmen (and club and county records[tbc])            –           Imran R
Bowman 1st Class        –           Julie M, Kevin J
Bowmen 2nd Class       –           Jan O, John W, Marc B, Brenda G
Bowmen 3rd Class       –           Paul F, Jon S

Results

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Open Tournaments for 2023

We are please to announce that we will be running 2 UK record status tournaments this year. Dates and entry forms below.

Longbow Tournament – Double National

Unfortunately this event has been cancelled for 2023 – all those who have entered have been contacted. If you have not received an email please do get in touch with the tournaments officer.

UKRS York / Hereford / Bristols

14 May 2023
Venue: Whiteleaf Bowmen, New Road, High Wycombe, HP27 0PP
Rounds: York, Hereford and Bristols
Closing date for entries: 28 April 2023
For further information please download the entry form:

Whiteleaf-Bowmen-Open-Entry-Form-2023 (Word document) Download
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Indoor Calendar 2022/2023

Indoor archery is back on at Lacey Green Village hall, the dates are below

Sessions (ready to shoot) are at: 1730, 1930, and, with prior notification on the Whiteleaf Indoor WhatsApp Group, at 2130. If you are not already a member of the group and would like to be added, please contact Paul with your name and phone number: treasurer@whiteleafbowmen.org.uk

Cost per session is: £3 adult club members, £2 junior and £5 visitor (please bring proof of AGB membership.

This year we are dispensing with cash payments. You will need to sign in for every session that you shoot (please make sure your full name is clearly written). You will be billed twice – once at the end of December, and again at the end of the season, electronic bank transfer is the preferred method of payment.