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We were proud to host the 2026 County champs at our field on the 6th of September, congrats to the following club members who won their respective categories
Paul Field – Gents Longbow
Peter Roberts – Gents Barebow
Full results are available at https://www.bucksarcheryassociation.org.uk/results
Some photos courtesy of Tony
Calling ALL Whiteleaf archers — experienced competitors, brand-new archers, and everyone in between!
On Sunday 20 September 2026, we’re holding the Whiteleaf Bowmen Championships, and the aim is very simple:
🎯 Shoot some arrows. Have some fun. Enjoy a great day with the club.
This is OPEN TO EVERYONE, irrespective of experience or ability. Never entered a competition before? Perfect. Give it a go! Been shooting for years? Brilliant — come along and join in.
🏹 Choose your challenge
There are three ways to take part:
🌞 Western Round – All Day (Shooting to commence at 10:00, Assembly Brief 09:45)
One full Western Round: 8 dozen / 96 arrows, with four dozen at each of two distances.
☀️ Warwick Round – Morning (Shooting to commence at 10:00, Assembly Brief 09:45)
If you don’t fancy the full day, or want to shoot a few fewer arrows, you can shoot the Warwick in the morning, which is 4 dozen / 48 arrows, with two dozen at each of two distances.
🌤️ Warwick Round – Afternoon (Shooting to commence approximately 13:00, Assembly Brief 12:45)
Another complete Warwick after lunch — so if you can’t make the morning, you can still take part!
Shoot at whatever distance you’re happy at, it doesn’t matter! Shoot at your own level. This isn’t about everyone having to shoot their age appropriate distance.
🏆 Championships… but without taking ourselves too seriously
Yes, it’s the Club Championships. Yes, there will be scores. Yes, there will be winners.
But above all, this is meant to be a FUN day of shooting.
And to keep things interesting, we’ll also have 🎨 SPOT COLOUR PRIZES! 🎨
So even if you’re nowhere near the top of the leaderboard, there will still be opportunities to walk away with something. Sometimes one particularly well-placed arrow is all it takes!
⚖️ Our extremely serious judging procedure…
There will be no “formal” judging as such.
If there’s a question over an arrow, sort it out together on your boss. Have a look, have a chat and reach a friendly decision.
If everyone on the boss genuinely can’t agree, the TO will be summoned to arbitrate.
Naturally, such an important matter demands the highest standards of sporting governance.
Therefore, the TO’s decision-making procedure will be:
🪨 ROCK. 📄 PAPER. ✂️ SCISSORS.
No appeals. Probably. 😁
The point is that it’s a fun day, and it’s open to everyone. We want everyone to enter into the spirit of the day: friendly, fair and fun.
📅 Get your entry in!
🏆 WHITELEAF BOWMEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
📅 Sunday 20 September 2026
⏰ Western – All Day | Warwick – Morning | Warwick – Afternoon
📋 ENTRY REQUIRED BY MONDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2026 – ENTER HERE –https://forms.gle/3tN9PHXtY1nTqT798
Whether this is your first competition or your fiftieth, we’d love to see you there.
Don’t worry about whether you’re “good enough”. You are. Shoot your own round, at your own level, alongside your clubmates and enjoy being part of the day.
Everyone is welcome. Every ability is welcome. Every bowstyle is welcome.
🏹 Come along, fling some arrows, chase a spot-colour prize and become part of the 2026 Whiteleaf Bowmen Championships!
We are please to announce our annual Open Tournament which will be taking place on the 17th of May 2025
Rounds: Double WA70/WA60, Double WA50 (Compound) & Double WA50 (Barebow).
Venue: Whiteleaf Bowmen, New Road, High Wycombe, HP27 0PP (What3Words – https://w3w.co/thinnest.tender.geese)
Closing date for entries: 1 May 2026
For further information please download the entry form:
Online entry available at: https://forms.gle/Zz7rJX6ryUNBTLrw9
We are please to announce our annual Open Tournament which will be taking place on the 18th of May 2025
Venue: Whiteleaf Bowmen, New Road, High Wycombe, HP27 0PP (What3Words – https://w3w.co/thinnest.tender.geese)
Rounds: York, Hereford and Bristols
Closing date for entries: 2 May 2025
For further information please download the entry form:
You may also enter via our online entry form at: https://forms.gle/Rn8c8GTXyjFwJf7c8
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
This years tournament took place on the 19th of May. The day started off rather overcast but it got warmer as the day progressed. A special thanks to everyone who set up the field in the days leading up to the competition as well as the field party on the day who turned up early to help set up and helped with finding lost arrows.
A total of 35 archers took to the field shooting a variety of rounds. Results and photos are below.
Open Tournament – see https://www.whiteleafbowmen.org.uk/2024/02/12/open-tournament-ukrs-york-hereford-bristols-2024/
We are please to announce our annual Open Tournament which will be taking place on the 19th of May 2024
Venue: Whiteleaf Bowmen, New Road, High Wycombe, HP27 0PP (What3Words – https://w3w.co/thinnest.tender.geese)
Rounds: York, Hereford and Bristols
Closing date for entries: 3 May 2024
For further information please download the entry form:
You may also enter via our online entry form at: https://forms.gle/KXa3Qp48DQyC9kPA6
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
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: