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.
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.
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:
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:
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:
On Sunday 28th August 2022 eight archers from Whiteleaf Bowmen gathered for the Club Longbow Championships. This year the competition was also opened up to Barebow archers from the club, recognising the growing number of Barebow archers within the club.
The day started fairly sedately with a National competition, 4 dozen arrows at 60 yards and 2 dozen at 50 yards. In traditional format the Longbow competition was judged by the number of hits, with score used as a tie break, whereas barebow were placed based on scores. With everyone warmed up and getting settled into a groove the next element of the competition would shake things up a bit.
This was a variation on the theme of a “Pope and Young” shoot. Five paper animal targets were placed downrange, and five shooting positions established. Each archer then had the opportunity to shoot five arrows from the one position, rotating round until they had shot five arrows from all of the positions. For the first stage of this each archer had 100 seconds to shoot all five arrows. Everyone was comfortably loosing all of their arrows within this time, so when the time for the next stage was dropped to 50 seconds the pressure was on. Subsequent stages saw the time drop to 40 seconds, and with the final stage only 30 seconds the pressure was on.
The final element of the day was a “Wand” shoot, which was one final chance for everyone to demonstrate their skill in hitting a 4” wide and 5’ tall stick placed at 40 yards. Andraes managed to hit this on his very first shot, with the longbows taking a bit more time to gauge the target. Both Paul and Julie managed a hit after a few attempts by everyone, but after a couple more arrows Paul managed to claim the prize.
