Sussex County 38th Junior Shoot

Two of our young archers attended the Sussex County Junior Shoot last Saturday. As the title suggests this was the 38th shoot organized by Doreen Cannon for aspiring young archers in the Sussex area. Assisted by Ditchling AC, this was undoubtedly one of the most well run and enjoyable shoots I have attended to date. Although I am relatively new to the archery scene, I would like to say a special thanks to Doreen for her contribution to the juniors.

Olivia made her debut shooting in the “Very Short Junior Windsor”. Doreen devised a round shot at 10 yards with face changes, similar to a Burntwood FITA for the younger archers. Olivia scored an excellent 552 in her first ever tournament representing us. Well done Olivia and we hope to see you at another junior event!

Emily was able to shoot at her correct distance when she competed in the Short Junior Windsor. Funnily, she was quizzed at one point by a fellow junior as to why she was shooting under her distance. Emily regularly competes head-to-head with much older girls who had assumed she was much older! Emily easily took gold at her distance by scoring a very credible 834 whilst gaining two six-gold-ends. In addition, Emily and a fellow Sussex Junior achieved the highest overall score in girl recurve across all the age groups. However, in the event of a draw the highest number of golds wins and Emily missed out by three!