Eagle Bowmen Clout weekend in Penrith

The Arundown Hotel opened for business last weekend as the usual contingent of Clout archers took to the road and headed north. After a 6 hour drive to Penrith and another hour to put up the tent, Russell, Jon and Liz settled in along with a strong group of competitors ready for a good weekends shooting.



Saturday started the proceedings with a FITA tassel shoot, where Russ and Jon elected to shoot the compound distance of 185m. Jon came first with a new Sussex and Southern Counties Record of 272 with Russell a close second with 264. Liz shot the women's distance and came in first with a new Sussex record of 306.



With a fabulous sunny start to the day, we were hoping the rain that was forecast would not arrive, and apart from a few light spots we were very lucky on Sunday. Shooting a two way GNAS clout, Liz joined the men in the hope of getting two UK records and a white tassel. Unfortunately missing one record by 2 points, and the white tassel by 3, but collecting the UK record for 180yrds double two way with a score of 72, 18 points above the previous record. The men had competition from Peter Gregory who came out top of the field, with Jon in second place with 156 and Russ in third with 152.