New County Record at Ditchling!

Simon Beach, John Nolan and I attended the Ditchling Windsor this Sunday. A Windsor is a GNAS Imperial 9 dozen round, with 3 dozen being shot at 60, 50 and 40 yards with a top achievable score of 972.

With a very slight breeze and a cloudless sky, we were blessed with gorgeous weather for the day. This was the first Windsor Ditchling have held, but with the success of this year I am sure this will become a regular event.

Simon showed excellent improvement scoring 806, compared to his Western score of 626 at Newhaven. This was a big improvement of 5 points in the handicap rating for the rounds moving from 48 to 43. John was happy with his days shooting and ended on 662.

I shot my best round since I took up the sport 2 years ago and managed to take the gold in the gents recurve and smashed the County Open Record for the Windsor. I managed to hold it together and scored consistently high over all 3 distances. I closed the 60 yards on a round 300, at which point I knew a 900+ score was possible as long as I did not screw up (it’s been known). A number of 6 gold ends at 40 yards took my score well above 900 at the last distance.

Old Record: -
Open: Richard Cater scored 899, Club: High Weald, Date: 8th August 2007

Club: R Le Bouedec scored 900, Club: Eastbourne, Date 28th September 2001

New Record
Open: Richard Cobden 918, Club: Arundown, Date 15th June 2009