Summer Selby 2009 Results

Arundown A won Division 9 with 15 points. Medals will be awarded to those who contributed most to Team A during the season (Jon Stafford, Richard Cobden, William Martin, Russell French, Rod Brown (for more details see my earlier post).

Arundown B came 6th in Division 14 (7 teams per Division) whilst our C Team came 2nd with 14 points. If Arundown enters the league next year you should do better due to better division placement.

Many thanks to Liz for taking up the running of the postal leagues for Arundown, now I am representing Worthing.

Liz Triumphant

Six Sussex  archers travelled to the GNAS National Clout Championship at Barnsley of 17th October, five from Arundown (Liz, Graham, Russ, Jon and Rod) and Rene le Bouedec from Eastbourne, in fact you could say ALL the usual suspects.
Liz came back the 2009 UK Lady Recurve Champion; Graham took the Bronze in the Gents Longbow division.
The wind was cold and fickle, and hard to read because the shooting line was protected by trees. Liz found the first round hard work and at lunchtime was trailing in sixth place with 87, six points behind the leader, but she hunkered down in the afternoon and scored 109, fifteen more than the lunchtime leader, to win by nine points.
Liz was one of six National Champions from the Southern Counties Region, as against five from Northern Counties and two from Great Western, which shows that interest in Clout archery is now spread quite proportionally between the larger regional associations, and not just in the North. There were seven archers from Scotland, but none from Wales or Northern Ireland. This year the team title reverted to Stalybridge (Cheshire) after one year with Arundown.
The Arundown Recurve men all had a disappointing day, but Stalybridge have found two very strong young recurves to add to their team, and while our team score was down by around 90 points, theirs was up around 50.

Part of Graham's best end -  Five hits, 5-4-3-1-1-M
(The large wood arrows with white fletchings and nocks, at a steep angle).



Rod's Best Clout












Liz Collects her Trophy



Northern Counties do a great job putting on this shoot, they manage to find an exceptionally good-natured group of officials, and the whole mood is friendly and inclusive, with the most competitive and accomplished clout archers always ready to advise and assist and encourage anybody, whether it's first-timers or serious opponents. And like most Northern clout tournaments, there were nearly as many ladies as gents on the field.


On the following day we all shot the FITA Clout at Stamford. Graham, Jon and Liz all did well, even though it was hard work because of a stiff and variable following wind. Liz improved her personal best for the double round by a couple of points and was the highest scoring Lady Recurve. Jon and Graham shot the 185 metre Compound distance; Jon was the highest scoring recurve with a personal best for the double round, and beat Phil Lambert fresh from his success as National Recurve Champion the day before. Graham also managed a personal best and so now holds both the Club and Open County Records, and a cheer went up when he scored four clouts in one end, which no-one had seen before from a Longbow.

 

 

Jon passes 200 at Hants Clout

Another Tassel Award and Sussex County Open Record for Jon.
Six weeks after achieving a Blue Tassel, Jon pushed on again at the Hampshire County and Open Clout Championships meeting at Exbury adding 26 points, ascending into the rarified strata above 200 points and winning a Red Tassel. Rod achieved a personal best for a one-way clout, but missed the Blue Tassel by one point. Liz, Jon and Rod all improved their aggregates for the National Rankings, with three or four more opportunities in hand for further improvement, weather and skill permitting.
Liz: 175 - 1st Visitor, 1st Overall
Jon: 205 - 1st Visitor, 2nd Overall
Rod: 174 - 2nd Visitor, 4th Overall
Russ: 108 - 5th Visitor, 12th Overall
Graham: 47 - 4th Visitor, 5th Overall

Indoor Tournament Entry Forms

Entry forms for the Portsmouth shoot in November and the Worcester Shoot in February are now available for download from the Tournaments Page