Field Archery News

20/7/08 - 2 x 20 3D - The Field Captains report and full results can be found here

5 - 6/7/08 - UK and Island of Ireland Field Championships - We would like to congratulate Joe and Janet Lloyd for winning the longbow titles at this years UK and Island of Ireland Field Championships held at Whitemark near High Wycombe. Alan Blythyn came 2nd in the Gents longbow and Richard Lloyd came 5th in the Gents longbow.

14 - 15/6/08 - EMAS Field Championships 2008 - The EMAS field championships were held as part of the Northampton Open, a Record Status 24 target FITA Mixed Course held at West Wood nr Souldrop. We would like to congratulate Joe and Janet Lloyd for taking the EMAS Longbow championships and Alan Blythyn for coming second in the gents longbow.

24-25/5/08 - All British Field Championships - We would like to congratulate our longbow archers for their excellent results. Joe Lloyd for his 2nd place in the gents longbow, Janet Lloyd for her second place in the ladies longbow, Alan Blythyn for his 8th place in the Gents Longbow and Richard Lloyd for his 10th place in the Gents Longbow. Janet and Joe also won the Husband and Wife trophy. The 41st Championships was hosted by Lough Cuan Bowmen at Ballywater Park in Northern Ireland. Photos and a report by Janet Lloyd can be found Here

6/5/08 - Website Update - A major update of the club news area was required because the physical size of the page was slowing down the loading of this page. We have therefore split the page into 3, one for Field news one for Target news and one to cover club specific news such as club announcements.

03-04/5/08 EFAA Spring Championships - We would like to congratulate Joe Lloyd for coming second in the Gents Longbow, Janet Lloyd for coming second in the Ladies longbow and Alan Blythyn for coming 3rd in the Gents Longbow at this years EFAA Spring Championships. Janet has supplied some photographs which can be found here

28/4/08 - Field Round Great Success - The club field round, the first to be held in the new club woods was heralded a great success by all those who took part. A small group of club members shot 18 targets on what turned out to be a very fine day with no rain. Pete Nettleton provided some photos of the day and the course itself which can be found here

25/4/08 - Field Round Back On - The field round due to take place on Sunday 27th April at the club woods is back on WEF 7.30pm Friday 25/4/08

19/4/08 - Move Outdoors and Map of Club Woods - All club members are reminded that we have moved outside for the summer and all shooting WEF 23rd of April 2008 will be on the club field. With the first shoot in the club woods being next weekend we have put a Google Map to the approximate location of the entrance - Here

14/4/08 - Archers out and about - This weekend saw some of our field archers shooting at Castle where Pete Nettleton came 4th.

Photographs of the Castle Shoot can be found Here

16/17 Feb 08 EFAA Championships. At Redbourne School, Alan Blythyn won the EFAA National Indoor Longbow title, we would like to congratulate Alan on his achievement (hopefully more information and photos to follow)

25/01/08 New Field dates added to Calendar, please check for any updates

20/01/08 Club Novelty Shoot. 20 archers from around the County and beyond attended Friskney Bowmens Novelty shoot on the 20th. The overall winner was Pilgrim Bowmen's Ian Clayton. We would like to congratulate Kevin Forth for coming 3rd. A full report and results can be found here

Success at Castle 13/01/08. We would like to congratulate Roy Brown on his second place and Pete Nettleton on his 3rd place at this weekends field shoot at Castle Bowmen. A windy day attended by approximately 160 field archers.

Calendar Updated 9/1/08 - please check for any changes

Deer Shoot 11/11/2007. The annual Friskney Bowmen Deer Shoot was held on Sunday 11th November with club President Gladys Ingham presiding. Approximately 25 archers from around the County shot for the trophies. Initial reports are of a very enjoyable day, reasonable weather with some light rain at times. Joe and Janet Lloyd decided to give the longbowers a chance and shot American Flatbow instead. The only result we have so far is that Pete Nettleton won the CUL class and also the trophy for most kills. Results have now been posted Here

At 11am 2 minutes silence was observed and Roy played the last post.

Joe sets new EFAA Records. Joe and Janet Lloyd took part in this years EFAA Dorothy Southgate Memorial Shoot held at Kings Forest Bowmen. We would like to congratulate Joe for setting new Veteran Gents Longbow records for both the Precision and Big Game Rounds. More to follow once EFAA publish the full results.

Pete wins at Saracen 30/9/07. We would like to congratulate Pete Nettleton on winning the Compound unlimited class at this weekends NFAS shoot at Saracen with a score of 646.

EFAA Marked Distance Field Shoot 30/9/07. Friskney Bowmen hosted an EFAA marked distance round. 17 archers including a junior lady took part in near perfect conditions. Archers included former World and 5 times European Field champion Mike Houghton, a group of Archers from FOLC and Pines Park and members of Friskney Bowmen including current British Field Longbow Champions Joe and Janet Lloyd. Some photographs can be seen here and the results can be seen here

EFAA National Championships 8th - 9th September 2007. Joe and Janet Lloyd succesfully defended their EFAA National Longbow titles at last weekends competition held at Whitemark. Joe taking the title with Dave Vukomanovic of March Hare coming second. Janet retained her title with Sue Matthews of Whitemark coming second. Everyone at Friskney Bowmen would like to congratulate Joe and Janet on their acheivement. Some images can be seen here

Castle Shoot 26th - 27th Aug 07. Members of Friskney Bowmen took part in a Field shoot at Castle Bowmen over the Bank Holiday weekend. Pete Nettleton has provided us with some photographs which can be found HERE

Carmarthen 25th/26th August 07, Joe and Janet Lloyd win gold at the GNAS Summer Field Shoot. On a very challenging course two of our leading longbow archers won the gents and ladies longbow classes. Joe, currently the No1 ranked UK longbower, shot a 183 on the Saturday and a 143 on the Sunday for a total of 326. This performance will help Joe to maintain his World Ranking where he is currently placed 28th. Janet had to use a spare bow but still managed a score of 121 to take the ladies title.

Black Eagle 12/08/07 - Members of Friskney Bowmen took part in a Field Shoot at Black Eagle in Bedford on Sunday 12th Aug 07. Pete Nettleton has supplied some photos which can be seen here

Club B-B-Q and GNAS Field Shoot. A large number of club members attended the B-B-Q and shoot on the evening of Saturday 28th of July 2007. It made a change for there to be no rain, the weather being very kind. The B-B-Q was prepared by Malcolm, Jenny, Jill, Jackie and Janet while the rest of the club shot the first half of the fun shoot. We were joined by some children visiting Alvyn and his family from Belarus who seemed to have a good time. Ben Rowell took some photographs shown HERE

The GNAS Field shoot on Sunday 29th was shot on a dry sunny day. Members of Friskney Bowmen together with guests from FOLC shot on the club field. The following is a summary of some of the results:

• Gents Compound and Highest score - Pete Nettleton 301
• Gents Longbow - Joe Lloyd 178
• Ladies Longbow - Janet Lloyd 130
• Junior Longbow - Jordan Marsh 190 (beating his twin brother Alex by 1 point!)

New National Record for Joe Lloyd and Championship Title 16th/17th June 2007. Joe and Janet Lloyd took part in a FITA Open field event at Northampton. Not only did Joe and Janet win the gents and ladies longbow categories, but Joe also set a new FITA National Longbow record for the Double FITA Combo. The weather on Saturday was extremely wet and on Sunday it was a mud bath on the course, some of the worst conditions the host club have experienced.

EFAA 2007 Bowhunter Championships 10/11th June 2007. Joe Lloyd took the Silver medal in the longbow class at the 2007 bowhunter championships held at Worlingham Bowhunters. Paul Clark of Panther won Gold with 636 with Joe shooting a 607 for Silver. Hoste Spalding of Broadland won the Bronze medal with 548. Janet Lloyd came thrid in the ladies longbow and Richard Lloyd came fifth in the Freestyle Recurve.

Joe Lloyd wins British Title. We would like to congratulate Joe on winning the Glyn Rudd Scroll and Gold Medal at the GNAS All British Field Championships, Glyncornel Archery Centre in Wales over the weekend 26-27 May. Joe was also representing England. He took the title with a score of 364, with second place going to Daniel Hawley (Fort Purbrook) 294 and third place to Paul Clark (Chelmsford) 278. We would also like to congratulate Janet Lloyd on coming 5th in the ladies longbow.

Joe Lloyd Gold Medalist All British Field Championships 2007
Photo Courtesy of Daniel Hawley

Daniel Hawley's report from the Championships
"The course was steep and challenging with the marked shot on the first day for the unsighted categories. The weather was good for this, which is just as well considering how treacherous it was underfoot on Sunday. Joe took an early lead with 152 scored. 2nd was Paul Clark with 126, and joint third were Laurence Brobyn, Andrew Haggan (The defending Champion) and myself all on 117.

Day two was the unmarked course, which was a lot less steep than the marked, but the weather was worse with cold rain falling throughout most of the day. The target groups were shuffled, so I was shooting with Joe, Laurence and Andrew. All great people and I hope to shoot with them again some time. The shooting was close (Apart from Joe who stormed off into the lead), and at the end of day two Joe had an amazing 212 (A rare arrowhead award for a longbowman) I had 177, Laurence 159, Andrew 156 and Paul 152. Leaving the two day totals as Joe 364 myself 294, and Paul 278.

All in all a brilliant shoot well organised over a superb course, just a shame about the weather"

Joe Lloyd Selected to represent the country. Friskney Bowmen member, Joe Lloyd has been selected by the GNAS to represent England in the forthcoming Field Championship in Wales. Joe, who is the current EFAA indoor champion, is one of several EFAA shooters to be cross selected by GNAS.

EFAA Field Round 7th May 2007. This was held on the club EFAA course and consisted of 2 x 14 Targets. The weather was overcast with a light breeze developing into some light showers later in the day, although it finished with sunshine. Full results can be found HERE

Field 3D Shoot Sunday 29th April. A well attended 3D shoot was held on the club field giving us a chance to try out some of the new 3D targets. We were pleased to welcome visitors as well as club members. A cloudy start led to a very hot and sunny day, although the wind was unpredictable. Results can be found HERE

Some of our visitors were from FOLC and they asked us to mention the Friends of Lincoln Castle Annual Longbow Tournament on Sunday 16th of September 2007. This will be held at Lincoln Castle and further information can be obtained from Mr C Collins on 01522 750072

Special Report - EFAA National Indoor Championships 25th March 2007

Joe Lloyd 2007 EFAA National Longbow Champion	Janet Lloyd 2007 EFAA National Ladies Longbow Champion	Richard Lloyd 2007 EFAA National FL Recurve Champion

 

Joe and Janet Lloyd, their son Richard and Wendy Rowell represented Friskney Bowmen at the EFAA National Indoor Championships at Redbourne School. We would like to congratulate Joe on taking the Gents Longbow National championship, Janet for taking the Ladies Longbow National championship and Richard for taking the Freestyle Limited Recurve National championship.

We would also like to congratulate Wendy (Compound Unlimited) on scoring her PB and club record in two excellent sessions against GB Team member, Lucy Holderness. Wendy scored 295 for both sessions but Lucy shot an excellent 299 in both to take the title with Wendy finishing in second place, beating last years champion Melanie Wakelin into third place.

Four sessions were shot over the day, with each competitor having to shoot in two sessions. The field was a very high standard with 8 members of the EFAA England team and at least 2 past and present GNAS GB team members shooting for titles. Both Neil Wakelin and Lucy Holderness (just back from Las Vegas), shot very well taking the gents and ladies compound titles and highest scoring gent and lady trophy. Lucy has been selected to represent GB in the FITA World Indoor Championships in Turkey.

Joe, Janet and Richard Lloyd did not seem happy with their shooting after the first session however Joe shot consistently in the second session and Janet's shooting improved towards the end of the second session getting some good ends in. All three deserved their National titles.

Neil Wakelin, Lucy Holderness, Wendy Rowell EFAA National Indoor Championships 2007

The organisers did a good job, especially in organising the refreshments with special mention going to the home made soup. As I was not shooting myself it was very tempting to keep popping back to the refreshment area for more.... The Archery Company had their mobile shop outside and it was good to have something to look around during the breaks. This is the first EFAA shoot outside FB I have attended. It was very relaxed and enjoyable even from a spectators point of view. You can see some photos taken on the day HERE

Joe Lloyd Shooting in the EFAA National Indoor Championships 2007

 

A club 3D shoot held on the 11th of January was enjoyed by those attending. Unfortunately only 7 members and guests made it on the day. Bad weather in the morning probably played a part in this. Field Captain Kevin Forth and his team put a lot of effort into setting up the shoot for the day.

Results from the Club Novelty Shoot can be found HERE and some photos taken by Malcolm Adams can be seen HERE

Alvyn Kenning, Kevin Forth, Roy Brown, Alan and Steve Grover and Ian Sturgess represented Friskney Bowmen at a NFAS shoot at Castle Bowmen on Sunday 14th January 2007. We would like to congratulate Ian on coming first in the junior competition and Kevin who won the gents freestyle. Alvyn took some photos which can be found HERE

Joe and Janet Lloyd of Friskney Bowmen won the Gents and Ladies Longbow category at the 2006 National English Field Archery Association Championships and become English Field Archery (Longbow) Champions for 2006