Target Archery News

20/7/08 - EMAS FITA Star at Welbeck - Wendy Rowell and Paul Adams took part in this event on Sunday. Shooting in some of the strongest winds of the season, Wendy won the ladies compound class. Several archers retired because of the wind, estimated at 45mph by the judges. Simon Terry was a last minute entry and was the only archer to break 1300. Some photos of the day can be found here

12 - 13/07/08 - Clophill FITA Fest - Wendy Rowell took part in both days of the FITA fest with Paul Adams shooting on the Sunday. On the Saturday Wendy was seeded 6th after the 720 and after knocking Andrea Gales out in the H2H went on to meet Nichola Simpson in the Bronze medal match. Unfortunately Nichola was on form and she beat Wendy who took 4th place. However with Nichola Simpson, Nicky Hunt, Andrea Gales, Lucy Holderness and Ricki Bingham all shooting I think she was pleased with 4th. On the Sunday Wendy showed improved performance to finish 1st seed from the 720 and took silver in the H2H after a close fough final against Lucy Holderness. Paul got through to the H2H but was unfortunately knocked out in the first round. Wendy shot with Simon Terry on both days, his last event before heading off to Beijing. Some photos can be found here

5 - 6/07/08 - Junior National Championships - Ellen Talbot was the only Lincolnshire Junior to take part in the 2008 National Junior Championships at Lilleshall. Joining 232 archers from around the UK, Ellen was in the EMAS team that came 3rd in the Regional Trophy competition. On the Saturday Ellen shot very well and despite having 2 misses she managed to come 8th in the metric round. On Sunday Ellen shot better, having no misses and managing to come 6th in the Bristol IV round. The weather didn't help with rain on both days, quite strong winds on the Saturday easing a little on the Sunday. This was Ellen's first time at a National tournament and the first time she has shot for EMAS.

28-29/06/08 - EMAS Double FITA Star - Juniors Ellen Talbot and Toni Talbot together with Wendy Rowell and Paul Adams shot at the EMAS Double FITA Star at Washingborough over the weekend 28th and 29th of June. We would like to congratulate Ellen on winning her Junior Ladies class and on gaining her 1100 FITA Star. Toni shot as an adult on the Sunday scoring in the 700's (exact results to follow) and Wendy won the double in ladies compound for the second year. The wind was blustery and tricky over the weekend gusting up to 30mph and the shoot was nearly abandoned on Sunday because of the heavy rain. Some photographs of the weekend can be seen here

15/06/08 - EMAS Target Championships - Held at Washingborough near Lincoln. Juniors Ellen and Toni Talbot with Seniors Wendy Rowell and Paul Adams represented Friskney Bowmen. We would like to congratulate Wendy on retaining her Ladies Compound title for a second year. Some photographs can be found Here

08/06/08 - Lincolnshire County Championships - Held at Pilgrim Bowmen of Boston, we would like to congratulate Ellen Talbot on becoming Junior Girl Recurve Champion and Daniel Severn on becoming Junior Boy Compound Champion for 2008. More information and results to follow.

08 - 09/06/08 - UK Masters at Lilleshall - Wendy Rowell shot at the UK Masters this weekend. This tournament is by invitation only for Master and Grand Master Bowmen. 29 Ladies Coimpound Archers took part including all of the GB Squad. On the Saturday Wendy finished 7th in the FITA 720 and reached the quarter finals of the head to heads. She was in 6th place going into the full FITA round on the Sunday. Wendy shot a 1350 to finish 5th in the FITA round and 7th overall. Wendy was pleased to achieve a top 10 finish and get her final GMB Score as well as her FITA 1350 Star. A full list of results can be found Here and some photographs can be found Here

01/06/08 - Friskney York, Hereford and Bristols - an excellent day with many PB's being broken by club members and visitors. We would like to thank all those who took part and who helped setup and take down at the end of the day, especially those from visiting clubs. The full results list can be seen here however we would especially like to congratulate Craig Severn on doubling his PB for a York and Wendy Rowell for scoring 1286 which is 6 higher than her own GB record. A special mention also goes to Sarah Roberts shooting as a junior for Friskney for the first time. Some photographs can be found here

31/05/08 - YAA FITA Star at Wetherby - Daniel Severn (Compound) and Ellen Talbot (Recurve) made up part of the Lincolnshire Junior team that competed in the Junior Inter Counties at Wetherby. Unfortunately Yorkshire won this year but we would like to congratulate all our County junior squad for their effort and of course Kay for keeping a cool head throughout the day. We would also like to congratulate Wendy Rowell for winning the ladies Compound category in the main FITA Star and also winning 2 of the distance awards as well as shooting another GMB score. Some photographs can be found here

26/05/08 - Welbeck RS Double FITA 720 - We would like to congratulate Paul Adams on his 3rd place recurve in the double FITA 720 and his first place in the second session of the 720. More trees fell during the morning and many archers retired with only 18 completing both sessions. Winds of up to 49mph proved very challenging.

25/05/08 - Welbeck RS York, Hereford, Bristols. Wendy Rowell and Paul Adams represented Friskney Bowmen at the Record Status event held at Welbeck Archers ground. The conditions were not ideal with very strong winds gusting, so strong in fact that two trees were brought down in the adjoining wood during the longest distance ends. It was dry until around 4pm when the rain started. This lasted until it was time for the presentations. We would like to congratulate Wendy Rowell for winning the ladies compound title and being the only archer to break 1200 on the day. Some photos of the day can be seen here

18/05/08 - Silver Spoon FITA 900 - Ellen Talbot, Wendy Rowell and Paul Adams represented Friskney Bowmen at the Silver Spoon FITA 900. We would like to congratulate Ellen on winning the junior ladies recurve and Wendy for winning the ladies compound. Some photographs can be seen here

11/05/08 - County Windsor - A well attended County Windsor took place on the club field with archers from around the County shooting on what must have been the hottest day of the year so far. A full list of results can be found here and photographs can be found here. We would like to congratulate all those from Friskney Bowmen who won an award.

• Joe Lloyd - Gents Longbow
• Wendy Rowell - Ladies Compound
• Ellen Talbot - Windsor Junior Girl Recurve
• Toni Talbot - Windsor Adult (JG)
• Daniel Severen - Short Windsor Junior Boy Compound

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.

05/5/08 - New British Record for Wendy - Shooting in appalling weather at Bronte Archers Record Status York, Hereford and Bristols on Sunday 4th of May Wendy set a new British National record of 1280 with 136 golds in the Ladies Compound Unlimited Class. This beats the 1276 set by Emma Parker in 2004.

Very heavy rain saw a number of retirements but Wendy knew she was heading for a good score. At 80yds Wendy had already beaten her PB for the distance and then went on to shoot maximum scores in the 60yd and 50yd distances.

14/4/08 - Archers out and about - Paul and Malcolm Adams were shooting at the Bassetlaw Pie and Pea's and Wendy Rowell shooting at the Clophill FITA Four 70m WRS for ranking scores where she shot a 671.

07/4/08 - York, Hereford, Bristols 1st June 08 - Entry Forms are now available for download here

06/4/08 - Club York, Hereford and Bristols - We would like to thank those archers who attended our first outdoor target shoot of the season. We would especially like to thank those archers from other clubs who helped move targets and pack away at the end, the help was very much appreciated. A full list of results can be found Here

The weather was very kind with none of the threatened snow appearing. It was very cold and a tricky wind affected some of the shooting. The juniors aquitted themselves well including our junior visitors. We would like to congratulate the following club members for their achievements today:

Joe Lloyd - 1st Place Gents Longbow York
Alan Blythyn - 2nd Place Gents Longbow York
Paul Newstead - 3rd Place Gents Longbow York

Peter Nettleton - 2nd Place Gents Compound York

Janet Lloyd - 1st Place Ladies Compound Hereford

Wendy Rowell - 1st Place Ladies Compound Hereford

Daniel Severn - 1st Place Junior Boys Bristol III

Alex Fleming - 1st Place Junior Girls Compound Bristol II

A special thankyou to Malcolm and Janet Adams for organizing the shoot and soup.

04/4/08 - Target List - A provisional Target List is now available for this re-scheduled shoot to be held on the 6th of April, please check and make sure we have the correct details - Click Here

28/3/08 - York, Hereford, Bristols 6th of April - The shoot originally scheduled for the 24th of March will now take place on the 6th of April. If you are unable to attend can you please contact Malcolm Adams so we can offer your place to others.

23/3/08 - Shoot Postponed till 6th of April - The field has been inspected at 1500 and it has been decided it is too waterlogged. As further snow and rain are predicted it has been decided to move the shoot to the 6th of April.

23/3/08 - Field Inspection 1400 - the field was inspected at 1400 and found to be very muddy with some standing water. Cars will NOT be allowed on the field and alternative parking arrangements have been made at the village hall. This is located approximately 200 yds from the field and archers can drop their kit off at the gate before moving the car to the carpark. The 24hr weather forcast is currently for more snow through the night, bright in the morning with further snow in the afternoon. Be prepared with warm clothing, waterproofs and wellies. A further inspection will be carried out later today and any changes posted here if necessary. The 24hr weather forecast can be checked here - BBC 24hr Forecast for Skegness

22/3/08 - York, Hereford, Bristols 24th March - this shoot is still scheduled to go ahead. The local weather forcast has now improved to sunshine for Monday with wind speeds 10mph less than originally predicted. The latest weather forcast can be obtained here - BBC 5 Day Forecast for Skegness

21/3/08 - York, Hereford, Bristols 24th March - Friskney Bowmen will host the first outdoor Competition of the year on the club field on bank holiday Monday. A provisional target list can be found here. The weather forcast is for light occasional showers with a Northerly wind. All competitors are advised to wrap up warm and bring plenty of hot drinks. GNAS dress rules will not apply, inclement weather has been declared. The main access road from the A52 to Friskney is now open.

16/3/08 - County Indoor Championships - Alan Blythyn, Paul Adams and Wendy Rowell represented Friskney Bowmen at the County Championships at the Matthew Humberstone Upper School, Cleethorpes. Alan won the gents longbow title and Wendy retained her ladies compound title for the second year. Paul came a creditable 4th in the gents recurve.

County Indoor Championships 2008 - Trophy and Medal Winners

Wendy and Alan receiving their County Trophies

15/3/08 - Success at the Civil Service Championships - Wendy Rowell and Paul Adams represented Friskney Bowmen at the Civil Service Championships held at RAF Cranwell. Wendy shot the highest ladies score to take the Lady visitors title and beat Scottish International Elayne McLean 578/560.

Competitors in the 2008 CSAA Championships at RAF Cranwell

09/3/08 - Success at Yorkshire Indoor Champs - Wendy Rowell shot as a visitor at the Yorkshire Archery Association County Indoor Championships in Wakefield. Shooting in the morning session, Wendy was on the same target as the local favourite for the County Title, Tracy McGowan from Bronte Archers. Tracy led by 1 point during the 3rd and 4th dozen but Wendy shot a 119 in the last dozen to win the match and take the visitors title with a score of 582.

03/3/08 - Provisional Information for Boston Indoor Series 2009 - A timetable and provisional information about entry into the Boston Indoor Series 2008/9 can be found here

02/3/08 - Boston Indoor Series ends for another year. Another succesful Boston Indoor Series came to an end today. We would like to thank all those from other clubs who supported us and look forward to seeing you all again at our club shoots. We would like to extend a special thanks to Malcolm and Janet Adams for all the hard work in organising this tournament. Full results and a list of Champions can be found here

We would like to congratulate all those members of Friskney Bowmen who won Championship Titles and individual round awards. The final round, a Worcester x 2 saw a number of good individual performances from our juniors, from Pete Nettleton for bringing the Gents Compound trophy to the club for the first time in its history and Wendy shooting a double 300 score.

Friskney Bowmen Champion's

L/R Alan Blythyn - Gents Longbow, Janet Lloyd - Ladies Longbow, Peter Nettleton - Gents Compound, Daniel Severn - Stephen Andrew Trophy, Toni Talbot - Junior Lady Recurve, Alex Fleming - Junior Lady Compound, Wendy Rowell - Lady Compound

Team Friskney 2007/8

Malcolm and Janet flanked by Team Friskney

 

01/3/08 - Club members with a Team Friskney T-Shirt are asked to wear or bring them to the Indoor Round tomorrow.

28/2/08 - Boston Indoor Series Worcester Target List - Available Here

26/2/08 - Boston Indoor Series Final Round. Everyone involved in the Boston Indoor Series are reminded that the final round will be shot on Sunday March 2nd at Peter Paine Sports Center in Boston. Club members are asked to be at the center for 9am to help setup. The final round will be a Worcester x 2 and should see an exciting climax to the series. The gents compound is currently a tie between Peter Nettleton and Jim Lloyd and the gents longbow could go to the line. The format for this years awards will be the same as previous years:

Individual Championship - based on the accumulated scores of all sessions and rounds

Team & Husband/Wife - based on the highest number of points per round per archer

For next year we are changing the format so that Team and Husband and Wife trophies will be calculated in the same way as individual trophies ie Accumulated Score. We are also changing the 2 x FITA 25m round for a 2 x Vegas Round.

25/2/08 - Boston Indoor Series Accumulated Scores. A running cumulative results sheet can be found here. All those shooting the BIS are reminded that Series trophies are awarded on the accumulated total of all scores in both sessions of all rounds. So when viewing the results so far you will see large differences in some of the scores due to not everyone shooting both sessions or each round.

16/17 Feb 08 National Indoor Championships. Wendy Rowell represented England as part of the Compound Team in the Home Nations match against Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. England took first place with Scotland coming second. In the afternoon Wendy went on to shoot in the individual head to head matches. A close fought quarter final match against fellow England member Andrea Gales went to a tie break, this was repeated 3 times with both ladies scoring 10's. It was finally decided by measuring the nearest arrow to the middle. This meant Wendy met GB No.1 Lady, Nicky Hunt in the final. This was another close fought match with the lead changing each end of 3 arrows, Wendy finally winning the match and taking the British National Indoor Title with her last arrow.

We would also like to add our congratulations to Victoria Rumary of Anchor Bowmen for her 9th place in the Ladies Recurve on the Saturday beating England team member Michelle Kiddy into 10th place. Victoria is a popular competitor at many Friskney Shoots.

Wendy with England Team Member Andrea Gales at the line with the Scottish Ladies

The Winning England Team

Wendy shooting in the Final against Nicky Hunt

Wendy being presented with the Individual National Trophy

03/02/08 FITA 25m x 2. The latest round of the Boston Indoor Series was shot at an extremely cold Peter Paine Sports Centre. Full results can be found here We would like to congratulate the following Friskney Bowmen Members:

• Paul Adams - 3rd place Gents Recurve
• Peter Nettleton - 2nd place Gents Compound
• Alan Blythyn - 1st place Gents Longbow
• Joe Lloyd - 2nd place Gents Longbow
• Paul Newstead - 3rd place Gents Longbow
• Lynne Tebbs - 1st place Ladies Longbow
• Janet Lloyd - 2nd place Ladies Longbow
• Wendy Rowell - 1st place Ladies Compound
• Alex Fleming (Junior Lady shooting as an adult)- 3rd place Ladies Compound
• Ellen Talbot - 1st place Junior Girl Recurve
• Daniel Severn - 2nd place Junior Boy Compound

03/02/08 Entry Forms for the York Hereford Bristols. An entry form for this event can now be downloaded from here

27/01/08 FITA 25 Target List. A provisional target list for the Boston Indoor Series FITA 25 x 2 to be held on the 3rd February 08 can now be downloaded here

19-20/01/08 Rainworth RS FITA 18 and Portsmouth. We would like to congratulate Wendy Rowell for winning the Rainworth Record Status FITA 18 Ladies Compund class on Saturday and Paul Adams for winning the Double Portsmouth Record Status Recurve class on the Sunday.

17/01/08 England Selection for Wendy. We would like to congratulate Wendy Rowell on being selected to shoot for England in the Ladies Compund class at the forthcoming Home Nations Tournament to be held as part of the British Indoor Target Championships on the 16th and 17th of February.

Success at the Grimsby H&L 13/01/08. We would like to congratulate Paul Adams on his joint 3rd at the Grimsby H&L FITA 18.

Wendy Rowell shot in the Qualifiers for the GB indoor team to take part in the European Championships in Italy. Unfortunately she was not succesful this time but was one of only 8 ladies to achieve the qualifying score and one of only 6 to shoot to the end of the head-to-heads.

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

Boston Indoor Series Portsmouth x2. The latest round of the Boston Indoor Series, a Portsmouth x 2 was shot at Peter Paine Sports Centre on Sunday 6th Jan 2008. The results can be found Here.

We would like to congratulate Alex Flemming for her 1st place junior girl compound, Paul Adams on his 2nd place Gents Recurve, Toni Talbot 1st place Junior Girl Recurve, Ellen Talbot 2nd place Junior Girl Recurve, Daniel Severn 2nd place Junior Boy Compound, Alan Blythyn 1st place Gents Longbow, Paul Newstead 2nd place Gents Longbow, Joe Lloyd 3rd place Gents Longbow and Janet Lloyd 1st place Ladies Longbow.

Boston Indoor Series 06/01/08. The next round of the Boston Indoor Series will be held at the Peter Paine Sports Centre on Sunday 6th Jan 08. Club members who can help setup are asked to turn up at 9am. A provisional Target List can be found here

Ampthill FITA 18m 9/12/07. We would like to congratulate Wendy Rowell on her third place at the Ampthill FITA 18m. 1st and 2nd places going to current GB team members.

BIS FITA 18 x2 2/12/07. The second round of the Boston Indoor Series, a FITA 18m x 2 was shot on Sunday 2nd December 2007. A very cold Peter Paine Sports Centre welcomed archers from around the County. Even 3 Space heaters did not seem to have an impact on the very low temperature, most archers having to wear extra clothing, with huddles of archers around the heaters between ends. It was also noted that the 3 Spot JVD faces were not as bright as the single spots. The club chairman is investigating, as when one of the batch was compared to a JVD 3 spot obtained from another source there was a significant colour difference. The orange colour lighting did not help either. So well done to all those archers who persevered under less than ideal conditions. Results can be found here

We would like to congratulate the following members of Friskney Bowmen:

Lynne Tebbs - Ladies Longbow 1st Place
Janet Lloyd - Ladies Longbow 2nd Place

Wendy Rowell - Ladies Compound 1st Place

Toni Talbot - Junior Girls Recurve 1st Place
Ellen Talbot - Junior Girls Recurve 2nd Place

Alex Flemming - Junior Girls Compound 1st Place

Daniel Severn - Junior Boy Compound 2nd Place

Paul Adams - Gents Recurve 2nd Place

Alan Blythyn - Gents Longbow 1st Place
Joe Lloyd - Gents Longbow 2nd Place
Paul Newstead - Gents Longbow 3rd Place

Geoff Thomas - Gents Compound 1st Place

BIS FITA18 x 2 2nd Dec 07. A provisional target list is now available for the 2nd round of the Boston Indoor Series- click here All club members are asked to meet at 9am to help setup.

AGM Portsmouth Shoot 25/11/07. The annual Lincolnshire AGM Portsmouth shoot took place after the County AGM. We would like to congratulate our club Chairman, Malcolm Adams, on being made an Honourary Life Member of LCAS for his contribution to archery in Lincolnshire.

The AGM shoot was very well attended by archers from around the County. We would like to congratulate the following club members:

Paul Adams - 1st Gents Recurve

Alan Blythyn - 1st Gents Longbow
Joe Lloyd - 2nd Gents Longbow
Richard Lloyd - 3rd Gents Longbow

Lynn Tebbs - 1st Ladies Longbow
Janet Lloyd - 2nd Ladies Longbow
Wendy Carrington - 3rd Ladies Longbow

Wendy Rowell - 1st Ladies Compound

A full list of results can be found here

AGM 25/11/07. The Lincolshire AGM will be held at 10am followed by a Portsmouth round. The sighters are at 2pm, venue is Peter Paine Sports Centre Boston. Provisional target list is Here

EMAS Indoor Championships 18/11/07 - The East Midlands Indoor Championships were held at Rainworth on Sunday. Sherwood Archers organised the event which was well run in a warm comfortable hall. They had also arranged for the adjoining small hall to be opened for kit storage.

Paul Adams and Wendy Rowell represented Friskney Bowmen. We would like to congratulate Wendy on taking the Ladies Compound Title and getting her final GB qualifying score, shooting a 572. Subject to verification, this is also a new County and EMAS record. The shoot was attended by a number of visitors including Liam Grimwood and Naomi Folkard.

Dunstable Combined FITA 11/11/2007. Wendy Rowell shot in the World Record Status Combined FITA improving her PB by 2 points on the 25m and setting a new County record for the Combined and FITA 25 (subject to verification). Unfortuantely the event ran late with shooting not finishing until after 7pm so we did not get any official results. These are to follow.

First Round of the Boston Indoor Series 4/11/07. The series kicked off with a PAA x 2. The event was well attended with archers travelling from around Lincolnshire to take part. We would like to thank all those club members who helped to setup and pack away at the end of the competition. While todays awards were spread around the various clubs, a special mention goes to Dan Smith of Silver Spoon who shot a perfect 300 (and saved us having to have a shoot off). Also Sarah Roberts of Pines Park for taking her first indoor trophy. We would like to congratulate the following club members:

• Lynn Tebbs - 1st Ladies Longbow
• Janet Lloyd - 2nd Ladies Longbow
• Wendy Rowell - 1st Ladies Compound
• Paul Adams - 2nd Gents Recurve
• Joe Lloyd - 1st Gents Longbow
• Alan Blythyn - 3rd Gents Longbow
• Ellen Talbot - 1st Junior Ladies Recurve
• Toni Talbot - 2nd Junior Ladies Recurve
• Daniel Severn - 1st Junior Gents Compound

Results can be found HERE

Boston Indoor Series Starts 4th November. The first round of the Boston Indoor Series kicks off with a PAA x 2. Any member of Friskney Bowmen who can help setup are asked to meet at Peter Paine Sports Centre at 9.00 am. The target list is available Here

Sherwood Pie and Beans Western and Hawks WRS FITA 18m 28/10/07. Paul and Malcolm Adams and Alan Blythyn shot at the Sherwood Pie and Bean Western. Rain in the morning was followed by a dry calm afternoon. We would like to congratulate Alan on shooting his PB in the longbow category. Meanwhile Wendy Rowell shot at the Hawks World Record Status 18m FITA at Redbourne School. Wendy shot a 562 in her first session which she was disappointed with, however she shot a 570 in the second session to get her first GB qualifying score and set new County and EMAS records (subject to verification).

Dennis Ingham Memorial Shoot 23/09/07. Archers from around the County took part in the Dennis Ingham Memorial Bristols and Hereford shoot. It was nice to see some new faces and some archers shooting in their first competition. It was very windy and a challenge, especially at the long distance. We would like to congratulate the Junior Shield Winners:

 

We would like to also congratulate the following members of Friskney Bowmen

• Ladies Longbow 1st place - Janet Lloyd
• Ladies Compound 1st place - Wendy Rowell
• Gents Longbow 1st place - Joe Lloyd and 3rd Place Paul Newstead
• Gents Compound 2nd place - Geoff Thomas
• Bristol IV Junior Girls Recurve 1st place - Ellen Talbot
• Bristol III Junior Boys Compound 2nd place - Daniel Severn
• Bristol II Junior Girls Recurve 1st Place - Toni Talbot
• Bristol II Junior Girls Compound 1st Place - Alex Fleming

Shield winners were awarded based on a distance handicap system so we have published two sets of results, one showing shield winners and a second set showing individual distance winners. The results can be found here

Lincoln FITA 900 & FOLC Longbow Day 15th-16th September 2007. Initial reports from the FITA 900 are of an extremely windy tournament with all archers having great difficulty. It was also reported that timing had to be stopped at one of the distances due to the wind blowing arrows off rests and archers being unable to shoot their arrows within the allotted time. Paul Adams and Ellen Talbot represented Friskney Bowmen and Ellen won the Junior Ladies Recurve shooting at 50m for only the second time and above her distance scoring 509.

We are hoping to have a report from the FOLC Longbow day later this week.

Bingham 25th Anniversary Western 9th Sept 07. Members of Friskney Bowmen were successful in this Sunday's shoot at Bingham Leisure Centre. Wendy Rowell took the Ladies Compound class with a score of 850 which, subject to ratification is a new County and EMAS record. She also won the Rushcliffe Trophy for the highest score by any archer. Paul Adams came third in the Gents Recurve and Trevor Rowell came third in the Gents Compound.

Senior Inter-Counties Thoresby Trophy. Sunday 2nd of September 2007 saw the annual Thoresby Trophy shoot. This year held at Wellingborough. The following club members represented the County:

Longbow
Janet Lloyd
Joe Lloyd
Alan Blythyn

Recurve
Paul Adams

Compound
Wendy Rowell
Geoff Thomas

This was probably the windiest shoot of the year with strong gusty unpredictable winds affecting most scores. On average, scores were about 100 down on normal, with some exceptions including Paul Kendall (Silver Spoon) shooting his PB in only his 3rd York and first Lincolnshire Cap. Lincolnshire came 2nd in the Compound, 3rd in the Recurve and 4th in the Longbow competition. Team manager Kay Petchell tried to keep moral up during the day and seemed pleased with the overall results under the difficult conditions.

Jack Oliver Memorial Shoot 19th Aug 07. A large contingent from Friskney Bowmen attended the Jack Oliver Memorial Shoot at Pilgrim Bowmen. The club were represented by Craig and Daniel Severn, Alan Blythyn, Paul Adams, Toni and Ellen Talbot and Trevor and Wendy Rowell. We all had a very enjoyable day despite the very heavy rain in the afternoon, The following Friskney Bowmen members were succesful. Some images can be seen here

Ellen Talbot	1st Junior Girls Recurve
Alyn Blythyn	1st Gents Longbow
Wendy Rowell	1st Ladies Compound
Daniel Severn	1st Junior Boys Compound
Trevor Rowell	1st Long National Gents Compound
Paul Adams	3rd Gents Recurve

A full report to follow later.

Day of Windsors at LADDAC 12th Aug 07. Members of Friskney Bowmen took part in the Windsors held at Louth. The wind was very strong and a break had to be taken as left handed archers were unable to keep their arrows on their rests. A thunder storm affected the very end of the day. We would like to congratulate Toni and Ellen Talbot on taking first and second place in the Junior Windsor ladies recurve. Ellen shot a 761 to set a new County record with Toni coming second with 742. I believe it was closely fought with Toni leading up till the end of the first 6 dozen.

British Target Championships 2007 - This years GNAS British Target Championships were held at Lillishall and included the Home Nations Tournament and various other competitions.

We would like to congratulate Wendy Rowell on coming 4th in the individual Compound Unlimited class, setting a new Lincolnshire and EMAS record, and being a member of the EMAS team that won the inter-regions cup. The event was shot over Saturday and Sunday the 11th and 12th of August and comprised a double Hereford.

The 2 photographs below are (c) Murray Elliot, 2007

Wendy being presented with her 4th place medal by
GNAS President Mr Tom Williamson

Wendy was disappointed with her first day score or 1244 which left her in 8th place, but still ahead of some of our Internationals. On Sunday she shot her PB and new County and Regional record of 1262 to move up to 4th place. Most of the day it was very close with GB team member Victoria Eaton with 4th and 5th place swapping back and forth. Wendy eventually took a 2 point lead before shooting a clear round at 50yds to secure 4th behind the other 3 GB Internationals.

Wendy with the Hoyt Challenge Cup and fellow EMAS Team Member
Victoria Eaton being presented with her medal.

Wendy was awarded the 4th place medal and will hold the Inter-Counties trophy for the next 3 months until it is passed on to one of the other winners. This is the first time EMAS have won the trophy at the target championships.

Ted Burnham from EAF has kindly let us use some of the photographs he took at the champs, these can be found here

Lincs -v- Leicestershire Inter Counties and Open 5th Aug 07. Ellen and Toni Talbot, Daniel Severn, Wendy Rowell and Paul Adams shot in the team that represented Lincolnshire at the inter-counties friendly held at the Bowmen of Glen. Craig Severn shot as an open entry in the Hereford round. This was also Leicestershires County championships and an open competition.

On the hottest day of the year Lincs put up a strong performance but were beaten by Leicestershire. However Ellen Talbot won the Junior ladies recurve (visitors) and got her 1100 Rose award, and Wendy Rowell won the Senior ladies compound (visitors) title.

AIUK MooCo Shoot on the 4th Aug 07. Wendy and Trevor Rowell and Paul Adams took part in the AIUK MooCo shoot at Merlin Archery. This was a Long Western/Western. All 3 shot in the Long Western with Paul Adams winning the gents recurve, Wendy the ladies compound and Trevor came third in the gents compound. We all had a very enjoyable day, meeting up with archers from AIUK who travelled from around the UK to take part.

Junior Inter-Counties at Washingborough 22/7/2007. Juniors from Friskney Bowmen shot for Lincolnshire in the Junior Inter-Counties held at Washingborough on Sunday. Archers from Lincs, Nottingham, Derby, Leicester and Northants took part. The weather was good in comparison to the recent appaling conditions. Our juniors put up a good performance with Toni Talbot coming 4th in the Bristol 2 Recurve, Ellen Talbot coming 3rd in the Bristol 4 Recurve and Daniel Severn coming 3rd in the Compound Bristol 3. Overall Lincs didn't do so well with the recurve team coming 5th and the compound team 3rd.

Friskney's Representatives on the Lincolnshire County Junior Squad 2007
L-R Ellen Talbot, Daniel Severn and Toni Talbot

Nene Western 22/7/2007. Paul Adams represented Friskney Bowmen at the Nene Archery Club Western. We would like to congratulate Paul on his 3rd place in the gents recurve.

County Team Selections. The following members of Friskney Bowmen have notified us that they have been selected to represent Lincolnshire in forthcoming inter-county events. We would like to congratulate those listed below:

• Ellen Talbot - Junior Girl Recurve (U12)
• Toni Talbot - Junior Girl Recurve (U18)
• Daniel Severn - Junior Boy Compound (U14)
• Wendy Rowell - Senior Lady Compound
• Paul Adams - Senior Gent Recurve

Lincolnshire County Archery Junior Team 2007

EMAS FITA Star held at Welbeck 15/7/2007. Wendy Rowell (ladies compound) and Geoff Thomas (gents compound) represented Friskney Bowmen at Welbeck on Sunday. The scoring reflected a very high standard of entry and they all shot in the most appalling rain with very few retirements. The mens Compound was won by Simon Scott (Sherwood) with a 1360 score, with Tim Keppie of Edinburgh University Alumni coming second with a score around 1354. A field of 10 in the ladies compound was won by Rikki Westman of Bowmen of Birstall who shot a 1352. Wendy came second with 1335, breaking her PB by 20 and a new Lincolnshire County record (subject to verification), Rebecca Gridley of Edinburgh University Alumni came third with a score of 1320. Bernie Dicks (Rolls Royce) took the gents recurve with 1179 and Phillipa Lowe (Meriden) took the ladies recurve with 1223.

Geoff Thomas also represented Friskney at Clop Hill FITA Fest on Saturday and Paul Adams represented us at Silver Spoon's record status York on Sunday.

Lincolnshire County FITA Championships held at Manby Nr Louth 8/7/2007. Ellen and Toni Talbot, Paul Adams and Wendy Rowell represented Friskney Bowmen at the County FITA Championships today. We would like to congratulate Ellen Talbot on taking the Junior Girls Recurve title with 1079 and Wendy Rowell for taking the Ladies Compound title with 1315

Weekend 30th June/1st July . The weekend started on Saturday with the annual club shoot and championships. The weather was mixed with some dry spells but mostly rain. The following were awarded:

Gents Target Champion : Pete Nettleton
Ladies Target Champion : Wendy Rowell

Gents Field Champion : Pete Nettleton
Ladies Field Champion : Wendy Rowell

Gents Longbow Champion : Joe Lloyd
Ladies Longbow Champion : Janet Lloyd

Wrangle Show Trophy : Wendy Rowell

Wendy Rowell, Paul Adams and Geoff Thomas represented Friskney Bowmen at the Sherwood Archers Record Status day of Nationals at Southwell on Sunday. We would like to congratulate Geoff on coming third in the gents compound double and Wendy on winning the ladies compound double. Wendy scoring two under maximum in the afternoon, this would have broken the GB record by 4 points, but unfortunately the record status applied only to the morning and Wendy shot 2 under the GB record. However these are new County and EMAS records (subject to verification).

Success at Double FITA Star held at Washingborough 23/24th June. Paul Adams and Wendy Rowell represented Friskney Bowmen at Lincolnshires premier archery event. This was well organised by Lincoln and Grimsby who ensured the event ran smoothly under difficult weather conditions. It was good to see some common sense judging which I am sure made the weekend more enjoyable. Kelvin Oldham who judges many of our club events passed his assesment for upgrading - well done from all at Friskney.

Weather conditions were challenging on both days with thunder and lightning on the Saturday resulting in the archers being sent back to their tents while the weather passed. Archers came from all over the UK and included several current and former GB internationals both senior and junior.

This was Wendy's first FITA ladies and she managed to shoot a 1307 on the Saturday and a 1304 on the Sunday to take the title, being the only lady to break 1300 on either day. She also claimed her 1300 FITA star and subject to ratification new County records for the FITA Ladies, FITA Double, Long Metric, 70m, 60m, 50m and 30m.

County Outdoor Championships 10th June 2007. The Lincolnshire County Outdoor Championships were held at Pilgrim Bowmen's ground in Boston. An eventful days shooting saw a couple of major equipment failures in the gents compound class, however Silver Spoon's Colin Tucker decided not to give up and shot a national in the afternoon with a club recurve bow borrowed from Pilgrim. Friskney Bowen's Ellen Talbot won the junior ladies recurve title, Daniel Severn won the junior boys compound title and Wendy Rowell won the ladies compound title. Ellen and Daniel achieved their 900 rose awards, Toni Talbot achieved her 800 Rose award and Wendy got her final qualifying score for GMB. Friskney Bowmen came third in the team event.

Club York, Hereford, Bristols 3rd June 2007. We welcomed archers from around the County and beyond to a club competition in beautiful sunny weather. OOBAC sent a large contingent of archers from near Peterborough, whom we hoped enjoyed their days shooting with us. New club records were set by Ellen Talbot, Daniel Severn, Geoff Thomas and Wendy Rowell. Wendy improved on the County record she shot last weekend with a 1246. Geoff and Ian Clayton (Pilgrim) seemed to be having a friendly 'head to head' throughout the day and Pete Nettleton shot his first 6 Gold end. We would like to thank our visitors for supporting this event. Results can be found Here

Welbeck 27th May. An extremely wet and windy Welbeck welcomed archers to their Record status York, Hereford and Bristols on Sunday 28th May. Wendy Rowell and Paul Adams represented Friskney Bowmen at this event. A large field (30 bosses) was reduced throughout the day as archers retired due to the appaling weather. An estimated 1/3rd of the field retired but Paul and Wendy shot to the end. Wendy won the ladies Hereford with a score of 1242 gaining a new County and EMAS record, Paul came midway in a large field of recurve archers (results to follow). Paul is shooting in the record status Western on the 28th (weather permitting).

Wendy being awarded the Ladies Compound Unlimited Title at Welbeck

Silver Spoon Double FITA 900. A small group of archers from Friskney Bowmen took part in Silver Spoon's Double FITA 900 on Sunday 20th May. Weather conditions were near perfect with the sun shining all day. There was very little wind, although some light breezes came in towards the end of the day. A well organised event was enjoyed by a good field from around the County and further afield. Paul Adams came third in the Gents Recurve Double and Wendy Rowell won the ladies Single and Double Compound shooting an 841 and 849. Subject to verification, a new County and EMAS record. Everyone was exhausted after the double, shooting a single detail in the afternoon meant little rest but I think everyone preferred it.

County Windsor 13th May 2007. A very wet Friskney club field was the venue for the Lincolnshire County Windsor shoot. The first distance was shot in relatively dry conditions before the rain came in first quite light but developing into a continuous heavy downpour. The shoot was well attended with archers from all over the County. Club members did well with Joe and Janet Lloyd winning longbow, Wendy Rowell winning ladies compound with a new County record, Ellen Talbot came second in junior girls recurve, Josh Rowell came first in the boys compound with a new County record and Daniel Severn came second. The results can be found Here

Lincoln Archers York/Hereford/Bristols 6th May 2007. Malcolm and Paul Adams, Toni and Ellen Talbot, Wendy Trevor and Joshua Rowell represented Friskney Bowmen at Washingborough on Sunday. This was a very windy day with our digi meter showing crosswinds blowing to 24mph. This made for some very interesting shooting. We would like to congratulate Toni Talbot for her first place in the Junior girls recurve, Ellen Talbot for her third place in the Junior girls recurve and Paul Adams for his third place in the gents recurve. Joshua Rowell shot in his first tournament away from our club but was the only boys compound shooting so did not medal despite his good score. Similarly Wendy shot an 1154 but was the only Lady compound shooting. With average scores being about 100 down because of the wind, everyone seemed pleased with their efforts.

Silver Spoon Western. Paul and Malcolm Adams, Trevor and Wendy Rowell represented Friskney Bowmen at a Long Western/Western shoot held at Gleed School, Spalding on Sunday 15th April. It was a very hot sunny day (hottest of the year so far) Silver Spoon organised a very enjoyable shoot with everything running smoothly including a burger van! Unfortunately they were let down by some poor scoring by the competitors, meaning the team from Silver Spoon had to do quite a lot of recounting of scores.

Wendy Rowell won the ladies compound Long Western and Paul Adams came 3rd in the gents recurve Long Western. We enjoyed our shoot at Silver Spoon and the hospitality shown by them.

Easter Weekend Shoots. Malcom and Paul Adams, Trevor and Wendy Rowell represented Friskney Bowmen at the Bassetlaw Anniversary Western on Easter Sunday. A stiff and unpredictable breeze made for interesting shooting. The shooting was split between 2 sessions with the pie and peas being served during the break. We all had an enjoyable time and Wendy won the ladies compound trophy with a score of 797, despite trying to help Trevor out by shooting on his target during one of the ends.

Easter Monday saw the club York/Hereford/Bristol shoot. We were please to welcome archers from in and out of the County. Friskney Bowmen enjoyed success in several events. Juniors Daniel Severn and Alex Flemming both won. All our longbow archers did well across all classes and Wendy Rowell won the ladies Compound with what we believe to be a new County Record of 1212. Paul Adams came third in the gents recurve and Craig Severn second in the Recurve Bristol II. Full results can be found HERE

We would like to thank those members who helped to setup, move targets and take down at the end. We would especially like to thank those archers from other clubs who gave up their time to help.

Lincolnshire County Indoor Archery Championships 18th March. Geoff Thomas, Paul Adams, Wendy and Trevor Rowell represented Friskney Bowmen at the County Indoor Championships held at the Matthew Humberstone School in Cleethorpes. Wendy Rowell won the ladies title shooting a score of 1158 setting a new County record and equalling the current British record for the Double Portsmouth. Geoff Thomas came second in the gents compound class.

County Indoor medalists, Wendy and Geoff beng presented with their awards

Record Status FITA 18 at Bingham on Sunday March 11th. We would like to congratulate Geoff Thomas for coming first in the Gents Compound, Sue Meads for coming second in the Ladies Longbow and Paul Adams for coming third in the Gents Recurve at this record status shoot.

Boston Indoor Series comes to an end. After another succesful season, the final round of the Boston indoor series was shot today at the Peter Paine sports centre in Boston. Concluding with a Worcester round, we saw some excellent shooting with GB team member Neil Dowsett shooting back to back 300's to take the match and the series. Anthony Hoyes, despite suffering from a broken nose, managed an excellent 299.

In the ladies compound, Grimsby's Rachael Sullivan was beaten for the first time by Friskney's Wendy Rowell 298 to 295, with Wendy we think taking the County record and EMAS Worcester x 2 record. Rachaels overall score for the series however meant she took the series trophy, scoring consistently well across the various rounds.

The juniors from Friskney deserve a special mention with noticeable improvements in their shooting and scores. Daniel Severn taking the boys compound trophy for todays match and the series with Alex Flemming taking the girls titles. Joshua Rowell shot in his first competition and came second to Daniel in the boys compound. Daniel shot a 152 in the PAA at the start of the series but had improved to 216 today. Alex shot a 201 in the PAA and improved to an excellent 267 in todays Worcester.

Joe and Janet Lloyd repeated their success in last weeks EFAA Nationals by taking the longbow match and series titles. Janet improved on the 105 she shot in the PAA to score a 133 today and Joe put in a 195 against the 182 at the start of the series. Alan Blythyn and Paul Newstead did not shoot today.

Paul Adams, Craig Severn and Chris Newstead shot in the gents recurve class against very tough opposition from Kevin Nolan, Chris Dawes and Rory Campbell with Kevin taking the match with a 283.

Field Captain for the series, Malcolm Adams, wished to express his thanks to all those who took part and to all those who helped setup and organise what has been a succesful and enjoyable series. Peter Paine is booked for the next indoor series which kicks off with a PAA round on the 4th of November. Results for this round can be found HERE

Paul Adams, Trevor and Wendy Rowell represented Friskney Bowmen at the Record Status shoot held by Sherwood Archers at Rainworth on the 20-21 January 2007. Paul shot on both days, the FITA 18 on the Saturday and the Portsmouth on the Sunday. Wendy and Trevor shot the Portsmouth on the Sunday. Congratulations to Wendy for winning the Ladies Compound Double Portsmouth and Trevor for winning the Gents Single Compound Portsmouth. Paul narrowly missed a third place in the Gents Recurve Portsmouth, finishing 4th in a large field of recurve archers. Special mention must be made of the excellent way Sherwood Archers managed the two day event despite having part of the roof blown off in last weeks storm. Some photos can be found HERE

Malcolm and Paul Adams, Trevor and Wendy Rowell represented Friskney Bowmen at the H&L Challenge Trophy FITA 18m x 2 organised by Grimsby Archers and held at Cleethorpes on the 14th of January 2007. We would like to thank Grimsby for their kind hospitality and a well organised event. Wendy had a particularly close morning session against Grimsby's Rachael Sullivan, just managing to beat Rachael by 1 point. Rachael came back in the afternoon to win and take the ladies compound class. Wendy shot her PB of 554 for a FITA 18, coming in second overall. Trevor also shot his PB coming in 3rd in the gents compound. Although Paul's combined total for the 2 rounds was higher than the 3rd placed recurve, his single total mean't he missed out on 3rd place by 1 point.

 

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