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Bumper Haul of Medals at Cambs County Archery Shoot

11th February 2026Ely ArchersEly Archers Archery Newscambridgeshire archery, cambridgeshire archery competition, jolly archers, longbow county champions

A huge number of Ely Archers shot at the Cambridgeshire County Indoor Championships on Sunday 8th February 2026 at One Leisure, St. Ives. The Open UKRS Portsmouth shoot is run by Jolly Archers and incorporates the Cambridgeshire Archery Association (CAA) Indoor Championships.

Overall, a brilliant result for the club with a bumper haul of medals, last year it was nearly all longbow wins, but this year lots of wins from all the main bow types and lots of club wins as well.

Here is the list of medal winners from the Jolly Archers and CAA shoots:

CAA Portsmouth Results

Single Rounds

1st Matthew George Recurve 50+ Men (County Champ)
1st Simon Gamble Longbow Men (County Champ)
1st Julie Tant Barebow 50+ Women (County Champ)
2nd Daniel Coe Longbow Men
2nd Jane Gamble Longbow Women
2nd Pip Gardner Barebow Men

Club Awards

1st Club Longbow – Simon Gamble, Daniel Coe, Jane Gamble
3rd Club Barebow – Pip Gardner, James Gould, Matthew Waterson

Jolly Archers Open Portsmouth Results

Single Rounds

2nd Matthew George Recurve 50+ Men
2nd Simon Gamble Longbow Men
2nd Jane Gamble Longbow Women
2nd Julie Tant Barebow 50+ Women
3rd Daniel Coe Longbow Men
3rd Pip Gardner Barebow Men

Double Rounds

1st Jane Gamble Longbow Women
2nd Matthew George Recurve 50+ Men
3rd Simon Gamble Longbow Men
3rd Pip Gardner Barebow Men

Club Awards

1st Club Longbow – Simon Gamble, Daniel Coe
2nd Club Recurve – Sam Slatter, Matthew George, Deborah Barker
2nd Club Compound – Paul Beck, Chris Collins
2nd Club Barebow – Pip Gardner, James Gould

Full Results

CAA Portsmouth 2026 Results
Jolly Archers Open Portsmouth 2026 Results

Frostbite 2026

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Around 20 Ely Archers braved the sub-zero temperatures to take part in our annual New Year Frostbite shoot. We even decided to shoot in ends of 3 arrows to prolong the experience. Tea, Coffee and biscuits were served at half-time. Even though it was sunny, the gusts of wind did not help.

Indoor County Shoot 2025 – Longbow and Barebow County Champs

10th February 2025Ely ArchersEly Archers Archery Newscambridgeshire archery, cambridgeshire archery competition, jolly archers, longbow county champions

Deborah, Pip, Pete, Simon, Sarah P, Matthew, Daniel, Sian, Paul and Chris all shot at the Cambridgeshire County Indoor Championships on Sunday 9th February 2025 at One Leisure, St. Ives. The Open Portsmouth shoot is run by Jolly Archers and incorporates the Cambridgeshire Archery Association (CAA) Indoor Championships.

This was the 3rd year the shoot was UK Record Status so this meant official bow inspections and new this year a timer system.

Overall, a brilliant result for the club with lots of medals, this year wins from the barebow and longbow camp.

Here are the results from both the Jolly Archers shoot and the incorporated Cambridgeshire Indoor County results:

County Shoot Results

County Champion Mens Longbow – Simon
County Champion Womens Barebow – Sarah P
2nd Mens Longbow – Daniel
2nd Team Barebow – Sarah, Pete and Chris

Jolly Archers Open Portsmouth Results

Single Rounds

1st Mens Longbow – Simon
1st Womens Barebow – Sarah P
2nd Womens Barebow – Sian
1st Team Longbow – Simon and Daniel
2nd Team Barebow – Sarah P and Pete

Double Rounds

1st Mens Longbow – Simon
1st Womens Barebow – Sian

Full Results

Jolly Archers Open Portsmouth 2025 Results

CAA Indoor Championship 2025 Results

Ely Archers 15th Annual Portsmouth Competition

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Saturday 16th November 2024

Our annual Portsmouth competition is now open for entries at:

https://www.elyarchers.org.uk/enter/

Please also visit our events page for full information:

https://www.elyarchers.org.uk/events/

NEW for 2024: UKRS event with timers and the chance to gain an indoor master bowman classification or shoot a UK record score.

Club Competition Wins at Jolly Archers and CAA

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Jolly Archers Autumn Shoot 2024

On Sunday 15th September Deborah, Simon and Chris attended the Jolly Archers Autumn Shoot. Deborah shot the Bristol II, with Chris and Simon shooting the Bristol III.

2nd Deborah – Recurve Women
3rd Simon – Longbow Men
4th Chris – Barebow Men

CAA Handicap Shoot 2024

On Sunday 22nd September was the free CAA end of season handicap shoot at Netherhall Archers in Cambridge. Jordan shot the Long Windsor, Daniel the Windsor, and Simon the Windsor 50. It was a rainy start to the day with lots of rain at the first distance. Updated handicap results kept appearing on a white board after each distance. After the first distance Jordan was in 1st place, Daniel in 2nd and Simon about 6th. After the second distance the results were the same. After the raffle results were announced with Jordan coming in 3rd and Daniel gaining 1st place with his Longbow. Having 3 archers in the top 5 is a really good result, especially in a handicap based shoot.

1st Daniel (Longbow)
3rd Jordan – (Compound)
5th Simon – (Longbow)