Author Archives: Ely Archers

Sunday 27th July 2014

Ely Archers Archery News

Another hot and Sunny day ! Two of us shot at the Jolly Archers’ Open Western, Mike Williamson shot well and has now achieved a Second Class Archer Classification for Recurve, Congratulations Mike ! Meanwhile FITA 70’s, now called WA 70’s, were shot on the Amherst Field and Maggie Johnson, our Club Chairman, created a new record for Ladies Barebow WA 70. Martin Ley moved up to a full Warwick and at this rate will soon be a Third Class Archer, which is much better than it sounds ! Everyone else enjoyed themselves, including myself ! I have added WA 70 ( was FITA 70) scoresheets to the website and printed some for the box. See some of you on Wednesday

Wednesday 23rd July 2014

Ely Archers Archery News

A hot and Sunny evening for a beginners’ class and members’ shoot. Mike W, Eric and Rob all shot a National round. Eric & Mike added a 2nd class score to their Recurve achievements and Rob managed a 2nd class Barebow score with his flatbow, making 3, so I now have 2nd Class Barebow …… Hooray ! Martin Ley scored a Junior Warwick, a new record but Martin & Nigel really need to move up to a non-junior round to work for a Classification. Short Warwick for instance. Soon be Friday !

Sunday 20th July 2014

Ely Archers Archery News

It turned out nice for us today. We were a good mixture from beginners through to Roy Lockwood receiving his certificate for a new record for Recurve Long Warwick. I’ve been off with an injured thumb and expected to find a big backlog of scores to enter, but you’ve all been resting and there were none ! No-one shot a Western today, but I did manage a Warwick ok. Two shooting evenings to go before the Jolly Archers’ Open Western next Sunday, I think just Mike Williamson and myself to shoot there this year. Our thanks go to Mike Williamson and his family for hosting the Club’s BBQ in a very fine style, Many Thanks to Mike & Julie.

Wednesday 25th June 2014

Ely Archers Archery News

A lovely evening with quite a few archers enjoying the butts. Neil suffered a compound techno-tragedy, which was a pity, bad luck Neil. David spent ages building a bow up for a new member, who shall be nameless until I find out who this mystery woman is ! Balloons were popped, certificates for new records awarded to David, Roy and Rob. Martin Ley shot a Junior Warwick, scoring 360 and beating Nigel Tapp’s recent record. Now I know these don’t really count, as it’s Gentlemen shooting Junior Rounds, but it’s encouraging and we could place bets !! No doubt they’ll soon move up to a Short Warwick and be acting as real Gentlemen !