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Cambridgeshire County Championship Winners

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A number of Ely Archers attended the annual Cambridgeshire Archery Association (CAA) indoor County shoot on Sunday 9th February 2020 at the One Leisure Centre in St. Ives, hosted by Jolly Archers.

Archers shooting on the day were Louise, Harry, Daniel, Mel, Alison, Ian C., Malcolm, Jasmine and Kim.

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

County Awards

County Champion Junior Gents Recurve – Harry
County Champion Junior Ladies Barebow – Jasmine
County Champions Barebow Team – Alison, Malcolm and Kim
2nd Ladies Barebow – Alison
3rd Place Recurve Team – Harry, Mel and Ian Chapman

Jolly Archers Results

1st Junior Gents Recurve – Harry
1st Junior Ladies Barebow – Jasmine
1st Junior Gents Recurve (Double round) – Harry
2nd Team Recurve – Harry, Mel and Ian Chapman
3rd Ladies Barebow – Alison
3rd Team Barebow – Alison and Malcolm

So overall a great day for the club and lots of medals.

2020 Full Results – County

2020 Full Results – Jolly Archers

Just some of the medals won.

Sutton Scout group receive over £200 from Ely Archers

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The Sutton Scout group receive over £200 from Ely Archers after annual fundraising raffle.

Every November Ely Archers hold their annual Portsmouth archery competition; in which archers attend from numerous counties. Every year, the club also hold a prize raffle, with funds being raised for a chosen charity. Sutton Scout Group were proposed as the nominated charity, by the late Ely Archer Club Chair, Steve Johnson; who sadly passed away last October.

Last Friday, several Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Scout leaders joined Ely Archers for a have-a-go archery session, before being presented with the cheque. These funds will be put towards the groups ongoing fundraising for a new venue.

Pictured is the presentation of the cheque by Maggie Johnson, with members of Ely Archers and the Sutton Scout group.

Archery Beginners Class in February

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Ely Archers are re-commencing their archery beginners’ classes in February at Ely College. Ely Archers will be running a 2-week class running on two Saturday afternoons on 8th and 15th February to begin with, more dates are planned for later in the year.

A new beginner’s section has been created on the Ely Archers website. The new area contains a page to register your interest for up and coming beginners classes, a beginners FAQ page, a course overview page and an online booking form which enables you to see how may places are left, beginners class dates and to pay via PayPal or BACS.

Beginners Overview
Beginners FAQ
Beginners Booking Form

Archery GB Magazine says Farewell to Steve

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I don’t know if you saw the Winter 2019 issue of the Archery GB magazine. But it contained a brilliant write-up about Steve our ex-chairman on page 15 in the obituaries section. We miss you Steve and think about you all the time.

Hopefully you can read the image, if not please click on it for an enlarged version.

Portsmouth Competition Results 2019

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Thank you to everyone that was involved in the Portsmouth competition. We couldn’t have done it without your help, whether you donated a prize to the raffle, helped set up Friday night, bought raffle tickets, shot in the competition or helped us pack up Saturday night or bring everything back on Sunday morning.

We managed to raise approx. £200 in our charity raffle for the Sutton Scout Group as selected by Steve.

Portsmouth Results

Ely Archers won a number of medals including:

Alison (Barebow) 1st Place in the single round

Jasmine (Junior Ladies Barebow) 1st Place in the single round

Team round (Recurve) 2nd Place – the top 3 recurve scores came from Wojciech, Daniel and Ian Chapman.

Full results are available on our website: https://www.elyarchers.org.uk/events/

View more Portsmouth competition images.