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City of Cambridge Bowmen World Archery Weekend 2023

18th May 2023Ely ArchersEly Archers Archery Newscambridge archers, cambridge archery, cambridge archery weekend, cambridge bowmen, city of cambridge bowmen, city of cambridge bowmen 2023, world archery weekend

Several Ely Archers (Louise, Paul, Daniel, Jordan and Julian) attended the World Archery weekend at City of Cambridge Bowmen on Saturday and Sunday 13th and 14th May at Downing College Sports Ground. The rounds shot were double 720 rounds, so 144 arrows plus sighters each day. Distances on offer were 70m for senior recurve, 60m for 50+ recurve and longbow and 50m for barebow and compound.

Saturday saw chilly breezy weather whilst the Sunday saw a mixture of clouds in the morning but full sunshine in the afternoon, with no wind at all.

Ely did manage to collect a few medals and some good results over the weekend and some personal bests were achieved. Although traditionally medals are not handed out at these types of events, as people are usually just shooting for national ranking points.

Saturday

1st Ladies 50+ Recurve – Louise
1st Men’s Barebow – Daniel
1st Men’s Junior Longbow – Julian
3rd Men’s Recurve – Paul

Sunday

1st Ladies 50+ Recurve – Louise
2nd Men’s Barebow – Daniel

City of Cambridge WA720 2023 Results

CAA End of Season Handicap Shoot 2022

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Alex and Jordan attended the Cambridgeshire Archery Association (CAA) end of season handicap shoot on Sunday 2nd October 2022. The shoot was a free to attend shoot hosted by the City of Cambridge Bowmen. The round selected was a National archery round, with a choice of distances on offer from 80/60, 60/50, 50/40 and 30/20.

The weather for the afternoon was a light wind with Sun and the occasional cloud. Warm but not too hot.

The shoot was a handicap-adjusted shoot with separate categories for seniors and juniors, archers shot their round of choice and the results were handicap adjusted. Each archer had to present their current handicap rating to the tournament organiser before the shoot, which is supplied by your clubs records officer.

A handicap adjusted score of 1440 means you are shooting to your normal standard, above – you’re shooting better than normal, below and not as good as usual.

Jordan shot a 60/50 yard National and ranked 17th equal with a score of 582, the adjusted score was 1423.
Alex shot a 60/50 yard National and ranked 33rd with a score of 373, the adjusted score was 1377.

In the end 39 archers from the county attended from a number of different archery clubs and it was a really good shoot. It’s well organised, free, and worth attending in the future if you want experience of a local friendly shoot – it will hopefully be back again next year!

CAA End of Season Handicap Shoot 2022 Results

City of Cambridge Bowmen World Archery Weekend

19th May 2022Ely ArchersEly Archers Archery Newscambridge archery, cambridge bowmen downing college, ccb archers, ccb archery, city of cambridge bowmen

Several Ely Archers (Louise, Harry, Paul, Mel, Daniel and Jordan) attended the World Archery weekend at City of Cambridge Bowmen on Saturday and Sunday 14th and 15th May at Downing College Sports Ground. The rounds shot were double 720 rounds, so 144 arrows plus sighters each day. Distances on offer were 70m for recurve and longbow and 50m for barebow and compound.

Saturday saw very hot sunny weather whilst the Sunday saw a mixture of wind and wet weather.

Ely did manage to collect some medals over the weekend, even though traditionally medals are not handed out at these types of events, as people are usually just shooting for national ranking points.

Saturday

2nd Men’s Barebow – Daniel
2nd Ladies Recurve – Louise

Sunday

1st Men’s Recurve – Harry
3rd Men’s Barebow – Daniel