YAA Clout Weekend

Superb weekend at Archers of East Riding, Driffield for the Yorkshire Archery Metric Clout and County Clout Championships.

Congratulations to Katrina Horton, 3rd Lady Longbow on the Saturday and 1st Lady Longbow Visitor on the Sunday, and to Chris Eccles 2nd Gent Longbow on the Saturday and Steve Williams, 3rd Gent Longbow on the Sunday.

A big thank you to Archers of East Riding for their support and the use of their ground.

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Ted Mallet Clout

A great weekend of clout at York, lovely to meet up with friends again. Beautiful weather on Saturday but a bit chilly on Sunday although no rain and the wind not too bad. Katrina Horton was 1st Lady Longbow on Saturday.

Tracy Cross was 1st Lady Longbow on the Sunday with Katrina Horton 2nd Lady and Diane Jobson 3rd. Richard Powell was 1st Gent Longbow with Chris Eccles 2nd. Katrina and Alison won the Longbow Team Trophy on Sunday; Steve Williams had a good weekend shooting and his hat and bow stand were much admired!

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Yorkshire Clout

A wonderful day at the York Clout today, the weather was fantastic. It was great to get together with friends again after what seemed to be an absolute age.

Congratulations to Katrina Horton, 1st Lady Longbow, Tracy Cross, 2nd Lady Longbow, Diane Jobson, 3rd Lady Longbow.

Thank you to Mark Hayes and his team for a great day

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6th Poulton Hall Rove

Another great day at the 6th Poulton Hall Rove. Thank you to everyone that came along and supported us, we hope that you thouroughly enjoyed it and we look forward to seeing you for our next Rove on 29th October 2023.

A huge thank you to all the club members for your help and support, especially Alison for the flapjacks, Katrina for her cakes, Ann for making teas, coffees and soups, Mike and Barbara for the sandwiches and to Colin, Steve, Dave and Mike for helping me set out what turned out to be a fairly challenging course, especially at the pond. 

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10th Longbow Western

Fabulous day at the Kendal Bowmen Longbow Western, and the weather, although cool, was kind and dry.

Huge thanks to Tony, Lorraine and all at Kedal Bowmen for making this such a fun shoot.

Congratulations to Katrina Horton, Lady Longbow highest score, Helen Horsley, Lady Longbow most hits and Chris Eccles best gold. 

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Sandon Hall Rove

A great day with The Shire Bowmen at their Rove on the Sandon Hall Estate, Stafford. 

A really beautiful venue and a great course, courtesy of Amanda Smith, Dave Burnett and the Shire team.

A good turnout with about 65 archers in total, 6 of those representing The Longbow Club.

Congratulations to Sarah Cavanagh, 3nd Light Longbow, Katrina Horton, 2nd Light Longbow and Ben Cavanagh, 1st Junior Longbow.

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Shropshire County Clout & Open

A great day at the Shropshire County Clout and Open held at The British Ironworks in Oswestry.

The wind was very blustery but not as bad as last year when we had to stop shooting at lunchtime.

Congratulations to Katrina Horton, 1st Lady Longbow Visitor and to Chris Eccles, 1st Gent Longbow Visitor.

Thank you to all from Croesoswallt Archers for an excellent day.

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Poulton Hall – Autumn Rove

A fantastic day at Poulton Hall for The Longbow Clubs’ Autumn Rove.

The weather was forecast rain until lunchtime, then brighten up, but then a downpour around 3pm. However, we got some drizzle in the morning as we assembled but then it cleared and the sun came out and it stayed dry all day.

Thank you to the members for all their help and support in making the day so enjoyable. Thank you to Alison for the flapjacks and to Katrina for the cakes.

But the biggest thank you is to all the archers who attended. without you, this event events would not be possible.

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Sandringham Rove

What a fabulous day at Royal Sandringham. Thanks to Pip Bickerstaffe and the Shire Bowmen for making it so much fun.

We started of with the Shire Bowmen doing what looked like the March of the Archers. Sorry I only took stills, wish I had turned the camera to video.

Congratulations to Katrina Horton who came 1st in the Light Bow category.

Thank you also to the ‘Thumb Ring Archers’ for demonstrating their style of shooting. 

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Kendal Clout

After a couple of years absence, the Kendal Imperial Clout Weekend returned to challenge us. 

It was a great weekend, with Saturdays weather much better than Sundays. Although, funnily enough, people shot better on the Sunday.

Congratulations to Katrina Horton, 1st Lady Longbow, Diane Jobson, 2nd Lady Longbow and Elaine Jobson, 3rd Lady Longbow. Congratulations also to Martin Leonard, 1st Gent Longbow, Chris Eccles, 2nd Gent Longbow and Ian Norwood, 3rd Gent Longbow.

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