Clout; archery tournament; Competition; the longbow club

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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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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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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Sword of Shrewsbury

Excellent day at The Sword of Shrewsbury, an annual event consisting of a BLBS Double Two Way Clout followed by a Two Way National Round.

In the Clout competition, congratulations to Fran Smith who was lady longbow with the most hits, Katrina Horton, lady longbow with the highest score and Dee Jones who had the most clouts.

In the target competition, Katrina Horton was lady longbow most hits, Fran Smith was lady longbow with the highest score and Penny Neaveson, lady longbow with the most golds.

Overall, Fran Smith, just pipped Katrina to become the supreme champion taking the trophey and the ladys’ dagger.

Hamish Freeman was the supreme champion, taking the trophey and the Sword, Chris Eccles got gents longbow most golds in the target competition.

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Northern Counties Clout Championships

Day 2 - Imperial Clout

A good finish to the Northern Counties Clout Championships. Katrina Horton was 3rd Lady Longbow; she, Chris Eccles and Alison Williams won the Club Team Longbow award (Steve Williams tied with Chris today). Steve, Nina and Alison were the Cheshire Longbow Team today (yesterday it was Nina, Chris and Alison) and Cheshire won the overall Team Trophy for the first time in ages.
We all had great fun and it was lovely to see so many of our friends.

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Cheshire Tri-Clout

Day 3

A Metric today on the final day of the Triclout. The wind was very difficult again but we all had a great time. Katrina Horton and Chris Eccles were both 3rd today and Katrina, Alison and Chris won the Longbow Supreme Champions Club Team trophy. Steve Williams’ longbow stand was much admired as usual!

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Cheshire Tri-Clout

Day 2

Fun at the Triclout today, 2 down, 1 to go. Katrina Horton was 1st Lady Longbow for the 2-way Imperial yesterday. Today was the 1-way Imperial. Katrina was the Cheshire Champion Lady Longbow and 1st in the English National awards and Chris Eccles was the Cheshire Champion Gents Longbow. Alison Williams was 2nd Cheshire Lady Longbow and Katrina, Alison and Chris won the Longbow Team award.

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