Shire Bowmen Rove – Boughton
Registration 9.00 – 10.15
First Arrows 10.30
Boughton House is a country house about 3 miles north-east of Kettering off the A4300 road near Geddington in Northamptonshire, England.
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Shire Bowmen Rove – Boughton
Registration 9.00 – 10.15
First Arrows 10.30
Boughton House is a country house about 3 miles north-east of Kettering off the A4300 road near Geddington in Northamptonshire, England.
Flodden Marks
A fantastic day Roving with friends old and new at the annual Battle of Flodden Rove.
The Longbow Club was well supported with Jason, Gabe and Luca Powell, Mike O’Sullivan, Katrina Horton and Chris Eccles.
Congratulations to Luca Powell, 2nd Junior, Katrina Horton, 3rd Lady, Lee Ankers overall winner of The sword of Flodden.
A huge thank you Jason Stokes and his team for a fabulous days roving. We look forward to joining you all again next year.
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.
Great Northern Rove
Sign in 9.30 – 10.20
The rove will start at 10.30
Prizes for Ladies, Gentlemen and under 16’s
Longbows and wood arrows.
Other bows classed separately, NO compound bows.
Wooden arrows only.
Toilets and parking available.
Bring your own lunch and refreshments.
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.
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.
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.
Flodden Marks
A fantastic days shooting at The Flodden Marks today. Shooting with friends old and new and with perfect weather. An excellent turnout from The Longbow Club, with Sue and Pete Price, Josh McLaren, Sarah and Colin Cavanagh, Abbey and Ben Cavanagh, Katrina Horton and Chris Eccles.
Congratulations to Ben Cavanagh 1st Junior Longbow and to Katrina Horton, 1st Lady Longbow.
A great big thank you to Rebecca and Jason Stokes and The Flodden Crew for an superb day, a very challenging rove and free cake!
Poulton Hall Spring Rove
A brilliant day roving with the Longbow Club. A bit chilly in the morning but the sun eventually came out and everyone had a great time. Delicious cakes from Nina, super soup from Sarah and flapjacks from Alison. Thank you to everyone that attended and to the members of The Longbow Club for all the effort to put on such a great day.
…a well organised Rove as always – well done everyone
…another enjoyable event, very well organised as usual. Thanks!
…I am just grateful for you all putting on the event and the very welcome homemade soups and cakes. You all deserve a pat on the back. I think we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
…First rove I’ve ever topped the list so pretty chuffed.
…A very big thank you to you and your colleagues for arranging an excellent and enjoyable Rove yesterday. Look forward to the next one.
…Thanks for an excellent day out today. Looking forward to your next shoot.
…just to say thank you for the shoot today. It was great fun, despite the glue failue on my arrow points