SAA News & Articles 2008
17th May - Hannah places 6th in Spain
Hannah placed 6th in cadet recurve. After qualifying 15th in the metric 2 in very windy conditions (nothing new there for an east coaster) Hannah went into the head to head yesterday morning in relative calm. She won her first round match comfortably and then met the No 2 seed in the 1/8 round. Being outside the compound I had to wait nervously for the thumbs up to confirm her second win after her opponent shot a blue. In the quarter final she was gutted to lose by one point (103-104) after leading throuhgh the first 3 ends.
Well done Hannah!
(report from Alan Wood)
14th May - Hannah flies high
Hannah Stewart will be flying out to Spain on Sunday to compete for Team GB in the first leg of the Junior Europa Cup. It was originaly thought that she would have to decline the invitation as she has two standard grade exams the same week but Alan Wood's wife Jess stepped in to act as invigilator so Hannah can take the exams in Spain.
We all wish Hannah good luck in both her shooting and exams
7th May - Honorary Life Membership of GNAS for Derek
Derek Sangster became the 1st Scot to be awarded a Honorary Life Membership of GNAS at the Society's AGM last month at Lilleshall. As GNAS only allow a maximum of twelve of these to exist at one time this is a rare honour and given in recognition of many years of selfless service to archery. Derek started archery in 1977 and since then has held many roles and served on many committees at Club, Regional and National level including as a County Coach spending 15 years as a Leader Trainer, and serving for six years as GNAS Director for Scotland. He is perhaps best know to many of us as a well respected National Judge. Typically when I caught up with Derek he was helping his Club, Lasswade Archers, mark out their field for the summer.
30th April - A sunny day for Clyde Arrows Albion & BBQ
Clyde Arrows hosted their 4th annual Albion and BBQ on Sunday 27th April. The shoot is gained popularity over the years and has progressed from the humble beginnings of only having 4 local clubs represented to having 10 clubs attending this year.
As one of the first outdoor shoots of the Scottish calendar it is considered by some as a good warm up round for the season proper and as such the weather couldn’t have been kinder with bright sunshine and almost no wind. We started the round at 11am prompt after a lot of sun screen had been applied.
There was some stiff competition for the first awards of the day, best gold was won by one of Clyde’s own juniors Jonathon Jarrett and the worst white by another of our members Pat McLaughlin.
The rest of the shoot went smoothly until the last end when there was a strange sound form the target of Chris Sainsbury of Edinburgh University Alumni, when we got to the targets we discovered every archers dream achievement a Robin Hood!
We would like to extend congratulations to all our winners David Lange gents recurve, Kerstin Elmendorff ladies recurve, Brendan Butler U18 recurve, Derek McAulay gents compound (dropping only 14 points), Fiona Quayle ladies compound, Andrew Ho U18 Compound, Douglas Blyth short Windsor and Rhianna Scott junior Windsor. We would also like to extend our thanks to all that helped run the shoot but especially to Joanne and Cary Hendricks for the BBQ
We are now looking forward to hosting our first Rose status York and Hereford shoot on the 29th June and hope that the weather is as kind then.
25th March Edinburgh University kick off outdoors indoors
At the indoor FITA in Libramont in belgium Edinburgh University archers faired well. Claudine Jennings won the ladies compound with 1366 and 1348, Alistair Whittingham was 3rd gents compound with 1369 and 1367. Andrew O'connor shot two 1315's at this his first ever 90m event and Alex Lamb made 2413 with a 293 90m which bodes well for the outdoor season.
18th March - Team Bronze for Emma in Torino
I'm a bit late with the news, but those of you who were watching the Torino results will know that Great Britain clinched 2 Team Bronze Medals and an Individual Bronze. One of the Team Medals and the Individual Bronze went to the Compound Ladies and the other Team Bronze to the Ladies Recurve Team of Naomi Folkard, Charlotte Burgess and Emma Downie.
Its good to see all Emma's hard work paying off - Congratulations!
3rd March - Scots in Torino
The XI European and Mediterranean Indoor Archery Championships takes place from March 3 - 8 in Turin (Italy). Simon Needham, Emma Downie and Hannah Stewart are all on the GB team.
Here is the link to watch http://www.torino2008.eu/english/en_index.php
3rd March - British Transplant Games 2007
Norrie and Frank were asked to represent the Scottish Archery Association, to be the judges for the Archery section, at the British Transplant Games held in Edinburgh, from 26 - 29 July last year.
The British Transplant Games are organised on behalf of the Transplant Sport UK (TSUK).The games were inaugurated in 1978 in Portsmouth by Maurice Slapak, who at the time was a Consultant Transplant Surgeon. Approximately 100 participants took part in the first Games in a one day event. Over the past 20 years, the British Transplant Games has grown to a four day annual event for over 500 competitors, aged from 4 - 80, and nearly 1000 supporters.
The aim of the Games is to encourage transplant patients to regain fitness and to promote friendship and cooperation between individuals concerned with transplantation, whilst increasing public awareness of the value of organ donation.
Frank says "It was a great experience .... especially when you consider that approximately 1/3 of all the archers in the competition had not used a bow before or had used it only once. This resulted in a special setup, whereby those archers had to be trained / coached in how to handle a Bow and Arrow in two quick sessions before the actual competition. However, they all had fun and enjoyed the competition."
The archery event took place at the University of Edinburgh's sports complex in The Pleasance and was hosted by Edinburgh University Archery Club who provided the initial training to the participants and then acted as field party. It was an intensive few days for the Club but very rewarding.
For further information, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6916581.stm
18th February - Recurves are winners at British Champs
The Scottish Team of James Laing(Links), Emma Downie(EUAAC), Lorna Provan(Links) and Malcolm Alexander(Grampian) were first in the Home Nation match against England, Wales and Northern Ireland on Saturday. Scotland scored 2223 in total to put the English Team on 2203 into 2nd place.
To top off the day, James Laing took Silver in the overall competion having managed to go forward in the 1/4 final in a one arrow shoot off. Jenny Jeppsson(EUAC) and Emma Downie(EUAAC) came Head to Head in the Bronze Ladies match with Jenny Jeppsson taking the Bronze and Emma 4th.
Other results, and based on the Fita 18 qualifying score, saw the Club Trophy for Mixed Teams Recurve Bows go to the Edinburgh University team of Jenny Jeppsson, Alexander Lamb, Greg Schnuer and Denis Johnstone and the County Trophy for Mixed Teams go to the Eastern Area team of Jenny Jeppsson(EUAC), Emma Downie(EUAAC), Alexander Lamb(EUAC) and Matt Nowicki(EUAAC)
On the Sunday the Compound Home Nation Team of Ranald Hutton, Derek McAulay, Ali Sewell and Elayne McLean had a less triumphant experience despite some steady shooting, managing to score 2239 against the English 2287 to put them into second place above Wales.
The Club Trophy for Mixed Teams Compound bows was lifted for Edinburgh University Alumni by Alistair Whittingham, Chris Sainsbury, Claudine Jennings and Tim Keppie.
Full results can be found on the GNAS website
30th January - PB's for Andy in OZ
Canberra's Australia Day Archery Tournament, lays claim to being the biggest shoot in Australian bar Nationals. A few big names were missing from the compound line but 8 out of 10 the top archers from the Australian ranking were present. With yours truly holding the current No.2 spot.
An early but slow start to the first day saw the sun shinning but with an unpredictable light breeze, the day gently warmed to the mid 30s. Lunch break before 30m kept us out of the sun at midday. The breeze picked up for 30m but most archers still posted good scores. After Day 1 Pat Coghlan was on 1381, with myself just behind on 1377 and Zoran Singerov on 1371
The shoot got off to a flying start on Day 2, still conditions leading to some big scores, quite whispers start that Pat was on for 14. 70m again quite still, my score after the long metric being decisively average for the day, but Pat in a very comfy place for a big score. 50m I drilled the gold for a 352, taking Coghlan back by a few points. After lunch 30m, breeze up again but left a number of archers with PB for the full FITA and after dropping one 9 Pat sat on 1404, myself on a PB of 1388
1 Pat Coglan 333 348 343 357 1381 345 351 349 359 1404 2785
2 Andy Ward 329 346 345 357 1377 333 345 352 358 1388 2765
3 Paul Malynn 328 340 345 355 1368 336 347 346 357 1386 2754
4 Dennis Carson 334 340 337 353 1364 335 345 343 358 1381 2745
Good luck to everone shooting the Scottish Indoors this weekend. Andy
29th January - just a picture from the weekend
I can't find the results for this shoot anywhere yet but the guy in the middle is called Pat Coghlan, he's an Australian and he shot a 1404 on Sunday. The guy on his left is Andy so he must have done alright. More news when I get it. Yes other photographs testify that is it gloriously sunny and hot over there. Photo courtesy of Diamond Valley Archers.
15th January - Andy gets Gold in NZ
This New Year Andy headed out to New Zealand For the Continental Qualifier in what the locals call "windy Wellington" and has sent in a report, if you want to see where he was shooting visit Archery New Zealand
Happy New Year to everyone
The weather of the target days resembled a day in Glasgow, moderate winds and constant rain. Last years British summer turned out to be useful training; leaving me on top in the Gents FITA and 70m. Weather warmed up for match play, but the wind kept up. Settling old scores in the semi-finals with Steve Clifton:gold medalist in the commonwealth cup, 115-114. The Final was another rematch this time against Shaun Teasdale, a xx10 to start finished at 113-106.
The event was a pleasure to attend, and special thanks to Robert Sue of London Archers for his hospitality.
Will be back in time for the first events of the session
14th January - Great start to 2008
Sunday 13th January 2008 saw the Indoor Selection Shoot at Lilleshall for those archers with qualifying scores. Scotland was well represented with Simon Needham (Links), Emma Downie (EUAAC) and Hannah Stewart (Links) all making their teams to shoot for GB at the European Indoor Championships - Torino Italy - March 2nd- 9th