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Mail bagSubmissionsWrite to: Mailbag, Archery UK magazine, Archery GB, Lilleshall National Sports & Conferencing Centre, Newport, Shropshire TF10 9AT Email: magazine@archerygb.org Please note we cannot print letters sent to us without a name and address or an email address (although we can withhold the address if you wish). Letters may be edited for publication. Please try to keep them to 250 words if possible. Letters containing personal attacks will not be published. Star LetterPrizeAn IS 60 R 15-45x60 scope by Opticron. Look out for some Summertime special offers on the Opticron IS R scope range. For more details visit the Opticron website: http://www.opticron.co.uk/. 
Our prize is worth over £270. A credit to our sport
Great Britain has many fantastic young archers. Many are in the process of, or on the brink of, achieving their potential and it is, perhaps, unfair to single any out. But my club has three such youngsters whose achievements could easily be seen to represent what is going on in clubs around the nation. Rhiannon Easton, Samuel Gulvin and Andrew Lock represented Noak Hill Archers at the Havering Youth Games. It was the first time in a number of years the club had been able to field a team at the games and they were an absolute credit to us and to the sport. Rhiannon and Andrew competed in the short national round, finishing first and second in their categories. Samuel, who had broken the county record earlier in the week, finished a close second in the junior short national competition. While they finished calculating the score, the organisers ran a one arrow knock out competition. The aim was to whittle down the large field of archers by a process of elimination when they tightened the score zone each round. All three Noak Hill Archers reached the final round and Samuel won the trophy with a near-perfect shot. We, like other clubs around the country, have many wonderful young archers among our ranks. They are, as I said before, a credit to us and it bodes well for the future of our sport. Peter Wilson, Noak Hill Archers Other lettersHeadphones: yes or no?In hindsight I suppose it is perhaps surprising that we haven't had this question earlier, given how ubiquitous they are, but is there anything in the rules of shooting about the use of headphones while shooting in practice? It is a question that has been asked recently at our club. Having a headphone on or earbuds in one ear seems fine because you can still hear the range commands but both, especially noise cancelling ones, seems to pose a bit of a safety risk. Has this been discussed at a national level at all? David Timmins, Oxford Archers Editor writes:The use of headphones has been discussed at national level; and by many clubs. A quick check around the rules set by various clubs shows that they ban the use of headphones on safety grounds. It is also mentioned in the Rules of Shooting, albeit in relation to outdoor target archery. The rule is:303 (h): Archers are not permitted electronic communications devices and headsets in front of the waiting line. Backing for VI archers?My name is Richard Smith and I am the Chairman of Louth And District Disabled Archery Club. I coach and spot for a VI V1 (totally blind) archer. He is classified, certificated and registered on World Archery's listings. He has also competed internationally twice in France and this year won silver at the Vision Impaired Archery Tournament in St Herblain, Nantes. He was selected to represent Great Britain at last year's Para-Archery European Championships but due to a lack of foreign opposition his category was cancelled. He remains keen to compete internationally and I am keen to help him. Britain has the current World and European VI V2/3 champion in Steve Prowse. Other VI archers have proved themselves in European competitions. In 2015, British archers took gold, silver and bronze in the VI V2/3 category and silver in the VI V1 category at the World Archery Para-Archery Championships in Germany. This year that competition is being held in Beijing and includes VI V1 and VI V2/3 categories. My question is: Archery GB has not yet mentioned a selection policy for these categories? Will Archery GB be backing the efforts of our VI Archers? Rick Smith Performance Programme Manager Hilda Gibson writes:Archery GB has, and will continue, to support GBR VI athletes as far as is possible within the current funding and individual constraints. This is evidenced by the fantastic 2105 World Championship results you refer to and similarly great results at the 2016 European Championships. In response to enquiries from David Poyner, I have requested a meeting to discuss GB VI attendance at the 2017 World Championships in Beijing in September. Help, pleaseBayeux Bowmen is trying to recover all the Golden Oldies Trophies that were awarded at the last gathering. The Bayeux Bowmen will cover the cost of postage, or if anyone is passing Aim Archery in Battle they can leave them at the pro shop. For reimbursement of postage costs please contact Terry White on 01424 443721. We would like to thank everyone who has met at a gathering of the Golden Oldies, and we look forward to meeting you all again if we can resurrect the shoot. Colin Ford, The Bayeux Bowmen Safety firstThe new conformity rules have come into force and, possibly better late than never, are passing responsibility to the clubs, rather than the judges, for insurance purposes. Accidents happen. Thankfully they are very rare but we all realise the danger and act accordingly. That is why the sport has such a good safety record. The boundaries are 150 yards from shooting line and 10 yards (stretching to 25 yards at 150 yards in a straight line) either side of last boss position. I know of at least one occasion where even those rules could not have prevented an accident happening. We must ensure that no club attempts to completely rewrite the rule books, or break them, just so they can carry on shooting on their established field. A feather edged, wooden backstop will not stop a compound arrow. Perhaps if you put backstop netting over it this would work but it must not be taken down after a tournament or after the conformity judge has left. Twenty yards either side of last boss also seems to be a problem. Where is it measured to? We know it starts at the last boss but does it stop at the clubs own boundary edge or can it go on to someone else's property? On one final note, it's all very well to have attendants guarding the footpaths with walkie talkies during a tournament to be compliant with these new rules, but are they going to also be there afterwards? My club had to use all its savings of £16 000 to purchase one extra acre of land to conform to Archery GB regulations. A wise club learns from others' mistakes. Archery GB and World Archery have a proven track record of safety and long may it continue. Please, make sure rules are not 'bent' over the next six months of shooting compliance. The assessors need to be ruthless and fields are either safe or unsafe, no grey areas. I understand Archery GB is attempting to get a full picture of facilities throughout the country. The rules need to be totally watertight, simple and not open to interpretation. That's the only we can ensure that nobody gets hurt. Steve Holland, Bowmen of Glen UniversitiesBirmingham bosses BUCS: Teams shine at new-look indoor champsArchers from the University of Birmingham bossed the first BUCS archery indoor finals at the University of Bristol, winning both the non-compound team cups. It was the first time regional heats were held. It allowed more archers to compete, and that resulted in more than 750 shooting Portsmouth rounds in Sheffield and Crawley. Of those, 250 qualified for the finals. They then shot a World Archery 18-metres seeding round and the best made the cut for the head-to-heads. Birmingham took the non-compound team trophies ahead of Warwick and Edinburgh. Those two took the other podium places in both events, Warwick getting the silver in the men's competition and Edinburgh silver in the women's event. 
The individual head-to-heads saw the top 32 recurve qualifiers, plus the top 16 barebows and eight longbows and compounds shoot off for the top prizes. In the recurve divisions, Francis Berti (Birmingham) dispatched last year's champion Tom Hall (Warwick) in the final. Ashe Morgan (Birmingham) won bronze. Francis later said: "I think the head-to-head made it much more interesting, allowing for much more fierce competition. Honestly, I can't wait to see how the next few years of BUCS Indoors turn out. This year was amazing." Jaspreet Sagoo (East London) led from the start and didn't let up, ending the hopes of home favourite Rebecca Martin (Bristol) in the final. Jaspreet said: "Even though this was the first year BUCS held qualifiers and then national finals, it gave everyone a fair chance and was very successful. It gave everyone the opportunity to experience what other major events are like." The women's individual compound final was an all-Edinburgh affair as Sarah Prieels took on Hope Greenwood; and it was decided by a shoot-off. Sarah kept her title, shooting a 10 in reply to Hope's nine. In the men's final, Chris Woodgate (Warwick) edged past fifth seed Ciaron Peake (Liverpool) 144 to 141. Lizzie Foster (Durham) and Thomas Taylor (Coventry) took bronze. Only one of the top four barebow seeds made it through to the men's semi-finals. And it was Samuel Thomas (Loughborough), ranked second, who disappointed the home crowd by beating Will Armstrong (Bristol). David Priestley (Bath) took third spot. The women's final was fought out by the top two seeds: Jessica Nilsson (Edinburgh) and Sarah Shahzad (Abertay Dundee). Jessica took the title with Elizabeth Miller (Sussex) third. The top seeds took the honours in both longbow events. Alex Newnes (Aberystwyth) retained his title against East Anglia's Tom Lucking, with Edward Pike (Edinburgh) in third. Jessica Nirkko brought Edinburgh's individual gold haul to three with victory over Emily Williams (South Wales) and the bronze medal went to Beth Duthie (Aberystwyth). Full results can be found on the BUCS website: www.bucs.org.uk. Directory: wp-content -> uploads -> 2017 2017 -> Leadership ohio 2017 -> Ascension Lutheran Church Counter’s Schedule January to December 2017 2017 -> Board of directors juanita Gibbons-Delaney, mha, rn president 390 Stone Castle Pass Atlanta, ga 30331 2017 -> Military History Anniversaries 16 thru 31 January Events in History over the next 15 day period that had U. S. military involvement or impacted in some way on U. S military operations or American interests 2017 -> The Or Shalom Cemetery Community Teaching on related issues of Integral 2017 -> Ford onthult samenwerking met Amazon Alexa en introduceert nieuwe navigatiemogelijkheden van Ford sync® 3 met Applink 2017 -> Start Learn and Increase gk. Question (1) Name the term used for talking on internet with the help of text messege? 2017 -> Press release from 24. 03. 2017 From a Charleston Car to a Mafia Sedan 2017 -> Tage Participants 2017 -> Citi Chicago Debate Championship Varsity and jv previews Download 1.56 Mb. Share with your friends:
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