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No lazing 
on this Sunday afternoon, twenty six archers lined up to shoot a Portsmouth Round for the 2023 indoor club championship. The venue might have been cold, but the competition was hot.
There were plenty of trophies on offer both for raw scores and handicap adjusted scores.
It was great to see the Compound category for Junior Male revived after being absent from the trophy table since 2012 (actually it was still absent as our Tournament Officer had forgotten it was still in the clubhouse loft). Also fantastic to see a new name raising the bar and topping the Ladies Recurve category. The senior recurve handicap trophy was won by an archer shooting a brand new bow for the first time. I think it's fair to say it was a good buy. No spoilers you can click on the results below.
Two "lads and dads" teams went head to head for the Parent and Child Trophy and two couples for the Partners Trophy. Thirteen pairs competed for the mixed pair handicap. A prize pot of £46 for best gold was split across three categories; so the beers are on Chris Baigent (recurve) and Mick Hayman (longbow), the lemonades are on Max (compound).
All trophy and medal winners received their awards from our Lady Paramount, Hannah Diffey. The final prize of the day was the Lady Paramount Prize which was awarded to our tournament organiser and gratefully received with much blushing.
For a full run down of the scores click here for the final medal table click here
Photos of the event can be found in the gallery here
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After a short pause for Christmas and New Year our indoor shooting calendar has restarted. The first session after the break was a practice session and we had twenty archers back in action. Most people used this as an opportunity to tighten up their 'Portsmouth' skills ahead of the indoor club champs. Four archers used this session as a catch-up session for League nights that had been missed.
A reminder that there is no Indoor Shooting this Tuesday (17th Jan) due to the hall being set-up for exams.
The upcoming sessions are:-
Sunday 22/1/23 3pm - Indoor Championships (Portsmouth Round)
Tuesday 24/1/23 6.45pm - Indoor League Round 8 (Bray I)
Tuesday 31/1/23 6.45pm - Indoor League Round 9 (Worcester)
Tuesday 7/2/23 6.45pm - Practice Night
(all dates can be found in the events calendar on the club website here (you need to be signed in)
For the current league standings going into the Club Championships click here. Performance and Bonus points for the league will be available.
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Sway bowmen’s annual Chapatti shoot on 27th December was blessed with fine weather. 19 archers competed in a Frostbite round which comprises 3 dozen arrows shot at a target at 30 metres on an 80cm target face. The proceedings were helped along by the provision of mulled wine and nibbles. A side competition, which entailed shooting a small ‘Rudolph’ drawn on each target, proved popular as the reward for hitting the unfortunate reindeer was a chocolate cup cake (Mini-Chapatti)
The main competition was won by Chris Baigent who won the chocolate Chapatti cake destined to be shared with his family.
While some Archers stayed on and relaxed just enjoying the fresh air and good company, a number of others went on to shoot a further three dozen arrows at 20 metres to bump their Frostbite Round up to a Short Metric III. There were many comments about ‘working off the Christmas Pudding’ and ‘blowing away the cobwebs’ before all trouping happily home to get warmed up.
A great occasion as always and chance for at least one young archer to get to grips with a shiny compound bow that Santa had just delivered.
Here are the scores in order of merit.
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On Sunday 11th December, eighteen archers gathered for our last indoor shoot of 2022. Although it looked and scored like a Portsmouth, it definitely felt like a Frostbite with a noticeable absence of heating in the Brockenhurst College Gym.
Despite the blue hands we managed to complete the round in a little over two hours.
Congratulations to Amanda Rios, Max Errington and Dave Errington who all overshot their handicap and captured some league points. Bonus league points were also awarded for the 'Best Gold' on each boss on ends 5 and 15.
The results (by adjusted score) were as follows
To see the current league standings click here
The next indoor session is a practice night on Tuesday January 10th. Remember, if you have missed a league night you can use this session as a catch-up opportunity.