On Sunday 7th August Petersfield Bowmen held their annual Saint and Halo Tournament. A combined open shoot for all types of bow alongside a longbow shoot held under longbow rules which is different from usual. The longbow archers start the shoot with a whistling arrow and take sherry while the other archers have sighters. Longbow results are 1st place most hits, 2nd place is highest score then 3rd is most golds so a bit different. A very windy day with strong gusts so was quite difficult.

A St George round (3doz arrows at 100yds, 3doz at 80yds and 3doz at 60yds ) was shot by Laurence de Wattripont shooting a Compound bow scored  827 placing him 1st Gent Compound. Bryan Golden also shooting Compound scored 799 and placed 3rd Gent compound. An Albion round (3doz at 80yds and 3doz at 60yds and 3doz at 50yds was shot by Sandie Baigent shooting Longbow scored 224 and placed 3rd (most golds) Lady longbow.

A record number of 14 Archers travelled to Bournemouth to take part in Bournemouth Archery club’s annual National Record Status Blue Lion Tournament on Sunday 17th July. They came away with 8 medals and several Tophies despite the rain and wind.

A St George round ( 3doz arrows at 100yds, 3doz at 80yds and 3doz at 60yds) was shot by Laurence de Wattripont shooting a compound bow scored 808 coming 2nd, Bryan Golden (Compound) 712. Steve Humphrey (Recurve) 532, Mal Thomas (Recurve) 392 and Martin Jones (Longbow) 25. An Albion round (3doz at 80yds, 3doz at 60yds and 3doz at 50yds) was shot by Sandie Baigent (Longbow) 285 coming 1st Lady Longbow.

Junior rounds of different distances according to age were shot. A short Windsor (3x50yds 3x40yds and 3x 30yds) was shot by Felix de Wattripont (Recurve) 560 coming 1st boy, Rebecca Jones (Recurve) 496 coming 3rd girl. A Junior Windsor (3x40yds 3x30yds and 3x20yds) was shot by Emily Thomas (Recurve) 654 coming 2nd Girl, Olivia Humphrey (Recurve) 460 coming 3rd Girl, Isobel de Wattripont (Recurve) 294. A Short Junior Windsor ( 3×30 3×20 3×10) Was shot by Ben Thorpe (Recurve) 631 coming 1st Boy. Also a Cub Windsor (3×20 3×15 3×10) was shot by Caspar de Wattripont (Recurve) 682 coming 1st Boy. Also a Family pair Trophy was presented to Laurence de Wattripont and his 9yr old son Caspar.

Our 2nd container arrived on the morning of Saturday 16th July and was successfully

 positioned in place…..

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Thanks to all involved

On Sunday 24th July Sway Bowmen held a fun shoot for all club members.

19 Archers shot at a variety of targets at short distances. There was a Knight, a treasure island, suspended vegetables, bottles of water and even the chance to shoot on one leg (as photo) and many more.

The winner of the Senior archers was Mal Thomas, The Juniors was won by Annie Humphrey and the treasure was found on the island by Mick Hayman.

Great fun was had by all and even the weather was kind with some sunshine.