After completing this month’s classifications, Peter Carr is pleased to announce that Dale Message has achieved Grand Master Bowman (GMB) status. This means Dale is categorised as being in the top 1% of UK Archers.
Dale Message achieves GMB
Results from the 2017 Presentation Day
We’d like to say a big thank you to all the members who took part in the shoots over the past year and congratulations to all those who came away with a medal or a trophy. For those who didn’t
Junior Portsmouth Club Records
We had a Junior Portsmouth Record shoot on Saturday 11th February 2017. Five juniors took part and all five achieved new club records. 1) Connor Whalley – Recurve – 210 2) James McGiffin – Barebow – 158 3) Joshua Watts
Club records
These three archers are the First Record Breakers of 2017. Please offer Congratulations to them. 1) Peter Philips 584 Senior Comp. Portsmouth. 2) Jack Cheshire-Beeson 320 Junior Comp. Frostbite. 3) Vilmantas Buzas 337 Senior Re-curve Frostbite.
Results from the 2016 Presentation Evening
We’d like to say a big thank you to all the members who took part in the shoots over the past year and congratulations to all those who came away with a medal or a trophy. For those who didn’t
Charity thank you letter from Beth
Recently a young lady called Beth Bower approached Assheton Bowmen asking if we could offer some kind of donation to help raise money for family fun day. The event was in aid of Manchester Children’s Hospital and the money she raised
Warm up to shoot a bow
Great Britain’s Naomi Folkard explains how she warms up before doing archery, to keep arms, shoulders and lower back mobilised, avoid injury – and shoot higher scores! Source: World Archery
Stabilise your Compound Bow – with Peter Elzinga
Top Dutch pro archer Peter Elzinga explains the easy way to stabilise your compound bow, giving some simple tips and lessons for beginner or intermediate archers looking to aim stronger, shoot better and get higher scores! Source: World Archery
Lars Andersen: a new level of archery
A video showing a Danish speed archer completing a number of seemingly impossible tasks with his specially designed bow and arrow has gone viral. The video titled “Reinventing the Fastest Forgotten Archery” shows Lars Andersen, the self-proclaimed “fastest archer in