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We'll be shooting a double Bray II (2 x 2.5doz at 25yds at a 60cm face) on Sunday January 12th, 2025. This will be rounds 4 & 5 of our Indoor League.

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Meanwhile regular Sunday afternoon (2pm-4pm) indoor sessions will continue in Piddlehinton Gym until the end of March 2025.

Thursday Indoor sessions (7pm-9pm, small extra fee payable) are weekly from October 3rd, 2024.
And Sunday outdoor practice sessions may continue at Kalbarrie, 1000-1200, and will be by weekly arrangement (and notified to members) until the end of March 2025.

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Other upcoming events

See the full 2024 calendar opposite/below.

 

​Update 23.12.24
Our "Christmas Olympics" fun shoot went off well at Piddehinton Gym on December 22nd with a good turnout of members getting a simulated experience of what a target looks like at Olympic distance. We shot 40cm targets at 23 metres, making the targets the same relative size as 122cm targets at 70 metres, but with less walking in between ends. Scoring was all on a handicap-adjusted basis and a 36 arrow elimination round was followed by shoot outs for gold, silver and bronze medals. This was followed up with fun shooting for Christmas prizes, interspersed with Christmas snacks. A good time was had by all.

 

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The second indoor competition event of the winter season took place at Piddlehinton Gym on December 15th with double Bray 1 rounds (2 x 2.5dozen arrows, 20yds, 40cm target), which constituted rounds 2 and 3 of our Indoor League. A slightly depleted entry nevertheless produced some very close competition when handicap-adjusted scores were taken into account. The Indoor League looks like being a very close contest...

 

The inaugural HCB 'Christmas Do' at The Thimble Inn, Piddlehinton, went off extremely well on December 6th, with nearly all the 2024 Outdoor League trophy winners able to be there to collect their awards. A highly convivial evening and good food was enjoyed by all.

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Our first indoor event of the 2024-25 season was held on December 1st. This was the first round of the new HCB 2024-25 Indoor League and was a Portsmouth round (5 dozen arrows at a 60cm target face at 20 yards, plus our HCB Portsmouth 122/20 option), scored on a handicap adjusted basis. A healthy turnout of archers enjoyed the challenge of 3-arrow ends, shooting in two details, which certainly placed emphasis on concentration...

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Recent events

Our last outdoor competition shoot of the season went well despite the tail end of Storm Ashley creating occasionally gusty conditions, even among the tall hegdes surrounding the Kalbarrie range! We shot WA/Metric rounds again in what was the final round of our new for 2024 Outdoor League, and there was a tight battle to the finish among the top three places thanks to the handicap system we run. Thoughts now turn to the new for 2024/25 Indoor League, more details of the first event below.

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Round 6 of the 2024 Outdoor League took place in dry but increasingly windy conditions on September 29th. Once again we tackled WA/Metric rounds from 60 metres down to 20 metres scoring on a handicap-adjusted basis. A fifth different winner in our League events emerged in a tight battle for the top spot with only 5 points separating first and second, both the top two shooting much better than handicap.

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Pleasant conditions prevailed yet again for our shoot on August 18th as we tackled WA/Metric rounds from 60 metres down to 20 metres distance, scoring on a handicap allowance adjusted basis. For the first time this outdoor season we had a repeat winner as club coach Mike, who won the first shoot, once again took the top spot with a score well above handicap and a personal best in a WA60 round. The event was followed by an excellent BBQ lunch.

 

The club delivered a 'Have-a-Go' session to the members of the Lodge of our late founder John Ryall at Kalbarrie on August 4th. A good number of novice archers got their first taste of the sport and our guests made a kind and generous donation to club funds.

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Update 03.08.2024
Our new for 2024-25 Indoor League was announced on August 1st. Scored on the same handicap-based adjusted scoring mechanism of our Outdoor League, there will be five counting events, one a month from November  2024 to March 2025. The provisional schedule is:
November 17th, Portsmouth round
December 15th, Double Bray I rounds
January 12th, Double Bray II rounds
February 9th, WA18 round
March 9th, WA25 round.

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A decent summer's day on July 14th saw us tackle Bristol rounds, featuring a total of 12 dozen arrows shot at three distances, each 10yds shorter than the previous. 6 dozen arrows were shot before the lunch break and 6 dozen afterwards. Once again we scored the shoot on a handicap basis, this being Round 4 of our club Outdoor League, and the fourth different winner of the year emerged in what is turning out to be a fun., competitive and unpredictable season-long contest!​​​​

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The club put on its usual 'Have a Go' at Marnhull Fete on July 20th. The weather wasn't too unkind and around 80 or so customers tried their hand at archery, some signing up for Beginners Courses soon afterwards.

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On June 16th we shot another 'National' round, round 3 of our 2024 Outdoor League, scored on a handicap adjusted basis. A slightly diminished turnout of archers compared to usual (it being Father's Day) enjoyed a super morning's shooting, followed by a picnic lunch and a good time was had in pleasant conditions! Outdoor League positions are looking ever more interesting at this nearly halfway stage, with another four rounds to go through to October.

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May 19th saw our second competition shoot of the season, another 'National' round, run nicely with a good turnout and some very decent adjusted scores coming in from newer members especially. Conditions were remarkably good considering the long, wet, cold spring.

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Our first outdoor competition of 2024 went off very well on April 21st, with a nice sunny, if slightly cool day for shooting. With the exception of the overall winner, club coach Mike, who shot well under handicap, the rest of the entry was typically a little short of handicap scores, but this meant that there was very little in it between places. This should make for very interesting competition in the Outdoor League for the rest of the season.

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Our last indoor competition shoot of the 2023/24 winter took place on March 24th at Piddlehinton gym.  We shot a WA25 round, involving 20 three-arrow ends on a 60cm target face (same size as the Portsmouth round face) at 25 metres. Some excellent scores were achieved, and once again a number of archers advanced their Archery GB classification and handicap quests.

 

Our February indoor competition shoot was held on the 25th at Piddlehinton gym again. This time we shot double Bray II rounds, involving two rounds of ten 3-arrow ends, each over 25yds at a 60cm target face, with a snack & refreshment break in between rounds. Good fun was had by all, and more archers achieved Archery GB classifications and/or decreased their indoor handicap values.

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We held an indoors 'Vegas' competition on Sunday January 14th. Two 'Vegas 300' rounds were shot, with a refreshment break in between, a format that proved very popular with attendees.​​​​