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The first event of the Outdoor competition season and the 2025 HCB Outdoor League will take place on Sunday April 27th. This will be a 'National' round, Imperial distances, 122cm target, 5-zone (9-7-5-3-1-M) scoring, 4 dozen arrows at one distance and 2 dozen arrows at a 10yds shorter distance. Hopefully the Spring weather will be kind to us!

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Meanwhile, from late March until October, Sunday outdoor practice sessions at "Kalbarrie" take place from 10am to 4pm as long as a minimum of two people are present at all times.

Thursday Indoor sessions (7pm-9pm, small extra fee payable) at Piddlehinton Gym are fortnightly from April 10th, 2025 until September.
Sunday afternoon indoor sessions will resume from October to the following March (no extra cost to members).

 

Update 10.03.25
The final round of the HCB Indoor League ran at Piddlehinton gym on March 9th with a WA25 round - 5 dozen arrows over 25 metres at a 60cm target. Three archers shot better than handicap and filled the top three places on the handicap adjusted scoring basis, with the top archer on the day coming through to win the inaugural HCB Indoor League. It was an exciting end to a good winter season in the gym.

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Update 10.02.25
Round 6 of the HCB Indoor League took place at Piddlehinton Gym on Sunday February 9th. A WA18 round was shot - 5 dozen arrows over 18 metres at a 40cm target face. Just two archers shot better than handicap to take first and second places on handicap-adjusted scores on the day, although third place was not far adrift. Behind the top three it was very tight between the remaining places. All of this, together with 'dropped scores' (only an archer's best four scores from seven rounds count) sees the Indoor League finely balanced ahead of the final round on March 9th!

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Update 13.01.25
Sunday January 12th saw the Hardy Country Bowmen brave a chilly gym at Piddlehinton to shoot a pair of Bray II rounds (2.5doz arrows over 25yds at 60cm faces, plus our 122cm/20yd option as we were scoring on a handicap adjusted basis again). Once again some excellent score were posted and a new front runner emerged in our 2024/25 Indoor League following what were rounds 4 and 5 of the 7 round series.

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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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Selected earlier updates

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.

 

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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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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