The start of the indoor season means the start of the Virtual Archery League. This is a real competition with archers shooting at their own clubs from across the world and submitting their best scores each month. We have members from USA to New Zealand and from Jersey to Norway. Last year the competition attracted 400 entrants.
The competition is great for archers of any standard as you will be shooting against archers of the same standard as you in your bow style – BareBow, Compound, Longbow or Recurve.
This year Tony Rees will collect your best scores in the Portsmouth round (60 arrows shot at a 60cm target face at 20 yards). All you need to do now is to enter the competition and pay the entry fee, just £3 for the whole competition which lasts from October to March.
Several Bowmen of Gower members won medals last year, so hopefully we can increase this number. Any questions just ask DOC or Tony.
PAY £3 ENTRY FEE and then tell Tony which bow type you will be shooting.
It was a temperamental day in Newport for the Annual Wales Archery Association tournament hosted by Llantarnam Archers. Torrential rain on the M4 didn’t suggest great conditions and during our briefing they even cancelled the inter-counties competition, storm Amy was on the way. The wind was not a significant factor for most of the day and the heavy downpours we did have were brief and conveniently when we were breaking for distance changes.
We were shooting metrics, a metric 3 for Alex and Tony and a metric 5 for Zoe. This was the first time Zoe had shot a metric 5 in full.
Zoe shot great and had at least 5 all gold ends in the final distance and scored a brilliant 1141 which is a new BoG record for metric 5, she took first place in recurve under 14 and junior recurve champion 🏆. Well done Zoey!
The Metric 3 Barebow was a straight shootout between Alex and Tony. It was very close after 50 meters with only 2 points difference in scores. Alex then found his rhythm and finished with 1027, a new BoG club record and first place. Tony received the silver medal with a score of 921.
It was a great day, well organised and another successful outing for the Bowmen of Gower.
Aim True. Shoot Better. Master the Art of Archery.
