Club News

11 Jul 2016

The Club Captain’s Shoot

The Club Captain’s shoot took place on 25th June, and it consisted of shooting 5 dozen arrows at 45 metres. The recurve archers shot at a 80cm face while the longbow archers shot at a 122cm face. This was purely a highest score competition with Richard taking the honors for the recurve and Dave winning the longbow. Medallions for the winners of each discipline will be presented at the AGM.

by Admin in Club News

22 Jun 2016

This year’s Club Championship

The reason we are mentioning this is that it may be of interest to other clubs as a competition with a twist.

This year a different format was tried, with archers of all disciplines (in our case longbow and recurve) shooting six dozen arrows at 45 yards. Being a distance never shot here it ensured a level playing field for all. As well as shooting for the highest score in each bowtype, and becoming Club Champion, a knockout phase was introduced to run within the six dozen to add interest.

The knockout worked as follows: After the first two dozen the top four scorers of each bowtype went into a semi-final. Opponents were decided by a drawing of lots. After the next two dozen the winners of the semi-finals progressed to the final two dozen, whilst everyone still shot for their six dozen.

The results were as follows:

Knockout Semi Final winners in Recurve were Barry and Colin by 20 and 23 points respectively.
Knockout Final winner in Recurve was Barry by 2 points.
The overall winner in Recurve was Barry by 4 points.

Knockout Semi Final in Longbow were Mike and Andy by 19 and 2 points respectively.
Knockout Final winner in Longbow was Andy by 19 points.
The overall winner in Longbow was Mike by 3 points.

Medals for the victors will be presented at the AGM.
I hope everyone enjoyed the day with it’s alternative shooting format, obviously greater numbers would make it even more interesting. You never know it may catch on.
Barry.

by Admin in Club News

20 May 2015

TO ALL ARCHERS

I would be grateful if all archers could keep an eye out for a piece of equipment that was stolen from Barry Maytum during the Shrimp shoot at Gravesend.

The item concerned is a Bearman type bow stand numbered 88. The number is stamped on the stand underneath the lower ring that supports the legs

If any archers are offered such a bow stand please ask them to check it and the number.

I would stress that this theft is nothing to do with Gravesend archers at all but obviously down to one rogue person but it does serve as a warning as to how valuable some of our equipment is that we do leave lying around at shoots.

If you have any information please contact the club secretary here.

by Admin in Club News

04 Apr 2014

New website

Finally the new website is up and running, with improved facilities including a new comprehensive Diary page.

Also we have a collection of the KAA newsletters which are, at the moment, issued bi-monthly.

Hopefully you will find this website a useful addition to your archery experience.

by Admin in Club News

16 Feb 2014

Website Rebuild

Unfortunately our website was hacked into recently and we have had to remove it.
We are now in the process of rebuilding the site, so for now please forgive any missing information and mistakes while the rebuild takes place.
We will notify you as soon as it is back up and running properly. Apologies for any inconveniences.

by Admin in Club News