Hertfordshire Archery Association
(Patron: The Marchioness of Salisbury)
the association of target archery clubs in Hertfordshire, England
the association of target archery clubs in Hertfordshire, England
Attention all club Records Officers - Are you submitting all qualifying scores for your club archers as well as record claims? If not please make sure your archers know this or they may be missing out on a possible County Team place. This year’s County Championship weekend incorporates the annual Inter County match between ourselves and Bedfordshire. Archers who wish to be considered for selection need to ensure that scores are submitted to the selectors before 23rd June. If you are shooting close to these scores please submit them anyway as they may still be considered.
Junior archers please submit ALL scores for 12 dozen rounds and remember to include contact details.
Full results of the Junior Winter League can now be found via the Leagues pages.
Congratulations to all those juniors who submitted scores. Ask your club junior rep for details of the Summer League and how you can take part, even if you do not have a full team there are still individual awards to be won.
And if that wasn't enough you can also find the Senior league scores for Portsmouth and Frostbite
Many thanks to Dave Holland for doing all the paperwork and organisation for this, Dave is now handing over the Summer Senior League organisation to Andrew McClelland. Watch this space for a full list of fixtures which should appear in the next couple of days. Good luck for the coming months and please encourage as many of your club to take part.
At the County Committee meeting held 7th April the latest record submissions were ratified. Among them it should be noted were two maximum scores by junior compound archer Matthew Gardner for the single and double Worcester rounds. If you don't want anyone to beat your records then that is the way to do it. Many congratulations Matthew.
Due to circumstances beyond their control the Hertford Company of Archers have had to cancel their Junior Fun Shoot on 7th June.
An excellent result for our County archers at the annual indoor match against Middlesex (Full results). The compound team led from the start with a 20 point lead at the end of the first dozen but as Middlesex settled, they slowed the increasing advantage and ended only 52 points behind. The top scoring compound archer was Steve Gooden with 585 and the average score for the team of 578.
The Longbow teams had a bit more of a tussle with a 5 point lead for HAA after the first dozen being reversed by the end of the second dozen. But after a very strong third dozen the Herts archers had settled down and dominated the rest of the shoot finishing 93 points ahead. Paul Owen was the highest scoring Longbow archer with 452.
The recurves however got off to a shaky start trailing by 1 point after the first dozen. But once they got into their stride they built up a steady lead adding on average 25 points to the gap after each of the subsequent dozens to end 99 points ahead. The average score for the Herts team was an excellent 570 boosted in no small amount by a 592 from James Keogh.
As usual the shoot was a friendly affair and our thanks go to the Middlesex team for helping to make the day so enjoyable. The county's thanks go to Abbey Bowmen for their hard work as field party, hosts and then caterers after the shoot.
And finally thank you to our judge Clive Haywood for all his work.
Good luck to Hertfordshire Junior Compound Archer, Matthew Gardner as he flies out on 2nd March with the 23 strong GB team to Turin for the European Indoor Championships.
The County Indoor Championships were held this weekend 9th and 10th February with some very close scoring in several of the divisions. Go to the tournaments page for a summary of the results, and remember the next time you think the odd point won't make a difference just look at the full results to see how many places were decided on just that one point. Congratulations to Abbey's Andrew McClelland and Stortford's Barbara Williams for taking the senior recurve titles and as always a special thank you to our judges, Clive, Kevin and Paula.
The County has a new committee following the 2008 AGM held on 28th January, some new faces and some old faces retained. please check out the Officers page over the following few days for details of your new committee. The meeting was precided over by the Lady Vice President, Barbara Anscombe and began with members standing in silence in memory of Peter Newbery, Guy Ely, Doreen Young and Paul Dunn who have all passed away this year. For more details on the meeting please contact your own club's County Rep.
As of today, all session D spaces have been filled for the County Indoor Championships in February. There are still places in the 3 remaining sessions but these are limited, especially for session B. If you haven't entered yet, or know anyone in your club who hasn't entered, you can get a form by clicking on the following link. 2008 Indoor Championship Entry Form
It is my sad duty to inform you of the death of Guy Ely. Many of you knew Guy, many more or you will have seen him accompanied by Marjorie at the County Championships each year, keen to meet old friends and always interested in how well (or badly) the archers were doing. You may not be aware that Guy was one of the first of the trained Archery coaches after the war and then one of our first National coaches. He had a significant impact on the development of coaching, was CCO of Hertfordshire on at least 2 occasions and ran the National Junior squad for a period. In addition he was a great support to many coaches in Herts, and trained a significant number of coaches for both Herts and the Per Ardua archery society (the RAF archery organisation). His achievements in coaching resulted in him being made one of the founder members of the GNAS Coaching hall of fame in 2003 (together with Alan Pritchard and John Kember-Smith). In addition Guy was a National Judge and one of the true gentlemen of archery. We all send our sincere condolences to Marjorie and the family at this time.
Junior Summer League results have now been confirmed, despite a late flourish by EdgeGrove School, this years recurve winners are the juniors from Chiltern. Well done to them and all those who took part. Watch the League pages for the full results or click here. 2007 JSL Results
Almost 130 archers took part in this years Indoor Club Team Champs held at the Odyssey Bowls Centre, Stevenage. Please see the tournaments page for a full set of results. 10 county recurve teams, 6 compound and even 4 longbow meant that along with a good handful of juniors all trophies were contested. Well done to all competitors. For the team and individual scores click here. 2007 Club Team Championship Results
An ideal day for the 42nd County Double 1 Way Clout, congratulations to all those who took part, to those who scored well, who claimed tassels and to those who's arrows still will not reach the flag no matter what they do but who keep trying. Please see the tournaments page for all the results. Or click here. 2007 Clout Results
Hertfordshire once again proved itself to have one of the strongest senior Recurve teams in the SCAS region by finishing third at the Inter Counties Team Championships held down at Andover. At one point in second place only 6 points behind the eventual double winners Hampshire, the team was overtaken by Essex having to settle for the bronze medal place.
The annual Tri-Counties match between Hertfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire was this year hosted by Bucks. The date has been changed from it's usual third week in August which resulted in some difficulties in putting together teams even though the size of the venue had put a restriction on both the round to be shot and the number of archers. Herts won the compound match with Brian Murrell and Adrian Blewett bringing in their secret weapon, Mary Perrott, to help put Bucks into second place by 141 points. The Longbow team also did what comes naturally with Kim Jennings leading the scoring on the day. Husband Tom along with Derek Bridgewater helped make sure that second place Bucks were over 400 points behind. The juniors matched the seniors in the recurve both coming third, Robert Shirley, Gaynor Hutchison, Pat Ryan and Phil Lambert were at a disadvantage without a 5th team member, while the juniors were at the mercy of two more experienced teams never the less George Mills led the county scoring with Alex Liangas, Samantha Keys and Marcus Kim all making a valiant contribution to their final total.
It is with great sadness that HAA announce the death of Peter Newbery. Peter died suddenly on Saturday 1st of September following a heart attack. Peter was the Secretary of the Hertfordshire Archery Association, our County Child Protection Officer and he also ran this website. Peter brought to all of these roles an unflagging enthusiasm, dedication and diligence. A longstanding member of Abbey Bowmen, he served as their Chairman for 7 years and Treasurer for the last 2. He was a club coach and taught a large number of their members in the many beginners courses in which he was involved as well as helping with County squad coaching. Whether working with him in the various committees or shooting with him on the line, we will remember Peter as a true gentleman and friend, with a gentle authority and a dry sense of humour. Everyone who knew him is deeply saddened, and our thoughts at this time go to his wife and family.
The annual match against Bedfordshire was shot as part of the Bedfordshire County Championships. Hertfordshire won the Senior Recurve, Compound and Longbow team matches, but lost the Junior Recurve and Junior Compound matches. For the full scores, please click here 2007 Herts v Beds Results
In windy, dry weather, the County Weekend and 56th County and Open Championships were held at Haslam Field, Berkhamsted. Neil Bridgewater regained the Gents Recurve title and Gaynor Hutchison won the Ladies Recurve. Other winners included Brian Murrell (Gents Compound), Liz Brown (Ladies Compound), Derek Bridgewater (Gents Longbow), Kim Jennings (Ladies Longbow), Maggie Johnston (Ladies Barebow) and Jack Hopgood (Gents Barebow). For details of all the main award winners and full results, please click on 2007 County Championship Results.