Author: Mackenzie Geyton

NAC Open Portsmouth 25th February 2018 – Entry Form

Entries are now invited for the Northampton Archery Club’s Open Portsmouth competition to be held on Sunday 25th February 2018 at John Ashby Sports Hall, Moulton College, Northampton. The event at this great venue has become popular over the years and the Club’s competitive but friendly atmosphere always ensures a great day.

Full details can be found on the NAC web-site along with an on line entry form (preferred option) together with a downloadable paper entry form. Any questions should go to Tony Chung, our Competitions Officer, competitions@northamptonarchery.co.uk .

Portsmouth Series 2017 gets under way

The first of our indoor series of club Portsmouth competitions got under way on Saturday 25th November at John Ashby Sports Hall, Moulton. Entries for the event came flooding in very quickly and the membership turned out in force to take part. There are four shoots in the series and members use their best three scores to get their rankings for the trophies at the end of the season. The next shoot takes places on 16th December before our Christmas Party.

Halloween Ping Tatty Bogle 2017 – Brilliant!

Our​ ​ annual​ ​ Halloween Ping Tatty Bogle Fun​ Shoot​ ​ took​ ​ place​ ​ at​ ​ Sywell​ ​ on​ ​ 28th​ ​ October 2017.​ ​ There was a​ great​ ​ turnout​ ​ of both ​ adults and​ ​ juniors – many of whom had not shot at pumpkins in the dark before!  A splendid time was had by all.  Dave​ ​ Stephens​, our Chairman,  ​ was​ ​ master​ ​ in​ ​ charge​ ​ of scoring.  Congratulations​ ​ to​ ​ the​ ​ winners​ ​ – ​ ​ Charlie​ ​ Boddington,​ ​ Rebecca​ ​ Stevens,​ ​ Mark​ ​ Dalley​ ​ and Beryl​ ​ Tabberner.
A​ ​ big​ ​ thank​ ​ you​ ​ to​ ​ all​ ​ ​ involved​ ​ in​ ​ making​ ​ this​ ​ shoot​ such ​ a great​ ​ success – a lot of hard work and well worth it!​ ​ (SC)

NAC Archer Kerys wins Gold at Invictus Games 2017

Absolutely fantastic – NAC Archer Kerys Knight – representing the UK at the Invictus Games this year – won a Gold  in the women’s compound finals at Toronto on Friday 29th September.  Kerys beat US archer Kyle Burnett (silver) and Canada’s Bettina Fuchs (bronze). Later the same day she joined up with Olaf Jones and Chris McFadyen in the Team compound and took a bronze, the UK being pipped by the USA (silver) and Romania (gold). Kerys also won a bronze in the women’s lightweight powerlifting held on Monday 25th, being beaten by Australia (silver) and USA (gold).  Kerys has served her country well and done the UK, Northamptonshire and NAC proud. What a brilliant achievement.Well done Kerys.

Susan and James to Shoot at Mexico in October

Susan Corless of NAC has been selected to represent Great Britain at the World Archery Championships being held in Mexico 16th to 22nd October 2017. Susan has been shooting for just 6 years, and in fact only 3 years in the Compound category. James Mason, also a former member of NAC, has also been selected.
We wish Susan, James and the whole GB squad all the best. The full team can be found at:
https://www.archerygb.org/team-announced-world-archery-championships-2017/

Another Great Inter-Club Challenge

Well done to all who shot in the Interclub Challenge, run outdoors this season between four clubs in the County. Northampton AC came third overall, and it was great to see archers shooting rounds they had never tried before. 22 archers from NAC took part.
After the American round (Round 1) at Wellingborough we were down in 4th place, behind the leaders, Long Buckby AC, with Wellingborough OAC 2nd and Kettering AC in 3rd. Mick Lovell was our top scorer with 646, coming 3rd overall behind two Compound archers, so great shooting from Mick.
The Field shoot at Daventry (Round 2) was hosted by LBAC. Here we did a lot better and came first with 260 points in front of LBAC, with KAC in 3rd and WOAC in 4th. This raised us to 3rd overall, only 4 points behind 2nd place. Dave Quemby shot the highest score of the day with a 193.
The Clout, Round 3, saw NAC in 2nd place behind KAC, LBAC in 3rd and WOAC in 4th. This left us still in 3rd place overall – now 28 points behind second place, and 412 points behind first place. NAC’s young Hazel Dalley, showed up all the Northampton crew by shooting the highest score for the team with 103, which was 8th overall and maybe a county record. Excellent shooting Hazel.
In the final round – the Pope Young, at our home ground – Sywell, Northampton AC did well coming in 2nd – 253 points behind Kettering, the winners of this round. LBAC were in 3rd and WOAC in 4th. There was outstanding shoot from NAC’s top shooter for the day – Paul Walters with a score of 156 – 2nd overall by 2 points.
In the final reckoning the archers from Kettering shot extremely well and took the Top Spot by only 23 points, with the overall positions:
First – Kettering 6284, Second – Long Buckby 6261, Third – Northampton 6003 and Fourth – Wellingborough 5216, Congratulations to Kettering. It was an excellent series and everyone enjoyed the fun of the challenge. Look out for next years, hope you will enter again. Thanks to Dave Q for the write up.