Club Championships 30th October 2016

Over 50 of our members turned up for our 2016 Club Championships.

Despite the change to GMT the night before more or less everyone turned up on time and we got out on the course at about 09:30hrs.

The course setters had put out 20 3-D targets - each with a green and a yellow peg with the intention being that we should shoot round the course twice - first time using the green pegs and second time using the yellow pegs. A maximum of two arrows from each peg were allowed in order to speed up events so we could finish before it got dark.

The day was a great success with everyone apparently enjoying the event. It was good to see several new members - some of whom were competing in their first competition.

Prizes were awarded for places in all the NFAS shooting classes represented together with a handicap competition award for an overall winner. The handicaps were calculated on the basis of the results of our open shoots this year with points being added to individual scores depending on their class. It is almost impossible to come up with a handicap system that takes all factors into consideration but the fact that the top 3 archers on a handicap basis come from 3 different classes seems to indicate we got it about right.

The overall winner on handicap was Georgie Walton shooting Ladies Barebow (see below) followed by Bree Jenkins (Ladies AFB) and Glenn Martin (Gents Freestyle).

Within the individual classes, the most noteworthy performance was probably that by Lara Evans who managed 650 points in the Under 12 Girls Bow Hunter class - well done Lara.

Full results have been posted in the "Shoot Results and Reports" page with a few photographs being posted in the "Photo Galleries" page.

Georgie being awarded the shield by our "Lady P" of the day - Helen Strudwick

Georgie being awarded the shield by our "Lady P" of the day - Helen Strudwick

Club Championships 2016 - further details

The Fleet Ibex Club Championships will be held this year on Sunday 30th October 2016.

Registration will start from 08:30 hrs with the shoot briefing starting promptly at 09:30. Please note that as the clocks go back on the night of 29th October, we need to start on time so we can complete the shoot in the daylight.

All NFAS classes of bow can be used and prizes will be awarded, as usual, in each class. In addition, there will be overall winners based on a handicap system. The shoot will comprise 20 targets with double pegs so we will shoot all 20 targets twice. Archers will be limited to a maximum of two arrows on each target (and not 3 as is standard with the open shoots) so we can get around without too much delay. Scoring will be explained at the briefing meeting.

Entry will be free of charge to all Fleet Ibex members paid up for the 2016/2017 season. Tea and coffee facilities will be available also free of charge but there will be no other catering provided so please ensure you bring some food with you.

It would help the administration considerably if you could inform Paul Harding if you intend to enter – contact details below. This is of particular importance if you want to shoot in a particular group or with other individuals. We will accept any member who turns up on the day but cannot guarantee that preferences for shooting companions can be accommodated.

Looking forward to seeing as many members as possible on the 30th.

Paul Harding

Membership Secretary

Email: pnharding@gmail.com

Mobile: 07584 098476 (Probably best to send a text as I’m very bad at answering my mobile!)

Or: Send a message via the Fleet Ibex web site (fleetibex.com) to the Membership Secretary on the “Membership and Contacts” page.

Club Championships 2016

We intend to hold the club championships on Sunday 30th October 2016.

Please note that to enter you do not need to be an NFAS member but you do need to be a full member of Fleet Ibex.

Put the date in your diaries. Watch this space for more details - including the start time as the clocks go back on 30th and we may run out of daylight if we don't start promptly!

3DAuk Shoot at Fleet Ibex

Will members please note that the committee has agreed for 3DAuk to hold a shoot on some of our grounds on 7th, 8th and 9th October 2016.

As a result, the area to the left of the access road (where our Black Course is located) will be in use for this shoot over those days. Please note therefore that the Black Course will be closed to members on 7th, 8th and 9th October. However, the Blue Course will remain available for members to use.

We have also agree to provide club members to act as marshals - 4 being required for each of the 3 days. If any member is prepared to help in this respect, please contact Terry either directly or through the contacts page of this web site.

Ken Dendle Memorial Open Shoot 14th August 2016

Our final open shoot of the year - the Ken Dendle Memorial Shoot - was held on 14th August 2016. A selection of photos have been included in the "Galleries" page. Many thanks to the members who answered the plea for photographs - most of which have been included.

Many thanks to all involved - the course setters, the organisers Helen and Terry and the excellent caterers - for an excellent day sport.

A shoot report and the full results will be published as soon as they have been received.

Ibex success at open shoots

There were several success stories coming out of recent open shoots for Fleet Ibex members.

Southern Championships 16th and 17th July 2016

Several members competed in the excellent 2 day Southern Championships organised by the Apollo and Raven clubs. Only those completing the full 2 days (11 Ibex members) were listed in the results but these included (in medal positions):

Gents AFB - Denis Alston 2nd

Gents Bowhunter - John Jackson 3rd

Junior Girl Bowhunter - Lara Evans 1st

Ladies Compound Limited - Caroline Jameson 1st

Gents Compound Unlimited - Edward Britton 3rd

Ladies Primitive - Carolyn Neville 3rd

Magna Carta 24th July 2016

A smaller shoot but none the less equally enjoyable was the open shoot at Magna Carta on 24th July. Several Ibex members achieved medal performances:

Gents AFB - Glenn Martin 1st, Grant Hazelton 2nd

Ladies Barebow - Sharon Charman 1st, Vanessa Manchester 2nd

Gents Barebow - Rod Harris 2nd, Derek Manchester 3rd.

So, an excellent day for Sagittarius bows - all 6 medals in the bag!! Of particular note was the performance by Sharon whose score would have won her gold in the gents barebow.

So, next date for the diary is 14th August where we are holding our own open shoot of the year. Many thanks to all clubs involved (Apollo, Raven and Magna) for all their effort.

 

 

Traditional Nepalese Shoot - 12th June 2016

On 12/6/16 a small team (Denis Alston, Grant Hazelton, Richard Cadwallader and Paul Harding) representing Fleet Ibex competed in a highly enjoyable traditional Nepalese archery competition at Cody Sports and Social Club in Farnborough.

It took most of the morning to understand the rules but in essence, the actual shooting and scoring was very straight-forward. The target is about 6ft high and about 15 inches wide and each archer shot two arrows from a standard distance (38 yards). Every hit scored one point with a bonus point if you hit the bulls eye about the size of a 50p coin. From 38 yards this is not easy although throughthe course of the day we did get about 5 bulls eyes - all by Nepalese archers of course! The competition was for 8 teams of 4 archers with each shooting 2 x 2 x 4 = 16 arrows so, ignoring the bulls eyes, the maximum score is 16 for individuals and 64 for the team. The complications arose when money started changing hands. Everyone had to put in 50p every time someone hit the bulls eye although who got this is anyone's guess - as none of us hit the bull we didn't see our money again!!

There were 4 Nepalese teams and 4 British teams. The 4 Nepalese teams, naturally, came 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th followed by Fleet Ibex, Cody Archers, SPTA and Longbow Heritage at 5th, 6th, 7th and 8threspectively. There were individual prizes for some of the non-Nepalese competitors. Denis on best score (14/16) (with Grant in second place also with 14/16 after a tie breaker), Micky Pearce (Longbow Heritage) won a prize as the oldest archer (!!) with Angharad Thomas (SPTA) as the youngest. It was perhaps fitting that Denis won his category as it was his birthday (21 again??) and the prize was a traditional Nepalese bamboo bow and two arrows

An interesting feature was that barracking, shouting and whistling whilst archers were shooting was not only permitted it was positively encouraged. Perhaps something we could introduce to our shoots!! It was a little un-nerving to shoot with everyone watching and shouting!!

Many thanks to our hosts - the Everest Archery Club UK - who organised the event and BBQ and to Glenn for organising the Ibex and Cody Teams.

Clive Freemantle Memorial Shoot - 22nd May 2016

A full complement of archers congregated on Sunday 22nd May 2016 for our annual Clive Freemantle memorial shoot.

We were lucky with the weather and a great day was had by all. The course setters had done a superb job as usual with a challenging course of 40 targets. The catering was up to the usually high standard and so no one went hungry and the marshals kept things moving. 

Many thanks to all those involved with making the day a success.

The Clive Freemantle trophy is awarded to the top Compound Unlimited archer on the day (as it was Clive's chosen shooting style) and this year was won by Owen Blackmore from the South Wilts. club. Many congratulations to him.

Some photographs have been posted on the photo page (thanks to Graham who was entrusted with my camera to ensure we had some photographs of other groups!). I will upload the full results as soon as they are available.

Paul Harding