SHROPSHIRE SENIOR & JUNIOR COUNTY TEAMS 2023
Courtesy of L Rawlings
Welcome to the Shropshire Archery Society
The Shropshire Archery Society is a volunteer organisation and the governing body of archery within the county of Shropshire. The Society is affiliated to the West Midlands Regional Archery Society and to ArcheryGB, the governing body for the sport of archery in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Society encourages and promotes all aspects of archery within Shropshire.
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Upcoming Events
19th May 2024 - Newbie Nationals - Long Mynd Archers
26th May 2024 - Junior Bristol, Rose & UKRS - The Audco Archers
9th June 2024 - Bowbrook Double 720 - Bowbrook Archers
23rd June 2024 - Double American UKRS - The Audco Archers
30th June 2024 - Long Mynd Archers Heritage
7th July 2024 - Wenlock Olympiad Shoot - Bowbrook Archers
14th July 2024 - Croesoswallt Archers Heritage, (including Novice Trophies)
4th August 2024 - Bowbrook Archers Heritage
11th August 2024 - The Audco Archers Heritage (including Handicap Trophies)
25th August 2024 - Hafren Forester Archers Heritage
15th September 2024 - Shropshire County Champs - Long Mynd Archers
29th September 2024 - Shropshire County Clout Champs
Archers of Teme Heritage - TBA
Previous Shropshire County News
Congratulation to Callum Piggott, Max Oakley & Violet Walker on being selected to
shoot for GB in the European Youth Cup in Bulgaria 15th - 20th April 2024
SHROPSHIRE ARCHERY SOCIETY COUNTY OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Hosted by LONG MYND ARCHERS At NEW HOUSE FARM CHURCH STRETTON SY6 7JH SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 17 2023
Awards presented by Alison Williamson MBE 2023 Champions
Ladies Recurve 50+. Louise Butcher, Long Mynd
Gents Recurve, Malcolm Bayliss, Long Mynd
Gents Recurve 50+, Martin Gulliver, Audco
Ladies Compound, Rebecca Bodkin Audco
Gents Compound, Rob Healey, Bowbrook
Gents Longbow, Ken Milloy, Archers of Teme
Champion Girl Recurve, Katie Mundy-Gill, Bowbrook
Champion Boy Recurve, Lewis Bodkin, Audco
17 Rose awards claimed.
1 six gold end
3 National records – Subject to ratification
7 County records
Please see full results here
Junior Masters 2023
Our County Juniors have been at it again at this year's Junior Masters, hosted by Deer Park Archers. Saturday saw our Recurve Juniors compete followed by our Barebow and Compound Archers on Sunday.
The weather for the weekend was intense! Saturday we saw temperatures break 30c with blistering sunshine, whilst on Sunday was slightly cooler, cloudier and with periods of rain dampening the day. All in all, though the Juniors gave it their absolute all!
Individually awards went to:
Saturday
Lewis Bodkin - Gold in the U15 Mens Recurve Junior Masters Final, Silver in the Junior Masters Shoot Off and Silver in the U15 Mens Recurve Junior Archery Series (JAS).
Alex Sillitoe-Price - Silver in the U15 Mens Recurve Junior Masters Final, Gold in the U15 Mens Recurve JAS and Gold Recurve Champion of Champions JAS.
Callum Piggot - Silver in the U21 Mens Recurve Final
Zack Bruckshaw- Gold in the U12 Mixed Recurve Final and Gold in the U12 Mixed Recurve JAS
Sunday
Tom Wiggin - Silver in the U18 Mens Barebow Junior Masters Final, Gold in the U18 Mens Barebow Junior Archery Series (JAS) and Gold Barebow Champion of Champions JAS.
Although no medals were awarded to Toby Wiggin, Katie Mundy-Gill or Violet Walker I want to give them a mention for their attendance, perseverance in the heat and generally making Shropshire Proud!
Well done!!
Shropshire Juniors Proving To Be The Best!!!
There’s no denying we have some very strong Junior archers in our county and Shropshire Archery Society are extremely proud of you all! I just want to take a moment to share some of the achievements from our Archers over the past couple of months.
First up we have Penny Healey who has worked tirelessly and has gained GB their first space in the upcoming Olympics in 2024 what a marvellous achievement.
Next up we have Max Oakley who didn’t just win Day 1 of the recent National Tour in Surrey but also DAY 2!! Max had some super strong competition, taking both days head-to-head battles down to single arrow shoot offs, keeping his cool and shooting strong at all time.
At the recent Junior National Outdoor Championships we had a strong force of archers raising the Shropshire Flag. Max Oakley, Lewis Bodkin, Alex Sillitoe-Price and Katie Mundy-Gill took home Gold for Team Shropshire during the event.
Individually, awards went to the following archers
Day 1
Callum Piggott - Mens Recurve U21 - 1st Place
Max Oakley - Mens Recurve U18 - 1st Place
Lucas Meadows - Mens Compound U18 - 2nd Place
Tom Wiggin - Mens Barebow U16 - 1st Place
Violet Walker - Ladies Compound U16 - 2nd Place
Lewis Bodkin - Mens Recurve U15 - 1st Place
Alex Sillitoe-Price - Mens Recurve U14 - 1st Place
Hector Elwell - Mens Recurve U12 - 3rd Place
Day 2
Callum Piggott - Mens Recurve U21 - 1st Place
Max Oakley - Mens Recurve U18 - 1st Place
Lucas Meadows - Mens Compound U18 - 2nd Place
Tom Wiggin - Mens Barebow U16 - 1st Place
Violet Walker - Ladies Compound U16 - 2nd Place
Lewis Bodkin - Mens Recurve U15 - 1st Place
Alex Sillitoe-Price - Mens Recurve U14 - 1st Place
Hector Elwell - Mens Recurve U12 - 1st Place
Next up we have the Youth Festival. Good Luck to all taking part, let’s see how strong the Shropshire Junior team force will be there! Keep up the good work.
Reported by Rebecca Bodkin
Congratulations to our Shropshire YouthCup Medal Winners Max Oakley and Megan Costall representing Great Britian in Switzerland.
Max Oakley won a Bronze medal in the Recurve Under 18 Men's Team event and also another Bronze medal in the Recurve mixed Under 18's.
Megan Costall won a Silver medal in the Recurve Under 21 Woman's Team.
Shropshire's Callum Piggott narrowly missed out in the Bronze match Recurve Under 21 Men's Team
The 2023 WMAS Senior and Junior Inter Counties matches will be held on Sunday 1st October 2023.
This year’s event will be hosted by Warwickshire at Meriden Archery Club.
Arrival between 8am and 8:15am followed by three ends of sighters.
The competition shall begin at 9am.
The round for all archers will be a double WA720.
Archers will shoot on foam bosses, four archers to a target in two details.
Each end will be six arrows shot in four minutes.
Submission Form are below for the Senior Team. Junior Team Manager email Rebecca Bodkin.
WMAS County Teams will be made up of the follow criteria :-
After a competitive selection process, three of our talented young Shropshire archers have been selected for the team to represent Great Britain at the European Youth Cup in Switzerland.
Congratulations to Megan Costall, Max Oakley and Callum Piggott
5 - 10 June 2023
A Huge Congratulations to Penny Healey for taking the Individual Gold Medal
at the Hyundai Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkiye.
Head over to Archery GB website for the full story
Shropshire Archery Society County Indoor Shoot 2023 Hosted by Audco Archers
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Congratulations to the following Junior Archers who shot the
Archery GB Junior Outdoor Championships, 2nd & 3rd July, Lilleshall
Day 1 Metrics
Lauren Rawlings 1st Ladies 1440 Bowbrook
Tom Wiggin 1st Barebow Metric 3 Audco
Lewis Bodkin 1st Recurve Metric 3 Audco
Violet Walker 1st Compound Metric 4 Bowbrook
Hector Elwell 1st Recurve Metric 4 Long Mynd
Callum Piggott, Matthew Loughran, Toby Wiggin & Katie Mundy- Gill also shot
Day 2 Bristols
Lauren Rawlings 1st Hereford Bowbrook
Tom Wiggin 1st Barebow Bristol 3 Audco
Lewis Bodkin 1st Recurve Bristol 3 Audco
Alex Sillitoe-Price 1st Recurve Bristol 4 Hafren
Callum Piggott, Matthew Loughran, Toby Wiggin, Katie Mundy- Gill, Violet Walker & Hector Elwell also shot
Congratulations to Dave Baron (LMA) for winning Gold at the World Police & Fire Games in Rotterdam
Read more here..........https://www.archerygb.org/gold-at-world-police-and-fire-games/
Good Luck to all our Shropshire Youth Archers this week shooting at the GB Archery Youth Festival at Lilleshall and the European Youth Cup in Bucharest
Youth Festival 2022
Lauren Rawlings, Callum Piggott, Katie Tonkinson, Toby Wiggin, Katie Mundy-Gill, Matthew Loughran, Lewis Bodkin, Violet Walker, Lucas Meadows, Tom Wiggin
European Youth Cup 2022
Max Oakley & Megan Costall
A Big Congratulations to Shropshire Archers
Megan Costall & Max Oakley
for being selected to compete at the European Youth Cup in Bucharest, following a competitive selection process.
Bowbrook's inspirational Max Oakley features in the Summer Edition of Archery UK
"AGB Young Ambassador Supports School's Archery Initiative"
read full article here
UK Masters 2022
4th & 5th June 2022, Lilleshall
Despite the challenging wind, rain and unseasonably cool conditions this weekend our Shropshire County Archers shone bright!!
Five of our County archers took part: Yulia Hinckley-Larkins, Ryan Holden and Amy V Bode from Bowbrook Archers, Megan Costall from Hafren Foresters, and Katie Tonkinson from Audco Archers.
Yulia finished the second day to take the title of UK Master 2022 Recurve Ladies, with Megan Costall close behind in 2nd place.
Ryan Holden took the Men's Recurve 3rd place on the podium. Congratulations!!
Read in full here:-
https://www.archerygb.org/uk-masters-2022-challenges-and-triumphs/
Yulia Hinckley- Larkins & Ryan Holden
Bowbrook Archers
Winner Yulia, 2nd place Megan Costall - Hafren Fosterers
3rd Place winner Ryan Holden - Bowbrook Archers
County Archers go International.......
Congratulations goes to Bowbrook Archer Conor Hall for his recent success at the Veronica's World Cup in Slovenia, 6th-8th May 2022.
Conor qualified in 1st place with a PB of 677, the highest gents recurve score in 6 years in this tournament.
Conor went on to take the Bronze Medal for the Individual gents recurve and the Bronze Medal for the Mixed Team event with teammate Louisa Piper.
Congratulations also goes to Lauren Rawlings who competed in her first outdoor international tournament.
Bowbrook Archer Max Oakley visits a local school to talk about Archery.......
We have been fortunate this week to welcome in some visitors to school to share their knowledge of different sports and to enthuse us with how we can also try new disciplines.
First up, we welcomed Max Oakley, a Y10 student at our of our academy trust schools, the Grove in Market Drayton, who has big ambitions: he is aiming to represent team GB at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics in archery! Taking time out from his training (6 days a week) as well as his studies, Max shared his journey with us and how he had come to be a master at his sport. Max regularly shoots targets from 70 metres away, which must take a huge amount of patience, skill and concentration. He shared that he had tried many sports, but that he just found his thing with Archery. This completely ties in with out vision for PE and school sport; we want our children to experience different sports and activities so that they leave us with one sport or game they want to pursue. Thank you Max for coming and all the best in your training! Here he is with head boy Josh, who is also a keen archer down in Church Stretton.
If you would like to have a go at archery, a couple of opportunities are coming up for our children. Bowbrook Archers (www.bowbrook-archers.co.uk) are hosting a ‘family have a go day’ on Saturday 9 April. Please check out the website for more information, and directions. ‘Start archery week’ is also being held between 14-22 May through Start Archery at various local locations, More information can be found on their website at www.start archery.co.uk.
23rd March 2022
Huge Congratulations to Penny Healey!
Audco Archers associate member Penny Healey brings home the title as the recurve women's champion for The 2022 Indoor World Series Finals - read her story here
