The team selected to represent Yorkshire in the Junior match against Lincolnshire on June 6th is as follows:
Recurves:
Helena Beeson - Adel
Rebecca Smith - Leeds
Tim Arnold - Bronte
Daniel Baker - Aire Valley
Tommy Price - Wakefield
Stephen Wilkinson - Leeds
Michael Wallhead - Spen Valley
Compounds
Rachael Smith - Barnsley
Aaron Barnes - Barnsley
Christopher Stanley - St George's
The score submission forms for selection to the Yorkshire squad for the Junior Representative Match against Lincolnshire can be downloaded from this website. Please submit enough scores of the right rounds, by the published deadline, if you want to be considered.
Score submission forms
The Junior and Senior score submission forms for selection to the Yorkshire squad for the 2009 NCAS Inter-Counties Tournament can be downloaded from this website. Please submit enough scores of the right rounds, by the published deadline, if you want to be considered.
Score submission forms
Please note that the combined youth squads' Christmas fun shoot and quiz will be at Barnsley AC's new indoor facility at Holgate Sports College on Saturday 13th December. This is at the school next to our existing venue.
The squad session will start at 10 and run till about 3:30. Could I ask people to bring an item for the buffet - sweet or savoury.
If anyone can bring a folding table such as a camping table or paste table that would help as we don't have these things yet - this is the first session we will have there as the club moved in just last weekend.
We'll have the buffet early afternoon.
Silly hats to be worn - each hat wins points for your team - and we know what points mean... Parents - this means you too - bring your bows and join in.
We will be using the gym, which is somewhat less warm than Wetherby - please bring layers with you in case the heating is not left on. All things to sort out as we become established.
Please confirm to me if you are able to attend.
Gwen has provided the directions below to help you find the venue:
Enter the school via the first entrance on Shaw Lane (will be before the Rugby club entrance for those turning into Shaw lane from Dodworth rd / M1 jn 37) - if you were facing the school it would be the one on the right.
Turn right towards the caretaker's house and the right hand edge of the main school building.
At the end of the school building turn left between the school building and caretaker's house and follow the roadway round to the back of the school.
The sports hall and gym is in front of you to the left.
Parking is either in front of the building or at the side of the sports hall (if you take the side be aware that there is a short bank to the playground parking area).
The entrance doorway is at the front of the building.
Once inside, the Sports Hall is in front of you with the gym to the right. The squad session is in the gym. Please wear appropriate footwear for a gym floor.
Yorkshire's junior archers were well represented at the Junior National Indoor Championships 2008, which were held at Lilleshall on Saturday the 6th and Sunday the 7th of December.
Georgie Brown, Helena Beeson, Rachael Smith, Tom Powell, Tommy Price, Hannah Jones, Michael Wallhead and Joe Fairburn took part.
Georgie retained her Under 16 Compound Ladies' title - congratulations to her!
Joe raised £600 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
The day started well at Penrith on Saturday. Well, that is a relative term - what that means is that the sleet promised in the weather forecast did not materialise. Sadly, also, at that stage, neither had Michael Wallhead, whose satnav perversely sent his family to a housing estate. Also, sadly, Tanya Cogan's bow had decided to stay at home, and send her brother's in its place. A minor obstacle, as Chris Battersby, the TO, lent Tanya his wife's bow which was exactly the same setup.
At assembly, the judges declared inclement weather - which was just as well, because all the dry-weather gear was already soaked. And, joy of joys, our ray of sunshine (aka Michael) also appeared. So a full team was present, including, for the first time in many years, a Girl Longbow, Annarose Spencer.
It soon became apparent that the weather was worsening, with the wind whipping up, the rain becoming heavier, and, worst of all, the temperature dropping significantly. By 4-dozen, it was fairly obvious that there was strong danger of hypothermia, so the team managers conferred with the TO, and offered three options to the archers: stop shooting there and then; take lunch and move the targets to shoot Nationals (or Westerns if the weather improved); or carry on to the bitter end. To the surprise of everyone, including the archers, they voted to carry on, but, as the weather got even worse, the unilateral decision was taken to stop altogether at 6 dozen, and do the awards on those scores.
The Yorkshire Boys' Longbow were the only one of our teams to take their prize - congratulations to Tom Powell and Dominic Spencer. In the regional championships, Aaron Barnes became Compound Champion; Helena Beeson, Hannah Jones, Annarose Spencer, Tom Price, Dominic Spencer and Tom Powell won their sections; Rachael Smith, Michael Wallhead and Adam Kinghorn came second; Rebecca Smith and Carl Grey came third.
Congratulations to all those (and Steven Wilkinson and Daniel Baker, the only two not to have been mentioned so far). They all remained cheerful throughout, and took what the elements threw at them. As usual, they were a credit to Yorkshire, and we can be proud of them.
Nick Beeson
Photo by Jeff Price.
In 2008, we introduced Classification Tables for Junior archers in Longbow and Barebow. Because we had not had sufficient data from which to construct full tables across all the age groups, we decided simply to have one table for all groups. This has meant that, for the younger groups, attaining the higher levels has been nigh impossible. Because of this, we are now inviting archers to submit their scores for a possible revision of these tables.
Please could you send as many outdoor scores as possible recorded by Junior Archers shooting Longbow and Barebow to the Chairman of the Junior Committee by December 1st. It is important that we have a full range of scores, so that we can get a true feel for the whole range of archers, so please do not feel that "poor" scores should not be submitted.
Scores can be submitted in any format. It would be easier, but not necessary, if they were in spreadsheet form. For each score, please give:
It must be stressed that if insufficient data is received again, we will not be able to revise the tables in place. And that this applies to Junior archers only.
Nick Beeson
Yorkshire won the National Compound team Championship at the Junior National Championship at Lilleshall on July 6th. The team, consisting of Georgina Brown, Rachael Smith, and Aaron Barnes easily beat Lancashire into second place in highly testing conditions. Sadly, the recurve team was slightly lower - in 20th place!
Georgina also won her age-group title in the Metric day on Saturday, coming second in the Hereford on Sunday, and was in the victorious England team in the Home Nations match. Our other medal winner was Ruby Hancock, who took third place in her age-group on Sunday.
Full Yorkshire results are below (and full full results are on the GNAS website). Congratulations to all eight who took part. Shooting in the very wet and windy conditions over the two days would have caused many an adult archer simply to give up.
| Metric 1 - Junior Gentlemen Recurve | 70m | 60m | 50m | 30m | Score | 10+X | Xs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Michael Wallhead Spen Valley Bowmen | 257 | 266 | 253 | 282 | 1058 | 8 | 1 | |
| Metric 2 - Junior Gentlemen Compound | 60m | 50m | 40m | 30m | Score | 10+X | Xs | ||
| 5 | Aaron Barnes Barnsley AC | 298 | 316 | 301 | 320 | 1235 | 31 | 9 | |
| Metric 2 - Junior Ladies Recurve | 60m | 50m | 40m | 30m | Score | 10+X | Xs | ||
| 4 | Ruby Hancock Dearne Valley AC | 270 | 280 | 261 | 302 | 1113 | 18 | 6 | |
| 14 | Helena Beeson Bowmen of Adel | 144 | 156 | 140 | 202 | 642 | 6 | 0 | |
| Metric 3 - Junior Gentlemen Recurve | 60m | 50m | 40m | 30m | Score | 10+X | Xs | ||
| 15 | Tommy Price Wakefield Archers | 241 | 236 | 239 | 275 | 991 | 8 | 0 | |
| Metric 3 - Junior Ladies Compound | 60m | 50m | 40m | 30m | Score | 10+X | Xs | ||
| 1 | Georgina Brown Aire Valley Archers | 339 | 341 | 335 | 347 | 1362 | 83 | 36 | Compound Cup |
| 5 | Rachael Smith Barnsley AC | 328 | 320 | 309 | 310 | 1267 | 41 | 12 | |
| Metric 5 - Junior Gentlemen Recurve | 30m | 20m | 15m | 10m | Score | 10+X | Xs | ||
| 2 | Joe Fairburn Bowmen of Adel | 124 | 191 | 217 | 238 | 770 | 5 | 1 | |
| Name | Bow type | Score | 10+X | Xs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9684 | 334 | 138 | |
| Rachel Beardsley | Recurve | 1353 | 81 | 44 |
| Jason Relf | Recurve | 1271 | 41 | 15 |
| Frankie Jones | Recurve | 1158 | 22 | 9 |
| Andrew Randall | Recurve | 1098 | 26 | 6 |
| Zak Crawford | Recurve | 1060 | 12 | 6 |
| Connie Hartley | Recurve | 1058 | 15 | 1 |
| Georgina Brown | Compound | 1362 | 83 | 36 |
| Philip Gower | Compound | 1324 | 54 | 21 |
| JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 6 July 2008 - RESULTS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Name | Club | Hit | Score | Golds |
| Hereford - Junior Ladies Compound | |||||
| 2 | Georgina Brown | Aire Valley Archers | 144 | 1196 | 97 |
| Bristol 1 - Junior Gentlemen Recurve | |||||
| 6 | Michael Wallhead | Spen Valley Bowmen | 143 | 1051 | 51 |
| Bristol 2 - Junior Gentlemen Compound | |||||
| 7 | Aaron Barnes | Barnsley AC | 144 | 1216 | 105 |
| Bristol 2 - Junior Ladies Recurve | |||||
| 3 | Ruby Hancock | Dearne Valley AC | 144 | 1094 | 63 |
| 14 | Helena Beeson | Bowmen of Adel | 130 | 738 | 22 |
| Bristol 3 - Junior Gentlemen Recurve | |||||
| 17 | Tommy Price | Wakefield Archers | 143 | 975 | 45 |
| Bristol 3 - Junior Ladies Compound | |||||
| 4 | Rachael Smith | Barnsley AC | 144 | 1236 | 114 |
| Bristol 5 - Junior Gentlemen Recurve | |||||
| 4 | Joe Fairburn | Bowmen of Adel | 138 | 874 | 33 |
| COUNTY MIXED RECURVE TEAMS - The Price Hughes Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Yorkshire | Score: 3858 | Hits: 560 | Golds: 181 |
| Ruby Hancock | ||||
| Michael Wallhead | ||||
| Tommy Price | ||||
| Helena Beeson | ||||
| COUNTY MIXED COMPOUND TEAMS | ||||
| 1 | Yorkshire | Score: 3648 | Hits: 432 | Golds: 316 |
| Rachael Smith | ||||
| Aaron Barnes | ||||
| Georgina Brown | ||||
YAA have decided to use the GNAS national junior rankings to form their county ranking list. To get a place on the national list, archers should send in their three best scores shot at record status 12-dozen rounds through the year (usually by mid-October). These are then given a handicap rating, and the archer with the lowest total handicap rating comes first (The numbers in brackets in the list after archers' names are the totals). It is worth submitting scores even if you only have two or only one. Apart from simply seeing where you come, positions in ranking lists can be useful if you apply for grants or sponsorship.
| Yorkshire Junior Rankings 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Ladies | ||||
| Compound | ||||
| Rank | Name | Club | GNAS age group | FITA age group |
| 1 | Georgina Brown(98) | Aire Valley Archers | Under 16 | Cadet |
| 2 | Rachael Smith(106) | Barnsley | Under 16 | Cadet |
| 3 | Hannah Jones(111) | Barnsley | Under 18 | Cadet |
| 4 | Charlotte Render(145) | Selby Archers | Under 16 | Cadet |
| Recurve | ||||
| Rank | Name | Club | GNAS age group | FITA age group |
| 1 | Nicole Allan(88) | Selby Archers | Under 18 | Junior |
| 2 | Ruby Hancock(143) | Dearne Valley | Under 18 | Cadet |
| 3 | Helena Beeson(160) | Bowmen of Adel | Under 18 | Cadet |
| 4 | Willow Jinks(203) | Selby Archers | Under 18 | Junior |
| Junior Gentlemen | ||||
| Compound | ||||
| Rank | Name | Club | GNAS age group | FITA age group |
| 1 | Aaron Barnes(135) | Barnsley | Under 16 | Cadet |
| 2 | Adam Kinghorn(162) | Barnsley | Under 12 | Cadet |
| Longbow | ||||
| Rank | Name | Club | GNAS age group | FITA age group |
| 1 | Tom Powell(221) | Aire Valley Archers | Under 14 | Cadet |
| Recurve | ||||
| Rank | Name | Club | GNAS age group | FITA age group |
| 1 | Michael Wallhead(113) | Spen Valley Bowmen | Under 18 | Cadet |
| 2 | Stephen Wilkinson(163) | Bowmen of Leeds | Under 16 | Cadet |
The JAWS scheme was established to encourage junior archers to record - and appreciate - their achievements through the year. Archers taking part use a booklet, in which they record what they have done, with JAWS points assigned to each activity or achievement. At the end of the year, the booklet is completed, and returned to GNAS, and a list of all participants in overall points order is produced. All the archers receive a certificate showing their position in the table, and the top 100 receive a badge as well. Results are published on the GNAS website and in Archery UK.
Points are awarded in three sections. The first rewards scores in the major rounds in Target, Clout, and Field. For instance, in Clout, there is a table to convert scores in Double Clouts into JAWS points, with, for instance, a score of 125 in an Imperial round gaining 20 JAWS points. Points are also added if the score was shot with a longbow, or in competition, or at a distance for a higher age group. There are similar tables for Target and Field. Points for up to ten rounds in each discipline are available.
The second section of the booklet gives points for shooting in tournaments and competitions: more points for national events down through regional and county to fewest points for club organised tournaments; additional points for coming 1st 2nd or 3rd; more again for those entering adult competitions. The July Nationals and November Challenge also bring points in this section, and there is no limit on the number of competitions the archers can record.
Section 3 brings points for all the other achievements over the year: Roses; Stars; Arrows; Arrowheads; Tassels; setting National records; Six gold ends; six clout ends; even FITA Beginners' awards. There are also points to be had for being in a representative team at County level or above. Finally, points are also given for handicap improvement - each year there are several participants who only register a handful of points as this is where their achievements have been. .
The aim of the scheme is to help archers realise what their achievements are - and reinforce the benefits of keeping records! Over the years in which they take part, archers can measure their progress year on year, comparing themselves with others at their stage. It also encourages them to take part in all the various competitions and different forms of archery available. For many who take part, the scheme is a major part of their motivation, as they can gain points in so many ways, not necessarily by "winning".
The booklet for 2008 is to be put on the GNAS website. So, look it up, and start totting up just what points are available!
Nick Beeson
The team for the forthcoming match against Lincolnshire has been announced. The team members are:
| Junior Match Teams | |||
| Compound | |||
| Female | |||
| Georgina Brown | Under 16 | Metric 3 | Aire Valley Archers |
| Male | |||
| Chris Smith | Under 18 | Metric 1 | Barnsley |
| Jake Wainwright | Under 14 | Metric 3 | Wakefield Archers |
| Recurve | |||
| Female | |||
| Nicole Allan | Under 18 | Ladies FITA | Selby Archers |
| Helena Beeson | Under 16 | Metric 3 | Bowmen of Adel |
| Male | |||
| Michael Wallhead | Under 16 | Metric 2 | Spen Valley Bowmen |
| Tim Arnold | Under 14 | Metric 3 | Bowmen of Adel |
| Tom Price | Under 14 | Metric 3 | Wakefield Archers |
| Reserves | |||
| Compound | |||
| Female | |||
| Rachael Smith | Under 16 | Metric 3 | Barnsley |
| Recurve | |||
| Male | |||
| Stephen Wilkinson | Under 16 | Metric 2 | Bowmen of Leeds |
Nick Beeson
Junior Team Manager
On Saturday September 30th, the 5-Counties junior match was hosted by Lancashire, at Rochdale. The tournament is also the NCAS Junior Championships. Conditions were good, with a teasing breeze, if a little cold.
Yorkshire had entered a full complement of 15 archers, with complete teams entered in four categories. In everything from the group warm up (Yorkshire led the way, and Lancashire couldn't match us) through to the presentations, all fifteen members of the team were a credit to themselves and the county, cheering and supporting each other when needed, but still good, friendly ambassadors towards their competitors.
Girls Recurve
County team (Nicole Allan, Ruby Hancock, Helen Brown) - Winners
Nicole Allan - Bristol 2 Winner
Helen Brown - Bristol 2 Runner-Up
Ruby Hancock - Bristol 3 Runner-Up
Helena Beeson and Willow Jinks also shot
Girls Compound
Rachael Smith - Regional Champion (Bristol 4)
Boys recurve
County team (Tim Arnold, Carl Grey, Michael Wallhead) - Winners
Tim Arnold - Regional Champion (Bristol 3)
Joe Birley - Bristol 1 Winner
Carl Grey - Bristol 2 Winner
Michael Wallhead - Bristol 2 Runner-Up
Tommy Price - Bristol 4 Winner
Boys Compound
County team (Chris Smith, Jake Wainwright) - Runners up
Chris Smith - Bristol 1 Winner
Jake Wainwright - Bristol 4 Winner
Boys Longbow
County Team (Paul Singleton, Thomas Powell) - Winners
Paul Singleton - Bristol 1 Winner
Thomas Powell - Bristol 4 Winner
So a fair haul for the county. Especially so as eight of the fifteen were making their Yorkshire debut. Congratulations and thanks to all of them
Nick Beeson
Junior Team Manager
Photos from the event.Yorkshire offers many coaching and shooting opportunities for juniors. Many clubs in Yorkshire incorporate a juniors club, and nearly all tournaments include opportunities for juniors to compete in various age categories. The YAA runs junior championships both indoors and outdoors. We support the award schemes and other initiatives of the GNAS.
Our Juniors Officer, Nick Beeson, is also the GNAS' Juniors Officer.
This page will develop into a set of resources for junior archers, their parents and guardians, and clubs with an interest in junior archery.
In the meantime, please contact Nick Beeson for any information you require.
