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Tim Mason - 27 November 2007
Bronte Archers will be hosting the GNAS National Clout Championships 2008 on the 18th October at Rawdon Meadows, Bradford.
The tournament has been hosted very successfully by St George's Archery Club of Harrogate for the past six years. However, the record size of the 2007 entry has shown that a larger venue is now necessary. Tournament organiser Andrew Neal and the National Tournament Committee express their thanks to St George's for the excellent job they have done.
Simon Copland, Chairman & GNAS Tournament Organiser of Bronte Archers, says: "We are delighted and proud to be selected and we look forward to a really popular and successful event."
Tim Mason - 10 October 2007
Danielle Brown of Aire Valley Archers has become the World Compound Champion at the IPC World Championships in Korea, beating Wang Li of China by 114 points to 108. She was also part of the women's compound team that won gold in the team event. These are the latest achievements in what has been a spectacularly successful year for the 19-year-old law student.
She set two new world records individually and the women's compound team set a new team world record.
Team GB finished third in the medals table, with a total of two golds, a silver and three bronze medals. Congratulations to Danielle and her team mates.
Tim Mason - 17 August 2007
Congratulations to Danielle Brown of Aire Valley Archers, who collected a gold medal and two world records at the European Invitational Grand Prix held at Stoke Mandeville in July.
Danielle won gold for her individual performance with the compound bow. She set a new Paralympic world record for the FITA 720 round. The Ladies Compound Team, consisting of Danielle, Mel Clarke and Pippa Britton, also set a team world record.
A very impressive performance, especially given the bad weather conditions and muddy state of the ground.
Tim Mason - 12 August 2007
Amy Oliver of Dearne Valley Archery Club has won individual gold at the European Field Archery Championships in Croatia, to add to the team silver medal she won earlier.
The individual final was held on Sunday 12th August. Amy beat Jessica Tomasi of Italy with her last arrow to claim the women's recurve title.
The Great Britain women's team, consisting of Amy, Jane Rees and Tracey Anderson, overcame a strong Italian side to reach Saturday's final but were narrowly beaten by Slovakia.
Congratulations to Amy and her team mates!
Photo courtesy of Michelle Kiddy
For more details, see these pages:
GNAS report on Amy's gold medal
GNAS report on the Great Britain women's team medal
Individual scores on Fieldarcher.org
Team scores on Fieldarcher.org
Tim Mason - 29 May 2007
Amy Oliver of Dearne Valley Archery Club has become British Ladies Recurve Field Champion. Her aunt Michelle Kiddy was runner-up, a reversal of last year when Michelle won and Amy finished second. The All-British Field Championships were held at Pentref, South Wales, on the 26th and 27th of May.
Amy is keeping up a distinguished family tradition. Her grandmother Joyce Kiddy, mother Lynda Oliver (nee Kiddy) and aunt Michelle Kiddy have all won this trophy. The trophy has spent a total of 15 years in the family.
Michelle's performance has earned her a place on the Great Britain team, alongside Amy.
Congratulations to both!
Mick Fitzpatrick and Tim Mason - 24 April 2007
The YAA Senior and Junior Clout Championships 2007 took place at Ebor Archers in York on Sunday 22nd April. The shoot was well attended and saw a high standard of competition, with four new national records and several Yorkshire records being set. We also had a welcome visit from the BBC's Look North programme - the edition broadcast on the 23rd of April had a substantial feature on the tournament.
For full details of the tournament, follow the link below:
YAA Clout Championships 2007 results
Photos from 2007 clout champs
Neil Crickmore - 16 March 2007
We now know the Final positions for Matthew and Linda.
Matthew Arnold shot well enough in the qualifying round to give himself a bye in the 1/16 elimination. The last 16 saw him against another Brit Tapani Kalmaru. Matthew shot a strong 112 dozen but unfortunately Tapani managed a 115. This put Matthew out of the competition but I'm sure he will be pleased with his performance and he can now say he came 13th at the Junior World Indoor Championships.
Linda Garner was ranked 25th after the qualifying round. This meant she was straight in at the deep end and would face the number 7 seed Sofia Goncharova of Russia. Linda shot a 115 dozen and took Sofia out as she was only able to muster a 114 in reply. This meant Linda was also into the last 16 and up against Ivana Buden from Croatia. This time it was Ivana who shot the 115, Linda could only find the 'X ring' twice to give her a 110. Overall this has placed Linda 16th at the World Indoor Championships.
A good performance by both.
Neil Crickmore
Aardvark Archery
Neil Crickmore - 14 March 2007
Today saw the Qualifying round, a FITA 18, of the World Indoor Championships being held in Izmir, Turkey.
Matthew Arnold shooting in the Compound Junior Men's section shot 288 for the first half which put him 9th place overall. He then continued this form with an equally impressive 285. These added together gave him a total of 573 and leaves him in a promising 11th place.
Linda Garner shooting in the Compound Women's section also shot 288 for the first half which had her placed 11th overall. Linda couldn't quite keep this going for the second half and dropped to 281. A 569 total sees her ranked 25th for the head-to-head stage.
Tomorrow 15 March will be the head-to-head stage for all archers down to the 1/4 finals.
Matthew's position in the qualifier and the number of archers competing means he will have a bye in the first round (the 1/16 elimination). It looks like he will then face Tapani Kalmaru, who scored 577 in the qualifier and is also from GBR, in the 1/8 elimination. This means there will definitely be a Brit into the 1/4 finals and lets all hope it will be Matt.
It looks like Linda will face Sofia Goncharova of Russia in the 1/16 elimination. Sofia shot an impressive 584 in the qualifying round so this will be a tough match for Linda. Linda's PB is 582 but I have seen her shoot 118 dozens when it matters and she is also very experienced in head-to-head shooting.
Thursday 15th March is also the day for the Team rounds again down to the 1/4 finals.
As the results come through they can be found at the link below:
World Indoor results
More news when we have it.
Neil Crickmore
Aardvark Archery
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Tim Mason - 11 March 2007
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Tim Mason - 10 March 2007
The 57th AGM of the YAA took place today at Barnsley Archery Club.
The minutes of the previous AGM were accepted as a true record, with a couple of minor corrections. All committee recommendations were accepted.
Cynthia Everitt stepped down as Vice President. Christine Morgan was elected to this post. Christine also took over Cynthia's role of Deputy Child Protection Officer.
Susan Heritage stepped down from the role of Public Relations Officer after many years of service. She remains a general committee member. Tim Mason was elected to the role of PRO.
All other committee members who were due for election were re-elected.
The meeting closed with a minute of silence in honour of Harry Feakins and George Thorley, both of whom passed away in the 12 months since the previous AGM.
Dave Phillips - 6 February 2007
The Annual General Meeting of the Yorkshire Archery Association has been arranged for Saturday 10th March 2007 at Barnsley Archery Club, Barnsley Rugby Club, Shaw Lane, Barnsley at 2.00pm. I look forward to seeing you there but should you be unable to attend please try to ensure that your club is represented.
Agenda for the 57th AGM
| 1) | Apologies |
| 2) | Minutes of the 56th AGM |
| | Points of Accuracy |
| | Approval |
| 3) | Matters Arising |
| 4) | Chairman's Report |
| 5) | Secretary's Report |
| 6) | Treasurer's Report |
| | Approve accounts |
| | Set Affiliation Fees |
| | Appointment of a Validitator |
| | Discussion regarding support funding to clubs and archers |
| 7) | Officers reports- CCO, Judges, Junior Officer, Tournaments & CPO. |
| 8) | Committee Recommendations for Constitution Changes |
| 9) | Election of Officers and Members of the General Committee
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| | (See Job description PRO) |
| 10) | Confirmation in post of Child Protection Officers |
Yours sincerely
Dave Phillips
Dave Phillips - 31 January 2007
The Judges Confirmation and Expense Form was designed following comments made by a number of judges, who have had to approach tournament organisers to seek re-imbursement for their various expenses, almost feeling that they have had to negotiate the matter or value of their expenses for the day. They have also not been sure of the arrangements being provided (or not provided) by the club for the judge's lunch.
The idea being trialled in Yorkshire and in some of the other NCAS counties is for the tournament organiser or club secretary to send the form to the judge well in advance of the event, and for the judge to return the confirmation of their attendance and expected expenses, such that these matters can be settled well before the day.
If you are responsible for organising such a tournament we would request that these forms are used this year and we will evaluate the success or otherwise at the end of the season.
Many thanks for your anticipated support.
To download the form, follow the link below:
Judges Confirmation and Expense Form (Word document)
Dave Phillips, YAA Secretary
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