The Northampton Archery Club Web-site is receiving a refresh and over the coming weeks we will be looking at several improvements. That doesn’t mean to say that massive changes are taking place, the club is anxious to keep the general navigation as it is, simply because ….. there’s nothing wrong with it. Work is already ongoing with the site’s header and this will get a further refresh very shortly. In addition club clothing can now be ordered directly online from the shop page and an online record claim form was added yesterday here . This will enable archers to make claims easier where there is a direct link to tournament results on a web page.Other changes include the addition of record pages for Flatbows, which originally were included on the Longbow pages. Records for flatbow will be transferred across in the near future. Comments on the changes will be most welcome and can be sent to our Web Officer who’s e-mail link can be found on our contacts page.
Month: June 2014
Summer Target Days have great start
Archers assemble for the Western Target Day
Our outdoor season target days had a great start for 2014 with a Pope Young Round on 31st May, quickly followed by a Western Round Shoot on 7th June. The weather was kind to us on both days and a grand time was had by all.
The Pope Young this year was based on a model in The Archers Magazine, shooting 36 arrows with a point for each arrow on the scoring area of the target face. 23 archers took part, and the winners were David Quemby and Mick Lovell in the adult section (David Q receiving first prize for the best score on the most difficult target). Both had 18 hits. In the Junior section Jacob Lovell managed a great 17 hits narrowly missing an opportunity to beat dad.
The Western Target day was another great shoot for this round of 96 arrows. The weather forecast for the day looked really grim and heavy rain poured down in the morning. At lunchtime the skies started to clear and then sun followed. 28 archers took part, and the day included rounds for our newly qualified beginners. Pete Bond was our judge for the shoot. At least one new County record has been potentially set, and once the results have been verified we are sure any claims will be duly sent off to NCAS. The true score for any archer however, is the amount of enjoyment he or she had on the day. On that basis alone, by the looks of things, everyone scored really well.