Author: Mackenzie Geyton

252 Awards

Mackenzie Geyton 252 Awards

The 252 awards have grown more popular last Archery year (2022-23). 

Congratulations to Skye Mould and Steve Tabberner for 30 yards, Mackenzie Geyton for 20 yards, 30 yards and 40 yards. 

A great achievement for everyone, keep up the good work for next years outdoor season.  

Mick Wins Bronze At Stage One of National Tour

Mackenzie Geyton General Club News
Podium – National Tour Stage One, Barebow

Congratulations to Mick Lovell who won a bronze medal at Stage One of the Archery GB National Tour on Saturday 30th April, at Lilleshall. This is the first time that Barebow has been included in the National Tour as a separate category and Mick certainly made the most of this! The day presented us with near-perfect weather. This is an excellent start for Mick at the National Tour & we look forward to seeing him compete at others through the season.

 

We Have County Champions

Mackenzie Geyton General Club News

On Sunday 6th March Archers of Raunds hosted the Northamptonshire County Archery Championships, where five members of Northampton Archery Club competed. They performed with excellent results with Mick Lovell, Paul Hopkins and Denitsa Dimitrova all bring crowned County Champions in their respective divisions, a big congratualtions to them. The full results of all five archers are – 

  • Barebow Gents – Mick Lovell 1st place
  • Barebow Junior Ladies U18 –  Denitsa Dimitrova 1st place 
  • Longbow Gents – Paul Hopkins 1st place
  • Recurve Junior Ladies U16 – Lisa Owen 2nd place
  • Recurve Gents – Ioannis Chrisinas 10th place

You can view the full results here.

 

Fun at Halloween Shoot at Sywell

Mackenzie Geyton General Club News
An unseasonably warm evening for the Halloween ping shoot this year saw 18 archers plus spectators arrive at Sywell in the pitch dark to take part. Four targets were laid flat on the ground and illuminated pumpkins were set on the gold of each one.
 
The rules were, as usual, made up more or less as we went along. This year they ended up as normal five zone scoring with a direct hit of a pumpkin counting as 10. Random ghosts witches and pumpkins were scattered on the ground between the targets also counting as 10. Grass counted as zero. Targets were about 30-40 yards from the shooting line.
 
It was a very starry night so we had plenty of reference points for aiming. To level the playing field even more between experienced archers and beginners glow sticks were attached to all arrows to completely remove ballistic integrity.
 
Most arrows, as usual, scored zero. Only twenty arrows actually landed on the targets all evening. Not a single pumpkin, witch or ghost got injured in the process, although several pumpkins did have lucky escapes.
 
After a break for drinks and snacks we returned to the field to shoot a volley:  All archers shooting in unison to voice commands. This didn’t make any difference to the final scores, and resulted in only one additional archer (George) actually hitting anything.
 
Prizes were awarded as follows.
Junior Lady: Hazel Dalley
Junior Gent: Toby MacFarland
Senior lady: Karen Wilkins
Senior Gent: Paul Hopkins (That wasn’t the highest score but everyone thought I must have cheated)
 
Thanks to everyone who helped set up and pack away afterwards and especially to Lou for the photos & refreshments and George (Genny) Bond for keeping the lights on – well, most of the time.