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HAA 3D Championships.
Overton Black Arrows had a record turnout for a 3D tournament at the weekend with 75 archers competing in an event that incorporated both the Hampshire and SCAS Championships. Hampshire archers made up a third of the competitors and competed in 12 of the 19 available categories. In those 12 categories, 9 were won by Hampshire archers! The course was described as "highly-challenging" by many archers, and included a 40m shot uphill onto the rear end of a small deer, and an 11m shot onto frogs which are no more than 10cm high. The weather was superb, and great fun was had by all!
Full results can be found in the 'Results' section
HAA Champions are:
Ladies
U15 AFB: Katy Hawley, Fort Purbrook
U18 Barebow: Faith Littlechild, Fort Purbrook
U15 Longbow: Heidi Morrell, Fort Purbrook
U12 Recurve: Niamh Littlechild, Fort Purbrook
Recurve: Lisa Warren, Fort Purbrook
Traditional: Karen Lamb, RNSCA
Gents
Barebow: Richard Heathcote, Talisman
Compound: John Foley, Fort Purbrook
Recurve: Richard Buckner, Overton Black Arrows
Longbow: Daniel Hawley, Fort Purbrook
U15 Recurve: Zac Dickenson, Fort Purbrook
Traditional: Jed Cullen, Independant
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HAMPSHIRE versus SUSSEX 2023
The annual Inter-County match between Hampshire and Sussex was held at Waterside Archers on Sunday 30th April 2023.
Sussex were quite a few archers short of a full team, so on the day we matched the sides up like for like, even going so far as to allow 3 Sussex gents to compete against Hampshire ladies (the Ladies won)!
Overall once again, Hampshire were victorious, this time by a margin of 3535 with scores of Hampshire 23216 and Sussex 19681.
The individual scores are shown below with the archers in red not included in the total.
Two highlights from the match should be noted and celebrated!
First, Hampshire archer Craig May who broke no less than 3 County Records on his way to being top scoring Barebow archer on just his second appearance in a County Shirt. Huge congratulations!
And even more congratulations to the Hampshire Compound archers who extended their long unbeaten run. Last September, our Compound Team became UK National Champions and they have followed this up with first place in the SCAS Postal League, first place in the Kent 4 Way County Tournament and now victory today!
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Following a gruelling 7 month journey consisiting of lectures, coaching an archer to improvement, documenting the process and working with senior coaches and mentors, Hampshire now has 11 new Development Coaches to add to it's ranks.
These intrepid die-hards underwent a harrowing (almost) assessment process on 29th January 2023 and handed in their Level 1 Coach badge to be awarded with the new Development Coach badge - a truly remarklable achievement.
One of Hampshire Archery Association's core objectives is to promote archery coaching in Hampshire and with the help of the County Coaching Team and CCO, senior coaches and County Coaches, who all game their time to work with the candidates, successfully ran the first face to face course of this type in Hampshire.
If you are interested in becoming a coach, keep an eye on the County Coaching website for more information.
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Barriers to Competitions Survey.
Please can we ask all archers to complete this survey so we can better understand what prevents people from entering competitions.
Your help is much appreciated.
Please click this link to complete the MS Forms survey:- https://forms.office.com/r/C4dHMBMy9r
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County Receives 22 New Level 1 Session Coaches
On Sunday 18th September, 2022, 22 candidates from Hampshire and 1 from Surrey underwent their assessment which marks the completion if their Level 1 Session Coach courses they started back in June. This course qualifies the candidates to run beginners courses, have a go sessions and is a great start to their coaching career.
We are very pleased to welcome 22 new coaches who are:
James Miller - Southampton Archery Club
Caroline Layton - Southampton Archery Club
Chris Mollitt - Southampton Archery Club
Josef Lawrence - Bourne 55
Paul Stone - Bourne 55
Graham Wheatley - AGB Direct
Katie Hughes - Alton & Four Marks
Steve Boardman - Alton & Four Marks
Jackson Parrett - Alton & Four Marks
Emma Polglaze - Alton & Four Marks
Martin Giess - Old Basing Archers
Pete Jones - Forest of Bere Bowmen
Brian Haley - Waterside Archers
John Readhead - Waterside Archers
Bert Mason - Sway Bowmen
Rob Aldridge - Overton Black Arrows
Amanda Ball - Southampton Archery Club
Maria Perrott - Southampton Archery Club
Keith Giles - Ordnance Survey Archers
Laurie Waugh - Alton & Four Marks
Jen Salt - Alton & Four Marks
Christine Burdett-Clark - Gosport Bowmen
Coaching is very important for the county as it allows clubs to bring in new members through beginners courses which in turn provides financial support for club and county. If anyone would like to become a coach, please contact our county CCO here Hampshire County Coaching.
About
Hampshire Archery Association is the home of archery in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands in the UK. The Association is affiliated to SCAS (Southern Counties Archery Society) and Archery GB (GNAS) who are the governing body for the sport in the UK.
Archery is a sport for all ages and abilities and is great for families. There are over 30 archery clubs in Hampshire and most offer beginners courses. If you interested in trying archery get in touch with one of the clubs listed here.