“First of all I would like to say thank you to Banbury Cross for holding the Tri County Hybris event, and to all the archers who took part!! Another sterling Job carried out by my captain for the day Tim Bull.
I hear the weather wasn’t great but the treats supplied by Helen were greatly appreciated.
So no further delays, we came 2nd!! Congratulations to Bedfordshire!! We will get them next year.
PS. Watch out for up and coming intercounty shoots!!”
Martin Ross
NCAS Team Captain
Many congratulations to Archie Bromley of Archers of Raunds, and Daisy Simpson of Banbury Cross Archers. Both came away from last weekend’s Junior Nationals at Lilleshall with medals!
Archie finished in 1st place on Day 1 in the Gents Recurve Under 16 Metric II, and then finished in 1st place again on Day 2 for the Bristol II round, making him Under 16 Gents Recurve National Champion!
Daisy finished in 3rd place on Day 2 in the Under 18 Ladies Barebow and setting a new county record in the process. Daisy was asked about the weekend by Archery GB who published her response on their website.
Very well done to them both!
On Sunday 7th September, the Northamptonshire team competed in the 56th EMAS Senior Inter-county Team Tournament, otherwise known as The Thoresby Shoot.
Individually our archers shot extremely well, with several personal best scores achieved on the day. Five of our seven gents recurve archers, finished in the top eight. Shahram Montasser of Kettering Archers won the gents recurve, John Inkley of Nene Bowmen came third, Ian Hannaford of Northampton AC was fourth, Jeremy Beesley of Branbury Cross Archers was fifth, and Dean Edwards of Duston Bowmen came eighth. Simon Stubbs of Branbury Cross Archers finished in 14th place, and Simon Wright of Wellingborough OAC came 17th. So all in the top half of the results.
James Mason of Northampton AC won the gents compound with a new county record score. Team Captain Martin Ross of Long Buckby AC finished in seventh.
In the ladies recurve, Christine Marshall of Wellingborough OAC came 15th scoring a new personal best. Jennifer Ives of Banbury Cross Archers also shot very well in 19th place. Anita Stubbs also of Banbury Cross Archers finished 22nd shooting barebow.
Our two Longbow archers, Russell Faulkner and John Marshall finished 7th and 10th respectively.
As we were unable to field full teams for most of the categories. we weren’t able to challenge for any of the team trophies this year, finishing 5th in all three categories. Derbyshire won both the recurve and the compound trophies, with Leicestershire & Rutland winning the Longbow trophy.
This year, the shoot also acted as a selection shoot for the up coming EMAS Senior Team match against the West Midlands, to be held on 12th October at Lilleshall. NCAS members initially picked for the team are: Shahram Montasser, John Inkley, Ian Hannaford, Jeremy Beesley, Dean Edwards and James Mason. Congratulations to those archers.