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Booking for the next beginners course is now open:
The next beginners course wil take place in
May/June on
Saturday 26th May 2012
Saturday 2nd June 2012
Saturday 9th June 2012
Please see the Beginners and Coaching page for details
Easter Egg Hunt
They found the Easter eggs, but which egg was worth the most?
Some ends it was the blue egg, sometimes the red egg, archers did not find out untill after the arrows had been shot.
There was a pattern to which egg was worth the most and Danni Tighe cracked the code by finishing with a maximum of 180 in
the final two ends and, not suprisingly, her team won the Easter fun shoot by some margin.
First Indoor Championship 2012
The first annual Chessington Bowmen indoor Championship
will be at the Kings Centre on Monday 2nd April, assembly at 6.20pm, start 6.30pm. Portsmouth round at 20yds.
Entry form is here: http://kwiksurveys.com?u=CB-indoor12
Wapenshaw 2011
The last event of the year is always the Wapenshaw on Boxing Day. Wapenshaw
(from the Old English for "weapon show") was originally a gathering and review of troops formerly held in every district in Scotland. The object was to satisfy the military chiefs that the arms of their retainers were in good condition and that the men were
properly trained in their use.
For Chessington Bowmen it is a fun event which we invite family and
friends to come and shoot with us. 32 people took part this year including about 8 novices. No sights were allowed
and the scoring rounds were the name of famous (or not so famous) battles. There was a quiz thrown in as well.
Top team of the day were the Olympic Team captained by Danni Tighe (that girl seems to win everything) and top individual
score was her Grandad, Don Hollick.
Everyone remembered to bring their secret santa presents, and the hot
mulled wine and mince pies went down well.
Results are here
Chessington Bowmen -
Recent Indoor Success
Stag Hill and The Surrey Indoor Championships
Many of the archery completions in the Winter are indoor events. Shooting
indoors is a quite different experience to shooting outdoors. There is no weather to worry about for starters. This makes
it a great environment for practice in the winter.
There is also an active calendar of indoor competitions that
takes place. the most recent of these competitions were the Fita 18 at Stag Hill and the Surrey Indoor Championships which
is shot over multiple Portsmouth Rounds in Woking. Chessington Bowmen was well represented at both of these competitions by
several of our archers that shoot indoors regularly.
Richard White, Bob Bullbeck and Michael Dove were among those taking
part. Richard missed the shoot at Stag Hill due to illness but was back
on his feet to take GOLD and defend his Indoor County Champion title at the Surrey Indoor
Championships.
Bob was narrowly denied the
individual round score at Stag Hill, but came out in first place in the combined double round. Bob also took GOLD and defended
his Indoor County Champion title at the Surrey Indoor Championships.
Michael took a commendable 14th place in
the single round scores in his first competition at Stag Hill and an outstanding fourth place in the combined double round.
Michael scored well again at the Surrey Indoor Championships.
Danni Tighe and Duncan Garner did very well in
the Junior Categories at the Surrey Indoor Championships taking SILVER and BRONZE respectively.
Here is a list of all the Chessington Archers that took part in the Surrey
Indoor Championships:
Bob
Danni
Duncan
James
Jason
Kevin
Michael
Richard
Full results for the Surrey Indoor Championships will be available soon.
Any club members interested in shooting indoors should watch this space for more information coming soon.
Christmas Dinner
and Awards 2011
The annual club Christmas dinner and Awards
will be held on Friday 9th December, 2011, at 7.30pm in the cricket club bar. Tickets cost £10 each for a buffet
mean similar the one we did last year. Members, family and friends are welcome to attend. Please fill the booking form no later than Saturday 3rd December 2011.
If you have a trophy from last year please can you bring it down to
the club as soon as possible and hand it to either Peter Wood or Andrew Trimble.
Pumpkin Shoot 2011
We had a good turnout for our 3rd annual
pumpkin shoot. There were pumpkins (large and small) and laminated cartoon figures which scored plus points. There
were balloons and felt witches which scored minus points. So not hitting the target at all and scoring zero was a pretty
good tactic. The winners were The Fookers, captained by Danni. It was a fun shoot and the mix of abilities and
ages in the teams lead to some good team team work.
Pumpkin team results
Results of Club Championship 2011
Autumn Events 2011
5th November - Guy Faulkes shoot & Bow tuning
with Jason
9th December - Christmas dinner and awards ceremony
26th December - Wappenshew
Southern Intercounties
team event 2011
Four Chessington Bowmen were selected to represent Surrey
in the Southern Counties inter counties team event on 11th September at Canterbury. Richard White and Simon Buchanan
took gold in the senior recurve team event and Danni Tighe and Duncan Garner took silver in the junior recruve team.
SCAS includes counties from Hampshire up to Norfolk and is the biggest region in England. This was the best representation
Chessington has ever had in the Surrey team and also the best Surrey has done in this competition in recent years
The Woking Open shoot took place at the same time as the SCAS event. Chessington Bowmen also did well in
this competition with Megan Milner taking silver in Bristol 4 and Laura Smith winning both Bristol 3 and best overall junior
girl. It was an excellent day for Chessington Bowmen and its outstanding archers in probably the last big competitions
of the summer.
British Championships
2011
Simon and Richard took part in the Briitsh Target Championship
at Lilleshall in mid August. The event was a double FITA star for the first time. Simon was consistent over
the two days with scores of 1129 and 1133 which gave him 43rd place in the Men's recurve.
Richard White scored his
first Grand Master Bowmen score of 1268, a Chessington Bowmen record, on day one beating some notable GB team
archers such as Tom Barber and England team members such as Jonathan Manning. His second day score of 1226 meant that
Richard took 9th place overall, an excellent performance.
On the podium
at the Surrey's
 The photo above shows Chessington Bowmen members Richard
White and Simon Buchanan on the podium for the mens recurve at the Surrey County Championship on Sunday 17th July
2011. The County Championship is part of the Surrey Archery Weekend, organised by Andrew Trimble. The event was
held at Kingston University Sports ground in Tolworth.
Four of our members won gold and the title of County Champion.
Richard retained his Men's recurve title, there were also wins for Bob (Men's barebow recurve), Danni (Metric 3 girls
recurve) and Laura (Metric 4 girls recurve). Bob won over all best barebow and Danni won best over junior girl recurve.
Both Danni and Richard scored over 1200, Danni on 1204 and Rich on 1217. Danni and Laura combined to win silver in the
junior team award
There were several other medallists as well, Duncan and Gaby took silver in their age groups.
Simon, Emma, Megan and Isabel all won a bronze medal. That was something like 6 golds, 3 silvers and 4 bronzes, a total
of 13 medals.
Day 1 of the Surrey Archery Weekend was washed out due to technical issues but Dani and Bob still
managed to win gold, with Richard in silver on the 70m round. Kevin, Richard's dad won bronze in the longbow section.
Several Chessington members helped with the event and all made a major contribution.
Full Results
Event Photos
County Champions Photos (Showing all the Chessington medalists)
Kingston on the
podium at LYG
 The Kingston archery team at the London Youth Games came
3rd out of 33 London Boroughs on Saturday 2nd July 2011. The team was entirley made up of Chessington Bowmen.
The photo above shows Danni, Emma, Laura, Duncan, Megan and team manager Andrew with their team bronze medals at Crystal Palace
Sports Centre. Richmond were 1st and Redbridge 2nd. Kingston beat Barnet (4th) by only 40 points. The standard
was very high this year, Kingston's score of 3114 would have been good enough to win the gold in some previous years.
There were individual medals as well for Danni (gold), Laura (gold) and Megan, in her first ever, compeitition
(bronze) Both Emma and Duncan shot really well and made a vital contribution to the team score. Andrew Trimble, the
team manager, was delighted with the team's sucess and wants to thank Jason Griffiths for all his support to the team
as assistant manager, Martin Garner for helping with scoring and of course to the archers for shooting brilliantly above
expectations.
It was a very successful day for both Kingston and Chessington Bowmen. Click here for photos
Bumper medal weekend
for Chessington Bowmen
 The 25th and 26th June was a bumper weekend for Chessington
Bowmen with our archers taking part in no less than four compeitions. We started with a 70m round at the club on Saturday
morning shot by several of the adults for the first time. Also on Saturday several of the juniors were shooting in
Guilford's excellent Little Acorn (see photo above). Matthew and Isabel did well in their rounds in their first
ever competitions. Eleanor, also in her first ever competition won silver in her age group and Gabriella a bronze.
Dannielle took two golds by winning her age group and was also top junior girl overall. The Chessington junior team (Eleanor,
Gabbi and Danni) won silver. It sounds as if all the juniors had a great time and they all did Chessington proud.
There are some more photos of Little Acorn here taken by Neil Henderson
On the same afternoon Richard White was at the home of British Archery in Lilleshall taking
part in the Summer Surprise Team Tournament. This culminated in a three person team Head to Head elimination competition,
the same as you will see at the London Olympics. Richard was in a team with Estelle Edwiick and Louise Colville called
X-centric. Might have been a strange name but it did not stop the team winning gold in the final by beating Tipsy Toxo's
by 236 to 217, a clear margin. Richard shot 6 arrows for the team at 70m in the final, scoring 10, 10,10, 10,
10, 8. This has to be one of Richard's best ever results, so well done from Chessington Bowmen.
 If you think Simon Buchanan (see thumbs up in photo above)
looks pretty happy (or if you know Simon, just like how Simon normally looks) at the Sheila Brown Memorial shoot organised
by Mole Valley in Leatherhead.you would be right. Simon had something to celebrate as he took gold in the mens recuve,
with a winning score 1011 for the York round, a margin of only 2 points. Kevin White shot longbow on the York round as
well. Bob Bulbeck not only took gold in the barebow on the York round but also smashed the county record by 30 points.
Emma took bronze in her age group. Duncan won gold in his age group and also a bronze handicap medal. Danni, shooting
for the second day in a row, scored 1158 on the Bristol 3 round winnining her third gold of the weekend. And what a
great weekend for all the Chessington Bowmen who took part in all these competitions, even if you didn't win a medal you
all shot with pride and boosted the name of the club.
Spelthorne Open 2011
All five of the Chessington Bowmen .competing in
the Spelthorne Open on 5th June won medals. Richard White's score of 1032 gave him a silver medal in the Gents Recurve on
the York, with Simon Buchanan taking a bronze in 5th place. Emma and Laura Smith both got Junior Bowman scores
in Bristol 3 and Bristol 4 rounds, with a silver for Emma and gold for Laura. Danni Tigh scored her third Junior Master
Bowman (JMB) score of the season in winning the Bristol 3 girls recurve. A great medal haul so well done to our
competiting archers.
Middlesex Championships 2011
Richard White took the top prize at the Middlesex Championships
on Sunday 29th May winning the trophy (see photo on right) for Visitor Gents Recurve with a score of 1059 for the York round.
Danni Tighe also won gold as best Visitor Junior Girls Recurve and Ducan won silver in the Visitor Junior Boys Recurve.
Simon Buchanan, Emma Smith and Laura Smith all shot good scores as well.
Latest Updates Beginners
course:
Sat 11th June 9.30am to 2.30pm
Lunch break 11.30am to 12.30pm
Sat
18th June 9.30am to 11.30am
Cost £50
To register, send an
email to: Beginners
2011 Ladder qualification published
2011 Diary of CB competitions published.
Western Round 28th May results
Monday Evenings
We have started to shoot on Monday evenings from
about 5.30pm until about 8pm. This is proving to be a popular evening with 13 archers shooting in the beautiful sunshine
on May 9th. We had thought we might shoot on a Thursday but this is not a good evening for many people so may not happen.
However, do keep an eye on the forum in the members area for the latest info on who will be shooting and when. There
will be some more photos from May 9th to follow.
Happy Easter 2011
The sunshine on Easter Saturday brought a
good turn out, inlcuding several new members. This will be the last Saturday we will be shooting on the back field of the
cricket club until September. From Saturday 30th April we will be shooting on what has been the football pitch
over the winter.
Pagoda shoot
2011
The Pagoda shoot is the first big outdoor competition
of the year at Royal Richmond Archery Club. Chessington Bowmen turned out on both the Albion and Windsor rounds on a
beautiful spring day. Richard White had the top CB score of the day with 902 and only just missed winning the Albion by 3
pts from Jon Paradi, a former British Junior Champion, Danni Tighe, however, had greater sucess by winning
the Girls recurve on the Windsor round. Both these two scores were club records.
Bob Bulbeck won silver in
the gents barebow on the Albion make three CB medallists. Peter Woord (163), Kevin White (113) and Gareth Trimble (79)
also shot in a very competitive gents longbow on the Albion. It was also Andrew Trimble's first outdoor tournament
as a candidate judge.
Red Nose Day shoot
2011
We had perfect weather for our Red Nose shoot.
It was great fun trying to hit the red noses and avoid the balloons. That was until we switched the points at 60 yds and
instead of penalising poping balloons we gained points. Could we hit the balloons then... only Simon managed this feat!
Best of all we raised £100 for Comic Relief. Thanks to Gareth for the original concept and to Andrew for organising
the event. Our section winners were:
Recurve / Recurve Barebow: Simon Buchanan
Longbow /
American Flat bow: Gareth Trimble & Peter Wood (tied 1st)
Junior Boys: Jospeh Rogers
Junior Girls U18: Danni
Tighe
Junior Girls U14: Megan Millner
See full results
It looks like this will become a regular fun shoot along with the Halloween and Christmas shoots.
Club dinner and
Awards 2010
This was the first time that we had held the annual club
awards and dinner in the bar of our new location, Chessington Cricket and Sports Club. It proved to be an excellent
venue for this event with 55 people in attendance. The excellent buffet meal was prepared by Jill Wood and Euncie Lester,
this proved really good value at £8 per head. Many thanks to Jill, Eunice and all the other helpers for all their hard
work. Ted ran the awards ceremony very efficiently with the medals and trophies being presented by our Lady
Paramount, Michelle Dennis. Well done to all our prize winners. and especially our 10 reigning county champions. A raffle for Help for Heroes duirng the evening raised an amazing £73.20 so thanks to everyone who bought a ticket.
Wappenshew
 The Wappenshew was shot in bright and sunny conditions
on Boxing Day. The only problem was that the temperature was below freezing and there was still snow and ice on the
ground. However that didn't put off the 13 archers who took part. Ted called the rules for scoring, some of
which benefited the non archers taking part with extra points for getting green, or was that white?) Even seasoned recurve
archers had to shoot without the twiddly bits attached to their bows which shifted the balance to the barebow, long bow and
short bow archers who are used to shooting with no sights.
After some arrows has been shot,and searched
for several times in the snow, it was Richard who came out on top by only two points ahead of Gareth and only six points
ahead of his dad, Kevin. Despite the weather the archers enjoyed the festive shoot and were all rewarded
with a traditonal box (a wrapped Christmas present) whilst muching hot sausages cooked by Paul Smith. The Wappenshew
is an ancient event when tenants show their weapons (bows) to their local Lord on Boxing Day.
There should
be shooting on 1st Jan, 2011, subject to the weather, although that never seems to put some people off!
Photos of Wappenshew
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