News from the records officer… Clare Brown has submitted 3 scores and now has a handicap of 61. Jinny Niven has submitted 3 scores to earn her 3rd class badge and a 73 handicap.
Welcome to 2 new members to the club – father and son – Tim and Joe Slater. Both are shooting recurve bows. Both have recently passed a beginners course at another club and have decided to join Belvoir Archers Welcome … Continue reading
Following successful completion of Beginners Course no 1, Alanna has decided to join the club and will soon be shooting with us. Welcome Alanna … Continue reading
At the weekend , we had a good contingent of archers who shot for the Nottinghamshire County Team in the Tri-Counties tournament (Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire v Warwickshire) It was an unusual weather day, calm with sun, followed by cloud, followed … Continue reading
Congratulations to the following two archers who have improved their handicaps and classifications
Dennis Crompton who has achieved his 3rd class and a 51 handicap with the
Vicky Jones – after an excellent shoot at the Tri-Counties as part of the County Team, Vicky has achieved her 1st Class and improved her handicap to 48
A selection of photographs from the 2nd Summer Windsor in July 2012
After successful completion of beginners course no 1, Sam Shaw has just joined the club. Sam, who is only 11, purhased a new bow before joining the club, and on his first day, under the helpful guidance of Coach Dave, … Continue reading
Belvoir Archers invite you to shoot in our 2nd Summer Windsor on Sunday 22July 2012. 2nd Summer Windsor Results Sheet The shoot will be a Windsor Round 60/50/40 yards for all archers including Juniors. Venue … Continue reading
Today saw our Second Annual Summer Windsor Tournament. It was a pleasant day, sunny and no wind at 7.30 am when the work parties arrived to start setting up. Archers started to arrive around 8.45 to have their breakfast with Julie … Continue reading
3 days to go to our 2nd Summer Windsor. We have 52 entries for the shoot with archers coming from as far as Sheffield, Burton Bridge, Banbury, Cambridgeshire and Spalding. There are 9 Compound, 18 longbows, 1 barebow and 24 … Continue reading
On Sunday 15 July Welbeck Archers hosted a record status FITA. A FITA is a 12 dozen round with the arrows evenly distributed across 4 distances. In the morning the ladies shoot 70 and 60 metres, while the gents tackle … Continue reading
Welcome to June and Malcolm Grant who have joined the club following successful completion of Course No2 in June.
Congratulations to the following who have been selected to represent the Nottinghamshire Archery Society County Team at the Tri-Counties (5th August) and the EMAS Intercounties – The Thoresby Trophy (2nd September) Ladies Recurve – Sue Haynes and Vicky Jones Gents … Continue reading
On Sunday 8 July 6 members of Belvoir Archers travelled to Hucknall to shoot in the Nottinghamshire County Archery Society Outdoor championships hosted by Rolls Royce Bowmen of Sherwood. Although there was a lot of discussion about how tricky the … Continue reading
Saturday saw Belvoir Archers put on a have-a-go stand at Hose Fete. The club had a 3 target stand with Dave, Bryan, coaching assisted by Martin, Steve Burdett and Peter Emery on the third target. Tony Emery spent most of … Continue reading
Belvoir Archers moved away form their normal field on 5th July 2012 to host a Have A Go at Hose Village Fete.
Over 100 people came to the stand and shot arrows.
Names are being taken for our next Beginners course which starts on 21st July 2012. The course days are 21st / 28th July, 4th, 11th.18th and 25th August The course consists of 6 x 2 hour sessions which are designed for … Continue reading
Over the weekend Sue, Bryan and Dave braved the wind, rain and sun to shoot a double FITA at Lincoln Archers. Saturday was a very very windy but dry day. Arrows were flying left, right and some centre. At the … Continue reading
20th June, Rolls Royce Bowmen of Sherwood held their annual Mid Summer Eve shoot at Hucknall. Despite an early threatening cloud, the evening remained dry. A good turn out of almost 80 archers turned out for a splendid evenings shooting. … Continue reading
This evening we had our busiest club night so far. With 15 archers on the field, including new members Nigel, Barbara, Alan, Dennis, Jinny & Steve B, longtime club members Sue, Bryan, Steve G, Compound Steve, Martin, Vicky and guests … Continue reading
Following successful completion of Beginners Course no 1, Alan Carter-Davies has joined the club, and is shooting Recurve Welcome aboard Alan … Continue reading
following successfull completion of beginners course no 2, Nigel and Barbara Wood have joined the club. Both have nice new recurve bows and have been up shooting tonight. welcome to you both … Continue reading
On Sunday 17 June 5 members of Belvoir Archers competed in the East Midlands Archery Society Championships, a York/Hereford competition hosted by Rolls Royce Bowmen of Sherwood at Hucknall. The wind was tricky for the longest distance in the morning, … Continue reading
Today saw the completion of the beginners courses 1 & 2 with 6 people completing the course. They all missed one session due to holidays, Scouts Gang Show or being ill during the main 6 weeks. The following people have … Continue reading
Following successful completion of Beginners course no 2, Steve Best has now joined the club. Steve’s plans are to go to Longbow after a brief spell with the recurve bow. Welcome Steve
Follow Belvoir Archers on Twitter @belvoirarchers … Continue reading
Dennis Crompton has successfully completed Beginners Course no 2 this week and has joined the club today. He has been to Custom Built Archery and purchased a new bow kit and came to shoot it tonight.. As you can see, … Continue reading
Following the successfull completion of the Beginners Course no 2, we would like to welcome Helen Lane to the club.
Belvoir Archers first two beginners courses came to an end today Over the last 6 weeks, we have introduced 20 new people to archery. They have undergone a 6 week beginners course with Dave and Bryan, not to mention the … Continue reading
On Sunday 4 members represented Belvoir Archers in the second leg of the Notts Archery Society League competition at Sherwood Archers. The weather smiled on the tournament and some archers even went so far as to wear shorts! The round … Continue reading
On Saturday 9 June 5 members of Belvoir Archers attended Nottinghamshire Archery Society’s 64th Golden Arrow Shoot. The round is a unique one; 6 dozen arrows at 60 yards. Although mostly dry there was much talk among the archers of … Continue reading
On Sunday 3 June 6 members of Belvoir Archers travelled to Sherwood Archers ground near Southwell to shoot a FITA round and did well on a day when the rain never stopped. For the ladies the FITA round is 12 … Continue reading
Congratulations to Jinny Niven for completing her beginners course this week, ahead of the main group. We would also like to welcome Jinny to Belvoir Archers as she has joined the club today. No more of that recurve stuff, Jinny … Continue reading
The following was in the Nottingham Evening Post. It was a report undertaken by Nottinghamshire County Council who were looking at the effect of the Olympics and recent films on sports. Continue reading
On Sunday 27 May 5 members of Belvoir Archers travelled to the tournament hosted by Welbeck Archers. The weather was the best of the year so far with hot sunshine all day, although the cooling breeze did make the longest … Continue reading
On Sunday 20 May 5 members of Belvoir Archers travelled to Sherwood Archers ground near Southwell for the first Nottinghamshire county team selection shoot of 2012, organised by Wilford Bowmen. The weather was better than last year’s shoot, which was … Continue reading
Following the AGM, we are pleased to announce that Steve Gamble is the new club chairman, Vicky Jones as the new club Secretary and Dave Seymour as the new Coaching Coordinator. We would like to thank the outgoing chariman MarkChalish … Continue reading
Belvoir Archers were in form and on target again over the bank holiday weekend. 5 gents longbows and 1 lady recurve went a huntin in the first of a series of 3 Nottinghamshire County Archery Society League Shoots, which was … Continue reading
On Sunday 7 April 7 members of Belvoir Archers (Tony, Peter, Sue, Bryan, Martin, Vicky and Steve) attended the Western hosted by Bassetlaw Bowmen in Worksop. Although the weather stayed dry and there were even some glimpses of the sun … Continue reading
Sunday 1st April saw the start of the outdoor archery season, with 4 competitors from Belvoir Archers travelling to Meridan Archery Club in Warwickshire. It was a cold frosty start to the day, but the sun came up and sweatshirts … Continue reading
Belvoir Archers held their first Archery Taster session on Saturday 24th March. 20 guests attended the session with a total of 6 coaches on the field to help out. The weather gods were kind to us and everyone enjoyed … Continue reading
The 2nd Founder members shoot was shot on Saturday 10th March 2012. This year, 11 members attended the shoot
2012 Founder Members Shoot
Saturday 10th March Belvoir Archers held their 1st Anniversary Founder Members Shoot. 10 club members and 3 guests shot the tournament. It was a gusty, overcast, cool day, but everyone enjoyed themselves. Mike Spare, our guest of honour, had a … Continue reading
Belvoir Archers would like to welcome 2 new longbow members to the club, Tony and Peter Emery – father and son. Peter did a beginners course in Bingham in 2010 but moved to Wilford Archers in 2011. Tony, after driving … Continue reading
On Sunday 19 February 5 members of Belvoir Archers travelled to Bsoton to take part in the “Brass Monkey” shoot hosted by Pilgrim Bowmen. Archers arriving for the shoot were greeted by a brilliant blue sky and temperatures that meant … Continue reading
On Sunday 12th February Dave and Bryan are starting their L1 coaching course. This means that Belvoir Archers will be in a position to undertake Beginners Courses and Have-A-Go courses in March/April time. If you are interested in undertaking a … Continue reading
Sunday 5th Feb saw the Nottinghamshire Indoor County Championships held by Sherwood Archers, a Portsmouth Round. A mixed bag of results were had by our archers, but we competed in 4 different categories this time, rather than just Longbow. The … Continue reading
The year end handicaps have been issued by Steve Gamble, Club Records Officer. Congratulations to Mark Charlish (longbow), Sue Haynes (Recurve) for improving from 1st Class to Bowman, Bryan Haynes for achieving 3rd Class Recurve and Jane & John Styles … Continue reading
Belvoir Archers like to welcome a new lady recurve archer to the club, Pip Gamble. Pip has been shooting recurve at Bingham for over 4 years before going to university. Pip has decided to folllow her father, Steve Gamble, and … Continue reading
You must be logged in to post a comment.