Junior News 2018

Junior Achievements

Thomas Whettam and Alex Wilde competed at the Cheshire junior target championships in September, which was a record status event, and put in personal best scores, these scores were were greater than the minimum required by the English Archery Federation and as such they were able to claim English cross badges appropriate to their scores, these badges were presented to them on Saturday 15th December after the fun shoot.

Alex Wilde was also presented with his under 14's first class certificate and badge.

Thomas Whettam was awarded three 252 badges, Green, White & Black for the distances of 15, 20 & 30 yards.

Saturday Sessions

The last Saturday morning Junior Club sessions for 2018 will take place on the 15th December.

A Christmas fun Shoot with team and Individual prizes is being arranged for the two sessions that will take place that day along with refreshments for the juniors and parents attending.

Junior club sessions will start again in the New Year on the 12th January 2019. A Reminder, plus full details will be emailed out to all juniors at the start of the year, this information will also be displayed on the club notice board.

New Storage Facility Ground Works

Saturday 28th September will see the start of the preparation works for the installation of additional storage facilities.

The new storage facility is to be sited to the left of the Shooting Range, in the vicinity of the telephone pole at the end of the gabion wall. A digger has been arranged to clear the land of vegetation and tree roots and to excavate a trench in which to bury an electricity cable which will be laid from the clubhouse to the new facility. The planned start time for the works is 8.30 am.

Sufficient netting will be erected around the area to be cleared, to protect the workers, and thus allow the junior club to meet as normal, however, shooting will be restricted to lanes 5 - 9, recurve and longbows only, NO COMPOUNDS will be allowed to shoot.

EAF Appeal

The following appeal has been forward from the Cheshire Secretary on behalf of the EAF

The English archery Federation (EAF) holds events and selects teams on behalf of English Archery.

Archers who are affiliated to any of the 5 English regions are eligible to shoot for team England in the Home Nations tournaments againt Scotland, N. Ireland and Wales as well as other Commonwealth Countries in the Commonweath/ Euronations tournaments. There are senior tournaments and junior tournaments.

In oder to beome a member of Team England, archers (Juniors and Seniors) have to submit 3 scores on line to the selection team. Events we need teams for are the Indoor and Outdoor National Championships and the Commonwealth/Euronations Games.

Information about what rounds you can submit scores for, deadline dates and any age criteria, can be found on the English Archery Federation website, see below.

The next events are the Junior and Senior Indoor championships and deadline dates for score submissions to the EAF selection committee are 3rd October (juniors) and 9th October (Seniors).

Many thanks

EAF Team selection committ

60TH ANNIVERSARY HANDICAP SHOOT & RESULTS

It was a memorable day, the weather was perfect, the senior members had spent time & effort in decorating both the Clubhouse & Grounds for the celebrations, they also turned out in force in the morning to put out target bosses, gazebos and organized and prepared the BBQ, as well as taking photographs to commemorate the occasion.

The junior members would like to thank all those senior members, for making the day so enjoyable.

A special thank you also goes to KAY SIMPSON, who was the Lady Paramount, she also did a tremendous amount of work behind the scenes to make the day a success.

RESULTS:

• 1st Jnr Lady LEAH GARNHAM

• 1st Jnr Gent OSCAR MASSEY

• 2nd Jnr Lady CLAIRE CONDUIT

• 2nd Jnr Gent FREDDIE LEAR

• 3r Jnr Lady FEARNE HINCHLIFFE

• 3rd Jnr Gent THOMAS WHETTAM

All six were awarded Plaques that were especially made for the occasion. As it was a 'special' shoot, the next 3 highest scoring places were each awarded chocolates.

These were:

• Daniel Barton

• Joshua Borders

• Jack Barton

Matthew Hopkinson, who scored the MOST 9’s and 10’s, was also rewarded with chocolates.

COACHING SESSION

The Cheshire County Coach, Joyce Harrison is coming to the club this coming Saturday, 7^th July, to see and give a little coaching to the Junior Members.

SPECIAL JUNIOR TOURNAMENT

On Saturday 14^th July, as part of the club’s 60^th Anniversary celebrations the juniors will shoot a Portsmouth Round, 5 dozen arrows at 20 yards on a 60cm face. So that ALL juniors have an equal chance of winning this will be a Handicap Shoot.

A handicap shoot means that whatever score a junior finishes with, they will then have an allowance added to their score. The amount of the allowance depends on what the junior's handicap is.

For an experienced junior archer who has a low handicap the amount added on will be lower than that of a newer junior archer whose handicap is high. If all juniors shoot to their handicaps then all the scores should be equal, give or take a few points.

At the Presentation of the awards, any Classification Certificates & Badges etc. gained to date by juniors, will also be Presented.

The awards ceremony will be followed by lunch, provided by the Club, consisting of a BBQ with Cakes etc.

The Families of our junior members are cordially invited to attend and enjoy the occasion too.

IMPORTANT.

To get an idea of how many people we will have to cater for, we ask juniors who will be attending that day to put their name on the white board in the clubhouse, plus the number of family members who will be attending the BBQ. (Please state any Vegetarian or similar dietary needs)

The usual Saturday morning session times will apply to this shoot.

• • • Arrive 10.00 am to tackle up.

    • Sighters 10.30 pm prompt.

    • Presentations & BBQ. 1.00 pm approximately

Junior Field Shoot

This coming Saturday, 12^th May, the Junior Club is travelling to New Century Bowmen at Macclesfield for their annual field shoot.

This means there is no junior club sessions on morning at the club.

If any other junior would still like to attend, they should let Margaret know as soon as possible, and they need to have either attended the field training session last Saturday morning or have attended a field shoot at New Century in a previous year.

JAWS Awards 2017

Every year Archery GB hold a Junior Award Scheme event (JAWS) which all British junior archers can enter by listing their archery achievements for the year and gaining points for each one.

Achievements include:

• • • Classifications achieved

    • Handicap improvement

    • 12 dozen rounds shot

    • Competing in Open tournaments, Target, Clout or Field. Extra points are awarded if they attain a place.

Eight Stalybridge juniors entered the 2017 JAWS event, these being:

• • • Joshua Borders

    • Claire Conduit

    • Fearne Hinchliffe

    • Harry Kelly

    • Freddie Lear

    • Jack Lear

    • William Lear

    • Aneke Mayer

The 2017 results have just been published, with our juniors performing extremely well and, and in due course they will be receiving their Certificates etc.

Congratulations to the above juniors. Well Done.

A full list of the results can be viewed by clicking on the link below

Junior Kit 2018

Thanks to the Hamer Trust the members of the junior club have all been presented with a brand new Gilet, sporting the club logo on the back as well as on the left front side.

The juniors will be encouraged to wear these as part of their uniform when attending any future tournament.

Hamer Trust has had a long relationship with Stalybridge Archery Club and over the years, which has allowed the club to purchase equipment to help both beginners and juniors.

Junior Club

The Junior Club sessions start again this coming Saturday from 10:00am until 1.30pm. Seniors please be aware that Saturday shooting should be available to you from about 2.00pm.