Team Success at the Somerset County Indoor Championships

Well done to the South Wansdyke Team at Sunday’s County Indoor Championship:

Thomas Williams – 2nd place overall and Somerset County Champion U14 Men’s Recurve

Clive Jarrett – 3rd place overall and 3rd place Somerset County Snr Men’s Recurve

Anthony Crosbie – 18th overall and 15th place Somerset County Snr Men’s Recurve (and first competition!)

Associate Member Mark Smith (Bath Archers) 4th place overall and 4th place Somerset County Snr Men’s Recurve.

AND a special mention to our own Clair Crook, who was Tournament Organiser.

(Sorry, no pictures of you Clive)

Halloween Fun Shoot

1st November was our annual Halloween Shoot. Well done to the brave souls who took on the rain, including new member who completed our Beginner’s course the week before. They were all glad of a hot drink at the end.

Hunstrete Field Archery

On the 19th October, 10 intrepid members took to the woods to enjoy some field archery courtesy of our host Bath Archers. Our thanks to Eric Lucas who supervised our session. Top scorer on the day was Jake Appleton. Not too many arrows were lost!

Beginner’s Course Autumn 2025

Congratulations to the Graduates of South Wansdyke’s Autumn 2025 Beginner’s Course. Look forward to seeing some of you on the range.

We will return for another Beginner’s Course in the Spring. Keep an eye on this Webpage.

Sept Handicap

A lovely morning for September’s Handicap Shoot. We shot National rounds. Congratulations to our medalists:

Thomas Williams – 1472 🥇
Andrea Whittle – 1455🥈
Nick Crisp – 1439🥉

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

August Handicap

August’s competition saw a target size reduction as “Short Metric” rounds were shot.  The gold medal went to Chris Guilles, silver to Sue Mogg and bronze Harriet Crook.  Shawn Mogg holds a good lead in the overall standing with 4 events left to go.

Another Good Year at Bath Hereford

South Wansdyke Archery Club was represented at Bath Archers annual “Hereford” Tournament.  The club has been successful at this tournament in recent years and this continued in 2025.  Andrea Whittle retained The Duncan Craig Armanda Jug and gold medal, first Ladie recurve archer.  Simon Whittle improved a place and was runner up in the gentlemen recurve winning The President’s Cup and silver medal.  Finally, South Wansdyke retained The Cormorant Chalice team trophy, the team comprised Clive Jarrett, Andrea and Simon Whittle.

Clout Returns and with a new venue in 2025

South Wansdyke Archery Club’s annual Clout Tournament returned on Saturday 9th August after a year absence.  Previously held at Farrington Gurney Golf Club, the recent transformation of the location necessitated a new venue.  We were delighted when Downside School, Stratton-on-the-Fosse agreed to host our competition in their beautiful grounds.  A clout is a low-lying flag placed in the ground at 180, 140, 100 and 60 yards depending on the archers ability.  Points are scored for proximity to the clout.  The distances are much greater than our standard target archery, where 100 yards is the maximum distance. 22 archers took to the field on a hot summers day.  At 60 yards our Junior Gents Medal went to Dylan Apleton and Junior Ladies Medal to Riley Edgell.  The 100 yard clout was won by Chris Guilles, with Nicky Solomon and Sharon Adams in 2nd and 3rd respectively.  At 140 yards the gold medal went to Sophie Young, Silver to Suzanne Crosbie and Bronze to Shawn Mogg.  Finally at the furthest distance, 180 yards, first place was Anthony Crosbie, followed by David Aldridge and Wayne Edgell.  A cream tea was served in the pavilion; courtesy of Sharon Adams and the awards were present by club chairman Andy Young.  We sincerely hope that Downside School will have us back next year!

Shawn Extends Handicap Lead


It was a wet start to the day on Sunday 20th July for our annual all day Handicap competition. The first half hour was sheltering under the trees! However the sun came out and we were able to start and finish the round, Hereford and Bristol rounds were the order of the day.

Our medalists were:

Gold – Shawn Mogg (Centre)

Silver – Simon Whittle (Left)

Bronze – Sue Mogg (Right)

Shawn now has a 8 point lead in the Handicap trophy, with 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze this season.

U14 County Champion 2025

Thomas Williams, aged 12, enjoyed his first archery tournament on the 22nd June, after joining the South Wansdyke Archery Club just last year. 

The Somerset County Archery Association Junior County and Open Championships provided a friendly and inclusive setting for young people and their supporters, with this year’s event being held in Burnham on Sea. The competition progressed over 3 different distances, a Bristol IV, and participants showed great concentration and skill. After a well-deserved picnic lunch, the tournament concluded, and awards were presented. 

With successes across the board, our Olympic archers of the future could be right here in Somerset!

Thomas was pleased to bring home the Men’s Under-14 Recurve trophy for his club. He encourages anyone to give archery a try, and have a go at a beginner’s course. Who knows what you could achieve!