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.

South Wansdyke Archery Club’s annual Clout Tournament returned on Saturday 9^th 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 2^nd and 3^rd 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!

10th June 25, a beautiful summer evening saw 11 archers compete in the June Handicap competition. WA single distance rounds were shot ranging from 30m to 70m. Full results can be found on the result page, but our medalist, pictured on the left were:

Gold – Clair Crook

Silver – Shawn Mogg

Bronze – Jake Appleton

Clair pulled out all the stops with her Tuesday night Longbow!

The current standing in the Handicap trophy at the half way points are:

Well done to everyone who shot at this the May handicap on Saturday 10th May 20025. The results are in…

On Friday 24th January South Wansdyke Archery Club hosted their 2024 season awards at Pratton’s Sports and Social Club. The event was well attended, by 30 archers, with a delicious buffet provided by Sharon Adams and Nick Crisp followed by some skittles.

Classification badges were awarded to 37 archers for both indoor and outdoor archery, ranging from Archer 3rd Class to Bowman 1st class. The classification demonstrates an individual ability, as defined by Archery GB for their Age, Gender and Bow type. Notable mentions go to Sophie Young, who shot at a level of U21 female recurve Indoor Master Bowman and twice at outdoor Master Bowman and also Andy Young, who shot a round at the 50+ male recurve Master Bowman level.

Other achievement by club member throughout the year: Clair Crook, Clive Jarrett, Jake Appleton, Janet Ross, Jo Backstrom & Simon Whittle picked up Trophies & Medals at external competitions this season. Most notably Andrea Whittle won the Bath Hereford and the County Championship Silver Medal and was called up for the South West Inter County Tournament. Clive, Andrea & Simon retained the Bath Hereford Team Trophy for the Club!

A variety of awards and trophies were presented by Club Chairman Andy Young. The details are below.

Improvement Awards

• Coaches Shield for Improvement
  • All seniors, greatest handicap reduction Jan 2024 – Dec 2024.
    • Konrad Sowul – 30 pt reduction (60 – 30)
• Junior Coaches Shield for Improvement
  • All juniors, greatest handicap reduction Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 OR coaches’ choice.
    • Cody Adams – 7 pt reduction
• New:  AGB Handicap Improvement Medal 2024, member @ 1^st July 23, with at least an 8 round based handicap on 1^st January 2024
  • Wayne Edgell – 9 pt reduction

Handicap Cup

• 1^st and 2^nd awarded.  Most points in Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 season.
  • Cody Adams – 20 pts
  • Sharon Adams – 15 pts

Senior and Junior Bowtype Awards

• Chairman’s Cup
  • 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd places awarded.
  • Average of senior recurve archers three highest outdoor handicap rating, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
    • Andy Young – 35.0
  • • Simon Whittle – 36.0
    • Sophie Young – 36.33
• Junior Chairman’s Cup
  • 1^st place awarded.
  • Average of junior recurve archers three highest outdoor handicap rating, to include progression or 252 handicaps (indoor or outdoor), Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
    • Michael Lewis – 82.33
• Top Gun Trophy
  • 1^st & 2^nd place awarded.
  • Average of senior compound archers three highest outdoor handicap rating (indoor or outdoor), Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
    • Konrad Sowul – 29.33

• Barebow Award
  • 1^stplace awarded.
  • Average of senior barebow archers three highest outdoor handicap rating, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
    • Jake Appleton – 50.0
• Junior Barebow Award
  • 1^st place awarded.
  • Average of junior barebow archers three highest outdoor handicap rating (to include progression or 252 handicaps), Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
    • Cody Adams – 75.00

Junior Age Group Awards

• Junior Cups – Average of three highest handicap rating, to include progression or 252 handicaps (indoor or outdoor) at each age group
  • U10       Riley Edgell – 94
  • U14 Michael Lewis – 82.33
  • U16 Cody Adams – 75.00

Ladder Competition

• • Div 1 – Gold, Silver, Bronze OR Best Recurve, Compound, Barebow, Longbow
    • Gold Sophie Young
    • Silver Andy Young
    • Bronze Clive Jarrett
  • Div 2 – Gold, Silver, Bronze OR Best Recurve, Compound, Barebow, Longbow
    • Gold Konrad Sowul
    • Silver Jacob Appleton
    • Bronze Wayne Edgell

1508 scores were recorded for the 2024 Season (Indoors and Outdoors)

• Most Submitted Scores, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
  • Gents Clive Jarret – 89 (by 6 scores)
  • Ladies Nicola Solomon – 86 (by 7 scores)
  • Grannies Cup (Juniors) Cody Adams – 41 (by 10 scores)

Graham Billam’s Member’s Choice Tankard

Clair Crook, for commitment to the club, coaching and Monday night Indoor season support.