Junior Bowman
Congratulations Eowyn on achieving her Junior Bowman classification.
Author: jeremy.hidderley
Clout Shoot 2022
Sunday 23rd January saw the Club’s second “annual” Clout Shoot, which was well attended with 16 members, old and new, shooting a mixture of bowstyles, with Recurve, Compound, Barebow, Horsebow, American Flatbow and English Longbow all being represented. As some of the members hadn’t shot a Clout before, and after the obligatory pre-shoot briefing, two ends […]
December 2021 – Newsletter
Rachel Hemmings as produced a December newsletter highlighting ongoing Covid requirements and postal league/competition opportunities. The newsletter can be found HERE
Somerset Indoor Championship 2021
Wellington Bowmen were well represented at the Somerset County Archery Association’s Senior and Junior Indoor Championship on the14th November 2021. No wins this time around, but very pleased to see Rachel finish third in the county (fourth overall) in Ladies Barebow. The Wellington Bowmen mixed team finished third overall. Peter shooting recurve finished sixth in […]
Halloween Fun Shoot
A massive thank you to Paul Walters for organising another fun shoot for the club. Albeit slightly delayed, the theme was a seasonal Hallowe’en shoot, with apple bobbing, pin the tail on the cat, bats and witches all present on the target faces. We have included a gallery from the event below. We must also thank Martin’s […]
Club championships 2021 – the results!
A document with the results can be downloaded – Wellington Bowmen Club Championships Results 2021 Congratulations to all those who took part in the outdoor club championships on the 26th September 2021. The results are as follows: Western Round: – Ladies Barebow: – Score Golds Classification 252 Score Position Rachel Hemmings 461s 12g 1st Class […]
Celebrating 20 years of Wellington Bowmen
Club championship & 20th Anniversary Celebration Twenty one members shot at our annual Club Championship competition and we were blessed with fine, dry and mostly sunny weather – perfect conditions for shooting. Everyone arrived in plenty of time to help set up (thank you) and brought lots of delicious food and drink for afterwards (again, […]
Success at Junior Inter-counties
The club are all really proud of Eowyn’s latest competition results at the GWAS Inter-counties tournament held at Burnham-on-Sea on the 11th September 2021. This a fantastic result, and the club are so proud to have such a promising young archer alongside us on the shooting line. Eowyn finished 2nd in under-12 inter-counties tournament and […]
Dates for your diaries
We have the following member competitions coming up during 2021: Sunday 26th September 2021 – Club (members only). This will be our usual Club Championships, shooting a Western Round, with Short Western and Junior Western rounds for newer and junior members. The Founding Members of the Club will be invited to this event as special […]
Club newsletter July 2021
Rachel Hemmings as produced a fantastic club newsletter summarising all of the recent new including competition results, classification scores and events happening at the club. The newsletter can be found HERE . The headline picture for this post is of Eowyn’s 2nd place medal from the Cleeve metric 5 record status competition.