Clophill 70M FITA & Head to Head Sat 8th & Sun 9th July Report by Denise Bunce The Bunces and Bridges were entered in the above tournament. Clophill is not far from Milton Keynes so a long drive there on Friday evening and a camping weekend. Saturday morning we all shot the FITA 70M round and then in the afternoon the Head to Head knockout event. Jake, unfortunately was drawn first match with Gary.....but he won by 4 points - poor Gary !!!! Jake was then knocked out on his second match by 4 points by the eventual winner. I was drawn to shoot my first match with a lady that I had been shooting with all morning, we managed to shoot the same score for the 12 arrow match, so we had to do a 1 arrow tie breaker. We both shot a 9 and had to do another tie-breaker. I felt so nervous but I eventually won!! I then went through to the semi finals but lost and ended up coming 4th (not too bad really!!) Saturday night it rained a lot and Sunday morning didn't seem to be much better, Gary & Jake were the only ones who managed to get to the shooting line!!! Mike and Teresa watched from their caravan!!! The weather was extremely blustery winds and several showers. Both Gary and Jake had byes for their first round won their first matches but went out on the quarter finals. We were away in time to get home to watch the World Cup Final and Jake had managed to get 2 qualifying scores for the Junior World Cup in Mexico in October. JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Sat 1 & Sun 2 July Report by Chris Jones It was that time of the year to pack the tent (or the credit card for staying at the Travel Lodge) and the kids, for the annual pilgrimage to Lilleshall to take part in the largest junior event of the year, the Junior FITA Star & Metrics on Saturday and the Junior National Championships on the Sunday. Luke, Jake, Chris, Andrew, Matt, Nick, Lauren & Megan shot both days and Alex and James (both first timers) joined them on the Sunday. We arrived on the Friday evening to set up camp (we as in Luke, Chris & Hillary and Jake & Gary - really, the rest of you guys, you ought to try slumming it for a couple of nights, those comfy mattresses can't be doing you any good!) and Luke & Jake toddled off to put in some practice before heading off for a takeaway. During the practice the strands on Jake's bowstring started snapping. A visit to the Wales archery tent brought good news and bad news. The good news was a new string could be delivered but the bad news was not until the Sunday morning! So after a good nights pasty & chips, burger, scampi and Raji specials (I won't mention the local girl), beer and sleep, it was up bright and breezy for a bacon butty breakfast (don't we eat a lot of junk) and a gentle stroll to the shooting line. Today was the Metric rounds, 52 targets and hundreds of juniors. A good days shooting was had by all with PB's and club records galore: Luke - Metric 1 -PB and club record - 971 - (15th place from 17); Chris - Metric 2 - PB and club record - 1163 - (9th place from 29) Jake - Metric 2 - PB and club & county record - 1285 (with a wonky string)- (4th place from 13) Matt - Metric 2 - PB - 1212 - (8th place from 13) Nick - Metric 3 - PB - 532 - (28th from 29) Andrew - Metric 3 - PB - 1296 - (2nd from 7) Lauren - Metric 3 - PB and club record - 1212 - (5th from 19) Megan - Metric 3 - PB - 1089 - (11th from 19) On the team front GWAS ladies finished 4th from 8 - Lauren & Megan were in the 4 lady team and the GWAS gentlemen team finished 5th from 8 - Chris was in the 4 man team. In the evening some of us went down the road for some real food (and beer) outdoors in the sunshine (the pate and the lamb were yummy - sorry Lauren for nabbing yours!) And a very pleasant evening was had by all. The following day was the Bristol rounds - even more juniors shooting with most targets having six archers. Once again some good scores were achieved: Luke - Bristol 1 - 883 - 11th from 14 Chris - Bristol 2 - PB & club record - 1142 - 8th from 39 Jake - Bristol 2 - PB & club record - 1242 - 5th from 17 Alex - Bristol 2 - PB - 1212 - 7th from 17 - 1200 Rose award Matt - Bristol 2 - 1120 - 11th from 17 Nick - Bristol 3 - PB - 457 - 33rd from 33 Andrew - Bristol 3 - PB - 1230 - 2nd from 8 Lauren - Bristol 3 - PB & club record - 1198 - 1st from 28 - National Champion Megan - Bristol 3 - PB - 1082 - 12th from 28 James - Bristol 4 - PB (by 130 points) - 881 - 800 rose award - 6 gold end - 14th from 23. On the team front: County Mixed Recurve: GAS 3rd from 20 - Lauren, Chris & Megan were in the 4 person team. Regional Recurve: GWAS 3rd from 8 - Lauren was in the 4-person team. Regional Compound: GWAS 2nd from 7 - Jake and Andrew were in the 3-person team. Regional Mixed: GWAS 2nd from 7 - Lauren was in the 4-person team. So a good weekend was had, shooting was good, weather was good, company was good. This was the largest group of Cleve Juniors to attend this tournament and I hope even more attend next year - so go on, put it next years diary now! And don't forget to bring your tents! That's T.E.N.T not T.R.A.V.E.L. L.O.D.G.E. or H.O.T.E.L!!! If you're not sure about going next year just have a word with all the guys who went this year. CLEVE PREMIER EVENT & FITA STAR! - Sat 22 & Sun 23 July Report by Lauren Hicks Organising this event probably started the day after last years tournament, with most of us having no idea of what goes on in the background until we are asked to help set up the field on the weekend of the shoot! With the field already marked out, the equipment was taken in two very large vans to Yate on the afternoon/evening of Friday 21 July and it took until 8.30 pm to have the field all ready to shoot! Saturday was my first FITA 720 (six dozen arrows all at 70m followed by a head-to-head competition) so I was pretty nervous - but a bacon roll before we started helped. There were 14 Cleve Archers shooting, 4 of us being juniors. The best results were Carole Brimfield 2nd (Ladies Recurve), Francesca Hawker 4th and Teresa Bridges 6th (Ladies Compound), Gary Bunce 6th (Gents compound) and Mike Holden 5th (Gents Recurve). Mike also got his 650 award! The Docker 'recurves' fought it out with Dad Steve only beating Chris by 3 points! Both got their 550 awards and Luke Jones his 500, beating his Dad Chris by lots! After lunch was the head-to-head. The way this works it that everyone is ranked according to where they finished in the 720 - so the highest ranking shoots against the lowest etc. Twelve arrows are shot and the highest scoring of the pair goes through to the next round. In theory, the highest ranking should beat the lowest and go through - but Denise was right, it doesn't always work like that! Having not shot very well all morning I relaxed as I thought I'd be out in the first round - I had been ranked 12 out of 13 - and surprised everyone (especially me!) by not only winning my first round but going through to the semis and finishing 4th overall! Carole came 2nd in the Ladies Recurve, while Francesca just beat Teresa for the Gold in ladies compound! The highlight of the Gents Recurve was Chris Docker beating hid Dad in their match, but unfortunately was knocked out in the 1/8 round, as was Mike Holden, the only other Cleve Recurve gent who made it past the first round. Mike Bridges was knocked out in the Quarter Final of the Gents Compound, having beaten Gary to get there! Sunday was the FITA Star and Metrics. In the Gents Compound, Mike Bridges got a GMB score with a score of 1331! He finished 7th overall. Chris Jones finished 2nd in the Longbow and Steve Docker got his 1100 Star award in the Gents Recurve, while Sue Docker claimed her 1000. Both Teresa and Carole just missed out on the bronze medals for the ladies. With junior rounds being shot, Luke Jones, Chris Docker, Matt Griffiths, Megan Vaughan, Sam Boyd, James Smith and I all won our rounds with Andrew Docker and Nick Griffiths both winning silver medals. It was a GREAT weekend and could not have taken place without Denise's hard work and all the club members who helped before and during the weekend. Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone! JUNIOR REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Sat 24 June This years Junior Regional Championships took place on June 24. The weather was glorious! Luke Jones, Chris Docker, Jake Bunce and Lauren Hicks were selected to represent Gloucestershire for the Inter-County trophy, which the team of 8 succeeded in retaining! On an individual level, congratulations to: Hannah Rogers, Jake and Lauren, our 2006 Regional Champions and to Luke, Matt Griffiths, Chris and Andrew Docker who were all runners up in their respective categories. Some of our up and coming juniors competed for the first time as this event - well done to Sam Boyd, Emma Willison, Stephen Pillay and James Smith! EXMOUTH DOUBLE FITA STAR - CLEAN SWEEP AND RECORDS GALORE! A small, but determined contingent made up of Denise, Jake and Lauren shot this tournament on 3/4 June. Denise and Jake enjoyed camping on the ground, while us 'non-campers' crashed at the Holiday Inn Express! We enjoyed two days of glorious weather and the archers shot pretty well too, with all three winning their disciplines over the two-day event. In addition, Jake succeeded in claiming no fewer than SIX National records, while Lauren (shooting above her age group) claimed one National Record! Not to be outdone, Denise achieved her first MB score of the season (imagine what she could do if she practised?) Well done to all! BLACK & GOLD SPRING SHOOT Report by Chris Jones It would have been a good turnout …but from the moment we got up it was pouring with rain and by the time we got there and set up only Luke Jones, Megan Vaughan, Joe Rawle and Stephen Pillay were ready to shoot. It really was unpleasant to shoot in and Stephen retired early. Luke wanted to pack up but gentle persuasion (a trophy was there for the taking!) And the fact that I was staying all day (I was shooting longbow in my second tournament and I was leading at the time!!) So he had no choice but to carry on. Megan also had thoughts of retiring but stuck it out and Joe had no thoughts at all of quitting! The sun did come out for the last two dozen arrows (which dried the tents off a treat) and soon all wet weather gear was packed away and t -shirts put on. In the end Luke took the Bristol 1 trophy (yes he did have an opponent!) - Megan took the Bristol 3 trophy (and yes she did have an opponent as well!). And although Joe did not feature in the medals he did get a personal best score in the Bristol 4. I was the only senior shooting from the club and I finished 2nd longbow - yahoo! There were no club records, AAS scores etc - just lots of rain -I'm going to go again next year, are you?? OTHER TOURNAMENTS? Yes, I know that many of you have been competing across the South West and further afield, but I can only report on events that I attend (and you really don't want to read only about field archery and junior tournaments?) or those for which I receive reports - It's a great shame that we miss out sharing on club members' successes - You are ALL more than welcome to submit reports and pictures- I know we had representatives at Dunster, Minchinhampton (Juniors won the overall team trophy), Bowmen of Burleigh (Steve Docker won gents recurve) and the Masters, to name just a few! So over to you archers! ENGLAND SELECTION FOR TERESA! Congratulations to Teresa Bridges for being once again being selected to represent England at the Euronations in Guernsey on 1st July. Good shooting Teresa, we know you'll do yourself, England and the club proud! CLEVE SPRING TOURNAMENT Report by Helen Norman Sunday 7th May dawned fair and bright, with hardly a cloud in the sky - what a shame it wasn't to last, though with hindsight we were very lucky with the weather. One by one, shortly after 7 am, various members of Cleve Archers appeared at Yate Outdoor Sports Complex and began a complex and arcane ritual - vans were unloaded, targets stands and bosses put up, gazebos erected and bacon butties cooked. Yes, it was the Spring Tournament. The shoot had been full a week before the closing date, with the tournament organiser heard to mutter on several occasions "I could have filled 35 targets". It was not to be - 27 are the most that can safely be accommodated at Yate. Thereafter, Yate became a hive of activity. Apart from archers bringing out all the excuses they'd been practising all winter, there was the fundraising stall (which attracted lots of interest), the caterers (loads of cakes), the raffle ticket sellers, the scorers and the field working party busy all day, as well as the Hon Secretary chivvying everyone! On top of that, Club archers also shot well, with Rich Suter, Steve Docker, Melanie Vining, Matt Griffiths, Chris Docker, and Megan Vaughan all claiming Rose awards. Needless to say, the day wasn't entirely problem free. Your tournament organiser (being vertically challenged) couldn't reach the top of the leader-board and so had to borrow a certain tall, dark gentleman as sign-writer. Andrew Docker was struck down with tonsillitis and so missed the whole day (as did Sue, his Mum) and Jordan Hicks retired hurt. And at the end of the day, several long-standing club members did a very good impersonation of Mary Poppins as they tried to stop the catering gazebo being blown away in a squall. I'm pleased to say they all survived the incident, and were able to applaud the gracious presentation of the awards by our Lady Paramount, Jan Vaughan. All in all it was a very successful day. Although the accounts are not yet finalised, it looks as though we made even more profit than last year! I have tried to mention all the activities involved in the shoot. If you contributed in any way to any of these, a big thank you from me as Tournament Organiser - I won't name names, but you know who you are!! Thank you once again for a wonderful team effort. WEST MIDLANDS FITA STAR Report by Denise Bunce My first tournament of the season, the West Midlands FITA Star held at Lilleshall National Sports Centre on Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th April. Cleve Members that entered were me, Gary & Jake Bunce, Mike & Teresa Bridges, David Rogers, Rich Phillips, Adam & Alex Shaw. We all camped with the exception of the Shaw's and my goodness it was cold on Friday night!!! It is so lovely though the next morning just to roll out of bed onto the tournament field but a slight shock to the system to shoot my first 12 dozen round as I hadn't picked my bow up all winter and had only practised a couple of times at the field beforehand, as you do !!! Any way my aim was to finish the round, which I successfully completed, so well done me!!! Most people seemed happy with their scores for Saturday with the exception of David who didn't realise that Jake had shot a Gents FITA and scored 54 points more than him with a whooping 1221 !!! Anyway we had a good time at the pub that night, Rich practised some magic or some unsuspecting locals and we had some drinks in the bar to finish!!! Sunday morning came around so quickly and I must confess that I didn't feel like moving from my lovely sleeping bag, so I didn't!!! Instead I got up late morning and much to everyone's delight took photos of them shooting, obviously without them spotting me!!! The weekend was very cold, hence Adam's groovy hat, we did have quite a bit of wind on Saturday and a few sunny spells on Sunday. Sunday everyone's scores were a bit higher as the wind blew less, Gary & Adam shot a GMB Score and Teresa and Mike shot an MB score. EASTER BUNNY 2006 On Easter Monday a fantastic 17 juniors took part in Cheltenham Archers charity Easter Bunny Tournament. Luckily the rain stayed away and although the wind tried it's hardest to blow our arrows back to us and the afternoon was a bit chilly, everyone had a great afternoon and shot some good scores. So congratulations to everyone! Our medal winners were: James Smith - 3rd in Short Junior National Andrew Docker - 2nd in Junior National (compound) Nick Griffiths - 1st in Short National Emma Willison - 1st in Junior National Chris Docker - 1st in Short National Matt Griffiths - 1st in Short National (compound) Megan Vaughan - 2nd in Short National Annie Burns - 3rd in Short National Well done to the 11 juniors who got Personal Bests! **** James Smith **** James Beavis *** Annie Burns **** Sam Boyd**** ****Stephanie Rawle**** Chris Docker****Nick Griffiths***Stephen Pillay**** ****Andrew Docker****Ian Goddard****Emma Willison**** It was nice to see lots of parents shooting the National round, so well done to all of them especially all those who were shooting in a tournament for the first time. The parents taking part were: Sue & Steve Docker, Tracey & Adrian Rawle, Tricia Pillay Mike Beavis & Stuart Boyd. Thanks to all the parents who did the scoring, again the first time for some who all coped really well - good practice for our shoot on May 7th! See you all there! Lauren Hicks Junior Representative Gloucestershire Indoor County Championships 2006 Firstly I would like to say that there was a great turn out for the club and how well everyone did for making the journey to the county and open indoor championships, but there are a couple more people that need to come and take part and win those trophies. The Personal Bests!!! Megan Vaughan has smashed the old county record and made a great score of 545. Annie Burns gave it a good effort with a score of 469, Chris Docker shot superbly and got 518. Michael and Stephen Hardmen Michael got 423 and Stephen got 376 so well done! Sam Boyd got a stunning score of 381, Nick Griffiths just behind at 375. Thomas Van Raalte did well at 249, James Beavis made a good effort at 150, and James Smith had a brilliant score of 351. Alex Shaw had a super sore of 529 The Results Megan Vaughan did well taking the title of 1st county girl under 18s recurve with a score of 545 just behind her was Annie Burns with a score of 469. In the section of the under 18 recurve boy, Luke Jones was just behind first place with a score of 549. Another Cleve boy was Chris Docker with a score of 518 coming 3rd. Doing the club proud was Michael Hardman. The compounds under 18, in first place were Matt Griffiths with a great score of 535 Alex Shaw in second with another great score 529. Girls under 14 recurve, in first place was Lauren Hicks with a score of 529 unfortunately Emma Wilson couldn't make it. Recurve under 14 boys Stephen Pillay, Sam Boyd, Stephen Hardman Nicolas Griffiths, Thomas Van Raalte and James Beavis did extremely well and making the club very proud. In the under 14s compound boys coming first was Jake Bunce with a brilliant score of 541, in second place was Andrew Docker with 516. Our only under 10 recurve entry from Cleve was James Smith came 1st with a score of 351 so well done to him! I would just like to tell you how important it is to warm up properly or you can seriously hurt your self, also a quick reminder to score at the club even if it is a bit rubbish because its bound to go towards something! Over all it was a superb turn out from Cleve! Andrew Docker Junior Rep

30th Schools Archery Championships Bloxham 1st October 2005

Cleve Juniors sent 14 of their members to the 30th British Schools Archery Championships held in Bloxham on Saturday 1st October.

They shot a 6 dozen round at their respective age distances, competing against fellow club members, archers from 4 other GNAS clubs and also members from 7 AAS Clubs.

Cleve Juniors made their presence felt by Lauren Hicks winning the Girls under 14 age group, Megan Vaughan was 2nd in the girls under 16 age group, Luke Jones came 1st and Chris Docker came 2nd in the Boys under 16 age group. Stephen Pillay came 2nd in the Boys under 14 age group, James Beavis came 2nd in the Boys under 12 age group & Jordan Hicks won the Boys under 9. Jake Bunce came 1st and Andrew Docker came 2nd overall in the Boys Compound. Jake Bunce also received a trophy for Best Gold.

Cleve Juniors also won the Recurve Team trophy narrowly beating Crowthorne Archers who had won it several years previously.

Denise Bunce

Junior County Championships - Cheltenham 3rd September 2005

Thought I would give Lauren & Luke another break from tournament reporting this weekend - as your two junior reps on the committee have done a stirling job and deserved another rest!

An excellent turnout by the juniors and by the other clubs as well - plenty of competition for all concerned and a taster for next season methinks!

The following archers took part on a windy but pleasant day:

Luke, Chris, Michael & Stephen Hardman, Lauren, Megan, Jake, Andrew, James Beavis, Thomas, George, Jordan - all shot bristol rounds and Joe & Stephanie, James Smith & Sam Boyd shot the national rounds in the afternoon - by far the most juniors we have had attend any tournament and for many it was their first tournament.

George (and his longbow) was the only one to set a club (and county) record with a score of 656.

That is not to say the others did not shoot well, far from it, personal best scores were shot as follows:

Megan 1005, Luke 1019, Michael 744, George 656, Stephen 810, James 784, Thomas 460, James Smith 333, Joe 426, Sam 303.

AAS scores:- Joe 3rd u12 white, George 2nd u15 blue, James Smith 2nd u12 white, Megan 3rd u18 blue, Michael 2nd u15 blue, Sam Boyd 2nd u12 white, James Beavis 2nd u12 red.

Positions - Bristol 2 - Luke 3rd, Chris 4th (score 1001), Bristol 3 - Michael 4th (shooting age group below), Bristol 3 girl -Lauren 1st (score 1109), Megan 2nd, compound - Jake 1st (score 1250), Bristol 4 - Stephen 3rd (shooting age group below), James 4th, Thomas 7th, longbow - George 1st, bristol 5 - Jordan 2nd (score 799), Short Junior National boy - Joe 2nd, James 3rd, Sam 4th, girls - Stephanie 2nd.

Following the end of normal shooting there was a head to head tournament which was very exciting indeed with plenty of support for those involved (yes indeed, verbal support in a head to head is allowed!). There were plenty of upsets with novice archers beating seasoned archers (some success in the early rounds for our novice archers). If you want to know the secret of succeeding in head to head just watch andrew, talk about composure under pressure!! In the end Jake won the compound section and Andrew came 2nd.

Jake and his dad, Gary, won the parent & child trophy - come on you recurves, we have stop them!!

Jake also won the trophy for highest scoring compound.

Luke, Lauren & Jake also retained the perpetual club team trophy and lauren & jake were part of the team that won the county team shield.

So, well done all you juniors it was a great day and I hope we see more of you at fuure tournaments.

Chris
Records officer

Black & Gold Summer Tournament 07 August 2005

Yet again the weather was glorious and we all had a lovely tan by the end of it (always a bonus)! Now onto the results, I'll start with the recurves:

In Bristol 2 Luke Jones came 2nd and also achieved a Junior Bowmen score. Chris Docker followed suit by also coming second, he shot a Junior Bowmen score and got a Personal Best of 1044.

We had two archers shooting a Bristol 3 round. Lauren Hicks came 1st with a personal best of 1122, reducing her handicap to 47; she shot a Junior Bowmen score and a new club record! Megan Vaughn came 2nd; shot a personal best of 914 (a massive increase of 123), reduced her handicap to 58, achieved her second under 18 blue award and her first Junior Bowmen score! So the girls are still doing the club proud!!!!

James Beavis was shooting a Bristol 4 and just missed out of the medals by coming 4th with a good score of 644 and he is now 1st class!!!

Jordan Hicks was our last but certainly not least recurve, shooting a Bristol 5. He was 1st and reduced his handicap to 78.

We only had 1 compound shooting at this tournament, Andrew Docker. He shot a Bristol 4 came 1st and had a JB score!

Congratulations to all the Junior archers who took part. But we mustn't forget 3 of our oldies who had a bash and did very well too!!

A very special mention to our tea lady - sorry Social Secretary, Hilary Jones, she shot her first longbow competition in a while and she won the National round!!

Chris Jones our records officer also shot his very first longbow tournament and came 2nd!!

And finally Sue Docker shot a Hereford round with her compound and was 3rd lady compound!

Before I finish - have you all checked out the website at www.clevearchers.co.uk? Bob has been very busy adding loads of pictures across the site (yes you are probably there somewhere!) there's the club records, links to other archery sites and all the tournament reports (catch up with any you've missed)- go have a look its fantastic!!

Lauren Hicks
Junior Rep

Junior National Championships - Lillishall 2nd & 3rd July 2005

Thought I'd give Lauren & Luke a break from tournament reporting this weekend - as your two junior reps on the committee they have done a stirling job and deserve a rest!

Jake, Luke, Chris, Andrew, Lauren, Jordan, Matt & Nick attended this weekend tournament shooting a metric round on the Saturday and a Bristol round on the Sunday.

Jake & Luke's families decided to camp for the weekend while the others decided on a life of luxury in hotels - so what would you prefer, a hard lumpy ground or a soft cosy bed? Give me a hard lumpy ground any day!!

So, to the competition - (after a hearty bacon butty).

Saturday was dull & cloudy all day with variable winds but that did not put the archers off at all. (Andrew had to withdraw both days with technical difficulties unfortunately).

Club records were set by Matt-1082, Jake - 1324, Lauren - 1123 and Nick - 998 (with the exception of Lauren these were county records also).

Jake set a national record for the 20m distance scoring 350 out of a possible 360.
Chris also set a personal best of 1034 (which he then beat the following week with a score of 1037).

Matt also scored his first AAS under 18 red score and reduced his handicap to 46.

Positions - out of 25 Chris finished 15th & Luke 20th. Matt finished 9th from 11, Jake 3rd from 8, Lauren 8th from 19, Nick 9th from 10 and Jordan 3rd from 3.

On Sunday Luke & Jake had the advantage of getting up a little earlier to have a practice on the targets next to our camping field. After another bacon butty breakfast (except hillary who was a bit under the weather ……..) It was down to the competition field.

The weather was much better, plenty of sun and variable winds.

Highlight of the day was Jake retaining his bristol 3 National Title with a score of 1264, it was a good contest as he was behind for much of the day.

As for the others they too had a good day with personal bests for Chris - 1036, Luke 1016 (that cost me a tenner!), Matt - 1028 and Lauren 1068.

Jake reduced his handicap to 28 and chris reduced his to 46.

Positions - Chris 13th & Luke 18th from 29, Matt 9th from 12, Jake 1st from 9, Lauren 13th from 28, Nick 9th from 14 and Jordan 4th from 4.

All in all a very good weekend was had by all (plus their picture in the evening post!).
This is a very different tournament due to the large number of quality competitiors you don't normally meet during the season and I take my hat off to our juniors for putting up a good showing.

When next years National Championships come around we will see Luke, Jake, Nick & Andrew move up an age group.

And I hope to see a few more of you enter next year (and camping too!). When we first attended two years ago only two of our juniors went (Luke & Tristan) and last year Luke was joined by Jake, Lauren, Chris & Andrew, this year there were eight.

We have a very large junior club and it would be great to see as many as possible there next year - even the longbow archers!

Chris Jones - Records Officer

G.W.A.S Junior Championships 26 June 2005

Firstly we wished Happy Birthday to Jake and Matt (Matt's birthday was the next day). It was a dreary day with horrible weather but still enjoyable with a good atmosphere. Eleven Cleve Juniors shot and should all be congratulated for taking part in a hard competition against competitive and experienced archers. This was after all the South West Regional Championship with archers from all over Gloucestershire, Dorset, Wiltshire Somerset, Devon & Cornwall!!

So how did we all get on? I'll start with the compounds:

In Bristol 2 Alex Shaw finished 1st so is the 2005 Regional Champion! He also achieved a personal best of 1136; a handicap reduction to 46; his 3rd U15 white A.A.S score and his second JB score. A lot of achievements!!

In Bristol 3 Jake Bunce finished 1st with 1244 is Regional Champion! Jake was the only member from Cleve Juniors to be selected for the county team this year. He managed to help Gloucestershire win the inter-county trophy for the first time in 9 years! Matt Griffiths just missed out on the medals coming 4th but he gained his 1st Junior Bowen score for his new age group.

Last, but by no means least Andrew Docker was 1st compound in Bristol IV with 1144 and therefore Regional Champion!

So on to the recurves:

In Bristol 2, there was an unusually high number of boy recurves (15) but the boys did us proud by Chris Docker coming 5th, Luke Jones 10th and Phil Bowen 15th. Phil also got a personal best of 529 and his A.A.S under 18 blue.

It was the same situation with the Bristol 4 boys recurve, there were 11 in their category, Lewis Nebel came 9th and Nick Griffiths also just missed a medal coming 5th but achieved a personal best of 919.

Lauren Hicks was 1st girl recurve and Regional Champion in Bristol 3 and her brother Jordan Hicks did well coming 2nd both in Bristol 5. Both got Personal bests, Lauren- 1025, Jordan- 1050, he also reduced his handicap to 79 and got his 2nd under 12 blue A.A.S award.

Chris Docker, Lauren Hicks and Jordan Hicks won the Coventry Trophy (recurve team trophy) for Cleve Juniors!! Cleve hasn't won this cup for an even longer time than the regional one, 10 years!!!!!!

All archers who went deserve a congratulation, so well done!

It was a brilliant day, especially Jakes birthday lunch (courtesy of Denise Bunce) and the fantastic cake (made by Chris Griffiths)! Altogether Cleve Archers achieved 5 personal bests, 2 handicap reductions, 3 A.A.S scores, 2 Classifications scores, 4 Regional Champions and the overall team trophy!!!

I think we can all agree that we did very well and if you couldn't come this year why not ask some of the others what its like? We all had a lot of fun and it will be even better to see more archers next year - we missed you all - lets have some longbow archers there next year too!!

If the parents of any junior archers have photographs to add to the website can they please e-mail them to bobnichols@tiscali.co.uk The funnier the better!!

Sorry this has come out so late but I have been busy and I promise to get them done a bit sooner.

Don't forget if you have any questions about anything talk to either myself or the other junior rep Luke Jones. Is there anything you'd like to change or voice your opinion on?

And finally…. Good Luck to everyone shooting at Black & Gold (7th August) and also a reminder that the Gloucestershire County Champs are on Sunday September 3rd. Lots of trophies (including Longbow) and awards up for grabs and there's even lots of monetary prizes totalling almost £200!!!! So if you haven't entered yet ask Gareth for a form. This is a great tournament for new archers too as it has National Rounds in the afternoon - this was my first ever tournament, I did a Short Junior National 2 years ago! So come along everyone and have some FUN!!

Lauren (Junior rep)

Friendly Message from the Records Officer - County team selection!

It was unfortunate that I could only select Jake from our club for the county team this year (compared with 5 last year). Just to point you in the right direction if you wish to be considered for selection next year-I need to select 2 archers per Bristol Round (Bristol 1,2,3 and 4 only), I must have at least 1 girl, I can only have Two Compounds (Although if recurves are scoring higher then compounds I don't need to pick compounds), I use scores from tournaments from April to the second week of June and take the best three scores from each archer and select using the handicap table. So shoot well (ALL THE TIME!!) AND IT COULD BE YOU

Chris Jones

Minchinhampton 5th June 2005

This was a tournament with nice weather; well it started off nice, until the end where it rained for a couple of ends, but not very heavily.

8 archers represented Cleve Juniors, which was not a bad turn out. All of these archers did very good although not all got medals. These archers were: Stephen, Nick, Andrew, Megan, Jake, Chris and finally me. Matt was shooting but unfortunately retired later on.

So congratulations are in order for all. Stephen came 4th in the Bristol 4 boys recurve, Nick came 3rd in the Bristol 4 boys recurve, Andrew came 1st in the Bristol 4 boys compound. Megan came 1st in the Bristol 3 girls recurve. Jake came 1st in the Bristol 3 boys compound. Chris came 3rd in the Bristol 2 boys recurve and I came 4th in the Bristol 2 Boys recurve.

Also several juniors achieved A.A.S scores and they were: Megan who got her 2nd under 18 white, Andrew who got his 3rd under 18 white and Stephen got his 1st under 12 red.

A few people lowered their handicaps and they were: Stephen who went down to 72 and Megan who went down to 62.

1 person also got their first JB classification and that was Chris.
Personal Bests were achieved by some, and they were Chris with 965 and Stephen with 751.
The Parents who shot were Chris (my dad), Denise (Jake's mum) and Sue (Chris and Andrew's mum). Sue came 4th for the Ladies compound, Chris came 7th for the Gents recurve and Denise came 1st for the Ladies compound.

There were also a couple of archers who shot at the Exmouth Double Fita and they were Lauren and Jordan.

The weather on Saturday was very windy, with gusts across the field most of the day. No sunshine at all but stayed dry most of the day.

On Saturday Lauren's score was 1037, which was a personal best and a club record. Jordan's score was 828, which was also a personal best.

On Sunday it poured down with rain all day, worse than at Chippenham. It wasn't windy all day, but there was fog instead making it hard to see the targets at times. Some adults gave up because of the weather but all juniors carried on.

On Sunday Lauren's score was 947 and Jordan's score was 747 for both days combined Lauren ended up with 2087 winning her the Exmouth Fita Metric 3, 1st visitor for DCAS, this was a personal best and a club record for her well done. Jordan's combined score for both days was 1575, which won him the Exmouth Fita Metric 5, 1st visitor for DCAS, this was a personal best, club record and a county record for him.

These two did very well so congratulations to you.

Luke Jones - Junior Rep.

Cleve 42nd Spring Tournament 22nd May 2005

This was a tournament normally with nice weather. The weather started off ok but it gradually got worse and started to rain, thankfully not very heavily.

11 archers represented Cleve Juniors, which was a good turn out. All of these archers did very well although not all got medals. These archers were: Jordan Hicks, James Beavis, Stephen Pillay, Nick Griffiths, Andrew Docker, Megan Vaughan, Matt Griffiths, Lauren Hicks, Jake Bunce, Chris Docker and finally Luke Jones. Philip Bowen and Lewis Nebel were shooting but unfortunately retired later on.

So congratulations are in order for all. Jordan Hicks came 1st in the Bristol 5 boys recurve. James Beavis came 5th in the Bristol 4 boys recurve, Stephen Pillay came 4th in the Bristol 4 boys recurve, Nick Griffiths came 2nd in the Bristol 4 boys recurve, Andrew Docker came 1st in the Bristol 4 boys compound and Hannah Rogers came 1st in the Bristol 4 girls compound. Megan Vaughan came 3rd in the Bristol 3 girls recurve, Lauren Hicks came 1st in the Bristol 3 girls recurve, Matt Griffiths came 2nd in the Bristol 3 boys compound and Jake Bunce came 1st in the Bristol 3 boys compound. Chris Docker came 6th in the Bristol 2 boys recurve and Luke Jones came 3rd in the Bristol 2 Boys recurve. Also Chris Docker won the Treasurer's cup.

Once again well done to all.

Also several juniors achieved A.A.S awards and they were: Hannah who got her 3rd under 12 white, Matt who got his 3rd under 18 blue, Megan who got her 1st under 18 white, Andrew who got his 2nd under 18 white, Jordan who got his 3rd under 12 white and James who got his 3rd under 12 blue.

A few people lowered their handicaps and they were: James who went down to 79, Jordan who went down to 82 and Stephen who went down to 74.

A few people also changed their classification and they were: Megan who changed to 1st class, Stephen who changed to 1st class and James who changed to 3rd class.

Some juniors also got special awards and they were: Matt who got his 900 rose, Luke got his six gold end and Jake, Andrew and Matt got the junior team compound award.

A club record and a county record was set by Hannah Rogers, in the Bristol 4 girls compound, with a score of 797. Personal Bests were achieved by some, and they were Jordan Hicks with 1005, James Beavis with 673, Stephen Pillay with 687 and Hannah Rogers with 797.

The Parents who shot were Gary Bunce, Chris Jones, Denise Bunce and Sue Docker. Sue came 4th for the Ladies compound and also got her 900 rose award, Chris Jones came 10th for the Gents recurve, Gary Bunce came 1st for the Gents compound and Denise Bunce came 2nd for the Ladies compound. Also Bob our chairman shot a National and came 2nd.

Luke Jones - Junior Rep

Black & Gold Spring Tournament 15th May 2005

This was a fantastic tournament thanks to the glorious weather and the great atmosphere, not to mention some excellent results and achievements!

Once again it was great to see a good number of archers from Cleve Juniors, we all baked together and a good time was had by all!

Now for the results: Congratulations to the following archers who were all placed in their rounds:

Bristol 5 Jordan 1st Boy Recurve, a PB of 878 and his second under 12 white AAS score!

Bristol 4 Andrew 1st Boy Compound, a PB of 1208, his 1st under 18 white AAS score and a reduction in handicap to 45!
Lewis 3rd Boy Recurve and a PB of 771
Hannah 1st Girl Compound, a club record and PB of 653
Bristol 3 Jake 1st Boy Compound, a club record and PB of 1266 and a handicap reduction to 29!
Matt G 2nd Boy Compound & 2nd under 18 blue AAS score.
Lauren 1st Girl Recurve
Megan 2nd Girl Recurve, a PB of 791, a handicap reduction to 63 3rd under 15 red AAS badge and achieved her 2nd class classification!
Bristol 2 Luke 2nd Boy Recurve
Chris 3rd Boy Recurve and 3rd under 18 red AAS score- now goes for GOLD!!

Well done to Stephen who achieved a PB of 677, reducing his handicap to 76 and gained his second class classification and to Nick who shot well with a score of 766.

The oldies didn't do too bad either - Gary (Jake's Dad) and Denise (his Mum - Jake's that is, not Gary's!) both won adult compound, David (Hannah's Dad) was 5th Compound, Chris, our terrific records officer was 5th Gents Recurve and Sue (the Docker boys Mum) was 2nd compound!

I think we all did well surviving the heat, let alone shooting and Thanks to Sue Hicks & Chris Griffiths for dashing over to Sainsbury's and providing ice creams in the afternoon - if only they were so well trained when we are Up Yonder (hint hint!)

So to round up, lots of medals, 7 PB's, 5 AAS scores, 4 handicap reductions, 2 club records and a partridge in a pear tree - sorry I mean a great time had by all!

Sorry this has taken soooooooo long to get out, too much homework, not enough time, but will be better now schools nearly out!

The next Black & Gold shoot is almost here - 7th August so hope to see you all there!

Lauren Hicks - Junior Rep

Chippenham Fita 2000 Tournament 16th &17th April 2005

This was a tournament that anyone who has heard anything about it hadn't heard anything nice about the weather. It was, at least, better than last year though not by much.

4 archers represented Cleve Juniors, not a great turn out, but there didn't seem to be many advertisements for it. 2 of these 4 archers only shot on the Sunday, they were Chris & Andrew Docker. The 2 archers who shoot both days were Lauren Hicks and Luke Jones.

Congratulations are in order for all 4 of these archers as they all came away with prizes and personal bests. Chris came 1st for the single Metric 2 boys with a PB of 948. Andrew also came 1st for the single Metric 3 boys with a PB of 1097. Luke came 1st for the double Metric 2 boys with a PB of 1923 and Lauren came 2nd for the double Metric 3 girls with a PB of 956 single and 1866 double.

Club records were set for both the double and single Metrics. Lauren got a single Metric 3 score at 956 and a double Metric 3 score at 1866. Andrew got a single Metric 3 score at 1097 (Andrew was both shooting an age group above what he usually does and got a county record). Finally Luke got a double Metric 2score at 1923, which was also a county record. Andrew also got his 3rd under 15 red AAS score.

There were of course adults from Cleve who shot and they were Steve & Sue Docker and Chris Jones. Sue came 1st for the Ladies single compound, Steve came 3rd for the Gents Olympic single and Chris Jones came 5th for the Gents Olympic double.

As you can see even though we didn't have a great turn out we did very well overall.

Chris Jones - Records Officer