Club Indoor tournament 2017 - 8th April 2017
On a warm sunny April afternoon, when we should have been shooting outside, the Club Indoor Championships were hotly contested. Despite the low turnout this year, the archers present put on a fantastic nail-biting display, which produced our closest ever result.
Shooting a brand new, never shot before, round, the BA Indoor 720, the archers were facing a different type of contest. Could they remain focussed as the targets get bigger? Could they retain their stamina?
The BA720 is a brand new round that we are sure will soon be adopted by Archery GB and become the new standard for indoor competitions, probably worldwide. As leaders in this new round, all winners are now world record holders*.
*World record status not confirmed by Guinness.
A BA720 replicates outdoor shooting, indoors, by increasing the face size all at the same distance, making it 'appear' closer.
- 2 dozen arrows (shot in 3's) at 20yds on a 40cm face.
- 2 dozen arrows (shot in 3's) at 20yds on a 60cm face.
- 2 dozen arrows (shot in 3's) at 20yds on a 80cm face.
Results
Senior Recurve |
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40cm | 60cm | 80cm | Total | |||
1st |
Piers Skilton |
213 |
224 |
230 |
667 |
Gold |
2nd |
Zoli Olajos |
209 |
229 |
228 |
666 |
Silver |
3rd |
Jon Hammond |
194 |
224 |
228 |
646 |
Bronze |
4th | Colin Betts | 201 | 219 | 225 | 645 | |
5th | Rob Garnham | 196 | 220 | 225 | 641 | |
6th | Ade Burch | 186 | 200 | 221 | 607 | |
7th | Alan Munson | 183 | 197 | 215 | 595 | |
8th | Stephen Wood | 177 | 201 | 207 | 585 | |
9th | Dave Hamilton | 169 | 197 | 215 | 581 | |
10th | Matthew Skilton | 174 | 207 | 198 | 579 | |
11th | Ray Butler | 164 | 199 | 213 | 576 | |
12th | Dave Morrow | 159 | 190 | 194 | 543 | |
13th | Jay House | 127 | 190 | 196 | 513 | |
14th | Steven Edwards | 124 | 172 | 206 | 502 | |
15th | John Humphrey | 150 | 160 | 185 | 495 | |
16th | Rachel Goode | 124 | 168 | 178 | 470 | |
Junior Recurve |
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40cm | 60cm | 80cm | Total | |||
1st |
Balint Olajos |
148 |
170 |
180 |
498 |
Gold |
Senior Compound |
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40cm | 60cm | 80cm | Total | |||
1st |
Mike Gissing |
222 |
222 |
226 |
670 |
Gold |
Judge | ||||||
John Goode |
Report by Ade Burch
Shooting started at 2pm and the hall was filled with a tension, only ever seen once before and that was when the H2H final took place the previous week. Archers focussed intensively as they mounted their attack on the 40cm faces.
At the first break, there was only 4 points in it. After the second break the lead swung to a different leader, with only one point between the top two. Finally, the result was known, when Piers broke back into the lead, pipping Zoli by a single point.
Congratulations to Piers Skilton on his triumph and becoming the Club Recurve Indoor Champion and picking up the Gold medal. Well done to Zoli Olajos for pushing him all the way by coming in second and collecting the silver medal.
The bronze medal position was also hotly contested, with Colin Betts holding this position all the way through the competition until the final hurdle, when Jon Hammond pipped him also by a single point. Well done Jon Hammond for sneaking into the bronze medal position.
Congratulations also goes to Mike Gissing for becoming the Compound Champion and Balint Olajos for becoming the Junior Recurve Champion, although there was little competition for them as they were the only ones entered.
My thanks go to Mike Gissing for getting the range organised, John Goode for being judge and field captain, Natalie Skilton for helping with the interval scores and to Rachel Goode for being official photographer. Also, thank you to everyone else for entering the competition and for helping out when needed.
Finally, congratulations must go to every person that shot that day. It was an historic day. This never shot before round produced 18 personal bests, 5 Club records and 5 World records. Ok so the World records may not be ratified in the World Archery arena but we can still believe they exist!
Ade Burch
April 2017