Cambridgeshire Archery Association
Promoting Archery in Cambridgeshire
After the CAA AGM held on the 23rd Oct 2014, there are still a number of vacant posts on the committee. If you are interested in helping out in any of these capacities, please get in touch with the committee.
23 Oct 2014
The Minutes of the CAA AGM held on the 23rd Oct 2014, held at The Legion, 31 Downing Close, Bottisham, Cambs, can be found here.
A report on the CAA End-of-Season Shoot on the 5th October. The full results have been collated and are now available here.
On Sunday 5th October 2014, Parkfield Archers hosted the annual Cambridgeshire Archery Association End Of Season Open Westerns with a Short Metric V for our very young/novice junior archers. A total of 54 archers entered from as far afield as Wymondham and Burton Latimer, with ages ranging from 8 to..... modesty forbids me to reveal.
The weather was super, a very light breeze, sunshine all day and about 16 degrees. It was a special day for Annie Fowler of Parkfield Archers, who was 12 on the day and was presented with a club Fleece and Beanie as well as a Grey Goose Archery T Shirt. Everyone seemed to be very relaxed and totally enjoyed the day, and for 25 of the archers it was their very first competition. Wisbech Grammar school took the prize for the most laughter and definitely the most sweets eaten, one of the students bought a suitcase full of Rocky Road squares!! and, as a side, took the Team Event Gold Medal. They were also treated to a chat with Paralympian Archer Kenny Allen of Wymondham and were absolutely made up.
I would just like to thank the following for their assistance with this competition without whom it would never have gotten off the ground:
Frank Moore
CAA
Secretary & Events Organiser
Parkfield Archers and Hotshots Secretary
The official results for this tournament, held on Sunday, September 21st can be found here
Sunday 24th August 2014. A team of 10 Cambridgeshire Archers went off to contest the Cambs vs Lincs County match which was being held at Sir John Gleed School,Spalding, Lincolnshire.
The Team were shooting a selection of York, Hereford and Bristol III rounds, 12 dozen arrows, so it was going to be a long day. There was an air of ‘nervous anticipation’ since the Team had a fantastic win in their last match against Bedfordshire – could back to back wins be on the cards?
The weather was bright and warm/comfortable and little wind during the first 6 dozen arrows. The wind made an appearance during the following 4 dozen and gusting quite strong at various times. The weather was generally very good through to the end of the match and once again all Team members continued to score well.
Our hosts team manager, Kay, had set up a running score system so team scores where available at various points throughout the match. What a match it was, with very little between the Teams. The maximum difference at one point was 66 points. The lead changed a number of times towards the end of the match and by around 9 dozen was 9 points in favour of Lincs and by around the following dozen was 9 points in favour of Cambs. At the conclusion of the round it was too close to call with both teams eager to hear the result.
The team results by category were a narrow win for Lincs Senior Gent recurve with Cambs taking the Ladies Recurve category by a larger margin. A win for Lincs Senior Gents Compound and Longbow. Junior Boy/Girl Recurve category was a narrow win for Cambs. The announced result was a 36 point win for Lincs (Lincs 8938 Cambs 8902).
A subsequent appeal by Cambs was upheld and the official result was in fact a win for Cambs by the narrow margin of 32 points (Lincs 8938 Cambs 8970). Yee Haaa !! Back to Back wins - way to go!
There were category wins for Isabel Lee, Maryia Karpiyevich and Stephen Haynes with Jenny Allcock, Kevin Jacobs and Tak Ho also picking up medals. Personal bests also for Jenny Allcock, Kevins Jacobs, Tak Ho and Shaun Jacobs.
Another great all-round team effort. Congratulations to all for a great match, sticking with it to the bitter end and producing a successive victory for the County.
Team members: Kevin Jacobs, Daniel Dace, Jenny Allcock, Isabel Lee, Sean Fox (Team Manager), Tak Ho, John Gorman, Maryia Karpiyevic, Alex Fletcher, Stephen Haynes & Shaun Jacobs (Captain).
Sunday 3rd August 2014 & a team of 12 Cambridgeshire Archers went off to contest the Cambs Vs Beds County match which was being held at Redbourne College, Ampthill, Bedfordshire.
The Team were shooting a selection of York, Hereford & Bristol III rounds, 12 dozen arrows, so it was going to be a long day. The weather was bright & hot but there was also a wicked wind that seemed to change direction as you went down the range making it difficult for everyone. The hosts had setup a running score system so scores at the halfway stage were available on the leaderboard. Whilst the team scores were not directly available, it was looking close at this point.
The weather kept up for the afternoon although there was the occasional respite from the sun courtesy of a few clouds. Team members stuck to the cause & steady scoring continued throughout the session.
The team results were read out by discipline with Cambs winning the Senior Gents & Ladies Recurve category by a decent margin. Cambs Senior Gents & Lady Compound category was very close with Beds winning by a very narrow margin. Senior Gents Longbow was comfortably won by Cambs whilst the Junior Boy/Girl Recurve category was also won by Cambs. The overall team result was Cambs 9374 with Beds 8906. So a win for Cambs by 468.
The last time the Cambs Team name appears on the Silver Salver was the inaugural year of 2004!
A fantastic team effort made even more amazing given that a number of members were representing County for the first time. Congratulations to you all.
Team members: Richard Whiter, Jenny Allcock, Isabel Lee, James Bridges, Kevin Jacobs, Daniel Dace, Stephen Haynes, John Gorman, Maryia Karpiyevic, Tak Ho, Shaun Jacobs (Captain) & Helen Darby-Smythe.
Richard and Harry Silvester are retiring from Archery as personal commitments are too much to allow them to shoot on a regular basis.
The CAA Committee wish them well for the future.
Total Price £640. This represents a substantial saving on the list price and is only available to CAA
affiliated clubs/members.
Should this interest you/your club then your first port of call should be the CAA Secretary. The Secretary then will take payment from yourselves and arrange order and delivery of your equipment. This deal is only available through the CAA Secretary but should you wish to collect a kit yourselves then all you have to do is to contact the CAA Secretary and they will contact Clickers to ensure the kit is in stock and authorise the deal.
Please note, the kit can be tailored to a degree and should you wish this then please contact the
CAA Secretary and they will see what can be done for you.
These kits will be ideal for beginners/novices and for clubs who need kit to bolster their stock.
On Sunday June 22nd, the 2014 outdoor CAA Championships took place at The Hills Road Sixth Form College field in Cambridge. It was attached to the World Record Status Netherhall WA 1440. Our thanks go out to Netherhall Archers for kindly hosting this years competition and for the superb way in which the Tournament was organised and run (they even managed to book the excellent weather!) There were approx 80 archers shooting, of which nearly half were representatives from CAA clubs.
Many thanks to everyone attending who also helped the tournament to go superbly and hope they all will return and support this event in 2015.