Category: Devon & Cornwall

DCAS archers should now be aware that Archery GB have released new Outdoor Classifications and Handicaps for 2023 which now cover a wider range of abilities and indeed Rounds. These include new archers likely to be able to get from third to first class classification by entering just one 12 dozen round, such as a York or WA1440.

The handicap tables are completely revised and based on a new system. Archers using scoring Apps may need to check they have updated. For those Records Officer using Golden Eecords a new update happened on Wednesday.

The new outdoor score tables can be found on the AGB Website here:

https://archerygb.org/news/outdoor-classifications-and-handicaps-update

There is also a new Calculator available which covers these changes, allowing clubs to create handicaps and classifications for club rounds, and it also has some interesting features such as comparable scores for other rounds and typical group sizes for the round entered along with the normal information such as Handicap and classification.

Here is a link to that: https://archerycalculator.co.uk

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The 2022 DCAS County team has been selected to represent both our counties at this year’s GWAS Intercounties competition hosted at Exmouth, congratulations to:

 

Gents Recurve 

Stuart Shapland

Trevor Dance

Nick Hicks

Mark Olliff

Rob Williams 

Wayne Smale

 

Gents Compound 

Andrew Scott

Jack Wood

David Nash

Dan Soroko

 

Gents Longbow 

Antony Aplin

Rob Twigg

 

Gents Barebow 

Lonja Selter

Steve Fowler

 

Ladies Recurve 

Lucy Nicholas

Saira Chaudhry 

Karen Williams 

Claire Hart

 

Ladies Compound 

Chole Scott

Nicole Challacombe

Sarah Conisbee

 

Ladies Longbow 

Sophie Twigg

Tara Earle

 

Ladies Barebow

Shelagh Cusack

Karen Grassie

 

In addition the County team for the National County Team Championships has been selected as follows:

 

Gents Recurve
Trevor Dance
Mark Olliff
Nick Hicks

Gents Compound
Andrew Scott
Jack Wood
David Nicholas

Gents Longbow
Antony Aplin
Rob Twigg
Scott Williams

Gents Barebow
Lonja Selter
Steve Fowler
Geoff Crewdson

Ladies Recurve
Lucy Nicholas
Saira Chadudrhry
Karen Williams

Ladies Compound
Chole Scott

Ladies Longbow
Sophie Twigg
Tara Earle
Jane Barrett

Ladies Barebow
Karen Grassie

Good luck to all archers shooting in both competitions.

The county is in urgent need of two volunteers for the GWAS Intercounties on the Sunday 18th September held at Exmouth Archers Grounds.

As part of our counties team submission into the Intercounties, we are required provide at least two people to join the other counties and host club to make up the field crew. They will need to be able to move targets, line them up, reface at lunchtime as well as general field crew duties like looking for arrows. If you are, or know of anyone who would be able, to help with this please contact our team manager Andrew Hoyle at teammanager@dcas.org.uk.

As a member of the support team for DCAS, like the team members, you will get a bacon roll first thing, tea and coffee supplied throughout the day, cake and a buffet tea at the end of the day. If DCAS do not provide field crew, we will not have the opportunity to retain the regional title.

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Simon Slade, the DCAS Winter Postals, Frostbites and Summer Postals Organiser has been asked by Club’s to include a Compound Only Division, in the same way that we have introduced one for Longbow. After Simon attended the last DCAS Committee meeting to discuss options has has been given the backing to introduce other Divisions if clubs are interested.

DCAS will now have the following possibilities

A Compound Only Senior Division.
A Recurve/Barebow Only Senior Division
We already run a Longbow Only Senior Division.
We already run a mixed where there can be only 1 Compound and any other combination or Recurve/Barebow/Longbow.
A Mixed Division specifically for a Single Compound, a Single Recurve/Barebow and a Single Longbow.
A Mixed Non-Compound which could be 1 or 2 of Recurve/Barebow/Longbow but not three as that would already be covered.

Juniors could stay the same or we could allow a Mixed Non-Compound Division as above so that Clubs without a Compound Archer would not be so affected.

Simon said: “I am not sure clubs have enough Archers to fill all of these Divisions, but it may be more would be interested if they were available. An email will be sent to Club Secretaries by the DCAS Secretary so hopefully this message will get to as many clubs as possible.
“Hopefully Clubs now have plenty of time to discuss this and I ask that they provide me with feedback on whether they would consider entering teams for the existing and new Divisions. If we get enough positive feedback then I will run the new Divisions that are required. It maybe we can try them and see how it goes.”

Simon hopes this can assist in getting more Archers to return to shooting again and provide a more even competition within the Divisions.

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To the Secretary,

We’d like to introduce you to a brand new way for your members to buy and sell their archery equipment, Sell My Bow is the first pre-loved marketplace exclusively for the sale of archery kit; an outlet which has been lacking in our sport for some time.
Archery is an inclusive and accessible sport that can be enjoyed by everyone, and like any other sport it can involve a large investment in kit.
This can be a daunting prospect both for current archers and those that are interested in taking up archery. The continual expense of upgrading and changing kit can become costly and limiting, so Sell My Bow was created to support all archers, whatever their discipline, in buying and selling their pre-owned archery equipment.

Archery has a supportive and sociable community with a thriving second-hand market – we know the value of the equipment we shoot with and appreciate its worth to others; imagine giving someone the chance to achieve new personal bests with the very same kit you did.
Sell My Bow is proud to increase the sustainability of our sport by rehoming unwanted archery items, so not only can new archers and buyers in the community access affordable kit, but sellers can recoup the money they’ve invested too.

In the past archers have had to rely on word of mouth, notices at their local club or posts on social media to buy and sell pre-owned archery kit; this is limiting and in the case of social media can sometimes attract unwanted and hurtful comments. Sell My Bow is a safe and secure platform without politics, personal opinion or trolling, our internal messaging system protects our members’ personal details so they don’t have to list their email address or phone number.

The pandemic has had a very damaging impact on our sport and as a result we have lost many active members. Sell My Bow is keen to promote archery as an accessible and affordable sport, by offering a dedicated archery marketplace to every discipline, ability and nationality. We hope that Sell My Bow will become every archers’ most favourite and trusted place to buy and sell their pre-owned archery equipment and that the benefits will be felt by your membership too.

Happy Shooting
From the Sell My Bow team

(Please find attached a poster of our details for clubs to print out and share with their members.)

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Over the last couple of years we have held all our Devon and Cornwall Archery Society Meetings on line. This year however we plan to hold one meeting in person and we would really like every club to be represented there.

Our Annual General Meeting will take place on Sunday 20 November at 2pm, at Yelverton Memorial Hall, it is open to all members.

At this meeting we elect the Devon and Cornwall Archery Committee for the next year. Some of the existing members of the committee have been in role for a long time and have expressed a wish to stand down or change role, so it would be really good to hear from anyone who would like to get more involved. Maybe you would like to see the County taking a more active role in some aspect of archery, maybe you feel the County Committee could do more, or you would like to see something done differently, this is your chance to get involved and see if you can make it happen.

I am sending this save the date message out deliberately early this year, and I hope you will;

SAVE THE DATE – 20 NOVEMBER 2PM – book it in your diary now and please come to the meeting.
Share this with your club members – there might be new people interested in being more involved in volunteering to lead the way the County support Archery Clubs and their members in the future.
If anyone is interested in any roles on the County committee and would like more information, get in touch. Let’s have a conversation now so that by the time we get to November any potential new committee members are ready to be nominated.
Finally a question, what would you like to see at the AGM? Is there someone you would like us to invite to speak at the meeting? Is there something we could organise that would make you more inclined to attend the meeting?

Best wishes
Karen Williams
Secretary Devon and Cornwall Archery Society

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It is with great sadness that I have to report the passing of John Nunn. John was one of our county judges for the last 11 years and had been a keen archer for many years before that. He was a much respected judge, much liked and respected by all archers, especially the juniors with whom he was very popular. He always had a kind word for all whilst at the same time carrying off his duties as a judge with efficiency and little fuss. He also much enjoyed his annual trips to Dunster. He will be much missed by his many friends and our sympathies go out to his wife Jill and his family.

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The Devon and Cornwall Archery committee are pleased to announce the return of Grand Day (after being cancelled for the last 2 years) hosted by Exeter Company of Archers and taking place at Exeter School on May 1st 2022. In the morning there’s the 2 way longbow Tournament followed in the afternoon by the Open National Rounds.

Please note that ALL PARKING is now at the pavilion end of the field either roadside or in the car park behind the Pavilion. There will be no access via the main School car park at the Manston Terrace entrance (the one where you walk across the competition field).

Download the entry form for more details and to enter >>

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