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GWAS Affiliations 2022/23

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Clubs: The 2022/23 form for submitting Club Affiliations is available here. 

Direct Members: If you are an Archery GB Direct Member and you live in the Grand Western catchment area, then you need to/must join GWAS Direct. The form to complete is available here. Our preference is for you to complete and e-mail the form and pay by direct bank transfer, as indicated on the form; but there is also the option of completing and printing the form and sending payment by cheque to the GWAS Affiliations Secretary.

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GWAS Senior Intercounties 2022

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The GWAS Senior Intercounties 2022 was held on 18 September at Exmouth Archers. GWAS and Counties would like to offer their thanks to Exmouth Archers for hosting the shoot and to the archers who took part. Full results can be found on I@nseo

Regional County Champion Team

1st – 25944 – Devon & Cornwall
2nd – 24323 – Somerset
3rd – 18535 – Dorset & Wiltshire
4th – 18226 – Gloucestershire

Team Trophies

Recurve Men (Team of 5) – G.W.A.S. Challenge Silver Bugle – Devon & Cornwall
Recurve Women (Team of 3) – Dunster Challenge Trophy – Devon & Cornwall
Mixed Recurve (Team of 5 Men and 3 Women) – Janet Faralewski Salver – Devon & Cornwall
Mixed Compound – Compound Team Trophy – Devon & Cornwall
Mixed Longbow (Team of 2 Men and 2 Women) – St Loyes Team Trophy – Devon & Cornwall
Mixed Barebow (Team of 2 Men and 2 Women) – Barebow Team Trophy – Devon & Cornwall

Individual Trophies

Women

Highest Recurve Woman – Saira Chaudhry – Awdry Trophy – Devon & Cornwall
Highest Compound Woman – Chloe Scott – Chippenham Archers Salver – Devon & Cornwall
Highest Longbow Woman – Sophie Twigg – Silver Napkin Rings – Devon & Cornwall
Highest Barebow Woman – Lizzy Rees – GWAS Barebow Salver – Somerset

Men

Highest Recurve Man – Stuart Shapland – Farley Trophy – Devon & Cornwall
Highest Compound Man – Liam Goodes – Dorset and Wilts Salver – Somerset
Highest Longbow Man – Rob Twigg – Silver Napkin Rings – Devon & Cornwall
Highest Barebow Man – Lonja Selter – GWAS Barebow Tankard – Devon & Cornwall

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GWAS Direct Members 2020/21

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Dear Members,

Please be aware if you are an ArcheryGB direct member and wish to join GWAS then you need to fill in the form available here, then either send the form with payment to the GWAS affiliations secretary or preferably email the form and pay by direct bank transfer, information to support this is on the form.

Also if you wish to join GWAS directly you must also complete the form available here.

So simply put if you wish to join GWAS directly then you must complete and send in the direct member form.

Regards,

Paul

Paul Callaway GWAS Affiliations Secretary.

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Is 2020 looking like a total disaster for your Archery?

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Our president Jane Rees a county coach and past GB international along with Andrew Knight an osteopath both members of Ballands Bowmen are writing a series of articles to help those who perhaps are still unable to get back to shooting.

An introduction to Jane and Andrew can be found here.

The first article “Is 2020 looking like a total disaster for your Archery” can be found here.

The second article “Developing your shot sequence model” can be found here.

The third article “Fine tuning your shot sequence model” can be found here.

The fourth article “Virtual shooting” can be found here.

The fifth article “Posture for Archers” can be found here.

The sixth article “Posture for Archers 2” can be found here.

The seventh article “Posture for Archers 3” can be found here.

The eighth article can be found here.

The ninth article “Looking forwards…” can be found here.

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

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General Data Protection (GDPR) becomes effective on 25th May 2018 and to this end Grand Western Archery Society (GWAS) has produced two new documents:
Privacy Policy – click here
Data Protection Policy – click here
These documents can also be found under Council > Documents.

ArcheryGB have issued some advice for clubs with reference to GDPR, click here

ArcheryGB have also issued advice for tournament organisers –
If you organise an event, to comply with GDPR, Tournament Organisers should include the following wording on tournament entry forms:

“When you enter competitions the following information may be collected and shared with tournament organisers, scoring systems and other competitors for example target lists and results may be published: First Name, Surname, Gender, Bow style, Date of Birth / Age category, Email, Address, Phone number, Club (and ID), County (and ID), Region (and ID), Round (unless defined by age), Disabled (Y/N), Disability info.”

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GWAS Coaching AGM POSTPONED

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Dear all,

Just to avoid any confusion, the Coaching AGM which was due to take place tomorrow (18/3/18), has also been postponed due to the imminent weather forecast. The event will be reschedules alongside the main GWAS AGM.

Thank you to all of those who attended the GWAS Coaching Conference today, a write up for the website will be up shortly.

Lizzy Rees

GWAS RCO