As ArcheryGB are moving to an entirely electronic based system (Sport80) for affiliations starting from the 2018/19 affiliation year, GWAS has decided to change its’ affiliation process.
So for 2018/19 affiliations and onwards clubs will now send their GWAS club affiliations directly to the regional affiliations secretary (Paul Callaway)
A process letter can be found here
GWAS Affiliations Club Submission spreadsheet here
The documents can also be found under GWAS website > Council > Documents.
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**UPDATED** GWAS AGM + Draft Minutes
Following the postponement of the GWAS AGM due to bad weather we are pleased to announce the new date.
GWAS AGM Sunday 15th April, West Buckland Village Hall @ 13:00.
The calling notice can be found here
The 2017 draft AGM minutes can be found here
The calling notice/nomination form and 2017 AGM draft minutes can also be found via menu path “Council > Documents”
We look forward to seeing you all on Sunday.
GWAS Coaching AGM POSTPONED
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
Coaching Conference registration email ERROR
Dear all,
It has come to my attention that not all emails requesting a space for the GWAS Coaching Conference are getting to me, or many are being redirected to my spam box. If you have emailed me and have not received a response about bookings and payments within 48 hours, please assume it has not reached me.
Should this be the case, please email again but at Lizzy.Rees@archerygb.org
Thank you for your patience,
Lizzy
GWAS RCO
Grand Western Archery Society Coaching Conference
Grand Western Archery Society Coaching Conference
17th March 2018, 10.00-17.00
Wincanton Memorial Hall, Somerset, BA9 9JF
Schedule:
Arrival 09.30
Richard Cheetham seminar 10.00 – 11.00
Andrew Knight ‘An archer’s posture and everyday exercises’ 11.10 – 12.10
Lloyd Brown (Archery GB staff) ‘The coaching plan for archery 2017-2021′ 12.15 – 13.15
Lunch 13.15 – 14.15*
Andrew Rees ‘Equipment and set up for recurve barebow’ 14.20 – 15.20
Erin Prior ‘Forming effective coach-athlete relationships’ 15.30 – 17.00
Pack up 17.00
Tickets: £10 GWAS members in advance / £15 on the day
£15 Non-GWAS members in advance
*Tea and Coffee available but lunch is NOT provided, please bring your own.
Please email the Regional Coaching Officer, Lizzy Rees on Lizzy.Rees@archerygb.org for booking and advanced payment information.
Richard Cheetham M.B.E.
Richard is a Senior Fellow in Sports Coaching at the University of Winchester where he has worked since 2005. Since May 2014 he has worked with the UCI World Cycling Elite Coach Education Programme in Aigle, Switzerland. He has gained recognition nationally and internationally within coach education and has been an invited speaker for World Rugby, British Cycling, Cycling Ireland, Rugby Canada, England Handball and the England Cricket Coaches Association. Richard is also an experienced Rugby Union Coach Educator for London South region and Hampshire RFU as well as a Tutor for SCUK on the Fundamentals, Coaching Children and Talent Foundation workshops.
Andrew Knight D.O. ‘An archer’s posture and everyday exercises’
Andrew Knight D.O. has been offering Osteopathic care in South Somerset since 1987, having graduated from The British School of Osteopathy in 1986. Fully Registered with the General Osteopathic Council, Andrew has practices in Keinton Mandeville near Somerton. Andrew is also a keen archer and member of Ballands Bowmen AC in Somerset. Andrew will be presenting an hour long interactive workshop as part of the conference day, primarily looking at how to move most efficiently as an archer and how to prevent shooting related injuries.
Lloyd Brown (Archery GB) – The coaching plan for archery 2017-2021
With Archery GB having recently launched their new coaching strategy ‘The coaching plan for archery 2017-2021’, it is very important that the practicalities of this strategy are well understood by those people at grass roots level who are going to be providing the coaching: you guys! Lloyd Brown, member of the AGB coaching development team has been invited to attend the GWAS 2018 coaching conference in order to provide insight into the new strategy.
Andrew Rees (County Coach) Equipment and set up for recurve barebow
Andrew has 20 years experience in barebow archery and is the resident barebow expert for Archery UK magazine. He has shot barebow for Great Britain in World and Continental championships in both field and 3D archery and is also a County Coach in the GWAS region. With an increasing interest in barebow archery, coaches need to know the differences between set-up of a traditional Olympic bow and a recurve barebow. In his talk, Andrew will discuss the general setup of the barebow and the particulars of set-up for string walking, including stabilisation and appropriate tillering.
Erin Prior M.Sc. ‘Forming effective coach-athlete relationships’
Erin is a postgraduate with a Sport and Exercise Psychology (MSc) at Loughborough University and undergraduate degree in Psychology (BSc) from Coventry University. She has represented Great Britain in target archery as a compound junior archer and continues to compete at national level. Erin will be presenting a 1.5 hour workshop looking at how to form effective coach-athlete relationships.
(left to right speakers)
Devizes Bowmen Wadworth Sponsorship
Devizes Bowmen and Wadworth have agreed a three-year sponsorship deal. The sponsorship includes the branding of new club shirts with the leading Wadworth 6X brand as well as support for Devizes Bowmen events, including their Annual Top Ten Tournament.
Neil Lockhart of Devizes Bowmen commented:
“This sponsorship of a local archery club by a local business with a strong brand like Wadworth is very exciting for our club and its members. The new shirts are very distinctive incorporating the Wadworth 6X branding and will ensure our archers are immediately recognisable in tournaments around the country.”
“When we proposed the idea to Wadworth one of the things that made the sponsorship relevant and of value was the obvious association of the 6X brand with our sport. Arrows are shot in ends of 6 and the highest score on a 10 zone archery target is marked “X” ….. It did not take a leap in imagination to realise that ‘6X’ is the highest achievable score and a 6 gold end is simply perfection, as are Wadworth beers”
Katherine Bond, Wadworth Brand Marketing Manager commented:
“Wadworth are delighted to be able to continue to support the local community and promote our brand in this way. Making good beer, like Archery, is part of English Heritage that dates back hundreds of years, both requiring special skills and dedication to produce outstanding results”
The new club shirts have been custom designed and supplied by Lionhart Custom Design Archery Shirts, and feature sublimation printed graphics with integral cooling panels in the sides of the shirt and comfortable collars designed with the archer in mind.
2017 WA Championships
This week sees the start of the 2017 World Archery Championships in Mexico.
Eleven British athletes will compete including Lucy Mason who won Gold in the Women’s Compound Cadet class at the World Youth Championships in Rosario, Argentina she will be travelling with recurve archers Bryony Pitman who finished fifth and Alex Wise, and fellow compounder Luke Ralls.
They will be among 376 athletes from 61 countries competing for a total of 10 medals.
The competition schedule is:
15 October: Official practice
16 October: Qualification
17 October: Qualification and recurve team eliminations
18 October: Individual eliminations
19 October: Individual and compound team eliminations
20 October: Mixed team eliminations
21 October: Compound finals
22 October: Recurve finals
Battle of Britain raises £113
Despite a very low attendance this year at the Battle of Britain WRS WA 1440 shoot, an impressive total of £113 was raised for the Royal Air Forces Association, due to the generous donations from Somerset archers, and those who purchased raffle tickets on the day. Somerset County Archery Association expresses their thanks to everyone involved in organising and participating in this event.
More information on the Royal Air Forces Association can be found here.
Five new County Coaches!
Grand Western Archery Society now has five new county level coaches, four in Somerset and one in Devon & Cornwall. Luke Messinger (D&C), Martin Hutchings, Andrew Rees, Jane Rees and Lizzy Rees (Somerset) all successfully completed the County Coaching Course in a very speedy eight months, remarkable considering the course can often take up to 18 months to complete. Additionally, Somerset archer Rob Morgan has one more module to complete and he will be number six on the list of passed candidates, a great success for the region!
The course was led by international medal winning field archer and National Coach Trish Lovell and her sidekick Ted Essex, both of whom guided the candidates through their six essays, eight linked coaching sessions, equipment seminars and specialist archery talks. Each candidate bought something new and interesting to the course, notably the specialist talk subjects: working with disabled archers (Jane), archery and biomechanics (Luke), nutrition, diabetes and archery (Lizzy), coaching and cognitive biases (Andrew) and archery development in scouting (Martin).
Grand Western is a region which has historically had a low number of County Coaches, so to soon have six of them is real progress for coaching in the region. The newly qualified County Coaches can now work throughout the region to help other develop the skills of both L1 and L2 coaches, as well as regional archers, hurrah!
If you’d like any information regarding coaching within your local area of Grand Western, please do not hesitate to contact your Regional Coaching Officer via the website.
2017 Senior Inter-County Team
All GWAS Counties have agreed to a new format for the 2017 Senior Inter-County match
the format will now be as follows:
Round WA 1440(on layered foam Bosses)
New team composition
6 Gents Recurve 4 Ladies Recurve
4 Gents Compound 3 Ladies Compound
3 Gents Longbow 3 ladies Longbow
1 Gents Barebow 1 Ladies Barebow