22nd July 2019
Report on The All British Senior and Junior Field Archery Championships 2019
This year the ABO was held in Northern Ireland and hosted by Lough Cuan Bowmen.
The course was held on a new ground on the beautiful premises of Mount Stewart, a National Trust property and gardens in the area of County Down. The shoot was very well organised and smooth running.
Dame Mary Peters was the Lady Paramount.
The English team were chosen from those that had booked in to the championship (with the exception of Robert Twigg who was asked to attend and booked in last minute). Where there were more than one person within the category attending, the scores from the previous two field shoots were checked for the highest scoring archer in that category.
Two English archers who were high scoring and booked in opted not to be in the England team due to injury.
Name |
Bowstyle |
Chris Horan |
CUL |
Joe Fairburn |
Recurve shooting as CLtd |
Jame Adams |
RC |
Gary Hart |
BB shooting asCBB |
Jason Meehan |
BB |
Michaela Lake |
Trad |
Robert Twigg |
AFB |
Freya Wise |
LB |
Despite our team shooting well, we did not achieve the scores of the Welsh team who had a particularly strong team.
Notable performances from our team were Jamie Adams who won silver in hotly contested recurve division, Joe Fairburn winning gold in the Junior Recurve and Robert Twigg winning gold in the American flatbow division.
Full results are on the link: -
https://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2019/5144/IC.php
Michaela Lake
12th July 2019
Entry form for the 2019 English Field Championships can be found here:
https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/3c9db4_0239b17621684e6c930d29e6e41b33ba.pdf
11th July 2019
Michaela Lake
My first experience of archery was taking my son and daughter for 4 years. I became Records officer to Sussex County AA during this time Once they started field archery, I decided to take the beginners course at the beginning of 2013. As soon as I picked up the bow, I absolutely loved it! My enthusiasm grew and I practiced often. I gained my first qualifying score for the GB 3d field team during my first year shooting Traditional and Master Bowmen in Barebow target. Since then, my achievements in archery include 5 years shooting internationally for the GB 3D team, a silver medallist in 2016 at the European 3D championship shooting instinctive bow style, winning 4 gold medals at the World Masters Games shooting barebow in IFAA field, WA field, Indoor combined and WA720/H2H. I achieved 7 British records in Barebow target and Traditional Field. I started the Brighton Bowmen Tournament diary with Chris Tucknott which I still update. I initiated and maintain the Sussex Field Achievement award scheme. I remain on the Sussex County committee as field records officer. I was a committee member of the GB Field Committee in 2018. I have been selected for the England field team for the last two years, this year being my first time as England Manager. My achievements show my enthusiasm for archery, particularly field/3D. I hope I can bring some of my enthusiasm to the EAF and make some positive changes.
18th May 2019
Team England for the 2019 All British & Open Championships
Name |
Bowstyle |
Chris Horan |
CUL |
Joe Fairburn |
CLtd |
Jame Adams |
RC |
Gary Hart |
CBB |
Jason Meehan |
BB |
Michaela Lake |
Trad |
Robert Twigg |
AFB |
Freya Wise |
LB |
4th May 2019
Entry form for the 2019 British Field Championships below
14th / 15th September 2019
At Avalon Archers
Everton Road, Sandy Bedfordshire SG19 2DA
Photo by Mark Davies
31st May 2018
Well done to the English Field Archery Team who won the Home Nations event at the British Field Championships 2018 hosted by Overton Black arrows at the Warren near Watership Down 26/27 May. Saturday started gloomy but warmed to a beautiful afternoon.
The promised rain overnight into Sunday failed to materialise leaving another hot and dry day. 24 marked and 24 unmarked targets completed the field and more than 130 archers took part. There was some fine shooting by many and this year’s Champions are as follows:
English Team WIN Home Nations!
1st, England Total score 4468
2nd, Wales with 4291
3rd, Ireland with 3502
Individual Champions:
American flatbow: Ian Brown and Emily Williams
Barebow: Jason Meehan and Jessica Nilsson
Compound barebow: Simon Price and Marion Patterson
Traditional: Ceri Thomas and Michaela Lake
Longbow: Alex Newnes and Beth Duthie
Compound: Tapani Kalmaru and Hope Greenwood
Recurve: Mark Nesbitt and Megan Tinker
Top veterans: John Davies, Jason Meehan, Victoria Williams, Marion Patterson, Bernie Dicks, Charlie Coombs, John Hartfield, Ceri Thomas and Michaela Lake.
Top married couple: Tom and Victoria Duncan
Top Home Nations team: England
For full results see:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hywF306tSdMc6Syh_uSOxIP8Tp7cv1XU/view
16th March 2018
Link to the Entry for for the 2018 Championships
19th/20th May 2018 at Daventry Rugby Football Ground, Stefen Hill Sports Club,
Western Avenue, Daventry. NN114ST
https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/3c9db4_f1c4232382584d0c909c92b0b69a6e35.pdf