Contrary to weather forecasts earlier in the week, the day dawned bright, if not overly warm. A “get there for 9 o’clock” was mostly observed with Dave, Olivia and Steve closely followed by Barry and Jenny arriving at the allocated hour only to find no other Smurfs in attendance.
Gazebo’s were duly erected on the arrival of the main contingent, this time opting for a “tunnel” approach effectively cutting the tent line in two. Shai was extorting money for our competition entry fees, sometimes even from BJA members.
There was an outbreak of coffee and nibbles as Keith, who had obviously missed his breakfast, tucked into his cornflakes and Dan munched on Co-op’s finest sausage rolls while vainly trying to give away some Lidl chocolate bars.
A familiar howl of anguish emitted from Dave “This is the second one I’ve lost” Parker who had dropped his sight pin in the grass; who was quickly on his hands and knees searching for a tiny piece of orange plastic ably assisted by half of the club. After a fruitless ten minutes, he opted for a clear plastic lens with an orange blob as a replacement, only to lose that, albeit temporarily. The saga continued as Dave rushed back to the tent tunnel when he found he had put the lens in the wrong way. Oh how he laughed!
Sighters commenced as Steve “What have I forgotten this time” rushed back to the tunnel for his button, wondering why his arrows were inexplicably veering to the right; fortunately no other disasters ensued.
The first distance didn’t see much in the way of excitement apart from the sun coming out and noise (sorry music) from the event in the next field annoying some of the Victor Meldrew’s in the competition. Lunch came round quickly with Dan still trying to give away his chocolate bars which had by this time fused to the packaging and Olivia and Jenny desperately trying to avoid a bee that had taken a fancy to their sandwiches and crisps.
The shoot finally over, everyone migrated to the bar in eager anticipation of the results and raffle. To say it was warm inside was a little bit of an understatement so everyone took the opportunity to sit outside. The beer was a varied selection of ales, with Dave going by colour rather than taste.
The results were in (see below) so everyone squeezed into the bar, making it even warmer than it was before, to hear the results. All in all we did rather well, winning the both the Senior Recurve Pure and Handicap trophies.
The world’s longest raffle then followed with a some BJA Smurfs winning a few items to take home.
All in all, an excellent day with some excellent results for the club and our archers.
Results – Pure Scores
Recurve Senior Team
1 – Burton Joyce Recurve Team A (Dave, Adeel, Chris)
5 – Burton Joyce Recurve Team B (Keith, Steve, Andy, Ellie)
Compound Senior Team
7 – Burton Joyce Team A (Shai, Barry, Andrew)
Recurve Junior Team
3 – Burton Joyce Junior Recurve Team A (Elise, Tom, Ismail)
Compound Junior Team
3 – Burton Joyce Junior Compound Team A (Jenny, Olivia)
The names in brackets are those members who score(s) went to make up the total.
Results – Handicap Scores
Recurve Senior Team
1 – Burton Joyce Recurve Team A (Dan, Steve, Roger, Mel)
Compound Senior Team
3 – Burton Joyce Compound Team A (Barry, Shai, John)
Individuals – Pure Scores
Ladies Recurve
3 – Ellie – 1444
5 – Mel – 1258
Gents Recurve
1 – Dave – 1619
2 – Adeel (120 Golds) – 1570
3 – Chris (119 Golds) – 1570
9 – Keith – 1474
11 – Steve – 1460
12 – Andy G – 1459
21 – Roger – 1377
34 – Dan – 1213
39 – Andy W – 1008
49 – Gareth – 674
53 – Terry – 622
54 – Andy T – 467
Gents Compound
11 – Shai – 1649
18 – Barry – 1514
19 – Andrew Gr – 807
21 – John – 764
23 – Michael – 714
Junior Ladies Recurve
1 – Elise – 1379
Junior Ladies Compound
3 – Jenny – 1181
4 – Olivia – 690
Junior Gents Recurve
4 – Tom – 1161
5 – Fraser – 761
7 – Ismail – 706
Adult Novices
5 – Dan
7 – Andy W
9 – Michael
10 – Gareth
11 – Terry
12 – Andy T
Handicap Scores
Ladies Recurve
2 – Mel – 2950
5 – Ellie – 2800
Gents Recurve
1 – Dan – 3171
5 – Steve – 3042
7 – Roger – 3023
13 – Keith – 2970
16 – Dave – 2921
19 – Adeel – 2908
21 – Andy G – 2897
22 – Chris – 2886
24 – Andy W – 2836
32 – Andy T – 1486
38 – Gareth – 1422
Gents Compound
1 – Barry – 3080
8 – Shai – 2865
11 – John – 1523
12 – Michael – 1497
15 – Andrew Gr – 1400
Apologies for the picture, I was at the back! If anyone has any of the day, please email them to me. More pictures can be found in the gallery.
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Notts 2015 League Final Team Results