Sadly due to the low number of entries to this years Kent Field Championships the tournament organiser has decided to cancel this years event. Refunds will be issued automatically.
Category: News
Success for Kent archers at the UK Masters
This past weekend, 29th and 30th June 2024 270 archers travelled to Archery GB headquarters, at the National Sports Centre, Lillieshall, near Telford, Shropshire.
On the Saturday all archers shot a double 720 ranking round, ranking them for the individual Head to Head matches on the Sunday.
The Sunday introduced a new concept to the H2H matches, something known as Repechage. This format meant that if you lost your match you got a new score sheet and carried on shooting until you lost again when you repeated the process. There were a few teething issues but the format has great promise, in the view of the author, for keeping archers involved all day. This format also means that you end up with a full set of individual rankings from 1 to 64.
At the end of the day 2, two Kent archers found themselves in the Gold medal matches.
Cliff Gadd (Longbow) faced Brian Rosenberg in the mens longbow final. Cliff was victorious taking the match 6 – 2. Congratulation Cliff on yet another UK Masters win.
Ajay Scott faced Kia Thomas-Prause in the mens compound match with Kia taking the match 146 – 147. Ajay continues to go from strength to strength having recently taken part in the last World Cup stage in Antalya. Ajay is one to watch. Well done Ajay.
ArcheryGB may be publishing some highlights of the matches on YouTube. If these appear I will update the post.
Allington Castle White Friars shoot
Allington Castle archers are hosting a UK Record status with Rose Awards York/Hereford and Bristol tournament on Sunday 25th August at their ground at:
Westborough Primary School, Greenway, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8TL
Further information and and entry can be obtained as a Word Document or as a PDF
Kent WRS720 with H2Hs – Tournament Results
On Sunday 9th June 2024, 78 archers on 24 targets descended on Vigo to compete in the KAA WRS720 with Matchplay. Thankfully the weather stayed dry, the temperature varied and the wind? Well it started off calm and Vigo being Vigo, it got a bit breezy by the time we got to the head to heads after lunch.
It was a great day with some shooting their first head to head whilst for others it was their first ever tournament with some good results.
Women
| Recurve Men | Gold | Ryan HOLDEN | Bowbrook Archers |
| Silver | Matthew MAY | SCCA | |
| Bronze | Kevin LAMBIE | High Weald Archery Club | |
| Recurve Women | Gold | Alex CURRUMS | Bebington Archers |
| Silver | Isobel LINDSLEY-FROST | Royal Richmond Archery Club | |
| Bronze | Natasha JARMAN | Dover Castle Archers | |
| Compound Men | Gold | Jacek PEDZIWIATR | Archery GB |
| Silver | Oliver BOURNE | Archery GB | |
| Bronze | Sidney ALDRIDGE | Dover Castle Archers | |
| Compound Women | Gold | Mia MCGUANE | SCCA |
| Silver | Michelle SWORD | Medway Archers | |
| Bronze | Zara GREEN | Meriden Archery Club | |
| Barebow Men | Gold | Thomas WILLIAMS | Leaves Green Bowmen |
| Silver | Barry FRIEND | Lullingstone Bowmen | |
| Bronze | Ian SANDERS | Allington Castle Archers | |
| Barebow Women | Gold | Charlotte KENT | Bowmen of Darenteford |
| Silver | Bronwen COLEGATE | Guildford Archery Club | |
| Bronze | Laurie WAUGH | Forest of Bere Bowmen | |
| Longbow Men | Gold | Cliff GADD | Archery GB |
| Silver | Adam NASON-SMITH | 1066 Archery Club | |
| Bronze | David FLINT | Sevenoaks Archery Club | |
| Longbow Women | Gold | Ann NASON-SMITH | 1066 Archery Club |
Many congratulations to all the medal winners and apologies to the Longbow Men for the lack of photographs.
A BIG thank you to all the archers that entered and an equally big thank you to the Judges and also the volunteers. So until we do it all over again next year in 2025……
Kent Field Archery Championship
On Sunday the 11th August, Kent will once again be running a field archery championships at the Kent Archery Field ground, Gore Wood near Sittingbourne, Location. The round will consists of a 24 target mixed round, thats 12 marked distance and 12 unmarked distances.
Entry is via Sport80 at https://agb.sport80.com/public/wizard/e/41214
Calling all junior archers. KAA needs your scores
KAA hope to be able to submit a team of junior archers for a county match to be held on the 8th June. Archers wishing to be considered for a place should submit their scores no later than the end of May 12th 2024.
Scores, with attached, signed score cards or results sheets, should be submitted via Golden Records. If you would like a Golden records account you can contact the county records officer via records@archerykent.org.uk.
Club Tournaments 2024
As I am notified about local club tournaments I will add them to the club tournaments page. Please keep an eye on it. I have already added the 3 I have been notified about.
Tournament Dates
We have updated the tournament dates on the Home page. Currently we have tournament organisers for the 720 with H2H, a junior tournament, Kent Para champs and the Kent Field champs. We are looking for volunteers to help organise the County Championship on the 18th August and a 1440 with the date TBC.
You can find links to local club events on the clubs tournaments page https://kentarcheryassociation.co.uk/club-tournaments/
Kent Indoor 4 way team selection
The following archers have been selected to shoot for the county on the 2nd of March at the 4 way intercounty indoor match. Archers were selected based on those who had submitted qualifying indoor scores from this season via the Golden Records software. If you wish to be considered to shoot for Kent and do not have a Golden Records account please contact the records officer @ records@archerykent.org.uk.
| Compound | Recurve | Barebow | Longbow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ajay Scott | Antony Kite | Tom Williams | Adam Nason-Smith |
| Mia McGuane | Dan Sims | Ian Sanders | Michael White |
| Steve Griffiths | Jamie Vos | Chris Brown | Colin Anderson |
| Erin Barkway | Lewis Brown | Charlotte Kent | Niamh Kelly-Haladi |
| Jason Byatt – Reserve | Leanne Kite – Reserve | Jill Harper – Reserve | Cliff Gadd – Reserve |
Kent Field Championship date
Due to the on going wet weather it has been decided to move the Kent Field championship to a time when hopefully we will have no issues with parking at the site. Those of you that attended last year will be aware of how wet the parking area was and we do not wish to further upset the land owner and risk having no where to park. We will notify the date as soon as confirmed.