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.
The Kent Field champs to be held on Sunday the 11th August 2024 at Gorewood near Sittingbourne has been grant UK record status. The event will be a 24 mixed target round, with 12 marked distance targets and 12 unmarked distance targets.
Anyone wishing to try field archery in the run up to this event should see the KAF page at https://kentarcheryassociation.co.uk/kaf/
Entry to this event is only available via Sport 80 at https://agb.sport80.com/public/wizard/e/41214. The prospectus can be found here.
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.
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/
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 |
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.
Two Kent members were recently presented with awards by World Archery for there services to World Archery and the international archery community.
Hannah Brown received a silver plaquette for her time on the World Archery and 3D and Field Committee. As an international judge Hannah has a lot of other accolades to her name including being the first female chair or judges at the Olympics.
Derrick Lovell MBE, one of the countries most respected, Judges and previous president of Archery GB was awarded a Diploma by World Archery. During his time with World Archery Derrick severed on both the Field and 3D committees and most recently the Constitution and Rules committees. Derrick has now retired from judging and is greatly missed by all.
For more information see https://archerygb.org/news/gb-athletes-and-judges-recognised-by-world-archery
After her recent 3rd place in the seniors women’s national indoors, Sittingbourne Community College archer Mia McGuane has today been announced as a member of the GB squad attending the European Indoor Championship. See Archery GB Team Announcement.
Congratulations Mia. Shoot Strong.
Sunday the 31st December 2023 is the last date to submit scores if you want to be considered for selection to shoot for KAA at the upcoming 4 way inter-county indoor match, to be held on Saturday 2nd March 2024 at the Sittingbourne Community College. Submittions must be via Golden Records. If you require an account please contact the records office @ records@archerykent.org.uk.
For those of you that shot any of the Kent target events last year you will recall that KAA hired in layered foam targets from Tenzone targets. It was our hope to do so again this year. Sadly Tenzone’s workshop, along with a number of other businesses were destroyed by a fire. This took with it all of their tournament hire bosses, supplies, machinery and current customer orders. Steve is hoping to rebuild the business in time to support the archery community this summer. A lot of tournaments can only run now because they hire in these targets. Locally that includes the Crystal Palace shoot in April. In order to get up and running again as quickly as possible Tenzone have launched a GoFundMe page. If you would like to contribute you can find the page at Tenzone Targets GoFundMe