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Berkshire News |
| GNAS Gussey Trophy | |
| At the GNAS AGM last Sunday, Rob Anderson was awarded the Gussey Trophy, presented annually to the Wheelchair Archer of the Year. The citation included reference to Rob's achievements working with the disabled squad, of which he is both member and coach, and his success in achieving his Senior Coach Grade in 2007. The County wish to congratulate Rob on this prestigious award, reflecting his great contribution to archery. | |
| Berkshire AGM news - January 25th. | |
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Eddie Newman has been elected as
Berkshire's Chairman, along with Paula Golding as the new Secretary, and
Ted Burnham as Treasurer. The meeting offered it thanks to the
departing officers, namely Adam Abbott, Kathy-Critchlow Smith and Joan
Kember-Smith respectively for their dedication over the years.
Adam keeps his influence on Berkshire's scene by becoming our Gentleman
Vice President, and one of Berkshire's SCAS Reps. Peter Tranckle has
been re-elected as Junior Rep, and Mike Hogg has taken over as Child
Protection Officer. The AGM also voted to change the annual Field Tournament to a FITA or GNAS round. Burleigh won both the Senior and Junior Top Club award. More details on the Tournaments and Results page. |
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| Junior National indoor Champs | |
| Grant Ballentine of Crowthorne took the overall Junior Longbow title at this years Junior National Indoor Champs in Lilleshall with a score of 346 and 59 hits, smashing the previous Berkshire Open record. Chris Wells came 3rd equal in the U18's, only 1 point behind the winner. | |
| World Field Championship Rankings - 2007 | |
| Chris Wells has finished the Field Season ranked as World No1 in the Junior Recurve division. Click here for FITA Field Archery site. | |
| Berkshire Indoor Championships -Nov 17th and 18th | |
| The 2007 Berkshire Indoor Champs we again held at Sandhurst Sports Centre, and organised by Shirley Nicolson and Crowthorne Archers. This year's Champions were: Grant Womack - Gent Recurve; Richard Brady - Gent Compound; Mick Tappin - Gent Longbow; Eddie Newman - Gent Barebow. Karen Atkins - Ladies Recurve; Lyn Wilson - Ladies Compound. Alex Hibbert - Junior Gent Champion; Sophie Meering - Junior Lady Champion. Kirstern Davies of Reading won the best overall novice award. Photos will be posted soon. | |
| Graham Potts confirmed as International Judge | |
| At the recent International Judge's conference in Rome, Graham received confirmation of his upgrade to International Judge, and is looking forward to working at future International events across the World. | |
| GNAS Rankings | |
| Berkshire has two archers in the top 20 Recurve gents - Grant Womack (6th) and Colin Geenes (12th) with Kathy Critchlow-Smith at 20th place in the ladies recurve division. | |
| SCAS Intercounties - Sept 16th | |
| The Berkshire Senior recurve team of Nicholas and Jonathan Manning, Chris Gray and Kathy Critchlow-Smith came in 4th place, whilst the Compound team of Richard Brady, Graham Potts, Ian Hartfree and Lyn Wilson achieved 6th place. Results can be found on the Tournaments page. | |
| World Field Champs test event - 8th/9th September | |
| European bronze medallist, Chris Wells, set a new national record for the FITA 24 Combined Gents U18 (Red pegs), with a score of 633, at the World Field Champs test event at Pentref. | |
| Tri Counties - 9th September | |
| Bucks hosted this year's Tri Counties match at Newport Pagnall's ground in Milton Keynes after last year's one in Herts was rained off. Berkshire fielded adult and junior recurve teams, and one longbow archer. A warm mainly sunny day was enjoyed by all, with the senior team finishing second and the junior team of Ben Hiscoe (Burleigh), Alex Hibbert (West Windsor) Matt Brighton and Sophie Meering (Crowthorne) winning. Full scores will be posted on the tournaments page in due course. (See picture section) | |
| Burleigh Coaches | |
| Following a seven month training course, five Burleigh members successfully passed their Coach level exams after two days of assessment. The new coaches are Alex Gray, Sarah Morris, Craig Rundle, Len Starling and Nick Youldon. (See picture section) | |
| European Field Champs - August 12th | |
| Chris Wells of Crowthorne won the bronze medal at the European Field Championships in Croatia. (See picture section) | |
| England Team | |
| Sophie Meering gets her fourth call up for the England Team at this year's Euronations in Ireland, after appearing for the second time at the Junior Nationals in July. |