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Grantham
archers competed in the second of the Boston indoor series on Sunday. ______________________________Back
to top Grantham
Archers made there presence felt at the Lincolnshire County Archery
Society AGM shoot in Boston last weekend. In the Gents compound Neil
Dowsett came joint 1st in the Portsmouth round with a score of 586,
Tony Hoyes was second with 579 and Ron Edkins came third with 578. In
the Gents recurve Simon Terry outstripped the competition scoring 595,
and in the ladies recurve Michelle Dalhaug came second with 500. ______________________________Back
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Simon
Terry placed 1st in the recurve division and his scores of 579 and 585
out 600 have secured his place at the Great Britain shoot-off for the
forth coming indoor European Championships early in the new year. ______________________________Back to top G.A.C
OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS SEPTEMBER Gents
Recurve
Metric
3
Most
gold Award ______________________________Back to top
MERIDEN
ARCHERS SEPTEMBER This was the last Fita 70m of the year and thus the last chance to gain valuable National ranking points and GB qualifying scores. This made for a really exciting event with most of the country's top shooters turning out. In the mens compound section Neil Dowsett of Grantham Archers was leading the field at the half way point with a impressive 351 out of 360 a head of the British number one. Unfortunately Neil could not hold on to this lead and eventually finished in 2nd place with 693 beating is current club, county and regional record. Simon Terry taking part in the gents recurve division was slightly down on is normal high scoring but still qualified in 3rd place. In
the afternoons head to head tournament Neil got through to the last
8 before narrowly losing by one point. Simon showed his true competitive
nature by battling through 4 rounds before losing by 2pts in the semi
final and then winning the bronze medal match on a sudden tie break
single arrow shoot-off. ______________________________Back to top OXFORD ARCHERS (Sat) Double Fita 70m / (Sun) Fita 70m and H2H AUGUST Date: 6th & 7th August Saturday: Double Fita 70m This competition was a premier event and accordingly in the compound competition six archers out of the seven that have already qualified for next years GB team selection shoot for the European championships were in attendance. The weather was good and scoring was high and at the half way stage only a few points separated the top five. As the second half of the tournament progressed the top three places changed several times and with a dozen to go the top three were within three points of each other. At the end of the competition Grantham Archers Neil Dowsett came out on top with a total score of 1365 putting in a second half score of 689 to win the tournament by 2pts. The combined score is a new club, county and regional record. Paul & Tony Hoyes also took part but were unplaced. Sunday: Fita 70m & Head 2 Head Again a very close and tight competition with three people from the compound qualifying round appearing to have the edge on the rest of the field and this continued into the knockout stages. Neil who qualified in 2nd spot with 686 came through several rounds to eventually being beaten in a close fought final by two points. Anthony
Hoyes qualified with 645 and was knockout in the early stages ______________________________Back
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HARWOOD MEMORIAL SHIELD. JULY Grantham Archers held their annual Pete Harwood memorial shoot this weekend. The round shot was the St George for which Pete still holds the county record. The winner of the shoot, which was scored on handicaps, was Tony Hoyes with a score of 1493. In second was Clova Townhill with 1474 and in third was Steve Knowles with 1452. Neil Dowsetts score before handicap of 948 broke his own county record. _______________________________Back to top ENGLAND CALL UP FOR SIMON TERRY AND NEIL DOWSETT. JULY Grantham
Archers members Neil Dowsett and Simon Terry have both been selected
to shoot for England in a Home Nations tournament in mid August. Neil
Dowsett has also qualified for the Great Britain Team selection shoot
offs by achieving another personal best and GB qualifying score of 1374
at Welbeck at the weekend, winning the gents Compound trophy at the
Fita Star into the bargain. Simon came third in the gents recurve scoring
1198. ______________________________Back to top Grantham Archers were on winning form again last Sunday competing in the Cleve Archers Premier Event in Bristol. JULY The
weekend event consisted of a Fita 720 and Head to Head on Saturday and
a Fita Star on Sunday. Neil Dowsetts 720 score of 691 qualified him
in first place for the head to head and was also a new club, county
and regional record. He went on to win the head to head eent in the
afternoon. Simon Terry shot 643 for the 720, qualifying second and went
through 5 rounds to win the head to head in the gents recurve. On the
Sunday in very wet and windy conditions Neil shot 1273 in the Fita Star
to win the shoot and Tony Hoyes also of Grantham archers came second
with 1216 having only been competing in compound for 6 months. SImon
Terry came second in the gents recurve Fita with 1196. The three archers
also took the team trophy for the club. ______________________________Back to top
Clophill 70m / Head to Head (Premier Event) Format: Two separate days of competition consisting of a qualifying round in the morning both days (6 dozen @ 70m) followed by the head to head knockout matches in the afternoon. i.e. seed one against 32 and so on. Results: Saturday
Sunday ANOTHER WIN FOR NEIL DOWSETT AT CHESTER FITA STAR EVENT JULY Neil
Dowsett took another trophy at the weekend winning the Chester Fita
Star. Shooting in dry but very windy conditions in Upton, Neil put in
a score of 1318 to claim first place.
Neil
Dowsett and Simon Terry showed their winning form at last weekends East
Midlands Archery Association double Fita Star at Lincoln. Neil took
first Gents compound scoring 1283 on the first day and 1360 on the second.
His second days score was another Great Britain qualifying score. Simon
scored 1199 on the first day and 1218 on the second winning him their
gents recurve prize. Simon has also been selected to shoot for England
in next weeks Euronations tournament. ______________________________Back to top LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS JUNE
Mel Clarke ( Ladies Compound), Neil Dowsett (Gents Compound)
and Simon Terry (Gents Recurve) each take county titles in there respective
disciplines. Ian Martin (Gents Compound) and Clova Townill (Ladies Recurve)
both gain second places. Also in the medal line up was Craig Dowsett
wining the Gents distance award and Anthony Hoyes winning the most golds
award. Mel Clarke also took the Ladies distance award. ______________________________Back
to top GB QUALIFYING SCORE FOR NEIL DOWSETT AT SOUTHPORT FITA STAR JUNE Grantham
Archers Neil Dowsett and Simon Terry showed their winning form again
at Lancashire Archery Associations Fita Star at Southport on Saturday.
Neil won the gents compound with a score of 1368, setting a new personal
best, county record and Great Britain squad qualifying score. Simon
took the gents recurve prize with a score of 1271. Tony Hoyes, shooting
gents compound was unplaced but shot a new personal best of 1246. ANOTHER WIN FOR SIMON TERRY AT MERIDEN FITA STAR MAY
Simon Terry took another victory at the weekend winning a Fita Star
at Meriden. Shooting in the Gents recurve Simon scored 1,247. Competing
in the gents compound, Neil Dowsett confirmed his Grand Master Bowman
status by getting his third qualifying score of the season scoring 1,339.
Scoring 1,279, Ian Martin achieved his second Master Bowman score of
the year, now only needing one more qualifying score to secure Master
Bowman status for the season. BOWMEN
OF RUTLAND FITA STAR MAY Grantham Archers Neil Dowsett and Simon Terry showed their quality again this weekend shooting in the Bowmen of Rutland British Record Status Fita Star. In tricky conditions Neil won the Gents compound with 1343 and Simon took the Gents recurve trophy with 1256. Also competing was Ian Martin who although unplaced, put in his first Master Bowman score of the season with 1280. GREAT
GLEN FITA STAR MAY
Grantham
Archers took the Ladies and Gents recurve prizes at last weeks Silverspoon
Bowmen Western held in Spalding. Simon Terry winning the Gents recurve
with a score of 834, way ahead of the rest of the field. Clova Townhill
took the ladies prize scoring 767 points, Michelle Dalhaug came third
in the ladies recurve with 613. In the Ladies compound round Maxine
Bailey came second with 688 points. In the Junior Western round Matthew
Stratford came third with a score of 656.
ALAN
DOWSETT MEMORIAL TROPHY RESULTS APRIL ________________________________Back
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ARCHERS INDOOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP APRIL
This week Grantham Archers also held their club championships. Again Simon Terry won the gents recurve section scoring 562 in the 18m FITA round, second was Steve Knowles with 507 and third was Tony Hoyes scoring 498. in the Ladies recurve Clova Townhill was first with 521 and Michelle Dalhaug came second with 456. In the Gents compound Neil Dowsett was the winner with 576 also winning the most golds trophy Craig Dowsett was second with 554 and Ron Edkins with 543 came third. In the Ladies Compound Jane Bilici took first place in her first competition scoring 483 and second went to Maxine Bailey with 438. In the Juniors, Matthew Stratford won with 387 and Jez Hackett was second with 241. Jane Bilici also won the handicap competition with 1488.
______________________________Back to top FRISKNEY YORK APRIL Grantham Archers took two titles at Friskney Bowmens annual Bank Holiday shoot. In the first York round of the season former Olympic double bronze medalist Simon Terry won the Gents Recurve section scoring 1078. England International Neil Dowsett took the Gents Compound title with a score of 1240. 190 ______________________________Back
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LINCOLNSHIRE INDOOR
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP MARCH Grantham Archers took home a number of awards at this years Lincolnshire Indoor Championships held in Cleethorpes. The archers shot a double Portsmouth round. Neil Dowsett took first place in the Gents Compound scoring 1167, with brother Craig taking third place with 1141. In the Gents recurve, new member Steve Knowles came third in his first season of competitions scoring 1095. Clova Townhill and Michelle Dalhaugtook second and third places in the Ladies recurve scoring 1101 and 1085 respectively. Michelle also smashed her previous personal best for the single round by 20 points. In the Ladies compound, scoring 998, another new member, Maxine Bailey, came second after only starting to shoot compound in February. ______________________________Back
to top Clova Townhill shot to a first place in Bostons PAA round held on Sunday, shooting in the recurve section Clova finished with a score of 284 out of 300. Gavid Dowsett also gained a first place in the Compound section dropping just one point out of a poss 300. Olympic bronze medalist Simon Terry continues his impressive comback finishing in second place in the recurve section with 283 points. Clova, Gavin and Simon together took the team trophy. ______________________________Back to top ROSE BOWL RESULTS FEBRUARY Recurve 1st
Anthony Hoyes 279 Compound 1st
Ron Edkins 296 ______________________________Back
to top SHERWOOD ARCHERS DOUBLE PORTSMOUTH RESULTS FEBRUARY Members of Grantham Archers attended a Double Portsmouth shoot held by Sherwood archers in Kirklington. In the Gents Compound, Neil Dowsett came third with 585 and 588. In the Ladies recurve, Michelle Dalhaug shot a personal best of 487 and 504 taking second place, Maxine Bailey came third, also with a personal best of 362 and 445. There were more personal bests obtained by Gavin Dowsett scoring 568 and 579 and Steve Knowles who scored 515 and 537. ______________________________Back to top Nimes Open International Archery Tournament FEBRUARY Venue:
Nimes, France Competing against over 200 world class archers Grantham Archers Neil Dowsett shooting in the Compound division finished with a score of 576, another GB qualifying score leaving him in 33rd position. Neils luck was out this weekend, needing to finish it the top 32 to go through to the final shootoffs Neil was placed in joint 31st-34th position, this would normally involve the tying archers to shoot off for the two remaining places, however in this case the names were drawn out of a hat, Neil being drawn 33rd. Neils fellow club member Garry Funnel shooting for the first time after a long layoff finished with a score of 573 leaving him in 43rd place. ______________________________Back to top PORTSMOUTH POSTAL LEAUGE RESULTS JANUARY Recurve = 2706 (WON) v Atkin Archers = 2648
1st Clova Townhil : 563 Compound = 1097 (LOST) v Ten ring A.C.A = 1141 1st
Gavin Dowsett : 562 _____________________________Back to top FROSTBITE RESULTS JANUARY RECURVE = 1484 (WON) V BOWMAN OF OVERDALE = 1200 1st,
Clova Townhill 319 2nd,
Clive Saunders 305 3rd, Paul Hoyes 293 4th, Michelle Dalhaug 284 5th, Steve Knowles 281 Donna
Harwood 210 Maxine Bailey 204 ____________________________Back
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3rd. Clive Saunders 258 _____________________________Back to top GAVIN DOWSETT IN WINING FORM AT GRIMSBY 18Mtr FITA JANUARY Gavin Dowsett was on top form at the weekend competing in Grimsby Archers 18m Fita. Shooting a round in the morning and one in the afternoon, Gavin shot 556 and 566 gaining a personal best and winning the Gents compound section by 12 points. _____________________________Back
to top CLOVA TOWNHILL BREAKS COUNTY RECORD AT BOSTON JANUARY Grantham
Archers did well at Boston on Sunday winning the Ladies recurve trophy
and the Gents compound. Shooting a Worchester round, Clova Townhill
took the Ladies title and broke the county record with a score of 285.
Neil Dowsett came joint 1st in the gents with a maximum 300 and Ron
Edkin also took third place in the gents compound scoring 298. |
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