The Howard Bowmen
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The Howard Bowmen
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As a club we are affiliated to Archery GB, Hertfordshire Archery Association and Southern Counties Archery Society, the AGB membership (affiliation) allows members to compete at any open competition, or tournament, throughout the country and details of some of the more local events are in the club calendar.
Hertfordshire Archery Association run leagues for both summer and winter, these are organised at club level with each club entering teams for each of the bow styles they wish to represent, as well as junior teams.
We currently enter a recurve team, a longbow team, a compound and a barebow team, we also this year we were able to enter a junior team, with the juniors winning their league in their first season.
ALL MEMBERS QUALIFY TO SHOOT LEAGUE MATCHES
Summer
Summer league matches are organised in April, with the first match shot in May, usually we shoot a mix of home and away matches, the round shot is a Short Metric, which is 6 sighters then 36 arrows at 50m*, followed by 36 arrows at 30m*.
* Juniors shoot equivalent Short Metric rounds with distances reduced relative to their age.
Recurve and all junior shooting is always shot on the match day, the other bow styles can shoot alongside the recurves, but can also shoot on other club shoot days, in this case their scores are entered on a postal basis.
We do not select teams, everyone's scores are collected and the highest scores used to create each team.
Recurve teams are made up of 5 archers, Longbow, Compound and Barebow teams are made up of 2 archers for each team, created using the same criteria as the recurves.
All scores are also entered into the leagues for individual archers, with leagues for each of the different bow style categories.
Winter
Winter league matches are organised in October, with the first match in November. All winter league matches are shot on a postal basis, with the Portsmouth round shot indoors and the Frostbite outdoors. The Frostbite is 6 sighters the 36 arrows at 30m on an 80cm face.
For the winter league recurve teams are 5 archers, longbow 3 archers, compound and barebow 2 archers each. The same system as the summer league is used to create the teams each month.
Rounds can be shot on any club shoot, we do however set a date for a Frostbite shoot every month through the winter season. This is a really social and fun event, it also embodies the true spirit of the Frostbite, by way of the shoot going ahead regardless of the weather; sun, snow, wind, rain, freezing cold, we still shoot. Only weather considered as dangerous stops play, the last occasion of postponing the Frostbite being down to a hurricane .
All members are welcome at all the league shoots, home and away, they're not excessively competitive or officious, if you're new to shooting other archers will always offer advice and assistance. It is a really friendly atmosphere and a good way to meet other archers, the home team also provide food and beverages after the shooting is finished.
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