Pastures Company of Archers

NEWS If you have anything useful to say that club members may want to hear, just let chiefspider@pasturesarchers.co.uk know... but first of all ESSENTIAL READING - IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING USE OF THE GROUND FOR ALL MEMBERS Click here to view 090710 Its that Tom Taylor again. Have a look at this in the Derby Evening Telegraph (article). He's also looking for sponsorship so if anyone can help out, talk to Tony Taylor. 290610 Check out the league positions on the results page - more recurve archers needed for the team and keep up the good work everyone, it could be a good year for us (just don't get tired!) 270610 What has the weather done for us so far? Tony Taylor charts the meteoric rise of Tom taylor - our favourite junior compound hero as he negotiates the highs and lows of being a GB squadee (if that's the word - if not it sounds OK so I'll keeep it in!). just click to download the full article - Well done Tom. Click here 130610 Our second league shoot saw Laura Kendrick (recurve) topping the girls under 16 Junior Western with an excellent score of 710 and the top lady compund for the month shooting the Long Western was Gillian Bartram with a score of 738 with, no, it can't be, but it is.... Mr Mick Kelly as the top gents compound with a score of 720 160410 The years first league shoot saw Ben Cousins (recurve) as top scorer shooting the boys short junior western with an excellent score of 681. Ross Watson (recurve) also topped the scoring with an excellent 683 shooting the boys under 18 Western and Paul Hagan was yet another top scorer in the gents Compound - Long Western with 784. 020210 Please support all league shoots if you can, we need two full teams for the recurve section, so everyone has a chance to perform and be part of the team (as long as your score is high enough!) 241209 Tom Taylor got a letter inviting him to join the GB compound squad for all of their 2010 training sessions. There are 7 sessions in all, starting in January, and 2 international matches booked for the summer if he makes the final selection. "He's chuffed to bits" says his dad, Tony Taylor 241209 Tom Taylor has a new national record for the Stafford round of 683, well done Tom, we knew you could do it! PS This is to go with his impressive 299 (out of a possible 300) earlier this month to take the EMAS and Derbyshire Worcester record! 291109 Tom Taylor strikes again... Redditch; a cold and dark sports hall full of people with strange accents. An array of targets 30 metres away. Whistles blow, weapons are steadied, nerves are jangled and the hall is hushed. Bang! Thud! Crump! Arrows hit their mark. Occasional shrieks (You've pinged my nock, you rotter!) This is a high-casualty event - 4 archers sharing a single face; nocks, fletchings and whole arrows are sacrificed. The day progresses. A leader board displays current scores ( thery couldn'd afford raisins or sultanas) in glorious monochrome chalk on black. Ooh err - can this be right? Tom is leading the lot - even the adults are beginning to say "oo's this, then?" The scorers and organisers look to their record sheets - the Stafford Junior has stood at 669 since 2002, but Tom is on 568 with a dozen to go. Better find a claim form, quick! The final end - he only has to score 15 with three arrows to equal the record. A lot of people are watching, willing him to succeed. Among them are Andy Rikunenko and Eric Thomas (both GB compound members)nodding approvingly. Tom ended up with 683, beating the old record by a clear 14 points. Lots of encouragement and applause when it's all announced. One happy young man and, (of course) proud parents! Tom is pleased because he's beginning to be taken seriously at touranments outside his home region. The following day we got a lovely e-mail from Barry Healey, the GB compound team manager, inviting Tom to the qualifying shoot next spring for the International Youth Games event. This is an amzing opportunity - the team is selected from the best archers on the quaifying day, so fingers are crossed. Final instalment; The Junior National Indoors competition, Lilleshall. Sunday 6th Dec, 2009. As always, this was a tense and long day. We had to be there early as Tom was the England reserve for the Home Nations Match. He wasn't needed, so we stayed until the afternoon session when he was booked for shooting. Scores in his category were neck-and-neck for the first dozen and only separated out at 3 dozen. Eventually he came 4th with a score of 578. The winner got 582, 2nd place was 580 and 3rd scored 579 so it was an extremely tight round. What was incredibly satisfying was that the under-16 lads beat the under-18s into a cocked hat. The U-18s highest score was 573 and that would have come 7th in the under-16 section. The sheer talent of these young men is astounding - potential world-beaters in the making. At last, someone is beginning to take an interest in them, suggesting a youth compound squad in the near future. Tony Taylor 121009 PASTURES - JUNIOR COACHING PROGRAMME INDOORS DERBY HIGH THIS YEAR WE ARE GOING TO AGAIN DO THE PROGRAMME FOR JUNIORS. THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH THE JUNIORS CAN SHOOT A HALF – PORTSMOUTH, (THAT’S 30 ARROWS AT 20YDS) AND SCORE THEM. ALL SCORES WILL BE KEPT AND AT THE END OF THE WINTER SEASON THERE WILL BE A PRIZE FOR THE BEST SCORE AND ONE FOR THE BEST IMPROVED SCORE. THEN ON EVERY THIRD TUESDAY IN THE MONTH THERE WILL BE SOMEONE COACHING ON THE FIRST TWO TARGETS FOR JUNIORS. SO… NOV 3RD - HALF-PORTSMOUTH NOV 17TH - COACHING DEC 1ST - HALF-PORTSMOUTH DEC 15TH - FUN-SHOOT JAN 5TH - HALF-PORTSMOUTH JAN19TH - COACHING FEB 2ND - HALF-PORTSMOUTH FEB 16TH - COACHING MAR 3ND - HALF-PORTSMOUTH MAR 16TH - COACHING. THIS IS AIMED AT THE NEW JUNIORS MAINLY, AND WE WOULD ASK THAT BECAUSE OF MORE PEOPLE SHOOTING THIS YEAR THAT JUNIORS DON’T COME ON THE NIGHT OF THE PORTSMOUTH LEAGUE SHOOTS UNLESS THEY ARE COMPETING IN THESE. THANKS SUE MARGETT. 300909 PASTURES - CLUB AWARDS NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS GET TOGETHER Whether you have won a trophy or not, this is the place to be. We expect you and your family, partner etc etc to attend! There is a cost but we'll let you know as soon as we know. Watch this space! Rewards, Fun, Food and Frolics for the whole family..... 220909 PASTURES IS TO HOLD ITS SECOND EVER CLUB CLOUT See Calendar for details. Clout is similar to target archery, except that the archer attempts to drop arrows at long range (180 yards for the men and 140 yards for women; there are shorter distances for juniors depending on age) into a group of concentric circular scoring zones on the ground surrounding a marker flag. 210909 LNER 50/50 This fun, sunny and unique tournament saw archers from Pastures do well again with Tony Dolby winning the Gents Recurve with a score of 854, Tom Taylor winning the Junior Compound (at the full distance with a score of 888 which beat the Gents Compound winning score - well done!!) and Sue Margett won the Ladies Longbow. One of our new members, Gillian Bartram came 2nd in the Ladies Compound and one of our older members (!) Pete Margett came a respectable 3rd in the Gents Longbow. Ross Watson achieved a very creditable third place in the Junior Recurve competition - well done! Pastures also walked away with the Team trophy, consisting of Tom Taylor, Tony Dolby and Mike Emery. Well done to everyone who entered as you all achieved personal bests! Something to aim for next year (as well as the targets)..... Click here for Results 060709 TOM TAYLOR is doing great things - An inspiration to all of our juniors.... Tony Taylor tells all.... read on..... Lincoln FITA star, Washingborough 8am Sunday 28th June. Blazing hot - and we'd had to get up at 5am! Really sizzling start to the shooting, and record prospects in sight....Tom finished on 1370 - he's got the record again!! But.... Lilleshall National Fita and Bristols was last week-end Tom was in the England squad (they won) and came 4th in the Saturday Metric event (the winner was nowhere near Tom's record). Conditions were blustery and rainy at times , so no really high scores. Sunday was the National champs - Tom got the silver medal (8 below his PB, which would have got Gold, never mind). At the presentations there was a major surprise, though - the EMAS junior compound team got the trophy and Gold Medals!! The team was Tom (Derbyshire/Pastures) with 1280 points, Marsie Henderson-Hirst (Derbyshire/Derwent) on 1274 and Alexandria Davies (LRCAA/ Rutland) on 1260. 070609 Well, a good weekend for Pastures Archers at both the Golden Arrow and Oregon Challenge tournaments hosted by Beeston Rylands Archers. It proved to be a very eventful weekend, with highs (team wins) and lows (Wind, torrential rain and a thief in the night!!) here is Lees report on the weekend.. Read on.... Report 020609 Tom Taylor is doing it again, breaking records and winning tournaments! Read on.. Report 190309 New for sale item added to the items for sale page - it's a clock, a nice clock, not your cheap plastic ones Click here to view NEWS ARCHIVE (click to view!!)