Worthing Damsels in County Debut
Tuesday, 25 February 2020 15:28
On Saturday 22nd February 2020, Kent hosted a 4 Way Inter County Competition at Sittingbourne Community College. Archers from Kent, Surrey, Sussex and Essex congregated to undertake a Portsmouth Round, each County fielding a team of 4 archers in each of the bow styles Compound, Recurve, Barebow and Longbow.
Due to clashes with other Archery commitments the Sussex team was missing several of their regular members which meant that there were several new faces on the team. Having been encouraged by their Worthing Club mates to submit their Competition scores to the County Rankings officer, it was with much surprise and trepidation that Jen Diplock and Nicky McDowell accepted their invitations to join the County Team. Together with seasoned County team Pro Gavin Sutherland, Worthing Archery Club was well represented.
At the midway point, the Recurve quartet were placed 4th and the Compounders were placed 2nd, Gavin having obtained the highest individual compound score. The Sussex Longbow archers were 3rd with an individual 2nd place and the Barebow team 4th also with an individual 2nd place, meaning that the whole Sussex team finished in 3rd place overall.
Shooting alongside so many accomplished archers was quite awe inspiring, and maybe a little daunting, which despite their best efforts may have slightly affected Jen and Nicky on their debut performance, but as Jen said afterwards 'I met lots of nice people, got some good advice, and got a nice new Archery Shirt!'
Worthy Worthing Worcester Winners
Tuesday, 04 February 2020 12:01
When Worthing went to Arundown
A Worcester they did shoot
Avoiding winter weather
And wet and muddy boots.
60 Arrows shot in fives
Aiming at the spot
Trying for that perfect score
A miss they wanted not
Gavin and his Little Dan
Gathered in the Gold
Single, Double, Triple rounds
Their focus they did hold
Linda H and Nicky Mc
A Silver they did bag
And bare bow Jen soon found her form
And Bronze was hers to brag
In double rounds, for Nick and Jen
A Silver medal each
And don't forget intrepid James
A Flat bow Gold did reach
For Compound team, Gav and Linda
Became the glorious Golden Grinners
So all in all a happy team Of Worthy Worthing Worcester Winners
By Nicky McDowell
Worthing Winners
Wednesday, 27 November 2019 14:37
On Sunday 17th November, Arundown Archery club held their 59th Indoor Tournament. This tournament is always very well attended by archers of all abilities from Beginners to County and even National team standard from Clubs all over Sussex and surrounding counties.
Worthing archers were out in force, with a total of 9 members shooting over the course of the day in Single, Double and Triple Portsmouth Rounds. Warmed by the newly installed heaters in the usually icy cold Sports hall, Worthing archers were soon basking in success.
First time competitors, Vic Addis and Jen Diplock soon got to grips with the anomalies of Indoor shooting, adjusting to the confined, noisy conditions and settling into holding their own against more seasoned archers with years of experience.
Jen Diplock took home Silver medals for Ladies Barebow Single (459) and Double rounds (921).
Vic Addis was 7th in the Gents Barebow Single round (480) and 4th in the Double Round (962).
In The Gents Recurve rounds, our largest contingent of archers were placed as follows;
Single Round - Dan Mitchell Bronze medal (561)
Dan Talbot 6th (551), Clive Talbot 18th (462) and Barrie Le Grove 19th(444)
Double Round - Dan Mitchell Bronze medal (1120)
Triple Round - Dan Mitchell Gold medal (1653)
In the Ladies Recurve Nicky McDowell (and Lady Paramount) took the Gold medal in Single (549) and Double rounds (1095)
The Gents Compound Unlimited once again saw Gavin Sutherland taking Gold in all three rounds, (587, 1169, 1751) and 8 year old Dan Sutherland followed in his Father's footsteps, not only competing in all 3 sessions, (a grand total of 180 arrows), but also taking the Gold medal in all three rounds of the Junior Gents(U12) Compound Unlimited. (456 ,920, 1373)
Collectively our archers achieved 13 medals, but the tally did not end there as Worthing came out top in the Club teams single round adding further Gold medals for the team of Gavin, Dan and Nicky, with team 2 (Dan Talbot, Vic Addis and Jen Diplock) taking 7th place.
This was a tremendous achievement by all those who took part. Well Done All!
Full details can be found at
http://www.arundown.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Arundown-Portsmouth-Results-Nov-2019.pdf
Success at Arundown's 55th Indoor Tournament
Monday, 20 November 2017 10:12
Sunday November 19th saw Arundown Archery Club hold their 55th Indoor Tournament and several members of our club entered including Dan Mitchell who kindly wrote these words.
Worthing AC had a fantastic day shooting Portsmouth rounds at Arundown Archery Club, Angmering. We brought home a few awards. Ricky Mitchell, in his first competition, took silver for the barebow double round. Nicky McDowell also took silver for the recurve double. Dan Mitchell came 3rd in the recurve single and 2nd in the double. Gavin Sutherland came 1st in both single and double, with his son, Daniel, winning his junior category.
Finally, Worthing's team - Isla, Gavin and Dan - came 2nd overall.
The full results for Worthing members can be seen below.
Ladies Recurve Freestyle Single Round
3rd - Isla Bezencon - Score 528
6th - Nicola McDowell - Score 502
10th - Annick Lydon (Junior) - Score 265 (11 years old)
Gentlemen Recurve Freestyle Single Round
3rd - Dan Mitchell - Score 560
27th - Barrie Le Grove - Score 445
Gentlemen Barebow Single Round
4th - Ricky Mitchell - Score 414
Gentlemen Compound Unlimted Single Round
1st - Gavin Sutherland - Score 585
4th - Annick Lydon - Score 519
6th - Daniel Sutherland (Junior) - Score 461 (6 years old)
Ladies Recurve Freestyle Double Round
2nd - Nicola McDowell - Score 1030
Gentlemen Recurve Freestyle Double Round
2nd - Dan Mitchell - Score 1108
Gentlemen Barebow Double Round
2nd - Ricky Mitchell - Score 868
Gentlemen Compound Unlimited Double Round
1st - Gavin Sutherland - Score 1172
Gentlemen Compound Unlimited Triple Round
1st - Gavin Sutherland - Score 1758
Club Teams Single Round
2nd - Gavin Sutherland, Dan Mitchell, Isla Bezencon - Score 1673
8th - Nicola McDowell, Barrie Le Grove, Ricky Mitchell - Score 1361
Target Rounds
Friday, 10 February 2017 14:43
There are many different rounds that can be shot both indoors and outdoors and broadly breakdown to either Metric or Imperial. Imperial rounds are the traditional rounds from Archery GB (governing body of archery in the UK) that are typically named after British cities. These rounds are shot at distances measured in yards. Metric rounds are shot at distances measured in meters and predominantly fall under the World Archery (formally FITA) governing body although there are also some metric rounds from Archery GB.
The following tables show the number of arrows (per dozen) shot at each distance for each specific round and the maximum score that can be achieved for that round. The tables also list what size target face is required and the scoring system that is used, either 5 zone or 10 zone.
5 Zone Scoring / Imperial Scoring
5 zone scoring is only used in Archery GB Imperial rounds. On a target face there are ten rings with the rings being in coloured pairs resulting in 5 colours. These 5 colours are the zones and are scored as follows:
Gold: 9
Red: 7
Blue: 5
Black: 3
White: 1
10 Zone Scoring / Metric Scoring
10 zone scoring is where each of the 10 rings has a different value with 10 being for the inner gold ring, 9 for the outer gold ring all the way down to 1 for the outer white ring. Many target faces number each ring accordingly, as can be seen in the picture above.
Archery GB Indoor Rounds
Indoor rounds such as a Portsmouth are shot in 3 arrow ends with 2 ends (6 arrows) of sighters and use metric scoring.
Archery GB Outdoor Rounds
Outdoor rounds such as a York are shot in 6 arrow ends with 1 end (6 arrows) of sighters and use imperial scoring. A 120cm target face is used and rounds involve multiple distances. The furthest distance is shot first and then the bosses are moved to the closer distance.
World Archery Indoor Rounds
All indoor rounds are shot in 3 arrow ends and archers also get 2 ends (6 arrows) of practice before scoring commences. Archers also have 2 minutes in which to shoot an end an 3 arrows. The metric, 10 zone scoring system is used.
World Archery Outdoor Rounds
A single outdoor round is shot at multiple distances with the furthest distance being shot first. The bosses are then moved closer to shoot the shorter distances. Archers are given 45 minutes of sighters at the furthest distance and the archer can shoot as many arrows as they like within this time. Distances 90, 70 and 60 metres are shot in 6 arrow ends using 120cm faces. The closer distances, 50 and 30 metres, are shot in 3 arrow ends using 80cm faces. For 6 arrow ends the archer is given 4 minutes to shoot, for 3 arrow ends they have 2 minutes. The metric, 10 zone scoring system is used.
Archery GB Imperial Outdoor Rounds (5 Zone Scoring) | |||||||||
| Round Name | 100 Yards | 80 Yards | 60 Yards | 50 Yards | 40 Yards | 30 Yards | 20 Yards | 10 Yards | Max Score |
| York | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1296 | |||||
| Hereford / Bristol I | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1296 | |||||
| Bristol II | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1296 | |||||
| Bristol III | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1296 | |||||
| Bristol IV | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1296 | |||||
| Bristol V | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1296 | |||||
| St. George | 3 | 3 | 972 | ||||||
| Albion | 3 | 3 | 3 | 972 | |||||
| Windsor | 3 | 3 | 3 | 972 | |||||
| Short Windsor | 3 | 3 | 3 | 972 | |||||
| Junior Windsor | 3 | 3 | 3 | 972 | |||||
| Short Junior Windsor | 3 | 3 | 3 | 972 | |||||
| New Western | 4 | 4 | 864 | ||||||
| Long Western | 4 | 4 | 864 | ||||||
| Western | 4 | 4 | 864 | ||||||
| Junior Western | 4 | 4 | 864 | ||||||
| Short Junior Western | 4 | 4 | 864 | ||||||
| American | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 810 | |||||
| St. Nicholas | 4 | 3 | 756 | ||||||
| New National | 4 | 2 | 648 | ||||||
| Long National | 4 | 2 | 648 | ||||||
| National | 4 | 2 | 648 | ||||||
| Short National | 4 | 2 | 648 | ||||||
| Junior National | 4 | 2 | 648 | ||||||
| Short Junior National | 4 | 2 | 648 | ||||||
| New Warwick | 2 | 2 | 432 | ||||||
| Long Warwick | 2 | 2 | 432 | ||||||
| Warwick | 2 | 2 | 432 | ||||||
| Short Warwick | 2 | 2 | 432 | ||||||
| Junior Warwick | 2 | 2 | 432 | ||||||
| Short Junior Warwick | 2 | 2 | 432 | ||||||
Archery GB Outdoor Metric Rounds (10 Zone Scoring) |
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| 122cm Target Face | 80cm Target Face | |||||||||||||
| Round Name | 90 Meters | 70 Meters | 60 Meters | 50 Meters | 40 Meters | 30 Meters | 20 Meters | 50 Meters | 40 Meters | 30 Meters | 20 Meters | 15 Meters | 10 Meters | Max Score |
| Metric I | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1440 | |||||||||
| Metric II | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1440 | |||||||||
| Metric III | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1440 | |||||||||
| Metric IV | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1440 | |||||||||
| Metric V | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1440 | |||||||||
| Long Metric (Gentlemen) | 3 | 3 | 720 | |||||||||||
| Long Metric (Ladies) / Long Metric I | 3 | 3 | 720 | |||||||||||
| Long Metric II | 3 | 3 | 720 | |||||||||||
| Long Metric III | 3 | 3 | 720 | |||||||||||
| Long Metric IV | 3 | 3 | 720 | |||||||||||
| Long Metric V | 3 | 3 | 720 | |||||||||||
| Short Metric / Short Metric I | 3 | 3 | 720 | |||||||||||
| Short Metric II | 3 | 3 | 720 | |||||||||||
| Short Metric III | 3 | 3 | 720 | |||||||||||
| Short Metric IV | 3 | 3 | 720 | |||||||||||
| Short Metric V | 3 | 3 | 720 | |||||||||||
World Archery (WA) Metric Outdoor Rounds (10 Zone Scoring) | ||||||||||||||
| 122cm Target Face | 80cm Target Face | |||||||||||||
| Round Name | 90 Meters | 70 Meters | 60 Meters | 50 Meters | 40 Meters | 30 Meters | 20 Meters | 50 Meters | 40 Meters | 30 Meters | 20 Meters | 15 Meters | 10 Meters | Max Score |
| WA 1440 (Gentlemen) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1440 | |||||||||
| WA 1440 (Ladies) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1440 | |||||||||
| WA 1440 (Cadet Ladies) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1440 | |||||||||
| WA 900 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 900 | ||||||||||
| WA 720 (70 Meters) | 6 | 720 | ||||||||||||
| WA 720 (60 Meters) | 6 | 720 | ||||||||||||
| WA 720 (50 Meters) | 6 | 720 | ||||||||||||
| WA Standard Bow Round | 3 | 3 | 720 | |||||||||||
| Olympic Round | Sets | Best of 3 or 5 Sets | ||||||||||||
| Olympic Round (Cadet) | Sets | Best of 3 or 5 Sets | ||||||||||||
| Compound Match | 1.25 | 150 | ||||||||||||
Archery GB Imperial Indoor Rounds (10 Zone Scoring) |
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| Round Name | Distance | Face Size | Dozens | Max Score |
| Portsmouth | 20 Yards | 60cm | 5 | 600 |
| Bray I | 20 Yards | 40cm | 2.5 | 300 |
| Bray II | 25 Yards | 60cm | 2.5 | 300 |
Archery GB Indoor Special Rounds |
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| Round Name | Distance | Face Size | Dozens | Max Score |
| Stafford | 30 Meters | 80cm | 6 | 720 |
| Worcester | 20 Yards | 16" (5 Zone Scoring) | 5 | 300 |
| Vegas | 18 Meters | 3 Spot Triangle | 5 | 600 |
World Archery (WA) Indoor Rounds (10 Zone Scoring) |
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| Round Name | 18 Meters 40cm Target Face |
25 Meters 60cm Target Face |
Max Score |
| WA18 | 5 | 600 | |
| WA25 | 5 | 600 | |
| WA Combined | 5 | 5 | 1200 |
| Recurve Match | Sets | Best of 3 | |
| Compound Match | 1.25 | 150 | |
Indoor Venue For Winter Shooting
Tuesday, 05 November 2013 22:32
We are delighted to announce that we have managed to secure an indoor venue for the winter season.
Whilst the field will remain open all year round for members to shoot whenever they wish, we now have a warmer alternative for those who don't relish the idea of standing out in the cold. Our new indoor venue will be in St. Peters Church Hall in Sompting on Bowness Avenue, a map to which can be found below. The hall not only has heating and a car park but kitchen facilities and toilets too.
We will be running indoor shooting twice a week, Wednesday night 8-10pm and Sunday afternoon 2pm-5pm. The cost for Wednesday is just £2 per person whilst Sunday's is £3 per person but this can include some coaching towards the end of the session. Please note that this is only open to members of Worthing Archery Club. The first indoor session of 2014 will be Sunday 5th January @ 2pm.
