University of Birmingham Archery Club

Isle of Man

Rob, Jo and Simon on the ferry. A line of archers. The Birmingham 15. Armed and dangerous.

The annual trip made by our archery club (or some of us) to the Isle of Man is a brilliant chance to get to know fellow archers, so it’s a shame it comes so late in the year. The IoM trip usually falls in the Easter holidays; it’s four days long and involves two days of shooting. In the two days you will shoot four rounds, a FITA 18, a Portsmouth, a Worcester and a final round which is usually a head-to-head. It’s a great chance to experience shooting different indoor rounds that you won’t usually get to shoot.

The trip is a brilliant chance to socialise, with other universities as well as the club. For those that enjoy it there is much drinking and misbehaving to be done and generally having a good time. You don’t have to be an alcoholic to have fun however, there is still plenty to do otherwise. The last day is usually a free day and if the weather’s good time can be spent on the beach relaxing, or there’s always the castle to visit. The IoM is a great experience and if you ever had any doubt before it will certainly prove to you that archers are all a bit mad.

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New Committee

Published: 1st March 2012

The club AGM was held last night (29th February) at the Gillett Centre. Two motions to change the structure of the committee were passed, resulting in Vice Captain being replaced with Team Captain and the creation of a new non-executive Alumni Officer position. The committee for 2012-13 will be:

  • Captain: Andrew Cottrell
  • Secretary: Joe Ingledew
  • Treasurer: Eloise Cornish
  • Team Captain: Alice Fawdrey
  • Equipment Officer: Dan Cross
  • Tournaments Officer: Jos Sarsby
  • Social Secretary: Em Coop
  • Press Oficcer: Matthew Jenkins
  • Alumni Officer: James Leeson

Congratulations and good luck to all of them!

BUCS and BUTTS

Published: 1st March 2012

The BUCS Indoor Championships were held at the Telford International Centre on 18th February. Birmingham’s experienced team (Sarah Russell, Jack Bryant, Allan West, Mickie Green) were one point shy of 2200, finishing in seventh place (out of 41 full teams of four) and bringing home BUCS points for the university. This was a great improvement on last year’s 11th place finish with a score of 2164. The novice team (Allan West, Eloise Cornish, Andrew Cottrell) shot a score of 1523, giving them a fifth place finish. Individual medals were picked up by Sarah Russell (Experienced Ladies Recurve Bronze), Jos Sarsby (Experienced Ladies Barebow Gold), and Allan West (Novice Gents Recurve Gold). Meanwhile, Nottingham put an end to Edinburgh’s decade-long domination of BUCS, setting a new team record of 2298 and a new experienced gents record of 591 for Andrew Randall. Six of the top seven experienced teams were from BUTTS League clubs, once again showing the exceptionally high standard of the league.

The fourth BUTTS Leg was held on 25th February, with Birmingham playing host to Warwick, Loughborough, and Derby. Individual medals on the day went to Jack Bryant (Experienced Gents Recurve Silver), Mickie Green (Experienced Ladies Recurve Gold), Sarah Russell (Experienced Ladies Recurve Bronze), Eloise Cornish (Novice Ladies Recurve Gold), and Alice Fawdry (Novice Ladies Recurve Silver). Birmingham’s experienced team (Jack Bryant, Mickie Green, Paul Griffin, Andrew Iles) scored an impressive 2204 to finish in second place amongst the teams at Birmingham and fourth place overall. The team are in fifth place in the league, separated from fourth and sixth place (Loughborough and Cambridge) on aggregate score. The novice team (Eloise Cornish, Alice Fawdrey, Joe Ingledew, Andrew Cottrell) fared less well, shooting a season’s worst of 1876 to finish in fifth place. They have now been knocked off the top spot in the league by Loughborough, and Cambridge are close behind. The BUTTS Indoor Championships will take place on 17th March, with all teams competing at Loughborough.