At the weekend 12 members of the IOM Archery Club travelled to compete in the 12th Orrell Archers UK Record Status Portsmouth round held at Robin Park Stadium, Wigan. Adam Wright and Bradley Layton the two Junior recurve archers who have both of late been increasing their PBs, travelled across to compete in their first off-Island competition and yet again both achieved new PBs. Although their scores were not high enough to put them in the placings, Bradley put a total of 16 points onto his total and Adam increased his by 3 and both gained valuable competition experience. Once again the George sisters continued their excellent form, Charlotte taking 1st Place in the Ladies Recurve and finishing just 2 points short of the highest Recurve score of the whole day. Compound archer, Aalin again shot consistently well and easily took the Junior Girls Compound trophy. In the senior ranks, both Peter Mumford and Joy Gough put in good scores and both were rewarded by winning a bronze medal for their third place scores. Again, Peter’s score was only one point off the highest overall Veteran score on the day. The other archers shooting, Junior Recurve Chris Holmes and Charlotte Harris, and Senior Ladies Recurve, Barbara Harris and Anne Rutland all put in respectable scores but were outside the top three places. Unfortunately Senior Compound Allan George’s miss towards the end of the competition also left him out of the placings. Once again the Isle of Man competed very well in this Record Status shoot with the junior archers in particular showing their true potential. Scores: Junior Recurve Bradley Layton 57 hits 474 scored 7 Golds (PB) Adam Wright 60, 464, 7 (PB) Chris Holmes 60, 460, 5 Charlotte Harris 59, 381, 2 Senior Recurve Charlotte George 60 hits, 578 scored, 41 golds (1st Place) Anne Rutland 60, 528, 19 Barbara Harris 60, 512, 12 Junior Compound Aalin George 60 hits, 565 scored, 25 golds (1st Place) Senior Compound Peter Mumford 60 hits, 572 scored, 32 golds (3rd Place Gent) Joy Gough 60 , 566, 26 (3rd Place Lady) Sarah Rigby 60, 565, 25 Allan George 59, 562, 32