The IoM Archery Club met at Onchan at the weekend to shoot a Fita 18 as part of the Handicap League. All compound and most of the recurve archers shot on a smaller triple face target. This is the target face that will be used at the up-coming UK National Championships, which several IoM archers will be attending for the first time.

Sunday saw a large number of personal bests achieved for the round. Among these were Rhys Moore who added 42 to his p.b. and Barbara Harris who added 107 to hers. There was also a welcome return to form by Joy Gough. Joy, who had an uncharacteristic miss last week, was just one point off the top score of the day. The top score of 552 was posted by Pete Mumford. However it was Frank Vaughan, shooting the Fita 3 Spot for the first time, who took the win. His impressive debut score of 543 when adjusted for handicap gave him a total of 1454.

The junior archers Bradley Layton and Charlotte Harris shot a Portsmouth round as part of the November Postal Challenge. Also shooting was Ian Harris. This was the first time Ian had shot a full round since passing the Beginner’s Course and he seems to have caught the archery bug.

Results

Fita Handicap-1:Frank Vaughan 1454 (60 543 14)pb, 2:Dave Moore 1442 (60 545 14), 3:Joy Gough 1440 (60 551 18), 4:Tony Hartley 1433 (60 523 20), 5:Rhys Moore 1432 (50 390 8)pb, 6:Peter Mumford  1429 (60 552 16), 7:Matt Smith 1426 (56 479 14)pb, 8:Karen Lott 1425 (60 457 4) & Colin Moore 1425 (59 536 14), 10:B.Harris 1420 (58 486 10)pb, 11:Adrian Breed 1409 (45 343 6)pb, 12:K.Boland 1388 (57 328 1)pb.

Junior Portsmouth-1:Bradley Layton 60 521 12, 2:Charlotte Harris 59 498 9pb.
Gents Recurve Portsmouth-1:Rob Lott 60 493 11pb,2; Ian Harris 57 331 4pb. Ladies Recurve Portsmouth- Jo Cannell 60 485 10.

Monday night shoots are back in place starting at 7pm for sighters at 7.30. Sunday is the usual time of 10 for sighters at 10.30 and 1.30 for sighters at 2pm.