The IoM Archery Club met on Sunday to shoot a Worcester round as part of the Scratch League. Standards were generally high, with no less than eleven archers setting personal best scores. The Worcester round is shot on a black and white target face, scoring from 5 down to 1. Five arrows are shot per end and the maximum score is 300.
The Gents Recurve had the largest field with six archers competing of whom only one did not achieve a personal best score on the day. Bod Boland added 19 points to his pb only to be pushed into second place by Mat Smith. Rob Lott then took the third spot on the podium by one point from Adrian Breed. Mark Rutherford shooting his first Worcester round came in fifth, which left Ian Harris in last place.
In the Ladies Recurve, Karen Lott added 1 point to her pb but Barbara Harris did just enough to take the round.
The Gents Compound was a close run thing between Pete Mumford and Dave and Colin Moore. After 40 arrows Mumford had a one point lead over Colin and Dave who were tied on 197. Dave Moore then had a miss which allowed Colin to consolidate second place. Pete Mumford dropped only three points over the whole round to take the win. Billy Lightfoot who also had a miss came in fourth.
The Juniors also displayed some fine shooting. Adam Wright added 27 to his pb to finish only two points behind the unstoppable Bradley Layton. Charlotte Harris added 65 points to her pb to take the win from Rachel Rutherford who was shooting the round for the first time.
The story of the day however, belongs to Sarah Rigby shooting in the Ladies Compound event.
Forced out of the Club Championships last week for medical reasons, Sarah returned on Sunday to shoot a perfect round of 300. Keen to make up for lost shooting time Sarah elected to carry on into the afternoon session and shoot a Double Worcester. As she hit the centre of her target time after time, other archers found it hard to concentrate on their own arrows out of concern for hers. There was mingled relief and delight when the last arrow went home and Rigby completed another perfect score to set a club record for the Double Worcester of 120 600 120.
Results- Gents Recurve: 1.M.Smith 60 243 22pb, 2. B.Boland 60 241 22pb, 3. R.Lott 60 223 11pb, 4. A.Breed 59 222 18, 5. M.Rutherford 58 214 11pb, 6. I.Harris 55 201 10pb. Ladies Recurve: 1. B.Harris 60 272 36, 2. K. Lott 60 268 33pb. Gents Compound: 1. P.Mumford 60 297 57, 2. C.Moore 60 294 54pb, 3. D.Moore 59 289 53pb, 4. B.Lightfoot 59 282 49. Ladies Compound: 1. S.Rigby 60 300 60, 2. K. George 59 290 54. Junior Gents Recurve: 1.B.Layton 59 253 24, 2. A.Wright 60 251 20pb. Junior Ladies Recurve: 1. C.Harris 60 234 17pb, 2. R.Rutherford 60 200 11pb.
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