The IoM Archery Club met on St Patrick’s Day to shoot a Portsmouth Round as part of the Scratch League. With many archers gearing up for the imminent outdoor season, changes to equipment saw a tail off in the number of personal bests scores set on Sunday.
The Men’s Recurve had the largest field with seven entrants. Tony Hartley was pressed in the early stages by Mat Smith but eventually finished 7 points clear to take top spot on the podium. Smith added 6 points to his personal best score to finish well ahead of Rhys Moore. Rhys carried on into the afternoon session to shoot a Double Portsmouth which saw him add 36 points to his pb for that round.
The Men’s Compound saw a face-off between Dave Moore and Pete Mumford, with Moore just edging the win on this occasion. Sarah Rigby, the lone female compound archer, did not break any records this week but contented herself with posting the highest score of the day.
The only junior to shoot on Sunday was Adam Wright who did himself proud by setting a new pb for the round.
Results:-
Men’s Recurve 1.T. Hartley 60 564 32, 2.M. Smith 60 557 26pb, 3. R. Moore 60 528 18, 4.K. Boland 60 494 13, 5.R. Lott 60 491 9, 6.A. Breed 60 488 8, 7.C. Cain 60 398 1.
Ladies Recurve - B. Harris 60 548 20.
Men’s Compound - 1.D. Moore 60 567 28, 2.P. Mumford 60 562 22.
Ladies Compound - S. Rigby 60 573 33. Junior Recurve – A. Wright 60 526 16pb.
Double Portsmouth- Recurve- Rhys Moore 120 1044 30pb, Compound- Dave Moore 119 1121 52.
There will be no shooting at Onchan this weekend as the Student Festival is being held at the NSC.
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