Juniors news
Colin Fairburn - 6 May 2012
Joe Fairburn shot at the Kendal Bowmen Open Field Championships this weekend (5th and 6th of May) and broke two national records.
He scored 199 points in the Under 12 Junior Gents Recurve Traditional class on the Unmarked FITA 24 round. He scored a total for the two rounds of 335 points, which is a new national record for the Combined round.
He was only two points off the Marked FITA 24 national record as well.
These scores are all the more impressive given that Kendal is one of the hardest courses in the country.
All in all a really impressive performance, especially as this was only his second foray into the world of GNAS/FITA field archery.
Stephen Jones - 13 February 2012
Does anyone have a junior longbow, suitable for a 10 year old boy that they would like to sell for a reasonable amount?
If you have, please contact Steve Jones:
barnsleyymcaarchers@gmail.com
Thanks,
Steve
Steve Jones
YAA Juniors Officer
Stephen Jones - 2 October 2011
On a very unusually warm October day, Yorkshire Juniors had an excellent day in Manchester at the ground of Assheton Bowmen.
A full complement of 15 archers took part in the Intercounties Championships.
Yorkshire juniors came first in 4 of the possible 6 categories, with the boys coming first in the Recurve, Compound and Longbow categories, whilst the girls came first in the Compound categories.
An excellent team effort by all who took part. Many of the archers were shooting new rounds and many PBs were shot.
We desperately need girl recurve archers, so if you are reading this and want to shoot for Yorkshire, let us know.
Steve Jones
YAA Juniors Officer
6 July 2011
Yorkshire juniors put in some impressive performances at the Junior National Outdoor Championships at Lilleshall on the 2nd and 3rd of July 2011.
Rachael Smith (Junior Ladies Compound) of Barnsley Archery Club shot a superb score of 1246 on the Ladies FITA on day 1, and another great score of 1204 on the Hereford the next day.
In the 18 and over category, Georgina Brown (Junior Ladies Compound) scored a stunning 1384 on the Ladies FITA on day 1.
Congratulations to them and to all the other Yorkshire juniors who took part in the championships.
30 May 2011
Joe Fairburn (aged 9), of the Bowmen of Adel and Stonebow Field Archers (NFAS), came a great second in consecutive years at the NFAS National 3D Championships held at Osmaston this weekend. Shooting his highest ever combined two day score of 1344 in the U12 Boy Hunting Tackle category, he overcame a nasty bee sting on his face early on day one and was unstoppable on day two as he shot kill after kill.
Overall a magnificent performance which would, on any other weekend have been enough to take first place in the Champs, but he was pipped to the post by an 11 year old from down south whose scoring was exceptional.
This performance underlines Joe's ability to switch disciplines with ease and is a testament to his skills as an archer.
1 May 2011
Joe Fairburn of the Bowmen of Adel came first in the Under-10s Recurve section of the NCAS winter postal league for the 3rd year in a row, beating an all-Lancashire entry.
He also won the Under-10s Barebow section too (although unopposed).
Congratulations to Joe from everyone at the YAA.
6 August 2010
Joe Fairburn of the Bowmen of Adel (GNAS) and Stonebow Archers (NFAS) was the runner-up in the under 12s category at the National Field Archery Society's National 3D Championships, which were held over two days in the Lake District.
Congratulations to Joe on another great performance!
Nick Beeson - 6 July 2009
A small but hardy band of Yorkshire juniors attended the National Junior weekend at Lilleshall. Pride of place must go to our Georgie Brown, Rachel Smith and Aaron Barnes who retained the Compound Team trophy. Georgie also took the Ladies FITA title on Saturday, while Aaron featured in the regional Compound team on Sunday which was narrowly squeezed into third place. Our recurve team of Michael Wallhead (representing YAA Juniors for the last time as he turns 18 this week), Ruby Hancock, Crispin Cousins and Helena Beeson made 15th spot, and Ruby was in the Saturday recurve regional team that took third spot.
Joe Fairburn won both the Metric 5 and the Bristol V, and was rewarded with a fine set of tennis balls! Tommy Price and Adam Kinghorn were the other Yorkshire archers present.
Most importantly, several YAA members took part in the mass performance of YMCA at lunchtime on Sunday.
Nick Beeson
8 December 2008
Yorkshire's junior archers were well represented at the Junior National Indoor Championships 2008, which were held at Lilleshall on Saturday the 6th and Sunday the 7th of December.
Georgie Brown, Helena Beeson, Rachael Smith, Tom Powell, Tommy Price, Hannah Jones, Michael Wallhead and Joe Fairburn took part.
Georgie retained her Under 16 Compound Ladies' title - congratulations to her!
Joe raised £600 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
Nick Beeson - 5 October 2008
The day started well at Penrith on Saturday. Well, that is a relative term - what that means is that the sleet promised in the weather forecast did not materialise. Sadly, also, at that stage, neither had Michael Wallhead, whose satnav perversely sent his family to a housing estate. Also, sadly, Tanya Cogan's bow had decided to stay at home, and send her brother's in its place. A minor obstacle, as Chris Battersby, the TO, lent Tanya his wife's bow which was exactly the same setup.
At assembly, the judges declared inclement weather - which was just as well, because all the dry-weather gear was already soaked. And, joy of joys, our ray of sunshine (aka Michael) also appeared. So a full team was present, including, for the first time in many years, a Girl Longbow, Annarose Spencer.
It soon became apparent that the weather was worsening, with the wind whipping up, the rain becoming heavier, and, worst of all, the temperature dropping significantly. By 4-dozen, it was fairly obvious that there was strong danger of hypothermia, so the team managers conferred with the TO, and offered three options to the archers: stop shooting there and then; take lunch and move the targets to shoot Nationals (or Westerns if the weather improved); or carry on to the bitter end. To the surprise of everyone, including the archers, they voted to carry on, but, as the weather got even worse, the unilateral decision was taken to stop altogether at 6 dozen, and do the awards on those scores.
The Yorkshire Boys' Longbow were the only one of our teams to take their prize - congratulations to Tom Powell and Dominic Spencer. In the regional championships, Aaron Barnes became Compound Champion; Helena Beeson, Hannah Jones, Annarose Spencer, Tom Price, Dominic Spencer and Tom Powell won their sections; Rachael Smith, Michael Wallhead and Adam Kinghorn came second; Rebecca Smith and Carl Grey came third.
Congratulations to all those (and Steven Wilkinson and Daniel Baker, the only two not to have been mentioned so far). They all remained cheerful throughout, and took what the elements threw at them. As usual, they were a credit to Yorkshire, and we can be proud of them.
Nick Beeson
Photo by Jeff Price.
Nick Beeson - 23 September 2008
In 2008, we introduced Classification Tables for Junior archers in Longbow and Barebow. Because we had not had sufficient data from which to construct full tables across all the age groups, we decided simply to have one table for all groups. This has meant that, for the younger groups, attaining the higher levels has been nigh impossible. Because of this, we are now inviting archers to submit their scores for a possible revision of these tables.
Please could you send as many outdoor scores as possible recorded by Junior Archers shooting Longbow and Barebow to the Chairman of the Junior Committee by December 1st. It is important that we have a full range of scores, so that we can get a true feel for the whole range of archers, so please do not feel that "poor" scores should not be submitted.
Scores can be submitted in any format. It would be easier, but not necessary, if they were in spreadsheet form. For each score, please give:
- Bow style
- Round
- Score
- Date
- Sex
- Age (at date of shooting)
It must be stressed that if insufficient data is received again, we will not be able to revise the tables in place. And that this applies to Junior archers only.
Nick Beeson
Nick Beeson - 10 July 2008
Yorkshire won the National Compound team Championship at the Junior National Championship at Lilleshall on July 6th. The team, consisting of Georgina Brown, Rachael Smith, and Aaron Barnes easily beat Lancashire into second place in highly testing conditions. Sadly, the recurve team was slightly lower - in 20th place!
Georgina also won her age-group title in the Metric day on Saturday, coming second in the Hereford on Sunday, and was in the victorious England team in the Home Nations match. Our other medal winner was Ruby Hancock, who took third place in her age-group on Sunday.
Full Yorkshire results are below (and full full results are on the GNAS website). Congratulations to all eight who took part. Shooting in the very wet and windy conditions over the two days would have caused many an adult archer simply to give up.
| Metric 1 - Junior Gentlemen Recurve | 70m | 60m | 50m | 30m | Score | 10+X | Xs |
|---|
| 14 | Michael Wallhead
Spen Valley Bowmen | 257 | 266 | 253 | 282 | 1058 | 8 | 1 |
| Metric 2 - Junior Gentlemen Compound | 60m | 50m | 40m | 30m | Score | 10+X | Xs |
|---|
| 5 | Aaron Barnes
Barnsley AC | 298 | 316 | 301 | 320 | 1235 | 31 | 9 |
| Metric 2 - Junior Ladies Recurve | 60m | 50m | 40m | 30m | Score | 10+X | Xs |
|---|
| 4 | Ruby Hancock
Dearne Valley AC | 270 | 280 | 261 | 302 | 1113 | 18 | 6 |
| 14 | Helena Beeson
Bowmen of Adel | 144 | 156 | 140 | 202 | 642 | 6 | 0 |
| Metric 3 - Junior Gentlemen Recurve | 60m | 50m | 40m | 30m | Score | 10+X | Xs |
|---|
| 15 | Tommy Price
Wakefield Archers | 241 | 236 | 239 | 275 | 991 | 8 | 0 |
| Metric 3 - Junior Ladies Compound | 60m | 50m | 40m | 30m | Score | 10+X | Xs |
|---|
| 1 | Georgina Brown
Aire Valley Archers | 339 | 341 | 335 | 347 | 1362 | 83 | 36 | Compound Cup |
|---|
| 5 | Rachael Smith
Barnsley AC | 328 | 320 | 309 | 310 | 1267 | 41 | 12 |
| Metric 5 - Junior Gentlemen Recurve | 30m | 20m | 15m | 10m | Score | 10+X | Xs |
|---|
| 2 | Joe Fairburn
Bowmen of Adel | 124 | 191 | 217 | 238 | 770 | 5 | 1 |
| Name | Bow type | Score | 10+X | Xs |
|---|
| England | 9684 | 334 | 138 |
|---|
| Rachel Beardsley | Recurve | 1353 | 81 | 44 |
| Jason Relf | Recurve | 1271 | 41 | 15 |
| Frankie Jones | Recurve | 1158 | 22 | 9 |
| Andrew Randall | Recurve | 1098 | 26 | 6 |
| Zak Crawford | Recurve | 1060 | 12 | 6 |
| Connie Hartley | Recurve | 1058 | 15 | 1 |
| Georgina Brown | Compound | 1362 | 83 | 36 |
| Philip Gower | Compound | 1324 | 54 | 21 |
| JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 6 July 2008 - RESULTS |
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| Position | Name | Club | Hit | Score | Golds |
|---|
| Hereford - Junior Ladies Compound |
|---|
| 2 | Georgina Brown | Aire Valley Archers | 144 | 1196 | 97 |
| Bristol 1 - Junior Gentlemen Recurve |
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| 6 | Michael Wallhead | Spen Valley Bowmen | 143 | 1051 | 51 |
| Bristol 2 - Junior Gentlemen Compound |
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| 7 | Aaron Barnes | Barnsley AC | 144 | 1216 | 105 |
| Bristol 2 - Junior Ladies Recurve |
|---|
| 3 | Ruby Hancock | Dearne Valley AC | 144 | 1094 | 63 |
| 14 | Helena Beeson | Bowmen of Adel | 130 | 738 | 22 |
| Bristol 3 - Junior Gentlemen Recurve |
|---|
| 17 | Tommy Price | Wakefield Archers | 143 | 975 | 45 |
| Bristol 3 - Junior Ladies Compound |
|---|
| 4 | Rachael Smith | Barnsley AC | 144 | 1236 | 114 |
| Bristol 5 - Junior Gentlemen Recurve |
|---|
| 4 | Joe Fairburn | Bowmen of Adel | 138 | 874 | 33 |
| COUNTY MIXED RECURVE TEAMS - The Price Hughes Cup |
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| 20 | Yorkshire | Score: 3858 | Hits: 560 | Golds: 181 |
|---|
| Ruby Hancock |
| Michael Wallhead |
| Tommy Price |
| Helena Beeson |
| |
| COUNTY MIXED COMPOUND TEAMS |
|---|
| 1 | Yorkshire | Score: 3648 | Hits: 432 | Golds: 316 |
|---|
| Rachael Smith |
| Aaron Barnes |
| Georgina Brown |
Nick Beeson
Nick Beeson - 19 January 2008
The JAWS scheme was established to encourage junior archers to record - and appreciate - their achievements through the year. Archers taking part use a booklet, in which they record what they have done, with JAWS points assigned to each activity or achievement. At the end of the year, the booklet is completed, and returned to GNAS, and a list of all participants in overall points order is produced. All the archers receive a certificate showing their position in the table, and the top 100 receive a badge as well. Results are published on the GNAS website and in Archery UK.
Points are awarded in three sections. The first rewards scores in the major rounds in Target, Clout, and Field. For instance, in Clout, there is a table to convert scores in Double Clouts into JAWS points, with, for instance, a score of 125 in an Imperial round gaining 20 JAWS points. Points are also added if the score was shot with a longbow, or in competition, or at a distance for a higher age group. There are similar tables for Target and Field. Points for up to ten rounds in each discipline are available.
The second section of the booklet gives points for shooting in tournaments and competitions: more points for national events down through regional and county to fewest points for club organised tournaments; additional points for coming 1st 2nd or 3rd; more again for those entering adult competitions. The July Nationals and November Challenge also bring points in this section, and there is no limit on the number of competitions the archers can record.
Section 3 brings points for all the other achievements over the year: Roses; Stars; Arrows; Arrowheads; Tassels; setting National records; Six gold ends; six clout ends; even FITA Beginners' awards. There are also points to be had for being in a representative team at County level or above. Finally, points are also given for handicap improvement - each year there are several participants who only register a handful of points as this is where their achievements have been. .
The aim of the scheme is to help archers realise what their achievements are - and reinforce the benefits of keeping records! Over the years in which they take part, archers can measure their progress year on year, comparing themselves with others at their stage. It also encourages them to take part in all the various competitions and different forms of archery available. For many who take part, the scheme is a major part of their motivation, as they can gain points in so many ways, not necessarily by "winning".
The booklet for 2008 is to be put on the GNAS website. So, look it up, and start totting up just what points are available!
Nick Beeson
5 Counties Juniors 2006
Rochdale 2006 - Yorkshire Juniors lead the way
Nick Beeson - 1 October 2006
On Saturday September 30th, the 5-Counties junior match was hosted by Lancashire, at Rochdale. The tournament is also the NCAS Junior Championships. Conditions were good, with a teasing breeze, if a little cold.
Yorkshire had entered a full complement of 15 archers, with complete teams entered in four categories. In everything from the group warm up (Yorkshire led the way, and Lancashire couldn't match us) through to the presentations, all fifteen members of the team were a credit to themselves and the county, cheering and supporting each other when needed, but still good, friendly ambassadors towards their competitors.
Girls Recurve
County team (Nicole Allan, Ruby Hancock, Helen Brown) - Winners
Nicole Allan - Bristol 2 Winner
Helen Brown - Bristol 2 Runner-Up
Ruby Hancock - Bristol 3 Runner-Up
Helena Beeson and Willow Jinks also shot
Girls Compound
Rachael Smith - Regional Champion (Bristol 4)
Boys recurve
County team (Tim Arnold, Carl Grey, Michael Wallhead) - Winners
Tim Arnold - Regional Champion (Bristol 3)
Joe Birley - Bristol 1 Winner
Carl Grey - Bristol 2 Winner
Michael Wallhead - Bristol 2 Runner-Up
Tommy Price - Bristol 4 Winner
Boys Compound
County team (Chris Smith, Jake Wainwright) - Runners up
Chris Smith - Bristol 1 Winner
Jake Wainwright - Bristol 4 Winner
Boys Longbow
County Team (Paul Singleton, Thomas Powell) - Winners
Paul Singleton - Bristol 1 Winner
Thomas Powell - Bristol 4 Winner
So a fair haul for the county. Especially so as eight of the fifteen were making their Yorkshire debut. Congratulations and thanks to all of them
Nick Beeson
Junior Team Manager
Photos from the event.
Junior archery in Yorkshire
Yorkshire offers many coaching and shooting opportunities for juniors. Many clubs in Yorkshire incorporate a juniors club, and nearly all tournaments include opportunities for juniors to compete in various age categories. The YAA runs junior championships both indoors and outdoors. We support the award schemes and other initiatives of the GNAS.
This page will develop into a set of resources for junior archers, their parents and guardians, and clubs with an interest in junior archery.
In the meantime, please contact Steve Jones, the YAA Juniors Officer, for any information you require.
Michael Smith (Archers of East Riding) - 8th
information about age groups and selection levels (Word)
the full selection criteria that you need to meet if you are invited down for a selection weekend (PDF)
Kath Fitzpatrick Associates
01226 218518