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10 March 2008
The Inter-Counties Junior Tournament is an annual event held on the Saturday immediately before the first Sunday in October, moving around the 5 Northern Counties on a rota basis. For 2008 the event will be hosted by Cumbria, and will be held on Saturday 4 October 2008.
The Bristol rounds will be shot in the Tournament, appropriate to age group.
Score submission form for NCAS Inter-Counties Junior Tournament on Saturday 4 October 2008 (Word format)
Closing date for submissions: 31st August 2008.
The Inter-Counties Tournament is an annual event held on the first Sunday in October, moving around the Northern Counties on a rota basis. For 2008 the event will be hosted by Cumbria on Sunday 5 October 2008
The rounds to be shot in the Tournament are the York for Gentlemen and the Hereford for Ladies.
Score submission form for NCAS Inter-Counties Tournament on Sunday 5 October 2008 (Word format)
Closing date for submissions: 31st August 2008.
Tim Mason - 8 March 2008
The YAA Annual General Meeting 2008 took place today at Barnsley Archery Club.
28 archers attended. YAA President Stan Snow opened the meeting by welcoming the attendees and expressing disappointment that the turnout was not larger - the vast majority of YAA clubs sent no representative.
Mick Fitzpatrick stepped down from the role of Clout Officer (though he will stay on the case for the 2008 Clout Championships) and took his leave from the Committee. Many thanks to Mick for his long service to Yorkshire's archers in the various roles he has held on the Committee. Mark Hayes was elected as the new Clout Officer.
Maggie Gosling stepped down as Judges Liaison Officer. Thanks to Maggie for her excellent service in this role. Karen Winsett took up the post.
This left two vacant positions on the General Committee. Michelle Kiddy and Trish Castle were elected - we welcome them aboard.
Jim Routledge, Dave Phillips, Martyn Spence, Nick Beeson, Jean Clarkson, John Gilroy, Sean Gleeson, Martin Holtby and Danny Walsh were all re-elected.
The Executives and Officers presented their reports. These will be distributed to club secretaries soon, along with the minutes and other information. Kath Fitzpatrick's report as County Coaching Officer can be read by clicking on the link below:
CCO report to YAA AGM 2008
Dave Phillips - 1 February 2008
At the 2007 AGM it was agreed to establish THE YORKSHIRE AWARD. The YAA Committee considered the introduction, criteria and design of such an award during 2006 and 2007, and are now in a position to promote THE YORKSHIRE AWARD and to seek nominations for recipients from Yorkshire Clubs.
The rationale behind the development of such an award was that we have a need of an award on the same lines as the ‘Award of Merit’ to be aimed at club level. The ‘Award of Merit’ is a prestigious award for enduring dedication to the county but possibly out of reach of the majority of ‘club level’ archers.
It was decided to have a prestigious award where clubs can nominate individuals or couples who, in the eyes of their club, deserve recognition for services to that particular club. It was agreed that there would be no set deadline for submission of nominations, but that presentations of The Yorkshire Award should be made where possible at the Yorkshire AGM, or either the Indoor or Outdoor Championships.
The YAA Constitution now states:
Clause 28 - The Yorkshire Award
The Yorkshire Award shall be presented by the General Committee to a Yorkshire Archer, or couple (that is, who are affiliated member(s) of the Association) who has done exemplary work within or on behalf of their particular club, over a number of years. Nominations for The Yorkshire Award, from Clubs, should be sent in writing to the Association’s Secretary, accompanied by a citation, for consideration by the General Committee.
The nomination and citation form can be downloaded by clicking on the link below:
Yorkshire Award Nomination and Citation Form
On behalf of the YAA committee - 19 January 2008
There have been several cases where an archer has been selected to shoot for Yorkshire and has had to pull out. This is not a problem where the YAA has been informed of the archer's absence in time for a replacement to be arranged, but is a serious problem where the YAA is not informed and only finds out when the archer fails to turn up for the tournament.
The YAA has decided that any archer who lets us down in this way will not be considered for selection for the next 12 months. This will not apply where the archer has given advance notice of absence, or where there's a genuine reason why notice couldn't be given.
Tim Mason - 27 November 2007
Bronte Archers will be hosting the GNAS National Clout Championships 2008 on the 18th October at Rawdon Meadows, Bradford.
The tournament has been hosted very successfully by St George's Archery Club of Harrogate for the past six years. However, the record size of the 2007 entry has shown that a larger venue is now necessary. Tournament organiser Andrew Neal and the National Tournament Committee express their thanks to St George's for the excellent job they have done.
Simon Copland, Chairman & GNAS Tournament Organiser of Bronte Archers, says: "We are delighted and proud to be selected and we look forward to a really popular and successful event."
Tim Mason - 10 October 2007
Danielle Brown of Aire Valley Archers has become the World Compound Champion at the IPC World Championships in Korea, beating Wang Li of China by 114 points to 108. She was also part of the women's compound team that won gold in the team event. These are the latest achievements in what has been a spectacularly successful year for the 19-year-old law student.
She set two new world records individually and the women's compound team set a new team world record.
Team GB finished third in the medals table, with a total of two golds, a silver and three bronze medals. Congratulations to Danielle and her team mates.
Tim Mason - 17 August 2007
Congratulations to Danielle Brown of Aire Valley Archers, who collected a gold medal and two world records at the European Invitational Grand Prix held at Stoke Mandeville in July.
Danielle won gold for her individual performance with the compound bow. She set a new Paralympic world record for the FITA 720 round. The Ladies Compound Team, consisting of Danielle, Mel Clarke and Pippa Britton, also set a team world record.
A very impressive performance, especially given the bad weather conditions and muddy state of the ground.
Tim Mason - 12 August 2007
Amy Oliver of Dearne Valley Archery Club has won individual gold at the European Field Archery Championships in Croatia, to add to the team silver medal she won earlier.
The individual final was held on Sunday 12th August. Amy beat Jessica Tomasi of Italy with her last arrow to claim the women's recurve title.
The Great Britain women's team, consisting of Amy, Jane Rees and Tracey Anderson, overcame a strong Italian side to reach Saturday's final but were narrowly beaten by Slovakia.
Congratulations to Amy and her team mates!
Photo courtesy of Michelle Kiddy
For more details, see these pages:
GNAS report on Amy's gold medal
GNAS report on the Great Britain women's team medal
Individual scores on Fieldarcher.org
Team scores on Fieldarcher.org
Tim Mason - 29 May 2007
Amy Oliver of Dearne Valley Archery Club has become British Ladies Recurve Field Champion. Her aunt Michelle Kiddy was runner-up, a reversal of last year when Michelle won and Amy finished second. The All-British Field Championships were held at Pentref, South Wales, on the 26th and 27th of May.
Amy is keeping up a distinguished family tradition. Her grandmother Joyce Kiddy, mother Lynda Oliver (nee Kiddy) and aunt Michelle Kiddy have all won this trophy. The trophy has spent a total of 15 years in the family.
Michelle's performance has earned her a place on the Great Britain team, alongside Amy.
Congratulations to both!
Mick Fitzpatrick and Tim Mason - 24 April 2007
The YAA Senior and Junior Clout Championships 2007 took place at Ebor Archers in York on Sunday 22nd April. The shoot was well attended and saw a high standard of competition, with four new national records and several Yorkshire records being set. We also had a welcome visit from the BBC's Look North programme - the edition broadcast on the 23rd of April had a substantial feature on the tournament.
For full details of the tournament, click the link below:
YAA Clout Championships 2007 results
A special gallery page of photos from the event has been created. Click on the link below to view it:
Photos from 2007 clout champs
Neil Crickmore - 16 March 2007
We now know the Final positions for Matthew and Linda.
Matthew Arnold shot well enough in the qualifying round to give himself a bye in the 1/16 elimination. The last 16 saw him against another Brit Tapani Kalmaru. Matthew shot a strong 112 dozen but unfortunately Tapani managed a 115. This put Matthew out of the competition but I'm sure he will be pleased with his performance and he can now say he came 13th at the Junior World Indoor Championships.
Linda Garner was ranked 25th after the qualifying round. This meant she was straight in at the deep end and would face the number 7 seed Sofia Goncharova of Russia. Linda shot a 115 dozen and took Sofia out as she was only able to muster a 114 in reply. This meant Linda was also into the last 16 and up against Ivana Buden from Croatia. This time it was Ivana who shot the 115, Linda could only find the 'X ring' twice to give her a 110. Overall this has placed Linda 16th at the World Indoor Championships.
A good performance by both.
Neil Crickmore
Aardvark Archery
Neil Crickmore - 14 March 2007
Today saw the Qualifying round, a FITA 18, of the World Indoor Championships being held in Izmir, Turkey.
Matthew Arnold shooting in the Compound Junior Men's section shot 288 for the first half which put him 9th place overall. He then continued this form with an equally impressive 285. These added together gave him a total of 573 and leaves him in a promising 11th place.
Linda Garner shooting in the Compound Women's section also shot 288 for the first half which had her placed 11th overall. Linda couldn't quite keep this going for the second half and dropped to 281. A 569 total sees her ranked 25th for the head-to-head stage.
Tomorrow 15 March will be the head-to-head stage for all archers down to the 1/4 finals.
Matthew's position in the qualifier and the number of archers competing means he will have a bye in the first round (the 1/16 elimination). It looks like he will then face Tapani Kalmaru, who scored 577 in the qualifier and is also from GBR, in the 1/8 elimination. This means there will definitely be a Brit into the 1/4 finals and lets all hope it will be Matt.
It looks like Linda will face Sofia Goncharova of Russia in the 1/16 elimination. Sofia shot an impressive 584 in the qualifying round so this will be a tough match for Linda. Linda's PB is 582 but I have seen her shoot 118 dozens when it matters and she is also very experienced in head-to-head shooting.
Thursday 15th March is also the day for the Team rounds again down to the 1/4 finals.
As the results come through they can be found at the link below:
World Indoor results
More news when we have it.
Neil Crickmore
Aardvark Archery
Unit 31g, Springfield Commercial Centre
Bagley Lane
Farsley
Pudsey
Leeds
LS28 5LY
Tel: 0113 256 2266
Tim Mason - 11 March 2007
From bounce messages I'm receiving, it seems that some charmers are sending out nuisance emails, often carrying viruses, that appear to come from email addresses given on this site. These messages are not coming from us. It's very easy to fake the sender address of an email. If you receive an email that appears to be from a YAA source, please ensure that the subject line looks reasonable before opening it.
Tim Mason - 10 March 2007
The 57th AGM of the YAA took place today at Barnsley Archery Club.
The minutes of the previous AGM were accepted as a true record, with a couple of minor corrections. All committee recommendations were accepted.
Cynthia Everitt stepped down as Vice President. Christine Morgan was elected to this post. Christine also took over Cynthia's role of Deputy Child Protection Officer.
Susan Heritage stepped down from the role of Public Relations Officer after many years of service. She remains a general committee member. Tim Mason was elected to the role of PRO.
All other committee members who were due for election were re-elected.
The meeting closed with a minute of silence in honour of Harry Feakins and George Thorley, both of whom passed away in the 12 months since the previous AGM.
Dave Phillips - 6 February 2007
The Annual General Meeting of the Yorkshire Archery Association has been arranged for Saturday 10th March 2007 at Barnsley Archery Club, Barnsley Rugby Club, Shaw Lane, Barnsley at 2.00pm. I look forward to seeing you there but should you be unable to attend please try to ensure that your club is represented.
Agenda for the 57th AGM
| 1) | Apologies |
| 2) | Minutes of the 56th AGM |
| | Points of Accuracy |
| | Approval |
| 3) | Matters Arising |
| 4) | Chairman’s Report |
| 5) | Secretary’s Report |
| 6) | Treasurer’s Report |
| | Approve accounts |
| | Set Affiliation Fees |
| | Appointment of a Validitator |
| | Discussion regarding support funding to clubs and archers |
| 7) | Officers reports- CCO, Judges, Junior Officer, Tournaments & CPO. |
| 8) | Committee Recommendations for Constitution Changes |
| 9) | Election of Officers and Members of the General Committee
|
| | (See Job description PRO) |
| 10) | Confirmation in post of Child Protection Officers |
Yours sincerely
Dave Phillips
Documents:
Letter calling the 2007 AGM (Word format)
Draft minutes of the 2006 AGM (rich-text format)
The minutes are draft until they are approved, or otherwise, at the AGM.
Committee recommendations for the 2007 AGM (Word format)
Dave Phillips - 31 January 2007
The Judges Confirmation and Expense Form was designed following comments made by a number of judges, who have had to approach tournament organisers to seek re-imbursement for their various expenses, almost feeling that they have had to negotiate the matter or value of their expenses for the day. They have also not been sure of the arrangements being provided (or not provided) by the club for the judge’s lunch.
The idea being trialled in Yorkshire and in some of the other NCAS counties is for the tournament organiser or club secretary to send the form to the judge well in advance of the event, and for the judge to return the confirmation of their attendance and expected expenses, such that these matters can be settled well before the day.
If you are responsible for organising such a tournament we would request that these forms are used this year and we will evaluate the success or otherwise at the end of the season.
Many thanks for your anticipated support.
To download the form, click on the link below:
Judges Confirmation and Expense Form (Word document)
Dave Phillips, YAA Secretary
Nick Beeson - 4 December 2006
At the Junior National indoors Champs at Lilleshall on Sunday 3rd December, pride of Yorkshire place went to Paul Singleton of Bronte, who shot a National record of 447 (Portsmouth) in the Longbow. Yorkshire also provided another Champion in Matt Arnold, who took the Boys compound title.
Many other Yorkshire archers took part, but special mention should be made of Georgina Brown (Aire Valley), who shot while standing on crutches after damaging an ankle, and put in very a creditable score.
Chris Parkin - 1 December 2006
Michelle Kiddy and Amy Oliver of Dearne Valley Archery Club have had a fantastic year shooting both nationally and worldwide with an impressive list of results at the top level in our sport.
Michelle won both the National Target Championships in August at Lilleshall and the National Field Archery Championships held in Ireland in July this year. Michelle has also qualified for next year’s European field archery championships and is hoping to be selected to represent Great Britain.
Amy has also had a hugely successful year, winning several National level Fita field shoots as well as the NCAS and Yorkshire Championships. Perhaps more impressively, she is now ranked 1st in the UK and has been invited onto the National Field Archery Squad.
Saving the best until last, this year saw Amy qualify and be selected to represent Great Britain at the World Field Archery Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden where she shot a personal best score over the 2 days to finish a very impressive 13th, in the World!
Congratulations to both of them on an outstanding year of success.
Kath Fitzpatrick and Tim Mason - 10 November 2006
YAA archers have achieved good results at the 2nd Commonwealth Archery Championships in Jamshedpur, India. In the ranking rounds, Linda Garner finished 4th in the Ladies Compound, Stephen Dixon finished 5th in the Gentlemens Compound and Grant Womack finished 10th in the Gentlemens Recurve.
The final results for British archers in the individual rounds are:
- Gents Compound, Stephen Dixon, Bronze Medal
- Ladies Compound, Linda Garner, Bronze Medal
- Ladies Compound, Andrea Gales, 4th place
- Ladies Recurve, Naomi Folkard, Gold or Silver, shooting tomorrow.
- Ladies Recurve, Alison Williamson, Bronze Medal
Thanks to Linda Garner and Neil Crickmore for providing these results so quickly.
The team rounds take place on Saturday 11th.
Our congratulations to the archers!
Kath Fitzpatrick - 6 November 2006
Stephen Dixon of Savile Bowmen is now in the England squad that left for India on the 4th of November to compete in the Commonwealth Archery Championships. He is the third YAA archer to join the squad. He replaces a compound archer who had to drop out.
This is Stephen's first international event. Our congratulations and best wishes to "Big D".
Kath Fitzpatrick - 6 November 2006
10 of the 12 current youth Performance squad members are in the national rankings this year, with two in first place. Some of our younger and newer archers are in the rankings, lower mainly because of their age group. Our congratulations to all those featured, but especially Matt Arnold and Nicole Allan, both in first place.
Full GNAS rankings for juniors
Full GNAS rankings for seniors
Summary placings are:
| Name | club | rank | 05-6 YAA squad | 06-7 YAA squad | |
|---|
| Recurve |
|---|
| Nicole Allan | Selby | 1 | Performance | Performance | National squad |
| Helena Beeson | Bowmen of Adel | 29 | Development | Performance | |
| Joe Birley | Scarborough | 32 | Development | Performance | |
| Tim Arnold | Bowmen of Adel | 35 | Development | Performance | |
| Michael Wallhead | Spen Valley Bowmen | 36 | Development | Performance | |
| Tom Price | Wakefield | 44 | Development | Development | |
| Compound |
|---|
| Matthew Arnold | Bowmen of Adel | 1 | Performance | Performance | National squad |
| Georgina Brown | Aire Valley | 5 | Performance | Performance | |
| Hannah Jones | Barnsley | 10 | Development | Performance | |
| Rachael Smith | Barnsley | 14 | Development | Performance | |
| Chris Smith | Barnsley | 17 | Performance | Performance | |
| Jake Wainwright | Wakefield | 19 | Development | n/a | |
Also placed, Yorkshire junior Carl Gray from Dearne Valley, recurve 20th rank.
Yorkshire seniors have also done well in the rankings this year.
| Name | club | rank | |
|---|
| Recurve |
|---|
| Nicole Allan (jr) | Selby | 7 | YAA Performance squad |
| Michelle Kiddy | Dearne Valley | 14 | |
| Grant Womack | University of York | 6 | YAA Senior squad |
| Tom Duncan | University of York | 19 | YAA Senior squad |
| Neil Crickmore | Bronte | 27 | |
| Compound |
|---|
| Linda Garner | Bronte | 4 | |
| Danielle Brown | Aire Valley | 8 | YAA Performance Squad |
| Dawn Ducker | Selby | 17 | |
| Stephen Dixon | Savile | 14 | YAA Senior squad (3 years on youth squads) |
| Matthew Arnold (jr) | Bowmen of Adel | 35 | YAA Performance squad |
| Terry Ducker | Selby | 47 | |
| Richard Allan | Selby | 62 | YAA Senior squad |
| Andy Arnold | Bowmen of Adel | 67 | YAA Senior squad |
| Neil Horsfall | Bronte | 68 | |
Congratulations to all the seniors and juniors ranked nationally! That shows a tremendous increase on the picture a few years ago. For those involved with the county squads - we hope to continue to support you for another year - well done from all the squad coaches.
Kath Fitzpatrick
Kath Fitzpatrick - 3 October 2006
Three YAA Squad members fly out to Mexico in 10 days time for the Junior World Championships. Matt Arnold, Danielle Brown and Nicole Allan will all be representing Great Britain in Mexico. Danielle has also been accepted onto the Paralympic Squad. Our best wishes to all three - good luck and good shooting.
Kath Fitzpatrick - 3 October 2006
Two YAA senior archers are among the England team competing in India at the first Commonwealth Championships. Linda Garner (Ladies Compound) and Grant Womack (Gents recurve) will be in India in November for this new event which we hope will support India's bid to have archery included in the Commonwealth games. For Linda this is a familiar experience as a GB international; for Grant this will be the first time he has represented England. Good luck and good shooting to both.
Kath Fitzpatrick - 23 September 2006
Last year YAA successfully ran two junior squads (a Performance group and a Development group) and a new Senior squad. Building on this success, YAA Coaching intends to offer three squads again this winter, plus open coaching clinics for archers below Bowman.
Click on the link below to see the letter containing full details:
Squad letter 06-7
Dates for the squads are as follows:
| Youth development |
Youth performance |
Senior |
| 21st October 2006 |
4th November 2006 |
14th October 2006
(Saturday) |
| |
16th December 2006 10:00-12:00 |
26th November 2006 |
| Joint Christmas fun shoot, 16th December 2006 |
18th February 2007 |
| 6th January 2007 |
13th January 2007 |
27th May 2007 |
| 18th March 2007 |
28th April 2007 |
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On behalf of Dave Phillips - 28 August 2006
Most clubs will have received their subscription renewal paperwork from the GNAS by now. We ask that you complete the subscription returns promptly. Please bear in mind that there is a timeline involved, and that the subscription returns and payments must be processed by the YAA, then the NCAS, then the GNAS. This involves a substantial chain of people, most of whom are doing the work in their spare time. Leaving the subscriptions until the last minute can result in a large backlog of work that may take months to clear. In particular, membership cards for new members can be delayed by a considerable time.
So, the sooner the better for everyone, especially your club's new members.
Ladies Recurve: Amy Oliver