2006 NEWS
February
- At the recent Cheshire Indoor Championships Neston Archers took
1st places in the Gents recurve with Richie Mellor,1st place lady compound
with Carol Morris-Lewis, 1st place Lady Longbow with Viv Guthrie, 1st
place junior lady with Vicky Mara and 2nd place Gent compound with Ken
Brearley.
March
- Carol Morris-Lewis was also part of the Cheshire Compound Team who
won the County Trophy at the recent National Indoor Championships at Lilleshall.
April
- Following the Cheshire Archery Association team trials on the 9th
April we have 3 clubs members chosen to shoot for the county on 23 April.
Congratulations to Richie Mellor on being chosen to shoot for the county
for the 1st time and to Carol Morris-Lewis and Malcolm Lewis also making
the team.
May
- A busy Sunday 21st saw Viv Guthrie win the Wirral Longbow.
On the same day Richie Mellor and Graeme Steele retained their titles of gents longbow and gents compound FITA Clout Cheshire
champions respectively.
- Viv Guthrie our lady longbow champion shoots for England at national field shoot.
- Neston archers, Steve Morris, Richie Mellor, Carol Morris-Lewis
and Malcolm Lewis, shooting for Cheshire helped the County win the first county match of
the season against Staffordshire and Worcestershire.
July
- Despite the holiday season the Neston club shoot attracted a good
number of archers. Highest score on the day went to Graeme Steele
who also took the handicap improvers award. It was also good to see
a new beginner taking part, congratulations to Helen Porter for not only
shooting but posting a good score.
August
- Well done to all club archers who shot in the 7 club shoot on
Sunday 20th. We all deserve a round of applause as Neston retained
1st place in what turned out to be a close shoot. This tournament
needs promoting as it is a good day with all archers enjoying themselves
in friendly but competitive spirit. Archers on the day were Victoria
Mara, William Mellor, James Mellor, Carol Morris-Lewis, Viv Guthrie,
Richie Mellor, Steve Morris, Malcolm Lewis and Graeme Steele.
- Congratulations again to Carol as she has been selected to shoot
for the England team at The British Target Championships at
Lilleshall. Good results followed as Carol
helped England to 1st place in the home international.
- The Cheshire Archery Association Weekend took place on the 5th
& 6th of August. Neston archers attending all had good scores on
both days. Special mention goes to Carol Morris-Lewis who not
only came 1st on both days for ladies compound in both FITA and Hereford
but on the Saturday she claimed a European Record (Compound Outdoor
Women Master) for a score of 333 @ 70 metres, subject to
ratification. Well done also to Viv Guthrie for coming 1st in FITA
and 2nd in Hereford ladies longbow and Steve Morris for 3rd in
Cheshire FITA and 50m award in gents recurve.
September
- Things are beginning to slow down now as we head to the winter /
indoor season, but some archers just keep on performing.
Congratulations once again to Carol Morris-Lewis for equalling her European
Record (Compound Outdoor Women Master) for a score of 333 @ 70 metres,
subject to ratification, which was shot at the North Wales weekend.
October
- October was a particularly good month for Victoria Mara (in
fact most months are good for Victoria). On October 1st she represented Cheshire in the Northern Counties shoot and came second
in the Bristol IV. Later in the month she took part in the Cheshire
Field Championships where she won her age group and set 3 Cheshire records. This makes it a full house for Victoria with 4 Cheshire titles
( indoor, outdoor, clout and field ) all held in
one year. Still not finished she took part in the National Clout
Championships in Harrogate
and won the junior girl recurve title. Congratulations for a
great month and long may it continue.
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Will all members
please note that from this Sunday 8th October we will be shooting indoors at
Barnstondale Centre.