by Marc Bax | Aug 18, 2017 | News, Shoots
On Sunday August 27th we’ll be shooting our outdoor club championships. This will be shot over a Windsor round (3 dozen each at 60yds, 50yds and 40yds). As last year we make it a bit more of an event by arranging for some nibbles and drinks to make a picnic out...
by Marc Bax | Jul 19, 2017 | News, Shoots
What is a jelly bow? A small, simple and low-poundage bow—we’ve bought 12 for our club. The blue ones we have are 36 inch long (compared to 68 inch for an average recurve), and have a draw weight of a maximum of 12 pounds when drawn to their full 20 inches...
by Marc Bax | Jul 19, 2017 | News, Shoots
This coming Sunday we will be shooting a somewhat different round: an informal “Big Game” shoot, inspired by the field shoot that our club organises on behalf of BCAA every year (second Sunday in November). We will be shooting at target faces with...
by Marc Bax | Jun 29, 2017 | News, Past event, Shoots
A nine strong delegation of St. Neots Bowmen participated in the Presidents & Pairs tournament on Sunday June 25th. The event took place at the field of Dunstable Bowmen, and after some initial consternation the competition got underway. There was a lot of...
by Marc Bax | Jun 18, 2017 | News, Past event
St. Neots Bowmen offered visitors to the Village Fete in Offord Darcy on Saturday June 17th the opportunity to discover their inner Robin Hood. We held three short (30 minute) taster sessions, which were taken up by over 30 aspiring archers. Our normal Have-a-Go...
by Marc Bax | Jun 5, 2017 | News, Past event, Shoots
Yesterday club members Mary Louca, Sunil Kalra, and Nel and Marc Bax participated in the SCAS/BCAA clout archery championships. Though the range in Offord is too small to do any clout practice we did manage to produce two county champions: Mary Louca won the ladies...