The day started off sunny and hot, but the late afternoon brought apocalyptic thunder, lightning and monsoons. The shoot was accordingly abandoned half way through, given the risk of drowning / being struck by lightning. But as one complete clout had been shot awards were given. Wonder what the 50th will bring?? ‘results’ (scores were…
Author: Elaine
Appeal – your old, unwanted arrows can be useful!
APPEAL At the moment there is a push to raise the profile of some of the less well known forms of archery, & part of this is to run workshops & have-a-gos in various locations. One of the essentials we need to do this is a good supply of Flu Flu arrows, which have to…
Norton Archers Open – Results
Accompanied by one of the best summaries ever, from Karen: “Great weekend until the thunderstorm arrived during the awards. You could say I threw the Judge’s gifts at them as the archers all screamed and scattered ” Those storms were something else, congrats to all who competed and supported this shoot, and thanks to Norton…
NCAS Intercounties Clout 2024
A historic weekend for DNAA as we submitted County teams for the first time in years – Barebow and Recurve (both days) and Longbow (Sunday only). Our County Longbow team won the trophy on Sunday, our first county team win since 2006!! Whitburn Archers were the winning Club Recurve Team both days! (Abby Thornton, Shaun…
Cleadon Archers WA720 – Results
Archers travelled from literally the other end of the country to shoot this one – here’s the results Congratulations to all the winners, thanks to everyone who supported the shoot and thanks to Cleadon Archers for hosting another tournament 🏹
Whitburn Archers 2.4k Challenge
Looking ahead to the indoor season and something completely different – join Whitburn Archers on Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 October for their 16th Annual Indoor Open Tournament. A world record status event, shoot 4 WA18 rounds to achieve a very special award. full details on eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whitburn-archers-24k-challenge-4-world-record-status-wa18-rounds-tickets-705249639657?aff=oddtdtcreator
Longbow Champs 2023
The 2023 DNAA County Longbow Championships didn’t quite go according to plan. The forecast was for a moderate breeze which on the ground proved to be just too much for the safety of the competitors so the shoot was abandoned after 1 ½ dozen arrows. If it hadn’t been for the wind, it would otherwise…
NCAS Intercounties Clout 2&3 September 2023 – we need you!
The details: NCAS Intercounties Clout 2&3 September @ York Metric Clout Saturday 2nd Imperial Clout Sunday 3rd Recurve, Barebow, Longbow and Compound teams 3 archers in each team (4 for recurve) – must include 1 gent in each team All team members must shoot senior distance Closing date for entries: 26 August! Links for online…
Novice Champs 2023
“I never knew standing in the middle of a field in pouring rain for four hours could be so enjoyable. Many thanks to everyone who helped make it happen and run so smoothly.” Couldn’t say it any better – huge CONGRATS to all who took part in the 2023 DNAA Novice Champs and THANK YOU…
Youth Festival Update
Fantastic pic of our three junior ladies who attended the Archery GB Youth Festival last week – Eleanor, Hannah and Rachael doing DNAA proud! 🏹 Eleanor was part of the under 15 recurve team winning silver, while Rachael’s barebow youth team won gold. Congrats!