Lilleshall National Sports and Conferencing Centre hosted BUCS Outdoors 2018 on 16th and 17th June. A huge number of Warwick archers qualified to go to BUCS Outdoors this year and we ended up taking a team of 24. The team consisted of: Sarah Allaway, Sam Armstrong, Hannah Burnage, Heather Clark, Emma Davis, Craig Devonport, James Edmondson, Carys Evans, James Gardner, Tom Hall, Sherman Ip, Tim Jackson, James Jeffs, Melissa Knapton, Aaron Lee, Alex Logan, Enrik Nako, William Pike, Megan Purchase, David Richardson, Charlotte Rossetti, Emma Simpson, Jess Watts and Kate Willett.
Carys Evans shooting
Image credit: Malcolm Rees
On the Saturday, a WA1440 round was shot- a total of (unsurprisingly) 144 arrows- and despite the wind and rain, Team Warwick still managed to put in a strong performance. Individually, Tom Hall took Gold for the Gents Recurve and Emma Davis took Bronze for the Ladies Recurve. Other notable performances were Sherman Ip-5th in Gents Recurve-and Hannah Burnage- 4th in Ladies Recurve.
Hannah Burnage shooting
Image credit: Malcolm Rees
The Gents Compound Team (James Edmondson & Tim Jackson) took Bronze overall.
The Warwick Gents Non-Compound Team (Tom Hall, Sherman Ip & William Pike) earned a Gold medal overall and the Warwick Ladies Non-Compound Team (Emma Davis, Hannah Burnage & Charlotte Rossetti) earned a Silver medal overall.
Ladies Non-Compound Team take silver
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The Warwick novices also performed well, with Novice Lady Compound, Heather Clark, gaining a Silver medal. The Novice non-compound Team (Melissa Knapton, Aaron Lee & Emma Simpson) came 4th overall.
Charlotte Rossetti
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After a night of camping for most Warwick archers, the shooting recommenced on the Sunday with a WA720 qualifying round and Head to head matches. A WA720 round involves shooting 72 arrows at a distance of 70m, regardless of category. Thankfully, the weather was marginally warmer but the rain returned towards the end of the day.
After the WA720 round, many Warwick Archers had qualified in the top 10s of their respective categories, including Tom Hall, Sherman Ip, William Pike, Emma Davis, Hannah Burnage, Sarah Allaway, James Edmondson, Tim Jackson, Heather Clark & Megan Purchase.
Sarah Allaway shooting
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After a very overcast set of Head to head matches (including several Warwick v Warwick matches), Tom Hall took Gold and Sherman Ip took Bronze in the Gents Recurve category.
Gents Recurve Head to head podium
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At the end of the weekend, Team Warwick had earned a total of 56 BUCS points - almost double what was earned last year.
Full results for both days can be found on ianseo.
| Archer | Category | Score | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Hall | Gents Recurve | 1271 | 1st |
| Sherman Ip | Gents Recurve | 1155 | 5th |
| William Pike | Gents Recurve | 1123 | 9th |
| Enrik Nako | Gents Recurve | 1103 | 12th |
| James Jeffs | Gents Recurve | 1092 | 18th |
| James Gardner | Gents Recurve | 1076 | 20th |
| Sam Armstrong | Gents Recurve | 1054 | 25th |
| David Richardson | Gents Recurve | 1042 | 28th |
| Craig Devonport | Gents Recurve | 994 | 36th |
| Emma Davis | Ladies Recurve | 1189 | 3rd |
| Hannah Burnage | Ladies Recurve | 1184 | 4th |
| Charlotte Rossetti | Ladies Recurve | 1058 | 11th |
| Sarah Allaway | Ladies Recurve | 1033 | 15th |
| Jess Watts | Ladies Recurve | 979 | 19th |
| Carys Evans | Ladies Recurve | 945 | 24th |
| Tim Jackson | Gents Compound | 1269 | 5th |
| James Edmondson | Gents Compound | 1243 | 7th |
| Alex Logan | Gents Compound | 1125 | 17th |
| Megan Purchase | Ladies Barebow | 504 | 10th |
| Kate Willett | Ladies Barebow | 406 | 15th |
| Aaron Lee | Novice Gents Recurve | 943 | 5th |
| Emma Simpson | Novice Ladies Recurve | 774 | 8th |
| Melissa Knapton | Novice Ladies Recurve | 748 | 9th |
| Heather Clark | Novice Ladies Compound | 1105 | 2nd |
| Archer | Category | Score | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Hall | Gents Recurve | 651 | 1st |
| Sherman Ip | Gents Recurve | 618 | 3rd |
| William Pike | Gents Recurve | 604 | 7th |
| James Jeffs | Gents Recurve | 584 | 12th |
| James Gardner | Gents Recurve | 572 | 17th |
| David Richardson | Gents Recurve | 562 | 22nd |
| Enrik Nako | Gents Recurve | 556 | 25th |
| Craig Devonport | Gents Recurve | 543 | 30th |
| Sam Armstrong | Gents Recurve | 532 | 33th |
| Aaron Lee | Gents Recurve | 395 | 69th |
| Emma Davis | Ladies Recurve | 594 | 2nd |
| Hannah Burnage | Ladies Recurve | 581 | 4th |
| Sarah Allaway | Ladies Recurve | 539 | 7th |
| Charlotte Rossetti | Ladies Recurve | 487 | 14th |
| Jess Watts | Ladies Recurve | 476 | 15th |
| Carys Evans | Ladies Recurve | 438 | 21st |
| Melissa Knapton | Ladies Recurve | 278 | 37th |
| James Edmondson | Gents Compound | 654 | 7th |
| Tim Jackson | Gents Compound | 639 | 10th |
| Heather Clark | Ladies Compound | 585 | 7th |
| Megan Purchase | Ladies Barebow | 173 | 10th |
| Kate Willett | Ladies Barebow | 163 | 13th |
| Archer | Category | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Hall | Gents Recurve | 1 |
| Sherman Ip | Gents Recurve | 3 |
| James Gardner | Gents Recurve | 9 |
| James Jeffs | Gents Recurve | 9 |
| Sam Armstrong | Gents Recurve | 17 |
| Craig Devonport | Gents Recurve | 17 |
| Enrik Nako | Gents Recurve | 17 |
| William Pike | Gents Recurve | 17 |
| David Richardson | Gents Recurve | 17 |
| Aaron Lee | Gents Recurve | 65 |
| Emma Davis | Ladies Recurve | 4 |
| Hannah Burnage | Ladies Recurve | 5 |
| Sarah Allaway | Ladies Recurve | 6 |
| Charlotte Rossetti | Ladies Recurve | 9 |
| Carys Evans | Ladies Recurve | 17 |
| Jess Watts | Ladies Recurve | 17 |
| Melissa Knapton | Ladies Recurve | 33 |
| James Edmondson | Gents Compound | 7 |
| Tim Jackson | Gents Compound | 9 |
| Heather Clark | Ladies Compound | 5 |
| Megan Purchase | Ladies Barebow | 9 |
| Kate Willett | Ladies Barebow | 9 |
Full Results can be found on ianseo
