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Club news and notices

Meg's created the February 2010 edition of the club's newsletter, which is now online:
February 2010 newsletter

The full set of newsletters can be viewed on the newsletters page.

Geoff Taylor, our Treasurer, celebrated his 80th birthday in December 2009. The club's Social Secretary Mike Holgate suggested that we present him with a portrait. Our artistic club member Meg Cowley was commissioned to produce the portrait. This was presented to a surprised Geoff at our AGM in January 2010:

More of Meg's work can be seen at imaeko.deviantart.com/gallery

A club calendar has been added to the site:
Club calendar

Who are we?

We are the Phoenix Bowmen, a target archery club based at Illingworth in Halifax, Yorkshire. We are a well-established club with a growing and active membership.

We are affiliated to the Grand National Archery Society, the Northern Counties Archery Society and the Yorkshire Archery Association.

Our location is at Halifax RUFC's ground on Keighley Road (the A629). We shoot both indoors and outdoors, depending on the season and the weather. We shoot recurves, compounds and English longbows. All shooting at the club is target shooting, but our members also take part in field archery and clout archery shoots.

We usually shoot imperial rounds, but are happy to accommodate metric rounds. Our main shoot is on Sunday afternoons from noon. We also shoot outdoors on Saturday mornings from 10:30 AM.

All practising, prospective and returning archers are welcome. We can lend club equipment to people wanting to give archery a try. The facilities are safe for children.

Please note that we do not have suitable facilities for crossbows (and our constitution excludes the use of crossbows at the club) and we may not be able to handle large groups.

Learning, or having a go

We run have-a-go sessions regularly. We have run many sessions for schools, scout groups, Boys Brigades and community groups. We're happy to provide have-a-go sessions for individuals and groups during our regular shooting sessions.
We run beginners courses during the outdoor season - see the Beginners page for more details. Our next set of beginners courses will start in March 2010. The dates are given on the Club Calendar page. Please contact the secretary to register your interest.

Local tournaments

We don't currently run tournaments ourselves, but there are plenty of other tournaments locally. Here are some that are coming up soon, with a link to the entry form where it is available online.

You can find more details of tournaments on the upcoming tournaments page and calendar of the Yorkshire Archery Association and the Lancashire Archery Association's site.

Savile Bowmen Indoor Tournament

Taking place: Sunday 7th February 2010

UK Record Status Double Portsmouth round at Spen Valley Sports College, Liversedge.
Entry form (PDF).

Bronte Archers Spotlight 600

Taking place: Saturday evening 13th February 2010

The sun goes down. The spotlights come up. Someone (but who?) walks 40 paces. Five dozen arrows at a 122cm target set at 40 paces, 10-zone scoring.
Entry form (PDF).

15th Combined FITA Annual Tournament

Taking place: Sunday 28th February 2010

UK Record Status combined FITA - 5 dozen at 25 metres on 80cm, 5 dozen at 18 metres on 40 cm. To be held at Clayton Green Sports Centre, Chorley, Lancashire, PR6 7TL.
Entry form (PDF).

Barnsley Archery Club's Early Bird Western

Taking place: Sunday 7th March 2010

Western round to be shot at Barnsley RUFC's ground on Shaw Lane, Barnsley.
Entry form (PDF).

YAA Annual County Indoor Championships and Open

Taking place: Sunday 14th March 2010

Record status Portsmouth round for the county indoor championships, to be hosted by The Wakefield Archers at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield. Morning and afternoon sessions - if shooting both sessions, only the first will count for purposes of awards.
Entry form (PDF).

YAA Senior & Junior Clout Championships

Taking place: Sunday 18th April 2010

Record status and Tassel Award status double one-way GNAS clout round for the county clout championships. To be hosted by Aire Valley Archers at South Craven School, Cross Hills, Keighley.
Entry form (PDF).

The Saint George Longbow Tournament

Taking place: Sunday 18th April 2010

A two-way Western for longbows, followed by a shoot-off for the award of the Royal Armouries Arrow. To be hosted by the Bowmen of Adel at Morley Rugby Club, Scatcherd Lane, Morley, West Yorkshire, LS27 0JJ.
Entry form (PDF).

Bronte Archers Spring Weekend

Taking place: Saturday 1st May, Sunday 2nd May, Monday 3rd May 2010

World Record Status Double FITA 720, plus Head to Head and The Julia Breese Memorial Canadian 1200.
Entry form (PDF).

Selby Archery Club 33rd Annual Open Westerns Tournament

Taking place: Sunday 16th May 2010

Record Status Long Western for compounds and Western for recurves. Various distances for juniors. To be held at Selby RUFC, Sandhill Lane, Selby.
Entry form (PDF).

Eccles Double FITA 70m

Taking place: Sunday 23rd May 2010

UK Record Status Double FITA 70m round at Eccles Archery Club, Peel Green Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 7DR-ish.
Entry form (Word).

Archers of East Riding FITA Open Clout

Taking place: Saturday 29th May 2010

Yorkshire's first-ever open FITA clout! Metric Tassel Award Status double one-way FITA clout at Hutton Cranswick Sports Field, Rotsea Lane, Hutton Cranswick, Driffield YO25 9QA.
Entry form (PDF).
About this shoot

NCAS/YAA Open FITA Star and Metrics

Taking place: Saturday 5th June 2010

World Record status FITA and metric rounds. To be held at Grange Park Sports Club, Wetherby.
Entry form (PDF).

YAA Senior & Junior Championships

Taking place: Sunday 6th June 2010

Record status and Rose Award status York, Hereford and Bristol rounds for the county outdoor target championships. To be held at Grange Park Sports Club, Wetherby.
Entry form (PDF).

St George's Archery Club 28th Open Tournament

Taking place: Sunday 20th June 2010

Western and Junior Western rounds, to be held at St John Fisher School, Hookstone Drive, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8PT.
Entry form (PDF).

NCAS/YAA Open Double FITA Star

Taking place: Saturday 3rd July and Sunday 4th July 2010

NCAS World Record Status Double FITA rounds. To be held at Grange Park Sports Club, Wetherby.
Entry form (PDF).

NCAS/Bronte Archers Double FITA

Taking place: Saturday 10th July and Sunday 11th July 2010

NCAS World Record Status Double FITA. Hosted by Bronte Archers. Incorporating both the English Archery Federation Championships and the third leg of the Archery GB National Series.
Entry form (PDF).

NCAS Grand Northern Archery Meeting

Taking place: Saturday 24th July and Sunday 25th July 2010

Record Status and Rose Award status Double York/Hereford. Hosted by the YAA at Grange Park Sports Club, Wetherby.
Entry form (PDF).

St George's Archery Club 10th Open Clout

Taking place: Sunday 8th August 2010

Record Status and Tassel Award status one-way single and double GNAS clout, to be held at St John Fisher School, Hookstone Drive, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8PT. Note change of date from July.
Entry form (PDF).

YAA Senior & Junior Longbow Championships

Taking place: Saturday 14th August 2010

Two-way York and Double National rounds for the YAA Longbow Championships. To be hosted by Chantry Bowmen at Sheffield Hallam University Grounds, Bawtry Road, Brinsworth, Sheffield S9 1AU.
Entry form (PDF).

Lancashire Clout Championships

Taking place: Sunday 15th August 2010

Record Status and Tassel Award status one-way single and double GNAS clout, to be held at Northway Primary School, Dodd's Lane, Maghull, L31 9AA. Hosted by The Other Phoenix Bowmen!
Entry form (PDF).

NCAS Regional Clout Championships

Taking place: Sunday 5th September 2010

Record Status and Tassel Award status one-way single and double GNAS clout, for the Northern Counties championships. To be held at St John Fisher School, Hookstone Drive, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8PT.
Entry form (PDF).

Check the Mayflower Archers tournament calendar and Archery Calendar UK for tournaments across the UK.

Community

	Want to know more about archery in Yorkshire? Then visit the website of the Yorkshire Archery Association. This is packed with useful information about archery, clubs, coaching and tournaments.
	Calderdale has an auspiciously-named radio station - Phoenix FM. Hear them in the Calderdale area on 96.7 MHz FM.