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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 most types of bow, with a distinct preference for Olympic-style recurve. All shooting at the club is target shooting, but our members also take part in field archery and clout archery.
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. Day members are welcome. We can lend club equipment to people wanting to give archery a try. The facilities are safe for children.
We run beginners courses during the outdoor season, from April to October. Our April-May courses are now in progress. Our next beginners course will start in June 2008. A page of information for people who have already booked their place on the April-May courses has been created:
Notes for beginners April-May 2008
Please note that the information on that page is intended for people who have already booked their places on the April-May courses. It is NOT an invitation to turn up on the day without notice! If anyone who has not booked a place turns up, we cannot allow them to participate.
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.
Notices for members
We have a winner! Club member Oliver Robinson won his category at the Bronte Spring Weekend, in his first ever tournament. He won the under-12s category shooting a Bristol 1 round. Congratulations!
Field availability: The rugby club will be performing drainage work on the main pitch over the next few months, and re-seeding it. This means it will not be available for a period from mid-May to mid-August. The training field and the bottom pitch will remain available.
Club records: David King, our records officer, has created a list of who's got what classifications and who holds which club records. This can be seen in the container. He requests that any score sheets you want to submit are placed in the container in the designated folder (green) AAAANNNDDD... he'd like you to do them on proper club sheets please and TOTAL THEM UP!!! Blank sheets can be found in the orange folder.
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, the NCAS calendar and the Lancashire Archery Association's page.
You can also get information about upcoming tournaments in Yorkshire and neighbouring counties from the Downloadable Tournament Forms page of the Wakefield Archers.
| Date | Organisation | Location | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th May 2008 | Chantry Bowmen of Rotherham | Sheffield Hallam University Ground | Two-way Western to BLBS rules. | Entry form (PDF format) Entry form (Excel format) |
| 17th May 2008 | The Antient Scorton Silver Arrow | Scorton Village, North Yorkshire | The 300th recorded meeting in the 336th year of the Society of Archers for The Antient Scorton Silver Arrow. | Web site |
| 18th May 2008 | Selby Archery Club | Selby RUFC ground | Record status Western rounds to be held at Selby RUFC ground. Long Western for compounds, Western for recurves, various Westerns for juniors. | 2008 entry form (Word format) |
| 25th May 2008 | Eccles Archery Club | Peel Green Road, Eccles, Manchester | UK record status Double FITA 70m. | 2008 entry form (Word format) |
| 25th May 2008 | Harvester Archers | Parklands Sports & Social Club, Doncaster | Western round. | 2008 entry form (PDF) |
| 31st May 2008 | Yorkshire Archery Association | Grange Park, Wetherby | YAA Single FITA and Metrics. World record status Gents and Ladies FITA rounds and Metric rounds for juniors. |
Entry form (PDF format) |
| 1st June 2008 | Yorkshire Archery Association | Grange Park, Wetherby | YAA Senior & Junior Championships. Record status and Rose Award status York, Hereford and Bristol rounds. |
Entry form (PDF format) |
| 14th June 2008 | Lancashire Archery Association | Rochdale RUFC | LAA FITA Star. World record status Gents and Ladies FITA rounds. |
Entry form (Word format) |
| 15th June 2008 | Lancashire Archery Association | Rochdale RUFC | LAA Annual Championships and Open. Record status and Rose Award status York and Hereford rounds. |
Entry form (Word format) |
| 29th June 2008 | Lancashire Archery Association | Rochdale RUFC | LAA Annual Junior Championships and Open. Record status and Rose Award status York, Hereford and Bristol rounds. |
Entry form (Word format) |
| 5th July and 6th July 2008 | Yorkshire Archery Association | Grange Park, Wetherby | YAA Double FITA. World record status Gents and Ladies Double FITA rounds. |
Entry form (PDF format) |
| 12th and 13th July 2008 | Bronte Archers for NCAS | Apperley Bridge, Bradford | World Record Status double FITA Star, junior Metric rounds and the Burntwood rounds. | Entry form (PDF format) |
| 25th July 2008 | Savile Bowmen | Thornhill Cricket and Bowls Club, Dewsbury | World Record Status FITA 70m in the morning and Olympic head-to-head in the afternoon. | Entry form (PDF format) |
| 9th August 2008 | Yorkshire Archery Association | South Craven School, Cross Hills, Keighley | YAA Longbow Championships. Two-way York and Double National rounds. |
Entry form (PDF format) |
| 17th August 2008 | Lancashire Archery Association | Northway Primary School, Dodd's Lane, Maghull | LAA Clout Championships. Record Status and Tassel Award status double one-way GNAS clout. |
Entry form (PDF format) |
| 30th August 2008 | Wakefield Archers | Longbow tournament hosted by The Wakefield Archers. | Entry form (PDF format) | |
| 7th September 2008 | Northern Counties Archery Society | St. John Fisher School, Harrogate, North Yorkshire | NCAS Clout Championships. Record Status and Tassel Award status double one-way GNAS clout. |
Entry form (PDF format) |
| 13th September 2008 | The Ascham Society | Adel War Memorial Sports & Social Club, Church Lane, Adel, Leeds, LS16 | The Ascham Society cordially invites Ladies to compete for THE ASCHAM SILVER ARROW and other trophies at The Bowmen of Adel. | Entry form (PDF format) |
| 9th November 2008 | Northern Counties Archery Society | Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield | Record Status Portsmouth round, hosted by The Wakefield Archers. Choice of morning or afternoon sessions. If shooting both sessions, only the first will count for purposes of awards. | Entry form (PDF format) |
Check the Mayflower Archers tournament calendar and Archery Calendar UK for tournaments across the UK.
Community
Visit Archery Interchange UK, the UK's largest online archery community! Lively discussion with a very large range of perspectives, and a very useful directory of archery resources on the Web.
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.
Looking for the other Phoenix Bowmen?
A club in Southport, Merseyside is also called the Phoenix Bowmen.
There is (or was) a South African organisation called the Phoenix Bowmen. Their site expired long ago.
Nos amis Les Archers du Phenix are in Chatenay-Malabry, France.
The Phoenix Field Archers of Sale are in Sale, Victoria, Australia.
The Golden Phoenix Archers are in Bristol, England.
Arzergrande in Italy has the Phoenix Archers.
The Phoenix Archers of Georgia are in Morrow, Georgia, USA.
There's also a Scottish club called the Phoenix Archers, and a field archery club in Woodall Spa, Lincolnshire, called the Phoenix Archers.
