Bedfordshire County Archery Association

Greetings !

At the recent BCAA Committee meeting items that effect the running of County events came up for discussion. Please share this with your club members.

The inter-county Ivy Keating match between Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire will take place on SATURDAY (not Sunday) 17 May 2025 at Slip End Playing Field and is being run by Pepperstock Archers. This date had been earmarked as a County Archer Get Together (CAGT) at Clophill. Please amend your diaries if you haven’t already registered this change. Details of a replacement CAGT later in May at Clophill will be announced shortly.

Bettina Schiefner (bets79@hotmail.com) is asking for help in running the Ivy Keating competition. This is a county-based event so it’s only fair that other BCAA clubs assist.

Please let Bettina know as soon as possible if you can help and she will send you times and postcode, etc.

The BCAA Committee are still looking for a County Tournament Organiser following Tina Horley who stepped down in this role, after many years of service. With plans to move the County Store from Redborne School in Ampthill across to Slip End we will now be planning future county shoots including the outdoor county championships and looking for an organiser. If you can help with this matter, please contact me or Lorraine Tebbs at secretary@archeybeds.com.

Best wishes

Mike

To ALL Bedfordshire County archers.

It seems we are going in the right direction with archery in the county. There has been a steady increase in numbers of archers attending the County Archery Get Togethers (CAGT`s) during 2024. Lets try and keep the momentum going in 2025.

If you are intending to join in the fun at any of the CAGt`s below please let the host know by sending an email.

April 26th CAGT
At Dunstables ground. London Gliding Club. Tring Rd. Dunstable. LU6 2JP. Drive through the Gliding Club slowly and follow the road that runs out the other side of the buildings, down the narrower road  and turn left at the bottom onto their field where you can park. 12.00 midday start. Contact Matthew Tatton. tatt0n@hotmail.com

May 17th CAGT
Clophill`s ground. Braziers Field (behind the village hall) Kiln Lane, Clophill, MK45 4DA. 9.30 arrival for 10.00 start. Contact Terry Course topcat2@talk21.com

June 21st CAGT
At Pepperstock Archers. Address: Church Rd, Luton LU1 4BJ, parking will be available on site. Start: 10.30am with assembly at 10.15am.

Contact: Bettina Schiefner 07964167570, Bets79@hotmail.com

July 19th CAGT
At Kestrels ground. Furzenhall Rd. Biggleswade. Start 10.00pm. Parking What3Words for the gate to go through is ///bunk.donates.speeded. Latitude Longitude 52.100470, -0.258138
For map contact Carl Tebbs carl.tebbs@ntlworld.com

Sept 13th CAGT
Judge available. Club and organiser needed.

Note.
CAGT`s. We will be shooting a short, age/ability appropriate round under the direction of Brian Dunlop and Pat Kerrigan.

The format of the event will be a short round and then time afterwards to talk to other archers and the Team Managers about any archery help/advice you would like going forward. If time permits there will be a H2H which proved to be very popular in the past, this is not compulsory.

For those of you who haven`t experienced shooting a competition this is for you, and for those of you who are experienced we`re hoping you’ll be willing and able to help any newcomers. If you have anything specific you would like to work on or want help with this is an ideal opportunity, in particular for the parents of juniors to perhaps unravel some of the mysteries.