Unfortunately, due to the current circumstances it will not be possible to run the BCAA Outdoor Championships or the Kestrels Nationals this year, and so sadly the event is cancelled.
Home of Archery in Bedfordshire
Unfortunately, due to the current circumstances it will not be possible to run the BCAA Outdoor Championships or the Kestrels Nationals this year, and so sadly the event is cancelled.
Name: Kestrels 15th Portsmouth Tournament
Dates: Sunday 11th October 2020
Venue: Stratton Upper School Sports Field, Eagle Farm Road, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire SG18 8JH
Rounds: Portsmouth. Single and Double Rounds. (Five dozen arrows at twenty yards to a 60cm face)
Assembly: Session 1. 9–15am. Session 2. 12–30pm. Session 3. 15–30pm.
Entry Fee: £8-00 per archer single round. £15-00 per archer double round.
Closing Date for Entries: 29th September 2020 or when full. (No refunds after closing date)
Name: Kestrels 20th Double National Tournament incorporating the Bedfordshire County Archery Association Outdoor Championships
Dates: Sunday 13th September 2020
Venue: Stratton Upper School Sports Field, Eagle Farm Road, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire SG18 8JB
Rounds: New National, Long National, National. (Short National, Junior National, and Short Junior National according to age of juniors.)
Assembly: AM: 9:30 – PM: 1:30 – County Championship awards are for the Double Round Only.
Entry Fee: Single Day £15, Both Days £25
Please Note: This shoot has been cancelled
Name: BCAA World Archery Weekend Tournament
Dates: Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July 2020
Venue: Redborne School, Ampthill
Rounds: Saturday – WA70 Qualification Round (as appropriate for age and bowstyle), followed by Head to Head.
Sunday – WA 1440 Round and Archery GB Metrics I to V
Entry Fee: Single Day £15, Both Days £25
Closing Date for Entries: 27th June 2020
Name: BCAA Indoor Championships
Date: Sunday 24th November 2019
Round: Record Status Portsmouth
Results: BCAA Indoor Champs 2019 results.pdf
Well done to all competitors
Date: 4th August 2019
Rounds: WA720 qualification round, followed by Head to Head matches
Results: http://ianseo.net/Details.php?toId=5953
Thanks to all the county archers who came out and competed!
Name: BCAA Indoor Championships
Date: Sunday 24th November 2019
Round: Record Status Portsmouth
Entry Fees: £8 per archer
Entry Form: BCAA Indoor Champs Entry Form 2019.docx
Closing Date for Entries: 10th November 2019
Date: 20th & 21st July 2019
Rounds: Single and Double WA 1440 & Metric Rounds
Weather: Despite the forecast, it remained dry all weekend. Saturday was very windy. Sunday was warm with a light breeze that increased to moderate during the day.
Results list: BCAA WA 1440 2019 Results.docx
Message from the organiser:
I would like to thank all the archers who attended, making the tournament such a success. I was pleased that so many of you come back year after year and I would love to see all of you at next year’s tournament (Saturday 18th and Sunday 19st July 2020). This was the first year we used the ianseo software, thank you for bearing with us while we learned the new system and its foibles. As ever I would welcome any comments or suggestions on how to improve the tournament.
I would like to thank the judges and the work party for contributing to the success of the weekend. I would also like to thank the Lord Paramount, Bob Tonkin for his help and support over the weekend and the many years he has attended this event.
Date: Sunday 30th June 2019
Rounds : Western (60/50yds), and shorter distances
Results: Presidents&Pairs 2019 Results.docx
Each year Bedfordshire clubs take part in the Presidents and Pairs.
This is a relaxed and fun shoot with a touch of competitiveness and, of course, trophies for the winners.
You will see from the details below that this is not your normal shoot so I hope that as many archers as possible will come along and make it a great day out.
This year it will take part at Kestrels outdoor field, Furzenhall Road, Biggleswade on Sunday June 30th.
Shooting will begin at 11am. Assembly at 10:45.
The rounds to be shot are a Western and Junior Western, depending on age.
This is a County event hosted by Kestrels – Your help is therefore appreciated in setting up and putting away.
There is registration and a small amount of administration to be handled so please be there in plenty of time.
There is no fee for this event.
Can you please complete the details below for each archer who would like to compete and send to KestrelsChairman@hotmail.com by 27th June.
There are a number of “team” and pairs trophies for this event. These are shown below – groupings may be decided on the day prior to shooting but if you would like to select your partners beforehand please agree with them and give the names on your reply.
Longbow team – 2 archers from the same club
Recurve team – 5 archers from the same club
Compound team – 2 archers from the same club
Pairs Recurve – 2 archers from any club in the county (handicapped)
Pairs Compound – 2 archers from any club in the county (handicapped)
Presidents Recurve – 5 archers from the same club (no more than 3 who are first class or better)
Presidents Compound – 3 archers from the same club (no more than 1 who is bowman or better)
In recognition of the number of barebow archers in the County we will also recognise a Barebow Team – 2 archers from the same club.
Name :
Gender (Female/Male) :
Age Group (Senior/Junior) :
Bow Type (Recurve/Compound/Barebow/Longbow) :
Club Name :
Handicap (1-100) : Classification (3rd, 2nd, 1st, Bowman, M Bowman, GMB) :
Disability (if any) :
GDPR Statement : When you enter this competition, the data captured and the uses of the data is specified in the Archery GB Standard Administrative Procedures. The data includes, but is not limited to, First Name, Surname, Gender, Bow style, Date of Birth / Age category, Email, Club (and ID), County (and ID), Round (unless defined by age), Disabled (Y/N), Disability info. The uses of the entry data include publication of target lists, results sheet and the submission of data for ranking purposes. The data may be shared with Archery GB, tournament organisers, scoring systems and other competitors.
Date: 2nd June 2019
Rounds: Double Two-Way Clout. Record Status with Tassel Awards
Weather: Overcast with sunny intervals, warm, moderate to strong westerly wind
Results List: SCAS Clout Results 2019.pdf
We now have the first inter county tournament under our belt and very successful it was too. For more details click here.
We will be holding a selection shoot for the county team on the 8th of June. We are looking for all bow styles, genders and ages. In particular juniors.
The shoot will be at Clophill`s field behind Clophill Village Hall, Kiln Lane, Clophill, Beds MK45 4DA. 9.00 for a 9.30am start. There will another get together on the 17 August, venue and time to be decided.
The round will be an age appropriate Warwick.
Information Sheet: County Team Invite Warwick Round.docx
Ivy Keating inter county match v Northants
Date: Sunday 19th May 2019
Weather: The weather was fine and sunny to start then cloud with a couple of light rain showers and cooler in the afternoon. Temperature 11-15*C. Wind 4mph
Results:
Recurve Team: Bedfordshire won, with a score of 8154 vs Northants 8017
Team Members: Sarah Russell, Lucy Sellers, Romana Mikulkova-Klein, Martin Gascoigne, David Holmes, Matthew Howard, Mark Anstee and Steve Morley
Compound Team: Bedfordshire won, with a score of 5245 vs Northants 4880
Team Members: Jonathan Goodman, Cathy Barrance, Suzi Bredin and Terry Course
Junior Compound Team: Bedfordshire won, with a score of 2527 vs Northants 2185
Team Members: Daniel Herman and Henry Barrance
Additional thanks to the other members of the county team: Ricardo Veres, Mike Collins, Sunil Kalra, Peter Jupp, Micea Veres, Mike Rumfitt and Bradley Tebbs
Name: BCAA Outdoor Championships
Individual & Club team matches taking place
Date: Sunday 4th August 2019
Rounds: WA720 qualification round, followed by Head to Head matches
Specific arrangements for the Head to Head will depend on entry numbers
Entry Fee: £8 per archer
Entry Form: BCAA Outdoor Championships 2019 Entry Form.docx
N.B: This is a closed event for archers affiliating to BCAA only
Date: 12th May 2019
Rounds: York, Hereford and Bristols
Weather: Dry, sunny am with light broken cloud pm, warm, light south easterly breeze
Results List: Kestrels York Hereford Full Results 2019.docx
Message from the organiser:
I would like to thank all archers for attending our second Record Status and Rose Award York/Hereford/Bristol Tournament. I hope you enjoyed the event, especially the weather, trust that you got home safely and hope to see you all next year. I would like to extend my thanks to the Judges, the Lady Paramount and to all club members and helpers who helped to make the day a successful event .