Bedfordshire County Archery Association – 2024 Outdoor County Championships including the
3-Way Bedfordshire vs. Buckinghamshire vs. Northamptonshire Inter-County Postal Competition
At the BCAA Committee Meeting in July it was agreed that this year’s County Championships will be a postal WA 900 competition to be shot during the weekend of Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th August 2024. The shoot will also incorporate a 3-way inter-county postal competition.
As we have yet to finally organise a county equipment store at a shooting venue, this gives us the best opportunity to hold the County Championships this year. A postal competition makes the event easily accessible to all archers in the County, and provides a round that is a little bit out of the ordinary and appealing to all age groups.
By shooting a postal competition, we have no need to book a field, and club archers can shoot at their own familiar ground. You have a choice of days when the round can be shot. The WA 900 round is 2½ dozen arrows shot at three distances making a total of 7½ dozen shot at the large 122-cm face, 10-zone scoring (90 arrows scoring a maximum of 900). We have thought about the distances involved and have come up with a suite of shorter rounds suitable for all age groups. We desperately need the help of junior archers, all bow types, and both genders.
Please use the attached score sheet.
2024 County Champs WA900 Score Sheet
It includes the distances that the juniors will be shooting. Please cross-score so that you do not record your own arrow values. There is a “J” column but as it’s a postal round there may not be a judge present to initial any arrow value changes. Either elect a club “judge” or get a fellow archer on your boss to initial any changes.
All scores (but not the actual score sheets) must be submitted to the County Chairman (chairman@archerybeds.com) by end of day on Friday 23rd August. Archers may shoot one round on the Saturday or Sunday, not BOTH days, and with only one bow style. Please list in the club’s results:
archer name, M/F, bow style, age group, round shot, score, 10s + Xs, and Xs.
Clubs which are unable to shoot outdoors are invited to request help from their neighbouring clubs.
The County Champions will be presented with medals at the BCAA AGM in November. Record claims for the postal round may be made in the normal way. The results will be used to create teams for the inter-county 3-way competition – so your score may be doubly important!
Best wishes and good luck.
Mike
Mike Collins
BCAA Chairman
