London Youth Games 2018
Monika Feterlich • July 17, 2018
The
2018 London Youth Games archery competition took place on the 7th of
July. The best young london archers competed at the Crystal Palace
National Sports Centre shooting Windsor, Short Windsor and Junior
Windsor rounds. The London Youth Games is Europe's largest youth sports
festival. It is now a season of events taking place over 9 months
including both School and Community Competitions across 30 different
sports. The competitions are part of the national School Games
Programme. This year's archery competition was won by Wandsworth with
Havering in second and Merton in the third place. Special
congratulations to Henry (Merton) for scoring the highest
score of the competition and Cameron (Wandsworth) for setting the new
all time record in his category. The Fighting Spirit goes to Bromley
team that despite founding itself short of a team member on the day of
the shoot still tried to battle it out with three of the four members
and managed 12th place. Congratulations:)
A huge congratulations to our brilliant junior archers who competed at the Junior Nationals on 6/7th July! Barebow Mens Under 18: Zachariya - silver Barebow Women Under 15: Halimah - silver, silver Barebow Men Under 12: Seba - gold, silver Recurve Women Under 12: Antonia - bronze Barebow Women Under 14: Maia - bronze
The Archery GB Junior National Indoor Championships took place on Sunday 3rd December at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. County of London was represented by thirteen archers shooting in recurve, barebow and longbow categories. Our archers won four Gold, two Silver and two Bronze medals. Congratulations.
A huge congratulations to our archer Andrea Thomas for winning the silver medal at the IBSA World Blind Games 2023! Details on the ArcheryGB website: https://archerygb.org/news/six-medals-for-gb-at-the-isba-world-blind-games
On 1-2 July, a windy but bright Lilleshall played host to the 2023 Junior Nationals. Over 200 youth archers from across the country came together to compete. The blustery conditions failed to dampen Southfields Archers spirits however, winning a number of medals and Sebastian being crowned the Under 12 Compound National Champion. Sebastian – Gold and National Champion (Bristol 5 and Metric 5 Men U12 Compound) Halimah – Silver and Bronze (Bristol 4 and Metric 4 Women U14 Barebow) Yahia – Bronze (Metric 5 Men U12 Barebow). A great achievement and congratulations to all our juniors who took part over the weekend.
National Indoor Championship in December 2022 done Well done everyone on Archery Fit team - a few PBs & getting into the head-to-head rounds! Special congratulations to our Samuel (11 y.o. junior athlete) to become the GB gold medallist with longbow (juniors under 12) and come 2nd overall (losing to the 17 y.o. archer), setting a new London record with solid 320 points!
The 2022 International Open Visually Impaired Archery Championships took place on the 22nd to the 25th September in Andorra, Spain. It was a four day event incorporating the VI Outdoor Championships, the VI Indoor Championships and the VI Team Championships. London archer, Andrea Thomas represented Great Britain as a member of the visually impaired archery team, winning three medals: Individual Gold at the Outdoor Championships Team Silver and Individual Gold at the Indoor Championships. During the VI Pairs Match, Andrea and her team partner Stuart beat the World VI Champions in the semi-final in order to advance to the Gold medal match, in which they won Silver. On top of this Andrea managed to set a new County record, scoring 427 points in the VI WA18 round. The CLAA is hugely proud of Andrea’s achievements and we send our heartfelt congratulations.
Woking Archery Club's annual tournament, the WAC Open, saw a weekend of great shooting and a number of medals won by CLAA archers. William and Slawek won Silver and Bronze in York recurve category, Sarah won Bronze in Hereford recurve, Monika Gold in Hereford barebow, and Sarah Silver in Bristol 3 recurve. Congratulations to all our amazing archers.
The County of London has a new judge. Erin Barkway has completed her training becoming the very first archery judge from our County. Erin is an active member of the CLAA board and is a compound bow shooter. When asked about her hobby, she replied: "My journey in archery has only just begun. What started off with a 2 hour training session in South Africa, 10 years later has become a passion of mine. Archery is more than just a sport to me, it has become part of my life. Over the years archers could normally find me competing on the shooting line at an array of clubs and tournaments, and now also on the other side of the shooting line as a London Candidate Judge. Archery has been rewarding to me in so many ways and I am happy to be able to give back and grow with the sport. Who knows where my archery adventure will take me. See you on the field". Congratulations Erin!
Continuing what was a very busy weekend for London juniors, the 2022 Junior National Outdoor Championships were held on 2 and 3 July at the National Sports Centre (Lilleshall). Two hundred archers representing England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland competed in the metric rounds on Saturday and imperial rounds on Sunday. Our County was represented by eight archers shooting in recurve and barebow categories. After an exciting eight hours of competition, our juniors won six medals in total. Halimah shooting barebow won two golds in the competition (Metric 4 and Bristol 4), Cameron won silver in Bristol 2 recurve, Sarah won bronze in Bristol 4 recurve, Artemi won bronze and Sebastian silver (both in Bristol 4 barebow). This is the most successful Nationals (so far), testament to our developing junior team. A huge congratulations to all who took part.
The 2022 London Youth Games archery competition took place on 2 of July. This year’s competition was won by Wandsworth. Congratulations to all our junior archers!