Ditchling Archery Club

Welcome to the website of Ditchling AC.

We are a thriving archery club in mid-Sussex with a current membership of around 50, which includes compound, recurve, recurve barebow and longbow archers. Many of our members have represented Sussex and enjoyed success in recent county championships, while we have five qualified coaches - three of whom are County coaches - to assist newcomers to the club.

We shoot year round in pleasant surroundings at Ditchling Recreation Ground, taking part in the Sussex County Albion League and the Selby Postal League during the Summer months. During the Indoor season from October to March our compound and recurve teams compete in the BA Postal League. Members also take part in open shoots run by archery clubs in Sussex and its neighbouring counties. There are, however, also many archers among our numbers who shoot for nothing but pleasure. Anyone, providing they have completed a recognised beginners course and they adhere to the GNAS motto of Union, Trueheart and Courtesie, is welcome to shoot with us.

Our website provides information about where we shoot, membership fees, our coaching team and our shooting calendar, together with regular updates on the club's activities and its progress in various competitions throughout the year. You will find relevant contact information on the site's pages or you can e-mail the webmaster, who will forward your enquiry to the appropriate person.

Indoor Championship Results for 2011-2012

March 21st, 2012

Please find the result for the Ditchling Archery Club Indoor Championships for the 2011 – 2012 sesion.

Well done to all that won and a thank you to all those who took part.

Results-> Ditchling Archery Club Indoor champs 2012

March 2nd, 2012

Please find the entry form for this years Ditching AC family Windsor shoot. Lets hope the weather is better than last year. It is on Sunday 10th June 2012.
We hope to see you there.

Windsor Entry Form 2012

 

Club Indoor Championships

February 16th, 2012

The Indoor Championships will be held at Ardingly on Sunday March 18th and the scores will be used for the BA Postal Portsmouth. There will be 2 sessions, 9.45am start and 12.45pm start approx,. so please make sure you arrive at least 30 minutes before to help with set-up. This gives up to 40 places, so please let Bob know which one you wish to shoot in.
The presentation of cups etc will be at approx. 3.30pm, so all winners from last year must return trophies before this date if possible.

St. Dunstan’s Match

February 11th, 2012

Well it must have been the first time an indoor match was cut short because of snow. A decision was made to stop the Fita 25 after 4 dozen, as it looked like conditions were going to make our journey home tricky.
The final result was a Win for St. D’s, but our best handicap-adjusted scorers were Jodie, Sam, Howard and Petra. Petra shot her socks off, or should that be tights, reaching 408 (I think) after 4 dozen.
We have 2 other matches against them later in the year, so look out for the details.

 Team    Score  Adj Score        
1 Sam Griffin  234 1417        
2 Howard Griffin 377 1377    
3 Jodie Green 262 1341    
4 Perta Ginman 408 1338    
  Totals 1281 5473    

BA Results for January

February 2nd, 2012

I’ve now received all the results for January and we managed to win all of the Recurve matches, but lost both the Compound matches. This means that after 3 months, all the teams have won 2 out of 3 matches, apart from the Junior Portsmouth team, so it’s crucial that we get as many as possible to shoot in the last two months. The next Portsmouth match is on February 12th ( numbers limited to 20 ) and Frostbite on February 19th, weather permitting.
Bob

BA Postal Results

January 1st, 2012

As soon as all the results are available, they will be posted on here, but December has been a good month, with wins for all 3 Frostbite teams and wins for Compound, Recurve A and Recurve B Portsmouth teams.
The next match will be a Frostbite on Sunday January 8 (weather permitting), so let’s hope we get a good turn-out – 9.30 for a 10.0am start.

All the November results and league positions are now available on :- http://www.bapostalleague.co.uk/

BA Postal League

November 8th, 2011

We had a good turn-out for the first Frostbite match on sunday, with 25 archers taking place. The three teams that we have entered this year, all achieved good scores, with Compound at 1010, Recurve A at 924 and Recurve B at 837. The new BA Divisions and Division Scores are now on their website – bapostalleague.co.uk – for anyone wishing to find out more. The Juniors shot 3 dozen at 20m or 10m and these scores will be used for the new SCAA Winter Postal Leagues, which run from November to March, as do the the BA Postal Leagues.

Selby League

October 15th, 2011

The final league tables are now out and our recurve and compound teams didn’t do as well this year, but the longbow team have finished top of their division.Final Selby tables 2011

BA Postal Leagues

October 10th, 2011

The winter season is just starting and as usual, we have entered teams in the BA Portsmouth and Frostbite Leagues. We have 2 Recurve and 1 Compound team in each and in addition this year, a Junior Portsmouth team. Teams are made up from the top 3 scores in each catagory, recurve B being the next 3 highest. Details of dates etc can be seen on the Shooting Calendar.

St. Dunstans Match

September 3rd, 2011

The 3-way match today, between St.Dunstans, Ditchling and Newhaven finished in that order, total scores being 5992, 5919 and 5770. The team for Ditchling was Suzanne (1502), Jonathon (1486), Howard (1469) and Murray (1462). Well done to everyone and also Ben, for a new club record of 842 recurve and John 519 longbow.

Bob

Also Well done to Jodie with A new record of 656  and Petra with 788 beating the old record by 316 points Well done.

Ben