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.

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.

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

Albion Match v Worthing

August 10th, 2011

The Albion against Worthing on Sunday August 21 was a win for Worthing. The weather was good, the turn-out was pretty good and everyone shot well, but unfortunately, they were too good for us on the day. The Team Results, with adjustments for bowstyle, are as follows :-

Ditchling – Ben 806, John 796, Taff 736, Petra 729  – Total 3067

Worthing – Garry Kinghorn 858, Bryony Pitman 834, Gordon Parker 814, Dave Phillips 805  – Total  3311

Other results were :-

Albion  – Bob 726, Iain 686, Lindsey 652, Howard 628, Cliff 199 (Longbow)

Windsor  – Felicity 681, Tony 635, Sam 582

Junior Windsor – Abi 768

Short Junior Windsor – Murray 603
Bob.

Selby League Results

August 3rd, 2011

The results for June were a bit disappointing, as we lost both the Recurve matches and the Compound match.The Longbow team, however had better luck as their opposing team Harlequin, did not put in a score.
The results for July should all be in soon, but in the meantime, we have another match this sunday ( 14th August ), so I hope as many as possible will turn up to shoot. Please arrive early to help set up, as the match should start by 10am.

Club Outdoor champsionships 2011

July 31st, 2011

Please find the results for the 2011 Outdoor club championships.

Ditchling-Archery-Club-Outdoor champs-2011

 

Albion Match against Plumpton

July 17th, 2011

The first Albion match this year ended in a win for Plumpton, 2092 to 1804.
The weather was pretty horrible, with heavy showers on and off from the start and after 6 dozen, we decided to abandon the match, because of prolonged heavy rain and rumbles of thunder. The adjustments for compound and barebow were reduced to -66 and +120, as only 6 of the 9 dozen arrows were shot and the final team scores were as follows :-
Plumpton -
Alan 550 (C), Martin 524 (C), Dave 512 (C), Steve 506 (R)
Ditchling –
John 471 (BB), Bob 463 (R), Ben 453 (R), Taff 417 (R)

Lets hope we do better against Worthing next month and that the weather is much better too.

Bob

BA Postal Results At Last

July 12th, 2011

A win for Recurve A Portsmouth and two seconds For Recurve B .

Here are the result for the Ditchling teams.

  Compound Frostbite            
Pos Division 12 S W D L Score T
1 Bowmen of Wadebridge  5 12 0 1 4598 13
2 Pendle & Samlesbury CF C  5 9 0 2 4553 11
3 Ditchling A.C.  5 9 0 2 3473 11
4 Pastures C of A  4 6 2 1 2819 9
5 St. Georges A.C. A  5 3 2 3 4266 8
6 Assheton B`men B  2 3 0 1 1546 4
               
  Compound Portsmouth            
Pos Division 19 S W D L Score T
1 Colchester  5 15 0 0 8373 15
2 Archers of East Riding  5 12 0 1 8157 13
3 Dunstable Bowmen B  5 9 0 2 8206 11
4 Trackside Archers  5 6 0 3 7761 9
5 Ditchling A.C.  4 3 0 3 5454 6
6 Assheton B`men B  1 0 0 1 561 1
               
  Recurve Portsmouth Team A          
Pos Division 34 S W D L Score T
1 Ditchling A.C. A  5 12 0 1 8045 13
2 Pilgrim B`men Boston A  5 12 0 1 7816 13
3 Blundellsands Archers A  5 9 0 2 7945 11
4 WAMDSAD A  5 9 0 2 7829 11
5 Whiteleaf B`men B  5 3 0 4 7899 7
6 Droitwich A.S. C  5 0 0 5 6739 5
               
  Recurve Portsmouth Team B          
Pos Division 52 S W D L Score T
1 Holbrook Archers C  5 12 0 1 7335 13
2 Ditchling A.C. B  5 12 0 1 7295 13
3 Whitburn Archers C  5 6 0 3 7078 9
4 Redhill Archers D  5 6 0 3 6964 9
5 Beacon Archers A  4 6 0 2 5953 8
6 Melton Mowbray A.C. B  5 3 0 4 7350 7
               
  Recurve Frostbite Team A            
Pos Division 15 S W D L Score T
1 St. Georges A.C. A  5 15 0 0 4661 15
2 Derbyshire A.C. A  5 9 0 2 4505 11
3 Meriden A.C. C  5 9 0 2 4461 11
4 Ditchling A.C. A  5 9 0 2 4390 11
5 Pendle & Samlesbury F C  5 3 0 4 4117 7
6 Kirby Muxloe A.C. A  5 0 0 5 4313 5
               
  Recurve Frostbite Team B            
Pos Division 34 S W D L Score T
1 Pinner B`men B  5 15 0 0 3428 15
2 Ditchling A.C. B  5 12 0 1 3201 13
3 Brampton/ Wyton Archers  5 9 0 2 3716 11
4 Pendle & Samlesbury F F  4 6 0 2 1788 8
5 White Rose Archers C  5 3 0 4 2923 7
6 Winnington Park B`men B  5 0 0 5 2677 5

Well done all who shot