Eight members of Ditchling archery club made their way to Blind Veterans archery club on 18th February 2016 to take part in their indoor archery week. All of the Ditchling team shot really well with Jodie claiming a county record. But we lost but only by a close margin of 36 points handicap adjusted.

Full Results Here

Well done to Mike, Jodie Sue and Chris for making the team.

A big thank you to Arundown archery club for putting on another successful shoot on the 7/2/2016. Ben, Jodie, Zara, Kevin and Jack all went a long. Every one that went took away at least one medal.

Ben scored 292 out of 300 to take the gent’s recurve gold. Followed this was a gold in the double round also. Jodie took golds in the Junior ladies Single and doubles and also a bronze for the Ladies Recurve single (1 point between 1st,2nd and 3rd) and Silver for the Ladies double (Equal score but 1 less hit). Zara took gold for the Single and double Junior ladies compound and also Bronze in the Ladies Single and double compound. Kevin finished 8th overall and also pickup a gold for the team with Ben and Jodie.

A nice warm hall this year for the Guildford indoor WA25 on the 17th January 2016. The morning started of with snow falling in Sussex. Most of the east and north saw a few inches. The snow wasn’t a problem in Surrey though and by mid morning it had all but gone. Petra, Jodie and Ben represented Ditchling at this event.

Petra came away with a silver for the double ladies recurve, Jodie got Bronze for the Junior ladies recurve and Ben finished 10th.

Jodie and Jack went to the JNIC at a new location of Stoneleigh park. This was a very big occasion for Jodie as she had been selected to shoot for the England team. Also on the England team from Sussex were Marc Charlesworth and Kai Thomas-Prause. The England team cam second to Scotland by 1 point. Jodie came 12th overall with a score of 534, a bit behind her PB but that could be the pressure telling. Jack came 7th in the U16 junior gents compound. A very good venue for this event this year the lighting was a bit better than previous years but there was much more space. The venue also hosted the indoor back to back where Petra shot. This was shot in mini leagues and Petra won 2 of her 6 matches but this wasn’t enough to get through to the next round.