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.

November Challange

March 18th, 2011

 Some of the Ditchling Juniors took part in GNAS’s November challenge and here are the results.
Well done especially to Emily who came first in JLU14 Barebow and Jodie who came third in JLU12 Recuve.

Junior Gentlemen Under 16 Recurve (70) Score Hits Golds
56 Michael Awang   181 31 1
Junior Gentlemen Under 12 Recurve(76)      
63 Robert Sillett   123 25 0
Junior Ladies Under 14 Recurve(31)      
26 Abigail Goacher   181 32 1
Junior Ladies Under 12 Recurve(27)      
3 Jodie Green   267 36 4
25 Zara Green   89 20 0
Junior Gentlemen Under 16 Longbow (4)      
4 Patrick Coleman   38 10 0
Junior Ladies Under 14 Barebow (7)      
1 Emily Darling   226 36 1
             

Many thanks to Bob for organising this event.
The numbers in () are the number in each class.

Report from the SCAS SCAA indoor at K2

March 16th, 2011

Here is a report for the ditchling archers that took part in the SCAS SCAA indoor championships at the K2 on Sunday 6th March 2011

Southern Counties and Sussex County 2011

Ditchling Archery Clubs Windsor shoot.

March 15th, 2011

The entry form for the Ditchling archery clubs annual Windsor shoot is now avaiable from the Windsor shoot page under news.
Windsor Shoot

Photos From K2

March 12th, 2011

Some Photos From Sunday’s SCAS Indoor Championships at K2 On Sunday 6th March.

K2 Team

Above Tim, Petra, Hannelore, John, Pete, Garry, Bob and Ben.
The above shot in the Fita18 team event.

K2 Ditchling line up

 
Ditchling on the line in the individual Portsmouth competition.
Bob, Ben, Petra and Abi. Also shooting were Cliff John and Tim.

K2 equipment line

A photo along the equipment line. You had to be very careful where you put your feet.

February Postal Results

March 2nd, 2011

Well not so good this month, with only 2 wins. Where have all the compounds gone?
FROSTBITE
Compound v Bowmen of Wadebridge – LOST 403-1017
Recurve A v Derbyshire AC A – LOST 874-895
Recurve B v Winnington Park Bowmen B – WON 790-772
PORTSMOUTH
Compound v Trackside Archers – LOST 0-1590
Recurve A v Blundellsands Archers A – LOST 1604-1614
Recurve B v Redhill Archers D – WON 1379-1273

March Frostbite

February 23rd, 2011

Frostbites are usually shot on the first sunday of the month, unless the weather is horrible. On March 6th, several of our regulars are entered in the Sussex Championships at K2, so the next Frostbite will be on Sunday March 13th. Hope to see you all there.
Bob

Club Indoor Championships 2011

February 21st, 2011

The 2011 Club Indoor Champs will be held on Mar. 20th ;  9:00 – 16:00

Morning session – arrive 9.0 am for set-up, sighters about 9.45am
Afternoon session – arrive 12.15pm for face-changing, sighters about 12.45pm
Presentation – about 3.30pm, when all bosses and nets have been put away and results calculated.

If you wish to shoot, please let Bob know which session is preferred, so they are not over-subscribed. We can only get a maximum of 20 archers per session and so far there are 17  for the 1st and 17 for the 2nd.
If there are spaces, a second round can be shot, although it won’t count in either the Club Champs or Postal league.

This also duplicates as the March Postal Portsmouth, so the scores are used for the team scores.

Entries so far -

Morning Session – John, Phil, Ben, Bob, Cliff, Abi, Tony, Sheila, Tim, Annette, Michael, Simon, Jonathon, Colin, Lindsey, Iain, Hanne.

Afternoon Session – John, Jodie, Zara, Petra, Patrick, Beth, Garry, Robert, Pete, Howard, Sam, Rick, Tanya ?, Cliff(2), Bob(2), Tim(2), Susanne

BA Postal up to February 2011

February 20th, 2011

Here are the latest results for the BA Postal league matches Updated 2nd Of March

A Big thank you to all that turn out today. I know that the weather didn’t make shooting that pleasant. It was very damp and by the first dozen I think that most would have preferred to be at home with a nice cup of tea. One more round to go.

Here are the results so far

Frostbite and Portsmouth Fixtures

St Dunstans Fita 25 Handicap shoot

February 16th, 2011

On Saturday 12th February a small number of Ditchlings archers went to St Dunstans. The round was a Fita 25.
The scores were adjusted for current handicaps and the team was.

Jodie 1505, Howard 1457, Jonathan G 1455 and Ben 1428 making a total of 5845. Unfortunalty we were beaten by the team from St Dunstans, they scored 5877, 32 points a head.

A good win for St Dunstans as we have beaten them on the last 3 matches.

Robin Hoods

February 16th, 2011

On Tuesday night Ben shot his first Robin Hood
A score of 3 tens for that end.

Robin Hood 1

 

A good shot

Robin Hood 2