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.

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), Suzanne

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

Summary of BA Postal leauge so far

February 6th, 2011

Here is a summery of the results so far.

It is in an excel sheet with the scores of the archers who made up the teams as well.

Frostbite and Portsmouth Fixtures

Ben

January Postal Results

January 31st, 2011

We managed to win 5 matches out of 6 this month and the results are as follows : -
FROSTBITE
Compound v Pendle & Samlesbury CF C – WON 998-944
Recurve A v Pendle & Samlesbury F C – WON 865-855
Recurve B v Pendle & Samlesbury F F – WON 392-242
PORTSMOUTH
Compound v Dunstable Bowmen B – LOST 1612-1630
Recurve A v Whiteleaf Bowmen B – WON 1585-1563
Recurve B v Whitburn Archers C – WON 1453-1423
Recurve A

December Postal Results

January 6th, 2011

Another pretty good set of results, but it would be good if more people took part, which would give us an even better chance of good scores. December’s results are as follows:-
FROSTBITE
Compound v Assheton Bowmen B – Won 624-0
Recurve A v Meriden AC A – Won 877-877 (15 golds to 7 )
Recurve B v Pinner Bowmen B – Lost 466-725
PORTSMOUTH
Compound v Colchester – Lost 1112-1666
Recurve A v WAMDSAD A – Won 1620-1605
Recurve B v Melton Mowbray AC B Won 1498-1473

St. Dunstan’s shoot

January 3rd, 2011

On Feb 12th, we have a match against St Dunstans, which will be a Fita 25 shot in two sessions, morning and afternoon.
There is limited space and they can only accomodate us bringing 6-8 archers per session, so anyone interested please let Bob know asap.

BA Postal League

December 23rd, 2010

I now have all the results for November’s Portsmouth and Frostbite matches :-
Portsmouth -
Compound v Assheton B – WON 1110-0
Recurve A v Droitwich C – WON 1605-1515
Recurve B v Holbrook C – LOST 1420-1493
Frostbite -
Compound v St.Georges A – WON 994-966
Recurve A v St.Georges A – LOST 868-916
Recurve B v Brampton/Wyton – WON 767-727

Sunday Portsmouth League dates 2010/11

November 27th, 2010

Sunday Portsmouth League – Ardingly College,  9:00 – 12:00;
Dec.12, Jan. 30, Feb. 13, Mar. 20