Last weekend Isle of Man Archery Club members Lesley and Rodger Sleight both won their classes in the English Field Archery Championships held in Kendal. Rodger won the Traditional class and Lesley the American Flatbow Class. The weather was extremely poor with continuous rain on the Saturday and very muddy conditions on the Sunday.
Despite the conditions Lesley managed to achieve a 3rd consideration score for selection for the Great Britain 3D Archery Team. Lesley will now have to wait until after the May to see if she has secured a place on the team.
Bowderyn Vannin Field shoot
On Sunday seven field archers competed on a 20 face target round at Bushy’s Glen. John Corkill had the highest score of the day with his Barebow Compound; shooting a very good 334 points .In the American Flatbow Class Lesley Sleight scored the second highest score of the day with a score of 286 with Steve Farrar 186. Rodger Sleight shooting Hunting Tackle scored 284 ; the 3rd highest score of the day. In the Barebow Class Richard Killey scored 280, Edith Bankes-Jones 198 and Peter Hayes 122 (latter shooting 13 targets).
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