Chocolate Shoot Results 2011

The results for the Chocolate Shoots 2011 are  here

Leicestershire & Rutland 300 Results released !!

The Leicestershire & Rutland 300 results for 2010-11 have now been released - they are located here

IMPORTANT

Please let us know of any scores you shoot during the year, as this helps in the selection of the junior county team.

The ones we are most interested in are the Bristol and Metric rounds that have record status, but feel free to let us know of any others.

Some of you may feel that you wouldn't be good enough to make this level, but the team gains new members every year and the next one COULD BE YOU…

2011 Sydney Bond Success!!!!

The L&RCAA Junior Archery Team were once again victorious in the East Midlands Inter County Team Competition. This event is the highlight of the junior regional archery calendar with teams from Leicestershire & Rutland, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire all battling to be the best.

The recurve team of Lizzie Warner (Kirby), Amy Curnock (Melton), David Phillips (Kirby), Lucy Colledge (Glen), Zoe Smethurst (Glen), Zak Crawford (Welland), Liam Hannon (Kirby) and Callum Newman (Foxes) regained the prestigious Sydney Bond Trophy to make it eight wins out of the last ten years. They took the lead right from the first dozen and never looked back, beating their nearest rivals (Lincolnshire) by 140 points.

Lizzie Warner was also the leading girl recurve of the tournament with a score of 1226 (max possible = 1296).

On top of this, not only did we regain "our Syd" but he brought a friend with him. The compound team of Georgia Ward (Welland), James Holyland (Welland), James Passingham (Kirby) and Alex Davies (Rutland) put in a fabulous effort to take the Bingham ceramics trophy as well. They were chased all the way to the gold medal position by Lincolnshire, with a final winning margin of 56 points.

Considering the windy conditions the entire L&RCAA team put in a remarkable effort, and as team captain I couldn't be more proud of them.

L&RCAA juniors – truly a force to be afraid of….

As ever I would like to thank the parents, supporters, clubs, coaches and a whole host of helpers from across the county who encourage and motivate our youngsters. You have all played a part in this magnificent victory and you should be as proud as I am of our younger archers and their achievements.

As a final note, this was the last Sydney Bond shoot for Alex, Georgia, Amy and Liam who will have joined the ranks of the seniors next year. You'll be sadly missed, but we wish you all the best at the longer distances.

 Stuart Lowe

Chocolate Shoots

In a bid to get more juniors out of their clubs and shooting in county based competitions it was decided bribery was the best option!

Bribery in the form of CHOCOLATE.

Juniors of any level - just completed a beginners through to county or national level - are encouraged to come along to our Chocolate shoots. The children shoot a national round according to their age and then afterwards shoot at paper plates to win chocolate.

This is a fun event, aimed at getting the youngsters used to shooting a competition in a relaxed atmosphere, and allowing them the chance to get to know other juniors in the county. A big bonding and team building time.

The shoots are FREE - all we need is parent support.

Many members of the Junior County Team came to notice first through the Chocolate shoots. We have an outdoor shoot in April and then three in September which leads to the winning of a team trophy.

Details are sent to club secretary's at the appropriate times.

Leicestershire and Rutland Juniors have a reputation of being a very good team and regularly beat their competitors, we are very proud of them.

If you think your youngster has potential, get them to shoot two of the selection shoots at the start of the outdoor season and put their scores into the Team Captain.

Good Shooting - and remember we want your scores.