On the weekend of the 15th and 16th June 2024 Peacock Archers held their annual World Archery weekend. This year saw a venue change, where we moved to a very nice field on the site of the Jolly Archers (but not on the normal Jolly Archers field).
Saturday saw World Archery distances of 70m for recurve and longbow and 50m for barebow and compound. A single 72 arrow qualifying round was shot before lunch with the head to heads happening after lunch. The morning was breezy but the wind really picked up in the afternoon. Unfortunately Jordan, Daniel and Pete went out in the first round, although Pete put up a fight and took his match all the way to a single arrow ‘closest to the centre’ shoot off. A memorable day, if not for the torrential thunder, lightning and hail storm that we had during shooting.
Sunday was a double WA 720 round incorporating the Cambridgeshire Outdoor County Shoot. There were many varied distances including 70m, 60m, 50m and shorter distances for the juniors. Overall a busier day than the Saturday (maybe because of more distances on offer), Paul was shooting 70m, with Daniel and Jordan on 50m. A lot better day weather wise and in the end Ely Archers came away with 2 medals in the County shoot:
2nd Cambs County Mens Barebow – Daniel
3rd Cambs County Mens Recurve – Paul
WA Weekend Saturday Rain and Hail