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The Story of LancashireArchery Association

The Story of Lancashire Archery Association

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

Writing this history of the first years of Lancashire Archery Association has been aninteresting but not necessarily straightforward task. To do it I needed to search through

all the Minutes so I could decide what to leave out and what to put in. I have tried tosingle out happenings or decisions which influenced the work of LAA and also give

details of individuals who have helped with the Association's progress.

So many archers have served Lancashire 'beyond the call of duty' that I may have leftsomeone out. If so, please forgive me.

At the end of the main account are summaries of the development of Field and Cloutshooting and so on.

Finally there are several appendices which I hope you will find both Interesting andsurprising.

Sheila D Kemp, Bowmen of Overdale April 2004

Who is going to do the next 50 years ?

IT'S B'GINNINGSIT�S BEGINNINGS

I believe it is true to say, that before thesecond world war, there were fewer thanhalf a dozen archery clubs in existence inLancashire, namely Mersey Bowmen,Bowmen of Pendle and Samlesbury, Barnacre Archers (Garstang), John o'Gaunt Bowmen (Lancaster), and NorthLonsdale A C .

The end of the war brought about a bigchange. Sports clubs of all disciplinessprang up everywhere and archery was noexception. The pre-war clubs weregoverned by the Grand National ArcherySociety which had been in existence froml844, I think, then later the regionalsocieties were formed, in our case theNorthern Counties Archery Association.

It was a natural progression, as thenumber of clubs grew, that countyassociations would appear, and so theLancashire and Cheshire ArcheryAssociation drew its first breath onOctober 7th 1950 at the YMCA inManchester. During the four years it wasin being it organised inter-countymatches and an annual Championships.For the latter it amassed an impressivearray of trophies.

Clubs were invited to form a league, shooting the short rounds of National and Westerns.Consequently archers in both counties got together in friendly rivalry in a way they probablywouldn't have done otherwise.

Inevitably, though, as numbers grew, the possibility of splitting the L & C AA into separatecounty associations became a reality. A letter to the Lancashire clubs on March 6th 1954announced a meeting to be held in Samlesbury Hall. The object of the meeting is to examine thepossibilities of forming a Lancashire Archery Association 'owing to suggestions that Cheshiredesire to break away,' Forty-four archers from twelve clubs attended the meeting at which FrankMiles (Wendy Hodkinson'-s father) took the chair.

The Minutes reveal that there was general agreement with Cheshire's suggestion, and Mr JohnYates of Pendle and Samlesbury eventually proposed that if Cheshire was still in agreement tobreak away the Lancashire Archery Association should be formed.

This was seconded by Major Phillips, also of Pendle & Samlesbury and the proposal was carried. Having taken a big step forward the meeting then took another. It elected a provisional body ofofficers and committee to do whatever was necessary before the split became official.

1The Story of Lancashire Archery Association

FRANK MILES

The twelve clubs represented at thismeeting were :Miles Archers (6) Leyland Archery Club (3) Preston Archers (1) Mullards Archery Section (6)Bowmen of Overdale (1) Bowmen of Pendle & Samlesbuy (7)Grasshoppers A. Club (1) Walverden Bowmen (3) Darwen Archery Club (8) Barnacre Archers (3)Bowmen of Ghyll (1) Grange & Allithwaite Archers (4)This club was welcomed into LAAbecause of its close proximity toLancashire, although it was inCumbria.

The names of the Founder Membersare listed in the Minutes but manywere written in pencil and are nowillegible. To the best of my knowledgeonly one person on the list is stilldrawing her bow and that is WendyHodkinson or Wendy Miles as she wasthen.

Cheshire archers, of course, held their own meetings and by mutual agreement the new countyAssociations came into being on November 1 st 1954.

The new Treasurer, previously elected provisionally, asked for clubs to send two shillings andsixpence. Whether this was per head or per club is not made clear in the Minutes but presumablyit was per head! Secretaries were asked to approach suitable members to be Vice-presidents at acost of £1.00 per year.

Next on the agenda was the need for a badge to establish theCounty's identity.

Members were asked to submit designs or ideas and eight were puton show at the 1955 LAA Championships in Blackpool.

Lancashire Archers were asked to vote on them. There was a clearwinner - 64 votes out of 92 - and the Minutes describe it asfollows : It is shield-shaped with a black background on which isan arm holding an arrow raised horizontally. It also features aLancashire Rose and the words Lancashire Archery Association.

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BARBARA FIELDING - RON BISHOP - REG TIMMS& PAULINE BISHOP

IT'S B'GINNINGSIT�S BEGINNINGS

Obviously the joint LCAA and LAA trophies had to be sorted out and the first step was to returndonated trophies to their donors. Coming back to Lancashire were two Best Gold Target trophiesmade by J Cooper, the Hilton Arrow ( a valuable antique dating from 1853 ) which had originallybelonged to Cheetham Hill Archers in Manchester, long since disbanded.

The Arrow had been presented to LAA by Mrs Elsie Morris, great-aunt of myself, Sheila D Kemp ,soon after I began shooting. There were also two Team Shields and the Junior Cups, all of whichhad been given by Frank Miles.Cheshire kept the Ladies Rosebowl but paid half its value to LAA (£20) and Frank Miles asgenerous as ever gave Lancashire the very handsome Rosebowl it now has.

1955During 1955 the Association gradually got itself organised. Mr. T R Walker of Bowmen ofOverdale took the chair, Mr S Walton of Preston Archers was secretary and Mr John F Waring ofBowmen of Overdale was Treasurer.

Matches versus Cheshire and Yorkshire were arranged, as were the first LAA Championships inBlackpool. A suggestion was made that a letter should be sent to the Queen's Duchy of Lancasterrepresentative, asking if a member of the Royal Family could be Lady Paramount, thus makingthe Championships a Royal Tournament. Not unexpectedly the reply declined graciously!

The 1955 AGM saw the re-election of its Officers, and the formation of a League in which sevenclubs participated. The seven were Crosby, Liverpool, Leyland, Urmston, Bowmen of Birch andBowmen of Overdale. Short rounds were shot on the first Sunday of the month. These matchesenabled archers to get to know each other for there were few tournaments at this time.

An indoor shoot followed by a dinner was arranged, but there are no details in the Minutesabout where it was held.

1956Here was the first mention of the formation of a Lancashire Coaching Group and it was given agrant of £5.00 to start it off.

The Championships were held in Moor Park, Preston. I seem to remember that some children ranoff with arrows from behind the bosses. Safety rules were not what they are now !

The weekend League was won by Leyland Bowmen.

1957From now on this account will consist of decisions taken at AGMs mainly and several Appendicesat the back. Most of the County's work is routine.

1958Frank K Miles, who had been such a stalwart member of the LCAA and later the LAA resigned.He was shortly to be presented with a clock in recognition of his services, both as Chairman andPresident.


GETTING ESTABLISHEDGETTING ESTABLISHED

1959AGM 53 people attended, representing 13 clubs.

June Heywood from Overdale shot for Great Britain in the World Championships in Stockholm.

In the years to come, many Lancashire archers, particularly field archers, have shot for Britain,but not all seem to be mentioned in the Minutes. Those who are will be mentioned here.

1960Cumberland joined Cheshireand Yorkshire as ouropponents in County matches.

The Isle of Man becameaffiliated to LAA.

Our first Open FitaTournament was held.

There was much discussionabout having IndoorChampionships but no finalsteps were taken.

1961It was decided to have aLancashire Weekend with theOpen Fita on Saturday,followed by the York /Hereford and Junior RoundsChampionships on Sunday.This arrangement hascontinued ever since.

June Heywood and Ron Bishop shot for Britain in the World Championships in Oslo.

Decision was taken to make the Coaching Group entirely separate from LAA except for theappointment of the Chief Coach.

John F Waring of Overdale was elected President.

1962The AGM was attended by 47 people, representing 23 clubs.

Jack Pownall was elected Chief CountyCoach.


MARY PRIESTMAN - SHEILA D KEMP AND FRED DILLON


1963A request was received from Natal AA in South Africa, saying that they would like to have anannual postal match with us. Their secretary is a Lancastrian, perhaps feeling a little homesick!The matches were arranged and continued for many years. Badges were exchanged.By this time LAA was shooting matches with Scotland and North Wales as well as with Cheshireand Yorkshire. Eventually the Scottish match was discontinued owing to the travelling problemsinvolved.

Now a major change took place. It was decided to give the Association a new badge and a designbased on the LAA FITA medals with the 'look alike' Victoria Cross style shape was adopted.

Sheila Kemp and Ron Bishop shot for Britain in the World Championships in Helsinki.

1965A County Records Officer was appointed, J B Chapman of Parrswood produced his first listincluding the following scores, just to give an idea of the standards at that time.Single FITA R P Bishop 1131 June Heywood 1065 Sheila Kemp 1065Double Fita Percy Raggio 2130 June Heywood 2121Single York Ron Bishop 978Single Hereford Sheila Kemp 1000Double York Ron Bishop 1934Double Hereford Sheila Kemp 1929

1966At the AGM it was agreed that Presidents and Chairmen, on their retirement, should becomeVice-presidents, in order to provide the county with the benefit of their experience.

the late sixties and early seventies several of the FITA tournaments were shot over two days.FITA rules allowed this, but it was not generally popular, and in 1972 falling numbers brought areturn to the one day shoot.

1969Sheila Tunnicliffe (nee McGrath) and Ron Bishop, both of Sefton Hospital A C, shot for Britain inthe European Championships.

1971This was the year when Britain hosted the World Championships in York, and Ron Bishop wasagain in the British Team. Lancashire archers were to be found in every aspect of support, settingout the ground, scoring for the competitors, and producing results list and the final awards.

GNAS had asked clubs and counties to give suitable prizes and LAA gave two Silver cups.

Miles Archers gave Lancashire a very handsome medallion for the President to wear on formaloccasions.



1972Falling numbers in the 2-day Fita caused it to revert back to the more usual one -day shoot.

Barbara Fielding and Trevor Bentham shot for Britain in Field Championships and Ron Bishop inthe Target Championships.

Barbara Fielding was elected the LAA's first Field Officer.

An Indoor Shoot was arranged , the venue to be Skelmersdale Sports Centre.

1973Should archers shooting for the County be offered expenses ? This was a sensitive area and was abig issue at the AGM, It was eventually agreed that when a match is outside the home environsthe archers should be offered nominal travel and if necessary, overnight stay expenses.

1974This was the year when LAA realised that the list of Officers elected yearly at the AGM needed tobe extended. Previously all Tournaments had been organised by the Secretary who did all thepaperwork involved. The ground arrangements were carried out by willing, or unwillingvolunteers, usually the more regular members of the Committee. This arrangement had workedsatisfactorily when County tournaments were few in number but since the advent of Fita Starshoots, Indoor and Field shoots and more County shoots, it was obvious that a TournamentSecretary was urgently needed.

Wendy Hodkinson bravely took on this position.



JOHN BOTTOMLEY - GERRY STEVENSON - HILDA HANLON (CHES) - CES PRIESTMAN RICHARD PRIESTMAN - MARY PRIESTMAN - PAM STRETTLE & CHRIS STEVENSON

11997744 CCoonnttiinnuueeddAt this time the County had 25 clubs and over 550 archers. One club was mainly Field, the otherswere Target. Many had access to Indoor facilities of one kind or another, a few shot the oddClout or Flight.

1976Barbara Fielding shot for Britain in the World Field Championships and achieved 2nd place.

For some years the County had had its own stock of targets and stands for use at tournamentsand matches. A very good collection of ground equipment was put together and was availablefor clubs to hire. At first it was stored at the 125 Club's YMCA ground in Manchester, and later atSt. Helen's. Bill Hodkinson, who had made most of the equipment was its first 'keeper' and laterwhen it was moved to St Helen's Walter Street took the job over.

Gradually though, the clubs which ran tournaments of their own began to build up their ownequipment so LAA decided to dispose of the bosses and stands and hire them instead from localclubs. Thus the clubs got the money. The ground equipment remains with the County to this day.

1977LAA began to think about starting Squad Training for its likely team members and clubs wereasked to submit their ideas about this to the committee.

Since then there has been Training almost every winter season and Lancashire has hadconsiderable sucess in the county match field.

1979This was an important year, it being twenty five years since Cheshire and Lancashire Associationscame into being. LAA held an anniversary dinner at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel, near Clayton-le-Moors to celebrate its first twenty-five years and members of Cheshire Archery Association wereinvited to attend. It was indeed a milestone in the county's history. Fred Dillon , in the chair,spoke briefly of how archery had developed in those years. Bows had changed from being made of tubular steel to laminates and now the compound. He wondered what would come next.

1980As Lancashire's collection of trophies had grown tremendously over the years, with the increasein the number of Tournaments, the committee thought it was time they were valued. Amazinglythe figure quoted was £4,250 !

Sheila Kemp resigned from the position of secretary, after 29 years. She was presented with aclock made of Cumbrian slate and a bronze GNAS plaque. Dorothy Woods was elected in herplace.

Discussion at the AGM showed there was considerable dissatisfaction about coaching available inLancashire at that time. For several years there had been no organiser. It was clear that a leaderwas urgently needed.



11998800 CCoonnttiinnuueeddMembers of Foxhill Bowmen shot in the British Field team in New Zealand.

A Lancashire Rose scheme, based on the Scottish Thistle award, was finally adopted. The badgesare to available for scores of 1000, 1100 and 1200 shot in the Lancashire Fita Star shoot in theLancashire Weekend. Winners will pay for the badges.

1981Wendy and Bill Hodkinson resigned from their offices. They were presented with a decanter andtray for all the extremely valuable service they had given to the county.

1982Bob Parkinson took over as Coaching Organiser.

At International level Noreen Price and Monica Taylor represented Britain in Rome and at theWorld Championships Dave Townley, Monica Taylor, and Barbara Fielding were supported byNoreen Price as reserve.

Sadly, Frank Miles died at his Isle of Man home. Lancashire owed him a great deal for he hadsupported the County Association since its beginning and one only has to look at the LAATrophies to see how generous Frank had been.

1983Dot and Jim Woods unfortunately moved north to Scotland, so the secretary's seat was onceagain vacant. Volunteers were not forthcoming so Sheila Kemp agreed to take up the reins again.

1984NCAS informed the LAA it was time for them to take their share of staging the Grand NorthernChampionships for the next two years. In 1984 this was done at Harewood House in Yorkshireand was very successful.

Sadly at this time Fred Dillon, our chairman, became ill and died shortly before the end of theyear. He had been a much-loved archer and was going to be missed, both in office and on theshooting-line.

Bob Parkinson became Regional Coaching organiser so LAA looked around for a replacement.Lilian Timmins stepped easily into his shoes.She started a Coaching Group which met regularly for discussion on relevant topics and plannedto hold a video coaching session before the year was out.

Members of LAA said they would like to have a trophy in memory of Fred Dillon and a small sub-committee was given the task of purchasing a suitable item and sorting out the criteria forwinning it.



11998844 CCoonnttiinnuueeddThe trophy is a carriage clock, suitablyinscribed, and is awarded annually for serviceto Lancashire, preferably not shootingsuccess. The award is known as The DillonAward.

Again the question of expenses for LAA teammembers came up for discussion at the AGMand a sub-committee was formed for thepurpose of finding an acceptable andworkable solution. It came up with thefollowing :If an overnight stay is unavoidableefforts will be made to find accommodationwith one or other of the two teams'members. If this is not possible a bill must bepresented to the executive committee(chairman, secretary, treasurer ) which willdecide how much can be refunded.

Travel costs : Team members, sharing cars ifpossible, will be paid 6p per mile after thefirst £5.00. This figure represents the basicentry fee for a local tournament, and as aselected team member archers are beinggiven the opportunity of shooting in what ineffect is a mini-tournament so it was feltthey should pay the first £5.00 themselves.

198539 archers attended the AGM, representing 12 clubs, but 13 clubs were apparently not interestedin what might be happening in the county. This situation hasn't changed much today, in 2004 !

1986After hearing that the 1986 UK Trials, the selection shoot for British Teams, were to becancelled, because GNAS could not find sufficient club help to do the necessary ground work,Lancashire offered to stage the 1987 Trials at Chorley. This was a brave move, requiring a greatdeal of support from the members . GNAS accepted the offer and LAA celebrated by deciding toseek FITA Star status for our own FITA shoot. This needed approval from NCAS, which wasgiven,and a charge of £45 to go to FITA.To make this viable it was necessary to increase the Championship entry fees and the followingwere set :

FITA Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£3.50York or Hereford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£3.00Both days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£5.50Bristols (juniors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£2.00


THE DILLON AWARD


11998866 CCoonnttiinnuueeddIt was customary for medals awarded at FITA Star shoots to be of regional design but Lancashirewas unhappy about this and asked if there was any reason why the LAA could not award its ownFITA medals. NCAS gave permission and so LAA stamped its seal on its first Star shoot.

1987LAA teams, up to now had always been chosen and 'managed' by a couple of selectors, but itseemed the time had come for a more permanent management which would leave the selectorsable to get on with their job without having to worry about the practicalities of county matches.Joe Saxon was the first Team Manager to be appointed.

1988Having been well pleased with the way LAA had staged the 1987 U K Masters Shoot, GNAS askedif they would be willing to do the same in 1988. After consideration the county agreed butstipulated that it would be the last time as it put too much strain on our manpower andresources, coming as it did,just before our Lancashireweekend.

Lee Titterington shot in theNational Youth Squad.

Lilian Timmins decided shewanted a rest fromorganising coaching, havingworked very hard during heryears of office, and she waspresented with a decorativeplate from the LAA and a cutglass vase from the coachinggroup.

Tracy Lamb was called toshoot in the Disabled ArchersEuropean Championships inBelgium, Janis Sleeman,Melanie Bullen and RichardPriestman to the NationalTraining Squad and Paul Kelly to the Field Squad.

The Junior Championships were separated from the senior ones and will be held at Eccles. Thiswill enable senior officers and helpers to give the juniors a better deal and better experience.


JEAN HUGHES - FRANK HUGHES - JANICE BUTTERWORTH &EDNA BRADLEY


1989Earlier in this account mention wasmade of the postal matches heldannually versus Natal ArcheryAssociation. The enthusiasm of aLancashire exile had brought theseinto being in 1963. However EricParker had died and Natal struggledto find a replacement organiser. Sadlythe matches died a natural death.

It was this year that Lancashire andarchery lost another stalwart of thebow, with the death of Bill Hodkinson,husband of Wendy. He wasn't just anarcher for his interests lay in everyfacet of the sport, including its history,coaching, field, longbow and flightshooting. He was Treasurer of LAA for17 years.

1990Annual matches with Scotland faded into oblivion, but the county was still shootingcompetitively against Cheshire, Shropshire, North Wales, Warwickshire and in the combinedNCAS 5 - Counties Tournament.

1991Having a team manager had proved to be a good move,but another change was to come. Selectors and managerwere to become the Team Organising Group and wouldhandle all team matters including correspondence andarrangements for the match, as well as squad training.

NCAS decided to appoint a Judges' Committee to deal withdisputes which may arise from decisions made on thefields. One of the first matters they had to deal with wasthe increase in cheating, particularly in major shoots. Clubswere advised to ensure that their members knew the GNASrules regarding scoring. If followed to the letter it would beextremely difficult to cheat.With cheating in mind LAA began to use a double boardscoring system, so no archer would record his / her ownscore.

Planning began for two important shoots which wouldtake place in 1992, namely The Grand Northern DoubleYork and Hereford , and a commemorative shoot because


WENDY AND BILL HODKINSON

BARBARA HARDING


11999911 CCoonnttiinnuueeddit would be the Preston Guild year. TheGuild is only held every 20 years. PrestonCouncil offered some sponsorship and theGrasshoppers' Rugby ground in Preston waschosen as the venue with both shoots to berun together.

There were problems, with the 1991 OpenFita Star Shoot, of an unusual nature.When the shoot was actually in progress itwas discovered that there had been an errorin setting out the field and themeasurements were incorrect.

After perusing the FITA Rules FrankHughes, judge in charge, felt obliged towithdraw the Star status. Later it waslearned that the correct procedure wouldhave been for Frank to have reported thematter to GNAS, then leave them to takewhat action was necessary.

The outcome would certainly have been the same. At the next LAA committee meeting a vote ofconfidence was given to Frank for his handling of the situation, which occurred during a periodof atrocious weather.

Yet another long-standing member of LAA died, shortly after the AGM. Jean, wife of Frank, hadbeen a judge for many years and was a popular figure on the shooting-line. She had justcompleted her term of office as LAA President. Lancashire was losing too many of its willing andloyal members. In her memory a silver arrow in the shape of a brooch was commissioned andfeatures in the Championship awards.

1992Richard Priestman brought honour to the county by being selected for the British Olympic Team.Bowmen of Pendle & Samlesbury celebrated 60 years existence and St Helen's Archers celebrated25 years.

1993St Helen's took over the maintenance of the LAA ground equipment, having been supplied with asteel container for this purpose. Walter Street volunteered to keep a check on things.

Elaine Muncaster offered to help with tournament organisation as this job seemed to get morearduous and time-consuming each year.

A crisis in the NCAS, with regard to the staging of the Grand Northern, brought Lancashire tothe rescue. At short notice it was hosted at the Royal Ordnance Ground, Chorley. This good deed meant that LAA's next turns for putting on this shoot would be 1999 and 2000.


FRANK & JEAN HUGHES


11999933 CCoonnttiinnuueeddPaul Kelly was selected for the World Field Games.

Mike Stanley became Junior Officer in an effort to weld our Juniors into a group shooting withpurpose.

Ces Priestman and Mike Stanleydesigned a Certificate of Merit whichcould be presented to archers inacknowledgement of achievement; egselection for special teams or NationalRecord scores.

The question of team expenses wasalways an extremely contentious topic.A proposal that the travel rate shouldbe raised from 6p to 12p per mile, withthe £5.00 deduction scrapped wasapproved at a committee meeting whenthe Treasurer was absent. At the nextmeeting he voted against the motionand after some heated discussion themotion was voted null and void, and asub-committee was elected to try toarrive at a solution.

At the AGM Janis Sleeman, TournamentOrganiser, proposed that anhonorarium should be paid to any clubwhich would undertake the ground work for the county's big shoots. This was approved andshould ease the difficulties of setting up a major shoot. The rates were set at £30.00 per club fora one-day shoot and £60 per club for a two day shoot.

At the same AGM Janis Sleeman resigned from being Tournament Organiser, Howard Sleemanresigned from being Treasurer and Joe Saxon from being the Team Manager. Janis took Howard'splace as Treasurer, but the Tournament Organiser's position was not filled.

The chairman reminded the meeting that if no one came forward by the time of the nextmeeting all the 1994 tournaments would have to be cancelled.

1994The chairman's threat worked. Bill Goodwin and Derek McIntyre, both from Pendle andSamlesbury, volunteered to run the tournaments together.

The LAA team travelling expenses were finally sorted out at an EGM.Travel : each car may claim 8p per mile.Overnight stay : should the location merit an overnight stay a refund of £15 per archer may beclaimed for bed and breakfast.All expenses paid to archers or clubs would be reviewed annually at the AGM.


JANICE & HOWARD SLEEMAN


11999944 CCoonnttiinnuueeddAfter a couple of years as Junior Officer Mike Stanley had to resign, after moving out ofLancashire into Cumbria.

It was agreed to do away with awarding prizes at the Lancashire weekend as it had become sodifficult to find suitable items within the budget. As an experiment vouchers from the Pro Shopwould be given, with medals, at the outdoor weekend and only medals at the Indoor shoot.

David Winfield from Eccles was selected for the English Archery Federation Team.

For the second time the secretary, Sheila D Kemp, gave twelve month' notice of resignation.

1994 saw the fortieth anniversary of Lancashire Archery Association so by way of celebrationthose who attended the AGM drank its health in sherry. 30 members were present.

A new clause was put into the Constitution, to limit the Chairman to a term of not more thanthree years in office. No one person to hold office for consecutive terms. To come into forcefrom 1995.

There were 45 clubs at the end of 1994

Peter Lamb was appointed GNAS officer for Disabled Archers.

Richard Priestman became Director of Coaching for GNAS.

Sheila D Kemp was elected President.

1995Debra O'Connor of Rochdale was selected forthe British World Indoor Championships,which were to be held in this country.

Margaret Smith offered to take over theclerical work of dealing with affiliation fees tocounty, region and GNAS.

Peter Price, a prominent member of LAA, whohad served as President, Chairman andCoaching Organiser over a long period ofyears, died after a serious operation andillness.

The county also lost Harold Wingfield,another past President and long-standingsupporter of LAA. Though never a brilliantshot he was a man who put as much back intothe sport as he took out of it. He wasparticularly proud of having shot at the age ofeighty.


NOREEN & PETER PRICE


11999955 CCoonnttiinnuueeddSheila Kemp resigned after serving twoperiods covering thirty-four years assecretary. She was presented with amodelled group of woodland animals.

Roger and Jean Stretton of Rochdale wereelected joint secretaries.

In presenting her Balance Sheet theTreasurer informed the meeting thatfinancially the county was in a poor state.Savings would have to be made and thefees possibly raised, although that was notproposed for that year.

1996Bill Goodwin sent notice of resigning his position as Tournament Organiser after the LancashireWeekend, but gave no reason.

The financial situation was still not improved much. Small savings had been achieved but itwould probably be necessary to raise the fees.

At the Championships instead of giving vouchers , which are limited as to what they can be usedfor, it was decided to give LAA cheques. This would be a trial move. Eventually things changedagain and now medals are awarded for almost all categories of achievement.

Janis Sleeman gave notice of resignation from the office of Treasurer.

At the end of 1996 Frank Hughes relinquished his position as Chairman, after twelve years inoffice. This was because the new clause in the Constitution said that in future a Chairman couldonly stand for three consecutive years.

Frank's marathon term is therefore a record never to be exceeded.

1997Natal Archery Association wrote to ask if we were willing to start up the postal FITA matchesagain. Our archers showed little interest so we declined the invitation.

After having happily staged the Lancashire Weekend at Chorley Bowmen's Royal OrdnanceFactory ground for many years suddenly a cloud appeared on the horizon. Bolton Wanderer'Football Club bought the land for practice use. It soon became apparent that they were notwilling to let the ground be hired out as before. Sadly, they put some restrictions on what turnedout to be our last use of the ground and made life difficult for us. This was a bitter blow for us.The ROCA ground had been a very popular venue, backed as it was, by a most helpful club.

We didn't know then that for the next few years we would have considerable uncertainty aboutthe venues for our shoots.


ROGER & JEAN STRETTON


11999977 CCoonnttiinnuueeddNews came of a Catholic Conference Centre atUpholland and happily we were welcome there,but after a couple of years there was a change ofownership and we were on the move again.

By this time Dorothy Williamson of Orrell hadfollowed Peter Livesey as Tournament Organiser,and she was instrumental in finding St John RigbyCollege in Orrell for our next venue. This was anideal place, with all amenities close at hand. Theauthorities gave permission for the LAA groundequipment to be stored there and the futurelooked bright.

Not so. The 2004 Championships may be the lastones to be held on this ground as parts of thesports fields are to be dug up and built on.

Ken Hoult became Treasurer mid term and warnedof the need for caution as to what we spend, or intwo years we might be in trouble.

The Team Squad expressed concern about theshortage of ladies for the teams, and CesPriestman said he was thinking of having ladiesonly in the winter sessions of Squad Training inthe hope that they might be fired with enough enthusiasm to accept team selection.

Elaine Muncaster was a willing (or perhaps an unwilling !) volunteer for organising the IndoorChampionships. This shoot had sometimes fallen by the wayside but this time it went wellfinancially. However Elaine gave notice that she would not be doing it next year.

1997Saw a developing interest in Clout shooting and Chorley Bowmen organised the county's firstClout Championships . The club presented trophies and put on a very successful shoot. Betterstill, Chorley offered to stage the 1998 shoot if the county wished.

Gordon Aldred, Bowmen of Pendle & Samlesbury, won the GNAS Torch Trophy, an outsideaward for voluntary work in the sport.

After a short but helpful term of office Ken Hoult had to leave due to pressure of work. Therewas no replacement in the offing so chairman Geoff Tittensor offered to act in the capacity ofTreasurer for the immediate future.

A potentially troublesome situation developed when the Coaching Group accused the GeneralCommittee of owing them grant money from some years back. Eventually a close scrutiny of thecounty's books revealed no evidence of this claim as far back as 1990.


DOROTHY WILLIAMSON


1998The Treasurer's position was eventually filled by Terry Smith of Chorley Bowmen who asked if hecould put the LAA account on a print-out and also make a hard copy. It would help to keepwatch on matters of finance throughout the year. Permission was granted.

Roy Lengden had to give up his coaching duties and Di Clarke from Bowmen of Pendle &Samlesbury was elected in his place.

Differences of opinion and strongly worded criticism of his attitude, from Orrell archers whenlaying out the ground for the Lancashire Weekend, resulted in Peter Livesey, TournamentOrganiser, leaving his position in a hurry, Yet another job to be filled. Lancashire was goingthrough a difficult time.

Elaine Muncaster changed her mind and organised the 1998 Indoor Championships and what wasmore she made them solvent.

Brenda Saxon was selected to shoot for Britain in the Disabled World Games in New Zealand andshe brought home the gold medal!

The second Clout Championships were held and after worries about possibly having a low entrythe shoot was very successful.

Di Clarke soon became very busy, collecting evidence from all clubs as to the spread of coachingand coaches through the county. She discovered that about half the clubs in the county did nothave a coach in their ranks. To make a start in remedying this she set up a 12 months trainingcourse for would-be Coaches and County Coaches. Her aim was to get at least one coach in everyclub.

Roger Stretton, secretary, said he would like to produce a regular Newsletter to be sent directlyto each archer or distributed by club secretaries.It would be partly sponsored by advertising andsales of equipment, It would carry information round the county such as notice of events,tournaments and meetings.

There was much discussion and doubts were expressed as to whether the county could carry thecosts involved. The idea was however well received and was approved in principle.

1999Fay Donnelly of Nethermoss was listed in the National Junior Squad.

Vlada Priestman of Nethermoss shot in the World Championships.

Paul Kelly of Bowmen of Pendle & Samlesbury and shot in the European Field Championships.

David Copeland of Orrell Bowmen was elected chairman.

The Grand Northern was hosted by LAA, very successfully, and will be our responsibility againnext year.



2000The first issue of the Newsletter went out. Roger Stretton had asked clubs to send names andaddresses of all members but only 6 had responded, and 2 had refused to do so on grounds ofconfidentiality. Therefore most copies had gone to club secretaries who were asked to distributethem and report back on members' comments. It was an ambitious edition with plenty ofinformation and interesting photographs.

One of the accounts told how Lancashire played host to an archery squad from West Meath,Ireland. 15 youngsters from 15 to 18 came to compete in a friendly Portsmouth tournamentagainst the Lancashire junior squad. High Elm hosted the event, using their splendid indoorrange. It was mooted a big success, enjoyed by everyone.

Geoff Beattie of North Meols, then in charge of juniors, was succeeding in finding much morecompetitive shooting for the young archers. NCAS ran a postal league and a physical Fita 900shoot. 6 juniors from Lancashire thoroughly enjoyed it.

Elaine Muncaster requested that the Constitution should be updated to include all changes madesince the last printing which was in 1986. There had been a revised version written by GeoffTittensor in 1996 but this had not been accepted.

Brenda Saxon, Chorley Bowmen, was selected to shoot for Great Britain in the Disabled WorldGames in New Zealand and brought home the Gold Medal!

Regular Coaching Clinics were being arranged by Di Clarke at venues throughout the county.From comments received they were proving helpful and popular.

Regrettably Roger Stretton's hopes for an interesting and useful Newsletter which would reachall Lancashire archers were not to be realised. In the first place he found he was having to find allthe copy himself and secondly it was proving too expensive to post .A good idea that wasdoomed to failure and one that had to be rejected.

2001The Clout Championships took on a new lease of life, being organised by Jim Kavanagh andBlundellsands. This shoot's problem, of course, is that it has to have an extra large ground.

Di Clarke announced the successful qualification of 7 Assistant Coaches. This was particularlypleasing as they were the first Assistant Coaches in the NCAS.

Roger Stretton expressed disappointment that so many LAA clubs did not support the county.Attendance at meetings was getting smaller and it was rare to see a new face. This apathy meantthat it became more and more difficult to find volunteers who would help with the work whichis necessary to run the county.

At the AGM the following figures were released:Total membership 727 Senior clubs 29Junior clubs 6 Junior girls 27Junior boys 81 Seniors 629



22000011 CCoonnttiinnuueeddAt this time there were 36 coaches who lived in Lancashire and worked within their clubs or atcounty and regional level. There were also 2 County and 10 Coach candidates just finishing theirtraining course and who were presenting themselves for examination. These figures showed agreat improvement on recent years.

Emma Parker was selected to shoot in the Euro Nations Cup.

Terry Smith resigned from being Treasurer, leaving Lancashire in a much more stable financialposition than when he started. Lesley Ashford of Orrell took his place.

2002To upgrade our tournaments it was decided to buy a set of scoreboards with fold - over covers.These were a great improvement on the old hardboard boards which had been in use fordonkey's years and which were difficult to keep dry in wet weather.

Dave Copeland offered to make a new leaderboard, something the county had needed for someyears. With the arrival of compound bows and the welcome increase in number of longbows onthe line, the old leaderboard was just not big enough any more.

The new one, when it was set up on the Lancashire weekend. was a sight to see. Dave had madea really good job of it.

Elaine Muncaster became the NCAS President for a term of threeyears. A well deserved honour.

In June Ces Priestman asked if he could distribute a questionnairesimilar to one which Durham and Northumberland had devised. It wasdesigned to find out how many archers stayed within their clubs orwent to tournaments, what they knew about the organisation andmanagement of the sport and what they would like to see happeningin their areas. It was agreed it should be distributed through clubsecretaries and all archers were urged to participate in the scheme.Altogether 640 copies were sent out but how many would bereturned?

Dorothy Williamson received a request for the inclusion of a Burntwood round in the LAAChampionships Weekend for archers with visual impairment. Such a round can be run alongside anormal Fita with bosses set permanently at 30m, and distance changes achieved by differentsized faces. Archers with visual impairment need scores from such a round if they wish tocompete in the European Championships.

Congratulations were sent to Paul Kelly for becoming Field World Champion and Field EuropeanChampion. Helen Kelly took third place, as did Brenda Saxon in a world tournament.

Congratulations were also given to Bowmen of Pendle and Samlesbury who celebrated theirCentenary.


ELAINE MUNCASTER


22000022 CCoonnttiinnuueeddSheila D Kemp, Frank Hughes and Ces Priestman were all made Honorary Life Members of LAAfor their years of dedicated sevice to Lancashire.

Coaches now number 47, showing a steady increase, and representing 13 clubs.

Team expenses were raised by 2p per mile for travel and £30.00 per room for an overnight stay.

2003The question of paying travel expenses to officers and committee members was raised but metwith considerable opposition and was withdrawn from the Agenda.

Helen Woodcock of Rochdale replaced Geoff Beattie as Junior Organiser.

In 2004 the Association will be celebrating its Golden Anniversary. Clubs were asked to give thematter some thought and report their ideas back to the committee at the next meeting. Later asmall sub-committee was formed to sort out details.

Ces Priestman was disappointed with an apathetic reception to his questionnaire. Only 62 formswere returned, from 10 clubs. It will be difficult to form many conclusions from such a smallnumber but Ces hopes to do so.

A big talking point this year has been the Government's Child Protection Act, which requires allgroups who have dealings with children to appoint a Child Protection Officer. Such an officerwould deal with any suggestion of malpractice taking place. The CPO's name must be registeredwith the County Association.

The main part of theanniversary celebrationswill a tournamentdesigned to attract notonly regular tournamentgoers but newer archersas well. There will be noentry fee, special awards,relaxing of the dresscode and a piece ofanniversary cake at theend. A special badge willhopefully be producedand this history will bepresented to each archerwho takes part.

Sheila D Kemp and Frank Hughes have been asked to officiate as Lord and Lady Paramount andare very honoured to do so.


THE LANCASHIRE TROPHY TABLE


2004 This account will have to finish now as we are still only in April and our first 50 years seem to beending on a quiet note. Archery has changed so much, inevitably, over the years, particularly inadministration. At our first Annual General Meeting 3 officers were elected, but at the 2003AGM it was necessary to elect 16 !

Not only that , there are many archers who help in any way they can, withoutacknowledgement, and LAA is so grateful to them

PPLLEEAASSEE AATTTTEENNDD TTHHEE MMEEEETTIINNGGSS AANNDD HHEELLPP TTOO MMAAKKEE LLAANNCCAASSHHIIRREE AARRCCHHEERRYYAASSSSOOCCIIAATTIIOONN OONNEE OOFF TTHHEE BBEESSTT

UNION, TRUE HEART AND COURTESIE

CCOOAACCHHIINNGG50 years ago Coaching as it is now was unknown. Newcomers to the sport were lent someassorted tackle or advised to buy a Slazenger practice bow and received their first lessons fromthe club secretary. Over the years, of course, the coaching system has been developed andtailored to provide help for both the new recruits and the most experienced.

Our own Coaching Group is now active all through the year, running training courses andcoaching clinics.

Lancashire Coaching Organisers over the years have been :Jack Lake of Eccles, Jack Pownall, BillHodkinson of Miles Archers, Kerry Bolger of High Elm, Jack Ainsworth of Preston Archers, R WParkinson of St Helens Archers, Lilian Timmins of Bowmen of Overdale, Peter Price ofGawthorpe Foresters, Roy Lengden of Eccles A C and at the present time a very active Di Clarkeof Bowmen of Pendle & Samlesbury.

LLOONNGGBBOOWW SSHHOOOOTTIINNGGLancashire's squad of serious longbowmen is a small one, mainly found in Bowmen of Pendle &Samlesbury or Deane Bowmen, although many recurve and compound archers shoot thelongbow for fun.

Wendy Rath of Deane Bowmen has held many records to her name, and Gordon Aldred, RoyKing and John Geldard of Pendle & Samlesbury are all well-known and successful longbowmen.

FFIIEELLDD && CCLLOOUUTTField Archery has been part of the Lancashire scene for many years. Archers such as BarbaraFielding and Monica Taylor of Foxhill Bowmen and now Pendarc Archers, brought early successto the county and now Paul and Helen Kelly of Pendle & Samlesbury are following in theirfootsteps.

Noreen and Peter Price have also been prominent field archers. Foxhill Bowmen and PendarcArchers are principally field clubs.

The growth of clout shooting in LAA has happened quite recently although there were severalclout tournaments at St Helens some years ago. Chorley Bowmen and now Blundellsands Archershave staged Clout Championships in the last few years.



SSQQUUAADD TTRRAAIINNIINNGG && TTEEAAMM SSEELLEECCTTIIOONNTeam Selection, of course, had been going on since the formation of the Association. One of thefirst criterions was being able to shoot either 100 or 80 yards ! Over the years there have beenmany selectors, usually working in twos. The late 70s saw the beginnings of squad training andnow it is held throughout the winter months. Individual help help is given and over the yearsLancashire teams' record of success in matches has been a fine one. From having just 2 selectorsthere is now a Team Organising Group including a manager who sees to the arrangements ofmatches.

People who have been involved in team workhave included: Ron & Pauline Bishop of SeftonHospital Archers and High Elm, June Heywoodof Bowmen of Overdale, Gerry Stevenson ofBowmen of Pendle & Samlesbury, AlmaGardner of John o' Gaunt's Bowmen, MargaretSmith of Rochdale Co of Archers, RichardPriestman of Nethermoss Archers, CharlieRichardson of John o' Gaunt's Bowmen, ElaineMuncaster of GNAS, Sheila Kemp of Bowmenof Overdale, Barry Marsden of Mossley HillArchers and others.

The first team manager was Joe Saxon, thenCes Priestman and at the present time ElaineMuncaster.

TTOOUURRNNAAMMEENNTT OORRGGAANNIISSEERRSSSurprisingly, I believe there have only been 5 tournament organisers in our 50 years, the firstbeing elected in 1974. Previously the LAA secretary did the office work, such as entry forms,score sheets and results sheets, while ground marking out etc was done by anyone who waswilling, eg Frank Hughes, Ken Barnes and others. Later clubs were organised to help.

The elected Tournament Organisers were : Wendy Hodkinson of Miles Archers 7 years, JanisSleeman of St Helens Archers, 12 years, Bill Goodwin of Pendle & Samlesbury 2 years, PeterLivesey of Chorley Bowmen 1 year and Dorothy Williamson of Orrell Archers 5 years.

The principal organiser of Indoor Championships in recent years has been Elaine MuncasterGNAS.

JJUUNNIIOORRSSEarly Championships were held in conjunction with the senior ones. Rounds for juniors wereWindsor and St Nicholas. As they did not run parallel with Yorks and Herefords it was awkwardtrying to fit in the juniors' prize-giving. The juniors also needed their own judges and helpers.Finding personnel for these jobs was not always easy.

To overcome these problems the championships were moved to Saturdays and this proved to bebetter in several ways. Bristol and Metric rounds were also introduced. Mike Stanley, FrankLockwood of St . Helens, Wendy Hodkinson and Geoff Beattie of North Meols have all beenJunior Organisers and Helen Woodcock of Rochdale holds the position now.


SHEILA D KEMP & MARGARET SMITH


PRESIDENTS1954 . . . . . . . .Frank Miles, Miles Archers1958 . . . . . . . .Jack Hayhurst, Leyland A C 1961 . . . . . . . .John F Waring, Bowmen of Overdale1964 . . . . . . .Tom Knipe, Grange & Allithwaite B1967 . . . . . . . .Frank Miles, Miles Archers1970 . . . . . . . .Howard List, Rochdale Co of Archers1973 . . . . . . . .Dorothy Tympany, Southport Archers1976 . . . . . . . .Norman Beardsworth, Walverden Bowmen1979 . . . . . . . .Harold Wingfield, Southport Archers1982 . . . . . . .Barbara Harding, Bowmen of Overdale1985 . . . . . . . .Peter Price, Gawthorpe Foresters1988 . . . . . . .Jean Hughes, Eccles A C 1991 . . . . . . . .Margaret Smith, Rochdale Co of Archers1994 . . . . . . .Sheila D Kemp, Bowmen of Overdale.1997 . . . . . . . .Frank Hughes, Bowmen of Overdale2000 . . . . . . .Ces Priestman, High Elm Archers

DILLON AWARD WINNERSfor service to archery in Lancashire

1985 . . . . . . . .Mrs C Gillibrand, Bowmen of Pendle & Samlesbury1986 . . . . . . .Issy Creme, Bowmen of Overdale1987 . . . . . . . .Sheila D Kemp, Bowmen of Overdale1988 . . . . . . .Jean & Frank Hughes, Eccles A C & 125 Archery Centre1989 . . . . . . .R W Parkinson, St Helen's Archers1990 . . . . . . .Lilian Timmins, Bowmen of Overdale1991 . . . . . . . .Ken Russell, Rochdale Co of Archers1992 . . . . . . .Harold Wingfield, Southport Archers1993 . . . . . . . .Peter Price, Gawthorpe Foresters1994 . . . . . . .Janis & Howard Sleeman, St Helen's Archers1995 . . . . . . . .Margaret Smith, Rochdale Co of Archers1996 . . . . . . .Joe Saxon, Chorley Bowmen1997 . . . . . . . .Alma Gardner, John o' Gaunt's Bowmen1998 . . . . . . .Frank Lockwood, St Helen�s Archers1999 . . . . . . .Ces Priestman, Nethermoss Archers2000 . . . . . . .Elaine Muncaster, GNAS2001 . . . . . . .Barbara Harding, Bowmen of Overdale2002 . . . . . . .Diane & Peter Clarke, Bowmen of Pendle & Samlesbury2003 . . . . . . .Dorothy Williamson, Orrell Archers


STATISTICSSTATISTICS

CHAIRMEN1954 . . . . . . . .T R Walker, Bowmen of Overdale1957 . . . . . . . .Frank Miles, Miles Archers1958 . . . . . . . .J Olive, Eccles A C1959 . . . . . . . .John F Waring, Bowmen of Overdale1961 . . . . . . . .George Harper, Sefton Hospital Archers1964 . . . . . . .Norman Beardsworth, Walverden Bowmen1976 . . . . . . . .F V Dillon, Sefton Hospital Archers1984 . . . . . . .Frank Hughes, Eccles A C1996 . . . . . . .Geoff Tittensor, Chorley Bowmen1999 . . . . . . .Dave Copeland, Orrell Archers2002 . . . . . . .Ces Priestman,

SECRETARIES1954 . . . . . . . .Stanley Walton, Preston Archers1957 . . . . . . . .John F Waring, Bowmen of Overdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Acting secretary :A Wendy Miles, Miles Archers

1959 . . . . . . . .George Harper, Sefton Hospital Archers1961 . . . . . . . .Sheila D Kemp, Bowmen of Overdale1980 . . . . . . .Dorothy Woods, High Elm Archers1983 . . . . . . . .Sheila D Kemp, Bowmen of Overdale1995 . . . . . . . .Roger & Jean Stretton, Rochdale Co of Archers.

TREASURERS1954 . . . . . . . .John F Waring, Bowmen of Overdale1957 . . . . . . . .John F Waring, Bowmen of Overdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(combined with position of secretary)

1959 . . . . . . . .Joan Thompson - Smith, Mersey Bowmen1961 . . . . . . . .Beatrice Blackford, Bowmen of Overdale1962 . . . . . . .Ted Olive, Eccles A C 1964 . . . . . . .W Hodkinson, Miles Archers1981 . . . . . . . .Howard Sleeman, St Helens' Archers1993 . . . . . . . .Janis Sleeman, St Helens' Archers1995 (? ) . . . .Ken Hoult, Nethermoss1997 . . . . . . . .Terry Smith, Chorley Bowmen2001 . . . . . . .Lesley Ashford,



TOURNAMENT AND MATCH VENUESJacobs' Sports Ground, LiverpoolPilkingtons' Recreational Club, St HelensMorecambe College of Further EducationEllesmere Park School, Eccles Nelson College of Further Education Ribby Hall, Royal Lancs ShowgroundSt Helens RUFCSkelmersdale Sports Centre (indoor )Dunkenhalgh Hotel grounds (Field )Stretford Sports Centre (indoor )Foxhill (Field )Gawthorpe Hall grounds (Field )Clayton Green Sports Centre (indoor )Royal Ordnance Factory Sports Ground, Chorley BowmenAughton Playing Fields, Ormskirk (juniors)Eccles A C GroundThornton Civil Service Ground, LiverpoolAssheton Bowmen's Ground, MiddletonHyndburn Sports Centre, (indoor )St Joseph's Conference Centre, SkelmersdaleSt John Rigby College, OrrellRochdale Co of Archers GroundJohn o' Gaunt's Bowmen's GroundMossley Hill's Ground, Liverpool (matches)Preston Grasshoppers' GroundHigh Elm Archers Ground (juniors)Blundellsands Archers & Blackpool Bowmen

According to the Minutes the LAA has staged its championships and matches at 27venues. It might be more for I may have overlooked one or two.

Some were able to accommodate us for several years eg Ellesmere Park School, NelsonCollege, St Helens RUFC, Chorley Bowmen and Clayton Green but in more recent yearswe have experienced considerable difficulty in finding a venue which offered theopportunity of a long stay.



LANCASHIRE CLUBS 2004Secretary : Roger Stretton ( Rochdale )Assheton BowmenBowbearers of WyresdaleBlackpool BowmenBlundellsands ArchersBowmen of OverdaleBowmen of Pendle and SamlesburyBowmen of PinewoodChorley BowmenDeane BowmenEccles Archery ClubFoxhill BowmenJohn o' Gaunts BowmenHigh Elm ArchersLiverpool Sports Club A C DisabledLiverpool University A CMoor Lane ArchersMossley Hill A CNethermoss Archers incorporating Aughton Youth ArchersNorth Meols ArchersOakleaf BowmenOrrell ArchersPendarc ArchersPhoenix BowmenPreston GrasshoppersRochdale Co of ArchersRochdale Co of Archers (Juniors )Bowmen of SkelmersdaleBowmen of Skelmersdale (Juniors )Southport ArchersSt Helens ArchersYe Greene Companie

WHERE HAVE ALL THE ARCHERS GONE ?




Over the years each of the clubs listed below sent representatives to one or more of theLAA meetings.

Red Scar B, Golden Foresters, Ellel A, Bowmen of Mann, 125 Archery Centre, Rochdale Peelers, Gawthorpe Foresters, Leyland Falcon A, Kearsley A, Lord's Park B,Heywood Archers, Quakerbridge (field ), Lancaster University A, White Eagle B, Proud Preston A, D A S H Disabled A, Netherton A C, Shaw Hall A, Scarisbrick A,Manchester Clough A, Manchester University A, Capricorn A, (field ) Miles A,Barnacre A, Leyland B, Grange & Allithwite A, Preston A, Walverden A, Mullard's AC,Bowmen of Ghyll, DarwenA C, Bowmen of Birch, Courtaulds A C, Loyne A, Urmston AC, Greenacres A C, Liverpool A C, Hans Reynolds A C, Burnley Co of A,Crosby A C, Ashton u Lyne & District A, Rossendale A, Sefton Hospital A, Chloride Recreational Club, Vulcan B, H R S U A, Pilkington A C , Mersey Bowmen,Springfields' A, Silcoms' A C, Bowmen of Greeoaks, Jabisco A, East Lancs Paper Mill A C, English Electric A C, De Havilland A, Furness A, Middleton A, Bacup & Inskip A, Royal Lancs Ac, Beacon B, Merseyside Hospitals AC,Daten A, Preston & Fylde A, Bowmen of Accrington, Bowmen of Parrswood, Hawker Siddeley A C., Bolton Disabled A C, Baronet Bowmen, Remploy A C, Nelson A,Greengate A, Billinge Bowmen.

LANCASHIRE ARCHERY ASSOCIATION TROPHIESMay 2004

HEREFORDRecurve Frank Miles Rosebowl, Visitor's Cup, Most Golds Cup,

Janis and Alma's Cup, Nash Trophy, Jean Hughes Arrow

Compound Champion's Cup, Harding Tankard, Knipe Target

YORKRecurve Hilton Arrow, Visitor's Cup, Sheila D Kemp GNAS medal,

Most Golds Cup, Nash Trophy

Compound Champion's Cup, Lancashire Tankard, Knipe Target

HEREFORD & YORKRecurve Miles Team Shield, John o' Gaunt Trophy,

Peter Price Cup, Jean Hughes Memorial Cup, Longbow Salver, Walverden Picture


FITARecurve Joan Thompson - Smith Salver

Joan Thompson- Smith Tankard

Compound Chorley Bowmen TrophyChorley Bowmen Trophy

INDOORRecurve Jean and Frank Hughes Trophy

Fred V Dillon TankardLilian and Arthur Timmins CupSheila D Kemp CupFoxhill TrophyWalverden PictureBill and Wendy Hodkinson Team ShieldWilkinson Sword

Compound Lancashire CupGawthorpe Foresters Trophy

FIELDRecurve Mrs Fielding Memorial Trophy

Jean and Frank Hughes TrophyFoxhill TrophyFrank Miles TrophyTony Keeley TankardFoxhill ShieldBoxer Trophy

CLOUT Recurve Chorley Bowmen Clout Marker Trophy

Chorley Bowmen Clout Marker Trophy

Longbow Trophy

Compound TrophyTrophy




JUNIOR AWARDS covering York, Hereford and BristolsRecurve Harold Wingfield Trophy

John Whitfield TrophyFrank Miles Cup (four)Howard List Trophy (four)Frank Miles Statuettes (two)Walverden HornBartlett TrophyDavid Gallagher TrophyMiles Lancashire WitchReg Timms TrophyBill Hodkinson TrophyBest Gold AwardMiles Target (two)Lamb Team Trophy

Compound Margaret Smith Shield

A VERY IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION !

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thank you to everybody who loaned photographs for use in this centenary publication,and thank you to John Hebb for producing the artwork and printing.


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