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2023 Tournaments Calendar

UPDATE: unfortunately, unannounced changes in our venue host schedule have made us cancel the upcoming.

An interesting year awaits the audacious archers.
After the successful mini-events of the Club Championship and the return of the Witches and Warlocks, we have decided to put more efforts and serve  more competition practice to the Archery community with a number of smaller and bigger shoots.

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Witches And Warlocks: the “Targets” List

​Evil is Coming, and a great deal of Archers has risen to fight against it.

On Sunday the 30th of October, on Corus’ Battlefield, in Shotton, Witches And Warlocks will gather to excel in their magical art, one of the most supreme exquisite and elegant among all mystical skills: Archery.

Here is the: Target List

The day will see a number of awards being assigned.

Only one Witch and one Warlock will be elected as the true winner of the year, regardless of their experience and awarded a Magical Seal to boost their power (based on pumpkins hit).

(some of the awards)

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Witches & Warlocks Open Shoot (2022)

Update – some bow style categories are already full and very few spaces are left. Check with the Tournament Organisers if there is room left before making the payment.

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The magic is coming back this year, on the 30th of October with the Witches & Warlocks Open Shoot. Registration form at the bottom with entry fees of 8£ to 6£.

The game, is a fun moment to enjoy altogether a small tournament in special conditions. While the round will present a no efforts challenge to all experienced archers, it will be an opportunity for all clubs and families to get themselves a bit more familiar to the practice of tournaments.

(image of a previous event, beautifully captured by our Welsh “cousins” of Wrexham Bowmen)

Why to attend?

  1. it’s fun
  2. it’s cheap tournament practice (you can focus on the fun, but at the same time, you’ll familiarize with proper tournament conditions and boost your confidence)
  3. your official scores won’t be affected (it’s a minor shoot, get your a..rms over here)
  4. it’s excellent for junior and novices practices
  5. there’s Special Titles to win (see the awards)

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The Club Championship

​Hello hello,
crispy news!
(this is an email that previously circulated among the club’s mailing list)

Sunday 14th of August, will be the Club Championship.
What will the Corus Club Championship be?

We’d like to make it a special day, where on top of the usual shooting, we can enjoy archery little bit longer, have food together (a BBQ) all mixed to the pleasantry of extending the invite to your closest family. The event, is expected to run from 10am up about 3-4pm when it will close with the awards ceremony.

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What-a-thrill, Head-2-Head

If we watch archery competitions on the telly, we (nearly) always see two archers competing against each other. One shoots an arrow, and then the other replies back.

Shooting a Head-2-Head down in Corus

They alternate, they shoot 3 arrows each, and then they call the scores.

Well, that’s what it’s called a Head-2-Head, and it’s a fundamental part of the practice, in becoming comfortable during a competition.

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