Lough Cuan Bowmen

"Lough Cuan Bowmen"

NEWTOWNARDS and COMBER district
IRELANDS PREMIER ARCHERY CLUB

PLEASE NOTE THAT LOUGH CUAN BOWMEN MOW HAVE THEIR OWN PAGE AT:-
http://www.loughcuanbowmen.com/
The information relating to the British Championships will be found there in due course.

NOTES
Dear Reader
I must inform you that the author of this page has retired from archery. The remenants of this page exist now as a matter of record and information for those proposing to take up the sport.
Regards
Adrian

Four British Champions for Lough Cuan
at the 39th ALL BRITISH & OPEN FIELD ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIPS 27th & 28th May 2006
Ladies Compound Barebow, Joanne Alexander
Gents Compound Barebow, Neil Gordon, New British Record TBC
Ladies Longbow, Audrey Needham
Gents Longbow, Andrew Haggan
This was another outstanding achievement by the members of Lough Cuan coming soon after the success in the IFAA World Indoor Mailmatch with 5 top 3 finishes. The result and report can be read on the News Page.

Lough Cuan Bowmen have been asked to host the 2008 ALL BRITISH & OPEN FIELD ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIPS which is a great honour for the club. It should be noted that Lough Cuan hosted the All British on the first occasion that it came to Ireland.
We have two fantastic possible locations for this event Garron Point, and Ballywalter Park, both offer such magical resources that it is impossible for me to choose between them, anyway thats up to the club members to decide. Garron Point has spectacular views (supberb hill shots) and marvelous on site facilities. Ballywalter flat, sheltered and heavily wooded (not as hilly) is bang in the middle of a holiday resort. A plant hunters paradise.

-- Training--
Newtownards Rugby Club, Lansdown Road. This is close to Newtownards on the Comber Newtownards Road. Be there early, to introduce yourself and make yourself familiar with the members. Membership, affiliation and "tryout" fees are very low but variable each year, anyway it's a heck of a sight cheaper than golf. The Club is Field Archery oriented but we are happy to share our facilities with the Target Archer Fraternity on a 50/50 equal basis.

The classes of bow used range from the primitive but deadly longbow to the modern highly complicated Compound bow. Just come along and see the various types in operation before making your mind up which class you would like to shoot in.
Don't take the Archers Notes too seriously, it was written by a cantankerous old fogey

Archers Notes

IFAA 2006 World Mail Match
STYLE| PLACE PARTICIPANT Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 TOTAL Sc X Sc X Sc X Sc X AMBH(C) 2nd Adrian Hanna 282 10 273 23 280 60 835 93 #* AFBH(R) 2nd Claire Kerrin 188 5 205 6 210 7 603 18 AFLB(E) 2nd Audrey Needham 205 3 193 5 174 1 572 9 AFBH(C) 3rd Aine Kerrin 229 3 239 5 237 6 705 14 AMBB(R) 3rd Noel Tennyson 229 4 248 8 240 3 717 15 AMBB(R) 4th John Rainey 214 1 227 4 251 12 692 17 AMBH(C) 4th Niel Gordon 247 9 248 8 257 10 752 27 AMBH(C) 5th James Sterling 234 7 248 8 000 00 482 15 AMBL(C) 6th Malachy Kerrin 251 7 262 9 265 10 778 26 AMBB(R) 8th Alvin Hillocks 184 1 000 0 000 00 184 1 #* Should be 22 X's not 10 and I have never scored 60 X's in any tournament ever. It is not possible to have a perfect round and only score 280
The person who typed up the result must have been very tired or had a Senior moment.

2005 IFAA INDOOR MAIL MATCH FINAL RESULTS
26 Apr,05 ... Hacked from the IFAA Website

POS NAME OF PARTICIPANT C'TRY CLUB ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3 TOTAL

SCR X's SCR X's SCR X's SCR X's

2 Michele Gibson IRE Lough Cuan 222 3 214 60 211 4 647 67

3 Aine Kerrin IRE Lough Cuan 229 5 250 6 250 6 729 17

2 Claire Kerrin IRE Lough Cuan 137 1 159 4 188 5 484 10

1 Audrey Needham IRE Lough Cuan 191 3 199 10 198 10 588 23

4 John Rainey IRE Lough Cuan 218 3 217 8 214 3 649 14

8 Brian Gibson IRE Lough Cuan 159 2 159 6 159 6 477 14

3 Adrian Hanna IRE Lough Cuan 268 14 279 8 279 8 826 30

4 James Sterling IRE Lough Cuan 259 10 277 10 257 3 793 23

6 Niel Gordon IRE Lough Cuan 224 5 233 3 218 4 675 12

8 Andrew Kerrin IRE Lough Cuan 210 7 202 2 221 2 633 11

2 Noel Tennyson IRE Lough Cuan 221 6 238 8 228 3 687 17

2 Malachy Kerrin IRE Lough Cuan 249 9 259 8 251 8 759 25

6 John Kenny IRE Lough Cuan 280 36 280 33 280 33 840 102

Llantwit Major Archers ...... Peace International Archery Club ...... Palermo Archery Club ...... Lilydale Bowmen ......
BS Zurich ...... BK Fältskyttarna ...... Varmlands FB ...... North Albert Field Archers ...... Skellefteå BK/F ......
Lilydale Bowmen ...... Aliarc ...... Varmlands FB ...... Wandering Archers ...... MT Tigers Archers ......
Shoot Straight Xterminatiors ...... Aliarc ...... Bear Creek Archers

2004 IFAA INDOOR MAIL MATCH FINAL RESULTS Apr 15, 04

PL NAME OF PARTICIPANT C'TRY CLUB ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3 TOTAL

SCR X's SCR X's SCR X's SCR X's

2 Michele Gibson Ire Lough Cuan 215 6 211 2 212 3 638 11

3 Aine Kerrin Ire Lough Cuan 239 8 241 5 240 10 720 23

1 Claire Kerrin Ire Lough Cuan 215 5 218 3 214 5 647 13

2 Steven Farmer Ire Lough Cuan 238 - 240 4 225 2 703 6

6 Brian Gibson Ire Lough Cuan 195 6 183 3 175 3 553 12

7 John Reany Ire Lough Cuan 177 3 153 5 176 1 506 9

4 Adrian Hanna Ire Lough Cuan 264 10 260 9 264 8 788 27

11 Malachy Kerrin Ire Lough Cuan 215 5 221 4 225 4 661 13

12 Andrew Kerrin Ire Lough Cuan 206 5 206 4 206 4 618 13

4 Noel Tennyson Ire Lough Cuan 180 5 187 2 190 2 557 9

8 John Kenny Ire Lough Cuan 295 22 288 - 285 18 868 40

4 Andy Haggan Ire Lough Cuan 196 200 200
596

7 Arthur Halligey Ire Lough Cuan 84 64 85
233

1 Jonathan Tennyson Ire Lough Cuan 109 - 141 - 151 1 401 1

Another great result for Lough Cuan.

2003 IFAA WORLD INDOOR MAIL MATCH RESULTS

STYLE
PL
NAME OF PARTICIPANT C'TRY CLUB ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3 TOTAL

SCR Xís SCR Xís SCR Xís SCR Xís

AFBH(C) 3 Aine Kerrin Ire Lough Cuan 226 8 239 7 234 3 699 18

AMBH(C) 2 Adrian Hanna Ire Lough Cuan 265 11 270 12 269 12 804 25

AMBH(C) 4 Eddie Hay Ire Lough Cuan 258 9 240 7 240 7 738 23

AMBH(C) 7 David Moore Ire Lough Cuan 219 6 232 3 222 3 673 12

AMBL (C) 6 Malachy Kerrin Ire Lough Cuan 257 4 271 17 269 8 797 29

CMBB(R) 1 Alex Moore Ire Lough Cuan 223 3 239 3 248 7 710 13

JFBH(R) 1 Claire Kerrin Ire Lough Cuan 183 3 212 1 214 2 609 6

This is another outstanding result for Ireland, Comber, Newtownards and Lough Cuan Bowmen in particular. Those who took 1st places in this World Class Event are to be congratulated. Indeed everyone on this list is to be congratulated. Lough Cuan is without doubt the finest Archery Club to be found anywhere. Once we get our medals then we should sing and dance in the streets. Just look at what we have achieved in the last six months and we have lots more to come.
The full result can be found at:-
http://www.archery-ifaa.com/match/IMM_2003/2003.htm

U.K. NATIONAL RECORDS ACHIEVED BY
THE MEMBERS OF LOUGH CUAN BOWMEN
It should be noted that there are many other noteworthy achievements by members of Lough Cuan which will be added to the list as they become available.
Indoor Records LONGBOW LADIES Portsmouth Hilary Robinson Mar 1997 510 Stafford Hilary Robinson Mar 1999 524 Fita 18m Hilary Robinson Feb 1998 404 Combined Fita Hilary Robinson Feb 1998 794 COMPOUND BAREBOW, Gents Arrowhead Unmarked Adrian Hanna May 1991 247 Arrowhead Marked Adrian Hanna May 1991 199 Arrowhead Combined Adrian Hanna May 1991 446 Stamp Marked Adrian Hanna May 1991 330 Stamp Combined Adrian Hanna May 1991 624 FITA Marked Adrian Hanna Apr 1992 221 FITA Combined Adrian Hanna Apr 1992 448 GNAS Combination Adrian Hanna Jul 1993 345 GNAS Combination Adrian Hanna Jul 1994 386 FITA 24 Combination Adrian Hanna May 2001 307 FITA 24 Double Combi Adrian Hanna May 2001 598 Stamp Combination Adrian Hanna Jul 2001 413 National Animal Adrian Hanna Jul 2002 465 COMPOUND BAREBOW u18 Unmarked Áine Kerrin 26.05.01 192 Marked Áine Kerrin 09.03.03 187 Combined Áine Kerrin 26/27.05.01 318 National Animal Áine Kerrin July 02 235 COMPOUND BAREBOW, Ladies National Animal Joanne Alexander 29.07.01 315 COMPOUND LIMITED, Ladies National Animal Jane Castles Sep 1990 290 LONGBOW FITA 24 Unmarked Sharon Hamilton May 04 161 FITA 24 Marked Ray Moore May 95 123 FITA 24 Combined Sharon Hamilton May 04 278 FITA 24 Mix(Combi) Audrey Needham May 05 151 FITA 24 Double(MxdComb) Audrey Needham May 05 268 TRADITIONAL FITA 24 Girls under 12 Unmarked Claire Kerrin 26.05.01 94 Marked Claire Kerrin 27.05.01 88 Combined Claire Kerrin 26/27.05.01 182 FITA 24 Unmarked R. Airey 01 May 04 63 FITA 24 Marked Claire Kerrin 02 May 04 45 FITA 24 Combined Claire Kerrin 01/02 May 04 107

The Lough Cuan Club Members who shot in the IFAA World and European Field Championships W.E.F.A.C. 2002 as part of the All Ireland IFAF Team:-

NAME STYLE EUROPEAN WORLD CLASS

Malachy Kerrin G Comp Ltd GOLD GOLD C

Áine Kerrin L Comp Bh BRONZE

Claire Kerrin J Rec Bh GOLD GOLD A

Bill James V Longbow BRONZE A

Adrian Hanna V Comp Bh GOLD GOLD A

Eddie Hay G Comp Bh GOLD GOLD B
It should be noted that Áine won Bronze overall not just a class award.

We also have two current British (GNAS) Field Champions (2002 Dearne Valley) within the membership of Lough Cuan:-

Gentleman Trad John Kenny Lough Cuan 240 270 510 1st

Gentleman CBB Adrian Hanna Lough Cuan 267 287 554 1st

The Irish Team drawn from the membership of The Irish Field Archery Federation (IFAF) achieved what is without question one of the greatest sporting achievements that Ireland has ever made in any sporting event. (With the possible exception of us stuffing the West Indies at Cricket. )We are naturally proud that the team members from Lough Cuan Bowmen played such a major part. There were other World and European awards taken by the IFAF members of other Irish Clubs as can be seen on the News Page.
In the past Field Archers have made every effort to prevent spectators from attending tournaments and shy away from publicity. Since this superb achievement we have decided to publish the results of tournaments and begin to recruit new members. However we will not actively seek and will discourage spectators at tournaments for safety reasons. If you are interested in Archery read below how to contact us.
Lough Cuan Bowmen are affiliated to the Grand National Archery Society (GNAS) and a high proportion of the membership are also affiliated to the Irish Field Archery Federation (IFAF) which is part of the International Field Archery Association (IFAA). This gives us the opportunity to represent Ulster, Ireland and/or Great Britain in any Field Archery events we desire to enter.

Lough Cuan... the most ancient name of Strangford Lough. The Vikings called it "Sträng Fjõrd" (Strong Fjord) indicating fast flowing tidal waters which can run at up to 20 Kmph in the narrows. This eventually became Strangford. (as in crossing place) We have taken the liberty of calling ourselves Lough Cuan Bowmen to reflect the ancient past when men defended and fed themselves with the Bow and Arrow. The old Club Badge reflects the Viking history, the magnificent wildlife, abundant flora and Archery together with a nasty accident which happened to Mr O'Neill's hand.
For those seriously interested in the history of the region there are two excellent books which are currently available:-
1... A Taste of Old Comber by Len Ball and Desmond Rainey ISBN 1 870132 06 8.
2... Strangford Lough, an archaelogical survey of the maratime cultural landscape ISBN 0 85640 723 2.

MISSION STATEMENT
Lough Cuan Bowmen are open to all Peoples who have a common interest in Archery regardless of Race, Colour or Creed. Lough Cuan is a cross community club, we draw our membership from all professions and every walk of life thus enriching ourselves with a cosmopolitan mix. . As long as you have a determination to succeed we will help guide and assist you in every conceivable way. We have the best possible Instructors who have many years experience at the very highest levels of the sport.. Plus a few members who are Irish, British, European and World Champions, as can be seen elsewhere within this page.

The legend of the two swans on Lough Cuan's Logo.
THE DEATH OF DERBFORGAILL
Derbforgaill, daughter of the king of Lochlann, (Norway) fell in love with Cú Chulainn without seeing him, because of the stories she had heard about him. So she and a handmaid of hers took the form of swans and flew to Loch Cuan with a golden chain between them to seek her beloved. Lugaid (of the Red Stripes) saw the birds flying overhead and challenged Cú Chulainn to have a shot at them. He shot a stone from his slingshot at them, which went through Derbforgaill's ribs and penetrated her womb. Suddenly there were two human forms there on the shore.
That's all that decency permits me to reveal if you want the rest find out for yourself.

2001 Northern Ireland Hosted the British Field Championships on Sat/Sun 26th and 27th May 2001. This was the first time ever that this event was hosted in Northern Ireland and Lough Cuan Bowmen acted as hosts. I believe that we put on a very fine tournament, and to do so at such short notice was magical. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped Lough Cuan in hosting this major tournament. You all helped in one way or another to make it the success that it was.
Adrian.
It should be noted that the Northern Ireland took the Team Prize in this event and shared the Prize with England in the 1992 event, as a result the event will be coming back to Northern Ireland in 2004.
It is worthy of noting that Tanya Blamphin won the British Ladies Traditional Section in 2001 she was 5 months pregnant at the time. She also won the Northern Irish Ladies Traditional title in 2001 & again in 2003.

To make us easier to find I have included a location map which will bring you from the Main A1 from Newry and the South. Whenever you get into Hillsborough just keep following the signs for the B178 to Comber then head for Newtownards.

On the map you will see our various training places and Tournament locations.

The leisure centre in Comber.
The Lansdown Road Rugby Grounds.
Mount Stewart
Hydebank Wood.
Ballywalter Park.
Saintfield Estate.
Seaforde Estate, beyond Ballynahinch, not shown.
St Patricks Parocial Hall, Newtownards, not shown.

We are in the process of searching for a permanent ground within the North Down BT23 Postal Region. If anyone knows a good location please let us know.

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