More than 250 of Britain’s brightest young archers gathered at Lilleshall shall for fun – and some healthy competition – at the 2019 Junior National Outdoor Championships. (Hertfordshire Archers in bold type). Well done to all.
Day 1
Day one of the tournament, which is run in partnership with Wales Archery, consisted of world record status World Archery 1440 rounds and UK record status metric rounds. The winners were:
Under 18s
Recurve: Jacob Reid and Penny Healey. Compound: Nathan Thomas and Iulia Petre. Longbow: Jennifer Cuthbertson. Barebow: Houdeyfa Ajraou.
Under 16s
Recurve: Monty Orton and Lauren Rawlings. Compound: Luke Davis and Chloe A’Bear. Longbow: Rosie Elliott. Barebow: Sophie Martyn.
Under 14s
Recurve: Alexander Smirnis and Isabelle Haslam. Compound: Alex Parker and Matilda Craven. Longbow: Alexandra Lockett. Barebow: Joshua Hetherington and Amelia Chumber.
Under 12s
Recurve: Maxwell Oakley and Megan Havers. Compound: Alfie Ridding and Chloe Scott. Barebow: Tom Wiggin.
Recurve 1440: James Woodgate and Thea Rogers/
Compound 1440: Lewis Haslam and Maddison Codling.
West Midlands Archery Society teams topped both the men’s and women’s recurve standings.
Day 2
Even more young athletes – a total of 260 – took part in the Junior National Outdoor Championships, shooting UK record status York, Hereford and Bristol rounds. The winners were:
Bristol Under 18s
Recurve: Henry Mullock and Penny Healey. Compound: Nathan Thomas and Jenny Bryan. Longbow: Jennifer Cuthbertson. Barebow: Houdeyfa Ajraou.
Under 16s
Recurve: Monty Orton and Kathryn Taylor. Compound: Ajay Scott and Chloe A’Bear. Longbow: Rosie Elliott. Barebow: Sophie Martyn.
Under 14s
Recurve: William Liversidge and Isabelle Haslam. Compound: Alex Parker and Matilda Craven. Longbow: Alexandra Lockett. Barebow: Joshua Hetherington and Amelia Chumber.
Under 12
Recurve: Maxwell Oakley and Megan Havers. Compound: Alfie Ridding and Grace Coulam and Chloe Scott. Barebow: Tom Wiggin and Katie Dixon.
Hereford
Recurve: Thea Rogers. Compound: Iulia Petre.
York
Recurve: James Woodgate. Compound: Lewis Haslam.